Disclaimer: Hey guys! Firestorm40 here with a new chapter for you all. I do not own any of the characters except my own. Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.

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Abyss Palace...

The second Fairy Tail team gazed apprehensively at the executioners, the ones who call themselves the Hungry Wolves but were otherwise known as the Garou Knights. They were considered to be an urban legend according to Yukino; no one has ever seen them in person and lived to tell the tale.

"Are you sure they're supposed to be a knight order?" Sora asked. "I mean look at them...how am I supposed to take them seriously with those weird getups?"

"Especially him!" Natsu laughed, pointing at the strange man with the flag.

"Don't let their appearances deceive you..." Arcadios replied. "The magic they use...is created to kill people."

"Well, I see no other options." Lexi released a sigh before smiling. "The exit's come straight to us."

"Yes, it's a good opportunity to have hem show us the exit." Mira nodded her head in agreement.

"Lucy and Yukino have no keys right?" Wendy said as she and Mira stood in front of them. "Please stay back."

"Carla, Kiki, stay back." Lily said as he turned into his much larger form. "I'll handle this."

"I beg to differ." Kiki smirked as she stood beside him, cracking her knuckles and changed into her Neko Form. "You aren't the only one who can fight you know?"

"She's right." Lucas said as he changed into his Neko Form too. "There's no way I'm sitting this out."

"I'm all fired up." Natsu smirked.

"Are you guys...seriously planning...to fight them?!" Arcadios looked at them in fright. "You must be out of your minds!"

"You don't fear the Order of the Hungry Wolves..." The man in the middle narrowed his eyes in anger. "Ignorant sinners, you are. Go back to the earth of Fiore's kingdom."

"Well, if we're sinners what does that make you?" Sora asked. "You know, the ones who kill people?"

"Let's go, Cosmos." A woman with long, black hair spoke, slipping what looked like a piece of red paper in between her index and middle fingers. She was relatively tall and thin with a light complexion. Her chosen attire is a simple black dress which wraps around her body as a robe. The front is left open, allowing her legs to be in full sight, whilst the back is much longer, being tailored to fall into two points. The edge of the cloth is patterned with squares, and the entire outfit is kept around her body through the use of a thick cloth belt which is tied just below her breasts and into a huge bow that sits at her back. On her feet, she sported a pair of plain platform sandals.

"Mine and Kamika's beautiful dance..." The one known as Cosmos spoke, her eyes hidden underneath her hat. She had long and rather messy pink hair and dark eyes. She wore a big puffy cap on her head that is designed with a dark strip at the front with six light dots presenting a "V" pattern and a matching brim that covers her eyes. On the left side of her head, she keeps a rose in her hair. As for her attire, she had on a long coat with petal-like edges on the tails. Her coat is also adorned with dots running across the edges and is tied with a ribbon-like belt. Her chest is barely seen revealing much of her cleavage where a dark top can be seen and underneath is ruffled mini-skirt. She also seems to be wearing arm sleeves and long boots that reaches to her calves, also adorned with dots and petal-like edges. A flower bracelet can be seen on her right wrist.

"Paper Blizzard..." Kamika released the small red paper into the wind, creating a wave of red-colored papers. "Red Dance!"

"I'm sorry sweetheart, but that won't work." Natsu said as he ignited his flames and shot it at the papers. "I'll just burn them to ashes!"

However, instead of burning, the papers merged with the flames, creating a torrent of red-colored paper and head towards Natsu.

"Huh!?" Natsu said in shock.

"Why isn't burning!?" Lucy asked.

"That red paper might be made out of flames from the god of fire." Sora said.

"How do you know?" The group looked at him.

"Meh. Read it in a book somewhere." was the response.

"Right then. Wendy!" Lexi shouted. "You've done a Unison Raid with me and Lucy before, right?"

"Yep!" Wendy replied as she stood beside her. "What do you have in mind?"

"Let's do it as well!"

"Okay!" The two dragon slayers puffed up their cheeks as the red storm flew towards them.

"Unison Raid! Sliver/Sky Dragon's Roar!" The combined roar flew at the swirling red papers and demolished it completely; shreds of red littered the ground uselessly.

"Nice one, you two!" Carla said, giving them a thumbs up.

"That was awesome!" Happy cheered.

