Chaos Of Time – Nah Jacob is still alive at the end of the last chapter Natsu said he could still sense him along with Aster how he survived you'll find out but for now all I'll say is yeah he's still kicking.

Fang Dragneel – Perhaps … sorry I'd answer properly but that's pretty spoilery haha I'll say yes but not specify when.

As for the second half feeling rushed I mean I didn't actually rush it but I can understand where your coming from with Azhrukhal's defeat I was really just looking at it in a way to demonstrate the crazy stuff the Hybrid's Aura can do like grabbing a soul with it. The defeat and what followed yeah not my best work but you can't win them all I guess haha hopefully I don't disappoint this chapter.

Anyway with all that out of the way onto the story!

I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

Decimation

/Wendy And Jason's POV/

'We can't even get close to him anymore,' Wendy thought with a visible scowl as she watched Jason endure a barrage of Bullet Magic from Aster who seemed highly amused compared to his earlier mood after Jason managed to hit him.

"You damn kids are really something it's a shame you're the enemy otherwise I'd recruit you to serve under me."

"We'd never serve Alvarez scum like you," Jason spat as he took another barrage from Aster knocking him back into a tree.

"Oh dear you hurt my poor feelings how will I possibly recover … oh I know just like this!"

Increasing the rate of fire Wendy and Jason were bombarded with a hail of bullets as Aster began laughing at their efforts, Wendy was beginning to get sick and tired of the constant dodging as she decided to step things up a notch.

Wendy's speed began to increase as the wind around her picked up, she also began jumping in midair making it harder for Aster to get a clear shot.

"Isn't this interesting you're quite speedy for one so young then again you were trained by Dragneel, now I'm starting to get excited I thought the kid only got lucky because I was cocky but you brats might actually have real skill!"

Jason healed several holes in his body as he began to walk forward again; unlike before he decided to make a conscious effort to dodge instead of just taking the hits knowing that doing so was far more likely to yield better results.

"Bullet Magic: Bull Gatling!"

With a smirk on his face Aster's shots went from being rapid to near supersonic levels as he let loose a barrage of shots aimed solely at Wendy.

"Sky Dragon Queen's Gale Palm!"

Thrusting her arm forward it became surrounded in an almost greyish coloured wind that shredded the attack on contact; Aster raised an eyebrow as he continued to unleash his attack with Wendy zeroing in on him rather quickly.

"Sky Dragon Queen's Gale Claw!"

As Wendy was inches from Aster's face she was shocked when he simply smirked, the next thing she knew her other arm had been riddled with bullets which threw her off course forcing her to miss her attack as she landed on the ground clutching her arm.

"Wendy, you'll pay for that you bastard!"

"Oh and you'll do what exactly," Aster shot back amused as he jumped into the air as bullets began to fire from his feet peppering Jason who was brought to his knees. "Like I said you aren't ready for this stage yet we Alvarez top tiers have to be near masters in our magic just to get our spot, the fight for the two of you was rigged from the beginning."

Aster suddenly fired a powerful attack that propelled him a fair distance away as Wendy who had entered her Dragon Force sliced his clothing missing him by millimetres.

"Ah right you can use the Dragon Force how silly of me to forget something so crucial but even still it just means the fight will become a lot more interesting, Bullet Magic: Full Gatling!"

Using both his arms and legs Aster rained down a barrage of bullets onto Wendy who just stood there taking them, initially mistaking this as a sign of victory Aster let up only to receive a powerful blast of wind to the gut.

"Impossible you are unscathed!"

Wendy just looked at him as the smoke from all the impact spots slowly faded as a snarl presented itself showing off her impressively sharp teeth.

"I see the scales are resistant to bullets eh well let's see how this goes for you, Bullet Magic: Armor P Full Gatling!"

Wendy vanished in a gust of wind as bullets followed her rapidly moving form, using the wind Wendy created a small tornado and used it to pick up some of the surrounding trees and throwing them at Aster to draw his fire.

