~A Fairy Tale War~

Song; This is War

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Mard Geer was waiting for them when Natsu landed with Lucy in his arms.

Regrettably the Dragon had to let go of his Dragon features due to overexertion. If he continued to stay in that form he would pass out. Natsu let his wings, talons, horns, and tail fade away in a burst of ashes. He felt lighter and more energetic than before. Natsu was starting to get fired up.

He slowly put Lucy down beside him. He kept Lucy close to him as he locked eyes with Mard Geer.

The Underworld King's eyes reminded Natsu of a shark's. White, cold, and ready to see blood spill. Unconsciously he gripped the soggy bandage that hugged his entire arm. The Demon Lord watched the movement with bored eyes. Although, there had been a glint of curiosity in the white depths. Natsu wasn't certain, but if it came down to it, he would have to use that.

His ultimate power.

Natsu knew he could only use this power once. When he used it, it would have to be for a good reason. A life saving one. Natsu's jaw quivered with rage and his lips pulled back from his teeth in a snarl. Oh how he wanted to sink his talons into this Demon who had hurt Lucy. Who had made her say awful things to him. Who...who had made her cry.

"It's a shame that you both made it back," Mard Geer sighed out, titling his head with a hand on his cheek. "I had wished that I would not have to waste more of my time."

Natsu's eyes flashed dangerously.

"Oi!" He called out to Mard Geer. "If you want to keep that smirk attached to your face." Natsu took a powerful step forward that cracked the ground. "Then. You. Will. Leave now." A growl rumbled through his chest and showed in his words. "Or else you'll be leaving when the wind picks up your ashes."

Mard Geer scoffed at Natsu's chilling words that did nothing to him. "This could be quite amusing for me." The Demon Lord closed his eyes as he hummed. "I think," his eyes snapped open and his pupils began to glow. "That I will stay. This is my Kingdom now." Lucy's jaw clenched and she dug her fingers into Natsu's shirt. If she did not have anything to hold onto, then she would have already been running towards Mard Geer to Lucy Kick him.

Even though her mind was overwhelming her with rage, hatred, and fantasies of murder. There was also a tiny part of her mind telling her to wait. To be patient and smart about her next move. Lucy knew the Underworld King was not someone who one wishes to mess with. She had seen his power up close before...She really did not wish to be on the receiving end again.

Lucy glanced up to Natsu.
His teeth were clenched and his shoulders were taut. His eyes were bright and burning with the urge to slam his fiery fist into Mard's face. He wanted to see the Demon's face smash into the ground. He wanted to smell the metallic scent of blood as it flew through the air. His veins were being poisoned with the will to fight.

Natsu couldn't. Not yet. He glanced to the sky. The sun was slowly setting. The sky was bleeding red and orange. The sun was dying so the moon could live. Now he just had to wait for moonlight to highlight the sky. He turned his attention back to Mard Geer who was staring at him.

Had he seen Natsu look to the sky? Was he curious now? Perhaps he was even a bit weary. A small quirk of a smile came to Natsu's lips, surprising Lucy. The Demon frowned at the Dragon's action. He didn't like that.

"What has your little mind thought of?" Mard said just as the sun's last rays of dying light finally ceased its fight and let the jealous moon arise. The moon's light washed over Natsu's face and flashed off of his full blown, giddy smile. "Oh, Mard Geer," Natsu laughed just as strong wing beats met the ears of the three. "Don't you know?" Lucy looked to the sky behind them just as moonlight bounced off multiple pairs of white, flapping wings slicing through the air.

Lucy's jaw dropped open in amazement as Natsu let out a whoop of excitement. "A Dragon fights with family!"

Five Exceeds carrying Dragon Slayers could be seen flying through the dark sky, only visible by the moon's slivery light. In the lead, carrying Plue, was Happy. The blue Exceed flicked his tail, tucked in his wings, and dived down. The other Exceeds followed right behind, tucking in their wings also, and descended from the sky.

Half way to the ground the Exceeds released their holds on the Dragon Slayers and they plummeted to the ground. Gajeel, Wendy, Sting, and Rouge all landed smoothly behind and beside Natsu and Lucy. The Exceeds that had been carrying them floated beside their Dragon Slayer's heads. A black cat with a scar over his eye was Gajeel's. A smaller, white female cat was Wendy's. And a reddish brown cat was Sting's and Rouge's cat was a pink and green one.

Happy flew over to Natsu after putting Plue down, who ran over to Lucy. The blue Exceed let out a joyful purr and curled himself around Natsu's neck, burying his wet nose into his Dragon's cheek. The Fire Dragon Slayer chuckled and put a hand down on top of his kitten's head. "Nice job, buddy!" Natsu crowed much to Happy's delight.

