Hello everyone! This chapter, I dedicate to the very sweet Mimiella4. Please enjoy this chapter!

♥LucyAshleyHeartfilia♥

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"She's a tough one", Sting is huffing. He's been fighting together with Natsu but they still weren't able to defeat Helga.

"I won't let you get past here", Helga has bruises on her body. Blood is dripping down her forehead. The room was crumbled already leaving the wall and the door behind her the only thing standing. "Give up Ballam Alliance wizards, in a matter of hours that girl will die anyway. Just accept it!"

"Who would give up?", Sting angrily said.

"You're willing to sacrifice the lives of many just for your own benefits?", Natsu asked.

"Just one", Helga grinned evilly. "Once Liz transferred her to Sheol-sama's room, I can't guarantee she'll live to fight you guys as one of us. Hah!", she swung her scythe one more time. Dusts were being blown towards them.

Natsu and Sting were separated as they ducked to keep their heads still intact. When Natsu was about to stand, something fell from his shirt. When he looked at it, he saw the thing Romeo gave him before he went with Sting and the others. It fell to the thing he thought was supposed to be with Lucy - his scarf.

"What....", Sting glared at her. Suddenly, he can sense a very powerful magic. He looked at Natsu who was silent after that.

"This will hurt", His flames are getting intense and was raging out of his body. The room is getting hotter by the second..

"Natsu...san?", Sting looked intently at him.

"Stay back", Natsu mumbled in a low growl. Sting nodded and stepped back a little. Natsu stood and secured his scarf in his neck. "She promised to give this back to me when we returned", he gripped the scarf before glaring at Helga.

Helga looked at him sceptically. The monitor that was left behind by Liz is still working. The beeping sound coming from it is immense and the number showing from it is unstoppable.

"The monitor in charge for magic calculation?", Helga uttered as she looks at it. "No way"

The monitor gave out as it crashed with smoke coming from it.

"It can't calculate his magic? He's this strong?!", Helga thought. Looking at Natsu with flames engulfing him, she saw a dragon right behind Natsu.

"Lightning-Flame mode", Natsu made a stance.

Helga hesitantly readied herself with her scythe blocking her. She closed her eyes and focused her magic for one final attack.

"I can't believe I would encounter someone that could rival Master Ender here", Helga opened her eyes and looked at her scythe. "But....no matter what, I won't regret crossing arms with him", she spun her scythe and stepped on the blade for an attack. "This is my death wish"

"Raaaaahhhh!", Natsu attacked.

"Haaaaaaahh!", Helga ran towards him.

The room was blown away when their attacks collided.

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"What the...", Arthur and the rest stopped from running when the ground shook hard.

"What happened?', Elizabeth asked.

"I don't know. Must be someone fighting", Tidus said, holding Minora in his arms.

"Let's continue", Arthur said and the others nodded.

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"Haaaah", Erza huffed as she slumped on the ground.

"You did a lot of fighting today", Jellal smiled at her.

"We're not finished yet. We still have a lot to do", Erza looked at the path that leads towards the headquarters.

"We need to wait for some time before we go after Natsu and the others. We have a lot of wounded comrades", Mirajane said.

"I don't even know if we have enough to fight the Galion Alliance at this state", Kagura said.

They heard different set of footsteps.

"No matter what the cost, we still have to stop them", Jura said. He and Laxus are helping Wendy, Romeo, and Cheria stand up. Celesta is with Kurogane as they regroup.

"Where are the others?", Laxus asked.

"Natsu's already in there", Erza pointed out.

"Ahhhh", they heard some people groaning behind Jura and the others.

"Erza-san", Juvia is crying while hugging Gray. Lyon is holding Rufus up.

"Juvia! Are you guys alright?", Mirajane asked.

"Yeah, Meredy helped us", Juvia said.

"My honey!", they saw Ichiya running with his body all buffed up.

"Teacher...", Hibiki sighed in relief.

"Looks like we all managed to stay alive", Eve said.

"Barely....", Ren is on the ground with Cherry's back leaning on him.

They all felt the ground shook and they heard a faint cry of roar.

