Hello everyone, here´s the next chapter! I hope you will enjoy, and if you do, please review, favorite and follow!

Sorry I havent updated in a while, things have happened in real life, so I hope you understand.

Hiro Mashima is the one and only Owner of Fairy Tail. I don't own a thing.

Beta Read by altajir95.

Key Words:

"Talking."

"Thinking"

"YELLING!"

Magic

Curses

Chapter 17: From Past to Future.

Erza charged towards Arrow, while Mira charged towards Blade. Arrow sent several energy arrows at Erza, but she Requips into her Flight Armor, using the enhanced Speed to dodge the arrows coming at her.

Erza then tried to slice with her swords at Arrow, but she was too quick, who dodged her slices with ease.

Arrow then sent several more energy arrows from her bow, but Erza jumped away backwards, before then she stopped and slashed the arrows coming at her with her swords.

"MIRA! Having trouble?!" Erza shouted, as she turned to Mira fighting Blade in her Satan Soul form. "No problem, do you have any, Erza?" Mira asked. Erza smiled, before she then continued to fight Arrow.

Blade had the blades of his swords turned into multiple whip-like appendages, as he then to sent them at Mira. But Mira, in her Satan Soul form, managed to dodge it, thanks to her enchanted speed. As the whips went to strike the ground, Mira then flied up to the roof. Blade then had his blades turn back to their original form, before then making several spears of steel, sending them at her.

Mira then once again dodged them, which then the spears struck the roof. Being tired of dodging, Mira then send a powerful blast of darkness at Blade, who then jumped away and then had his blade retracted. He then turned them into long, band-like appendages with spikes at the bottom.

Blade proceeded to slam them at Mira, but she then dodged it, and then grabbed them, much to Blade´s shock. With a smirk, Mira then began to swing around the Blade with his transformed swords, and then threw him at the wall, along with his swords.

With a crash were erupted, Mira stood still, as out of the smoke, Blade slowly got up. "You are quite persistent, I see." Mira said.

"Your arrogance will be your downfall. If you think you have seen the powers of my swords, then you are wrong. I will now show you the true power of my Shape Steel!" Blade said, before then slashing the ground.

The second after he had done that, hundreds of blades then erupted from the ground, which then went towards Mira.

Mira then used his wings to fly to block it, but the blades changed it´s directions towards her. She then pointed her hand at the blades, sending a blast of Dark Energy at them.

"Satanic Cannon!" Mira said, a beam was shot forward and disintegrated the blades, but Blade simply created more blades by slashing them on the ground. "It´s useless, no matter how much to strike, more will always come forward!" Blade said, the blades went towards Mira like a swarm.

She simply sent more dark energy blasts at the blades, which shattered upon touch, and Blade made more blades coming towards her.

Mira then flied into the air and then charged a barrage of beams at the blades towards her, which the blades turned into dust once the beams struck them.

"Soon enough, your energy will run out! You will have no choice but to surrender, and accept your death!" Blade said.

But Mira simply had her calm expression, as a Fairy Tail Mage, she refused to surrender to her enemies.

"Surrender isn't an option!" Mira said, and then charged towards Blade at an incredible speed, as she had her claws charging with Dark Energy.

"Then you just have made your own grave!" Blade said, before then stabbing the ground both of his swords, which then the floor glowed around himself.

"Behold! From this move, no one has ever escaped to tell the tale! You better have made your final thoughts!" Blade said and then:

"Reaper Steel Garden!" Blade said, and then over a thousand blades were erupted from the ground, coming straight towards Mira.

But Mira stood still, as she didn't even move an inch. Instead, Mira grabbed her wrist, while summoning Dark Energy within her open hand.

As the blades came closer towards her, and Mira still move one inch, she then:

"Satanic Devastation!" Mira said, sending the dark energy beam at the thousands of blades coming at her, which engulfed them completely. The blades disintegrated, and the shock of Blade, came towards Blade!

Blade tried to dodge, but he couldn't as the beam struck immediately onto him, causing him incredible pain and damage.

A large explosion erupted, which send the unconscious Blade, which his coat tattered, and his mask shattered into pieces, to a wall, and his face down the ground.

