Clash of Darkness and Light

Walking through one of the long hallways that led to one of the lacrima powering Nirvana, was the duo of Gray and Toph, they were both limping to their destination.

"Jeez, this tunnel is long…" Gray complained while he panted.

"Quit your whining…" Toph said while panting. "Besides… we're in the clear… I don't sense Zero in this room."

When they arrived in the main room, the pair had seen the large Lacrima, standing on what looked like a very large pedestal that held it up. "You're right. This is Lacrima number two. And Brain isn't in here."

Toph folded her arms and smirked. "How much do you wanna bet it's Twinkle Toes and Flame-for-brains that found him?"

"That would make sense; Natsu has the nose for it." Gray said.

Toph cracked her knuckles. "Alright… let's get ready, this lacrima isn't going to destroy itself."

...

Meanwhile at Lacrima one, Dark Ping is charging towards both Aang and Natsu. Her illusion blade in one hand, and her hair was still standing up on end from the expansion of her dark magic. Aang stepped in front of Natsu, encased his arms in iron scales and crossed them in front of Dark Ping's blade.

"It's time you paid for your crimes, Avatar! Your death will soon be…" A bright yellow beam of light blasted Dark Ping away from Aang. The Avatar was confused and watched as Jellal had been the one who had foiled Dark Ping's attack.

*"Huh? What's Jellal up to?"* Aang thought.

"You bastard!" Dark Ping screamed. "I had a feeling you'd stab me in the back, again!" Jellal only looked on with a dark expression.

Zero looked with a satisfied grin.

"So you want to finish them yourself?" He asked.

A similar grin was seen on Zero's face. "Yeah, my memories have fully returned, and I intend to finish what I started." Aang faced Jellal while Natsu was getting onto his knees. "As for her… I won't let Fire Nation trash interfere,"

Both Natsu and Dark Ping were getting up and looking to Jellal with furious expressions, but Natsu was the first to charge. "JELLAL!" he screamed.

Jellal gave an evil chuckle before he aimed his hand forward. "Natsu." He shot an explosive blast of magical fire that surrounded Natsu.

"*That's odd."* Aang thought. *"Why would Jellal shoot fire at Natsu? He knows that won't work on him."*

But Jellal sensed the presence of shadow magic close by and he noticed this presence and literally pulled Dark Ping from the shadows that were growing to his left and she was thrown to Natsu.

Natsu threw Dark Ping up and away from him, he took another step forward, this was when Jellal shot another explosive fire blast. "Stop messing around!? You know Fire ain't gonna work on me!"

"I know… I remember…" Zero looked on with obvious, contained anger and Ping curiously looked on. "I am on your side…" Jellal revealed.

"WHAT!?" Dark Ping and Zero yelled

"Huh?" Natsu and Aang questioned.

Jellal continued to aim his hand at Natsu. "The Fire Dragon Slayer. Your magic power increases from the power of flames." Natsu noticed the fire surrounding him that Jellal shot at him. Jellal lowered his hand

"Heh, I knew it! Once a traitor, always a traitor." Dark Ping growled.

"You…" Zero started, turning his gaze to Jellal. "Doesn't seem like your memories have totally returned at all,"

"It's as I said… I remembered Natsu and Aang, that is all. I will stop Nirvana! What I am trying to do has not changed, Zero."

Both Natsu and Aang were confused by this, the last time they saw Jellal he had taken then down. And before that they fought him on the Tower of Heaven, it seemed a very long stretch that he'd have forgotten all that he had did, and that he happens to only remember Natsu and Aang.

"Memories… what are you talking about?" Natsu asked, still not convinced that Jellal is on their side.

"I do not have any memories prior to waking up in this land." This surprised Natsu and Aang. "I know I was the worst kind of human trash… But I am not aware of it myself. All I know is it seems I caused the both of you and Erza some great injury… But now, I wish to protect Wendy's guild. I wish to stop Nirvana. I wish to be of help to all of you!"

"You want to help us?" Aang asked. "Why?"

Dark Ping stood up. "That's a load of crap coming from you!" she said pointing her illusion sword at him. "After all, you're the one who gave me these dark abilities." She angrily clenched her free fist. "But you stand there and say that you don't remember anything!? You manipulated me, humiliated me, and you dis-honored the Fire Nation! I am nobody's puppet Jellal!"

Jellal turned to her. "No, I do not remember you at all." Dark Ping got mad. "And judging by your attitude, while I regret all that I have done, I do not regret humiliating a seemingly violent girl such as yourself."

Aang was deep in thought. *"Could Jellal really have forgotten everything? I can't say I fully believe him but, if it were the real Jellal, he would have found a way to have killed all of us by now. Or at the very least he would go to greater lengths to get revenge on us."*

Though during this, he had seen Natsu punch Jellal in the face.

"Shut up, lying bastard!" Natsu yelled.

"Natsu wait!" Aang jumped over the pair and stood in between Natsu and Jellal. He had the hold Natsu back away from Jellal.

"Are you sayin' you forgot all that?!" Natsu screamed with anger veins travelling across his forehead. "You can't get away with pretending to be our ally! Did you really forget!? Cause I didn't… you-you… YOU MADE ERZA CRY!" Jellal was silent as he really did feel bad for what he had done, but he had no idea how much of a horrible experience he had put Natsu, Aang and Erza through.

Zero looked to Dark Ping who was on one knee. "It seems they've completely forgotten we're here. How do you plan to respond to that, my dear?"

Dark Ping rose to her feet. "Don't call me that." She said with a dark purple aura surrounding her. She generated a phantom blade and she threw it to the back of Natsu.

Jellal sensed this and he suddenly recalled the very moment when Simon had defended Erza from his very attack back at the Tower of Heaven. He leaped forward and pushed both Aang and Natsu out of the way and the blade had impaled his stomach. Both Aang and Natsu were shocked as Jellal was shivering as the illusion blade had started to disappear. His arms were fully stretched to his sides and he felt extreme pain from the blade.

Jellal collapsed to his bottom and was panting. "You…"

"Jellal, did you…?"

He turned his head to the both of them who stood behind him. "If you want to do me in, you can do it anytime. I'm already on my last legs… But before that…" he held out his hand and golden flames were coming from his palms. "Natsu… Aang… please accept this flame…"

"Golden fire?" Aang questioned.

...

On the way to the third lacrima was Lucy, Happy and Sokka. "C'mon we're almost there…" Sokka said as he dragged his sword across the floor while Lucy and Happy were lagging slightly behind.

"You both should rest a little." Happy suggested.

Lucy was walking close to the wall to prevent herself from collapsing. Her body was screaming out in pain, but she refused to let it stop her. "No! I won't make it then…" she said.

"But… You can barely walk…" Happy sadly reminded. "Are you really okay?"

Lucy had kept her eyes closed as she was leaning on the wall, almost using it to pull herself further. "What are you talking about? I can walk just fine…"

They both heard Sokka's sword hit the ground and he was on his knees. "Damn it…" Sokka cursed.

"You can't push yourselves like this!" Happy said to the both of them.

Sokka got up to one knee. "What happens to us doesn't matter!" Sokka said. "Even if I'm hurt, I won't let that stop me!"

Lucy knelt down to Sokka's level and offered a hand. "You're right… even if we are hurt… we can't stop now… not when everyone is trying their hardest."

Sokka smiled and he took her hand. "We're ending this, whether we fight Zero or not!" he declared.

...

On the path to lacrima four, Ichiya was squirming his way through the hall while repeating 'Men' to himself, he heard footsteps behind him and he saw Ping walking towards him while she leaned on the wall. "Oh… I guess you must be the mysterious stranger…" she hastened her pace and caught up with him, she noticed how he was tied to a wooden pole and couldn't move very much. "D-don't worry… I'll help… you." She panted. She managed to slice the ropes holding him and he was free. But she quickly fell to her knees.

"Thank you, men."

