Fairy tail in trouble with Demons 12

"Huh! Eh! Ugh!" Erza's gasps turned to gurgles as the black-haired demon choked the life out of her as she scratched franticly at the demon's hand choking her. 'Is this really how it ends?' She questioned thinking of all the hell she'd gone through the last two months. 'At least its finally over.' Body starting to go limp from the lack of oxygen as her vision began to darken as hot tears ran down her pale face.

Feeling the humans hands stop trying to scratch away at her hand and wrists. "Just let go." Enjoying watching the fight and life slowly leaving her body. Finally after a minute of strangling the human did she start to go limp and lifeless, except for her brown eyes pleading into her own black. "No one else can have him!" Preparing to break her neck at the last second like she did to Minevra minutes ago. "No one!"

SWISH!

Something wrapped around Sayla's hand on Erza's throat pulling it up into the air to the point of lifting her off of the ground.

Turning did she look for who dared to stop her with intense anger in her eyes. "Who the hell..." Becoming silent seeing who stood in the prison cell with her. Looking up did she see it had been his Thorns Curse that had wrapped around her wrist, thankfully there weren't any thorns digging into her wrists.

"HUH!" Erza gasped taking in a life saving breath of air and would continue to gasp as more tears ran down her pale face. Backing into the corner of the room seeing a silhouette of what must have been another demon. Curling into a ball did she shiver while trying to hide from them while quietly pleading. "Please no more, Please no more." Willing to give anything to get out of this hell.

"What's going on in..." A male voice began to ask only stopping when he noticed that Sayla's belly had grown in size.

"Mard Geer." Voice filled with fear knowing where his eyes had just landed.

Looking at the second demon with fear did Erza begin to see his appearance. He was a tall lean man with long black wavy hair, half of which was tied up in a high pony tail. He wore a primarily black jacket with white trimming and collar, and a pair of white pants. "Mard Geer." Rasping the name she heard him being called noticing he cradled a large book in his left arm barely reading the three letters written on the cover. E.N.D.

Hearing the other person in the cell still gasping to breath right did he notice the redheaded woman in the corner cowering for her life. Her naked body made it easy to spot that much like one of his nine gates she too was pregnant. "What in the name of Zeref has been going on in my Guild." Voice beyond annoyed having just returned from a short trip away from Tartarus.

One Hour Later.

In a large room in the floating guild of Tartarus was a room that primarily had one thing in it. A throne that any demon would have pride in saying it was theirs on its left where four seats while the right had five. Much like the rest of Tartarus the room was just barely illuminated enough for everyone to see from the floating lit candles. In said throne sat the head demon of Tartarus watching as everyone was starting to fill up the throne room. As for the nine seats on its sides sat five of the Nine Demon gates. Those five being Silver, Keyes, Ezel, Torafusa, and Franmalth. About twenty feet away facing them where Sayla, Kyouka, and Erza.

For the first time in months Erza had been given clothing to wear which actually felt weird to her. And no it wasn't simply because she was dressed in a spare kimono of her would be killer(Erza in Sayla's clothing), plus a pair of magic restraining cuff. No it was because of all the torture taking her sense of time and dignity away it felt unnatural to be anything other than naked.

Sitting on his throne did he have his head propped up on his right arm while the left arm like always cradling the book of E.N.D. "Where are the others?" Mard Geer asked Silver who was closest to him Looking at three women in disgust.

"They'll be here soon Master." Silver assured the head demon. 'This can't be happening.' He thought unsure of what the hell was about to take place. He'd known Mard Geer most of his life, and had always seen him as mono-toned, more so than his adoptive mother. Right now though he could feel a silent storm raging under his cool demeanor.

"Erza!" A familiar female voice called to her.

Turning did she see and feel Lisanna dressed in the same clothing she was captured in with the same style of cuffs on her wrists hugging her before getting hugged. "Lisanna." Crying simply knowing another one of her Nakama was alive.

