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Somewhere outside Cube...

Tag-teaming up together, Sora, Gray and Natsu rushed towards Mard who greeted them by unfurling his bat-like wings, calling forth his Curse. The three Fairy Tail mages gazed at the oncoming thorns without breaking stride, their eyes ablaze just like their fighting spirit.

"Incinerate!" Sora shouted.

"Freeze!" Gray ordered.

"Burrrrrn!" Natsu yelled and the three of them neutralized the attack in a dazzling display of fire, ice solar light. However it didn't bother the demon as he utilized the distraction to fly up behind the mages, grabbing Natsu and Gray's heads with his talons and grabbing Sora with his feet, before lifting them into the air.

"Woah!" Gray gasped as his feet no longer touched the ground and the demon's speed started to increase.

"Let go, you bastard!" Natsu yelled at demon as he struggled to break free.

"Damn it!" Sora cried out.

"Welcome to the other side of Tartaros." Mard said as he slammed them into the ruined battlements of his guild, not slowing down one bit as they continued to ascend. "The end of the road for those that encounter demons."

"GAAAAAHHHHH!" All three mages yelled as their faces were grinding roughly along the rock walls, their eyes widened in pain. "AAAAHH!"

"I'll scrape away every part of you." The demon king spoke, their screams were soothing to his ears. "Even your petty emotions."

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"So it was you that dragged our Lady in as well?" Sting asked as he dodged Jiemma's punch. Elsewhere, the Twin Dragons weren't having much luck against the former Saber master who overwhelmed them with his newly obtained power.

"Ah, she was of no use at all." The former master replied bluntly, scowling even at the name that made his ears burn with shame and his blood boiling with shame. "It was foolish of me to think she'd be any better with demonic powers."

"She's your own daughter!" Rogue protested.

"No. Her purpose was to carry on the strongest bloodline..."

"SHUT UP!" Sting roared, smacking his fist against Jiemma with fury. It disgusted him to hear a parent talk so badly about their own child.

"Is that all?" Jiemma taunted even though he flew a few feet back. He retaliated by hurling the white dragon slayer back and smashing Rogue to the ground when the shadow dragon slayer attempted to attack him from above. "Do you seriously think you've taken over Sabertooth at this level?"

"We've...recovered Sabertooth." Rogue told him angrily as he rose shakily to his feet. "Returned it to what...it was supposed to be..."

"What a joke!"

"Gahh!" Rogue yelped as he was knocked back down.

"Sabertooth is supposed to be the strongest, that's what it is!" The former master yelled. "And you weak fools have made such a mess out of it!"

"We were weak, it's true." Sting admitted as he got to his feet after being blown away. "But our weakness was nothing like the one you speak of. We're not going to go back to being a weak guild that thinks nothing of their own guild members."

"To truly become a 'strong' guild, we're going to start from zero." Rogue added as he got up.

"That's why it's high time you..."

"Disappear."

"Hahahahaha, a truly strong guild?!" Amused, Jiemma attacks both of them at the same time. "I've never heard of something like that! The word 'strongest' only exists for one! And that's me!"

"Wrong..." Sting argued, glaring at him with icy blue eyes. " A strong guild exists and...it's just nearby."

"We were lucky." Rogue said. "To be able to meet such a strong, kind, and honest guild."

"Enough!" Jiemma slashed at the two in fury with his bare hands, drawing blood from his opponents. "Only one person can be the strongest! Relying on others is a sign of weakness! You fools are the ultimate weaklings!"

"Even if we are, we're living for the sake of someone else, learning to love another as a reason to stay alive!" Sting yelled back before turning to his comrade right beside him. "Let's go Rogue!"

"Yeah!" The shadow dragon slayer backed him up. "We'll become strong...just like Fairy Tail!"

"I'VE HEARD ENOUGHHH!" Jiemma screamed as he lunged at the two, spit flying from his mouth like a rabid dog. "DIE YOU MISERABLE WEAKLINGS!"

