So, guess who's back! I'm sorry this took so long to get out. I have started a job and school and now I am currently on break. However, I couldn't wait any longer! I needed to get this out! This is well, hopefully, will clear the Phantom Arc out of the way and lead to bigger and better things. I want to thank all of you for supporting and waiting for this to come out! Like I said I am sorry and I am going to continue this story, hopefully going to get the next chapter out soon. Anyway, shout outs!

G3r1k- Glad it makes sense, took a long time to get it that way! lol.

Jutten- Thanks so much! Hopefully, I can live up to the hype. I thought that was my best chapter so far! Hopefully, I'm getting better at explaining and playing Grimmjow's character. Look forward to you reviewing the next ones!

billykeo95- Thank you.

Fall2Glory- Thanks, I thought Grimmjow really wouldn't understand it right away either. Really the only way he would be able to is if and when he starts to experience that thing for himself. Glad it was a good fit. And no you aren't the only one.

Predection- Thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying it!

NxE092015- Thanks so much! I'm saying that a lot today.

SifTheGreat- Glad you are, I'm sorry it took so long for the next chapter.

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Anyway, thats all of them I believe. That's the most I have ever gotten! So lets get on to the final chapter of the arc!

The Killing Blow

Natsu and Happy, after bracing from the explosion, stood up and shook off the dust and dirt from their clothes and fur. The pink headed Dragonslayer coughed a bit clearing his lungs from the dust and rubbing his eyes. "What was that?!" He asked shocked and confused.

"I'm not sure, Natsu!" Happy replied before turning towards the end of the cannon that leads to the inside of Phantom Lords walking guild hall. "I think it has something to do with Grimmjow!" The cat guessed as he remembered the blue haired man had gone in before them.

Natsu's pushed his teeth together as his eyes filled with a tint of anger. "That jerk! Mouthing off our guild! Then taking all the fun for himself!" The dragon slayer pushed his fists together. "I think I have to punch some sense into him!" He also turned towards the other end of the cannon and began to run, Happy following close behind him. "Come on, buddy! Let's go!" He said as he reached the end.

"Wow." Was all Happy said in surprise as they looked around the room. It was still mostly filled with smoke from the explosion. There was cracks in the walls and the floor, not to mention a hole in the ceiling of the room.

"I can't see nothin'." Natsu said as he tried to see past all of the smoke. However, as the smoke started to clear more both him and Happy could make out a human shaped shadow. Through small holes in the smoke screen, they could make out the white jacket and the blue hair.

It seemed like Grimmjow was talking to himself. The noise of a laugh reaching the corners of the room. The laugh seemed to be filled with a certain tone that brought chills down both Natsu's and Happy's spines. The Dragonslayer brushed this feeling off and headed towards the floor.

"Hey! I got some things to say to you!" Natsu yelled at the Sexta Espada as he jumped from the end of the cannon into the room. Grimmjow didn't seem to pay much attention to him as he just slightly turned around. The mage walked towards him with his eyes filled with slight anger. "You take back what you said about our guild!"

This time, with the smoke, fully cleared, Grimmjow turned his whole body towards Natsu. His expression blank and seeming calm. His piercing deep blue eyes narrowed as the mage approached him. "Why should I? You going to make me?" Grimmjow asked, his blank expression changing slightly as his mouth formed into a small grin.

"Yeah! If I have to beat some sense into you I will!" Natsu said as he stopped in front of Grimmjow and also narrowed his eyes.

The Sexta in response began to laugh once more. This getting Natsu more angered than before.

"Hahaha!" Grimmjow laughed at Natsu, then in a moment stopped and looked. Studying the young Dragon slayers face. "Oh?" He said to himself as he could see that Natsu was very angered at the laughter from the Sexta.

"What's so funny! This is your guild too you know! You don't get the right to talk about Fairy Tail like that! Even if you're in it!" Natsu yelled as he continued to stare down Grimmjow his eyes filling with more rage. What pissed Natsu off the most is that despite everything Fairy Tail is about, Grimmjow seemed to care for none of it. Natsu's pride as a Fairy Tail mage wouldn't allow someone like that to walk all over what they hold dear.

"My guild too? Ha! What a load of bullshit! Do you really think I care about this guild and its members! I don't need anyone to fight my battles for me! I'm not weak! you saw what happened to Red! All of that for her precious friends, what a waste." Grimmjow said with a smile. He watched as Natsu's faced became enraged at the mention of Erza's injuries.

"You don't get to talk about Erza like that!" Natsu yelled, he clinched his fist together and ignited it in flames. "I'll just have to beat it into you, what Fairy Tail is really all about!" He yelled as he lunged at Grimmjow. The flame connected and causing a huge eruption of flames covering the area in front of him. Including the blue haired Espada.

