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Inside the jail cell...

"Undercover mission?" Natsu questioned, prompting Gray to explain himself. Sora put Erza hold speaker so they could all hear her before handing Gray his phone back.

"That's right. There's no way I'd join some creepy guild like this anyway." Gray replied before tilting his head to the side. "We don't have time now, so we'll talk while we move."

"Alright, so what's going on?" Sora asked.

"I found out about Avatar and how it was connect to Zeref half a year back...with some help from Jellal of course." Erza's voice spoke through the phone that ended up being attached to a little pocket on Gray's body. The group managed to grab a couple of transportation creatures and were currently navigating through the forest. "But we hit a dead end and it was then I met Gray."

"Hey, that lacrima's amazing..." Happy commented from where he was perched on Natsu's head, gripping the dragon slayer's hair with his paws so that he didn't fall off during the ride. Lucy and Lucas rode a creature together with Sora, with the former behind him and her arms wrapped around his stomach and the latter was on his head.

"It's a miniature lacrima...I began getting these weird marks on me so I've been going over to Old lady Porlyusica's place..." Gray explained. "And well, it's as you see. I've learned to control it."

"And then we talked about how we were..." Erza's voice carried on the story from her point of view. "Then we came up with this plan..."

"That's understandable." Lucas said with a nod.

"I guess you could call it a request from Erza..." Gray clarified for the rest of the group. "After all, I was interested in the Book of END personally...with my old man's last request being 'destroy it!'..."

"But man, did you even tell Juvia about this?" Natsu frowned at the ice mage with a disapproving glance. "You're such a jerk."

"I'm sure there was a reason for it." Sora chimed in.

"Yes, I told him not to." Erza's voice vouched for him as Gray looked away with an unreadable expression. "It's always better to have less people know about the mission, as it raises the rate of success...and one could never tell...what if she had gotten into trouble over it?"

"So it was for Juvia's sake too..." Happy mused while Natsu was still salty over the entire situation, grumbling a few words under his breath.

"I do feel sorry for Juvia...we didn't think that the mission would drag out this long." Erza stated tartly. "The situation has changed. It was only supposed to be a scouting mission at first...but then came the whole...purification ritual mess.."

"From what we know, Avatar is planning on wiping out an entire town to lure Zeref here." Gray states, getting horrified expressions on his comrades' faces. "Because they, for some reason, seem to think that Zeref appears in places where death is abundant. We've gotta stop that from happening!"

"Well, all you've got to do is crush them! Easy!" Natsu said. "If it were you and Erza, there wouldn't be a problem!"

"It's not that easy." Gray said before elaborating the reason why. "Avatar isn't an organization small enough for us to just 'crush' it. Its size alone is more than we've ever imagined. I've only infiltrated one small part of it but I still haven't gotten anything on the main branch's location, or even the other branches."

"And if we make any careless moves, we could lose the chance to stop the whole ritual." Erza's voice spoke up as the knight herself had departed her currently location and rode out to meet the group. "That's why we've been waiting up till now."

"Yeah, for the day when all the branches get together and destroy them all for good." Gray agreed before looking over his shoulder. "Lucy..."

"Hmm? What is it?" She asked him from behind Sora, intrigued by what he had to say.

"Hey, I'm sorry about what I said just now...I had to in front of them..." He apologized for his behavior.

"Oh no, I'm sorry too for slapping you." She said with a small smile, forgiving him now that she knew the reason behind his actions. "I should've known you were just acting."

"Well, having a maid hit me though...hahaha..."

"U...uh...that's not..."

"I still think of you guys as my friends, you know." Gray laughed and Lucy laughed along with him.

"Now, that makes our job easier." Natsu grinned devilishly as he rode ahead of the three of them. "Let's go wreck that ritual!"

"Sounds like a plan." Sora smirked.

"Roger that!" Lucas cheered.

"Yeah." Lucy nodded her head in agreement.

"I'll do my best too!" Happy proclaimed as he unfurled his wings and took flight. "Aye sir!"

"Oh you guys..."

"We didn't want to get you involved..." Both Gray and Erza sounded apologetic but Natsu wasn't concerned at all.

"It doesn't matter if we did or we didn't! We're gonna fight together again! It's been a year since!" Natsu proclaimed in an enthusiastic voice and threw a punch into the air. "And there's nothing more we can say now other than..."

"I'M ALL FIRED UP!" All five of them shouted the famous catchphrase in unison, grins on their faces.

"NOW LET'S GO KICK SOME ASS!" Sora exclaimed as they rode off.

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Malba Town...