"We'll stitch that twisted wound of yours..."

"With a bond of black and white!" Together Sting and Rogue executed a perfect combination technique, White Shadow Dragon's Silk and defeated their former master much to his surprise and dismay.

"Im...possib...le..." Jiemma uttered as his body was pierced and sliced by the multitude of very thin beams of light and shadow. With one last cry he fell to the ground and didn't get back up. Completely drained themselves, the Twin Dragons tell the Fairy Tail team that the rest is up to them and fall to the ground not too long with smiles on their faces.

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Back to the fight...

The demon continued flying upward, dragging the Fairy Tail mages with him and his mouth twisted into a wide grin. He could taste the sweetness of victory dancing at the tip of his tongue. Soon he'll be able to revive END and defeat Zeref, the world will soon belong to the demons.

"HIYAHHHH!"

"Wh-What the...!?" Distracted for an instant Mard looked up to see a body descending upon him at an astounding rate. solar colored feet slammed into his face and he lost his grip on the mages as the force caused him to plummet to the ground with a huge impact. Natsu and Gray both tumbled to the halt before looking up to see who joined their fight.

"Thanks, Sora!" Natsu said with relief as he shook his head to get the debris out of his blood-stained hair.

"We own you one." Gray said, cracking his neck.

"Don't mention..." Sora spoke as he narrowed her eyes at Mard Geer, directing a question towards him. "Let's just put this guy in the dirt."

"What!? Impossible! How did...." Mard Geer began to ask.

"Afterimage." Sora smirked as he clenched a fist.

"Arrrrgh! Trifling with you humans are sooo annoying!" The demon growled. 

"You know, I feel the same way about you demons." Sora replied before turning his head to see Natsu and Gray. "I also sense that Erza is in the fight of her life."

"Are you sure it's okay to leave them alone?" Gray questioned as he and Natsu stood by Sora's side.

"Red can handle herself." Sora replied as the three of them eyed the demon king. "First off we need to take care of him!" Nodding their heads in agreement the three slayers rushed at Mard who welcomed them with open arms. They synchronized their attack patterns and tried to be as unpredictable as possible but the demon seemed to read them like an open book, defending and attacking with precise accuracy.

"Fire Dragon's..."Natsu flipped himself over after being kicked away, swelling his cheeks up like a balloon. "Roar!"

"Ice Demon's Rage!" Gray followed suit when the demon flew out of the explosion without any marks. The ice blast soared right at Mard though the demon dodged it as well, spiraling around the attack without effort.

"Dea Yggdrasil!" Creating a massive spinning sphere with his left hand, the demon king fired what looked like an immense wooden beam at the slayers but they were ready for him.

"Solar Angel Dragon's...Roar!" Sora inhaled deeply before unleashing the power cyclone from his mouth.

"Lightning Flame Dragon's Roar!"

"Ice Demon's Rage!" Natsu and Gray aided him and the three powerful attacks struck the wooden beam right in the middle, shattering it into multiple pieces.

"Ice Make...Gungnir!" As a follow up, Gray quickly released a gigantic lance out of ice in hopes of trapping the demon king in but then he dodged at the last minute, the ice barely nicked the tips of his wings.

"Yikes! Cold!" Natsu frowned as he appeared from within the large ice structure, throwing Mard off as he never thought that someone could be hidden within the attack. "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!"

"Warrgh!" Mard Geer cried out when the large fireball smacked him in the face, sending him crashing into the ground and kicking up a huge amount of dust.

"Seriously..." Sora frowned when the demon came out completely unharmed, using a wing to get rid of the lingering dust that was still in the air.

"Is this guy immortal?" Natsu asked as he crouched down next to Gray, wiping the sweat from his brows.

"If my magic could hit him he'd definitely..." Gray growled with frustration.

"You've entertained me. Human wizards." Mard commended them on their valiant efforts. "A long time ago, magic was born as one. Eventually, it developed into many different kinds of magic. Historically, END created a new possibility for magic. Curses. The source of their power are actual 'curses'. Hatred...Envy...grudges...all negative feelings make them stronger. They are based on the nature of life."