"I'm not a man…" she was panting as she looked down to the ground. "Give me a second… I have to catch my breath…" Ping suddenly found herself being lifted, bridal style, though she was still close to the ground given Ichiya's short stature.

"I am Ichiya, of Blue Pegasus! You helped me when no one else would. For that I shall repay you." Ichiya said with a serious face.

"GAH! I'm okay, really!" she comically screamed. "And put me down, this is super embarrassing!"

...

In the chamber for the fifth lacrima, both Erza and Katara were looking at the large lacrima in front of them. "Master Zero is not here." Erza noted. "It is as I thought, he must be at lacrima one, which was where Natsu and Aang were heading."

"H-how do you know Zero would be there?" Katara asked.

"Natsu probably sniffed him out, and there is no way Aang isn't going with him."

Katara smiled. "I know Aang and Natsu can beat Zero… but I can't help but feel so nervous as well."

...

And at Lacrima six, Zuko, Wendy and Carla arrived at the main room and they saw the lacrima. Zuko was carrying Wendy on his back while Carla flew beside them.

"So this is it." Carla said.

"Yeah," Zuko confirmed. "If we combine our powers then we should easily smash this overgrown crystal ball."

He placed Wendy down. "I hope Jellal is okay…" she worriedly said.

"Don't worry about others, worry about yourself!" Carla said. "Are you okay with doing this Wendy?"

Wendy looked on at the lacrima with a serious expression. "Yeah! This is something I have to do!"

**-Flashback-**

Jellal, Zuko, Wendy and Carla were standing somewhere on Nirvana before Zuko and Jellal headed to the sixth lacrima. Jellal was holding his head, as the memories of both Natsu and Aang were still coming back to him.

"Jellal, do you feel okay?" Wendy asked, sounding concerned.

"Yes," he answered. "You can use Healing Magic, yes? Can you recover Natsu and Aang's energy during their fight with Zero?"

Wendy looked nervous to answer. "Well I…"

Carla gave a serious look to Jellal while waving her right paw. "What's this crazy talk? DO you have any idea how many times she's used Healing Magic today already?"

"Plus, Wendy can't fight… she'll be nothing but a target for Zero." Zuko said. Wendy gasped when she heard Zuko saying this, and she was filled with fear, from the possibility of facing Zero.

"I see, then I will handle their recovery…" Jellal offered.

"Are you sure?" Zuko asked.

Jellal nodded, he lowered his hand from his face. "I remember the unfathomable power they have. The power of hope."

"Right, then it falls on me and Wendy to destroy the lacrima." Zuko said.

Wendy was quick to counter. "But I…"

Zuko knelt to her level. "Listen to me Wendy, you have a power within you that is used to beat Dragons, and trust me. I've seen it in action. You don't know it, but you are powerful and all you need is confidence in yourself."

Wendy thought about what Zuko said and she nodded, but still had a face of slight concern.

Wendy looked right at the Lacrima and Zuko stood beside her. "So, are you ready?" he asked.

Wendy only replied with a nod and she raised her arms and her hands turned to fists. "The power of a dragon… is within me! This is to protect my guild! Please Grandeeny, lend me your strength!" Wendy took a deep breath with her mouth as she started to suck in the air around her.

...

At lacrima one, Jellal had held the golden flames above his hand and tried to offer it to both Natsu and Aang. "This fire is known as the Flame of Rebuke." Jellal said.

"Flame of Rebuke?" Aang repeated.

"I don't need the two of you to forgive me, but I just want you two to receive the power…" Natsu eyed him curiously while Aang had closed his eyes; he had already made his decision. "I believe in you two, because Erza does…"

Natsu un-clenched his fist and he extended his hand to grasp the hand that Jellal had the golden fire on. Aang placed his hand on top of Natsu's and the both of them could feel flames consuming them. Aang was surprised that they weren't hurting him; in fact it was just the opposite. It was filling both he and Natsu with more power.

Natsu started eating the flames that was surrounding him and Aang watched this and he could feel himself recovering, just as he was breathing the flames.

"You shouldn't worry." Jellal said, looking to Aang. "You can use Dragon Slayer Magic, which means you should be able to consume the flame just like Natsu." Aang had never even considered that he could do that. "Erza trusts you more than anyone. Then so will I," Aang followed Natsu's lead and he started to inhale the flames though his nose and mouth as opposed to eating them. Aang's arrows were glowing as he consumed the flames.

"*Whoa, I had never felt this sensation before."* Aang thought.

Zero and Dark Ping watched the two consuming the flames, Zero watched on in amusement while Dark Ping looked more grossed out.

Both of them had swallowed the last of the flames. "I'm counting on you…" Jellal said.

"Thank you, Jellal." Aang thanked while the glow of his arrows faded.

"Thanks for the meal, but you're not off the hook!" Natsu said.

Jellal smiled as he lay on his back looking at the two.

Both Natsu and Aang looked down to Zero and Ping. "Aang, I've got a plan."

Aang shook his head in surprise. "You do? So just fighting blindly isn't going to work this time?" Aang joked.

"Yeah," he answered. "We're on a time-limit, and Zero is the bigger threat. You keep him busy for a little bit, I'll blow away Ping's evil twin and we can take Zero down together."

Aang nodded, agreeing with the plan. "Well, look at you, actually using your head for once." He said while joking.

Natsu smirked back at him. "Come on, who do you think I am? Sokka?"

They both chuckled for a bit before they turned their attention to their enemies. "The flame of Rebuke?" Zero chuckled. "By eating that, you take on the same sin as your mortal enemy… I didn't expect that from the Pure and Noble Avatar."

Dark Ping laughed at this. "You are notorious for running away from your problems, Avatar. Well what are you going to do now; you've got more of them!"

Aang glared at Ping. "I'm not running anymore." Dark Ping's smile turned to a hateful glare. "I'm gonna face my problems head-on, no blinking and no holding back."

Natsu joined in. "A couple of sins aren't gonna stop us. Everyone in Fairy Tail's got their fair share. But the biggest sin is turning your back on someone…" Natsu got into a fighting stance and got ready to leap into action.

"…who is giving you the power to fight evil!" Aang got into his stance as well and a circle of air surrounded his feet." Aang jumped up into the air and Zero looked at him and shot a Dark Capriccio beam to him. Aang simply surrounded his arm with air and swatted the beam away.

Zero was shocked and Aang's arrows shone as he went into the Avatar state, only this time the white glow was replaced with a bright gold glow, as he was powered by the Flames of Rebuke. He fell towards Zero and a dust cloud surrounded the two when they collided.

The dark mage was shot out of the dust cloud with a powerful burst of air shooting him to a high wall. Aang is about to leap to Zero but a Graviton attack is speeding for him. A golden fiery fist beats back the energy sphere.

"You want me! I'm here!" Natsu exclaimed as he sniffed Ping out and he surrounded himself with bright yellow flames and he crashed into her, sending the two of them to the pillar that held the lacrima.

Aang jumped up to Zero and he saw him wobbly getting to his feet. Aang clapped his hands and sent a blast of wind to Zero, but he avoided it. But he saw Aang flying towards him with air scooters below his feet and every time he generated air, there were gold particles that surrounded them. His left arm had gold coloured iron scales surrounding it and his right arm had the gold flames surrounding it. He shot forward to Zero but the dark mage grabbed his head and threw him back.

As Zero landed on the ground he saw Aang sliding to a stop on his feet and he threw is fiery fist and golden-iron fist into the ground and a lightning fast earth wave with fiery rock pillars with gold iron shards that was moving towards Zero.

They shot him into the air and he crashed into the ceiling. He jumped back down but he saw Aang speeding to him. They were engaging in a temporary aerial brawl as they fell with Aang landing most of the hits. Zero managed to get one hit as he stuck Aang in the jaw, but Aang grabbed his arm and while in the air he spun, and a tornado with gold particles was surrounding him. He spun Zero with one hand and he threw him to the other side of the room where he exploded on a wall.