The town was fairy small since it housed roughly 30,000 people. Filled with life and vigor, it has an outdoor marketplace lavished with shops, a park and a fair amount of greenery. There was at least one stone archway that welcomed any and all merchants or guests. Just beyond its walls stood the massive amount of Avatar cultists with Arlock at the head.

"Where's Gray and Goumon, Brair?" Jerome asked the woman standing beside him, noting that they were two members short.

"With the prisoners, probably?" She replied with a hesitating tone of voice.

"Well, I understand Goumon...but why Gray?" Jerome questioned as he looked to the side in wonder. "Could it be..."

"Hey, nobody cares what happens, Underlashes..."

"'Underlashes'?!" He gawked at her, surprised by the change of his nickname. "I told you I liked 'Scruffy' better."

"Quit your whining and look at the number of followers we have." She prompted and he man looked over his shoulder at the massive amount of dark-hooded figures standing behind him. "Everyone's here now, just for the ritual. So even if the 'traitor' or the council comes at us, there's no way they'll win with our numbers."

"Hmmm." Jerome put on his thinking expression and dipped his head slowly. "You have a point. And Underlashes works too I guess."

"So it's about to start, our ritual..." Abel stated excitedly while D-6 and Mary nodded their heads in agreement.

"We will begin our purification ritual with the town of Malba." Arlock exclaimed, drawing a loud cheer from the cultists. A couple of the inhabitants within the town looked up in wonder but dismissed the sound as some wild animal. "This town has no sin and it's population of 30,000 people continue their daily lives without an inkling of what is to come. I'm positive that this purity will bring our savior Zeref to us."

"Zeref, the black wizard!" The cultists chanted loud and proud, raising their fists into the air in unison.

"Accept our offering of these 30,000 souls so that you may walk along side us!" Arlock lifted up what looked like some kind of religious staff into the air, his gaze fixated on the town that lay before him. In his mind he could picture the absolute horror and chaos that would ensue, all in the name of Zeref. "We will purify the souls of this town!"

"CHARRRRRRGE!" On Arlock's command, the cultists begin their assault, but are met with resistance at the entrance to the town. They weren't at all fazed as they chanted Zeref's name but they were soon sent flying much to the shock of the Avatar members.

"You ain't getting past us!" Natsu roared as he, Sora, Gray, Happy, Lucas and Lucy stood firm in front of the town entrance. "So come on!" He turned to grin at the ice mage. "I hope you've been training."

"Wanna try it out later?" Gray challenged with a smirk.

"I'll take you both on!" Sora grinned as he summoned solar spheres.

"I'll fight too..." Lucy proclaimed as she changed her outfit to that of a cowgirl, the power of Taurus flowing through her body.

"Mooo!" Taurus said as he stood beside her with his mighty weapon in hand. "Unbreakable and untouchable!"

"Time for me show show my new form!" Lucas as he was enveloped in bright light, which died down reveal his new Battle Form that resembled a lion.

(Lucas's Battle Form. Not Neko Form)

"Wow! Lucas got big!" Happy exclaimed in awe.

"Gray...!" Jerome seethed as he spotted the man in the group, greatly angered by the betrayal. "You...bastard...!"

"What are you doing, there's only 5 of them there!" Briar yelled. "Get rid of them!"

"Jerome!" One of the members rushed up to give his report, his face beaded with sweat. "We're under attack from behind as well! It's blowing massive holes in our ranks..."

"What?!" The man spat in outrage once he received the news. "The council's forces are already..."

"Th...that's..." The male shuttered before the pounding of a horse's hooves thundered across the room and the cultists scattered with deep wounds, watching the scarlet-haired rider blow past them like a blur. Erza spurred into action and thins out their ranks with only her sword alone, her eyes narrowed and focused. "It was only one..."

"Let's get started." Natsu grinned as he taunted his enemies with flaming fingers.

"Just like good old times." Sora said with a grin that promised lots of pain.

"Going all out with our guns blazing..." Gray smirked.

"I've missed this feeling so much..." Lucy smiled as Happy agreed with an 'Aye'.

"Roger that!" Lucas said as he punched his fist together with a shockwave.

"You're the ones that'll be purified." Erza commented as she turned her steed around, the horse pawing at the ground with its hoof and released a snort. "We're going to stop your nefarious ritual at all cost."

"Don't falter!" Arlock shouted, boosting the newer members' morale as he glared at the small group through his mask. "Zeref our lord is going to be with you every step of the way."

"That's right!"

"With Zeref on our side, nothing's impossible!"

"Let's get them!"

"Death to the nonbelievers of Zeref!" The cultists reassembled and summoned their courage, attempting to swarm their enemies with weapons in their hands.

"Solar Dragon's Homing Attack!" Sora yelled, as he fired multiple solar blasts from his hands at a rapid pace, blowing them away.