However, when there was nothing but smoke left, Natsu went to bring his fist back only to find that he couldn't. As the smoke cleared blue piercing eyes dug deep into Natsu's skull as they were filled with bloodlust. The air almost seemed to get colder as the feeling washed over Natsu like he had been hit by a tidal wave. When he blinked he could see nothing but the blue aura of a raging beast waiting for its moment to strike at its prey.

He grabbed Natsu by his collar and lifted him up. Making sure to tighten his grip on his collar so it would almost choke him.

"Natsu!" Happy yelled as he charged at Grimmjow. Doing his best to try and save his best friend from this monster. However, the Sexta turned to look at the cat, freezing him with fear as his blue eyes were filled with bloodlust.

"Happy!" Natsu chocked out as he struggled against Grimmjow's grip.

"You listen to me. The only reason why I haven't snapped your neck is that it would be more costly for me to waste energy on a weakling like you. I will admit that your punch did sting. But," He tightened his grip once again. "If you get in my way one more time, you will wish you were dead." He said with a smile as he threw Natsu to the ground.

The Dragonslayer coughed as he rubbed his neck trying to get air back into his body. But, before Natsu could look up Grimmjow disappeared with a buzz of sonido. Leaving a shocked Natsu and Happy.

The Dragon Slayer got up and walked over to Happy. "You okay little buddy?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks, Natsu." He said as he stood up and used his wings to hover next to Natsu.

Natsu went back to thinking about the feeling he got when Grimmjow first grabbed him. He looked at his hands as he realized that they were shaking. But, he couldn't understand why. He wanted to fight back, he wanted to escape. But, it was like his body refused to listen to him, and now he was shaking. It wasn't like he was afraid or scared right now. But, almost like his body was instinctively scared. He closed his hand into a fist trying to hold back the slight shake.

"Are you okay, Natsu?" Happy asked bringing the Dragon Slayer out of his daze.

Natsu blinked a couple of times and shook his head. He turned towards his best friend and smiled. "Of course, let's go show Phantom what Fairy Tail is really made of!" He said, pushing aside his anger for the blue haired espada. He figured he would deal with it at another time. Right now, he was going to pay Phantom back times a hundred.

Grimmjow had used sonido to exit the room and move one floor up. To about the center of the walking guild hall. However, there was one thing on his mind besides Nnoitra and crushing him. It was that pink haired brat! Who did he think he was standing up to him like that! Telling him what to do! He should have and could have put him in his place, by crushing his skull into the ground.

However, the last thing he wanted and needed was the old geezer and Red nagging at him for hurting a member of their stupid guild. He wasn't really in the mood to deal with that, so he figured he just give him a good scare. Teach him who was at the top and why.

The Sexta's eyes scanned the room, however, he was looking past the walls for any signs of Nnoitra. He could sense multiple people inside the base other than himself. A handful of them being signatures from Fairy Tail. One seemed to be the Ice stripper, he was at the top close to another person. They seemed to be doing battle.

There was another two next to a faint and growing fainter signature. It seemed to be the white haired girl and someone else that he had seen at the guild but never really paid any attention to. Grimmjow believed his name to be Elfman or something really stupid like that.

Finally, it seemed that the pink haired brat and the blue cat were also with someone new. However, it seemed to him that Pinkie had a smaller signature than the other person. Meaning he was weaker, not sure by how much but it was obvious. Then, another signature was brought into Grimmjow's senses. One he knew all too well and one that had continued to annoy him.

It was that annoying woman, Red.

Grimmjow gritted his teeth and a small growl escaped his mouth. 'What is her problem! She's like a pest, no matter how many times I get her out of my way she comes back and does exactly that!' He thought as his anger began to build. He narrowed his eyes. 'I'll show them what it truly means to be strong.'

However, before Grimmjow could think on the matter for very long he could sense a familiar spiritual energy. One that he had been searching for, one that he was going to crush. A smile appeared on his face as his eyes moved to the spot in the room the energy was coming from.

"Whats wrong little kitty, looks like someone has pissed you off!" That cocky and irritating voice said up in the corner of the room.

"Hehe. I'm not pissed off at all, Nnoitra." Grimmjow said as he smiled and stood up straight. "I'm just looking forward to seeing your lifeless body at my feet." The Sexta continued to look towards the other Espada with a chilling but calm manner.

Nnoitra jumped down from his position on the ceiling and landed in front of Grimmjow. His scythe rested on his shoulder, a large smile also planted on his face.

"Is that so? Hehe, I was thinking the same thing about you." Nnoitra said as he lowered his weapon, resting it on the floor.

Grimmjow followed suit as he drew his sword and held it tight, either Espada moving as they stared down each other, smiling with bloodlust.

