Erza: What the hell was with the last chapter? You have me and Natsu in a room, with being in his trunks, and no love-making?! What the hell?!

Omega: *sweat-drops*...Aren't you worried about Gray?

Erza: I'm sure he's fine.

Omega: The man got shot! Aren't you the least bit worried?

Erza: Well, of course, I am. He's still my friend, but Natsu's more important.

Omega: *sweat-drops again* Good thing you have your priorities straightened out. I feel bad for the people who ship Gratza tho now.

Erza: *raises an eyebrow* Gratza? Wait...People actually ship me and Gray together?

Omega: Well yeah. Some ship you with Jellal...

Erza: No...Just hell no.

Omega: Well damn XD! Then they are some that ship you with Lucy.

Erza: You're kidding.

Omega: Nope! Most of them are hot, steamy lemons tho.

Erza: Of course, the Internet is full of horny people.

Omega: *sighs and falls on my hands and knees*...It's sad because it's true. And they are some that ship you with *shudders and groans* with Laxus.

Erza:...*reequips into her Purgatory Armor*

Omega: E-Erza...Why are you in your Purgatory Armor?

Erza:...*reequips a chainsaw sword, pulls the chain and walks away*

Omega: Where the hell did you get that?! And what are you going to do with it?!

Erza: *turns back with a red glint in her eyes* Crusade...Slay all heretics!

Omega: Oh God...It's just like the burger Wendy's meme! *gulps and squeaks* What have I done? DISCLAIMER: I don't own Fairy Tail and if I did, Natza forever baby! Erza put down that chainsaw!

Chapter 5: Taking On the Tower!

"Oh my God! Gray!" Lucy covered her mouth as her eyes widened at the sight before her: Gray was embedded into the wall of the casino with a scorch mark on his chest. Lucy, Natsu, and Happy all had shared the same shocked expression as they stared at their friend who was stuck in the wall.

"You bastard!" Igniting his fists with his blue flames, Natsu charged at the tall man with anger burning in his eyes as he jumped into the air. "HEAVEN FIRE DRAGON'S BLAZING WINGS!" Streams of yellowish-blue flames came forth from his hands as he crossed his hands, bringing the flames down onto the tall man. However, before they could make an impact, the flames quickly dissipated much to Natsu's surprise. "Huh? What the-? Whoa!" He suddenly felt his right leg being pulled, making him fall to the ground back first. He winced in pain before back-flipping into a ready stance. "Bring it, you bastard!" Before he could make another move, a rope of some sort of reddish-light orange material wrapped itself around his entire body, covering his mouth as well.

"Meow~! I caught you!" Natsu looked over to see what appeared to be a brunette with her hair fashioned into cat ears at the top. As much as he tried, Natsu's flames could not burn through the ropes that were wrapped around him. Before she could pull Natsu closer to herself, an icicle arrow appeared and cut the rope. "Meow? What's that?" Before she could question some more, more icicle arrows flew towards her which made her jump and run backward in order to dodge them. The brunette's eyes widened as she looked at Gray, with some sort of ice vest covering his torso, standing to the right side of the crater.

"Good thing I made that vest." The vest cracked and shattered as he began to walk forward. Gray then clenched his right fist and slammed it on his left hand as an icy wind escaped from his hands. "Now it's my turn! ICE MAKE: ICE CANNON!" As the icy wind dissipated, a large, bazooka-like hand-held cannon appeared onto his shoulder. "Take this!" Gray grasped the handle of his bazooka and fired an ice cannonball towards the very tall man and as the cannonball hit the tall man, it shattered into small crystal pieces and created an icy mist around the area. From within the mist came out a large and muscular arm and cleared the mist, revealing the tall man to be completely unscathed. Gray's eyes widened in shock. "...You have got to be kidding me!"

"S-Sho?! What on Earthland are you doing here?" Erza took a few steps back as she was in a state of complete shock. Sho smiled widely as he held some cards in his hands.

"Well, wouldn't you like to know?" He walked from behind the counter and stood in front of Erza. "I'm sorry, big sister Erza, but I can't tell you. However, what I can do..." He then held some cards in his hands before throwing them directly at Erza, almost scraping her face with one of them. "Is defeat you and take you as my captive!" He knew many more cards towards the redhead, giving her no time to dodge any of them.

Erza summoned a sword to deflect some of the cards coming towards her. "Sho! Please calm down!"

The man laughed before gripping his face. "Calm down?! How could I calm down as I am so close to exacting my rage! C'mon big sis! You came here to gamble right?" He then flipped the cards around as energy was coming out from them. "...Why don't we enjoy a special game? Except we won't be betting with coins... let's bet with our lives." He spoke menacingly as his cards were coated in green energy. "Projectile Cards!" He threw two cards, but as they flew into the air, they doubled and doubled at least three times as it looked as a barrage of fifty sharp cards came flying towards Erza. She managed to deflect at least forty before dodging with some minor cuts on her arms and legs.