Zero recovered and got to his feet but saw Aang speeding to him. *"This power…"* he saw that winds were surrounding Aang and there were more golden particles. *"T-that light…"* he wasn't able to finish his thoughts as Aang had trapped his legs in a mass of earth and was moving it towards him. Zero was powerless to move as he saw Aang getting closer and closer.

Aang got into his ice make stance and he placed his hands on the ground after completing the spell. "**Ice-Make: Rose Garden**!" a large mass of ice that formed a huge rose garden crashed into Zero as he was shot back to the wall while screaming.

Zero looked up at Aang who was glaring at him while his arrows were shining gold. *"That's the Avatar State… but stronger… what is going on with that boy!?"*

At the same time Dark Ping was firing a mass of Piercing Gravitons at Natsu but he was letting them hit him as he sprinted towards Ping as he screamed. "W-what the hell, fall you bas-" she was punched in the face and she flipped in the air as her feet crashed into the ceiling. "DAMN YOU!" she generated illusion swords in both her hands and a dark aura surrounded her. She shot forward to Natsu and she was trying to slice him but Natsu seemed to be blocking them with his arms. He then engulfed his arms in gold flames and he smacked Ping's arms, sending the phantom blades away from her. She was shocked as it seemed as if nothing she did was hurting him.

They both grappled and their hands clashed, with their fingers interlocking with each other. Dark Ping's dark aura was growing but so were Natsu's golden flames. "NO, I won't lose. To you! Not again!" she screamed.

"I already told you, you're a distraction! I'll deal with you and your stupid Fire Lord eventually, but for now… you need to take a hint and GET LOST!" he threw a knee to Dark Ping's stomach and he threw her to the ceiling. As she is flying up, Natsu unleashes a blast of golden flames from his mouth which sent Dark Ping exploding through the chamber and flying out of Nirvana.

As she flew through the sky and closer and closer to the forest, all she could think of t scream was "DAMN YOU NATSU DRAGNEEL!"

Back inside lacrima one, Aang and Natsu stood together as Aang's eyes were covered by a golden glow, indicating he went into the Full Avatar State while Natsu had scales on his face and arms.

Zero watched their growing power. *"The Avatar State, and…"* he saw a gold dragon rising above the two *"Dragon Force…!"*

…

At lacrima two, Toph and Gray were considering their options. "Damn, this thing isn't just big, but it's also hard."

Toph chuckled. "Quit belly achin' we've destroyed things that were much bigger than this." She said cracking her knuckles.

…

Lucy, Sokka and Happy were still moving through the long hall to lacrima 3. "I can sense a ton of magical power!" Lucy said.

"So it must be close, huh?" Sokka said. Happy still trailed behind the pair with concern on his face.

…

Ichiya continued to hold Ping as they were still moving through the hallway. "This parfum reeks of danger. We are getting closer. Men."

"I hope that danger you're sensing isn't Zero… I don't think I have enough in me to fight him." Ping said.

…

Erza and Katara stood looking up at lacrima 5. "It's almost time…" Erza said.

"They'll do it, I am sure that Natsu and Aang will beat Zero. I have faith in them." Katara said.

Erza replied with a nod and continued to stare at the lacrima.

…

In lacrima 6 Wendy was still taking deep breaths, sucking in the air around her. "Wendy, concentrate!" Carla said

"Yeah, I know." She replied, still keeping her eyes closed.

Carla then looked to Zuko. "What are you going to do?"

"I have something in mind," Zuko took in a deep breath, closed his eyes and he looked to be calming his mind.

…

At the same time the people of Cait Shelter are still fearful as they looked up at Nirvana which still stood over them, the cannon was aimed right at them. Many of them prayed for their safety and the guild master only looked on with an unwavering expression.

…

Aang and Natsu faced Zero, both in the Avatar State and Dragon Force respectively. Golden fire and winds with gold particles surrounded them as they stood together against Zero.

"This power… it's similar to when I ate Etherion." Natsu said as he looked at his hand.

"Don't remind me…" Aang replied. "But this power is nothing like I've felt before. It's like my power has doubled."

"No more like tripled…" Natsu said.

Zero got up and looked at the two. "Avatar State… the most powerful form of the Avatar, Dragon Force… the final form of Dragon Slayer Magic…" Zero looked at the two with an unamused expression. "Both are said to be capable of annihilating anything." He then smiled wickedly. "Annihilation!" he repeated. "Now I am intrigued." Zero said spreading his arms apart while he smiled. "Both of you come at me with all the power you got!"

Aang glared at Zero. "Fine, but you *will* regret making that decision."

They both rushed to Zero, Natsu being surrounded by flames and Aang's arrows continued to glow bright gold. Natsu throws a punch while Aang stretched out a kick and Zero made a pale green barrier surround him. Electric bolts shot off of it when both Natsu and Aang made contact with it.

…

Lucy, Sokka, and Happy made it to Lacrima three, they stood just beyond the archway but they could see their target.

"We made it… The third lacrima…" Lucy said as she leaned on the wall.

Sokka looked right at it. "Man, I didn't think it would be that big." Sokka began to scratch his head. "I don't think boomerang can get us out of this one."

"It wasn't a good idea to show off back there." Thinking back to when she said she would help destroy the lacrima, and even fight Zero if it came to it. "…but I wasn't able to say I couldn't do it!" she admitted with tears welling up in her eyes.

Sokka leaned back. "Well I did say that no one beats Fairy Tail… Ha… got too excited back there."

"But I'm out of magic power… even so, I want to protect Wendy's guild."

"Then you probably shouldn't be down on yourself. We've got a job to do and everyone's counting on us!"

Lucy smiled slightly. "Sometimes I forget you're actually useful…"

"Hey!"

"But you're right. We didn't come all this way just to stop here."

Happy smiled as well. "Lucy…"

"For Wendy's guild, for everyone I'm going to keep going until the bitter end!" she tried standing up but she almost collapsed.

"Lucy!" both Sokka and Happy yelled concertedly.

"I can't fall! Not in a place like this!" Sokka then grabbed Lucy's arm and placed it over his shoulder, helping her to her feet. "S-Sokka… you?"

"We're going to destroy this thing, one way or another. And you're going to help me do it. Even if I can to drag you there, right Happy?"

"Aye!" Happy exclaimed.

…

In the sixth lacrima, Zuko had his eyes closed and was taking deep breaths. He was about to try a technique that he never thought he would even attempt again. But he would need it considering he and Wendy had to destroy the lacrima in one shot.

He remembered the words of his very wise uncle when trying to prepare for the technique. *'It is precise and deadly, like Azula. To perform the technique requires peace of mind.'* He tried to calm himself as much as he could.

Wendy was trying to focus as well as she was still breathing in as much air as she could. Carla looked up to her in slight concern. "Wendy?"

"*I have to do my best. For Caitshelter, for Zuko who believed in me. And for all my other friends, too!"* she thought.

…

Both Aang and Natsu rushed to Zero and they both threw a punch which he easily blocked. Green electricity was being generated as they made contact with Zero. He quickly forced them back and he raised his arm and planted his palm on the ground. "**Dark Gravity!**" the floor underneath Natsu and Aang exploded and they started to fall through and it looked like they were going to fall straight out of Nirvana. Zero mockingly looked down. "Come on… you can do better-" he immediately stopped talking when he saw Aang and Natsu slowly rising up, both of them had air scooters below them.

Aang glared at Zero. "Is this better?" Natsu leaped off his air scooter and he was then surrounded by raging flames.

Before Natsu could get close Zero generated a magic seal in front of him and he fired multiple dark green beams to the pair. Aang broke up a large piece of the wall behind him and split it into six projectiles, which was enough to counter Zero's blasts. When both projectiles crashed into each other, a dust cloud was formed. Natsu briefly shot through the cloud, Zero quickly blocked Natsu's attack with his shoulder.