While hugging her did she fell something press to her belly. Looking down did she see her friend was pregnant. "My god Erza what happened." Feeling guilty that compared to her two Nakama nothing bad had really happened to her other than knowing. "Please tell me this is Jellal's." Feeling the sobbing woman on her shoulder sob even harder she knew it wasn't his.

"I did it to protect him." The once proud Titania choked out over her sobs now clinging harder to her Nakama.

Like the youngest Strauss Natsu was wearing the clothing he wore before being taken prisoner plus the black cuffs cutting him off from his magic. When he was being lead towards the room was he done so groggily with Lisanna by his side with a pair of cloaked demons. If not for said tiredness he most likely would have beaten Lisanna to hugging Erza when first seeing her. Now though only rage filled him seeing just how hurt Erza was clinging to the other woman. Sure he'd heard her horror stories of the Tower of Heaven, but never did he imagine ever seeing her this broken. But as angry as he was towards the demons for doing this to her he war even more furious with himself. After all what kind of Nakama was he to be enjoying his time with the Sayla while his former lover had been so heavily abused by them. "Erza." He said voice filled with concern as all the tiredness left his body.

Looking up did she see her former pink-haired lover. "Natsu." Letting go of Lisanna to cling to him instead. Before she could even open her arms did he beat her to the punch and pulled her into his warm chest protectively. In that moment did she feel something she hadn't since being taken prisoner. Safe. Even if it was only for a few seconds.

Natsu didn't say a single word as she cried in his arms.

Under normal circumstances Lisanna would have felt jealous of Erza for hugging the man. Seeing how broken she was all she felt was pity for her. The length and sacrifices she made to protect not only Jellal, but the whole world. 'If she survives this Erza will go down as a hero!' Vowing that no matter the cost to herself the other woman would make it out of this hell alive.

After a while of consoling his former lover. "Who did this to you?" Gritting his teeth scanning the large room for the person who's head he was going to rip off in the most agonizing way possible.

Not knowing why she wasn't besides her fellow gate as the only demon who out ranked her stared emotionlessly at them. "Let go of my Little Robin." Taking a glance at the humans embracing each other

Picking up on the possessiveness in the voice as well as the Equip-mage in his arms quiver even harder did he get his answer. "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY." He roared before charging her. Only before he could take a third step did something sharp wrap around his ankles all the way up his leg till it forced him down to his knees. "AGGGGHHH!" Grimacing in pain.

"Good everyone is here now." Even though he didn't raise his voice at all everyone could hear Mard Geer as if they were right next to him. "The trial may..."

Defying the pain did he stand up "What the hell was that?" Shouting and taking two stinking whips to his back at the same time tearing though his black jacket. The sounds of the lashings echoing through the great room. "FUCK!" This time dropping down to all four. 'Why did that hurt so much?' Soon coming up with the answer that his tolerance for pain had been lowered over the last couple of months from not fighting

"Speak again and..."

Picking up which demon just whipped him. "Go Fuck Yourself! AAAAAHHHHHHHGGGG!" This time feeling thin spikes stabbing into him along with strong stinking sensation with the whip. Starring fiercely at the smug black-haired demon sitting on his throne with large tome in hand.

"Speak again and I'll make it worse."

"I can take i..." Natsu stopped talking when he heard the thorn whips slithering behind Erza.

"For her." Mard Geer threatening violence on the broken pregnant human he now pointed at.

Only then did she notice the large threatening vines behind her. "Please no more." She begged as Lisanna pulled her into herself protectively.

As much as he would be willing to take it he wasn't willing to let anyone else get hurt because of him. Especially with how Erza was now. Even without hearing what fully happened to her he refused to let her get hurt anymore. Letting his head hang low did he give into the demon.

"As I was saying." Snapping his fingers making his cursed plants return to him "The trial may now begin."

"Trial?" All three Fairy Tail mages questioned only then taking in what the massive room looked like.

Sayla took a big gulp pretty sure exactly what was about to go down.

