Time until Face goes off: 40 minutes.

Sayla and Kyouka stood together while watching the Face timer rapidly decreasing. There was a grin on their faces that couldn't be matched as Tartarus' plans slowly came into fruition. "Only 40 more minutes until our wish is granted." Kyouka chuckled quietly. "I should use this remaining time to have fun with Erza while I still can."

"That human doesn't deserve so much of your attention, Kyouka-sama." Sayla spoke with what appeared to a twinge of jealously. "Her story is coming to an end, it is in poor taste to extend the inevitable…the bad ending is already upon her."

"You're quite right…" The sensory demon gave a nod of agreement. "Something about those screams is just so charming. But don't worry, Kyouka. After this is over, all of my attention to you~" There was a hum to Kyouka's voice as she stroked a finger against Sayla's cheek.

Before these two could get too into whatever moment they were having, the screen nearby started to flash with a warning symbol and an alarm started to echo throughout the castle. "Huh!?" Sayla went over to the monitor, noticing the several dots plaguing the screen. "What…there are beings rapidly approaching the castle? But how can that be…?" Displaying a live feed on the screen, there was only a large cloud of smoke shielding everything from view. "What humans…who dares to interfere in the wonderful story of the demons wishing to reunite with their master and creator!?"

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Several tornadoes crashed into the airborne Tartarus castle, courtesy of Jaxon Meteoro himself. All of them carried White Eclipse mages within them. "Sorry we're late to the party. We just had a few loose ends to tie up…" Reve stepped forward out of the smoke, dusting his shoulders off with that patented cocky grin. The Tartarus foot soldiers couldn't stand for any intruders so they attacked instantly. Of course, our favorite White Eclipse S class wasn't going to stand for that so easily and used his Quick Draw to requip two standard pistols, shooting those who tried to approach him square in the forehead for instant defeat. "White Eclipse, let's make this quick!"

"On it!" Luke sprinted forward with a wide grin on his face. With black and white surrounding his body, the copycat pushed forward while inhaling. "Bellow of the Black and White God!" Letting his lips part, Luke released a twin beam of darkness and light that spiraled down the nearest corridor, taking out several Tartarus soldiers in its path before it eventually exploded, taking out a large section of that area in the process. "Not so fun when we come up into your home and break your stuff, is it! It's time for payback, White Eclipse style!"

From behind Luke, nearly the entire White Eclipse guild followed suit to bring havoc into Tartarus! El Rayo dove forward, screaming: "LUCHHHHAAA!" Before grappling onto a random solider with the quickness. A magic seal formed on the poor soul's back and El Rayo delivered a swift RKO! The magic seal was the result of the luchador's Impact Magic, which increased damaged on a set area depending on where it was placed.

"That's the spirit, Rayo!" Cygnus grinned before placing his hands forward. Golden waves of gravity shot forth from his hands and exploded, weighing down anyone that wasn't a White Eclipse mage. With his part done, he simply grinned to the others. "Let's go guys!"

Aira swiftly moved forward, slicing through anyone that dared to stand in her way. Once coming to a halt, a raging tempest followed behind her, ensuing that those who somehow managed to avoid her physical strikes were swallowed by her winds. "Tempest Slash."

"Aira doesn't look so happy…" Waiston pointed out. "I guess I wouldn't be in too good a mood either after what happened with Leon."

"All I know is…" Zalen said while adjusting his glasses. "I don't want to get in the way of that right now."

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"How did those filthy humans…!?" Sayla began while her brow started to twitch in an irritated fashion. "I don't believe it…they're really trying to rewrite the ending of this story! I will not stand for it…"

"Peace, Sayla…" Kyouka had a smirk drawn on her lips. "Worry not…these rebellious humans will get what is coming to them soon enough. I have something I wish to go check on…in the meantime; would you go see how everyone is in Hell's Core? I'm sure the others would love to get in on this as well."

"As you wish, Kyouka-sama…" Sayla nodded, briskly making her way towards Hell's Core.

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"Haaaa…!?" Lamy stared up at the ceiling with all the tremors shaking the castle. "What's going on up there? Can't I do my job in peace!?" Speaking of doing her job, a few of the demons resting in Hell's Core were finally about ready to come out and seek vengeance. The tubes containing Jackal, Franmalth, Tempesta, and Minerva finally drained and opened.

