There are many tales that describe the Lance of Gungnir. The most popular tale on Earth is that it was wielded by Odin.. a god from Norse Mythology... in actuality, the myth of Odin wielding the lance was started by Othinus.. who was a Magic God. And as Magic Gods are humans who through rituals have managed to gain Numensapien powers, it is no surprise she could wield it. However, the one she wielded in the olden days.. and the one she created with help from GREMLIN were all mere replicas and nothing more..the true nature of the Lance.. is that it is the first Zanpakuto ever created. Oetsu Nimaiya, forger of all other Zanpakuto, Derived his techniques from researching the old texts on the creation of the lance.. however, instead of using beings with the three aspects of the Omegaverse.. Death, Magic, and Science, he created Assauchi.. the artificial beings that imprint the soul's nature.. to become the Zanpakuto that Soul Reapers would wield. Depending on whose hand would wield it.. a mere replica of the lance could destroy the entire world.. or merely grant one new abilities... such as hollows and arrancar finding themselves wielding the ultimate Cero known as Cero De Oro, or Othinus finding the power to remake the Universe thanks to the probabilities of her powers being increased to 100%. The true lance.. does not just influence the Universe..it influences beyond dimensions.. to the Multiverse.. and.. if the Lance herself provides her cooperation.. the Omegaverse...there is a chance that not even the baffling power of Imagine Breaker would have any effect... As far as anyone knows.. only Numensapiens have any possible way of surviving it's effects..

- Mayuri Kurotsuchi to Fiamma of the Right

Mikoto walked through the ruined and crumbling halls of the central palace... Natsu Dragneel at her side... They both remained silent.. not speaking to each other... they knew that the chances of them succeeding against the one who waited down in the deep was slim... slimmer then slim.. practically nonexistant.

They didn't need to speak to each other after all.. this was how Fairy Tail worked.. they didn't need to speak to each other because they understood each other more then anything... they were Brother and Sister...united in the bond of the Fairy's wings...

Little Lucy and Imouto were waiting outside in the care of Rhode and Azure...

And now, Mikoto and Natsu stood before a large hole in the floor... a hole that had broken open during the battle to reveal a long staircase..

The twosome looked at each other and nodded.. and they proceeded down the dark stair...

When they reached the bottom.. they came to a round room... it was empty and featureless in all respects..but.. it held a tension unlike any other.. something huge was about to happen.. something utterly collosal...that nobody would see coming..

"Welcome.. Mikoto Misaka my love.." In the center of the room.. stood a beautiful man in black robes.. his age could not be discerned.. but he looked close to Mikoto's age if one were to try and describe his looks. He was beautiful beyond measure.. his pale white skin.. his luscious dark wild hair.. his great black raven wings.. but his intentions only spoke of death and decay.. a deciever... and not only that.. a deciever who was smitten for a mortal..

One mortal in particular..

Asgawrath smiled lustfully as he looked upon Mikoto. "Oh.. I have watched you.. but still having you here in person.. is even more riveting.."

"I'm not here to go out on date if that's what you're thinking." Mikoto said without any hint of remorse or love. "You took something.. and I want them back.."

"Your Sisters.." said Asgawrath. "Of course. I was most astonished with how they used that unique network of theirs to go into your Personal Reality, and increase your power by such an amount. But.. that only further proved how useful Project Spirit Radio would be... right after they assisted you.. I had everything set up.. sadly, I had to do it myself.. currently Szayl Aporro.. the designer of this device.. well he should have known better then to learn a Numensapien's true name.. especially one like Twilight Prankster's..."

"Device? What? Why were you using them... ? Why the hell did you lure me here!?" Mikoto growled. "TELL ME!!"

"I'd answer her.." said Natsu with a furious glare. "She ain't feeling too happy right about now.."

Asgawrath sighed. "You are such a beautiful yet strange girl Mikoto Misaka, dear Mikoto Misaka... it takes no ordinary means to have Ulquiorra actually submit to you, and begin to accept the existance of a heart.. Perhaps I will let Ulquiorra survive the coming end, so that I may watch what happens now that the heart is within his grasp.."

"Ya didn't answer her question!!" Natsu growled..

"Silence mortal!!" Asgawrath growled.. with those words.. reality quivered, and Natsu fell to the floor and began choking..

"STOP IT!!!" Mikoto screamed. "LET HIM GO!!!"

Asgawrath blinked.. then with a wave of his hand, Natsu started breathing again.. "Had it been any other girl... I would not have granted that wish.. but you are something special.. Mikoto Misaka.."

Asgawrath smiled. "You wish to know.. why I lured here.. and why I took your Sisters.. well the reason is quite simple.. this was the final plan.. the final way for me to claim you.. my lance.."

"C-claim me?"

"Oh yes.. you see.." said Asgawrath. "When you and I last met face to face.. I sensed something in you.. at first I could not believe it.. I thought there was no possible way..."