"How old are you, early twenties, we should get a drink sometime your my kind of girl!"

"And the moment you were drunk I'd kill you sure," Wendy scoffed as she began ripping up the forest and throwing it at Aster who was forced to focus fire on the rather large objects being hurled towards him over the Dragon Slayer looking to end his life.

"Guess it's time to show you why they call me the Split Second Shogun, Bullet Time: Split Second A!"

Wendy barely had time to register the movements of Aster's hands as he began to unleash a barrage of bullets on the trees turning them into tiny wood chunks, some of the bullets hit both her and Jason with several getting stuck in Wendy's scales fizzing out.

'How many shots was that, 100, 1000? At such a speed he is able to unleash that many bullets, so this is one of the higher ups of Alvarez.'

"I'm surprised you didn't get knocked out of the sky from that one oh great Sky Dragon those bullets were actually packing a punch behind them, you wouldn't be trying to hurt my feelings would you?"

Before Wendy could reply Jason appeared behind Aster who seemed amused, his arms had morphed into large blue wings allowing him to fly with two large blue fireballs covering his feet.

"Fire Phoenix Twin Flame Barrage!"

Throwing the two balls of flame Aster lazily aimed at them splitting them in two with two precise, powerful shots.

"Looking fierce and backing it up are what make you a real man though you probably don't know anything about that do you kid?"

"You know you can keep making jabs at my age but I managed to land a hit on you, I'm not as weak as you think!"

"You keep saying that yet you only landed one hit, honestly this is starting to bore me a little at least your lovely female friend is able to put on a show."

"A show … you think this is all just some sort of show for your amusement?"

"You think Fiore is the first country we've fought, millions have made the same claim as you boy and none currently live to tell the tale. So in a way yeah this is just a game that Alvarez has played time and time again."

"And killing my family … that was all part of the game was it?"

"If your family weren't useful to the Empire at large then yes they were just a small bump on the way to greater victory for the Empire, I'll cut you some slack you're just a kid who has no real knowledge of the world at large so you wouldn't understand why that's the case. As an apology I'll be sure to make your death quick kid clearly you'll never give up on this pathetic revenge quest I mean do you think you could even beat the girl over there because as strong as she is she wouldn't even stand a chance against some of the monsters that are on their way."

"It doesn't matter if we stand a chance or not," Jason said defiantly. "What matters is that we fight for what we believe in, I believe that people deserve to choose how they live and who rules over them and I won't allow another kingdom to be swallowed by the Alvarez war machine!"

"Then try and stop me kid, show me your resolve."

The flames around Jason roared to life as he shot off like a rocket towards Aster who fired bullets from his legs to dodge the attack before shredding his body with a swift barrage of bullets.

The flames quickly healed Jason as his body began to become consumed by flames with his speed increasing; Aster was no longer smiling since Wendy also rejoined the fight forcing Aster to use his Bullet Magic to dodge attacks.

"Keep up the attack Jason don't second guess yourself," Wendy barked as she began throwing powerful spikes of condensed wind at Aster.

"You two really don't make things easy," Aster grunted as a wind spike barely missed his face cutting it slightly as it went.

Before he could return the favour Jason came up behind him and attempted to land a blow forcing him to dodge only to feel pain in his right leg as Wendy landed one of the wind spikes into it.

The moment Aster was caught off guard Jason appeared above him and launched him into the ground with a powerful flaming kick to the back of his head, Aster pulled himself out of the crater only for Wendy to punch him in the back knocking the wind out of him and shattering the ground.

"Impossible …"

"You aren't as strong as you think," Wendy began as she pulled him out of the crater holding him by the neck in her scaled hands. "At range yes you are strong but up close you are nothing, against multiple opponents who are competent in their abilities you are nothing."