"Who cares!" Natsu exclaimed hotly. "Then magic will create the future!"

"Hmph. We'll see about that." Holding out his hand, the demon king unleashed a new Curse, creating a dark paralytic mist to swirl around his enemies. The slayers stood back to back but found themselves immobilized by some unknown force.

"Magic has no future." Mard proclaimed. "Curses are superior in all aspects. Fall into Purgatory. This is the ultimate curse I devised to destroy Zeref."

"Damn it!" Sora cursed as the mist completely swarmed them, covering their entire bodies and soon their heads, leaving them in the dark.

"The memory of death. Memento Mori!" A huge column of wailing spirits shot to the sky, enveloping the slayers and the surrounding area. "To kill Zeref the immortal...I must destroy the concept of life and death." Mard gazed at the column with a thoughtful expression. "Those hit by this Curse are neither dead or alive. They just vanish."

"The future..." Gray's voice whispered as he glanced at his two friends out of the corner of his eye.

"Become...'nothing'..." Lifting his arms into the air, he willed the Curse to vanish and watched as debris scattered around him. Smirking at the thought that his opponents have perished, he returned back to his human form and stared at the barren crater. "I completed the ultimate curse, Memento Mori. With this, once END is revived...I'll be able to destroy you...Zeref."

"Urrf!" A small noise floated through the wind and, with a flabbergasted expression, the demon witnessed a part of the debris in the humongous hole unraveled the Fairy Tail mages. They were injured but stood upright without falling down.

"Gray..." Natsu stared at him in wonder, his arms still raised as if he was trying to protect himself from the Curse. Sora felt awe-inspired at how much power Gray obtained and he realized that since he became a Demon slayer, he must have had some immunity to the Curse.

"Impossible..." Mard stated as he sees that half of the ice mage's body had been demonized. "Is that Silver's power!? Are you telling me you've survived my ultimate curse?! This is outrageous!"

"To...make way for...the future..." Gray whispered as he felt his body fall. "All...I can do now...is... believe in Natsu...and Sora"

"Gray..." Natsu whispered as he saw his comrade on the ground without breathing.

"How dare you...!" Mard trembled, turning back into his Etherious form and flew at them with his claws outstretched. "HOW DARE YOU!"

"Damn youuu!" Brimming with equal anger, Natsu punched the demon as he entered Dragon Force. The power of the attack sent the demon flying through multiple walls.

"What is this power...Gaaah!" Mard's head snapped back as the fire dragon went after him, slamming his knee right underneath the demon's jaw. "Is this the Dragon Force?!"

"Dragon slaying secret arts...inherited from Igneel himself!" Natsu coated himself with massive amounts of flames, his eyes staring right at the demon. "Hidden fire form! Crimson Lotus Phoenix Blade!"

"GAHHHHHH!" Mard screamed as the fire dragon slayer slammed into him with a headbutt, leaving behind a long wake of flames.

'Oh crap...' Natsu growled as he couldn't sustain his ultimate form for long and started to fall.

"This isn't over!" Mard realigned himself in the air and flew towards the falling slayer, hand outstretched. "I'll destroy every bit of flesh on you!"

"Not so fast!" In an instant Sora stopped him with his entire body coated in solar light, one arm holding Natsu while another slapped the demon's hand away.

"Heh, unbelievable..." Natsu whispered tiredly. "My magic's at zero and you're still..."

"Disappearrrrrrrrrr!" Mard howled and grabs both slayers before the two of them plummeted downwards.

"But...I too, believe in...GRAY!" At the fire dragon slayer's voice, both Mard and Sora looked down to see that the ice mage was back on his feet, an intricate-looking ice bow in his hands. While the demon king was stunned, Sora took the opportunity to hold him in place, refusing to let him escape.

"Ice Devil's..." Gray growled as he took careful aim. "Zeroth Destruction Bow!" He released the arrow and it sang through the air at high speeds. Upon its approach, Sora released the king and with Natsu in his arms, bolted to a safe distance.