Jackal grunted in annoyance, stepping out of the tube with a scowl on his face. "Damn cat…damn thief! Damn that fireball too! Next time I see them I'll blow them to pieces!"

"Ooooh!" Lamy swooned at Jackal's hot headed attitude. "When Jackal-kun is upset you're so adorable!" She awkwardly swayed her body while leaning closer to Jackal, who just leaned away in an annoyed fashion.

"Get away from me you freak…" Jackal grumbled.

Tempesta had amore…humanish appearance to him. Though he remembered naught what happened to lead to his death this time, he could only stare at his new features in a slight daze. He had a more humanoid appearance, a far cry different from his beastly one. "What is…this new body…?" Tempesta questioned.

"Oh, that?!" Lamy then turned to Tempesta with stars in her eyes. "Your old appearance was so ugly and brutish…so I took it upon myself to make you more of a hunk! So for my sake, could you please not ruin this one!?"

"I see…." Tempesta nodded slowly in slight understanding. It was around then that Sayla finally came down, staring at the demons gathered in Hell's Core.

"I see you're all revived now, excellent. There are intruders in our castle and it is time to dispose of them and end their stories." Sayla ordered.

"Gehehe…" Franmalth lightly tapped his fingers together, chuckling quietly. "The chance to steal more souls? I would never pass up this opportunity…there is a debt that I must collect anyway." With that said, Jackal, Franmalth, and Tempesta went off to handle the intruders. Neo Minerva stayed behind, glancing at her new demonic appearance.

"And just what are you waiting for?" Lamy questioned, pointing at the stairs. "Get going! You're just as much a part of this as anyone else here is now!"

Nodding slowly, Minerva held a sinister smile on her lips. "Yes…I shall use this power to crush all of those under my heel like the insects they are. I will have them groveling before me…" Spoken like the queen she was, Minerva slowly sauntered out while a terrible aura radiated from her being.

"And finally, you!" Lamy pressed her face to the tube still containing Mirajane. "Oh…I can't wait until you're finished. It'll be fun contorting that pretty face of yours into the hideous thing anyone's ever seen!"

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Hearing all the commotion going about, Arcturus merely lifted his head. He didn't have to see to know what was going on, for he already knew. There was a large smirk drawn on his lips, his tongue slowly dragging across his lower one. "So…they've finally decided to make their move huh? Finally, I've been getting bored just sitting and waiting around like this…"

"White Eclipse has shown their faces here?" Tayakata clicked her tongue, slender arms stretching above her head. "It's about time…I can't wait to reunite with everyone once again." With a sinister chuckle, the female stood up and began to saunter away. "There are still some loose ends that I need to tie up anyway. But not without a little fun first."

"As do I…." Arc went off in a separate direction than Taya. These two former White Eclipse mages had scores to settle with mages in the guild…there were going to be some fierce confrontations coming soon enough. And for these demons of Tartarus…they were more than ready for the blood that would soon come with it.

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A beam of pink light ricocheted off the walls and past several Tartarus soldiers. Sophie came to a halt, not even looking back once at the destruction she caused. "Hm…" Glancing up, there was a gigantic machine in front of her with the intent to blast her away. Unfazed, Sophie placed her hand on her gauntlet to ensure steady aim, the red gem adorning the fist plate beginning to shine brightly. "Shotstaff Blast." From the gem, a large energy sphere shot forth and collided against the battle machine, destroying it in a single shot.

"Wha!?" The soldiers commanding the machine had to back away from Sophie and she was just a child. "What is that girl!? She's not even batting an eye!"

"My objective is to take revenge in the name of White Eclipse. Destroying Tartarus members is part of my objective." Sophie exclaimed with a blank expression. Holding her arm up, she gathered raw energy within the palm of her hand which she then slammed into the ground. A wave of pink energy shot forth and obliterated everything in its path, Tartarus soldiers included. There was hardly a corridor left in its destructive wake.

"Sophie…!" Reiss, Micaiah, Vanya, Saraya, and Tyson arrived on the scene, though they were really late. They all had to take a moment to look over the damage Sophie alone did to Tartarus. "Whoa…what the heck happened here?"