Mira landed on the ground, and then turned back into her normal form, as she watched over the defeated Blade.

"Honestly, to think that she would defeat Blade." Arrow said in a calm tone, before then dodging another blow from Erza´s swords. "You are very calm, despite your comrade being defeated." Erza said. "Oh please. Barrage Bane is a mercenary group, specializing. Within our group, comradeship is least of our concern, and our top motto is our target´s demise." Arrow says.

"Fiend, your behavior to your own comrade makes me puke!" Erza said, before the Re-Quipping into her next armor, her Frost Empress Armor.

"You, whose strength is strong, should know the losers are the least of one's concern!" Arrow said and then unleashed a swarm of energy arrows at Erza.

Erza then raised her fans to the air, summoning a large wall of ice, before then jumping in the air, and crossed her arms, summoning several spiked ice balls around her.

"Freezing Ice Spheres!" Erza said, as then the spiked ice balls came at Arrow, who smirked and then dodged the assault, before then sending another barrage of energy arrows at Erza.

Erza simply swung her fan, making a wall of ice before her that blocked the arrows coming at her, before Erza jumped away and then landed on the ground, Re-Quipping into her next armor, the Flight Armor.

Erza darted towards Arrow in her Cat-Like Armor, with her speed increased and prepared to strike her with her dual swords.

But Arrow sent a trio of swords at Erza, growing and coming at great speed!

"Trinity Arrow!" Arrow said, as the three arrows came at Erza, but she quickly used her swiftly speed and then cut the arrows in half.

"Impressive, it´s the first time I have ever seen someone cut the arrows of my Bow, Vijaya! But don't think you have the upper hand yet, Titania!" Arrow said, and then charged a large bow of energy, twice as big as the ones before.

"Victory Arrow!" Arrow said, as large arrow of power where then shot towards Erza, spiraling in motion as it went towards her.

But Erza simply stood calmly, as the large Energy Arrow came towards her, and then, she was engulfed in a light, Requipping her into her next armor.

Erza now was in her Black Wing Armor, being black in color, a black tong, long boots, shoulder pads and waist guard with silver crosses, a pair of draconic wings, black gloves and had her hair in a ponytail.

She them summoned her sword in her hand, and then jumped towards the large energy arrow, much to the delight of Arrow.

"What a mad decision, Titania! Jumping straight towards my attack, as you shown you are desperate enough to defeat me!" Arrow said.

Erza simply slashed her swords at the energy arrow, in a cross pattern, cutting it to pieces, much to the shock of Arrow.

"Impossible..." Arrow said in shock, but her expression turned to horror once she saw Erza came at her.

But Erza came rushing at Arrow, before she could say any more words, as she then went down to slash Arrow!

Arrow, then fell down the ground, as she lost consciousness on the floor, and Erza then returned to her regular attire.

She then turned around to see the unconscious Arrow, before then Mira went to speak.

"As expected from you, Erza. You haven't lost you edge." Mira said. "Neither have you. You are still great at fighting, Mira." Erza said. "Oh hush, I no longer do any missions. You are still an S-Class Wizard, after all." Mira said.

"Anyway, we should be leaving now. We better make sure to meet up Natsu and the others." Erza said. "Agree." Mira said, before then the two Fairy Tail girls left the area.

At the same time, on another part of the temple, Natsu were running across the hallways, until eventually, he came across a large room.

"Another big room, with no sight of the masked asshole I met earlier?!" Natsu said in frustration. "But I won't quit, I shall find him and kick his ass at any cost." Natsu said in determination.

But above him, in the shadows, a figure then took out a gun, and pointed it at him, which he then proceeded to shot.

As the bullet went towards Natsu, he proceeded to dodge it, as the bullet went straight to the ground.

"Salamander of Fairy Tail. To think you would be the first one to dodge my shot." The figure said, before them jumping towards the ground, which Natsu saw a clear view of him when he landed on the stone floor.