"Trial For What?" Kyouka demanded. Being the top demon only behind Mard Geer she knew how these trials go down if you can even call them trials.

Sitting in his chair he looked at Kyouka, Sayla, and the three humans in disgust while keeping a stoic look. "The three of you." moving his right index finger in a circular way to point at the humans. "Are on trial simply for being born human." Wishing to simply kill them now just so he wouldn't have to look at them anymore, but he needed information from them.

"And the two of you." Mard Geer turning his attention to the two female Gates. "Are on trial for wasting time, and committing such intimate act with lesser beings." Contemplating if he would kill them before or after Faces' activation.

Though looking emotionless on the outside on the inside Sayla was shaking violently. Those feelings causing her baby to make things more painful to her. Hell she was amazed she was still able to stand up.

"I have no ideas what Sayla was doing with her human, but mine was to extract information from that stubborn redheaded bitch!" Kyouka said to levels below shouting.

If she wasn't crying already Erza would have started to right then and there. Always imagining becoming pregnant shortly after her wedding to her husband who loved her as deeply she did him. Hearing the father of her child say such things about her further shattered those dreams.

Not appreciating being spoken to in such a manor did Mard Geer decide. "Then lets begin with your trial first Kyouka."

The other Gates sitting on either side of him began to whisper questions to each other because much like the humans they too weren't sure what was fully going on.

"So be it." Kyouka responded back fiercely ready to defend her actions.

Closing his eyes. "How did it begin?"

"My Little Robin is close to Jellal. The man whom holds the last seal containing face. Sources tell me they are intimate so it makes since that she knows his location." Twiddling her talon-like fingers around. "So I used my curse to torture the information from her."

"Or so you tried." Natsu said knowing it would take more than simple pain to break her.

Hating to agree with the human. "The guards to the cells tell me we've had all three of these human here for two months. I refuse to believe with your curse you couldn't break this human's will with how broken she now looks." Waiting to see what Kyouka's next defense was.

Gritting her teeth she knew he already knew the true answers. 'I'm screwed.' Never once seeing someone put on trial and able to escape punishment from the Guildmaster. "I had to use a different form of torture on her."

'Different form of torture?' Lisanna and Natsu both asked themselves, only to soon realize it meant rape. Which to the Slayer made since with how altered Erza's scent had become unable to pick up Jellal's scent on her at all.

"So what you're telling me is that you admitted defeat to a human of all things?" The Demon Lord asked. "I assume then that you're the one of fathered her child?" Palming his forehead.

'What?'

Grinning of so evilly to make her next statement more justifiable. "My Little Robin is pregnant with my child Master." Kyouka claimed. "Once it grows it will become strong enough be become one of the nine demon gate." Furthering her defense. "I warned her on the first attempt I'd do it to her if she didn't give me what I wanted."

"Interesting." Mard Geer began taking a mental note that his right-hand demon now has two losses to one human girl. "But tell me when did someone other than Mard Geer become the master of Tartarus?" Not appreciating such a decision taking place without his say so. The look on his face not changing, yet looked ready to dish out punishment at any moment.

Shaken up now. "Apologies Master, but..." Starting to question her aggressive approach.

"But what?" Essentially ordering his underling to shut up. "Tell me woman how long did this torture last?"

Just thinking of all the times made Erza's body shiver in disgust.

Finding himself sort on patients. "Tell me before I permanently remove your ability to speak."

Assuming she became pregnant on the first encounter, and waking up five months later to hear Lamy's diagnosis on her. "Over a month."

Horror sunk into both Natsu and Lisanna hearing how long their Nakama had been sexually abused. Guilt hitting Natsu harder having fully enjoyed his time with Sayla while Erza had been scared for life by Kyouka.

"Over a month you say." Asking the human while starring solely at his number 2 demon. Glancing at the human's belly with a little math he knew she was at least a third a the way through the pregnancy.

"Over a month!" Feeling her stomach cramping up.

