Previously on Fairy Tail:

(Palva speaking) Out of one issue, and into the next! We ended up stuck in this town called Kyota, thanks to a supposed dragon damaging the rails. We discovered where the dragons came from. A portal appeared in the middle of town that morning, which my sis discovered was called an Arcane Gate. Apparently, it was a portal that bridged this world and another magical world together, and it lasted for twenty-four hours, at least in our world.

We went to find the dragons who came through the portal, and discovered three individuals named Kobayashi, Tohru, and Kanna. Turns out, the latter two were dragons, and Tohru mistaken Natsu and I's type of magic as saying that we actually killed dragons. We got into a big fight with one another, but my sis and the others stopped it. We managed to talk it out, and after a bit of drinking and music, we got along well. But I can tell that bad things are about to come our way…

(Cue 'Aozora no Rhapsody (Jayn's English Cover)')

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Chu chu yeah!

(Natsu and Palva enter in, looking up at the 'Burning Hearts of Fairies' logo)

Please me!

(The two look to the opposite side of the screen to see Tohru standing confidently with the 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid' logo over her.)

Chu chu yeah!

(Palva runs into the middle, leaping up and using flames to destroy the words 'Fairies' and 'Miss Kobayashi's', with the exception of an 'a', then using Fire Dragon's Whip to bring the remaining words together to form 'Burning Heart of a Dragon Maid', snatching the 's' from 'Hearts' in the process.)

Without you!

(Natsu and Tohru raise their hands in presentation of the title, then take off to either side, while Palva threw the 's' she caught like a boomerang, creating fire that covers the screen.)

Ah, what is happening? There must have been a big mistake!

Why suddenly I'm having t-t-t-trouble now?

(The logo still displays as the fires disperse, while the background features the full view of Kyota Town, along with the shoreline, and the mountains and forest in the background.)

Why, how is this happening? Can I run away from everything?

(Palva and Natsu race along the streets, turning a corner, bumping into Tohru, causing the trio to fall on the ground.)

But, here in the craziness, I can feel it coming whimsically

And I let myself get carried away!

(They sat up, looking at one another. Then Natsu and Tohru angrily pushed their fiery fists and dragon taloned hands against one another, with Palva sighing in bemusement.)

That's the way things had began on that day.

(Gray, Leon and a cheering Happy watch while Lucy places a hand on Kobayashi's shoulder, smiling sympathetically at her.)

Basically, normal had been thrown away.

(Erza and Pastry irritably watch the dragon and Dragon Slayer fight, while Dori cuddles Kanna in her arms.)

But now I'll open up the door ahead, I hear them

(Palva pushes Natsu and Tohru away from one another, pointing to the mountaintops, suggesting a race for the three of them.)

Ringing out with a sound that moves my soul! 'C'mon let's go!'

(Natsu and Tohru grin at the idea of a race. The Dragon Slayers call the two cats to be their wings, while Tohru produces her dragon wings.)

(Anywhere we want)

(The three take off one at a time, shooting to the clouds.)

I have the courage to become your wings! And I'll carry you into the light.

(Natsu and Happy fly onto the screen first, soaring over the clouds, followed by Palva and Pastry, then Tohru. They shoot to the mountains, reaching the peak.)

No matter what challenges life has to bring, I'll trust in our magic and fight!

(They all stop when they look down in the darkened ground to see a Dark Guild hall of the Demise's Monarchy guild, with the three top guild members, along with their Guildmaster Kaliyah. Ready to fight, Natsu readies Fire Dragon's Roar, Palva readies Fire Dragon's Brilliant Talon, and Tohru charges up a ball of intense magical energy. The trio fire their attacks, while Kaliyah blasts with dark blue energy from her staff, causing an explosion.)

With flowers in hand we will see the new world, and what wonders it has to behold!

(Leon and Lucy protects Kobayashi against one of the top guild members, Xe, with Lucy readying Aquarius's Gate Key. Dori and Kanna use Crystal Barrage and a stream of electricity against Dexter, who dodges with his magic body. Gray and Erza, in Heaven's Wheel armor, use their magic against a heavily armored Ituha, who blocks their attacks with her shields.)

With a union so perfect between you and me-

(Under a darkened sky, Natsu, Palva and Tohru stand in the top of the guild hall barracks, glaring fiercely at Kaliyah, who smirks with a toothy grin.)

We're no good with our communication, but no worries, it will be alright as long as tomorrow you're still by my side!

(Natsu and Palva charge in, readying fiery fist and foot, to which Kaliyah blocked with her staff, pushing them back. Tohru leapt in, uppercutting their enemy into the air. She flipped around, creating a large magic circle, turning into a shadow of a great beast. Tohru turns into dragon form, with Natsu and Palva riding her, and the trio roar angrily at their opponent, creating shockwaves.)

(music segment) Chu chu yeah!

(Shifting scene. Inside a bar in Kyota Town, the team share drinks and laughter together, while Kobayashi goes on a drunken rant with a scared Tohru and Lucy, and Erza and Pastry share their favorite sweets together.)

Without you!

(Shifting scene. The team stands together in front of the Arcane Gate portal, with Natsu, Palva and Tohru standing center-front.)

Inside the tavern where the Fairy Tail mages and otherworlders were at, Lucy shouted, "Open! Gate of the Maiden: Virgo!" With a swipe of her key, she summoned out the said Celestial Spirit to her side. She bowed to her as she asked Lucy, "Is there something you wish from me, Princess?"

Kobayashi, now sobered up, was blushing at the sight of her. "Wow! You really do have a maid on you. And her attire is clearly not cosplay, either…well, except for those chains on her arms."

A minute ago, Leon gave Kobayashi a pill that was made for sobering people up. Afterwards, Lucy asked if she wanted to meet Virgo, who was also a maid.

A disgruntled Tohru looked at Virgo as she muttered, "Well, she does have the formal black and white to her. Still, what is with those chains?"

Virgo looked to Lucy as she asked, "Princess, may I ask why you asked me to meet these two? Is this a form of punishment?"

"No, not at all!" Lucy responded hastily, "Miss Kobayashi was interested in maids, so I wanted to introduce you to her!"

"Most likely, the chains are a form of weapon for her in combat." Leon assumed, sitting right next to them, "However, she is quite skilled in Earth magic, specifically making holes."

"By the way, you said her name was Virgo, right?" Kobayashi asked Lucy, "As in one of the twelve Zodiac signs?"

"Right! I didn't know they were known in another world!" Lucy said in surprise.

"They really are more used in people's horoscopes and such." Kobayashi pointed out, "I guess there are actual characters in this world."

"So if you are a maid for this human, what do you do for her?" Tohru asked Virgo.

"Naturally, I make sure to come to her aid whenever she calls me." the Celestial Spirit answered, "I do whatever she asks me to do, and I even dress her when she needs a change of clothes. In return, she does punish me."

Tohru and Kobayashi looked startled at that last sentence while Lucy barked, "That's not true at all! Stop saying that!"

"Wh-what kind of torture are you talking about?" Tohru asked, hesitating.