He was a man with white, neck-length hair, a pair of green eyes, and a black eyepatch on his left eye. He wore a long, black coat, a pair of black pants, white boots with black strings, a pair of silver kneepads in the shape of a X on them, a black belt with a dark grey belt buckle, in the style of two, crossed revolvers. He wore a dark brown shirt, a pair of black gloves, black scarf like bandanna, and black wide trimmed hat, which had a green band around it.

"And you are?" Natsu asked.

"I am Gun, the leader of Barrage Bane. You may have met my other teammates and escaped, but I will not let you escape from me." Gun said.

"I only did it because I know my friends can handle them." Natsu said, before then starting to walk towards Gun. "But I won't run this time." Natsu said determined.

"Run or standing where you are, the time of your death has been determined when I, Gun, the leader of Barrage Bane, shall take you and your comrades down." Gun said.

"Yeah right. I promise it will go on quickly, as I have some guy to meet and kick his ass!" Natsu said, his fist on fire.

"But I am afraid you won't be able to fight him. After all, your life ended the moment I set my eyes on you, Salamander." Gun said.

Before Natsu could even utter another word, the bullet that Gun shot from earlier on the ground, suddenly levitated above in the air, right behind Natsu. It then went towards Natsu at a blinding speed, but he managed to dodge it just in time.

"Even if you are able to dodge my bullet, you will not dodge your death!" Gun declared, as then the bullet changed it's course and went towards him again, but Natsu simply had his serious expression on, and grabbed the bullet right before his face!

Gun were simply calm, as he thought Natsu had chosen his dead spot, but Gun´s expression turned to shock as he then saw Natsu holding the bullet, between his thumb and index finger.

He crushed the bullet, turning it to ashes, as Natsu then went to speak again.

"Today, I have encountered many people who wants to fight me. But I am in a hurry, so expect this to turn very quickly." Natsu said, and in a response of rage, Gun pointed his gun at Natsu.

"Don't get full of yourself, kid!" Gun said and then went on to shot more bullets at Natsu, who simply dodged them as they came flying by him.

But the bullets went changed their directions once again as they came at Natsu at a great speed, which he then coated his hands in flames as he then sent a wave of flames at them, turning them to dust.

Gun then fired more bullets at Natsu, and this time, Natsu sprinted towards him, and before then sent streams of his fire breath at the bullets coming towards him, turning the bullets to dust.

But seemingly as he turned most of them to dust, two of the bullets managed to dodge in time, as they went towards Natsu.

Natsu managed to dodge the bullets, which then Gun then jumped into the air and then continued to shoot at Natsu, which he continued to dodge. The bullets, including the two bullets he dodged earlier, went back at Natsu, whom stood still on the ground.

"I didn't want to finish this early, but since I am in a hurry..." Natsu said, as he grabbed the bullets, one by one, before then crushing them to dust.

Gun, who were still in the air, were shocked, but remained silent as he landed on the ground, preparing his next attack.

"Let's see you turn this attack into dust!" Gun said, as he then pointed his gun at Natsu, which then began to charge with energy.

"My Weapon, Over Shot, is able to create countless of bullet within itself, by my own Magic Power. I was nice before, thinking you were nothing different from the other enemies Barrage Bane had met in the past." Gun said, and Natsu responded in silence.

"Afraid? You should be, as your last mistake, were to make me think you of a big threat. If you haven't done that, I would have given you an easy death. But now, your corpse will be riddled holes, as none will recognize your corpse." Gun said.

"Aren't you a bit overconfident? Not that I am quitting, but because you should." Natsu said, which then Gun grit his teeth.

"Your are the one overconfident here!" Gun said, before then shooting rapidly with his gun at Natsu, as then:

"Rapid Overfire!" Gun said, which the bullets were going at all different directions, making it hard for Natsu to see them at the same time.

"Even if you dodge or grab one or two, the rest will eventually strike you! You will become a swiss cheese once this is over, because no one has even witnessed this move and survived! Gun said.

The bullets eventually began to make it´s way towards Natsu, who were simply calm and then:

"I am not gonna dodge here, and I dont think I would need to grab onto them." Natsu said, before he was covered in flames, with the incredible high temperature.

The bullets, which were coming towards Natsu, melted immediately one their way before they even reached him.