"Are you alright, Reina?", Tetsuya asked as he steady Reina.

"Yeah, what was that?", Reina asked.

"Looks like those who went in there ahead of us....are doing an amazing job", Laxus smirked.

"That could only come from an angry Salamander on the loose, gihee", Gajeel grinned.

"Laxus!", they heard some people calling.

"Mira-nee!"

"Rogue!"

"Ichiya-sama!"

"Lyon-sama!!"

"Kagura-chan!"

"Erza!!!!"

"Jura-sama!"

"Reina-dono!"

"Gajeel!"

They all turned and saw many people coming towards them in a fast pace. The first person they saw is Freed and then Evergreen and Bixlow.

"What the?", they all gasped in surprise.

"Raijinshuu?", Max mumbled.

"Those are people from our guild", Lyon said.

"Ours too", Kagura said.

"Laxus!!!", Freed, Evergreen and Bixlow hugged Laxus when they reached him. "Thank goodness you're alright!"

"What are you all doing in here?", Jura asked.

"Well, this is what you'll expect when Code E is initiated", Gildarts showed himself.

"Gildarts!", they all said.

"Code E was initiated?', Laxus, Jura, Erza, Ichiya and the others blurted in surprise.

"They never use Code E unless absolutely necessary", Mirajane said. Lisanna and Elfman are already on her side.

"This is a war, what would you expect?", Gildarts replied.

"Then, that means...", Laxus started.

"Yeah, if you haven't seen them here, that means they already headed in there", Gildarts pointed the direction of the Galion Alliance's headquarters.

"They?", the others are confused.

"The guild masters", Doranbolt finished.

"WHAT?!!!", all who weren't aware of the situation shouted out.

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"Natsu-san", Sting walked towards Natsu who is still huffing from the fight he participated in.

"Let's go", Natsu growled. He is still intense with anger. Sting looked at Helga who was lying on the ground.

"Why.....", Helga moved her hands stiffly. Natsu and Sting stopped their tracks. Natsu didn't look at her.

"Why...didn't you.....kill....me?", she stuttered.

"Your life is not mine to take", Natsu said angrily.

"But...I...killed her", Helga said. Sting crumpled his hands with anger.

"Lucy's not dead yet", Natsu said and continued to walk.

"As if...that changes...anything", Helga stammered.

Natsu punched the button that locks the door where Lucy was taken in. "Not if I can stop it", he said but stopped when he is about to get in.

"If you really...think...you can...save...her", Helga coughed. "You should be....prepared....to at least....die while trying", Helga chuckled. Sting's knuckles were white from restraint. He really is angry now.

"I already am", Natsu finished and entered the darkness. Sting followed suit.

Helga was left on the room while looking at the shattered pieces of her scythe.

"That man...now...I understand...why....that man.....is", Helga smiled as she lost consciousness. Her revelation is to herself alone to be stated.

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"I will make you beg for your miserable lives", Chi said with a dark aura surrounding her.

Different kinds of creatures and wizards are standing in front of her. Her underlings are gathered inside the large room. Sarina and Yukino are outnumbered by a 'hundred-to-one'.

"As expected of a sub-master", Yukino readied her keys.

"Beg you say?", Sarina was serious now. Yukino felt the strength of magic flowing out of her.

"Sarina-sama?", Yukino was sweating at the sight she's seeing.

"I had enough of this nonsense", Sarina crouched down and glared at Chi.

"What? So you're finally admitting your defeat? Go on, beg!", Chi mocked.

"Why you little...", Yukino was about to attack when she felt Sarina's hand stopping her.

"I'll finish her", Sarina's eyes were filled with rage.

"Sarina-sama?", Yukino can't explain it, but she felt fear in her system."You can't possibly...there's too many of..."

"I fought much more of them", Sarina said. Yukino gulped at her statement.

"What is it? You're probably scared by now are you?", Chi teased. "I already told you, you're no match for me", she said.

"Really?", Sarina smirked and glared at her. "A little girl like you, has so much more to learn", she readied her spear and made her stance. "You're a hundred years too early to be fighting with me. Why don't you....let me teach you?"