"Well, here are some of my favorite ones…" Virgo began whispering some examples in Tohru's ear, and the dragon maid started to get flushed and startled at what she was hearing.

"I have a really bad feeling about this…" Kobayashi muttered to Lucy and Leon.

Finally, when Virgo was done telling her favorite punishments, Tohru looked at her and asked, "Y-You enjoy that?!" She collapsed to her hands and knees, shaking as she muttered, "To think such vulgar things would be done to you. All I ever try and do is get Miss Kobayashi's love and praise for me and my maidom. True, she yells at me when I get out of hand, but compared to what you said…" She stood up quickly with a sort of demented look in her eyes as she finished, "…I can see I haven't done enough! I must require punishment in a similar manner on a daily basis from Miss Kobayashi, so as to please her even further! I will make sure this happens!"

She grasped Virgo's hands as she said, "Thank you for opening my eyes, Virgo! I will take up your advice for myself as well!"

"The pleasure is all mine." Virgo responded, "We must strive to make our masters happy, and for that, we must require punishment."

While the two 'maids' were sharing their conviction for their master's punishment onto them, Lucy, Leon and Kobayashi were looking with sweat-dropped expression at the two. "Great, now Tohru's gonna be more of a problem than usual." the latter muttered.

"I think I might've stirred up a storm by bringing Virgo here. Sorry…" the Celestial mage apologized.

"How did it escalate to this?" Leon asked in confusion.

Meanwhile, at another table, Dori formed an orb of lightning lacrima the size of a baseball, and gave it to Kanna, who looked in awe at the crystal. "You like it?" Dori asked, smiling sweetly at the little dragon girl. Earlier, she had learned that Kanna had an affinity with electricity, so she decided to show her what lightning magic looked like in their world.

"It's very different to the magic in my world." Kanna compared.

"Can magic take on a crystalized form like that in your world?" Palva asked, while Natsu and Happy stuffed their faces full of food. Kanna shook her head in response to this.

"Well, you can keep it, if you want?" Dori assured her, "You can use it however you-." Before she even finished, the young dragon girl suddenly opened wide and ate the lacrima in one gulp. The others were completely startled at this, while Dori was scared of what might happen to Kanna. After she swallowed it, Kanna's body emitted electricity that shocked all around her, then it died down.

"Are…you okay?" Dori asked, hesitantly.

"Just a little tingly." Kanna answered nonchalantly, causing the others around her to comically fall over, with the exception of Natsu.

"Man, you scared the crap out of me!" Palva muttered, getting back onto her chair, "A girl can electrocute themselves by doing that."

"Why? She's a lightning dragon, right?" Natsu asked through a mouthful of meat, "She can just eat lightning, like I can eat fire."

"Reminder that she's from another world." Dori reminded him, "I didn't think the same logic would work in their world as it does here. I'm just relieved she's okay."

At another table, the rest of the Fairy Tail mages, being that of Erza, Gray and Pastry, watched the others with amusement. "Seems like they're all getting along well." Erza stated.

"I almost think they forgotten that these guys have to go into that Arcane Gate at some point." Gray assumed.

"According to Dori's timer lacrima, we just have about fourteen hours remaining." Pastry looked at the said lacrima in his hands.

"We'd probably need to look for a place if we're staying the night here." Erza suggested. Gray and Pastry both agreed to this.

Just then, the door to the bar was kicked open, drawing the attention of the mages and the otherworlders. Three guys came into the bar, grinning and chuckling, acting as if they owned the place. They were dressed in standard attire, and based on what Dori noticed, she could see guild marks on different parts of their bodies. They all were the same one, with a dragon eating a crown. 'Guild mages.' she realized.

"Hey, barkeep! Give us some drinks would ya?!" the head of the group called out.

"Yeah, we're starvin', too." the bald, muscular one added.

"Y-Yes, sirs! Right away!" the barkeeper hesitantly answered, frantically racing about the bar to get what they wanted.

"Who the heck are they?" Kobayashi whispered, "They look pretty tough."

"Based on those marks, they probably belong to a guild." Lucy answered quietly, "Let's hope Natsu doesn't cause any trouble."

"I think Dori has ahold of the situation." Leon assured them, and they barely noticed that the said crystal mage had just used her crystal magic to cement the Fire Dragon Slayers's feet to the ground, preventing Natsu or Palva from moving.

"They weren't the ones I was worried about…" Kobayashi muttered, looking to the one she was most concerned about; Tohru, who glared at the trio of mages. Virgo was patiently waiting next to her.

The shortest of the group suddenly noticed the crowd nearby them, and looked about. "Hey, looks like we got a few fresh faces around here." he chuckled, "Look! There're even a pair of maids to boot!"

"Hey, barkeep! Didn't know you got sexy new hires here." the head of the group told the owner.

"Excuse us, but we don't actually work here." Virgo corrected them.

"Besides, I only serve Miss Kobayashi and no one else. As a maid and more!" Tohru stated.

"Do I even need to ask what 'more' means?" Kobayashi questioned.

"Seriously?" the bald mage asked, looking to Tohru's said master, "You serve this dead-fish eye woman? She doesn't look like a noble, let alone anyone who could afford a maid."

"She doesn't even look like a woman!" the short mage added, causing the trio to laugh.

"Why you…!" Tohru sneered, about to take a step forward, only for Kobayashi to call out her name. "There's no need to get violent, okay?" she assured her maid, "Besides, it's not like I'm use to stuff like that."

"At least you keep your cool, unlike some." Lucy chuckled, looking to Natsu, who was gritting his teeth, while Dori chose to crystalize his body all the way up to his waist.

"Hey, maybe you should find better company to work with." the head mage stated, walking over to Tohru and Virgo, "Our master wouldn't mind the extra cleanup." As his buddies went to Virgo, he reached out to Tohru as he whispered seductively, "Plus, I can make sure you are in good company…"

Just then, Tohru snatched his wrist before his hand touched her hair, giving him a warning glare. The head mage smirked, ready to shrug off her hand, only to find her grip tighten painfully, almost crushing. Virgo also had the two mages near her at her mercy, grasping them by the arms painfully.

"I do believe these people deserve punishment." she stated, her eyes flashing red.

"Agreed." Tohru growled, her teeth suddenly becoming sharp and carnivorous, like a dragon.

The head mage looked petrified. Lucy and Leon looked nervous. The rest of the Fairy Tail mages looked on with concern or wonder. "This won't end well." Kobayashi muttered.

What happened only took a couple seconds, but the citizens outside were abruptly awakened as the three mages shot out of the bar through the walls, landing in the streets outside. They splayed all over the ground, their pupils vanished as they were knocked unconscious. The two 'maids' inside stood in front of the others, with Tohru stretching her fingers and arms out. "That takes care of that mess." she sighed, while Kobayashi looked petrified at her actions.

"Maybe I should've kept HER in place, along with Natsu." Dori muttered with a sweat-dropped expression, while Natsu looked amazed and annoyed that he didn't get a chance to sock it to them.

"Virgo, why did you do that?!" Lucy demanded to her spirit.

"Do I deserve punishment, Princess?" Virgo asked, sort of eagerly.