Gun were more shocked than before, not believing what he was witnessing before his very eyes.

But even before he was able to even think of another move, Natsu then jumped at him with great speed, his fist on flames.

"Now it's my turn!" Natsu said, before then punching him in the face, and then sent him crashing towards a wall, resulting in a large explosion.

As the dust cleared, the unconscious Gun was laying on the ground, and then Natsu went on to sprint towards another hallway.

"Naryu, can you sense it?" Natsu thought. "Yeah, they are closer into unleashing Deliora. Soon enough, no one will know what will happen." Naryu spoke within Natsu´s head. "Whatever it is, I will make sure to stop it." Natsu thought determined.

At the same time, on another part of the temple...

Nadia fought against the Minions coming at her, which she managed to take down with ease.

"Damn, to think he had this many soldiers." Nadia thought and then jumped into the air as she then did a spin kick at three guards, as then another large guard tried to strike her with his sword, only for him to be punched in the gut, sending him towards another group of minions.

"Dammit, they just keep going and going!" Nadia said, as then another group of minions came at her. But before Nadia was able to attack, swords came from behind the minions, knocking them out.

Nadia was confused for a moment, before she saw Erza and Mira entering, noticing Nadia before them.

"It's very dangerous around here. We hope you're not hurt." Erza said, with Mira walking beside her. But Nadia was silent, as she recognized Erza´s face from the picture she saw before.

And like a hyper fan girl, Nadia squalled in a high pitched tone, much to the confusion of Mira and Erza who jumped back.

"Are you alright?" Erza said, hoping she didn't harm her with her swords.

"Are you Erza Scarlet?! Cause I don't want my eyes to deceive me!" Nadia said in excitement, rushing towards her and shaking her hand quickly.

"Y-yes, I am." Erza said, sweat dropping, making Nadia squal more. "I am grateful to meet you, Erza Scarlet. I have heard many rumors about you, and I can tell you I am excited to meet you! I have wanted to meet you for a long time!" Nadia said.

Her words made Erza´s face turn to a smile, and then Nadia let go of her.

"I am Nadia Arian, a traveling wizard and the blacksmith, I have traveling across the countries. I have been reading a lot about you, Erza. I have never been excited to meet any other than you, since I read the stories of the crazy adventures you have gone through!" Nadia said.

Erza smiled, as she had her hand under her chin. "Well, it´s always a pleasure to meet someone who admires my work. But for now, we have more important things to discuss about." Erza said. "Right, agree with you there." Nadia said.

"You said your name was Nadia, right? Natsu told us he had met you earlier." Mira said.

"Yeah, he did free me earlier on, but never told me you about you two." Nadia said, as she then turned to Mira. "You must be Mirajane Strauss, the Demon of Fairy Tail, right?" Nadia asked.

"You know about me too I see." Mira said. "If I do? You are on the Weekly Sorcerer! It's hard not to see you in the pages." Nadia said. "I thought you don't do jobs anymore." Nadia wonders. "I may not be a wizard, but I am still fighting for my guild." Mira said.

"But anyway, we should be moving. Nadia, since you met Natsu earlier, you know well of the situation, right?" Erza said. "Yeah, I know that Deliora were here, and Reitei was trying to revive him." Nadia said.

"And it is said that he is close in doing so, unless we stop him." Mira said. "If remember right, the room where Deliora is kept is right there. Natsu is said to be there as well." Nadia said.

"Then we should be moving as well." Erza said, but before they began to run, Nadia went to speak. "Before we go, we must be careful of someone. A very powerful enemy, who is said to be stronger than Lyon, I already warned Natsu about it." Nadia said, as it got Erza´s and Mira´s attention.

"Another enemy, you say?" Erza said. "Yeah, he goes by the name Nightmare. I have heard Nightmare were the one bringing Deliora to this island. Even I had hard time believing when I first heard it." Nadia said, shocking Erza and Mira.

"A gigantic, frozen demon is one thing, but for someone to bring it here, is truly something incredible." Erza said. "Yeah, and they even said Nightmare took the Deliora by himself." Nadia said, shocking Mira and Erza even more.