Asgawrath stared deep into Mikoto's eyes with his dark ones. "I sensed.. Fulguras.. and the lance.. the Lance of Gungnir's power still lies dormant within you... I saw immediately that I was doing everything wrong....All this time I had been trying to create a new lance from you.. when really.. you already were the lance.. all I needed to do was reawaken it.. from deep within your conciousness.."

"That's absurd!!" Mikoto exclaimed. "My soul is human!"

"Is it?" said Asgawrath. "At one point that might have been true.. but you've been within your inner world recently.. you've seen them.. the Esper, The Dragon, The Hollow... you are no longer just a human soul.. and that power within has awakened an older power... an ancient power.. that you... Fulguras Adtonitus.. gained as a result of being selected by Supremos himself.."

Asgawrath raised his hands to the air. "And that's where your Sisters came in.. Mikoto Misaka.. they are the ones.. they are great resonances from which I shall call the Lance deep in your being out.. that is Project Spirit Radio.. Szayl Aporro, infused each and every one of your Sisters with a unique reishi that latches onto their MISAKA Network... and together.. the Sisters shall draw out the Lance.. draw out it's true form.. Your true form.."

"You.. are the freaking craziest immortal piece of wacko I've ever seen in my life.." said Natsu. "And I've met Night Reveler.."

Asgawrath laughed. "Oh.. Natsu Dragneel.. how very sad.. that you.. and the rest of all of creation won't remember this....when I am through..

Asgawrath suddenly grabbed Mikoto by the waist and pulled her in close.. he then kissed her on the lips.. much to her and Natsu's shock.

"MMMFF!?" Mikoto's muffled cry came out as the demon kissed her.

"HEY!!" Natsu roared. "YA CRAZY!!? GET OFF OF HER!!!"

Mikoto's eyes suddenly closed.. and she went limp in Asgawrath's arms... Asgawrath set her gently on the floor as Natsu charged him.

"YA FREAKING-" was all Natsu had time to say before an invisible force slammed into him and pinned him against the wall.

"My apologies Mikoto." said Asgawrath. "I need you to have a good sleep now.. a kiss from my kind.. can do many things you see.."

Asgawrath took out of his  robes a strange looking remote.. with one silver button.. "And now.. it begins.. the beginning of the end.."

And even in her limp unconscious state.. Mikoto could feel it.. the pain.. the pain of all her Sisters.. as their minds were all connected and forcefully converged.. forced into her own skull like some sort of enslaved searching probe.. digging through her mind..

No... no.. NOOO... STOP!!! DON'T LET HIM!!!

But there was nothing that could be done.. Mikoto opened her eyes slightly and watched with tears in her eyes.. as her body began to morph.. until... finally she became a long ashen branch with a long spear-like blade.. and long pulsating golden tendrils began to surround her Lance-like form...

When the transformation was done.. Mikoto had become a long ashen spear, 3 meters in length.. with many pieces of intertwining gold around it.. bearing similarities to an axe, as well as a sword, and not just a spear... it pulsated slowly.. glowing, like a living thing..like a snake wrapped around a tree... It's power seemed to radiate through time and space itself..

And on the edge of the obsidian-black spear blade, just below.. was Mikoto's horned Vasto Lorde Mask adorning the spear... as black ribbons made of pure plasma trailed down the hilt like rippling water. on the end of the long shaft.. right at the bottom, was a golden carving of a dragon's head... and in the middle, right above the lance's leather grip was Mikoto's Fairy Tail guild mark.. engraved into the weapon..

"Interesting.." said Asgawrath, staring down at the True Lance of Gungnir as she levitated in front of him, waiting for somebody wield her. "Now that it is comprised of a Hollow and Dragon's power...rather then the Soul King and a Numensapien... it seems it's appearence is different because of that.."

"N-no.." Natsu said as the invisible force that had been pinning him to the wall suddenly let him go.. and he fell to his knees before Asgawrath..

"Natsu!!" Mikoto's echoing voice came out of the Lance. "RUN!! NOW!!"

"It's no use my dear.." said Asgawrath. "As long as he dwells within the Multiverse.. there is nowhere to run..."

And Asgawrath held out his hand.. and the Lance of Gungnir flew into his grasp. He raised the lance up high as power began to shake the very foundations of space and time...the earth.. the very room, the very air itself began to disintegrate before Natsu's eyes in a great light.. the eyes of the Vasto Lorde mask on the Lance glowed with dreadful reckoning..

"And now.. I shall make this world.. these worlds.. anew.. goodbye Natsu Dragneel...."

And as the light exploded outwards.. Before Natsu's very witness.. Hueco Mundo, Fiore,  Academy City,  every Earth in every dimension of the Multiverse.. every Universe in the Multiverse... was wiped out....

The Multiverse... dissapeared....

And Natsu Dragneel... was left alone.. in a blank slate of darkness....

alone...

utterly alone...

To be continued...

Look for Book 6: Love.. coming soon..