"No, I need you to leave, now!" she responded, waving her key and making Virgo vanish.

As everyone outside gathered to see who was sent flying, Erza, Gray and Pastry couldn't help but notice how scared the bar owner was. It wasn't the kind of fear that came from noticing the strength from someone. More it was the kind of fear shown that the people who did the attacking screwed up.

"Is there something wrong?" Erza asked him.

"Wh-what have you done?" he asked them in a panicked tone, "When those guys go report to their boss, we'll all be dead!"

"What do you mean?" Gray asked, as the crowd of citizens outside started speaking up in fear. All of them had similar words of fear and panic like the bar owner.

"What's the deal? Is their guild that bad?" Palva asked, looking to the others to see if they had any clues.

"Those guys you just sent flying belong to the Demise's Monarchy guild!" the bar owner exclaimed, "They are a seriously dangerous group!"

"Demise's Monarchy?" Tohru asked, questioning the name itself.

"I've never heard of them before." Lucy muttered.

"Same here." Dori agreed.

"I'm not surprised, since anyone who attempted to leak out their guild ended up dead!" the bar owner explained, "They have eyes and ears everywhere in this town. They suddenly appeared here twenty years ago, claiming this town as their own and a way to cover themselves from the outside world."

"You were never able to get help from anyone outside the town?" Erza asked, surprised they didn't think of a way to warn someone in such a long time.

"They inspect any mail that leaves or enters the Kyota, and have magic barriers to prevent us from communicating via lacrima or telepathy. And as I said before, they have eyes and ears everywhere, so if anyone even attempts to leave to deliver a message, they would know. We've been living our lives in constant fear because of them."

The Fairy Tail mages and the otherworlders looked at one another. Clearly, these people were a dark guild, and a fairly smart one at that to cover any traces that they were in this vicinity. This drew more questions as well as concerns, like why would they want to keep their identity a secret like this for twenty? What were they planning?

"I can tell you guys are mages, but even you don't stand a chance against them, especially their master." the barkeeper told them, "If I were you, I'd get out of this town before they come and find you."

"A bit too late for that now." Dori sighed as the team gathered together.

"Besides, if they are a dark guild that have caused this much fear to your populace, then we must take action." Erza told the barkeeper, causing him to be afraid, "Where do they reside at?"

"You really plan to go after these guys?" Kobayashi asked.

"Course we will!" Natsu answered her, drawing her attention, "After all, we're Fairy Tail mages, and we never back away from a fight like this!"

"Aye sir!" Happy agreed.

"If they don't want to be found out, then we'll just have to make a big enough explosion for them to be seen." Palva stated, slamming the bottom of her naginata-like Dragonic Fang on the ground, forming sparks.

Leon looked to Tohru and asked, "What are you gonna do? Wanna come with us?"

"Heck, yeah!" Tohru answered, giving a fist pump, "It's been a while since I spread my wings and lay waste to some pesky humans! They won't know what hit them when they see a dragon blow them away in one go!"

"Are you sure?" Kobayashi asked, slightly worried, "They are different from the world you and I are from. Plus, we have to go back through that portal before time runs out."

"Don't worry. We have more than half the day to get back there!" Tohru assured her, "Come on, Kanna! Miss Kobayashi, come along, too!"

"Sure. Why not?" Kobayashi answered, slightly bemused at her maid's enthusiasm.

"Well, I can't stop you guys from trying. I can only warn you." the barkeeper warned them, "The Demise's Monarchy guild resides in the mountains close by. They have a fair amount of mages on their side, but their most lethal members are the three commanding officers and their guild master, who's magic is more powerful than anything I've ever seen!"

"Is he that tough?" Natsu asked.

"Actually, their master is a woman. She claims to have the powers no human could ever possibly imagine, and based on the fact that she wiped out all the mages we had in one shot, I don't deny her claim."

"Every mage you had was struck down in one hit from this chick?!" Gray asked, surprised.

"Suddenly, I feel like I might just be better off here." Lucy whimpered.

"Well, they ain't ever faced a guild like Fairy Tail!" Natsu declared, racing out the hold in the wall, "Let's go, Happy!"

"Aye, sir!" Happy answered, producing his wings and grabbing Natsu by the back, carrying him into the sky.

"Natsu!" Lucy called out.

"That idiot should wait for all of us to go after him!" Gray growled.

"I'll go after him!" Palva assured the others, "Pastry, give me a lift!"

"Roger that!" the ginger cat answered, grabbing Palva and carrying her after Natsu and Happy.

"No way I'll let you guys steal all the fun!" Tohru declared, producing her dragon wings and tail, and flying right after them.

"Tohru!" Kobayashi cried out, but it was too late. She and the Dragon Slayers have left.

"Let's go after them, now!" Leon told the team, turning to the petite dragon girl with them, "Kanna, help us out." She looked back at him with a blank expression, but understood nevertheless.

Up in the air, Natsu, Palva, Tohru and the cats all soared towards the mountains as fast as they could. "Those filthy humans better say their prayers, though not even the gods will save them now!" Tohru growled.

"There are gods in your world?!" Palva asked, surprised at this new fact, "Jeez, I really wonder what your world is like."

"You do seem a bit aggravated, Tohru." Pastry pointed out.

"How can I not?! They disrespected Miss Kobayashi, my maidom, and even their name is a crime!"

"How so?" Natsu asked, confused.

"Yeah, Demise's Monarchy is a cool name, but how is it a crime?" Happy asked.

"Oh, yeah, I never told you. See, my father is also known as the King of Demise." Tohru explained, getting shocked looks from the four with her, "I don't get along completely well with him, what with him hating Miss Kobayashi and me living amongst humans, but that doesn't mean I will allow someone to be called a monarchy of demise!"

"Wow. And here I thought Natsu's father being a dragon was amazing." Happy stated.

"Yeah, but I betcha Igneel would beat your dad any day of the week!" Natsu stated with a cheeky grin.

"Is that a challenge?" Tohru asked with a small warning glint in her eye.

"Guys, can we focus on the big issue here?!" Palva demanded to the two, then under her breath she added, "I'm the youngest, so why am I babysitting them?"

"Guys, I see it!" Pastry told the team, drawing the attention of the others. In a large gaping chasm in the mountains, there was a small stone castle, and based on the flags and banners on them, it was definitely the guild hall of the Demise's Monarchy guild.

"That's got to be their guild hall!" Happy stated.

"Let's go trash the place!" Natsu declared, hammering his fists together.

"There's no need to even go down there, guys." Tohru snickered, "Stupid inferiors. Have you forgotten I'm a dragon? Watch this…"

The two mages and their cats kept their distance as Tohru suddenly grew fangs and her eyes became more dragonic as she opened her mouth, creating a large ball of energy. She then fired down at the guild hall with a powerful blast, intending to destroy all that resided in there.

In the throne room of the guild hall, the guild master sensed the oncoming attack. "Pathetic…" she muttered, standing up and raising her staff. Outside, a large blue magic circle suddenly appeared, shielding the castle from harm as Tohru's attack, canceling it altogether.