Soon both sides of the room began to flow with energy. One side was a light blue and was violently swirling around Grimmjow. The other side was a bright yellow, whipping and lashing out around Nnoitra. Both sides continued to raise their energy. Their clothes flowing inside the energy like a light breeze was hitting them.

In a blink of an eye, both Espada shot at each other. Their blades clashing and the different color energies colliding. This caused them to exploded outward and cover the inside of the room with a mixture of blue and yellow.

As Gray, Elfman, and Mira, continued to look over Erza after her short battle with Aria of the element four, the ground began to shake violently. The mages of Fairy Tail widened their eyes as they tried to keep their balance standing up.

"What is going on?" Gray asked as he looked at the ground.

"It must be the manliest of battles!" Elfman commented as he too was also looking at the ground. Wondering what type of battle was going on underneath them.

The members also notice a heaviness to the air and large energies nearby. Once again they were taken back by the sudden appearance of energies.

"Something big must be going down!" Gray said with a shocked look on his face.

Mira noticed Erza's look and adopted a look of question. "Erza, what is it?" She asked trying to figure out what the redhead knew.

"This energy, It's Grimmjow." She said, her voice dripping with shock.

The other mages stood there, their eyes widening.

"So this is what it feels like when he's going all out." Mira commented.

Erza narrowed her eyes, his power was different somehow. She couldn't put her finger on it but it seemed slightly stronger than when Grimmjow fought Nnoitra the first time. It didn't increase much, but if you look closely you can tell. However, Nnoitra's power was also considerably strong. He seemed to be ranked higher than the element four. She didn't know how Grimmjow would fare in this battle, he hadn't even recovered from his first injuries he received when he first showed up at the guild hall.

She didn't want to admit it, but she was worried about the outcome of the newest member of Fairy Tail.

The battle continued, as Grimmjow and Nnoitra both broke their hold and exchanged a few slashes and both began standing there, staring each other down. They narrowed their eyes as Grimmjow had a face of determination, while Nnoitra had a mocking tone.

The Sexta dashed forward and brought his blade down on Nnoitra. However, the latter brought his scythe like weapon up and blocked his slash, sparks flying. Grimmjow spun around and kicked Nnoitra in the side, sending him into the wall across the room. As the blue haired man to went advance Nnoitra met with him halfway and smacked him with the flat side of his blade. Sending him into the wall.

Nnoitra jumped at Grimmjow, slashing horizontal, but before the strike could reach Grimmjow dunked and the blade went across the wall. The Sexta brought up his hand and charged a red cero, pushing it into the chest of Nnoitra and sending him across the room with an explosion. From within the smoke, a yellow tint was being emitted as a yellow cero from Nnoitra was being charged.

Grimmjow raised his hand once again and both cero's clashed, causing an outward explosion and throwing smoke up into the air. Grimmjow's eyes darted to one side to the smoke to the other, trying to determine where Nnoitra was coming from. At the last second, Grimmjow raised his blade behind his head and caught the scythe like weapon.

In the smoke, all you could see was a fury of multiple flashes of sparks and the sound of metal crashing against each other. A final strike was heard, louder than the rest as both weapons locked in a power struggle.

"Looks like your getting tired, Grimmjow. Don't slow down, or you'll find yourself dead!" Nnoitra said putting more strength behind his blade pushing Grimmjow back a bit.

"Hehe, guess again!" Grimmjow yelled as he sidestepped the blade and let it crash to the ground. He swiped his blade across Nnoitra's side under his arm and the blade slowly cut threw, making a scraping sound of metal as he continued to do so.

Grimmjow stood up and turned around, swiping the air to get the smoke of his vision. Nnoitra held his side as blood was seeping in between his fingers. He turned around as well and stood up, showing the full extent of the wound.

"Looks like you got lucky," Nnoitra's eyes narrowed. "It won't happen again!" He yelled as he threw his scythe at Grimmjow. The sound of the chain jingling as it extended.

The Sexta brought up his sword and blocked the blade, jerking his sword forward causing the blade to lose its momentum and fall to the floor. Grimmjow took this opportunity and charged forward. He unleashed a fury of swipes and strikes at Nnoitra. The latter managed to dodge most of them, only allowing a couple of scratches and cuts to land.

A smile appeared on Nnoitra's face as he yanked at his chain, the scythe coming flying back towards him. Grimmjow's eyes jumped to the side and he tried to move out of the way, but it was too late and it had already cut the side of his chest. He jumped back trying to get some distance, but Nnoitra had already begun to charge a cero once more, he fired it and before Grimmjow could counter it, the blase connected.

When the smoke cleared Grimmjow was leaning into the wall as his body was sent flying into it. He slowly raised himself from the rubble and stood up. Wiping some of the blood away from his eyes and narrowing them at Nnoitra.