"Sayla how long did it take you to get the information from this human using your Macro Curse?" Even more disgusted at her than he had ever been. 'Allowing a human to make you pregnant.'

"Instantly." Sayla answered knowing no matter how harsh a punishment Kyouka would get her's would be even more severe. "Jellal is in the Wrath Woodlands."

"Instantly. Wrath Woodlands." Making sure Kyouka knew he was saying it to her. "Assuming the human became pregnant on the first encounter it means that you wasted two-months on her..."

"Wait what do you mean instantly." Kyouka asked Sayla only for horror to sink in that the other demon broke the human before her."

"Let's say in a way your plan worked." Sayla began growing nervous. "Only you forced my interference with your plan." Having a difficult time holding back the anger she had for her daughter as best she could.

"Which brings me to my next piece of evidence of your guilt." Tilting his head towards Keyes.

The Demon Gate known as Keyes stood up. Even though his body was hidden under his high collared black and white checkered robe, and golden helmet you could tell the demon was pure bones underneath it all. Snapping his bone fingers did the large doors of the great dark room open up. Once opened up was his curse revealed as Minevra stepped though the doors and continued to walk until she was at the foot of the steps to the throne bowing down on all four before her Master.

"What did you do to her?" Kyouka yelled at Sayla knowing it had to be her who killed her.

"Silence." Mard Geer's quite voice echoed through the room.

"Tell us what happened Minevra." Keyes ordered the once dead demon.

Over the next seven minutes did the revived Minevra reveal everything that she had done since first meeting Kyouka.

How badly Sayla wanted to re-kill that little whore as she re told the events that would eventually lead to her own trial.

Despite hearing what she did Lisanna lost all respect she had for Natsu doubting if really was under the demon's curses like he said he was.

'Fuck Me!' Kyouka visibly sweating profusely.

Erza rocked back and forth on her ass while being consulted by her female Nakama.

'No Way! No Fucking Way!' Utterly disgusted with himself being used like that. 'Lucy I don't deserve you anymore.' Taking a quick look at Erza who looked away from him the moment their eyes meet. 'Or Erza.' He didn't even need to look to see the hatred in the other woman's eyes. 'Or you Lisanna.' Feeling like he deserved to die for betraying all three of his lovers.

"Is that all?" Mark Geer Asked the reanimated demon.

"Yes Lord Mard Geer." The former human answered having nothing else to reveal to him.

"Good." Uttering a short incantation no one could comprehend. Watching as she was surrounded in a black mist. "Then you part in this story is done." The mist instantly turned into a black beam of energy that engulfed her as it erupted around her as the blast went skyward till it hit the ceiling. Once the beam of black energy was gone not one trace of Minevra was left. Turning his attention towards Kyouka. "That is quite a mountain of evidence against you." Standing up from his throne. "You are clearly guilty of wasting time on not one, but several humans." Starting to walk down the steps of his thrown slowly. "Convince me not to kill you before I stand before you." Now listening to whatever his number two demon had to say hoping she could convince him.

Freaking out knowing she may be next to fall. "I've done my research on her before mating with her." Kyouka began to defend herself as her master slowly approached her. "She is one of the strongest humans on this planet, and has yet to reach her prime." Even though she knew she took that prime away from her with the torture and eventual childbirth. "The child not only will inherit all things physical from her, but will also inherit my own Curse."

"So in a way you're telling me that eventually this child will surpass you, even with her disadvantage of being half human." Despite how broken the human was now he could see that deep inside that mess was once a truly great warrior "Then again with some proper teaching it'll learn not to waste on its weaker half." Starting to not feel so guilty if he did kill Kyouka here and now.

Before Kyouka knew it vines had manifested out of nowhere whipping and cutting into her as they bound and suspended her in the air.

"Perhaps the child will grow to become one of my nine-gates." Watching her clothing getting torn, and her smooth skin getting battered. "But by taking your place in its stead." Hearing her groan in extreme pain.