"Plue!" Lucy squealed, bending her knees to hug her hyper dog. Plue's pink tongue flicked out of his mouth to lick all over her face. The tension and the fear that had been building inside of Lucy began to slowly drain out of her. Plue had a calming affect about him that never failed to make Lucy's heartbeat slow.

"Oi," Natsu smiled at his Nest Mates. "Where's Laxus and that poison bastard?" Wendy was the one who answered, her white cat in her skinny arms. "Laxus-San and Cobra should be here shortly. The Exceeds couldn't carry us all." Natsu let out a snicker. "I forgot. They don't have Exceeds." He made a face, "Losers." Sting laughed and Rouge smacked him on the shoulder. "Don't laugh!" He hissed, "Not when we are about to start a war."

Sting looked at his friend and pouted, before throwing an arm around Rouge's shoulders. "That's why we should laugh!" The White Dragon Slayer grinned. "We won't have any room to be worried then!" Gajeel scoffed and crossed his arms. "Speak for yerself, I ain't ever scared." The Iron Slayer boasted with a smirk. His cat looked sideways at him, the end of his tail flicking his Slayer's ear doubtfully.

As Gajeel turned to argue with his cat, Wendy smiled delicately, Sting tried to coax a smile out of Rouge, who in turn, was pushing Sting away with the palm of his hand to his friend's cheek. Natsu was laughing with Happy on top of his head as he watched his Nest Mates amusing actions.

All the Dragon Slayers were so caught up in themselves that they had completely forgotten their purpose for being there! Mard Geer.

Lucy lifted her head and eyed the Demon Lord who still stood feet away. His stance was loose and his arms were crossed over his chest. He did not seem worried about the sudden increase of enemies. Lucy's heart clenched. Something was not right.
A feeling of dread was beginning to creep up on her. It's tendrils were slowly wrapping themselves around her heart. With it came a warning.

~Not alone~

As if Mard Geer had heard the warning and had been waiting for it to surface. He raised his arms slightly, palms facing the ground, and purple light shot out from his hands. The Dragon Slayers tensed along with Lucy. They all felt it. The wrongness coating the air. Within the pale light square shapes had begun to take form.

Those shapes snapped in half and the sound of paper rustling could be heard. Lucy then knew what those shapes were. Books.
There were about eight of them and all had been opened. Mard Geer's smirk became crazed as the inked words in the books unleashed what they had been holding. In a shower of fractured purple light, people began to flow out of the books, and materialize in the air.

The purple light resided and Lucy along with the Dragon Slayers could finally see what Mard Geer had summoned. Eight people stood before them...only they were not people. Some had human features but others...they didn't even resemble humans.

Standing closets to Mard Geer with her hands on her curvaceous hips was a female Demon with the name of Kyouka.

Kyouka's body held an hourglass figure and she possessed a lithe grace. Her head was adorned with an intricate helmet, this covered almost the entirety of her face save for her eyes and mouth. From the sides of the helmet, two long wing like pieces of hair protruded, curving out around her face.

Kyouka's hair fell from the back of the helmet as well, this passing through her hood to fall to her lower back, being wrapped tightly into a thick band. Finishing the helmet was a large gem of sorts, which sits directly over the female Demon's forehead. Her tongue flashed out to lick the top of her lip when her eyes landed on Lucy.

A shiver coursed through the Princess at the hungry look in her deep blue eyes.

Beside the female Demon was another of the same gender, her name, Sayla.

Sayla's most noticeable feature were the two large gold-looking horns protruding from the sides of her head and pointing upwards. Upon her head is a white band which separated her hair, framing her bangs from her hair below the band. Worn upon her forehead is a small circular symbol with a small dot on the inside and surrounded by several dots around the top. Tied around her neck is a small white-colored strap.

A young looking man by the name of Jackal appeared to live up to his name. He possessed a number of animal features: his dark blonde hair, reaching down to his shoulders and covering the left side of his face, perpetually hiding his left eye from sight, juts upwards on top of his head in a pair of prominent protrusions shaped like ears. His nose was small and black like a canine's; he had a furry tail protruding from his lower back, colored the same as his hair, and pointed, triangular fang-like teeth.

His one visible eye, complete with a dark slit pupil, bears a thick dark outline, and black spots are present both below it and above its linear eyebrow; Jackal's forearms and hands are covered by a larger variety of similarly colored shapes, getting closer and closer in position as they approach his wrists, in correspondence to which they fuse together to leave his hands completely black. Tartaros' Guild Mark was visible on Jackal's bare right pectoral.