"What?!" Palva gasped as the five airborne heroes were startled at this sudden protection magic.

"How is this possible?! They managed to block my attack?!" Tohru questioned in surprise.

"Not only that, they sensed it coming." Pastry added, "That attack was not slow, either. They must have good magic detection skills. Better than even Dori's."

"Then I guess it's time for good ol' plan T!" Natsu declared, with Happy aye-ing in agreement.

"I'm afraid to ask, but what is plan T?" Palva asked in a bemused tone.

"Take 'em by storm!" Natsu shouted, and Happy dove him down at the guild hall.

"I like that plan!" Tohru declared, diving down behind Natsu.

"Hey, wait up!" Palva shouted as she and Pastry following last.

The five of them took off towards the front gate of the guild hall, with Natsu readying his fist and coating them in flames. His battle cry echoed throughout the vicinity as he charged in, readying to break down the withdrawn drawbridge.

"Black Geyser!" shouted a voice, and Natsu looked down at the moat beneath him to see a geyser of water shoot up and him and Happy, sending them spinning upwards before falling back down to the ground. Tohru and Palva halted in their tracks, startled at the surprise attack. Natsu caught himself in midair and landed on his feet, while Happy shook his fur of the water that struck them.

"Who did that?!" Pastry demanded.

"The person in the water, that's what!" Palva answered, looking at the still-going geyser to see someone spiral up to the top, flipping about and landing in a standing position on the water.

"Careful now. We just finished rebuilding that drawbridge." he told them with a smirk.

"He's different from the other wizards in my world." Tohru muttered.

"Who the hell are you?!" Natsu demanded angrily.

"The question you should ask is 'Who are you?'." the man corrected Natsu, "There's no need to add 'the hell' into that sentence. It makes it too long!"

"Just answer my question, would ya?!" Natsu barked angrily, stomping his feet in a tantrum.

"Even adding 'would ya', when there was no need. Why draw out your sentences?" the man sighed, "I, Black-Water Xe, shall put an end to your endless chatter!" He backflipped off the column of water as it curved about and launched at Natsu and Happy. However, the attack was stopped by Tohru's interference, as with a single kick, she diminished the water.

"Oh…very impressive." Xe muttered, raising his hands as he shouted, "Black Tsunami!" he summoned a tidal wave of black water from beneath him, sending it at Tohru, who opened her mouth and unleashed a blast of flames that countered the attack. The flames diminished in its' wake, and Tohru got swept away by the water.

Pastry got Palva over the attack as she shouted, "Fire Dragon's Pounce!" Pastry detached the Dragon Slayer girl as she shot herself at Xe. The Black-Water mage did a spin dodge in midair, avoiding her attack, then with a whip of his hand, he sent a column of water snake at her. Palva spun, planting her feet on the wall of the guild hall, but looked up to get hit full on by Xe's attack. She couldn't even breath as the water pressed her against the wall, preventing her from moving.

Xe smirked, then felt pain from the back of his head as Natsu slugged him with a fiery fist, shouting, "Back off!" He fell into the water, and his attack on Palva ended, making her limply fall into the water, as well.

"Palva!" Natsu shouted as he and the others raced toward where Palva fell, seeing her pop out of the water, gasping for air. "Geez, that was too close…" she moaned, "Thanks for the save, Natsu." Pastry pulled her out of the water, while Tohru, still on the shores of the moat, shook herself of the water that got on her from the previous attack.

"Black Geyser!" shouted Xe's voice again. The four over the water darted out of the way, avoiding the column of water that shout up at them. More geysers kept shooting up at them, but Pastry and Happy darted about the area, avoiding the attacks as they came at them. They tried to escape the moat's area, only to be blocked off by more of Xe's water.

"We can't escape!" Happy exclaimed, swerving left and right to avoid a pair of geysers.

Palva tried to cut an oncoming geyser with a swipe of her Fire Dragon Talon, only for her flames to be instantly diminished and her body kicked up into a midair backflip thanks to the geyser's force on her foot. "Crap, our flames are of no help here!" she grimaced.

Tohru looked at the situation the Dragon Slayers were in, and growled, "This is why dragons are better than humans like you guys. Let me handle this!" She darted at the water, unleashing an axe kick on the water's surface. It was as if she was reenacting Moses parting the Red Sea, as the water split down the middle, displaying the floor of the moat, as well as Xe, who was surprised at what had just happened. "Found you!" Tohru sneered, opening her mouth and unleashing a blast of energy at Xe.

The mage hastily reacted by diving away from the attack, avoiding the head on explosion, but getting caught in the shockwave. He was sent tumbling upwards into the air, only for Tohru to meet him and unleash and downward fist that sent him rocketing into the moat, creating as explosion of water that splashed everywhere. Natsu and Palva were shocked and amazed at the amount of strength that was delivered by Tohru.

The mages and the cats all came back to the shoreline of the moat, with Palva saying, "You really saved our bacon there, Tohru. Thanks a bunch!"

"It was no problem." Tohru responded, puffing out her chest and looking proud at the compliment.

"That guy's magic made Natsu and Palva's fire useless." Happy pointed out, "Glad he was down for the count."

"Sucks that I couldn't finish him off, but I guess that's what happens when he deals with dragons and slayers." Natsu stated.

"Guys!" shouted Lucy's voice from above. They looked up to see Kanna in dragon form, with everyone else riding on her back as they descended down towards them. They all got off the white-feathered dragon's back, and approach the team as Kanna reverted to her human form.

"Glad to see you waited for us before storming the Dark Guild." Leon told them.

"That wasn't it. We were dealing with a mage in the water." Pastry explained.

"But there was no need to worry, cause I took care of him!" Tohru confidently finished, punching the air in excitement.

"Good work, Tohru." Kobayashi stated, patting her on the head, making the dragon maid giggle and blush, "But maybe we should just leave this to these guys. We should probably head back before something dangerous happens…"

"Come on, you worry to much, Miss Kobayashi!" Tohru retorted, "I can easily best all these guys by myself, if I have to."

"Don't be too sure!" echoed a voice from the water, drawing everyone's attention. Water shot upwards as Xe rose up, sitting on a column of water, with a bruise to his head where Tohru hit him.

"He's still alive?!" Tohru gasped, "But that would've killed any human in my world!"

"Unfortunate for you, we mages of the Demise's Monarchy guild are tougher than any human of your world." Xe stated, "Though I gotta admit, that did hurt like hell. As expected from someone of your title, Second Daughter of Demise."

Tohru eyes widened at the title she was given. "The hell are you talking about?" Natsu questioned, "Second Daughter?"

"Tohru?" Kobayashi questioned her 'maid'.

"How do you know that I am the second daughter of my father?!" Tohru questioned, then she came to a realization, and added, "Don't tell me…you know 'her'?"

"If you mean our guild master, the true Empress of Demise, then yes." Xe snickered, "She was very eager to meet you again."

"What is he talking about?" Erza asked, standing next to Gray, Kanna and Dori.

Tohru didn't answer at once, but she looked down, gritting her teeth as she growled a name under her breath. "Kaliyah…"

"Kaliyah?" Kobayashi echoed, wondering who this new name was.