In a blink of an eye, Grimmjow used sonido to appear behind Nnoitra, however, once he raised his blade to strike Nnoitra used his sondio and disappeared before the blade could connect. The Sexta looked around the room before seeing Nnoitra flying down at him from above, his scythe raised high above his head. Grimmjow used sonido once again to move out of the way as Nnoitra was sent into the ground.

Grimmjow in response, as Nnoitra was recovering from his missed attack, sent a cero towards the 5th Espada. Nnoitra jumped into the air dodging the cero, but in the air Grimmjow was waiting behind him already reading his moves. He placed a kick into Nnoitra's back and sent him into the ground. As he laid face down the Sexta went to bring his sword down on him, but the 5th espada rolled out of the way and jumped back.

Grimmjow giving Nnoitra no time to think, ripped his blade from the ground and looked up.

"Don't get ahead of yourself Grimmjow! You're too weak to beat me!" Nnoitra yelled as he threw his scythe once again through the heavy smoke screen, created by the multiple attacks to the walls and the ground.

"I'll show you weak, bastard!" Grimmjow yelled as he dodged the scythe and grabbed the back of the weapon behind the blade. He yanked the weapon towards him, pulling Nnoitra closer to him. He brought back his free hand with his sword in it and threw his own sword while Nnoitra was getting pulled closer.

The 5th Espada having no time to react because of the smoke in the air was struck by the sword as it pulled him back the way he came into the wall. The handle of the Sexta's sword sticking out of Nnoitra's chest.

"Gah!" Nnoitra spit as blood leaked from his mouth. Grimmjow walked towards the other espada as he was stuck to the wall.

The Sexta grabbed his weapon and yanked it out of Nnoitra, letting him fall to the ground and on to his knees. He grabbed his chest as it leaked blood and coughed up some more.

He looked up into Grimmjow's eyes, he wasn't gloating, or bragging, he was just staring.

"You always wanted to die in battle," Grimmjow said raising his hand and letting it glow a red. "Now you get your wish."

"I'm glad you understand, I can see it in your eyes. That's why we never got along, we were always to similar. We are true warriors. We don't need a purpose to fight, fighting is our purpose. We want to get stronger to fight the strongest opponents. However, I wish to live in war and battle. You, wish to crush everyone and prove your strength. No mercy, even for the losers." Nnoitra said as he looked up at Grimmjow.

Grimmjow continued to look down at his 'comrade'. "You're right."

The cero discharged and then Nnoitra's body fell limp to the ground. Grimmjow noticed the smile on his face before he killed him. He lowered his hand and placed his sword in his sheath. "You were strong. . . not strong enough. You got what you deserved, that's what you get for messing with the King!"

Grimmjow's eyes moved over to his weapon, laying on the ground without a purpose. The Sexta walked over to it and reached down, picking the weapon up and slinging it over his back. 'There's one, just one more to go.' He thought as a smile appeared on his face. He searched the remaining area and found a group of energy signatures. Three of them were faint and the other two seemed to be fighting, one larger than the other. He knew exactly who these people where. He was going to visit them.

Standing in the center of what seemed to be the 'throne' room sort of speak was Erza Scarlet, S Class mage of Fairy Tail, wearing her Black Winged Armor that granted her increased offense and the ability to fly. On the other side of the room, across from Erza was Jose, Master of the Phantom Lord guild and one of the Ten Wizard Saints. The most powerful wizards on the continent.

As the building began to shake and the magic energy of a certain pink headed Dragon Slayer stuck out like a sore thumb, both Erza and Jose took different looks at the situation.

Jose with an annoyed but also amused look on his face chuckled. "My, what an unruly dragon you have." He said commenting about the curtain shaking of the building.

Erza, on the other hand, wasn't looking too good. Despite still being able to get up after taking a full shot from the Jupiter Canon and fighting the strongest member of the Element Four, she was holding her own pretty good. But, her body was becoming heavy with fatigue and her breathing even heavier. She held her sword ready in front of her even with all these injuries.

She had scanned the building with her mind trying to find out the victor of the battle between the Espada. No matter own many times she searched she couldn't find either Grimmjow's or Nnoitra's energies. She had hoped that Grimmjow was just suppressing his energy after the battle. She had to admit that they were both admitting a huge amount of energy and their battle was destructive. But, she was also preparing for the worse. If he didn't win, she would be the one to deal with Nnoitra.

Erza's eyes darted across the room to see her three friends and comrades, Gray, Mira, and Elfman laying unconscious. She turned back and continued to focus on Jose. "He may be unruly but he's also an extremely powerful wizard. In fact, I'd say that he's just as strong as me, if not stronger." Erza said lowering her weapon, ready to strike.