But from behind Zero, Aang had an ice rose blade on his right hand and he tried to slash Zero with it, but he missed as Zero ducked under it. His hand was then surrounded by green bolts of electricity. "**Zero Slash**!" he formed a long energy whip that looked just like the Dark Capriccio beam and this whip almost slapped Aang in the stomach. He fell down to his hands and he suddenly felt Zero's movements though his seismic sense. He knew exactly where he was going to swing his energy whip based on how he moved his body as it was going through the motions. He gave a very brief nod to Natsu.

He quickly got back to his feet and Zero once again tried to whip Aang with his energy whip. Aang was leaping and jumping from the walls in order to avoid his attacks and throw Zero off slightly.

Zero didn't completely forget about Natsu though as swung his whip back around him. Natsu managed to narrowly avoid it as he leaped over it and he stood in front of Zero while his cheeks grew. Aang had leaped above Zero and his cheeks also puffed up. Natsu fired raging flames from his mouth while Aang had fired a burst of iron shards from his mouth.

Both dragon roars engulfed Zero before he then effortlessly blew them back. He stood tall while folding his arms.

Aang didn't have time to react as Zero very quickly rushed to him. He quickly formed an earth sphere around himself to protect himself. Zero landed a punch that was cloaked with a bright green energy. The punch was causing the earth sphere to dig deeper into the ground. A large explosion occurred and Aang rolled away before quickly getting to his feet. When he got up, he saw Zero's hand glowing bright green. "**Dark Delete**!" Aang then started to sprint from a barrage of bright green energy bolts that were fired to him. He ran as fast as he could to try and avoid them as they followed and exploded around him.

Natsu tried ambush Zero, but he was prepared and fired Dark Delete bolts to Natsu who slid back after taking the attack.

When Aang was running out of room he quickly surrounded himself in a sphere of fast spinning air which ripped the Dark Delete bolts apart when they hit it. Aang's arrows were glowing a very bright gold while he angrily glared right at Zero. He shot forward to Zero while the air was surrounding him.

Zero threw his hand forward and managed to grab Aang despite the pain the air caused to his arm. He proceeded to toss Aang into Natsu, throwing the dragon slayer off slightly. But before the two could figure out their next move, Zero was above them and he fired green blast with orange swirls around them. The beam engulfed the two and it was so powerful. It sent them down through several floors down to the lowest chamber of the room.

…

At the fourth lacrima, Ping and Ichiya got to the chamber and he was still carrying her. "We're here, men…"

"Yeah… but uh…. Could you please put me down already?" she asked while she still had red ovals on her cheeks.

…

Natsu and Aang crashed into the lower chamber. They both saw Zero falling towards them with a very malicious smirk plastered on his face. Natsu quickly got up and tried to block his hit but it wasn't strong enough as he and Aang were shot back.

Natsu slid back on his feet while Aang slid on his backside. Zero continued to blast his Dark Delete bolts at the duo. Aang thought fast and he made an earth wall rise from the ground, the wall was surrounded by large icicles. When the rapid fire bolts hit. The wall evaporated and Natsu was seen jumping over the wall. Zero jumped to him as well and their fists connected unleashing a huge burst of white energy. Natsu was glaring angrily but Zero smirked as he increased his power and his fist shot Natsu back right to the end of the chamber room.

Aang was sprinting to Zero who fell to his feet. Zero smirked at him as if he was provoking Aang to attack him. The Avatar continued to shoot forward to continue his fight with Zero.

…

Gray and Toph stood in lacrima two and they prepared to do their part to destroy the lacrima. "Alright, how much time to he have left?" Toph asked as she sat down waiting for their time to come.

"Three more minutes."

Toph lay down on her back. "Right, just tell me when."

Gray continued to glare forward at the lacrima, very eager to destroy it.

…

Same with Erza and Katara inside their lacrima, Katara though also had Aang on her mind as she wished for his safety as she stood beside Erza. *"Aang… please be okay."*

…

Aang was dodging Zero's strikes, it looked almost effortless for him, but when he threw a kick to Zero's face, he didn't stagger when he was hit. His eyes grew and he quickly dodged a Dark Capriccio blast. It only grazed left arm and he quickly tried to sooth the burn by holding his hand over the mark.

"Haha, what's wrong Avatar? I thought you were supposed to be the savior! Is this really the power of the Avatar!?" Aang stayed silent as he was still dodging attacks. "This is the power that saved your world!? Multiple times, huh!?" Zero quickly grabbed Aang's wrist and kept him from moving. "You're a weakling! **Dark Capriccio**!" he blasted a powerful green and orange swirling beam to Aang's chest and it sent him flipping backwards, crashing into the same wall as Natsu. Zero's hands were glowing green; he aimed to finish the battle.

…

Happy, Lucy and Sokka were standing in front of the lacrima. Lucy was panting and Sokka was doing his best to keep Lucy on her feet.

"We made it." Happy said.

"Yeah… but now what?" Sokka asked. "My sword could destroy it, but it wouldn't be able to do it fast enough."

"Oh no…" Happy said. "W-what are we going to do?"

"I-I don't know…" Lucy said while panting. "I don't know, but maybe if I throw myself against it…" she said desperately, she knew she lacked the magical power to do anything to properly destroy the lacrima.

"That's crazy!" Sokka exclaimed.

"I don't care!" she exclaimed. "I have to destroy it, I can't let Wendy and the others down!"

"Lucy…" Happy said sounding very concerned,

"I can't give up, I just can't…"

The three then heard a pair of voices behind them. "Sometimes it's those feelings of not giving up that gives you power." They turned around and saw the celestial spirits Gemi and Mini standing behind them with their stubby hands touching each other.

"GAH!" Sokka shrieked. "What are those?"

"Gemini?" Lucy questioned.

"We were listening back then."

"It was then we heard your true feelings."

The twin spirits said as they were stretching their arms.

"Wait… what are you doing here?" Lucy asked.

There was a large puff of smoke and the spirits transformed into Lucy who wore her green top and short skirt, complete with her whip on her left side. Sokka's mouth was agape as he struggled to grasp what he just saw. "N-now there are two!?" Happy and Lucy were also shocked, but less so than Sokka.

"We can copy your body and abilities." Gemini Lucy briefly explained. "So we can do it for you!" Happy and Lucy cheered while she walked forward, Sokka walked beside her. "So we only have three minutes to destroy this thing right?"

"Yes… I have no idea what's going on, but I'll focus on that later." Sokka said.

"I hope you can keep up."

"Thank you, Gemini!" Lucy exclaimed.

…

Ping unsheathed one of her blades and looked behind her to check on Ichiya. "You okay back there?"

"Yes." He replied. "I will show you my power parfum!"

"P-power… what?" he popped the cork from the vial and as soon as he got a whiff of the substance. He was covered in a purple aura and his muscles started to grow exponentially. They tore through his clothes. "AHH! What kind of magic is that!?" she comically screamed while she watched Ichiya's muscle growth.

…

Wendy had her eyes closed and concentrated. She was trying to channel her Dragon Slayer magic into an offensive form. *"More power… The power of the heavens…"*

Zuko after doing some deep breathing, stretched two of his pointing fingers forward and he began to move his arms in a circular motion. *"There is energy all around us. The energy is both yin and yang. Positive and negative energy. Only a select few firebenders can separate these energies. This creates an imbalance. The energy wants to restore balance, and in a moment the positive and negative energy come crashing back together, you provide release and guidance, creating lightning."*

Sparks of bright blue electricity was seen on both of Zuko's fingertips and when he moved his arms in a circular motion. Carla comically looked shocked as she saw Zuko directing long lines of electricity with his fingers.

…

The dust in the room cleared, Natsu and Aang were behind it and they were tiredly panting. But they still remained on their feet but barely.

Zero's hands were still glowing as he stood tall. "Haha, you two are still standing? Not for long! My power is on a whole other level than a mere grunt from some guild. I am the guild master of the Oracion Seis! I am definitely way above trash like you!"

They both slowly rose to their feet. They were both panting. "Trash or not… we can't give up… we *won't* give up!" Aang defiantly said

"Everyone… is counting on us… so we will make sure… we beat your ass!" Natsu exclaimed.