"But you told us where Natsu were headed right now?" Erza said. "Yeah I do. Follow me, the guards told me it was this way." Nadia said. "Then let's go then." Mira said, as Nadia and Erza agreed, before they then ran off to where Deliora were.

At the same time, at the jungle...

"Gray, please restrain yourself!" Lucy said, as she, Flare and Happy went after Gray.

"I will not just stand here, and do nothing, while the others are fighting! I will not allow my past, to take over my future!" Gray said.

"But you are still injured!" Lucy said. "And while I am healing, the closer Lyon is getting closer reviving Deliora!" Gray said, while counting to spiriting towards the Temple.

"Blackie, I think you should listen to Blondie." Flare said, which then Gray stopped on his tracks, and then turned to them with a serious expression on his face.

"If don't stop Lyon now, I will not be able to move on! Ur sacrificed herself years ago, and for what did me and Lyon repay her? By freeing the thing that killed our families! This is something I must do!" Gray said, as her swords were enough to silence Lucy, Flare and Happy, before he then turned around.

"Even if it costs my life." Gray thought, walking towards the temple.

"Blackie, if we cannot stop you by words, then I am afraid I am gonna use force." Flare said, before then she ensured Gray with her hair, surprising Lucy and Happy.

"FLARE!" Lucy shouted. "Don't worry, I will not harm him, but if he..." Flare said, but she was unable to finish her sentence, as then Gray used his Ice Magic to freeze her hair, much to the shock of Flare, Lucy and Happy.

Flare pulled her hair away, causing it break away from gray as it then shattered and fell on the ground.

"Sorry, Flare. But I have unfinished business to do." Gray said, before he then ran off towards the Temple. "Happy! You go after Gray! Flare and I will stay here!" Lucy said. "Aye sir!" Happy said, before then flying towards Gray.

"Flare, are you okay?" Lucy asked, as Flare looked at her hair, which were slowly healing. Normally Flare would be enraged if something happened to her hair, but now, she seemed to be pretty calm for a reason.

"It´s alright. I am fine, just need some time to heal that's all." Flare said. Lucy made a small smile as a response. "I am glad." Lucy said.

Flare looked down the ground, as her thoughts roamed through her mind.

"Why I am being so calm right now? In the past, I have killed those who have defined my hair." Flare thought, and then realization hit her. "Has Fairy Tail impacted me? No, that cannot be. It's impossible that they had changed like this." Flare thought, which Lucy noticed quickly.

"You sure you are fine?" Lucy asked. "Yes, I am sure. I need to heal my hair for some time, that´s all." Flare said, stroking her hair gently. Lucy did so as well, and surprisingly, Flare didn't mind.

"Your hair sure is precious, isn't it?" Lucy asked smiling. Flare smiled as well. "Yeah, it sure is." Flare said warmly.

Back to the temple, Natsu had yet again come to another large room. "I should be close by now. I can smell it clearer than before." Natsu thought, but then a voice was heard.

"I am kinda surprised you came this far, Salamander. But then, you are something I should have expected from you." The voice said, causing Natsu to immediately turn around.

"Who´s there?! Where are you?!" Natsu said, looking around, until he noticed a figure on the top of the roof.

Behind his mask, Nightmare snickered as he stood on the roof upside down.

"Who is he, and why didn't I sense him with my nose earlier?" Natsu thought in shock. "As you have a lot of questions in your mind, I shall tell some of them. First of all, I am Nightmare." Nightmare said he introduced himself.

"Nightmare?" Natsu said, remembering what Nadia told him earlier about. "And second, yes, I am that Nightmare. I was the one who brought Deliora here. It wasn't quite simple, but had few tricks upon my sleeves." Nightmare said.

"What the hell does Gray´s past have anything to do you with you?" Natsu said, anger hidden in his voice. "Nothing, and neither with Lyon's as well. I am simply interested in something else entirely." Nightmare said.

"Which is?" Natsu asked, but Nightmare snickered instead of answering him.

"If you want to know the answer, you must force the words out of me. Which won't be an easy task, mind I tell you." Nightmare said.