"Heh. There's no need to be so modest, Titania Erza. Your magic is just as spectacular as Salamander's. You're the first wizard who's ever been able to last this long against me in battle. Truth be told, we'd be more equally matched in power if you hadn't taken a direct hit from the Jupiter cannon earlier today." The Master's eyes narrowed. "You know what really irks me about Fairy Tail? The fact that there are so many powerful wizards like yourself who are aligned with Makarov." Jose made his hand into a flicking motion and shot it. The energy hitting Erza and throwing her into the wall.

Jose opened his hand and at the tips of his fingers glowed his purple magic. "Since you can't be tempted to join Phantom, there's only one way to change that." He began to shot off his powerful magic into the room, causing small explosions. Erza jumped up into the air to dodge but Jose was ready. "Kill you!" He screamed. As he began to shoot off his magic Erza continued to dodge.

Just before he was about to continue, the sound of metal scraping on the ground could be heard. The air became thick and Jose and Erza turned around towards the door to see who it was. Due to the recent blasts of magic from Jose, smoke was blocking the door so no one could see who it was.

The shadow shape of a human could be seen, that person reached on their back and pulled out a scythe. One Erza knew all too well. She lowered her head as she thought Grimmjow had lost the battle, however, the person threw the scythe to the ground in front of Jose and Erza.

"Hm? What is this?" Jose asked as he looked at Nnoitra's scythe on the ground.

"You know what that is." The familiar voice of Grimmjow said as he stepped out of the smoke and into the line of sight of both wizards.

Erza's eyes widened as she was surprised Grimmjow had won, also she noticed the condition of his body. It was scraped and cut, with dry blood covering his uncovered upper body. His white jacket tore and cut, the right sleeve being shorter than the left and the jacket's length also being shortened. The bandages from his previous fights were ripped and his old wounds opened. However, none of the cuts seemed to be bleeding, despite how new they were.

"Nnoitra is dead." The Sexta said getting both surprised reactions from Erza and Jose. "I killed him."

Erza's face seemed to go pale. Despite taking life before, and doing so while she was in Fairy Tail it also put a burden on her shoulder. Taking of another living beings life was something that shouldn't be done unless absolutely necessary. But him, Grimmjow, he said it was no burden at all. Like killing was second nature.

"Oh? Hahaha! Who would have known, to think you? The 6th actually beat the 5th. What a surprise. It would seem that Nnoitra wasn't as strong as I thought," Jose's eyes narrowed. "Especially if he lost to you."

Grimmjow narrowed his eyes as his head went to his sword. He drew his sword and looked at the Guild Master. "We'll see how well you talk without a head, it seemed to work for Nnoitra," He said with a menacing tone. Erza looking over at him with her eyes widened.

"Come, boy. Show me how weak you are!" Jose yelled as Grimmjow narrowed his eyes once more.

"I'll show you weak!" Grimmjow yelled as he charged Jose, raising his sword above his head.

"Grimmjow, Wait!" Erza cried as she tried to get the hot headed espada to wait. There was no way that Grimmjow in his current condition could fight a Wizard Saint!

Grimmjow brought his sword down only for Jose to smoothly move to the side. The Sexta brought his sword up and swung it across in a horizontal motion. Jose once again moved away from the strike. The blue haired espada used a fury of quick strikes to try and catch the guild master. However, despite the speed that Grimmjow was using, Jose blocked every single one of them.

Jose moved out of the way of the final blow and brought his hand up in the same flicking motion. He shot it at Grimmjow's forehead point blank, sending him flying into the wall.

"My, my, is that is?" Jose asked as he put his hands behind his back once more. "I thought the great Sexta Espada would be more of a challenge than that. What a disappointment." The guild master stated as Grimmjow arose from the rubble of the wall.

"Grimmjow stop! You can't beat him!" Erza said trying to plea with the blue haired man.

"Shut up!" He yelled as shot out of the rubble and back towards Jose. "If you want power! I'll show it to you!" He screamed as he raised the blade over his head only for Jose to move out of the way once again.

The Guild Master then spun around, grabbing Grimmjow's face and slamming him into the floor. Making sure to drag him across it for a couple feet before holding him there.

"Like I said," He raised Grimmjow up so he was kneeling in front of him, holding him by his neck. "Disappointment."

Grimmjow pushed his teeth together in anger and shot up. Headbutting Jose on the chin, loosening his grip and letting go of the Sexta.

"Gah!" Jose said as he held his face where Grimmjow head butted him. He looked at the Espada with nothing but pure rage.

"You think you can toy with me! You bastard! I'll make sure you eat those words! I am the King!" Grimmjow yelled as Jose looked on with pure anger.

"You dare disrespect me! The Guild Master of the strongest guild in Fiore! You think you can stand up to me!" Jose raised his hand and began to charge his purple magic in the center. "I'll show you want it truly means to be powerful! Now die!" He yelled as a massive wave of purple magic shot at Grimmjow.