"Enough words!" Xe shouted, unleashing more pillars of water, "The Demise's Monarchy's Guild Master hereby challenges you to war, Second Daughter! The same for those who fight with you here!" He unleashed the pillars at the group, who dispersed before getting hit by it. Kobayashi was dragged along by Gray, as she was the most vulnerable person there.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu shouted, unleashing a breath attack at Xe, only for him to summon a pillar of black water to completely nullify the attack.

"Black Water magic can never be bested by flames, even ones as powerful as yours." he stated, "Black Coil!" A black stream of water shot out, spiraling about Natsu's body, binding him in midair. The head of the stream then consumed his head, making him struggle as he held his breath inside the watery bind.

"Natsu!" Lucy cried out.

"Gray, freeze that water!" Erza ordered the Ice mage.

"You got it!" Gray answered, leaping towards Natsu as he stated, "Do I always have to save your butt, Natsu?!" He placed his hands on the coil of water, using his Ice-Make magic to freeze the water. However, to his surprise, the water didn't even freeze. "What gives? I can't freeze the water?"

A geyser of water shot at Gray, pushing him away from Natsu and curving him to the ground, slamming him onto his back. The water continued to pressure him, just like it did with Palva, preventing him from moving. "Fire and ice have no effect on my water." Xe stated with a sinister grin, "Drown in silence."

"That won't work!" Dori shouted, "Leon, slash the water, now!"

"Okay!" Leon shouted, pulling out his greatsword, and jumping at the two water-bound mages. With several slashes, he slashed the water that held Natsu and Gray, freeing them and allowing them to breath again. Gray shook his head, while Natsu coughed out any water that he swallowed.

"I read about this kind of magic." Dori explained, "Black Water magic is unique, as the user of it utilizes black magic to create water that has a stronger density than normal water, and one that cannot change temperature or change into ice or steam, making fire and ice magic useless against it."

"How do you know this?" Lucy asked her, surprised at her knowledge on the magic their opponent used.

"It is a powerful form of water-based magic, and I was thinking in the past to learn it if Palva's flames got too out of control. However, it requires someone with a dark mindset to utilize it, so I diminished the idea."

"Yeah, you are pretty OP as you are right now." Palva assured her, avoiding a column of water that came down at her.

"Do you ever cease your idle chitchat?!" Xe demanded, unleashing a tidal wave of black water at the team, who dodged out of the way, with Erza dragging Miss Kobayashi behind her.

"Requip!" the scarlet swordswoman shouted, entering into her Heaven's Wheel Armor, then to Kobayashi she stated, "Listen, you should get back to town. We cannot allow you to get involved in a battle like this!"

"I was starting to feel the same thing." Kobayashi agreed, "True, I've seen Tohru fight, and ended up being close to the action, but this…" She watched at Leon slashed a pillar of water down the middle with his Aegis Blade, only for another to appear and slam him away.

Gray used an Ice-Make Sword to slash the one shoving Leon, holding it in both hands for any others to come at him and his guildmates. "We don't have time to stand around and fight him! We gotta go inside and get to their guild master!" he shouted at the others.

"Agreed! Let's bust down that drawbridge!" Dori ordered the team.

"I don't think so!" Xe shouted, creating more pillars of water around the drawbridge, producing a barrier that prevented the team from getting through.

"Well, that's brilliant!" Pastry spat, "How'll we get in there, now?!"

"Kanna!" Tohru shouted to the petite dragon girl, who nodded in response. She made a tremendous leap, charging up a ball of electric energy in her hands. She then blasted it down at the pillars surrounding the drawbridge, destroying them entirely. While Xe was stunned by this easy destruction of his magic, Dori pulled out her magic crossbow and blasted two shots at the chains holding the drawbridge up, causing it to fall and land at their feet.

"I'll stay here with Kobayashi and fight him!" Leon told the team, "You go in and take on their guild master!"

"We're counting on you." Erza responded, "Everyone, let's go!"

"Right!" they all responded, charging along the drawbridge towards the front gate.

"No you don't! Black Geyser Field!" Xe slammed his palms on the water, creating a field of black water geysers that drew closer to the team. He was attempting to break the bridge they were on.

"Hurry!" Dori cried out, reaching the gate first and waving everyone over. The geysers starts popping out from underneath the bridge as Palva, Lucy and Gray were reaching the midway part. Suddenly, a large geyser fully shattered the center of the bridge, breaking it in half. Gray and Palva were jettisoned over to the others heading into the castle, but Lucy was not too fortunate. She screamed as she was sent flying backwards, landing on the shores of the moat as the bridge sank into the water.

"Lucy!" Natsu shouted to her, worrying for her safety.

"I-I'm okay!" she answered, "You guys go on ahead!"

"Don't worry about her. She's a tough girl." Dori assured Natsu, "She can help Leon with defeating Xe and protecting Kobayashi, so let's get moving!" Natsu nodded in understanding, and the two raced after the others, leaving the two mages and otherworlder alone outside with Xe, who grimaced at how things turned out.

"Crap… Now I destroyed the drawbridge." he muttered, rubbing the back of his head, "Not only that, but I couldn't stop those stupid mages from getting in. Guess I'll have to deal with the remainder of your fools instead!"

"For someone who prefers less words, you talk too much." Leon pointed out as Lucy came to his side, pulling out her whip.

"Shut it! It's because people talk too much that I speak this much!" Xe barked.

"Then why don't you go along with the old saying, and take the plank out of your eye before dealing with the splinter in another?" Leon questioned, readying his blade.

"Enough talk!" Xe barked, ignoring Leon's suggestion as he prepared a dark blue magic circle underneath him, "I'll drown the lot of you inside my Black-Water magic."

"Bring it!" Leon roared, using Requip to enter into his Swift Armor.

"I'll give it my all, as well!" Lucy declared, readying a key, "Open: Gate of the Archer: Sagittarius!" She summoned out her horse-dressed man to her side, saluting upon arrival. "Howdy-doo, ma'am!" he stated.

Kobayashi stood behind a tree closest to the two, staring frightfully at the battle that was about to take place. "This is bad…" she muttered, "Why did I even come along? I don't even know what to do…" Unbeknownst to her, someone else was nearby, lowering himself from the trees. A spindly man who grinned mischievously.

Inside, several mages tried to get in the way of the Fairy Tail mages and the dragon girls, only to be blasted away by the sheer power they had. "We don't have time for small-fries like these!" Natsu growled as they ran, "Let's head straight to the guild master of this place and beat her up!"

"Aye, sir!" Happy agreed, "But do you know where she is?"

"She should smell a lot like me." Tohru told them, "If we follow her scent, we should reach her."

"And how do you know this?" Palva asked, catching up to her side, "Based on what that swimmer guy said, it seems like you have a connection to this guild master."

"But how can that be?" Erza asked, "You are from an entirely different world. How could you have a connection with someone here?"

Tohru slowly came to a halt, causing the others to do the same. Finally she answered, "Because Kaliyah was exiled to this world by my father. She's my older sister."