"We´ll see about that." Natsu said, his fist on flames. "As a warning, by merely encountering me, you are enclosing your death." Nightmare said.

But Natsu simply jumped towards him, preparing to strike him, and then underneath Nightmare´s cloak, tentacles were then emitted as it made it's way towards Natsu.

As the tentacles reached Natsu, he then punched them, but the dodged it quickly, before then ensnaring him like snake.

Nightmare then took the chance to slam Natsu against the wall, and then Natsu coated himself in flames, causing the tentacles holding turn to dust.

Nightamre, in annoyance retracted his damage tentacles, before then Natsu took a deep and sent a stream of fire at him.

"Fire Dragon´s Roar!" Natsu shouted, the flames coming towards Nightmare. he simply stood, as if he was waiting for the blast to come, before it then eventually hit him.

Natsu had a neutral expression on his face, and then the flames died down, his eyes widened.

Before Nightmare, a large, crustacean like claw, dark purple in color and covered in spikes, which were almost bigger than Nightmare´s figure.

"What... the hell is that...? No rather... what the hell are you?" Natsu said, which only made Nightmare snicker in amusement. "Aren't you a curious one, Natsu Dragneel. You sure are someone I have been expecting to meet." Nightmare said, but Natsu went on fighting him, as well proceeding to strike onto him. "You sure are the one who doesn't hesitate in fighting." Nightmare said, engaging Natsu in combat with his giant, purple claw.

Another battle was soon about to erupt!

At the same time, Lyon were at a chamber, when a familiar voice to got his attention.

"LYON!" Gray shouted as he entered the room, as the calm Lyon turned around to see Gray, who were in bandages from his battle.

"I am quite surprised to see you still alive, Gray. Perhaps you are too stupid to die." Lyon said.

"Keep making jokes, Lyon. Whatever you come up with, I will stop you from making Ur´s sacrifice go to vain." Gray said.

"A fool like you has no right to speak of her name. You were the one who killed her, for your own selfish need." Lyon said.

"Aren't you then selfish too, as you are reviving the demon, which risks highly that many innocent people will die, and for what, to prove yourself to superior to our teacher?" Gray said.

"Not as long as I kill Deliora." Lyon declared. "Deliora was something even Ur couldn't kill. What makes you think you can kill it?" Gray said. "I have changed over the years. For years, I have trained myself to my limits, overcoming the limits, and have perfected my techniques, while you, Gray, slacked away your time and had your time with that guild!" Lyon said.

"That guild, Fairy Tail, is my home. I have kept my promise to keep living on to the future, unlike you, who were stuck in the past! You are the one who are disgracing Ur!" Gray said.

"Hmm, let's then see about that." Lyon said, as he then charged himself with Ice Magic, but Gray remained calm. "Come forth, Gray, and I shall show you difference between you and me. Once I have defeated you, it will be revealed who is doing the Right, and who is doing the Wrong." Lyon said.

"We´ll see about that, because since I joined Fairy Tail, I never lost twice." A determined Gray said, Ice Magic surrounding him as well.

Once again, the two former students of Ur were to fight, this time, determining the fate of their future, because of their past.

"Ice Make: Swords!" Gray said, creating several Ice Swords around himself, before then sending them towards Lyon like arrows.

Lyon simply made a wall of ice protect himself, before making a swarm of birds, that flew above the Ice Wall.

"Ice Make: Crows!" Lyon said, as the crows went to assault Gray, whom the latter made a large cannon of ice. "Ice Make: Cannon!" Gray said, unleashing a powerful blast of ice, which struck the swarm of ice birds, destroying all of them.

But Lyon then created a large tiger of ice, which then came running towards Gray. But he was prepared, as he created a large, cleaver-like sword of ice, cutting the Ice Tiger in half.

"Even if it was a short time, you seemed to improved, Gray. But I must say whatever you will do, you cannot stop this. Deliora is soon to be revived, and I, Ur´s grestest student, shall my gratitude for saving me in the past, by killing the demon not even she could." Lyon said.

"You are only letting her sacrifice go to waste! You need to stop this, Lyon!" Gray said, creating a large, trident from the ground, which went straight towards Lyon.