"Grimmjow, look out!" Erza screamed as she seen the huge wave of magic. She wasn't too fond of Grimmjow but he was a Fairy Tail member, and doing what he was doing was nothing but suicide!

The Sexta looked up to see that the blast was right in front of him. He had no time to react as the blast connected and exploded. Throwing energy and rubble everywhere. The ground began to shake and crack some more at the magnitude of the blast. Erza looked back at the area now covered with smoke. As the smoke began to clear you could see Grimmjow, on his hands and knees. Blood dripping from his body at a constant rate.

His upper body now completely exposed with his jacket completely gone. His breaths heavy and his usual spiky blue hair now fallen in front of his face.

"Damn, damn, damn damn!" Grimmjow breathed out in between each deep breath as blood dripped from his wounds. 'Was that all I was worth! Two hits! I couldn't even hit him once!'

"Are you trying to kill yourself Grimmjow!" Erza yelled trying to get some sense into him.

"Shut up." He said quietly, Erza ignored him and continued.

"Stop and think this through! You can't win like this!" She yelled again.

"I said shut up!" He yelled back this time so loud she stayed quiet. He clenched his hands into fists grabbing pieces of rock. "I don't care what it takes! I'll rip off my own limbs if I have too! I'll win my own way! I'll choose my own fate!" He began to stand up. Wobbling back and forth trying to keep his balance. "Most of all, I'll keep fighting no matter what! I'll never give up! Everyone else can quit, give up, I'll keep fighting! I'll use my own power! I'll survive like I always have! That's what warriors do! That's what it means to be strong!" he yelled as he stood up looking Erza in the eyes.

Erza looked shocked for a moment before closing her eyes. 'I see now, I think I understand you a little Grimmjow. Even if I don't like how you act or agree with what you believe in, as a fellow member of Fairy Tail and more importantly a fellow swordsman I can respect your pride.' She opened her eyes and seen Grimmjow looking at Jose, not wavering. 'I can respect your will to fight.'

"How touching, too bad it will get you nowhere. The strong are born with power and stay strong while the weak stay weak. That's how it is. I will give you this, you are stubborn, but you've proven nothing but that you are a pain in my ass." Jose said, Grimmjow narrowed his eyes.

The Sexta looked to see that his sword was still over by Jose. He lifted his hand up to his mouth and bit the palm of his hand. Blood began to drip as Erza and Jose looked at Grimmjow with a questioning look. He points his hand forward and placed his left hand on his right, bracing his arm.

"What are you doing, boy?" Jose asked as he continued to stare at Grimmjow.

Blue energy began to collect at the center of Grimmjows palm. It formed into a ball that seemed to be drawing the energy from every direction. The room took on a blue tint as the energy continue to gather, a gust of wind started to blow as well.

Erza looked at the energy with her eyes widened. 'That's a lot of energy gathering in one spot! What is this attack.'

The energy ball reached a top and stopped gathering energy. "I'm about to show you the strongest cero, only accessible to the espada." Grimmjow tightened his grip on his arm and smile. "Now, die! Gran Rey Cero!"

The Gran Rey Cero jump to one side of the room to another before centering and connecting with Jose. The guild master brought up his hands to stop the attack as it continues to push against him. The blast became a constant flow of energy and began to push harder.

'I'm putting everything I have into this attack! I have to win!' Grimmjow screamed in his mind as he began to pour every ounce of energy he had into the Cero blast. Finally running out of energy to feed on, the Cero exploded, throwing a heavy gust of wind and smoke into the air, the room once again began to shake and more pieces of the building began to fall.

Grimmjow stood there, his breathing heavy once more. However, to prove the fact that he was indeed out of energy his hollow mask and hole began to disappear, resulting in his body going into his 'passive' state.

'What a powerful attack!' Erza thought as she looked at the damage done. Her eyes went to Grimmjow. 'I can tell he put everything he had left into that attack, but to think he wasn't even at full power, to begin with.'

The noise of clapping could be heard as when the smoke began to clear, Jose stood there, his clothes ripped but no physical damage. "That actually hurt, too bad it wasn't enough." Jose said as he narrowed his eyes at Grimmjow. He reaches his hand forward as purple magic wrapped around Grimmjow's neck pulling him up into the air.

"Grimmjow!" Erza yelled as she decided she waited long enough and charged at the Guild Master. However, she was met with the same fate as Jose grabbed her too with the same magic.

The guild master tightened his fist and electricity shot through their bodies causing overwhelming pain. With Grimmjow's power completely gone, his herrio was barely in effect, making the electricity do more damage than it normally would.