"Not my baby." Erza pleaded. "Please don't do that to my baby." Hugging around her stomach. "Please don't turn it into a demon like her father." Hoping beyond hope she could raise it to never know if its non-human half.

"You may be its mother, but the babe belongs to Tartarus." Watching Kyouka's rage build as the lashings continued to rain down on her. "Then again I suppose if you're as strong as Kyouka says you are I could have you turned into a demon as well." Looking to his right for a second to look as Silver as he spoke. "Wouldn't be the first time a human joined our ranks."

"NOOOOOO!" Pleading even harder.

Rage filling up in Natsu again. "Leave Erza alone!" Reacting fast enough to take the whipping meant for her himself. "You've made her suffer enough." Feeling blood flowing down his back.

Stopping his assault on his underling. "Kyouka what did you offer her for revealing Jellal's location?"

"Sex." Feeling blood dripping from the side of her mouth as well as from the numerous cuts around her body. "its always been sex." Now grinning. "Never once did I promise her freedom."

Lisanna pretty much always keeping an eye on Erza watched as she fully broke down. "Oh Erza." Hugging her from behind hearing her mumbling sorry to various people.

"It was her want for him that finally broke her." Tilting her head towards the Dragon-Slayer.

Releasing the shemale from his curse hearing her hit the ground hard as the air left her lungs. "Do something like this again without my permission and I will kill you next time, or lose again to a pathetic human." He warned her. "The only reason I'm letting you live now are because that babe will need you to learn of its curse, and that Face has yet to activate." Turning his attention towards the pink haired human and the female demon. "Be thankful it was your plan that lead to us learning where Jellal is."

Struggling to get her ravaged body into a kneeling position did she bow to her master thanking him for his mercy as Lamy appeared next to her to start treating her wounds.

Looking at the white haired human. "You seem to be good at keeping her calm." Seeing the fear in her blue eyes. "I place both her care and her child's care in your hands. If the half-breed is born healthy I'll keep you as a servant of Tartarus. Fail me and you'll die in agony."

Comprehending what she was told did she give him a bow accepting her job of tending to Erza till the baby was born. 'Until I get us out of here.' Feeling her vow to her Nakama just became a bit easier if only by a fraction of a percent.

Pointing at Silver and the two empty seats next to him. "Sit next to Silver and stay quite as I pass judgement on these two." Focusing all is attention on Sayla and Natsu.

Hating herself for bowing for a second time. "Yes master." Willing to do whatever it takes to save Erza.

While all that was going one did Sayla silently start to do what she could to stop the bleeding on Natsu's back. Noticing a silence in the room without a single word being spoken did she look up to see Mard Geer now standing over her and Natsu.

Any and all whispering going on in the room ceased. Only able to see the Masters back could they feel something coming from him none of them had felt before. A rage they never believed him to be capable of. Such silence enveloped the room all could hear his knuckles popping and cracking as he extended and retracted the fingers of his free hand.

'This is happening to soon.' Sayla thought feeling there was no way she or Natsu could escape this one alive.

'If only I had my magic.' Natsu cursed knowing he had to protect Sayla.

"Four hundred year." Mard Geer began combing his fingers through his long wavy black hair. "Four hundred years and this is who you picked after losing E.N.D."

'E.N.D.?' Remembering old tree beard Warrod mentioning him before, but nothing more.

"We are at the final stages of finally waking him up and you give yourself to a human of all things."

"He...AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!" Getting whipped harder than he had before with thorns nearly an inch long.

"Natsu!" Sayla's voice filled with concern seeing just how many deep puncture wounds he now had bleeding on his back. Desperately attempting to apply pressure to them all. That was until a set of thorn-less vine captured her wrists suspending her like Erza had been for most of her stay.

"FUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKK!" Screaming in pain as he began to take a lashing even more vicious than Kyouka took moments ago shredding his shirt into useless scraps.

"Stop it!" The horned demon begged.