"Beautiful." Cosmos stated as she used her magic to summon a venus flytrap underneath Wendy's feet. "A doll that dances beautifully...This is the skeletal flower that blossoms in blood." The sky dragon slayer looked in worry as the plant started to close up around her, the razor sharp teeth surrounding her lunged for her body, eager to deep themselves into her flesh.

"Wendy!" Lexi shouted and would've jumped to her rescue but Mira was already on it. Already transformed in her demon state, once punch from her sent the plant packing.

"Mira!" Wendy said happily. Lucy and Yukino were also targeted by the plants, their vines to be exact, but thanks to Kiki and Lucas' speed and Lily's sword, they weren't hurt.

"Paaaan..." One of the men in the group, the same one who attacked them with acid when they first arrived, appeared behind Lily with his arm raised over his head. His name is Neppa and he is a man with a large build and overly-muscular arms, which are wrapped with bandages at the wrist. Compared to the rest of his body, he has disproportionately smaller legs. His eyes are narrow with a triangle-shaped nose, and his eyebrows are constantly furrowed. His hair is stylized in a spiked pompadour which spreads out onto his face in wide, arrow-shaped sideburns. His attire consists of a light-colored shirt with frills at the neck, which he wears under a dark vest. This is all covered with a sleeveless jacket that is designed with fur around the neck, with the words "ACID RULE" written on the back. Below this, he wears a regular pair of dark-colored trousers that are held up with a light-centered belt, and he wears a pair of dark shoes, with each shoe featuring a buckle near the back.

"Keep your acidic hands to yourself, chubby!" Kiki spat as she kicked him in the face, causing him to stumble back before Lucas smacked him away.

"Paper Blizzard: Purple Dance." Kamika unleashed another paper storm but this time the paper color was indeed purple.

"What's this!?" Natsu growled as the paper pieces stuck to her like glue.

"I can't move!" Mira frowned as her body refused to obey her commands.

"Me either!" Lexi said.

"Purple paper is the god of binding." Kamika smiled.

"This is such a beautiful combination." Cosmos responded. "Grow flow!" An enormous flower soon towered over them, opening up to show its beautiful patterns and intricate coloring. "Eat. Beautifully. The lives of the sinners." Suddenly it started to suck everything in thanks to the hole in the middle, almost like a vacuum cleaner.

"Damn it!" Sora quickly pinned Lucy to the ground, wrapping her arms and legs with solar light to keep her sturdy.

It's gonna suck us inside!" Lily growled as he used his sword as an anchor. Riku held Charla close to prevent the white Exceed from flying away.

"Kyaah!"

"Yukino." Mira quickly grabbed the girl's wrist.

"I'll cancel your physical impairment!" Wendy yelled as she held onto a rock with one hand, the other ready to cast the magic. "Magic to recover from abnormal conditions, Reze!"

"Great! We can move again!" Natsu smiled as the purple papers flew off her bodies and her comrades' bodies.

"But what are you gonna...do with that!?" Lucy yelled as the wind continued to howl past their ears.

"We'll destroy it!" Sora replied, jumping towards the flower with Natsu, Lily and Mira by his side. With a roar, the four of them attacked the plant together and thus caused an explosion that rocked the entire palace.

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"The Hungry Wolves went to execute them."

"Oh that's helpful." Back in the palace above ground, Hisui couldn't help but have a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She glanced at the group of guards that were happily chatting in her room.

'My strategy keeps on backfiring...' She frowned, looking outside with worry.'Please be safe...Arcadois.'

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"Buwahah!" Sora and Natsu gasped as they burst from underneath the rubble, wiping the dust from from their clothes. 

"I'm getting really sick of the falling." Natsu stated.

"You and me both." Sora agreed, surveying the surroundings. "Heey!"

"Is everyone all right!? Heeey! Everyone!" Natsu called out.

"It seems that because of the shock everyone ended up in different places." A calm voice spoke behind them and they turned to see that it was the leader of the Garou Knights himself. "But my subordinates are skilled. No one will come back alive."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that." Natsu replied, gripping her scarf tightly. "My friends...are not like your average prey."

"Never once has our enemies escaped our hands." The man said. "You twp and your friends are no different."

"Who are you?" Sora frowned.