Both mages began to scream in pain as he continued to electrify them. "I hope you guys are ready! You are going to make an appearance before your peers! Once they see their beloved Erza and tough as nails Grimmjow yelling in such a nice tone they'll no doubt surrender to us!" Jose yelled as he continued to shot pain through their bodies.

"If you think I'm going to scream for you, you're mistaken! I don't kneel to anyone!" Grimmjow yelled as he tried his best to fight the pain.

"Oh? Then I'll make you!" Jose yelled increasing the amount of magic shooting through their body.

A loud crack of thunder could be heard before a warm and bright light appeared behind Grimmjow and Erza. Erza looked in surprise as she instantly knew exactly who was there. While Grimmjow, on the other hand, continued to look on in a bit of shock as to who was there and why.

A white light covered their bodies and gave them back a small portion of stamina, enough to at least stand. The armor that Erza was wearing despite being broken was slowly getting put back together by the same light. The bleeding on most of Grimmjow's wounds stopped as the light helped him activate his herrio.

"But, how?" Erza asked as the light slowly brought them back down to the ground.

"The hell do you mean?" Grimmjow asked as he looked over to Erza.

Jose looked behind them and narrowed his eyes, smiling as he did so. Both Grimmjow and Erza turned around to see the Master of Fairy Tail, standing atop a pile of rubble. His arms crossed and his tone serious.

"You have shed the blood of our children. That is unforgivable. They have been made to suffer because of the incompetence of their parents. We are both to blame Jose. This war between us has gone on long enough. Let's end this here and now!" The old man yelled as he looked down on Jose.

Erza wiped a tear from her eye. "Master." she commented.

Jose smiled and began to raise his energy. "If we fight it could create a catastrophe!" He said his eyes now black and his purple magic swirling around him.

The master of Fairy Tail summoned his magic with a loud crack of thunder. "In order to save my guild, I will gladly take that risk!"

The two mages continued to stare each other down, continuing to raise their magical power. Both Erza and Grimmjow looked at the scene with shock.

'What is this power!' Grimmjow thought as he looked at the scene in front of him. He clenched his hand into a fist as he filled with rage once more, his body barely able to keep up with his emotions. 'This is the highest wall! The last barrier to overcome'

Jose fired a large magic spell at Erza. The master of Fairy Tail used his magic to get in the way and stop the spell.

"You kids need to get out while you can!" He yelled holding Jose's magic at bay.

"No way! I'm staying here and kicking his ass!" Grimmjow stated standing up and smiling.

"Grimmjow, there's no time for games! You need to leave now!" Fairy Tails master yelled, Grimmjow looked over and narrowed his eyes.

"Tch, fine. At least kick his ass." Grimmjow said as the Master nodded. The Sexta walked over to his sword and grabbed it, putting it in his sheath. However, once he went to walk he noticed the roaring pain that shot through his body.

"Here." Erza said as she threw his arm over her shoulder helping him walk.

Grimmjow looked at her for a moment and went to take it off. "I don't need your help! I can walk on my own!" He yelled.

"We can argue about this later, right now we need to move!" Erza said extending the wings on her armor and moving towards the rest of the Fairy Tail members.

"Erza, we need to stay and help!" Gray yelled as he looked over to the Master of Fairy Tail. '

"If we stay we will only get in his way. He can handle this, I have faith." She said as both Elfman and Mira walked out first. Then Gray, followed by Erza helping Grimmjow.

"Just get this over with, I don't want to be this close to you." Grimmjow commented as the group quickly made it way down the robot and towards the shore.

"This isn't a cake walk for me either. I don't like this any more than you do, however, I do owe you." Erza said as she continued to help Grimmjow walk. However, surprisingly he was still and not struggling anymore. She looked over to check on him and she noticed that he was hanging his head low, his hair covering his eyes.

She stopped at the edge of the shoreline with the rest of the group. "What's going on?" Gray asked as he noticed Erza not moving. He looked to see Grimmjow staying still with his head hung low. "Hey, Grimmjow! What's going on!" He asked as he moved closer.

"It's alright, I think he just fell unconscious. It would seem that the only thing keeping him awake was his will, nothing more." She said as she gently lowered him to the ground.

Gray watched as Erza placed him on the ground. His body falling limp but his breath steady. "He looks pretty banged up." Gray commented looking at the condition of the Sexta.

Erza nodded. "I'm surprised he lasted this long. He had a pretty costly battle with Nnoitra and then went on to take on Jose. He even withstood a powerful blast from the Wizard Saint head on." Erza narrowed her eyes at him. "He has an ironclad will, I'll give him that."

Gray looked down at him with surprise. "Wow, who would have known he could handle so much damage and keep fighting." Gray turned back to the destroyed Phantom guild hall. "Now, all we have to do is wait for Gramps to finish this up." He said.