The news startled the team in surprise, with the exception of Kanna. "You have an older sister?!" Dori repeated, "And she's the guild master here?!"

"So there was another dragon in this place, and we didn't even know?!" Natsu questioned.

"She was exiled from my world eight years ago by my father after she caused the death of many dragons." Tohru explained, looking sadly down at Kanna as she added, "Kanna's uncle was among those that died. I guess this was the world she ended up getting sent to."

"Hold on." Pastry muttered, "I only spent a minute in your world, and almost a half hour went passed in this one."

"According to the timer lacrima, exactly twenty-nine minutes and fifteen seconds." Dori corrected him, breaking the fourth wall and entering into a professor's outfit, holding a black marker with a whiteboard, "And considering that, after speaking with Kanna, we have the same amount of days in the year, that would mean the same amount of time can be put into years, meaning one year in their world equals twenty nine years and three months in ours. So if we multiply that by eight, we get…234 years. Class dismissed!"

"Hey, that's my shtick!" Happy exclaimed to Dori, entering with a professor attire.

"How can someone live that long?!" Palva exclaimed, ignoring the fourth wall break, "She has to be an old hag, by now!"

"Hey, I'm much older than that!" Tohru argued, "Taliyah was sixty-six years older than me when she left, so I guess she must be…three hundred years older now. She must be a young adult by dragon standards."

"Seriously?! Dragons live that long?!" Gray questioned in shock.

"That doesn't surprise me." Natsu stated, "I can't even remember how old Igneel was. I do remember feeling pain when I found out…" He could barely recall getting slammed into the side of a cliff after asking, but didn't know why he was sent flying into it in the first place.

"Let's just keep moving. We gotta stop Kaliyah, no matter what!" Tohru argued.

The team had just started to proceed when they stopped at the sight of a heavily-armored woman, standing in the middle of the hallway. "I heard that we were in the presence of the Second Daughter of Demise, along with a group of foolish mages who barged in without warning." she stated, "I thought Xe was able to get rid of all of you, but most of you seemed to have entered into this place. That oaf still doesn't know how to be a proper guard."

"Who the hell are you?!" Natsu demanded to her.

"Oh, forgive me. You should know the woman who bests the lot of you on this day." she stated, "I am Ituha, the Armored Beauty. I have fought 2,222 battles without the slightest crack to my armor. No weapon or spell is able to penetrate this armor, you can be sure of that!"

"So a defense-style combatant." Dori muttered as the team readied to fight, "Leon would do well figuring out the weakness in this woman's armor."

At this, Ituha laughed haughtily. "A weakness? What weakness?! There isn't a single man, woman or child who has found a way to penetrate my armor. Why should any of you be different?" She took a step forward, and her feet made the floor quake a bit.

"What the heck?! She made the ground shake with a single step?!" Natsu questioned.

"Man, just how much does that armor weigh?" Gray asked, "I'm surprised she can move with all that weighing her down!"

These words suddenly formed a tick mark on Ituha's forehead. The anger that she was starting to emanate caught the attention of the team. "Heavy?" she questioned, "Weighing me down? ARE YOU SAYING I AM OVERWEIGHT?!" She glared at them with a demented expression.

"Wait, what?!" Palva questioned, not sure how she ended up going to that accusation.

"We didn't say anything like that!" Happy retorted.

"He's right! We only said that armor you're wearing is pretty bulky!" Pastry corrected.

"OH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS ARMOR MAKES ME LOOK FAT?!" Ituha barked angrily, "IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY?!"

"Not even close…" the cats sighed.

"Are all the humans in your world this quick to judge?" Tohru asked Natsu and Palva.

"No, I think it's just her." Natsu and Palva simultaneously answered.

"I will pummel you all until you learn not to call me fat!" Ituha roared, and she made a leaping dash in a surprisingly nimble manner. She raised one of her half-shields, ready to slam it at the team. However, before she got close, Erza came in and blocked the attack with her blade. The shockwave that followed sent the others flying backwards, while Erza held her ground to the best of her ability. After a few seconds of the two woman pushing against one another, the Fairy Tail mage shoved Ituha away, causing her to land on the ground aways from them.

"I shall deal with this woman." Erza told the team, "Everyone, go on ahead!"

"She plans to use mages to slow me down? Is Taliyah even taking me seriously?!" Tohru demanded, transforming one of her arms into a dragon claw.

"No! You should save your strength for your sister!" Dori argued, waving a hand to her, "Trust me, you are gonna need your strength for her, so let Erza fight her!" Tohru, along with the rest of the team, was slightly startled at her sudden caution, especially considering how tough Tohru was. Did she know something the others didn't?

Dori then turned to Gray and added, "Stay here and help her. Your ice magic should be able to help her."

"Erza should be fine. I can come with you." Gray retorted.

"No!" Dori barked, startling him, "Trust me, your ice magic, mixed with one of her armors, will be able to break that armor of that woman." With that, she led Natsu, Palva, Tohru, Kanna and the cats onward, leaving Gray perplexed at this. 'One of Erza's armors with my ice will break this woman's armor?' he questioned.

As they passed the fight, Ituha noticed the mages and dragons passing, and barked, "No you don't!" She doubled back from Erza and leapt past her, aiming to slam her shield at the group. Erza looked startled, worried for the teams safety. However, Tohru dove in front of her, and countered the shield attack with a single hand.

"That armor and your strength is no match for that of a dragon!" she growled, ready to attack.

"Tohru, what did I say?!" Dori barked at her, using a magic circle, and using Crystal Launcher at Ituha's feet to send her rocketing back toward the other side of the hallway where Erza and Gray were, "Save your strength! Leave it to them!"

"Oh, come on! Why are you so paranoid with me doing anything?!" Tohru demanded angrily, chasing after her.

"Wonder why Dori is acting so cautiously right now?" Gray asked, extremely curious on the Crystal Mage's behavior.

"If I had to guess…" Erza answered readying her blade as Ituha turned to the two, "…She must've noticed the incredible amount of magic energy that seems to be emanating in this castle. I bet that's Taliyah's magic."

"You're kidding me, right?!" Gray demanded, "I mean, I can feel the magic energy, too. But how can all this come from one person?"

At this, Ituha chuckled, drawing the attention of the two. "Oh, you truly don't see how powerful our guild empress is." she warned them, "She is no ordinary mage. Her powers surpass any other mage that exists even in this kingdom. That is why we serve her, and why we will do anything for her. She is the true ruler of demise, and she will dominate this kingdom! And there is nothing you foolish mages can do about it!" Gray and Erza readied themselves to fight this woman, as she started emanating a dark magenta hue of magic energy about her.

At the same time, Leon, Lucy and Sagittarius stood there as Xe stood on a pillar of black water, emanating a dark teal aura, giving a toothy grin as he stated, "Your entire guild, along with those dragons, will soon learn what happens when you mess with our master!"

"We can't hold anything back, Lucy." Leon warned her, "You and I gotta work together to put this guy down, and catch up to the others."