"Fists of the King!" Lucas roared as he summoned a pair of large metal gauntlets on his hands, each forged to resemble a snarling lion's head. He then began to bash the enemy in every direction.

"They're strong! Moo!" Taurus commented as he stood behind Lucy with a smirk on his face.

"We should go too! It's time to show them what we can do!" Lucy agreed and using her whip to her disposal, she created a massive earthquake to throw most of the enemies for a loop. "Earth Wave!"

"Mooo!" Taurus swung his axe from side to side to knock a few men back. "Nice mooooves Lucy!"

"Thanks Taurus!" She grinned at his compliment before taking out another batch of newbies with only her whip. "When I'm in your form...I'm extremely powerful!"

"With your back turn..." An enemy leaped at the chance to attack, his sword raised over his head with his gaze focused on the blonde's backside. "...that's when I strike!"

"Yeah right. You think that childish trick can get past me?" Gray spoke as he froze the enemy in midair. Following up, he snapped his finger to perform his Ice-Make Ice Geyser which appeared on a much bigger scale. "You little pests still have so much to learn."

"Thanks for that move Gray!" Natsu said as he used the opportunity to run across the ice creation, lighting his fists with his flames. "Here you go assholes!" He slammed his fists against the ground and created multiple shock waves which threw his enemies off to the side in a heartbeat. Puffing up his cheeks he proceeded to top off his performance with his signature Roar that engulfed the entire vicinity in a whirlwind of fire.

"Waaah!"

"Hot! Hot! Hot!"

"My eyebrows are burning off!" Some of the cultists squealed as they scrambled away from the tsunami of flames that licked at their heels.

"What's that?!" Mary stated with a look of impression, clasping her hands with glee. "They're monsters...! No, animals...beasts!"

"Stop showing off how poor your vocabulary is, Mary." Briar chastised her before wondering if the rest of the higher-ups should step in.

"I'll go after the enemies at the back of the army." Jerome decided immediately as he glanced at his companions. "I'll leave the others to you guys."

"Very well." Briar nodded her head in agreement and took charge of the group. "It's about time we show...those rats...just how scary Black magic is."

"They're pretty good if they could throw into chaos an army with just one soldier." Jerome mused as he analyzed the situation. "However...I shall purify them with my Dark sword and the forbidden black magic it holds inside."

"Counter them with magic!" One of the members ordered and the rest started to shoot at Erza with beams of energy. Dodging the attacks, she somersaulted off the horse and requipped into her new armor, Wingblade Armor. It took the form of a beautiful gown, with a hem sprouting from it and tied with a belt of some sort. The upper part of the dress included shoulder-less sleeves and a flower petal on her left hand, while the foot wearings are a pair of knee-high heel boots. In addition to all of this, the armor consisted of swords being used for various purposes, albeit primarily as wings, adding to the peculiarity.

"Dance!" She yelled and a long chain of blades swirled around her, slamming into the enemies and pushing them back in one fell swoop.

"She has wings?!"

"It's swords!"

"They're flying around!" The cultists uttered as they fell to her prowess and painted the ground with their blood.

"Is that all you got?" Erza asked as the blades returned to her. Her senses activated and she glanced to the side as Jerome appeared and one of her wingblades moved to shield her from his Dark sword.

"What a beautiful knight." He stated lovingly as his sword effectively corroded Erza's blades much to her surprise. She stepped back and watched him carefully as the rest of the cultists cheered at his presence. "I won't let you get in the way of my purification plans!"

'What is this?!' She thought as his slashes kept corroding away pieces of her armor. She kept dodging his strikes as much as she could till only one blade was left and she somersaulted backwards out of the man's reach. 'Hmmm...I wonder...'

"My sword corrodes anything it touches...of course I'm sure you knew that." Jerome teased her as he stepped back. "This next strike will be the last."

"Well my sword..." Grabbing the only blade she had left, she got into a stance that indicated that she was no longer defensive. Jerome frowned as he prepared for the worse, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword tightly till his knuckles turned white. "...doesn't let you realize that it touched you."

"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!" The Avatar member screamed as his body exploded in pain, multiple slashes torn his clothes and nipped at his skin which ran red. 'Wha-What the hell...happened?! She...she counterattacked...and I...didn't know?! I-I-Impossible! 'He fell to the ground defeated much to the horror of the audience.

"L-Lord Jerome!"

"Jerome has been defeated?!"

"A member of Avatar's elite...destroyed by the enemy?!"

"How can that be?" Rumors and uneasiness circulated through the ranks as Erza took a deep breath and glared at the rest of her enemies.

"Still not giving up?" She asked them as they quivered in their boots at her gaze. "Then bring it on."

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