Lyon simply created another ice shield, countering the attack before it then led to a explosion.

Ice mists were surrounding the area, before it then died down, showing Lyon completely unscathed.

"Don't worry, Gray. I will not kill you. But I will make sure have you watch me kill Deliora by myself. Then, for the rest of your life, you will bear the pain of knowing how wrong you were." Lyon declared.

"As if I will let that happen, Lyon!" Gray said, creating a pair of ice swords, before then slashing towards the white-haired man. "I will make sure to stop you and your ambition, and have you come back to your senses!" Gray said, sending his next attack with two ice swords.

Lyon simply created another shield of ice, having which were shattered upon touch, as then several heads of ice tigers appeared on the shield.

A shocked Gray then jumped back, but then made a barrage of rocket launchers around himself, sending several ice rockets at Lyon.

Lyon simply made a pack of ice tigers erupt from his ice shield, which went towards Gray, attacking him.

He then made a large sword of ice to cut the Ice Tigers to pieces, but then Lyon placed his hand on the floor, which his Ice Molding Magic glowed on.

"Ice Make: Snakes!" Lyon said, before then several large, Ice Snakes were then erupted from the ground, which then went towards Gray in great numbers.

As the Giant Snakes went towards Gray, he surrounded himself in a bubble of ice, but Lyon simply smirked.

"Don't think your pitiful defense will protect you!" Lyon said, and then once the ice snakes were close enough, spikes appeared around the bubble, impaling the snakes that were surrounding them.

Lyon´s expression were of shock, as the Snakes then broke apart, before then Gray shattered the ice bubbles and then went dashing towards Lyon!

Lyon grit his teeth, as then several walls of ice rose from the ground, but then Gray made a large lance of ice, penetrating through the walls and towards Lyon.

Lyon, in the last second, then made a knight armor of ice, protecting him from Gray´s attack.

But on impact, both Lyon´s ice armor, and Gray´s ice lance were both shattered at the same time.

The impact sent both Gray and Lyon away from each other. Gray was sent to a wall, crashing, while Lyon was sent flying towards a pillar, which shattered on landing.

Immediately, Gray and Lyon got up, walking back towards each other, their Ice Magics glowing upwards to the roof, showing their determination.

"It´s over Gray. No matter what you will do, you will not stop me from my destiny." Lyon declared, as he made a sword of ice within his hand. "Even if you say that, I will make sure Ur´s sacrifice won't be in vain! You should know that, both us were her students!" Gray said.

"Then let me show you, who is the greater student!" Lyon said, before they rushed towards each other, in a clash of Ice Magic.

"I told you this before, and will tell you again, I will not allow the past to threaten the future! The Future Ur sacrificed for us to live on! Mark my pride on it!" Gray said, clashing with his Ice Magic.

Meanwhile...

Erza, Mira and Nadia ran through the corridors of the temple, but then suddenly, a barrage of Crystal Balls came towards them.

They managed to dodge it in time, before then turning up to see Zalty, smirking behind his mask.

"Who are you?!" Mira said, while Nadia recognized her. "Oi, you´re that Zalty!" Nadia said, recognizing her from the fight she had earlier.

"You know her?" Erza asked. "Yeah, I encountered him some time ago, and be careful, he is different from the other people we fought." Nadia said, as she warned Erza and Mira.

"I am glad you remembered, as I wasn't feeling like introducing myself to you two, as well since I already the other two, seeing you are quite famous, Erza Scarlet, the Titania, and Mirajane Strauss, The Demon." Zalty said.

"Whoever you are, if you are allies to our enemy, you are our enemy." Erza said, before she then summoned a sword in her hand, while Mira transformed into her Satan Soul Take Over, and Nadia had her hand coated in sand of her Sand Dragon Slayer Magic.

Zalty simply grinned as he summoned several orbs around himself, before then launching them towards Erza, Mira and Nadia.

"Erza, Mira! Be careful! His Magic allows him to turn anything he touches into dust!" Nadia said.

"Thank you for the warning, Nadia." Mira said. "We shall sure put you into that in mind." Erza said. "You´re welcome, as well the orbs are able to return to their original form, even if they are turned to dust!" Nadia said. But before they could speak any further, Zalty sent several orbs towards, thousands in numbers.