To the right of Jackal and standing with a hand on his metal encased hip was a man with ice flowing through his veins. His hair was as black as midnight with eyes as cold as a winter's night. A horrid scar ran down his face starting from his forehead to the side of his face, barely missing his eye. He was wearing heavy steel plated armor with golden Tartaros symbols scattered about. Engraved on the breast plate were the words; Absolute Zerø.

This man's name was Sliver, Ice Devil Slayer of Tartaros.

Torafuzar was a Demon male that had a face resembling a shark's with the body of a lizard man.

Keyes was a Demon straight out of a horror story. He had a boney face that looked like a skeleton and a stitched mouth. His eyes were only black sockets that could make you freeze up on the spot.

Tempester was a tall male Demon with the face of a lion and his Curse allowed him to create natural disasters.

Ezel was a Demon bearing four arms and seven tentacles for legs. He had a nasty smile on his face.

Mard Geer raised his arms proudly to his Demons and called out grandly.
"We are the Nine Demon Gates! We are Zeref's Demons!"

The Slayers, Exceeds, and Lucy felt the sudden shift in power. They were out numbered, out skilled, and out powered. They would be torn apart before the battle could even begin. Real terror roared inside of Lucy, staining her insides like an out of control virus with no cure.

We are going to die.

Lighting zapped through the air and set Lucy's hair on end. The Dragon Slayers and Lucy spun around to see four silhouettes outlined by moonlight up top a hill overlooking them all. The person in front of the three others stepped forward and a crack of yellow lightning lit up his scarred face. Electricity zipped through his spiky blond hair and curled around his hands. The Magic highlighted the three faces of a smirking woman, a wild faced man with glowing green eyes, and another man with waist length emerald hair.

Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe had arrived.

They were not alone. Cresting the hill behind the team with lightning at their backs were Fairy Tail members. MiraJane, Erza, Levy, Gray, Juvia, and Loke stood beside the team. "You weren't gonna start without us," lightning lit up the clearing as Laxus spoke. "Were you?"

"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Natsu cheered along with the other Slayers. Lucy could feel the sudden shift in favor. Now they were the ones who held the advantage.

Feeling powerful once more, the Dragon Slayers and Lucy turned back to the Demons who were all brimming with power and impatience. They wanted to fight just as much as the Fairy Tail Mages did. Well, Lucy balled up her hands in her wedding dress that had been brutally torn and ruined. If it's a war they want. Lucy dug her fingers into the bottom of her dress and ripped the bottom off so her legs were bare. It's a war they are going to lose!

As Fairy Tail began to come down the hill to join them, Lucy balled her fists, and steadied her mind. She did not have her whip, her throwing knives, or possessed any Magic. She took a deep, calming breath, her shoulders shook. That does not matter, she told herself. That has never stopped people without Magic from fighting!

A warm hand dropped down on her shaking shoulders. Lucy looked up to see Natsu smiling down at her. "Don't worry, Lucy." He told her softly. "We will definitely win." And Lucy believed him. She always would. "I've believed in you since the night you saved me." Lucy muttered, a small smile coming to her face. Before Natsu could push past his shock to reply, the Fairy Tail members came walking up to join their friends.

The Demons of Tartaros and the Dragon Slayers of the Hidden Kingdom faced off against each other.
They sized their opponents up, calculating, thinking, and choosing who they wished to battle. Or who was worthy to battle against them.

Erza's body began to glow and soon the light that she was in was too much to look at. When the light faded away, Erza could be seen again. A katana was raised over her head and she slashed her blade down in front of her.

Kyouka smirked as she put her claws to eye level threateningly. She had picked her target.

Erza VS Kyouka!

Gajeel's red eyes gleamed as he allowed his metallic sliver scales to come over his body. He pounded his iron clad fist into the palm of his gloved covered hand as he laughed at his opponent who in turn smiled back with shark teeth. The Iron Dragon Slayer was surprised to say the least when a small girl with wispy blue hair came to stand beside him.

"What is a Shrimp like ya doin' here?" He couldn't help but snicker. The petite girl looked up at him with eyes burning with intelligence and determination. "I'm here to fight with you." An irritated look crossed her face. "And do not call me Shrimp! My name is Levy." Gajeel released a mock laugh. Yeah, he so wasn't gonna call her by her name anytime soon. 'Sides, he decided that Shrimp fit her better.