"AHHHHHH!" The demon king screamed as the spiky array of ice protruded from his body, feeling the coldness flooding through his organs. 'Kyoka...'

'Don't worry...' the last of the Demon Gates' voice floated through their telepathic link, sounding tired and out of breath. 'The countdown had reached zero...the humans have lost.' Smirking himself the King of Hades fell back to earth defeated and back in his human form.

"We did it..." Sora said proudly once he and Natsu touched solid ground, the solar light already disappeared.

"It's not over..." Gray replied coldly as he scanned the ground for what he was searching for. "Not until I destroy END..."

"Oh yeah! That book...Igneel and Pydron asked us to take it to him..." The fire dragon slayer thanked Sora for the help and attempted to walk towards the ice mage who had spotted the item first.

"Like I said, I'm destroying it." Gray stooped down and held the book in his fingers, looking at the old cover.

"Cut the crap!" Natsu spat at him.

"Now, who's the one screwing around." The ice mage stated as he held the book for the two slayers to see. "This thing made Tartaros...and the strongest demon in Zeref's book. All the more reason to get rid of it, don't you think?"

"I promised Igneel..." Natsu repeated sharply. "Gimme the book!"

"No." The two of them stared at each other, almost ready for another fight before the structure shook. Tilting his head up, Natsu feared that Face was on its way to activation.

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Control Room...

"I couldn't make it." Erza whispered as the little dots lit up on the hologram of Super Archive, a gift that Crawford left behind even though he was dead. The group looked super tired from the fighting and despair started to crawl over them like a dark cloud.

"The Faces around the continent are...activating..." Lector spoke in a small voice while Frosch trembled next to him.

"Magic will disappear from the continent." Mira said.

"It's the end of the world of magic..." Even Minerva could feel hope draining from her body. All around the mages felt their magic disappear and thus they could no longer use their powers. The machines within Magnolia town that relied heavily on lacrimas lost their only power source and failed to work, causing power outages and trains to derail off the tracks.

"This is only the beginning." Mard spoke, shocking the slayers as they turned to where the demon king was laying. "The disappearance of magic will eventually become 'emptiness' and END shall resurrect, feeding off of that energy. And when the strongest etherious rises, you humans will no longer have the defense you call magic."

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"Not if we can help it..." A voice soared through the air, causing Lexi's eyes to widen. Looking up she noticed the clouds swirling in an sliver manner. Lightning crackled and from within its depths, two sapphire eyes shined brightly. Startling sliver talons descended from the clouds followed by a large majestic body. The creature tore through the skies, circling around the area, destroying Face structures. "The time has finally arrived for us to take flight..!"

"...it...it can't be..." Lexi whispered just as Acnologia slammed into the ground nearby, badly wounded from his scuffle with Igneel and Pydron. "M-Mellow!"

"Don't give up! Humans!" The king of flames called out as he and held the dragon down triumphantly with his talons, using the body as a pedestal to proclaim victory. His eyes flashed yellow and his voice could be heard over millions of miles as he continued to encourage the human race.

"It's not over yet!" Pydron roared out as he landed by his old friend.

"Grandeeney...?!" Wendy whispered as she felt a familiar pull calling her, her eyes scanning the skies for her beloved parent. The Sky dragon herself was busy taking out one of the Face structures with Mellow that even Blue Pegasus couldn't put a dent in with their ship.

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"The Face markers are disappearing one by one..." Happy exclaimed as the mages in the control room watched red X's pop up all over the screen over the circles.

"What's...happening..." Erza questioned.

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"Metalicana..." Gajeel spoke from where he was, feeling his adoptive parent nearby. Sting and Rogue also felt the presence of their dragon parents flying around, surprised looks on their faces.

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"The dragons that you've freed..." Igneel began to say, much to the humans's relief and gratitude 

"...Are dancing in the skies of Ishgar!" Pydron finished.

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