The Tale of the Two Brothers Arc

Etherious Natsu Dragneel

Hello, sorry for the late update, my editor was procrastinatingXD Btw, did you hear about the Dragneel Brothers Week Prompts!!!!! Did you read today's new chapter...THE ZERVIS •le dies*

"NO!" Zeref shouted as he jumped, the memory...again he shall be the cause of his little brother's death. Again...

The sword pierced through Zeref's chest, right through his heart, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" He screamed in excruciating pain. His body arched violently, reverting from the shock of the blow. Blood shot out of his wound like a fountain, spilling over Zeref's pale skin. He collapsed on to the ground, unmoving. The vines around Natsu withered away. Jumping back onto his feet, Natsu staggered towards Zeref. Gray couldn't believe his eyes, why? Why did Zeref sacrifice his life... he noticed a book a few feet away from him.

His hand itched...E.N.D...

"Zeref!" Natsu ran by his side and turned him over partially onto his back. He placed his ear to the wizard's chest.

Sarre peeked beneath her hair, she needed to leave, phase one was over. Hopefully, everything will as planed. She slowly got up to her feet.

"Teleport!" and she was gone.

Natsu grabbed the handle of the sword, he had to remove it. He was just about to pull, the sword started to vibrate, as if it was trying to extract itself. Suddenly, the wound lit up and shot a beam of light into the sky. Zeref's body lurched as the dark energy ripped out of his body. The sword flew up into the air in some unknown direction. The beam thinned...

KABOOM

A huge explosion followed, sending Team Natsu flying. Gray clutched the book closer as he too was tossed into the air.

Lucy and Wendy fell to the ground first, followed by Erza, Carla, Happy, Natsu and finally Gray. He landed on his back with the book grasped close to his heart.

Even with the searing pain and wounds he suffered didn't matter to Gray, what mattered was that he finally achieved his goal. A smug smile spread across his face, the demon END was now in his hands. All he had to do was to destroy i–

"GRAY WATCH OUT!" Lucy shouted,

Gray turned his head to see a glimmer in the sky. The Blackened Sword was heading right for him. Instinctively, Gray held out the book as the sword reached him. It cut clean through...cover to cover. The book shook in Gray's hands as a green magic circle materialized and shattered. Hurling out of his hands, the book flew up and the sword shattered.

"NOOOO!" Gray screeched.

"WHAT DID YOU DO!!!!" Erza and Carla shouted at him as they spotted the book.

"It's...E.N.D...NOT NOW!" Tears formed in Gray's eyes, "No...NO!"

"DON'T LET IT OPEN!" Commanded Lucy.

"ALREADY ON IT!" Happy leapt into the air and flew towards the book.

Alas, he was too late. The scarlet book snapped open, releasing a huge surge of energy sending Happy hurling back to the ground. Natsu froze, what was this feeling...as if something was calling him. Everything around him stilled. All sound in this world vanished, the only important thing was him and that book. A pebble on the ground rattled. Suddenly the entire mountain began to shake like the entire place has been thrown into a blender. Unimaginable power stirred inside of Natsu, wanting to come out.

"AHHHHHHH!" He hollered as excruciating pain surged through him. Black spots appeared in his blurry vision. His head exploded with images, his mind felt like it was going to detonate. A white light blinded him.