Nadia then used her sand to sent in in the form of spears, which shattered them, before turning them to dust, but they the orbs turned back to normal.

"Impressive, but you need to do more than that!" Zalty said, and Mira then appeared from behind him.

"Then what about this!" Mira said, as she jumped towards her, trying to punch him, only for him to dodge her fist. He then sent his orbs at her, but Mira quickly dodged by jumping away.

Erza summoned her swords, sending them towards Zalty, but he simply used his Orbs to turn them to dust.

Erza´s response was stoic, as she then Re-Quipped into her Flight Armor.

Donning her Cat-like armor, her speed got enhanced, rushing towards Zalty with her dual swords. But Zalty grinned, before then using his orbs to send them towards Erza, who dodged and avoided cutting them.

"Impressive speed, Titania. But there is nothing faster than time itself!" Zalty said, before then sending his orbs towards the roof. "Erode!" Zalty said, and once the orbs struck the roof which then quickly began to crumble and crack, before then large rocks fell down the ground.

"Dammit!" Nadia said, before then sending sand towards the rocks that fell towards the rocks falling down, disintegrating them. Mira kicked a group of rocks to pieces, while Erza cut the rocks to pieces.

But as they did that, Zalty threw three orbs at them, making it too late for them to react.

"Shit...!" Nadia said, as Erza and Mira´s eyes widened, while Zalty smirked.

"Future Explosion!" Zalty said, as then the orbs exploded before they touched Nadia, Mira and Erza, causing them to force to block it, before it then sent them them to be sent crashing to the wall.

A smirking Zalty watched as Nadia, Mira and Erza got up, as they barely were in any injuries.

"If you wanna take us down, you gotta do better than that." Erza said. "I know it would take more than that to take you down, Titania." Zalty said.

But suddenly, the entire ground began to shake, causing confusion to Erza, Mira and Nadia, as even Zalty got his attention to it.

"What is going on?!" A shocked Mira said, as then a horrifying thought came to Erza´s mind. "Could it be...?" Erza said, and Zatly gave a smirk off as a response. "Yes, it would seem that Deliora is finally free from Iced Shell." Zalty said, as Erza, Nadia and Mira were filled with horror as a reaction.

The shaking were felt and heard across the temple, even from across Galuna Island.

In a room, Nightmare grinned while Natsu look around in confusion.

"What is going on?!" Natsu said. "It seems that Deliora is about to be set free." Nightmare said, shocking Natsu. "Yes, it would seem to be time for me to go. But, if you escape from this alive, then it shall be an honor to meet you again." Nightmare said, but then Natsu rushed towards him.

"WAIT A SECOND, WE ARE NOT DONE HERE...!" Natsu shouted, but Nightmare then suddenly dissapeared before Natsu, as if was erased from the air itself.

A shocked Natsu was stunned, and quickly tried to sniff his scent, but were unable to.

"Where the hell did he go?!" Natsu thought, but quickly got back to the track, as he heard the rumbling around himself. "Dammit, got no time for me to think of that. If that thing escapes, then it will defiantly be a big ass problem." Natsu thought, before then heading towards the direction Deliora were located at.

"But I will not let that happen! I will mark my soul on that!" Natsu thought, running as made his wow for his friends.

The final battle for Galuna Island shall soon begin!

And that does it for this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it, and as usual, review, favorite and follow if you did. In this chapter, we got to know a bit more of Nightmare, and what he, or it is. Don't worry, as the story goes on, you shall know more and more about Nightmare eventually, as he will play a large role in this story.

I do hope you liked the changes of this. I will make to update when I can.

In case you wonder, "Vijaya" was a divine weapon in Hindu Mythology, belonging a great warrior named Lord Pashurama. "Vijaya" itself means "Victory", hence to one of it´s attack names, "Victory Arrow."

I also took the oppurtunity to introduce the Leader of Barrage Bane, Gun into the battle.

But anyway, that's all for now, and until then, see you all later. Please PM if you are interested in becoming my third beta reader. See you all later!