"Four hundred years you waited." The master Demon spoke. "Four hundred years I waited." Looking at the woman in disgust. "The death of one pathetic human away and you give yourself to an even more pathetic human." Starting to pace back an fourth in front of the duo. "I could have accepted you not wanting me with how long and close to ending the wait , but this?" Pointing at her abdomen.

"You never could, nor will you ever take E.N.D.'s place in my heart."

Reaching out and grabbing her so he covered her mouth. "Looks like Kyouka was right I should have just taken you and fucked you till you loved me!" Pushing off of her letting go of her. "But I was foolish and thought you'd eventually return my love towards you if I was patient with you enough." Centuries wasted.

Remembering the day she first saw him as a full grown demon. The day she was released from her century long imprisonment. "Every day I told you I would never be yours." Recalling memories even further back to a time when demons ruled the humans, a time when Mard Geer was still a small child. "Four hundred years and you never got over your crush on me."

"Perhaps you forgot just what E.N.D. used to do to you." Seeing images of her beaten to points that would have killed any other being.

"And you forgot what it lead to."

Raising the Tome up so she was forced to see it. "And you forget your precious E.N.D. has been locked away in this book for the past four hundred years." Holding onto it ever since he became master that many years ago. "How long I've been holding onto the title of Master Demon only due to his absence. But all that will change soon."

"What are you talking about."

"I'm going to kill him once he's revived and finally take his place as the trueKing." Wishing he could do it just by destroying the cursed tome.

"You'll never...MMGGGGHH!" No longer able to speak as she was gagged by a vine.

Slowly did Mard Geer make his way towards his love. "And once he's finally gone I'll do what I've always wanted to do." Cupping her chin in his hand once he stood right in front of her. "Take you as my Queen." Licking her right cheek. "Whether you like it or not."

How badly Natsu wanted to kill the demon. Sure he didn't know what they were talking about with E.N.D., but he wasn't going to watch another one of his lovers get hurt when he could stop it. 'Move God Damn It!' Urging his body racked in pain to defend her.

"MMNNN!" Trying her best to escape her bindings only to feel them tighten on her.

"But before any of that." Looking down at her belly. "I'll need to make room for my heir."

"MMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNN! MMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNN! MMMMMMMNNNNNNNN!" Franticly trying to escape feeling those cursed vine slithering on her body making their way to circling around her pregnant belly. Tears streaming down her face pleading with her eyes to Mard Geer not to do it. 'I can't lose another baby!' Fearing reliving the past.

"I will make you love me! Once I've finished both child and father." Glancing over at Natsu with a look promising a most brutal death possible. "After all I can't leave anything you love alive." Speaking to the woman while keeping his eyes on the man.

Tasting her own blood in her mouth was Sayla able to bite through the vine gagging her. "NATSU SAVE US!" Feeling the vines around her belly getting ready to dig into her flesh.

Feeling an ungodly surge of energy swell up inside him hearing his demon cry out to him. "AAAARRRGGGGGGG!" Somehow shattering his magic restraining bindings. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art." Cocking both hands and arms behind him as they gathered destructive flames as he charged the demon threatening death to his first child. "Crimson Lotus:" Quickly closing in on his attack swinging both hands forward as hard and as fast as he could. "Exploding Flame Bla..."

"Pathetic."

Before Natsu could even figure out why his attack had been stopped so suddenly did he find himself unable to move, and though he couldn't feel it his whole body was going numb for some reason. Looking down did he see one of the demons cursed vines had stabbed him from behind going straight through where his heart once was.

"NATSU!" Lisanna, Erza and Sayla all shouted watching as the man dropped down to his knees as his own blood began to pool around him. "Sa...Sa...Say...Say...Sayla." Gasping as he tried to reach out for her. Though feeling like minutes a couple of seconds later did he fall face first looking at the mother of his child before the light behind his eyes went out collapsing to the ground as his own blood began to pool around him.