Wendy pulled back her other arm and straightened her fingers as powerful winds picked up around them, bringing her attack towards his neck she suddenly stopped eyes wide as saucers.

Looking into Aster's eyes he had a feral grin as blood began to pour out of Wendy's mouth and nose as she let go of Aster dropping to the ground with a hole clean through her side.

"WENDY!"

"Bullet Magic: Split Second Salvo."

Wendy was on the ground no longer in the Dragon Force as Aster kicked her in the side with Wendy letting out a cry of pain, Jason grit his teeth as Aster pointed a finger at him with his cocky smirk back in place.

"You two seriously underestimated me, weak at close range what a joke! The girl will suffer for such an insult but before that I have to immobilize you …"

Wendy tried to get up only to have Aster kick her in the head standing on top of it laughing all the while.

"Get off of her," Jason roared as he jetted towards Aster who fired a powerful shot that tore up the ground as it hit Jason blowing a large hole into his shoulder knocking him back.

"Why would I do that she is my prisoner?"

"I'm not gonna let you treat her like that," Jason said through grit teeth as his whole body lit on fire as his body began to morph into that of an actual Fire Phoenix.

"Well now isn't this interesting …"

Jason took off towards Aster again with all his wounds fully healed, Aster fired the same shot as before which blew off the same part of his shoulder however it healed straight away shocking Aster as he was hit in the throat by Jason's right wing knocking Aster off Wendy and through several of the trees that were still somewhat in place.

"Fire Phoenix Trill!"

Dashing into the air he arched his neck and fired a powerful blast of blue flame right onto Aster's position, Aster made a circle with his hand and a powerful shockwave met the attack cancelling it out.

"You've gone a little too far brat!"

"I've gone too far, you blew a hole in Wendy!"

"Her mistake for being too confident in her victory maybe if she didn't get so cocky she wouldn't have-."

Aster and Jason both froze as a powerful presence washed over the battlefield, Jason recalled it from last time and swallowed hard praying that she didn't see him as hostile.

Wendy rose off the ground using the wind as she re-entered the Dragon Force as her features became more feral and her facial features more sadistic as a creepy smile made its way on her face.

"Jason …"

"Y-yeah?"

"Come here."

"W-why?"

Holding out her hand Jason gulped as he walked towards her cautiously placing his hand into hers as she brought him into a hug.

"If you would use those flames to heal my side …"

"Oh of course," Jason said quickly as his flames wrapped around her fixing her side leaving a small scar in its place.

"Thank you Jason now stay here whilst big sis kills this trash."

"Um ok."

Wendy smiled before looking at Aster who seemed shocked trying to recompose himself.

"So you weren't being entirely serious before?"

"I'm going to kill you … slowly."

"You got lucky last time but now you've asked the brat to stay back you won't get another chance for an opening."

"His name is Jason and if you call him a brat again I'll beat you to death with your own arm, second I'm no longer a burden …"

"A burden," Aster said confused as Wendy's eyes flashed in rage.

"I'm not a burden, not anymore!"

"Wh-what?"

Before he had a chance to say anything else he felt a powerful kick to his face that broke his nose as she belted him into the ground, he bounced back up only to be kicked in the back but before he could become fully airborne Wendy punched him in the throat sending him flying. He travelled a fair distance before Wendy appeared in the air above him; rebounding off the air itself she punched him in the gut smashing him into the ground.

"What speed she's completely overwhelming him," Jason said in awe as Aster slowly managed to get to his feet a look of shock with a hint of fear in his eyes.

"What the hell are you!"

"That isn't the concern of a dead man Wendy said no longer smiling as Aster raised his hands to fight again.

"Bullet Time: Split Second Millionfold Gatling!"

Wendy vanished from her spot as the entire area began to explode with Aster firing powerful shots all over the place, Jason could hardly believe the power Wendy could wield in this state it almost reminded him of Natsu in a way though his power had an explanation.

"YOU WON'T EVADE MY SHOTS DRAGON SLAYER!"