They both stood together while they panted. Zero looked calm as he continued to build up energy. Showing no fear they got into offensive stances. "Our friends are also fighting with us, and we fight for them. And right now our fight is against you."

"We won't lose, not with them by our side." Natsu declared.

"Haha." Zero laughed. "Your friends won't save you from when you disappear!" he exclaimed.

…

Standing in the second lacrima, Gray saw that the clock was running down. "Guess it's about time."

Toph slowly stood up to her feet. "About time, I was getting bored." Gray stretched his hands forward, a bright blue magical seal flashed in front of him. Toph stood next to him in an earth bending stance. "You better time it right." Toph reminded.

…

Lucy and Happy were staying back while Gemini Lucy and Sokka were preparing to destroy the lacrima in the third chamber.

"Okay, here we go!" Gemini Lucy said, holding Taurus' key. "The Gate of the Golden Bull is good, right?" she asked.

"Yes, please do your best." Lucy replied.

…

In the fourth lacrima, Ichiya was flexing his muscles that were glistening for some reason. "Now is the time to show everyone the true power of Ichiya, of Blue Pegasus!"

Ping's eyes were dots as she looked at Ichiya exponential muscle growth. The only amount of clothing that remained were his torn white pants. He punched his fists together. "You there, are you going to help?"

Ping shook her head. "R-right!" the blade that she held was shining bright blue as she looked right at the lacrima.

…

"Requip!" Erza quickly changed into her Black Wing armour while holding a different blade.

Katara stood on the other side of the chamber made all the remaining water she had flow around her. The water sharpened and froze on her arms, forming a pair of ice blades.

…

Wendy was sucking in the air around her, her arms were spread outward and the energy was flowing around her as her hair and dress were moving with the wind that was being generated around her. *"I can feel it… Power is welling up from inside me…"* Wendy though as the energy she built was only getting bigger and bigger.

Zuko glared right at the lacrima while he generated a long stream of lightning that followed the circular motion that Zuko's arms were performing. *"Almost time!"*

…

Both Natsu and Aang were generating as much energy as they could. Natsu had golden flames swirling around him while Aang had a sphere of gold air particles surrounding him, he was in the Full Avatar State, his eyes were covered by the same gold glow that covered his air bender tattoos.

Zero laughed looking at them. "I must thank you, the both of you have given me the fight of my dreams; I've never faces opponents like you before." He slowly raised his glowing hands. "It's only a shame that it must come to an end."

Aang started to speak and his voice mixed with all the other Avatars before him. "Even if you win, another Avatar will take my place and beat you!" he exclaimed.

Zero smirked as his eyes grew. "I am aware of that. That is why I'll send you to a realm of nothingness, and the Avatar will cease to exist!"

"YOU CAN TRY!" Natsu yelled.

"Enough." Zero calmly said. He started to move his hands in a circular motion while green energy was leaking from his palms. "I shall show you my greatest magic…"

Both Aang and Natsu charged to him and already combined their power. Aang generated water from some of the spinning air around him, and then made a ring of fire and he magnetized the large bricks of the chamber towards him. A large fire dragon made from gold flames generated around Natsu. The elements that Aang generated mixed around the dragon. Natsu and Aang were inside it. "**Avatar Dragon's: Elemental Inferno**!"

The dragon roared as both Natsu and Aang charged forward with their combined energy surrounding them. They got closer to Zero.

The green energy around Zero's hands grew wildly and continued circling his arms as he ran toward the duo. "Vanish into the great nothingness! **Genesis Zero**!"

Their attacks collided, creating a tremendous explosion of white energy.

…

Gray glared right at the second lacrima, his fist was on his left palm as mist formed around him. "It's time! Everyone, I'm counting on you!" Gray exclaimed.

"If you guys mess this up, you'll personally hear from me!" Toph exclaimed while a large slab of the chamber wall was floating next to her.

…

Sokka's blade was glowing bright yellow. "Lucys I hope you're ready." Sokka said standing in front of them.

"We are!" Both of them exclaimed in unison. "**Gate of the Golden Bull, we open thee**! **Taurus**!"

"Alright!" Happy exclaimed as he saw Taurus' key shine.

A doorbell sound was heard and Taurus burst out of the ground. Both Lucys were elated, while Sokka was more surprised. "Whoa, that actually worked!?"

"We're counting on you, Taurus!" both Lucys exclaimed.

"Hey! I'm still here!" Sokka exclaimed.

Taurus focused on the Lacrima. "Leave it to me, nice bodied-babes!"

"I still can't believe you chose *him*!"

…

Ichiya was still bulking himself up. "Parfum of Power… Maximum Power!" Ping's blade continued to shine brightly she looked behind him and she caught Ichiya doing a pose while screaming: "MEN!"

…

Erza was getting ready to leap to the lacrima from her side. "Katara, get ready!"

"Right!" Katara exclaimed as she had a large blob of water swirling around her lower half.

…

Wendy had clear, white energy surrounding her. Her hair and dress were blowing wildly from her growing power. *"Grandeeny… Give me the power!"*

Carla continued to show concern for Wendy, but she believed in her. *"Wendy… Concentrate! You can do it!"*

Zuko continued to circle his arms and he glanced towards Wendy who was still building her power. *"She's ready…"* he thought.

…

Below the first chamber Zero's hands clapped together before he chanted Genesis Zero. Right when Aang and Natsu collided with him. Dark purple hands and tendrils were shooting from the ground around Zero with a green glow below them. "I cast open the Gate of Wraithwail!" Soon after, endless numbers of purple wailing human figures were reaching towards Natsu and Aang.

"Huh… what is…?" Aang asked as his eyes returned to normal, yet his glow still remained. Natsu also questionably looked around at the souls that were reaching to them.

"People of the nil," Zero started. "Erase their existence, devour their memories and help yourselves to their souls!" The nil then circled around Aang and Natsu. "Begone! Begone before the name of Zero!"

They were both engulfed by the endless army of nil. And they both disappeared into them. Aang tried to reach outward and it was seen that the glow of his arrows were fading, his hand remained outside as he tried to fight back. When the glow finally died he sunk into the Genesis Zero along with Natsu.

Zero who had his right hand aimed forward, admired his work. "Now the pair of you are also a resident of the land of nil." He smirked as he rested his arm. "It is over."

Both Natsu and Aang were floating inside a very dark plane; everything was void of color, including them. They couldn't move, or even see. They were both trapped in a place where nothing existed. The Void itself kept going, it was ongoing… endless… infinite.

Aang tried moving but even his fingertips refused to move. *"W-what is going on? Why can't I move… where even am I?"*

"*Damn it… I can't see. Where are we? Damn it all!"* Natsu thought, trying to move as well.

"*Natsu…? Is that you… I can't hear or see you, but it feels like you're there!"*

"*Where did you go, Aang? I can't even smell him. Now would be a good time for some Avatar stuff to happen. Damn it, we can't lose!"*

"*Natsu!"* he heard. The tone and voice was one that Natsu could never ever forget. The presence of the voice made a bright orange light that only slightly illuminated the area. *"What is the matter? You'll let yourself be defeated from something like this?"*

At the same time, a white light appeared in the area as well. *"Aang…"* an old sounding voice boomed. *"You must wake up; this is one battle that you cannot lose."*

The voice that tried reaching Natsu decided to scold him. *"You're this weak!? And you call yourself the child of Igneel?"*

…

Natsu flashed back to when he was training with Igneel as a child. *"Yeah! But how am I supposed to bust something that huge!?"* Young Natsu asked pointing a very large rock while he had red bumps on his head.

Igneel moved closer to Natsu. *"You mustn't let your feelings get the better of you! You mustn't lose faith in your own power!"*

…

Aang was in a brightly lit area, it looked as if they were in the sky and they were over a sunset. *"Are you willing to let it end here, Aang?"* Roku came into view as he was communicating with him.