(God you guys and gals have no idea how bad I wanted to end the chapter right here.)

Most of the Demon Gates didn't think much of the human's death. They were more so interested and feared the side of Mard Geer none of them had ever seen before. Wondering what changes this would mean for Tartarus.

Silver couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. 'Did Mard Geer really just kill E.N.D.?'

Tears streaming down her face did Lisanna regret feeling such hatred for her first love only moments ago now seeing him dead in a pool of his own blood.

"Na-Natsu!" Erza tried reaching across the impossible distance not wanting to believe that he was dead despite how real it looked. "AAAGGHHH!" Hugging herself around her belly feeling it cramp up like crazy.

"Erza." Not sure what was going on with her as she tried to calm her even with how grief stricken she was.

"It's all my fault." Thinking of when she finally gave in. "If only I was stronger." Falling from her seat crying so hard she couldn't see. "I got Natsu killed." Words so incoherent no one could understand her.

Turning his attention back towards the woman he had bound with his curse. "Now back to you." Mard Geer said to the crying woman.

Hit with grief so hard she didn't even know what to say. All she could do was stare at the body of her lover continuing to bleed out even though his life had already left him. The one reason she had kept herself going for so long was so one day she could reunite with her lover only after being so close to finally having him back his curse would no longer have a body to return to. Her whole body instantly becoming numb wishing for death to just taker. But she knew death would never come to her with Mard Geer vowing to make her his.

Raising his right hand overhead ready to snap his fingers. "Say goodbye to your half-breed baby. My love." The tips of his fingers rubbing together.

"ICE-MAKE!" The whole room became deadly cold. So cold that it froze the vines over preventing them from growing or moving any further. In a flash Silver now stood between his mother and master taking a swing at him.

Faster than any one could see did the Devil-Slayer fight with the Master of Tartarus in a fight were the first to make a mistake would be the one who would die. Everyone else in the room tried their best to keep up with the action, but simply couldn't with how fast they moved in addition to an icy fog that filled the room. They knew both men were powerful, but didn't think they were capable of fighting at such speed.

With such high speed movements if felt like the fight was going on for hours while in reality it was mere seconds of high stakes attacks. And just as quickly it has started it was soon over with a final attack from each. Mard Geer hitting an overhand right slamming the Slayer into the hard stone floor cracking it, and bound him to the ground with his curse extending the thorns so they dug in so deep it would prevent him from using his curse again without a significant time to recover. Silver on the other hand was only able to knock the Book of E.N.D. out of the demons left arm before the speed advantage he once held belonged to the other man.

Staring down in disappointment at the Ice-Devil-Slayer pined down by his cursed vines once the short fight was done. "I always knew you'd betray me one day." Watching him struggle to escape it. "I'll kill you after I make you watch what I do to Sayla."

"Don't you dare hurt my Mo..." Silver was silenced as a vine gagged him while making him track their owners movements.

"Don't you dare hurt him." Sayla barked while still crying. 'How can this be happening?' Seeing her whole plan falling apart at the hands of the man she hated most.

"I never wanted you as one of the Nine Gates." The sounds of his cursed thorn whips clanging and breaking the metal armor Silver wore as he looked at Sayla with pure anger. "I only let you live as long as you have because you begged me." Silver hollered out in pain once his armor was broken through as he became another victim of the Thorn Curse. "I should have killed him like I did his bitch of a mother." Ceasing his attacks seeing how messed up Silver now was.

"What?" Struggling to ask after hearing what he did. Body bloodied and not moving despite how much he willed it to.

"I may have aloud Sayla to raise you, but there was no way in hell I was going to let your whore mother teach you true Devil-Slaying Magic. You probably would have killed me if she had" Now slowly walking towards Sayla. "Of course it didn't take much. All I had to do was have Kyouka increase her feeling of pain when she gave birth to you."

"I'm going to kill you." Silver swore wanting to shout it out, despite struggling to say what he just spoke.