'Sho...I'm sorry for this...' Erza then grabbed a table and threw it in the direction of her opponent, prompting her opponent to dodge by turning his head and jumping to the side.

"Ha! Is that the best you've..." Sho turned his head back to the redhead but found that she was no longer there. "Huh? Where did you go, you coward?!" Before he could shout anymore, he felt some hard pressure on his neck and felt to the ground as his eyes closed. As he landed on the ground, Erza had a saddened look as she tied his hands together with some rope and threw the young man over her shoulders as she walked back towards the main hall. As she entered, Erza's eyes widened as she covered her mouth.

Much of the area had been damaged and destroyed, with her friends laying on the ground unconscious and Natsu was nowhere to be found. Erza's attention turned towards two moving objects, and as she turned to look at them, she found that it was Gray and Lucy beginning to get up from the ground. "Gray! Lucy!" The redhead sprinted to the struggling man and woman as she helped them stand. "What happened?!"

He winced as he rubbed his side. "I don't know, some people just came by and surprise attacked us. They took Natsu." Gray noticed that Erza had looked away, looking distraught.

Lucy winced but noticed Erza's sudden change of attitude. "Erza... What's wrong?" She asked.

"I know the people that have taken Natsu..." Erza slowly turned towards her friend, her eyes looking saddened and worried. "And I think I might know what they are planning on doing with him." She then grabbed Gray's and Lucy's hands and helped him stand up. "Can you two still fight?"

Gray smirked as he stood up. "It's gonna take more than a surprise attack to take me out."

Lucy smiled as she dusted herself and did the same. "Same goes for me. I'll be alright." With that reassuring statement, the trio made way to the beach. As they made their way to the boat, Lucy had changed her ripped and tattered clothes for a new outfit whereas Gray and Erza had changed to their usual attire as well. Lucy had adorned a long green dress with light green stripes and a bowtie on top of her bra line.

They had gotten into a boat and made their way south, as they began to pull up onto an island with a very tall building, Erza's captive, Sho had awakened.

"Huh?" He awoke in a daze, as the boat had begun to pull into the island. "What's going on?" He fell backward as the boat hit the land, making him groan slightly at the impact. Sho tried to place his hands on the ground so he could himself up but found that his hands felt restricted. He then looked down and saw his mid-body and arms tied together tightly with rope. Remembering what had happened earlier that day, Sho sat up abruptly as his eyes widened, his intense glance focused on the scarlet swordswoman who had begun to walk towards him, attempting to help him up. "You!" Sho shouted in anger.

Erza's eyes had softened as she walked towards the dark blonde. She gave her hands out to attempt to help him up. "Sho, please. Let me help you." However, the man quickly stumbled away and stood up as he ran away.

"You're lying! You're trying to trick me!" He stood against the tower and hit an alarm bell by pulling the rope with his teeth. "Guards!" Sho shouted into the intercom. "We have intruders! I repeat: there are trespassers on the Tower's ground floor!" As he finished shouting into the intercom, many of dark mages rushed from within the Tower, hundreds upon hundreds ran out and quickly surrounded the trio. Many of the dark mages fired off projectile Magical spells quickly upon the three Fairy Tail mages, successfully creating a large cloud of dust around them. "Yes!" Sho shouted before he began to laugh evilly. "How about that, Erza?! You made your grave as soon as you decided to kidnap me and come back here!" He then ordered one of his fellow wizards to untie him.

"Uh... Sho?" One of the mages spoke as he began to walk backward, confusing the young man as he finally got untied.

"What is it?"

The mage pointed towards the Fairy Tail wizards shakily. "L-Look!" Sho turned his head quickly towards the area and as the dust began to clear, he saw a dome-like structure standing instead of the three wizards laying on the ground.

Sho's eyes widened as he stared at the structure. "What the hell?!"

"Ice Make: DOME!" Gray spoke as the dome cracked and fell apart. "We're Fairy Tail wizards, that's nothing to us." Gray slapped his fist on his hand as an icy mist covered his hand. "Ice Make... ARROWS!" After crafting a bow made of ice, Gray shot off multiple ice arrows towards the dark mages, knocking many of them out as well as freezing them.

Sho pulled out his cards as he turned and shouted at the other dark mages. "What are you waiting for?! Kill them!" The remaining wizards began to rush towards the women and pulled out Magic-enhanced weapons to subdue them. Lucy stumbled back a bit while Erza covered her hands in light.

"REQUIP!" Having summoned a sword in each hand, Erza rushed towards the dark mages and began to cut down many of the charging dark mages, knocking them out and slashing through their armors.