"My name is Kama." He introduced himself with a mock bow. He was an average-sized man with purple hair cut in a military hairstyle, forming a long Widow's Peak on his forehead. Befitting his strict, orderly nature, he has sharp eyes with black lines encircling each of them, overlooked by pencil-thin eyebrows. He also has a cleft chin. He was wearing a metal mask which covers his entire lower face with a protruding horn at the chin area. As a knight, he wears an armor completed with metal gloves that has pointed horns located at each of the elbows. Below, he wears dark pants and black stripes boots in which covered by four pieces of cloth decorated with Fiore's symbol which is being held by a black sash. On top of that, he dons a white hooded cape. "And here is where I will personally execute you."

"Not chance, pal." Sora said, drawing his sword. "I came down here to get my girlfriend back back and I'm not leaving here without her."

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"Everyone, where are you!?" Wendy called as she and Lexi wondered about. After dragging themselves out from underneath the rocks they went to search for their friends.

"I can't even sense their power." Lexi said looking around. "They gotta be around here somewhere..."

Beautiful..." Cosmos spoke when the three of them finally met. She was patiently sitting inside a rose waiting for her opponents. "Well, more than beautiful I'd say lovely. But I'm going to execute you both of you."

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"Hehee..." Neppa grinned as he faced off against Panther Lily, Lucas and Kiki.

"Damn it I lost sight of everyone else." Lily gritted his teeth in fury as he faced his enemy.

"Let's just deal with this guy for right now." Lucas said, gripping his staff.

"Big shot's right." Kiki agreed. "The quicker we get rid of Chubby, the faster we can look for the others."

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"Lucy! Yukino! Where are you?" Mira asked, looking around. The explosion that occurred knocked her out of her demon form.

"You shouldn't look away, you know." Kamika said with a smile as she approached her prey.

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"Did we lose everyone else!?" Lucy sat up immediately, shaking some dust from her head.

"Ouch..." Happy muttered.

"What the hell are we supposed to do now?" Carla said, looking around with worry. "All of those with no fighting power ended up together."

"We don't even have our keys." Yukino stated obviously.

"Anyway, let's start by looking for the others." Happy looked at them before noticing that he was floating in the air, his feet dangling above the ground. "Eeek! What is this!?"

"Happy!＂Lucy exclaimed.

"I fished you, tai!" The last of the Garou Knights, Uosuke spoke from where he sat on a rock. He is a man of average height with a highly distinctive appearance. His massive, mildly squared head is almost completely bald, bearing only a long, wild and spiky mane of dark hair on top of it, reaching down to his middle back; each of his large, perennially wide-open round dark eyes bears six prominent eyelashes, three above and three below it, and he possesses thick lips which are almost always kept in a smile. His outfit resembled those worn by traditional Japanese fishermen: a short-sleeved shirt left open, possessing a high and wide collar and bearing decorative motifs representing waves which extend across the chest to the sleeves area, and dark, mildly loose capri pants held around his waist by an incorporated elastic band, and bearing massive, light markings reminiscent of horizontally placed fish bones on both the front and back part of each leg; circling his forehead is a light, twisted towel, secured by a knot above his left ear.

"I'm not a fish!" Happy yelled, "Now put me down!"

"You're right." Uosuke stated, throwing him to the side.

"Who are you?" Carla asked.

"Executor Uosuke."

"Such a pretty name." Lucy frowned, unsure on how to proceed from there.

" I have a feeling we can take him on without the help of magic!" Happy snarled as she got up from where she was thrown.

"If you say so...I'll get angry." Uosuke said but his facial expression didn't change.

"Maybe we can win! He's just small fry." Lucy stated, gaining some confidence in herself.

"Yes!" Yukino nodded with agreement, taking a stand near her.

"This is bad..." Arcadois feared, "It's said that when he executes someone not even their bones are left."

"Eh!?" Both girls turned to look at him as Uosuke landed in front, dancing a little bit.

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In another area...

"Life is fleeting." Kama spoke roughly. "Repent for your sins."

"I don't have any reconciliation of doing bad things in my life." Sora replied, scratching the back of his head in wonder.

"Me neither." Natsu said.

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"What happened, Master?" Romeo asked when he noticed that Makarov had gone deathly pale.

"Nothing..." The old man replied. "I just suddenly remembered about all the written apologies."

"There's no time to think about that now." Bisca said.