"*What am I supposed to do? I'm trapped in some place and I don't know how to get out."*

"*So you will let this Zero defeat you?"* Aang turned behind him to see Kyoshi. *"If Zero beats you and successfully uses his weapon, then what? Both that world and ours will become chaotic. You must beat him!"*

"*How am I supposed to do that!?"* he asked as Yangchen and Kuruk appeared in the same space.

"*You've absorbed magic, which alone makes the most powerful Avatar in history. You would be the strongest for a long while unless an event like this were to happen again."* Roku said. *"You and Natsu are the only wall standing in front of Zero. Like Kyoshi said, if he wins, it will mean danger for both worlds."*

…

Igneel continued to get Natsu to not give up. *"Natsu! You are a Dragon Slayer!"* Natsu started to grit his teeth in anger of his own weakness. *"Do not forget the pride that comes with that title!"* but it turned into a grin. *"I, Igneel am with you!"*

…

The past Avatars tried to get Aang to keep fighting, but they couldn't do it. He shamefully kept his head down. Suddenly Aang felt a rough hand grabbing his wrist. *"What's taking you so long already?"* Aang turned and saw Natsu grabbing his wrist. *"How many times to I have to save your ass? You really want to stay here forever? Our friends are counting on us. Avatar or not, we have to beat this ghost controlling bastard!"* Aang remained silent for a short while before he responded.

"*You don't get it, everything we tried, failed. I failed!"* he exclaimed.

Natsu had enough and decided to let Aang have it. He then grabbed the chest part of Aang's outfit and brought him closer to his face. *"ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO LET HIM TO LET HIM DESTROY WENDY'S GUILD!?"*

Aang looked down for a second; his eyes couldn't be seen for a moment. He looked back at Natsu. "*I've been selfish…"* Aang clenched his fists as his arrows started pulsing. *"Every time this happens, I always blame myself… but not now. I'm done for regretting my mistakes, and I'm done letting my friends suffer for it!"* His airbender tattoos glowed bright white as he stood tall and looked at Natsu with a confident grin. *"I think I'm rubbing off on you."*

"*Now that you're done, let's get out of here already!"*

Aang nodded and his eyes shone bright white.

…

Back within the void, both Natsu and Aang were surrounded by bright gold auras. Aang outstretched his hands and the entire void turned white

Inside the second Lacrima, Gray was holding his ice bazooka. Toph stood beside him with a large piece of the chamber wall floating above her. "Now Toph, **Ice Cannon**!" Gray blasts his bazooka sending a large, solid ice projectile towards the Lacrima.

At the same time Toph stepped forward hard with her right foot and shot her left hand forward, quickly shooting the large piece of earth to the Lacrima.

…

Both Lucys threw held each other's hands while pointing Taurus' key forward. "GOOOOO!" both Lucys and Happy yelled.

Taurus launched to the lacrima with Sokka standing on his shoulder. "**Rampage**!" he exclaimed while spinning his large axe.

Sokka's blade was shining brightly. "Oh this better work!" he yelled.

…

"Sparkle to Infinity!" Ichiya exclaimed as he jumped to the lacrima with shining, sparkles following him. He punched the lacrima sending spider web-like cracks through it.

"Thanks for softening it up for me!" Ping exclaimed as she leaped up to the Lacrima after Ichiya. "This is for my new friends, and I will forever fight with them. **Purity Slash**!" her blade was shining bright blue as she got closer to the lacrima

…

Erza stood, ready destroy the lacrima. Katara on the other side was ready as well. "With this one blow, I will use up what remains of my magic power!" she performed a battle cry as she flew upwards

"Now's my chance!" Katara used the water that surrounded her lower half to push her up into the air. Her ice blades shone as she was about to slice through her target.

…

Wendy's cheeks were puffed as she was about to release all the energy she had built up."**Sky Dragon's Roar**!" a sky blue seal appeared in front of her mouth as she forced a large roar of air right through it.

Zuko saw Wendy's breath attack and he shot his lightning attack towards her air at an angle. The air and the lightning combined and the combination attack got closer to the sixth lacrima.

…

Zero was shocked, he saw a burst of gold and white energy sparking from the exact spot that he sent Natsu and Aang into the land of nil. "W-what the…" Zero gasped.

There was a burst of bright white light that made a very wide hole. Shadowy figures shot out of the hole, but they were instantly burned to a crisp by golden flames. Natsu and Aang were sprinting towards Zero with huge golden fire surrounding them. Outside the flames was a wave of gold air that made the flames even stronger.

"The golden flames… The Avatar State!?" Zero fearfully exclaimed as his eyelids grew very wide. As Natsu and Aang were moving towards Zero, the shadows were being burned up.

Natsu and Aang screamed and it sounded similar to a roar as the flames grew more and more intense. Natsu stepped forward and a figure of a red dragon talon stepped forward. Aang outstretched his hand and a dragon wing stretched out at the same time.

Both Natsu and Aang roared and an image of Igneel appeared behind them. Natsu ran forward with the gold flames following him. He landed a punch to Zero's face sending him flying back.

Aang quickly ran the pair of them and ran on the wall, jumped off and intense winds were surrounding him. Zero watched Aang come at him with gold winds surrounding his limbs. *"This power… this determination… That is the true power… of the Avatar!"* Aang kicked Zero in the chest, sending him back towards Natsu while flying upside down.

Natsu bashed his head on Zero's and used it to send him upwards. Aang and Natsu stood close together. A large, pure white dragon slayer appeared below their feet. "**Secret Dragon Slayer Art:**…" Suddenly water, large clumps of earth and air surrounded the growing golden fire.

The white seal shone brightly through the elements. "**AVATAR DRAGON: PHOENIX SPIRIT BLADE!**"

The swirling elements turned into a pillar of golden fire with large amounts of water, earth and air surrounding it. They shot upwards and the pillar followed them. The flames driving the pillar then turned white and the point where Natsu and Aang were flying, sharpened like an arrow and they both landed a punch on Zero's gut. His eyes had no pupils as the three of them speed through the floors that they fell through in the large chamber.

When the white fiery arrow burst through the floor of the main chamber, it swerved slightly and Aang and Natsu punched Zero's motionless husk on the lacrima, forcing cracks through the entire structure. The three effortlessly sped through the lacrima completely destroying it.

…

Gray shot his ice cannon and Toph threw the large piece of earth, their attacks hit the lacrima at the same time, instantly shattering it.

…

Sokka and Taurus slashed right through the lacrima while the two Lucys and Happy cheered behind them.

…

Ping sliced through her target while Ichiya was posing while in the air.

…

Erza and Katara slashed through the lacrima at the same time, Erza with a clean slice and Katara with her ice blades slashed slightly above Erza's spot. Their attacks shattered the fifth lacrima.

…

Wendy and Zuko's burst of electric air burst right through the lacrima, the blow back from the attack blew back Zuko, Wendy and Carla.

…

Outside, there were bright glints around the six legs of Nivana indicating that all six of the lacrima had been destroyed simultaneously. The points where the legs connected to Nirvana exploded, shooting heaps of dust into the air.

The structure itself was beginning to collapse since it lost its only power source. The guildmembers of Caitshelter looked on in shock as they watched the structure crumble before them.

…

Inside the second chamber, Gray looked around and noticed that the structure was shaking. "Did we do it? Everyone, at the same time?"

Toph punched Gray in the arm. "Nice work, ice-boy. Everyone looks to have done their part, but this whole place is coming down. So we need to get out of here!"

…

Gemini Lucy and Taurus hi-fived and Lucy had tightly hugged both Happy and Sokka while crushing the both of them. Happy didn't seem to mind while Sokka's face was turning blue.

…

"Good job, Ping." Ichiya said as he congratulated her.

She giggled in response. "I wasn't alone now was I?"

…

Katara's eyes went wide as she felt the structure shaking. "Is it coming down? Does that mean-?"

Erza nodded. "Those two did it." Katara then hugged Erza and Erza proceeded to pat her head.