The Slayer dropped a hand on top of her small head. "Gajeel." After telling her his name, Gajeel's face suddenly shifted to a more serious look. "Oi, findin' someone as tiny as ya is gonna be hard." Levy puffed out her cheeks as Gajeel smirked. "So don't leave my side, Shrimp."

Gajeel & Levy VS Torafuzar!

Gray's Magic began to dance around him in a misty haze. Ice hissed and clinked around him and he placed his fist into his open palm. Sliver faced Gray and let his own version of Ice Magic free. The Demon's ice was a light, almost see through purple. Gray was surprised at first but he quickly pushed the distracting emotion away.
He spread his legs and bent his knees and clenched his jaw in concentration.
It was a battle between who held the best creation and power over ice!

Gray VS Sliver!

Mira let loose a low roar that vibrated through the very earth. A deep purple light flowed out from her body and a circle with a million patterns appeared above her head. Her white hair danced around her enraged face and her pretty blue eyes had turned wild. The force of her power broke apart the very ground beneath her feet and rocks shot forward and around her.

Cracks appeared on the left side of her face and eye. Wings protruded out from her back and talons erupted from her fingers. A scaly tail soon joined into her transformation by appearing from her lower back. Her hair stuck up straight in the air and swayed gently. MiraJane had unleashed her Satan Soul.

Sayla's eyes began to glow as she faced down Mira.

As the Demon started to unlock her own power, Mira took to the sky, flapping her shredded wings, her face murderous.

MiraJane VS Sayla!

The wind picked up and started to dance around Wendy in harsh waves. The element weaved through her blue hair and swirled around her body like a shield. Suddenly her hair began to change color and pink crystals formed around her wrist and ankles. Her whipping hair turned a shell pink and she crouched down on her haunches. Her little hand balled into a fist and she struck the ground, sending dust and dirt flying.

Wendy lifted her head and locked her blazing eyes upon the hungry looking Demon Ezel.

Wendy VS Ezel!

Juvia's body began to shift and swirl until her body became shimmering water. Her blue eyes shined like the scales on fish when light caresses them. Her opponent would be Keyes, who was boring holes into her face with his absent eyes.

Juvia VS Keyes!

Laxus with his team consisting of Freed, Bixlow, and Evergreen faced off against Tempester. The lion like Demon's frown matched Laxus' in severity. The Dragon Slayer's Magic crackled and zapped around him and his team. Lightning flashed through the grey sky to show off its wielder's anger. Beneath Laxus' cool exterior was a storm building and there was plenty of lightning.

Thunder God Tribe VS Tempester!

The Twin Dragons would be taking on Mard Geer, who was eyeing them without much enthusiasm. Until both Twins began to glow. Sting's body was being encased by a brilliant white light while his partner's body was being attacked by obsidian shadows. Markings appeared on both their faces and their Magic clashed together magnificently.

The Underworld King smiled. Perhaps he would not be so bored after all.

Twin Dragon Slayers
VS Mard Geer!

Natsu and Jackal locked eyes from where they stood. Both of their fangs were bared, both pupils narrowing to resemble a cat's. Jackal's roguish smile showed off his set of triangle like teeth. The Demon kneeled down and put his hand full of strange black markings to the ground. A golden glow started to cover his hand and the ground.

Then there was a small explosion and dust swept the area around them both. Jackal's Curse was to make bombs. The Demon's ears flicked and his tail lashed in excitement. He could not wait to test his Curse on the Dragon before him.

Natsu squared his shoulders and frowned deeply at Jackal. His green eyes had been swallowed by inky blackness. Fire flickered around his body and slithered around his fists. Natsu's eyes were blazing so intensely that one would think that Jackal would be melting under the Dragon's glare.

Natsu would not lose to this Demon.
He had a future to protect!
Lucy's future!

Natsu VS Jackal!

Lucy would be near Natsu as he fought against Jackal. If Natsu was in trouble she would interfere and fight with him to bring down the enemy. Loke would be with her as well since he was the one with an actual weapon. Lucy's eyes seemed to glow with the energy zipping within her. With Natsu and Fairy Tail with her, Lucy felt as if she could fight in and win thousands of wars.

The Dragon Slayers tensed and let their elements swirl around them. They were ready. As was Fairy Tail and the Demons of Zeref. The air was heavy with tension and the promise of war.

Then something broke and Natsu surged forward with his Nest Mates by his side and Fairy Tail right behind them with a battle cry mixed in with multiple roars.

Let the battle between Fairy Tail, the Dragon Slayers, and Tartaros begin!

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Let the Adventure Continue!

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