"The line of Devil-Slayers ends here with you today." Giving into his love allowing her to raise Silver knowing everything of his origins from his mother and the dangers he presented to the rest of them, "He only lived as long as he did because I though it would help me win you over." but nothing of how the final battle was to play out. "After all her fate has already been sealed." Once again standing before Sayla bound in his frozen vines.

Completely powerless to the leader of Tartarus all Sayla could do was stare at him as he placed his left hand over her throat and cocked his right hand back.

Ready to stab it straight through her would be bastard child. "Hope you weren't looking forward to having a half demon child."

"NATSU!" Sayla yelled in fear watching in slow motion as his hand drew closer and closer to her pregnant belly. Desperately wishing for anyone to step in and save her baby.

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Before anyone could even start to think of what happened did Mard Geer scream out in pain having his entire right arm ripped off from the shoulder before it could go through is crush. If any had blinked they would have missed the arm getting incinerated in black flame that grew to the point that it engulfed the room drowning it in such extreme heat that not even silver could even think of cooling it down. Strangely though the flames not only stuck close to the surfaces of the room, but they allowed a small bubble around all the occupants in the room so none would get incinerated like the arm just did. One other strange thing about he black fire was that unlike the numerous candles around the room illuminated the room the flames ate away at the light somehow making it so the demons and humans in the room could only see each other in the sea of the black inferno.

Just as the screams of Mard filled the room a suffocating pressure also not only filled the room but felt like it would devour everyone in the room if the black fire didn't. For a few of the demons it was their first experience feeling the feeling of fear.

Clutching at the bleeding stump where his arm once was did Mard Geer look for who had managed to cripple him only to see the same pink-haired human he had killed minutes ago. "How?" Asking voice filled with pain spotting the gaping hole in his chest where his heart once was.

Not saying a word did Natsu show that he held the Book of E.N.D. in his left arm.

Thinking about how he could have gotten hold of it. 'Silver!' Recalling the Slayer knocking the book out of his grasp.

Holding it on its side with his left did he grab hold of the cover of it with his right. Once opened did a mass of black energy erupt from the contents of the book with all of it flying into Natsu's body that started to glow the same color of the flames threatening all in the room. In a minutes time did he absorb everything that the book once held. An energy so great that it transformed the young man's body

The only noticeable remaining part of Natsu were his white pants that now looked to be shorts. The transformed being looked to have grown nearly a foot in height packing on more muscles than he once had while still looking highly toned without getting to buff(Pretty much imagine Natsu as the same size as Gildartz). His onyx eyes became darker by becoming pitch black. His spiked pink hair now danced and looked like his flame retaining his pink that now looked to hi-lighted the outside of his now mostly black hair. All the scars his body once had vanished leaving his body perfect. His already sharp canines became more defined.

All beings in the room looked in horror at the transformed Natsu emitting powers putting the clash Mard Geer and Silver just had to shame. The most frightening part about it was was that even though it was slowly his power still continued to increase with each passing second making if feel like if the flames didn't kill them that his raw power would simply eat them all alive.

"Who are you!" Mard Geer asked fearfully fearing for his existence that he already knew the answer.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega." The transformed Natsu began closing the book of E.N.D. "I am the First and the Last." Incinerating the tome from reality. "I am the Beginning." Looking around the great hall doused in his cursed fire to see everyone, but one person trembling in fear from his sheer presence. "I am Etherious Natsu Dragneel!" Starring at the love of his life as he freed her from her bindings by burning them away without harming her at all.

Free from her bindings did Sayla run toward her finally awoken lover now crying for him finally coming back to her, and now him being in her arms once she hugged him confirming he was back feeling his true heat that made anything Natsu could emit feel like an ice-bath in comparison.

Returning his lovers hug wanting to do more to her than that he knew he had much to do before that. Feeling her tears evaporating the moment they touched his chest did he stare at Mard Geer as he finished answering the demon's question. "I am E.N.D.!"