…

Wendy and Carla had tears of joy falling down their faces as they had realized that their guild was saved. Zuko had knelt between them and he placed his hands on their heads.

"It stopped Wendy! It actually stopped!" Carla cried.

"Yep!" Wendy cheerily replied. "Nirvana has been stopped!"

…

Jellal watched as the chamber was falling apart, he smiled as he saw the defeated figure of Zero lying on his back. "Damn… that was one hard lacrima…" Natsu muttered as he wobbly rose to his feet.

"I think we should consult Zero on that one." Aang remarked. They both look to the defeated Zero. He was absolutely motionless.

"Haha, we make a pretty good team don't we?" Natsu said offering his fist to Aang who was back on his feet. He put his fist in front of Aang.

Aang smiled and he fist bumped Natsu. "Yeah I guess we do…" he agreed with him.

Nirvana continued shaking; only it got more violent. "Oh no, the whole place is shaking!" Natsu collapsed.

The ground below Aang crumbled and fell apart. He fell through the hole but his momentum stopped as Jellal had grabbed his wrist, saving him from the fall. "Jellal?"

"Don't worry I've got you!"

"I can airbend out of here. You can't! You have to leave!"

…

"I think we celebrated too soon!" Sokka as he stood by Lucy while she held Happy.

"Isn't this kind of dangerous?" Lucy questioned.

"It's falling apart!" Happy exclaimed.

Gemi and Mini floated to them. "Guess it'd be a good idea to escape." "If you don't you'll be crushed flat." The twin spirits warned.

"Yeah we can see that!" Sokka exclaimed. "You two, do you know any emergency exits to this place?"

"We can know what the people we've copied know…" "But we don't have an escape route from here in our memory." Sokka, Lucy and Happy looked at them with fear in their eyes. "I'm sure you'll be fine, though." "Good luck!"

The twins lightly bashed into each other and disappeared in a white puff of smoke that sent them back to the spirit world. Lucy, Sokka and Happy's eyes turned to white circles and they shivered as they watched the spirits leave.

"NO! DON'T LEAVE US!" they comically yelled.

…

Gray and Toph were sprinting from the halls that were crumbling down. "W-whoa!" Gray exclaimed while dodging falling rocks. "This ain't good at all!"

"No duh, ice-boy!" Toph tripped and she fell on her knee. She struggled to get back up as she held it.

"Hey, you okay?"

"Of course I am, why do you have to as- ack!" she didn't stand up fully and she tried to nurse her hurt knee.

"We don't have time for this." Suddenly Toph was picked up, Gray held her bridal style and her cheeks were bright red.

"Y-you better not tell anyone about this!" she angrily said.

"Whatever." Gray replied and he continued running down the long hall to escape the crumbling Nirvana

…

The floor in front of Katara and the unarmoured Erza fell through, leaving a large gap in front of them. "Hold on to me!" Erza said. She started to leap from the one falling rock to the next.

She leaped towards the solid floor but she saw that she wouldn't make it. Katara instantly thought of an idea. "Erza, hang on!" Katara then made the water flow out of her water skin and made a long, solid whip of water stretch to a hanging vine in the hall. She dragged herself and Erza right to safety and the both landed on their feet.

"Nice, quick thinking." They both looked to see the whole city was still shaking. "Let go."

Katara nodded and the pair continued their escape.

…

Ping and Ichiya were also escaping through the halls. "I'm coming my sweet honey!" he yelled as he was punching through the rocks that were falling toward him.

"Y-you're not talking about me are you?"

"I am referring to the beautiful Erza."

"Erza?" Ping asked "I don't think I've met her yet."

Suddenly a huge pile of heavy boulders fell on top of the muscular Ichiya, pinning him down and he collapsed to his back. "Ichiya!" Ping exclaimed. She ran over to him. "Are you okay, don't worry I'll get you out of here!" She dropped to her knees and tried to push the rocks out of the way since her magic was drained.

"No, you should leave! Don't worry about me, I'll find my way out, men!" he winked at her and a bright yellow glint shone in front of his right eye as he winked to her.

Ping looked at Ichiya while her hand was over her heart; she smiled warmly and looked down to him. "You know what, you really are a handsome man." She kissed him on his forehead and she got up and ran forward. "Good luck! I'll see you on the outside!"

…

Zuko meanwhile was carrying Carla under his left shoulder while he used his other hand to hold Wendy's hand as they ran through the collapsing building.

"I can run myself!" Carla exclaimed. While she was embarrassed that Zuko had to carry her.

"We'll get out faster this way. Nirvana's coming down by the second." Zuko countered.

Wendy tripped on a loose tile and she comically fell onto her face. Zuko and Carla immediately turned back, they saw Wendy getting up while holding her head.

Zuko took her hand. "Are you alright?"

"I-I think…" however they saw a large flurry of rocks falling down towards them and they had no time to get out of the way. Zuko protectively shielded Wendy from the falling boulders.

"**Rockiron Wall**!" they heard. Pillars of earth shot out from the ground and it completely covered the four of them, preventing the falling rocks from crashing down onto them.

Wendy stopped screaming when she realized that the rocks weren't going to hit her and she looked up to see Jura standing over them. "Jura!" she exclaimed.

"You're safe?" Carla asked.

"Unfortunately, it took time for me to recover my magic power. But now, we must evacuate with all haste!"

Zuko stood and shook Jura's hand. "Thanks for the save."

…

Gray was running as fast as he could while huge debris was falling around him. "Are we out yet!?" Toph asked, she was still being carried by Gray but was on his back.

"We're getting there!" Gray screamed as he saw the opening into the outside. He went for it and leaped high into air to get as far away from the building as possible.

"ARE YOU STUPID!?" Toph yelled as they flew out of the building. Gray and Toph rolled on the floor, Gray bounced a couple of times and Toph rolled. They both got to their feet and Toph rose the piece of ground the stood on to better control their decent down to the forest.

The slab of earth slid and crashed into a small rock formation. They flew over it and rolled onto their backs. They were panting as they lay down. Toph glared at Gray. "I swear, you're trying to kill us both."

"Hey, we got out didn't we?" he said while chuckling slightly. "What about the others? Toph can you feel them?"

"Over there."

She pointed to where they heard footsteps from their right. Erza and Katara were sprinting towards them.

"Erza!?" Gray exclaimed.

"Looks like you made it out sugar queen." Toph said sitting up.

It wasn't long before Ping emerged from the dust and when she got to them, she then panted while she had her hands on her thighs. "Looks like I made it…"

Erza is surprised as she turned to her. "Who are you?"

Ping nervously scratched her head. "Uh well… that's a bit hard to explain…"

"Then I'll explain it." Toph said. "She was one of the Fire Nation drones that followed us, but Nirvana turned her good, so she's harmless."

"Y-yeah, that's true!" Ping exclaimed.

Gray folded his arms. "So yeah, she's on our side now. Plus she helped us destroy Nirvana."

Katara and Erza walked to her. "U-uh… sorry for all that Fire Nation stuff…" she looked to Katara, "I know you still don't trust me, and after all I've done and said, I still probably deserve it. So that is why I'll accept any punishment you'll give me!" she said bowing in front of Katara.

Katara exhaled deeply. "No need for that… If you really were as evil as you were before, you wouldn't have helped us destroy Nirvana. Plus I can see you want to change, so… you're forgiven." Katara extended a hand for a handshake. Ping was pleasantly surprised but she hugged the waterbender, albeit tightly because Katara was struggling to breath.

"Thank sooo much! I promise I'll be nothing but good from now on!"

"T-that's great can you let go now!" Katara exclaimed while struggling to breathe,

"Erza!" they all heard, this voice made Ping drop Katara instantly but it also sent shivers up though everyone's spine, minus Ping. "Thank goodness you are safe!" They saw Ichiya approaching them, still muscular and he had several bumps on his head.