"You should have killed us when you had the chance Leichart trash," Wendy said as her afterimages endured the hail of bullets leaving Aster unsure as to the location of the real Wendy.

"BULLET TIME: SPLIT SECOND BILLIONFOLD GATLING!"

"It is no use …"

Jason was getting hit and it was only due to his Phoenix Form that he was even able to survive the absolute onslaught before him, the speed Wendy had to be moving at would be on the same tier as Natsu or Elise but where was it coming from?

The area was littered with large holes as Aster rained down bullets upon Wendy, time seemingly froze when Wendy appeared in front of him her right arm cocked back. She had been hit several times but it didn't seem to faze her, Aster's eyes widened in horror as he watched her lips move.

"Gale Claw."

Aster watched as Wendy's fingers slowly entered his throat as his life slowly began to ebb away as his head was severed from his body with a shockwave tearing up the ground behind him as she clutched his head in her hand.

Grabbing Aster's body before it hit the floor blood spraying all over her face she turned to Jason with a vicious grin.

"Come let's go show the others."

"Uh … yeah."

Following at a respectable distance Jason watched as Wendy tossed Aster's head up in the air and catching it as if it were a ball whilst dragging his body around like it was some game she had just caught in the wild which made him unconsciously shiver.

'So fucking glad she's on my side.'

The two arrived at the rest of Team Natsu's location, Elise, Erza and Mira looked at Wendy in horror whilst Seilah only looked surprised at the girls rapid shift though they all went ignored as Wendy practically skipped over to Natsu with a happy grin on her face.

"Here you are Dad," Wendy chirped as she unceremoniously tossed Aster's corpse and head on the ground in front of him as Natsu just looked between it and her with a blank expression.

He then looked at Jason who visibly flinched before looking back at Wendy who seemed to be waiting for something, sighing knowing full well he'd be dealing with this later he stood up and walked over to her patting her on the head.

"Good job Wendy you really came through for us."

Wendy beamed as her Dragon Force slowly faded and she drifted off into unconsciousness, the moment she was unconscious he could feel eyes on him.

"I can't fix this you know it's just how she is."

"What do you mean you can't fix her did you not just see that Natsu she was like a savage," Erza practically screeched as Natsu winced.

"Jason what happened?"

"Um well we almost beat him and Wendy managed to get in close while I used my body as a bullet sponge since he couldn't actually hurt me and Wendy thought being close meant we'd get the win but he shot her blowing out her side," Jason said pointing at the area he'd fixed using his Phoenix Flames.

"Let me guess she fell unconscious right?"

"Yeah and then after that guy stood on her I got mad and managed to get him off and was about to fight him in my Phoenix Form until Wendy got back up in that weird form she did the other day and well you can see what she did. I'm still confused though she was moving so fast not even that guy could hit her and he was slowing down time."

"You don't think she can use Aura do you Natsu," Elise asked as she and Erza began wiping the blood from Wendy's face.

"I don't know I didn't sense any the first time but the question I'd have would be how would she be using Aura none of us trained her and she wasn't given it?"

"For someone her age to move that fast and defeat someone as strong as a Leichart member without much difficulty no matter the rank Aura is the only explanation."

"I'm gonna go ask Grandina she'd know better than anyone else here," Natsu sighed as he launched himself into Wendy's mindscape where he found Grandina the first time.

"You have returned, why?"

"I don't plan on staying long alright but I need to know how was Wendy able to achieve such an increase in ability to move as fast as someone using Aura?"

"I have chalked it up to two possibilities; the first is that she is quite literally becoming one with the air around her which allows her the ability to almost teleport anywhere that air exists though that seems rather out there. The second and more plausible explanation is her desire to be useful has culminated into an ability that quite literally makes her like you, you are fast therefore she will be as well, you are strong therefore she will also be strong."

"How is the second one more realistic that one sounds less realistic than the first!"