"I'm doing my duty." Sophie responded while pointing to the downed soldiers.

"She's like a machine sometimes…" Micaiah whispered to Vanya, who gave a silent nod.

"Her heartbeat is a little…off…" Vanya muttered.

"What…?" Sophie blinked. "Is there something on my face…?"

"N-No…don't worry about it…!" Reiss said with a wave of his hand. "Just stay safe with everyone else and don't do anything rash…these demons won't be taking it easy on us."

"That's fine." Micaiah scoffed while taking several steps forward. She was starting to walk off on her own; however Vanya was quick to follow. "I've been waiting for this opportunity since I've heard of them. It's been my duty since birth to eradicate the impurity known as demons…"

"Micaiah-chan…you shouldn't get so worked up. You know it's not good for you." Vanya remarked, her tone becoming a little sterner. It appeared to work since Micaiah's hardened expression softened just slightly, but she still kept going on her way.

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Heather, Aira, and Jaxon were rushing through the halls of Tartarus as quickly as they could, taking down multiple soldiers in the process. It was mostly Aira leading the charge, her rage against what happened to Leon carrying her forward. The blonde healer used her wind to push anyone and anything backwards. Jaxon and Heather were mostly just watching, along for the ride. "Gonna be honest, I don't even think we need to be here." Jaxon said with a sweat drop.

"But it'd be poor taste to leave her all alone." Heather shrugged. Although, their conversation was cut short as diamonds spawned around them, cutting them off from going any further. "...Oh. She's here."

Selene walked forward, her purple eye still maintaining that dark tint. "What took you guys so long?"

"We were looking for you." Jaxon narrowed his eyes. "Wanna explain what the hell that was earlier? It's not like you to act out at all."

"Selene..." Aira stared down her best friend, the pain still in her eyes. First Leon, and now Selene? This day was not going to be an easy one for her, but she had no intention of stopping either. "I will politely ask you to step aside. I don't want to hurt you."

"That's a shame." Selene said while looking at her nails. She wasn't herself right not, thanks to Tartarus, but that wasn't going to stop what happened next. "Because I want to hurt you." Without any warning, she exhaled a large torrent of diamonds straight towards her own friends. "Diamond Dragon's Roar!" And the tree of them all jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding being swept in its wake.

Aira wasn't in the mood for this. As much as it pained her to attack a friend, that's what she would do if she needed to. "False God's Bellow!" She exhaled a mighty blast of wind from her mouth. It struck Selene, but she kept her ground even as the sharp winds cut into her. It didn't take her long to move to her patented diamond scales, which shielded her from the damage sustained. "Ugh..."

"Not good enough, Aira!" Selene said while rushing forward, throwing her diamond clad fist forward. "Diamond Dragon's Fist!" She aimed a punch square for Aira's jaw, which did connect. Aira fired back with a potent palm strike to Selene's chest, which exploded with wind. The impact did force Selene back, but it didn't do any damage.

"Yeah, there's no reason to deal with this any longer than needed." Jaxon said while lifting his hands up, creating multiple orbs around Selene that gave off intense heat. "Sun Magnifier!" This intense heat immediately weighed Selene down, causing her grimace as she started sweating profusely already.

"Her chakra is all wrong!" Aira said. "Something happened to her, like Heather said."

"I know what happened." Heather said as poison formed around her fist. She lunged at Selene and punched her square in the jaw, knocking her back. "They took you to Hell's Core, didn't they? Or, she might be under one of their spells. You don't smell like a Demon...you don't smell like me."

"Heather...?" Aira tilted her head.

"Haaah..." Selene panted heavily, but gave Heather a sly grin. "What happened to you, huh?" As she asked this, Selene entered her Diamond Shadow mode, using this power to slip into the darkness and away from the sun's Jaxon created. Her voice then echoed all around them. "Why don't you tell them the truth, Heather?" She then rose from the shadows, releasing spikes of diamond upon her own friends. Because they were unable to track her, these spikes did slash them in various locations. "Diamond Shadow Dragon's Horns!"