"I'll help out however I can." the Celestial mage answered, looking behind her, "I just hope Kobayashi was able to find a safe place to be at for the moment…"

Up in the throne room of the guild hall, Kobayashi was tossed forward to the short staircase, where the guild master sat at the highly-decorative chair. "Ow, ow, ow…" she moaned, "My lower back…"

"I have succeeded in my mission, mon impératrice." a shadow of a spindly figure spoke in a french dialect.

"You have done well, Dexter." the woman spoke, standing up from her chair, grabbing her staff as she descended down to Kobayashi, her staff tapping the ground with every step. The otherworldly human massaged her head, then looked up at the woman who approached her.

The person before her was a incredibly well-endowed woman, rivaling that of Tohru's figure. Her eyes were the same color and look as Tohru's, only a slight more intimidating. Her hair was deep blue, flowing all the way down to her waist, ending in lavender tips, with cones at the top that spiraled around her three-pronged horns, which were dark brown. She wore a long, flowing dress that was sleeveless and revealing, dark purple, with a black fringe. It was open down the middle, but a lavender dress was shown underneath, hiding away all the necessary parts of her figure, and she wore a pair of belts crossing her waist. She wore blue gloves that went all the way to her upper arm, purposely shredded at the top, and black leggings that went up to her thighs, the top styled similar to her gloves. The staff she carried was decorative at the top with a dragon head, holding a red jewel in its' mouth.

"So this is the human who was with Tohru when she came to this world." she stated, looking down at her with a slight smirk, "I don't sense any magic from her. How or why my little sister would choose to allow a lowly human be with her is beyond me."

Kobayashi blinked as she echoed, "Sister? What?"

"The dragon, Tohru. She is my younger sister." she explained, "I am Taliyah, the First Daughter of the Emperor of Demise. You should feel honored at my presence."

Kobayashi went wide-eyed in surprise. Tohru never even mentioned that she had an older sister before. Why she never heard of her before, she didn't know. However, she had characteristics that were similar to Tohru and her father.

Taliyah looked up at the other mage in the vicinity and said, "Leave us, Dexter. Go entertain our guests that are coming here."

"Tout de suite! They will never know what hit them!" the man called Dexter stated. His body suddenly stretched out an incredible length, grabbing ahold of the handle that was a long distance away from them, and pulling himself towards it, opening the door and exiting the room. Kobayashi looked startled at the power that he had just displayed. "Is that guy made of rubber?!" she asked herself quietly.

"It's his magical body." Taliyah answered, getting the otherworldly human's attention again, "He is quite useful, as is all of my commanders. But never mind them…" She crouched down, grabbing Kobayashi's cheeks with one hand, drawing her face to meet her's. "Tell me. How are you and Tohru related?"

Kobayashi paused for a second before answering, "Tohru and I are friends. She became my maid."

"Is that so?" the blue-haired woman asked, surprised, then she scoffed, "So not only did she became a friend with a lowly human, she chose to serve under one? And they consider me a disgrace of dragons…"

She turned away as she went back up the stairs as she continued, "I take it Tohru nor anyone else never mentioned that I existed, did they?"

"No, I never even knew that Tohru had an older sister until now." Kobayashi answered, standing back up again.

"That is to be expected. When a dragon is considered a disgrace to their kind, they are never mentioned again." Taliyah scoffed, reaching her chair, but not sitting back down as she turned back to Kobayashi, "I was exiled to this world as punishment for my sin of allowing my kind to be killed when I waged war against the gods. Was Tohru exiled to your world in a similar manner?"

Kobayashi looked up, recalling the best she could. However, she had forgotten most of the details of how they met in the first place. "No, she wasn't exiled. If I remember correctly, she said I saved her life when she came to my world, and became my maid in gratitude for this. I was drunk that night, so I don't remember all the details."

"What kind of scenario is that suppose to be?" Taliyah questioned with a sweat-dropped expression, then she continued, "Well, in any case, she still is a disgrace, and yet she wasn't exiled. How am I, who fought for the Chaos faction to be more superior than the gods, would be sent away while my sister, who became a maid for a human, still be considered the next ruler of Demise?"

She gripped her staff as she gritted her teeth. "What kind of sick joke is this? I am far superior than Tohru in almost every way! My magic is stronger than hers, and so is my intellect and my leadership! I was able to create a guild this strong, and still secretive from the world outside. They will never know what will hit them until it is too late! Soon, chaos and demise will rain down onto this kingdom, and no mage alive will be able to stop us! And yet…" She glared harshly down at Kobayashi, who was slightly scared at the look she was being given, "…My little sister ended up in this world, with another human that she considers 'a friend'. It's like the gods are trying to make fun of me, insulting my position compared to where she is at."

"No, we just came here by accident…" Kobayashi corrected her.

"Silence!" Taliyah barked, slamming the tip of her staff on the ground, creating a magic circle. All of a sudden, a magic circle formed underneath Kobayashi, and she looked down to see streams of flames form all around the edges of the circle, connecting together above her head, forming a cage of flames.

"Let me remind you that I am a powerful dragon underneath this humanly figure." she reminded the human, "I could kill you in an instant if I wanted to. The laws of killing humans and mages in this world do not apply compared to the world you are from. However, considering you are connected to Tohru, I would love to see my little sister humiliated as I hold you hostage in front of her. I might even kill you right in front of her eyes."

In an instant, she appeared right before the frightened Kobayashi as she finished sinisterly, "If she considers you a friend, then I bet that losing you might drive her over the edge. She has always been quick to anger, but easy to defeat in that state. Make no mistake. You, Tohru, and all those other mages that came with you will die on this day. And soon, every human in this kingdom…no, this world, with follow you to the afterlife."

She continued to glare at Kobayashi with a sinister grin and demented eyes. She made no cackle, nor any other sound, but the dreaded silence that followed her threats made her words sink into Kobayashi, making her more afraid than ever. Not even Tohru's father made her this scared, and that was saying something.

Racing up the stairways that went up a square-shaped tower, Tohru, Kanna and the rest of the Fairy Tail mages continued to run up, drawing closer and closer to the source of the magic power that Taliyah was emanating.

"Tohru, can I ask you something?" Dori asked, "Back when your sister was in your world, who was stronger? You or her?"

"Back then, I was always stronger than her physically." Tohru explained, "Magically-wise, she was always superior in every way."

"I thought so." Dori understood, panting under her breath, "Ever since we approached the guild hall, I could feel the intense amount of magic energy coming from your sister. Comparing that to the magic energy you have, she has you clearly beat."

"So that's why you wanted her not to fight?" Natsu asked Dori.

"Exactly. We need all the magic energy we can to even stand a chance against her." the Crystal mage told them, "I don't want us waste too much of our magic for anything else." At this, she took a stumble as she reached the next flight of stairs, but she caught herself as she and the others came to a halt.

"Sis, I think you're the one who needs to recover your magic, most of all." Palva retorted, "You have been trying to be strong all this time, but I can tell. You still haven't recovered from the Tower of Heaven."

Dori was trying to catch her breath, recalling when she diverted the magic energy of the Tower of Heaven upwards. It took so much of her stamina and magic energy to perform such a task. The fact that she is even able to keep moving so far is a miracle on its own.