"What are written apologies!?" Her daughter Asuka asked.

"You don't have to know yet." Her mother replied.

"Will Sora and the others be all right?" Lisanna asked with Elfman beside her.

"Now we can only...trust in them." Makarov said.

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"This doesn't look too promising..." Sora said as he gripped his blade. 

"In order to pass this area and get back to our friends, we have to defeat you." Natsu got into a battle stance.

"That is if you can..." Kama replied as he reached behind him, gripping his weapons.

'Those are...!' Sora blinked as he looked at them carefully. The two scythes protruding from his back somewhat forms two arms that is in a facing palm position. Each scythe has large blades and horns at the edges. 

"Natsu, dodge!" Sora yelled.

Suddenly Kama flashed forward and the two dragon slayers leaned back just as one the scythes went past them. He pressured them, swinging his arms left and right. Natsu growled as his back pressed up against a rock column and he came in for a strike. Bending all the way back, Natsu watched the weapon go over her head and destroyed the column without effort. 'Woah...! Scary.' He breathed heavily, creating a distance between them.

Sora swung his sword at Kama, who dodged it and hopped back.

"I only aim at the sinners' heads." Kama told her.

"You're a creepy individual..." Natsu replied, rubbing his neck to make sure it was there. 

"So that's why he always go for the neck...We better watch him carefully otherwise our heads will roll on the ground." Sora said.

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"Shuwaa..." Neppa grinned as he let loose his acid magic, flooding the area with purple colored acid.

"Acid sure is tough..." Lily growled as he tried to shield himself. "I can't block it with my sword."

"We need to gain some distance!" Kiki said.

"Melt down." Neppa grinned with a bottle in his mouth. "Melt down."

"You first!" Lucas yelled as he charged at Neppa from behind.

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"Paper Blizzard: Green Dance!" Kamaki released a torrent of green colored paper towards Mira.

"Ugh...Gh.." The S-class mage growled as the paper surrounded her, suddenly manifesting into some kind of gas. Knowing immediately what it was she covered her nose and mouth with both hands.

"Green paper is the god of poison."

'These people...' Mira frowned as she tried to hold her breath for as long as she could, the green smoke slowly surrounded her completely'. ...are really trying to kill us...'

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"Spore bomb, Rink Renka." Cosmos smiled as she emitted spores around her and directing them at her enemy.

"Kyaaa!" Wendy yelped as the spores exploded in front and beside her, creating spontaneous explosions.

"Soild Script: Fire!" Lexi shouted as she shot the word FIRE at the spores, burning most of them.

"Even your screams are pretty..." Cosmos purred. "It's time to sleep now, Makura Kamura." Suddenly the spores from before released a sleeping agent causing Wendy and  to fall to her knees, gagging at the gas. "After you've fallen asleep thanks to the effect of this spore...you'll never wake up again. It's deadly magic."

"No Wendy!" Lexi yelled as she ran to help the young girl. However, several vines wrapped around her to keep her at bay.

"Augh... Uh.." Wendy glared but couldn't speak for fear of inhaling the gas. She was starting to feel light-headed and her eyes were feeling heavy.

"Sleep." Cosmos commanded, "Forever."

"WENDY!" Lexi screamed.

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"Terrain effect." Uosuke smiled. "Lava range!"

"Something's coming up from underneath." Lucy muttered.

"Carla!" Happy called.

"The earth is..." Carla looked around as the ground begain to tremble. Suddenly everything collapsed as lava started to ooze up to the surface. Lucy and Yukino yelped as the floor underneath them disappeared and they held on to dear life.

"Let's go!" Happy yelled as he and Carla flew down to help but suddenly Uosuke's levitation magic prevented them from going any further, leaving them suspended in mid-air.

"Terrain effect, Gravity range."

"Ugah!"

"Auh!" The exceeds yelped as they fell to the ground and were pinned there, unable to move a muscle.

"You two..." Arcadois spoke as he watched the two mages struggle to hold on. Lucy and Yukino whimpered as the lava started to burn their shoes, the heat was becoming unbearable. "Be strong...you two...are my...hope."

"Arcadois..." Yukino responded.

"That story again?" Lucy stated. "Sorry but I..."