"You should know more than anyone the strange way in which Magic works Natsu sometimes it simply grants us what we seek and other times it will grant us what we don't know we need, either way I am worried about Wendy relying on this type of ability as powerful as it makes her she becomes a polar opposite to the gentle and kind girl which could very well bring her pain in the future should she ever lose control in the wrong circumstances."

"Are you sure it isn't possible to gain some form of control over her Dragon's Fury Grandina I don't like seeing her like this, can she even remember what she does in it?"

"I'm almost positive she knows what she's done in some form, does Wendy care about what she's done well I can't answer that question I mean she's only lost it twice. I would suggest leaving things as they are for now after all it is a suitable defence for her during a time where the greatest war this world will ever see is underway."

"I still think I'll ask Xicor about this I have to meet with both the God Council and the Triumvirate so I'll be making it a point to ask about Wendy's situation, tell her nothing for now about this I don't want her to get the wrong idea about why I'm doing it."

"The poor girl has been messed up mentally for years it is such a shame, thankfully she turned out better than most despite everything on her shoulders."

"Yeah she's doing better than me that's for sure, right well I've still got one last Alvarez member to find so I'll talk to you later Grandina."

"Break into Wendy's mind like that again Natsu and you won't be leaving unscathed, you may go."

Natsu just chuckled awkwardly as he left Wendy's mindscape and looked to the others shaking his head.

"She doesn't know any way to stop Wendy snapping so I'll have to ask Xicor about it when I have to see the Gods and Devils, now that you two are back Jason could you use your Phoenix Flames to heal the others while I take out Jacob?"

"Yeah I've got it Natsu," Jason said softly as Natsu smiled placing a hand on his head ruffling his hair affectionately.

"You doing ok?"

"It's just how easily Wendy beat Aster once she snapped I mean he wasn't weak by any means and she decimated him easily even though we could barely hit him before, compared to her I feel so weak."

"Jason your fifteen of course you aren't as strong as Wendy, Wendy has been training with her abilities a lot longer than you have. Besides you aren't actually weak by any means I could feel your magic when you entered your Phoenix Form and it wasn't weak by any means. Don't forget you are young and have your whole life to grow stronger so don't get hung up on how strong you are compared to us just think about how much stronger you were than yesterday."

"Or become like Wendy …"

"Precisely but there is more to Wendy's story than you know and it isn't me to say, you want to know more you ask Wendy herself but my advice to you is to not get hung up on how strong you are because it just isn't worth it. Now if you'll excuse me I've got to get going," Natsu said as he took off towards Jacob's magic signature.

Appearing at the base of a small cliff overlooking the ocean where the Alvarez airship had been destroyed, Natsu was genuinely surprised to see Jacob bloodied standing on the edge of the cliff.

"So both of the Leichart members have been killed," Jacob said as he turned to face Natsu.

"Are you surrendering Jacob?"

"Of course not I would sooner kill myself than commit to such a traitorous act; no I simply planned on waiting here to fight you."

"You know you don't stand a chance right?"

"Would you deny me the chance to defend myself Dragneel?"

"Of course not I just thought I should let you know," Natsu replied as he watched Jacob's movements carefully.

Natsu watched as the shadows around both himself and Natsu began to turn on him, dashing to the right Natsu stomped the ground separating the cliff as it began to fall leaving Natsu and Jacob on top of it.

"Shadow Nail Barrage!"

With a wave of his hand spikes made of shadows shot towards Natsu but were blocked by his forearm as he calmly walked towards him, shooting larger spikes Natsu deflected them before appearing in front of Jacob reading to land a killing blow.

"Shadow Space!"

Natsu's eyes widened as he felt his body get sucked into Jacob's space as his vision went black.

Natsu never lost consciousness when he entered the space however he couldn't see anything until this moment, he had no idea how long it had been however the moment his vision returned he saw Mavis chained up inside a cage made of shadows.