"I'll be fine. Don't worry about me." Dori panted, "I still have a good amount of my magic back. We have to keep pushing onward if we are to reach Taliyah."

"Non, non, non…" spoke up a voice that echoed all about, startling the team, "No one shall be approaching mon impératrice but mademoiselle Tohru."

"Who is that?!" Palva demanded, looking about.

"I don't know, but something about the voice sounds familiar." Pastry noticed.

Tohru took a sniff, trying to sense where the opponent was at, all the while he was laughing at how they couldn't find him. Finally, he called out, "Yohoo!" Tohru, who heard the voice directly behind her, turned, and was started to see a narrow face with beady eyes and a curly mustache. What was even stranger was the elongated neck that he had, which went all the way up to the staircase above them, where the rest of his body was hanging to.

"'Ello!" he greeted, retracting his neck as Tohru took a swipe at him with claws.

"Great, another creepy guy?!" Happy asked exasperatedly.

"Who the hell are you?!" Natsu demanded.

The man detached himself from the underside of the staircase, extending his legs so his feet touched the stairs the others were at, and his body soon joined them at the team's level. He was taller than the team at his normal stature, and spindly too. He wore a green tuxedo coat and pants with a white undershirt and a black tie. He wore black combat boots, and also wore silver and black-trimmed spiked shoulder and knee-guards.

"Bonjour! I am Monsieur Dexter!" he greeted them, "I congratulate you for reaching this far, but this is as far as you are going to get. Dommage."

"We'll just see about that…" Palva growled, readying her lance.

"Something about this guy sounds familiar." Natsu muttered, wondering where he had heard his voice before.

"Now I remember!" Pastry realized, "He sounds like that Sol guy from the Element Four! The guy that tried to take Lucy!"

"Oh, yeah! Now I remember!" Natsu realized, "That guy was a real creep, too!"

"Oh, ho! So you met Sol, did you not?" he asked, twirling his mustache, "That would be my twin brother. Last I heard, he was defeated by your guild, as well!"

"Yeah. Elfman and Leon took care of him back at that battle against Phantom Lord." Pastry recalled, "He was definitely a tough guy, but only because of his mind games."

"Frère fou (Author's Note: French for 'foolish brother')! He always thought too much." Dexter sighed, "While he had the mind, I had that and the muscle to overcome my adversaries. I will make sure you all will see my strength in full force! Bras Fouet!" His arm suddenly stretched and whipped down at the team, which they avoided, but noticed the damage as his arm broke all the way down the stone flooring.

"For someone so stringy, he has quite the muscles." Tohru noticed, "And how is he able to stretch his body out like that?!"

"He must've magically enhanced his body, much like how Juvia's body is made of water." Dori compared, "This guy can't be underestimated based on appearances. Crystal Barrage!" She unleashed a barrage of crystal bullets at Dexter, who leapt up the stairs to avoid getting hit. "Lacrima Release: Wind!" Dori barked, unleashing a blast of wind using lacrima in her body, striking the rubber-bodied man and making him brace himself against the force.

"Guys, I can handle things here." Dori told them, "Get moving and take care of Taliyah."

"But you can't fight him on your own! You're too weakened!" Palva reminded her.

"I can stay here…" Kanna requested, drawing the attention of the team, "I'll fight next to her."

Dori blushed at the request, and cooed, "But I don't want to endanger such a cute little girl like you. I couldn't forgive myself for letting someone so adorable be hurt by this guys."

"Wow. Her personality changes whenever she speaks to Kanna." Natsu muttered, as the team gave sweat-dropped expressions.

"Yep, my sis is just too vulnerable to adorable girls like her." Palva sighed.

"Did you forget that Kanna is also a dragon?" Tohru asked, "She can fight him, no problem."

"Jambe Marteau!" they heard Dexter shout, and they turned in time to avoid a stretched leg dropping onto them, dealing more damage to the floor.

"We don't have time to argue!" Pastry shouted, "We'll all go on ahead! Dori, Kanna, we'll leave it up to you to handle this guy!" With that, the two cats grabbed their respective Dragon Slayers, and shot them towards the highest floor. Tohru used her incredible strength to leap up after them, breaking the ground as she shove herself up at them.

"Non, non, non! Bras Ligoter!" Dexter stretched out his two arms at both Natsu and Palva, entangling them around their feet. They and the cats looked startled as they were suddenly pulled downwards, slamming into the wall on the far side of the room from the rubber man.

"Palva! Natsu!" Dori shouted, as Tohru looked back down at them.

The two Dragon Slayers recovered within the debris as Happy and Pastry looked dazed. "We'll catch up! Go after Taliyah, Tohru!" Natsu shouted. Tohru nodded in response, and reached the top floor, exiting through the hallway that was there.

"Non, non, non!" Dexter retorted Natsu's words, "I shall not allow any of you to reach Impératrice Taliyah. It shall only be her sœur who will confront her. Course, she will only be walking into a doomed situation."

"What do you mean?!" Dori demanded.

"I managed to snag one of her friends. The human who was with all of you."

The news startled the team, as Kanna gasped, "She has Kobayashi?!"

"Mais oui! With her, Mademoiselle Tohru will not be able to do anything." Dexter stated with a fake sad tone, "So sad! She will be helpless as our master will end the life the the Second Daughter of Demise!" Everyone looked worried at this. Tohru cares a lot for Miss Kobayashi, and with her as a hostage for Taliyah, they knew she wouldn't be able to fight back without her life being at risk.

With all three battles going about in the Demise's Monarchy guild happening, and with Tohru heading off alone towards Taliyah and Kobayashi, things were not looking good for the mages and dragons. They had to fight to save their new friend, as well as protect the kingdom from Taliyah's attack.

Sorry for the extended period of time between posts of this story. IRL is a pain, both mentally and physically. I mean, I am dealing with two jobs at once, and I recently took a bad slip on the ice and bruised the bone in my main arm, making it a pain to move or work properly. But after hearing the news that RWBY Chibi, a show I love to my hearts content, suddenly is going on hiatus until June, I felt more determined to entertain people with stories. So here I am, finally with another chapter done.

I know it is more of a setup for battles to come, and the next chapter will mainly involve the three battles that are being set up before the main event, but I want your opinion on each of the villains I developed, all of which are OCs. Xe's appearance, ironically, is based off of all the looks of male Pokémon Swimmers from Gen VI back. I also had to make it so he is a person who wants people to speak as little as possible, but not himself so as to add annoyance. Ituha's appearance is based off of Sheena from Fire Emblem, but with someone who believes people are judging her obese, making her comical, but also dangerous. Dexter was inspired from the idea of 'what would happen if Sol had a twin brother with the powers of Monkey D. Luffy?' Well, here's the answer. And as for Taliyah, having a unknown sister was something I wanted to do, and her look is based off of Brighid from Xenoblade Chronicles 2. There is so much potential from that new 2017 game, that I had to pull some appearance ideas from that.

I will try to post up the next chapter as soon as I can, so leave a reply, tell your friends, and support my work, as well as the work of my good friend, Insane Dominator, who inspired me to write this series after the Contender's series he made.