"Yeah, it won't be long now." Erza commented as she could feel a large amount of Magic Energy gathering inside the Guildhall.

It would be over soon.

The battle with Phantom ended quickly after everyone's escape. Natsu had defeated the Iron Dragonslayer Gajeel and Grimmjow had defeated Nnoitra. The Master of Fairy Tail finished it up with Fairy Law, a powerful spell that used ancient light to extinguish all that the caster thought of as an enemy. With that the rune knights from the magic council to investigate the fight between the two guilds.

For the next 4 hours of the day, they questioned members of Fairy Tail. The ones that were in some sort of manageable condition. The rest were given a couple of days to rest and heal before their questioning. At the end of the day, Grimmjow was brought to Lucy's house to rest. Gray's house was too small and Natsu's was far and messy. Fairy Hill's was only for women, so Lucy's was the only option.

Erza agreed to stay there to make sure he didn't cause too much problems for the blonde. Soon after the Master himself came to check on.

"How is he doing, Erza?" The old man asked as he approached the bed.

"He is well, Master. His condition has improved surprisingly over the last day. I'm sure he will be on his feet in no time." The redheaded knight commented as she stood next to the Master. "Like I said before, I was surprised that he lasted as long as he did. It would seem he is a lot more willful than anyone could have guessed."

The Master looked down at the now bandaged Grimmjow. "Hmm, yes it would seem so. It would seem that this one as a lot of potential, so much, in fact, I'm not sure if he will ever stop growing."

Erza turned to look at the Master. "What do you mean, Master?" She asked.

"Well, think of it this way. We know Natsu will be a powerful mage some day. He will become more powerful than you and even me. Grimmjow is the same way, despite this, we also don't know the extent of his full power now. I'm sure you noticed it didn't you, his small power increase that he got after his first battle with Nnoitra." The Master commented as he continued to look at the blue haired Espada.

Erza turned to the blue haired man as well. "I did, now that you point it out. I just thought that in his first battle he was holding back."

"No, not likely." The master commented before closing his eyes and continuing. "Grimmjow wanted nothing more than to defeat Nnoitra for what he did to him. I'm sure he was using close if not, the full extent of his power at the given moment."

Erza turned back to the Master with a bit of shock on her face. "So how did he get stronger without training in the time span of a couple hours?" She asked quite confused herself.

"As I said, Grimmjow's potential is unimaginable. The boy has infinite of it to grow and become stronger, and we know he has the will to do it. It would seem that to further my point, whenever Grimmjow is defeated by a stronger enemy his body adapts and grows to that stronger power. Increasing his strength for the next battle." The master commented.

"Are you serious?!" Erza commented quite shocked by the comment. "But, how is that possible? Do you really think he has such potential?" Erza asked as she studied the Master.

"Yes, I know he does. We have both seen it plenty of times. Think about how much stronger he has gotten in the past couple of days since he got here." The Master commented getting Erza to look back down and think.

'He's right. When he first got here I didn't think him to be anymore stronger than the common mage. However, he went toe to toe with a Wizard Saint and managed to land a hit, something that I couldn't even do easily.' Her eyes drifted to Grimmjow.

"Right, well." The master said as he continued to walk towards the door. "Come and get me when he wakes. There are some things we must discuss." The old man said before walking out of the room.

Erza nodded and turned back to Grimmjow. Thinking about what he had said when he was fighting Jose. 'Who knew that there was a side of you like that. At first, I thought of you as nothing but a battle focused arrogant jerk, who only ever thought about himself. But, the words you spoke were not that of a self centered person. They were that of a respectable warrior.' She leaned forward her mind thinking about a thousand things at once. 'What type of person are you really, Grimmjow.'

Okay and thats it. Hopefully, it was worth the wait and I am sorry again it took so long. A couple things before ending this that I want to make clear in the chapter. The whole, every time he is beaten he gets stronger isn't something that I ripped off from DBZ, it was actually stated I believe in the novel focused on the Espada and Shuhei. Of course, that's what I was told I haven't had the time to read it myself and honestly it makes sense. At this point, Grimmjow isn't going to wake up and be all buddy buddy with Erza and everyone. He still doesn't understand the full meaning of Fairy Tail. He joined the war for his own purposes. So don't worry he isn't converted yet. The moment against Jose was a look into his purpose of battle, not to make everyone be like, oh alright he is good with us now. No, considering all of them as friends will take time. Grimmjow and Natsu weren't using their full power. Natsu just threw a punch, not even a full powered one. So don't get upset thinking that in this time in the story Grimmjow is already too op and his power is rushed. Eventually, he will be stronger than Natsu when he has access to his release form once again. Right now they are about equal.

Anyway, that is really it. Leave a review and let me know what you thought. Peace!