"Eclipse can't be activated without you." Arcadois said as he stood up to shaky legs. "And for that..." He willed his body to move and started to walk through the lava towards them. The flames started to lap happily against his skin. "I am ready...to sacrifice my life!"

"What are you doing!?" Lucy yelled at him as Yukino stared at him in horror.

"Ughggh...UGAAHHH!" Arcadois yelled as he continued to walk.

"Eh? Eh?" Uosuke looked on in wonder, unable to comprehend at what was happening. "A human stepped into the lava?"

"NUOOOHH!" Reaching the two girls, Arcadios quickly placed his hands underneath their feet, their shoes already burned away. "Climb. Fast!"

"Arcadios!" Yukino shouted with worry after she climbed to safety.

"If you...manage to get out of here..." He told them, resting against the rock well to rest. "Meet...the Princess...Princess Hisui..."

"Arcadios! Take my hand!" Yukino shouted, stretching her arm out to him.

"Fast!" Lucy said as she also held out her hand for him to take. Happy and Carla watched in frustration as they were still pinned to the ground.

"You can decide...whether Eclipse is right or not." With those last words, he disappeared underneath the lava.

"Arcadios!" Yukino yelled, tears spilling from her eyes as she watched the bubbles on the surface of the lava.

"Right? Right?" Uosuke said, nodding his head. "Normally you die. Good! I was surprised." The others were silent, angry at the death of someone important.

"By a hair's breadth." A voice spoke and the bubbles along the surface increased. "But well..." Something arose from the depths of the lava. "My body is a bit of a problem."

"Horologium!?" Lucy gasped as she recognized the silver key Celestial spirit, his body was a bit expanded past its normal size.

"But well...this guy with a big body just barely fit." Horologium stated as he looked at Arcadois resting inside of him.

"Why are you here...?" Lucy asked.

"Because I can freely pass through the gate." Another voice spoke, causing them to look behind in awe. "Your 'stars' are back to your side."

"Loki!" Lucy exclaimed in happiness. It's been awhile since she's seen the orange-haired man in the tux.

"Sorry for taking so long." Loki apologized.

"Leo of the Lion..." Yukino said, only knowing him by his star position.

"I have yours too." He looked at her and tossed her the two keys.

"Thank you." She said gratefully. "Sorry, Pisces, Libra." She apologized to the keys in her hand.

"Yay!" Happy cheered, her body no longer constrained by gravity.

"Now you can use magic again!" Carla added.

"Lucy." Loki looked at his owner and she nodded her head in his direction. "The 12 keys are together again. It's time to counterattack."

"Ta...Tai?" Uosuke looked at the three of them with worry.

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Back to another area...

The surrounding rock formations and columns continued to crumble as Kama swung his scythes, once again aiming at his opponents' neck. Sora and Natsu jumped and evaded but their opponent's speed was definitely unhuman so they were always forced on the balls of their feet.

Sora runs forward and Kama swipes with his scythes. Sora flies forward, dodging another swing from the scythes. Sora leaps backwards, away from the scythes, catching himself and running forward. Sora and Kama exchange blocks and blows with each other before hopping away. 

"All you're doing is running away...prolonging your death." Kama growled, slicing just a hair above the Natsu's head as he rolled out of the way. "Just like a criminal."

"We don't want to have our heads cleave off." Sora retorted, jumping away as Kama swung at him.

"Also there's no way us Fairy Tail mages could be labeled as criminals...much less thieves. We were probably set up by that fake princess of yours!" Natsu shouted.

"Fake!?" At this he suddenly became aggressive, nostrils flaring up. "How dare you call her Royal Highness fake!"

"Woah!" Natsu scrambled away as his speed increased. "Arrrgh! Watch where you swing that thing!" He yelped as she somersaulted back, avoiding his crushing blow.

"Got you!" Suddenly Kama appeared above Natsu, slamming his back against the ground and pinned him there. "Now you've got no where to run. Prepare to be executed!" Natsu looked up in fear as the blade came towards his throat. As fast as lightning Sora hands managed to stop both blades mere inches from his brother's neck, barely nicking his scarf. "Wha-?! How can this be?"

"Can we beat you down, now?" Sora asked, shattering his blades as if they were paper.

That's a wrap for this chapter! Hope you all enjoyed it. Next chapter, the mysterious person makes their appearance. Look forward to it. Comment on your favorite parts and don't forget to vote!

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