A large group of dark wizards changed their course and began to focus on the blonde who visibly flinched at the sudden attention and upon seeing this, they began to move towards her. Lucy, after realizing that the mages realized they were focused on her because she seemed like an easy target, hardened her face and pulled out a Golden Key with an arrow symbol. "OPEN! GATE OF THE ARCHER: SAGITTARIUS!" A golden light appeared in front of Lucy and, from within it, a tall and lanky man wearing a horse costume appeared with bows and arrows. Upon seeing this, many of the dark mages began to laugh at the bizarre looking man, making Lucy grumble and get quite upset. "Sagittarius! Show them your stuff!"

"Right away, madam!" The man grabbed his bows as some arrows at once and aimed towards some steel machinery behind the dark mages. Sagittarius had shot three arrows at once and successfully hit the machinery, creating a massive explosion, taking out many of the dark mages.

The remaining dark mages and Sho began to get quite terrified as they watched these three wizards take out at least half of their forces. "We can't beat these guys! They're too strong!" One of the dark mages shouted fearfully.

Sho pulled out his cards and gripped them tightly as he readied himself to fight. "I don't care! I'll fight them myself if I have to too!" As he began to run towards them, dodging Sagittarius' and Gray's arrows, he began to summon some Magical energy as he had gotten closer. However, he failed to notice Lucy running towards him as well until the last moment.

'What the hell? What does she think she is doing?' Before he could make a move, Lucy had thrown her arms back as she jumped into the air.

"LUCY KICK!" She had brought her right leg up to kick Sho directly in the chin, making him fall over and knock out from the force. Having seeing this, Lucy smiled brightly as she jumped into the air. "I got him!" The dark mages grew more fearful at this point and began to shakily back away slowly from the wizards. As the Fairy Tail wizards began to walk closer to the Tower, oddly enough, it soon began to rain.

"Where'd all this rain come from?" Gray questioned aloud. He, Lucy and Erza stopped in their tracks once they saw a woman covered in all blue: blue sweater, blue hat, blue hair, and blue eyes. The only thing that wasn't blue was her white and pink spotted umbrella.

"Drip, drip, drop..." The woman spoke in a monotone manner as she kept walking under her umbrella, her eyes seem distant and uninterested. "The rain has always followed me wherever I go... It would appear that the guests have finally arrived." The bluenette then closed her umbrella and her face had hardened. "My name is Juvia Lockser, one of Master Jellal's servants and I will not allow you to stop her progress!" She then put up her right hand as water began to fill the area. "WATER LOCK!" The water that Juvia had summoned to surround Lucy, covering her in a water sphere, suffocating her as she began to lose consciousness. Just as she began to close her eyes, the water sphere froze and cracked, freeing Lucy from her confinement. "What?!" Juvia grew confused before she looked over to see Gray standing there as he helped Lucy up. "I see... You are an Ice wizard."

As Gray helped Lucy up, his eyes widened as he examined the woman in front of them. "You!" He shouted, surprising the rain woman. "You're that chick from the beach, aren't you?" Upon hearing that, Juvia's face turned a bright pink and she stiffened as she realized and remember who this man was. Instead of trying to talk with her, Gray stood in front of Lucy and Erza as his face hardened as well. "That doesn't matter now. This is a fight and I will beat you."

The rain woman coughed into her hand as she went to prepare for battle. "I will not lose, for Master Jellal's fate."

"Erza, Lucy," Gray spoke as he clasped his fist on his hand. "I'll catch up with you guys later." Without argument, the two women nodded their heads in agreement then ran inside the Tower. As they ran upstairs, Erza had one thought in her worried mind: 'Natsu... Please be safe and alright.'

On the top floor of the tower was a man who sat to what appeared to be a king's chair as he played with a chess board. The man laughed as he looked down at the camera lacrima displaying all that was happening. He studied Lucy and Erza running throughout the Tower as well as Natsu being taken around with a tall man and a brunette who had cat ears. "It would appear that all of the players have come." The man spoke with a dark yet happy tone. "Now let the game begin..."

Omega: And done! I got this one done.

Erza: About damn time.

Omega: I know! I'm so sorry! Life has gotten so busy for me lately! Between school, work, and family, I have a full course plate here! Again, I'm so sorry that I kept you guys waiting for so long, I will definitively try and upload more.

Erza: You could do Author's Notes.

Omega: I don't do Author's Notes because it gets people hyped for a chapter and I want people to read a chapter, give the people what they want, ya know?

Erza: Then could you give me what I want?

Omega: What do you want?

Erza: *Smiles sultrily* To make love with my sweet, adorable Natsu.

Omega: Soon.

Erza: How soon?!

Omega: Can't tell you yet.

Erza: Why you gotta tease me so?!

Omega: It wouldn't make a good story if I did it too soon. Again, so very sorry I don't update sooner and I will try to do it more often. I hope you guys enjoyed this one and I'll see you in the next chapter. This is Omegadrift98 signing off. Cya!