"Guess I shouldn't be too surprised I'm tied up too not that it really matters, oi Mavis can you hear me?"

"She is under the will of the shadows and cannot respond to you Natsu Dragneel," Jacob's voice echoed all around him.

"Is that so Jacob, tell me do those shadows account for this," Natsu said as he activated his Hybrid's Aura shattering the bindings on himself as he appeared in front of Mavis' cage and with a swift chop the bars faded away.

Mavis fell but Natsu used his hands covered in aura to catch her as her eyes slowly opened.

"Natsu … where are we I don't-?"

"There isn't time Mavis I'm not sure exactly when you were taken but the war has begun as of today and we need you, for now just rest in my arms you've earned it after everything you've been through enough I think."

Mavis blushed as Natsu grinned before standing up with his aura flaring all around them.

"What happened since I was taken this power of yours Natsu it feels so Divine yet Demonic and yet it's something beyond both?"

"I can't explain it now Mavis just hold on alright because I'm about to break a worldspace," Natsu said with a grin as his hair turned back with him fully entering his Hybrid form.

Jumping into the air Natsu focused the aura on the top of his head as the two eventually hit the sky limit shattering it as they emerged back into the real world with Jacob collapsing from the strain of his shadow space collapsing.

"I figured it wouldn't hold you … was still worth a try though," Jacob said as he coughed up some blood only to receive Natsu's knee in the back of his head smashing his head into the ground as the severed section of the cliff hit the ground.

Careful to make sure he didn't drop Mavis Natsu carefully positioned his landing next to Jacob as the assassin looked up at him with a bloodied face.

"So you were successful then Natsu Dragneel …"

"You knew I would be Jacob I told you when I first encountered you this was the only way."

"Heh Alvarez is in for a real fight for once … it's a shame that I won't be around to see the results, go on then and end it."

"Natsu rose to his full height as a black tendril replaced his finger that pierced through Jacob's skull killing him instantly; looking down at Mavis he saw she had a face of sadness yet determination.

"It was necessary he was a man who would never have surrendered or switched sides for any reason, an assassin to the end."

"Alvarez will retaliate for this we killed three of their high command today."

"Then we don't have time to stand around here then do we, are we going back to the guild?"

"Yeah funny story about that well it's not funny but it's a story but thanks to me the guild basically ended up getting disbanded now it's kind of being reformed so I'm not sure what we'll be coming back to."

"Oh … well I'm sure things can't be that bad."

"Yeah well we'll see how it is when we get there, come on Erza and the others are just up this way," Natsu sighed as he jumped back up the cliff making his way back to where he left the others.

Arriving back at what was now a makeshift camp Natsu sighed placing Mavis down as everyone just looked at him oddly.

"Natsu how are you touching a spirit," Erza asked confused as Natsu just pointed to his eyes.

"Well he was able to manhandle Azhrukhal's soul earlier so I'm not too surprised," Elise sighed as Natsu nodded slowly.

"Right now that we have Mavis I suppose we should get back to Magnolia is everyone ready?"

"Wendy's still unconscious but we can just carry her, open the portal," Erza said softly as Natsu snapped his fingers and the group walked through leaving the death and destruction behind.

/Zeref's POV/

"So this is your kind of war Natsu," Zeref said softly to himself as he stood before the brutalized body of Aster, looking to his left he saw what remained of Azhrukhal's corpse a Demon that was unexpected but what would have been a powerful asset.

Taking one step he was at the corpse of Jacob one of his most loyal followers, sighing he picked the man's body up and returned to the area where the other two were and placed him down gently.

"The opening shots have been fired now Natsu and you have won back Mavis for now but I will have her back, keep her power safe for me Natsu I'll need it far sooner than you will ever realize …"

Zeref's eyes glowed in the darkness as he lit the bodies on fire before opening a portal and vanishing.

Hope you all enjoyed it and I'll see you in the next one!