"Gaaah!" Jaxon grunted as he felt a few spikes pierce into his sides and legs. It hurt, but it wasn't enough to keep him down. However, that was when multiple diamonds did rise up to glue his, Aira's, and Heather's feet to the ground. "Oh, come on..."

Selene rose from the shadows, sending out spikes of shadow covered diamonds to explode the suns Jaxon created. "Go on, Heather. Tell them the truth."

Heather felt all eyes on her as she tried to struggle free from Selene's diamonds. With a heavy sigh, she relented. Since they were finally here... "She's right. When I was fatally struck by Luke...my body was whisked away by a mysterious force. I believe it was the one called Rugal...I awoke some time later in Hell's Core, where they...did something to my body..."

"It's why you always smelt so off." Selene crossed her arms, enjoying the position she was in. "You were a spy for Tartarus this whole time, weren't you? But you weren't doing everything they told you!"

"They threatened all of you if I didn't...and I still took that risk, because I didn't want to hurt anyone." Heather narrowed her eyes. "So instead, they take one of my friends and pit her against us..."

"I see..." Jaxon closed his eyes. This was a lot of information to take in. "To be honest, I'm pretty sure Sidney and the old man are gonna deal with you later, Heather. For now, Selene...we need to smack some sense into you." His hands were still free, so he clapped them together, a gigantic BOOM of thunder blasting outward. "Thunderclap!"

The soundwaves of thunder struck Selene, reverberating against her diamonds in an uncomfortable manner. But they still held strong, not causing her any damage. "Is that all you got, Jaxon?!"

"Poison Dragon's Roar!" Heather exhaled, releasing a torrent of poison from her mouth. Selene crossed her arms, well aware this wouldn't do any damage to her. However, when the roar struck her, it turned into...a gassy substance. She gasped in shock, which was fatal. Because that gasp caused her to inhale potent toxins, which immediately began to wear on her.

"Ngh!?" Selene started to cough in surprise.

"They made my toxins much deadlier." Heather said with a sly grin. "I would never use that on a friend...but you won't be feeling much of anything for a little bit. Aira!"

Aira knew what to do. She held a hand at her feet, breaking the ground and the diamonds off of her. She flew forward with a fierce palm strike to Selene's chest. She used her aura magic to send a potent pulse through Selene's body, to cleanse her of the evil that took hold of her. "Aura Palm!"

"Ah-!?" Selene's eyes widened from the impact. The dark purple hue of her eyes faded into something lighter. She staggered back, coughing, with a hand on her chest. "W-What have I been...?" She looked to the trio of her friends, eyes wide as the memories quickly flooded back into her. She attacked her own home, hurt her friends...! "I...I'm sorry...!" With the guilt and shame taking over, Selene quickly dipped into the shadows, only she didn't return.

"Wait!" Aira tried to reach out to her, but it was too late.

"...Leave her be." Heather said with a wince. "If we don't crush Taratrus, we won't be seeing her again anyway."

"You make a good point." Jaxon rotated his arm. "Not the warmup I wanted...but now we just have to give them hell for using our friend against us."

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"The humans are being dealt with as we speak." Sayla could finally relax with a slight smile. With everything going as planned once again, there was no cause for worry. She was certain that White Eclipse would be soundly dealt with before too much damage could be dealt to them. However…there was one thing that she could not have foreseen! The monitor she observed before started to flash and beep as a warning symbol. The strangest thing was that there were only three dots on the screen instead of the many from before. "What…?!"

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Just outside of Tartarus Castle, Happy, Carla, and Pantherlily were flying full speed ahead towards the demon's stronghold! In their paws, a deck of cards spread out among the three of them. "Are you two ready?!" Lily exclaimed while glancing at the others.

"Ready!" Happy and Carla exclaimed simultaneously. With a shared nod between the three of them, the Exceeds flew as fast as they possibly could before flying through the nearest open window on the highest floor. The moment they did that, the cards in their possession poofed and the members of Fairy Tail appeared, all of them raring and ready to go!

"Nice job!" Cana gathered the cards back in her deck before giving the Exceed trio a thumbs up. "Now that we're finally back in this fight…I think it's time to kick some ass!"

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Next Time: All Out Assault!