Erza, Toph, Katara and Gray were comically shocked because they thought he was a different person. Erza summons a spear and slightly backs away. Gray, Toph and Katara are getting ready to fight.

"Who are you!?" Katara angrily asked.

"Also… ew… you look horrible." Gray said.

Ping slid in front of him. "Everyone calm down. It's only Ichiya." Gray, Toph, Erza and Katara's eyes became white circles as they began to question this with a loud 'WHAT!?'

"B-but his footsteps don't *feel* like that tiny perv." Toph said.

Ichiya then lifted a vial. "Thanks to the power of my parfum, my body has changed." He popped open the vial and he began to pose in front of them. "But inside is the same me, unchanged even a bit!" he began to spin while the parfum he used healed all his wounds, and it made his glisten for some reason. "Ichiya, at your service!" he posed and pointed to them. Everyone, even Ping was unamused.

"I'm not the only one bothered by this, right?" Katara asked as Ichiya continued posing, occasionally changing his poses.

It wasn't long before Toph shot a boulder that shattered on Ichiya's face. He fell to his back. "Yo, Erza. You got a problem with that?"

"Not at all." Erza said in a low tone.

"That wasn't very nice!" Ping childishly exclaimed while waving her hand. She then had to quickly jump out of the way of a falling grandfather clock that had landed where she stood. The clock grew black arms and a face.

"'I'm going to throw up!' he says…" the clock said.

"AHH! Talking clock!" Ping pulled out one of her swords and Ichiya stood beside her.

"Men. A new enemy."

Though Erza, Gray and Katara recognized it,"Wait! That's…"

"Lucy's spirit!" Katara said.

Sokka and Lucy holding Happy exited Horologium, Sokka rushed to a nearby bush. "Out of my way!" he then threw up there and everyone cringed when they heard him.

"Thank you, Horologium!" Lucy thanked. "But when did you-"

"I passed through the gate under my own will." Horologium explained.

"Loke and Virgo do that all the time." Happy said.

Ping thought for a second. "Virgo… oh you mean that nice lady who saved me and made my new clothes?"

"Yeah," Lucy confirmed.

"Due to Lucy's magic power being greater than before, it has now become possible." the clock spirit explained. "I can now also cure lack of oxygen, bug bites, chapping of the skin, itchiness, and skinspots."

Erza was surprised by Horologium's sudden healing abilities. "Amazing! Even skinspots?"

"You hear that Lucy?" Toph started. "Sounds like you should go back in there." A cheeky smiled appeared on the Earth bender's face.

"What did I ever do to you?!" Lucy comically cried.

Zuko, Jura, Wendy and Carla were next to appear, they came running in. "Everyone, you're safe." Jura said.

"The he-cat, as well!" Carla noted.

"Looks like almost everyone is-" his eyes darted to Ping and he slowed down to a stop. Wendy stopped beside him.

"Zuko, what's wro-" he put his arm in front of Wendy to stop her from proceeding.

"What's *she* doing here?"

"Oh… uh Zuko… hi…" Ping said slightly lowering her voice.

"She's turned good now, she even helped destroy Nirvana." Gray said.

It didn't take long for Zuko to put the pieces together. "Let me guess, Nirvana?"

"Yep." Everyone said.

"Wait… where's Jellal, Natsu and Aang?" Wendy asked.

"No idea." Toph said shrugging her shoulders. "I can't feel them yet."

"I do not see them either." Ichiya said.

"Oh no!" Wendy cried.

"Y-you think they didn't make it out?" Ping asked fearing the worst.

"N-no, that can't be true. They had to have gotten out!" Katara said while turned to look for them.

Erza looked to the fallen Nirvana, hoping that the three got out in time. *"Natsu, Aang, Jellal… What are you doing?"*

Sokka walked a distance behind her. "Hey what's going o-" he was flipped onto his back as the ground below him softened into mud and grew. "I think I'm going to throw up again..."

Inside the lump of mud was Hoteye and he was holding Natsu and Jellal with his arms. Aang lay on his left shoulder. "Love will always save your friends, oh yeah."

"Sheesh… makin' us worried like that…" Gray said.

"Yay, they're safe!" Ping cheered.

Wendy tears up as she ran towards them. Katara followed after her.

Carla though was still confused by what she was seeing. "That's Hoteye. Why would a member of Oracion Seis…"

Jura chuckled. "It's just like with what happened with her." He said pointing to Ping. "But do not worry he's a friend."

Wendy ran to the two of them and instantly hugged them. "Y-you saved my guild." She started while tears of joy fell from her eyes. "Aang, you even kept your promise."

Both were slightly surprised but they both smiled afterwards. She let go of them. "Well we certainly didn't do it alone." Aang said.

"Yeah…" Natsu agreed with a toothy smile. "We all had the power, right?"

Aang glanced at Katara who was smiling back at him, this made him blush slightly. "Yeah, we all did, even you too Wendy." Aang said.

"Huh, even me?" Wendy questioned.

"That's right." Natsu replied. "Now this time, give me a happy high five!" he smiled again and Wendy could only look up to him in admiration.

"Sure!" she leaped up and gave Natsu a high-five. The gang was all together safe, and sound and they knew that they had won. Nirvana and the Oracion Seis was done for good and Caitshelter was saved.

Elsewhere in the forest, Kobu was on his feet and he was trying to escape. He was then shocked to find Dark Ping leaning against a tree. He recognized that she was in her old outfit while her hair was untied.

"Heh, that change didn't last long did it." He said.

Dark Ping's eyes slightly opened and she noticed Kobu looking down at her. "How humiliating, someone like you is looking down at me."

"Nice to see you're back to your old-self." Kobu sarcastically remarked.

"No… There are two of me… that ditzy one is the one that was effected by Nirvana. I on the other hand am the embodiment of who Ping is *supposed* to be!"

Kobu was slightly confused. "You lost me there."

"This isn't over. Come we must plot for the future." She got up but Kobu grabbed her shoulder.

"You're not going to like what I have to say, but we're punching *way* above our weight here. We can't beat Fairy Tail, not with just the four of us. I think we're better off finding a way out of this world, and your people just have to hope the Avatar remains trapped here."

Dark Ping was furious and she displayed her fury by stabbing an illusion katana through Kobu's stomach. The water bender fell to his knees in agony. Ping pulled the sword out. Kobu only bled out slightly, it wasn't enough to kill but he felt tremendous pain.

"We won't stop *unless* I say so! We have a score to settle and I swear on Ozai's great name, we will not leave until the Avatar is locked in chains, or sprawling in pain in front of me as I deal the finishing blow." Kobu leaned against the tree and looked up at Dark Ping. "You don't call the shots! I do! So you better be prepared to fight to the death, or so help me I'll kill you myself! Do I make myself clear!?"

"Yes…"

"Yes what…?" Dark Ping exclaimed getting close to Kobu's face. Scaring him,

"Y-yes ma'am…"

"That's right! I am sick of losing, so today will be the last time we fail. Because if you fail again…" she smirked as she noted Kobu's fear. "Well I don't need to finish that sentence now do I. Walk off that injury, weakling, and follow me!"

Kobu rose up, using the tree as leverage. After seeing that, he knew that there was something much different about her. She was more sinister, conniving, and unforgiving, but there was one emotion that stood out: Anger. Anger at her repeated losses to Fairy Tail and Aang, he could see that anger was fueling her desire, it was all she had left to hang onto.

"*If we don't defeat Fairy Tail soon… then… I'll be the one to pay the price."* After that scary thought, he began to think that maybe Ping was onto something. Maybe anger was the one thing that could push him forward to do what was needed. Plus he *wanted* to take his vengeance on the Avatar, maybe channelling his anger would be the thing that can drive him to finally achieving his goal. A sadistic smirk appeared on his face. *"Well if I die, then I die… but if I do go down… I'm taking the Avatar with me!"* and with that he followed Dark Ping both physically and mentally, no matter how unhealthy those thoughts were. He could finally see his goal, and there was only one way to reach it. He would have to start playing dirty.