I do not own Fairy Tail. So here's the last chapter. It's not perfect, but it's not awful. Side note, I do plan on writing more stories with Gray as a hero. If some of you are following me and it says the character in the story is just Gray, it's one of those stories. If it says Gray and someone else, you probably won't be as interested (unless you're a pervert of something, I don't know). Unless it says different in the description, it's probably going to be a romance of something. Any-who, enjoy!

Gray forced his head as far to the right as he could, gritting in pain as his shoulder tore under the bone pinning him in place. The wave of magic sliced across his collarbone, narrowly missing his throat as the skin shred in pieces. Warm blood trickled down his pale skin, staining bright red in the process.

"Don't squirm. You'll only cause unnecessary damage to our body."

A low growl came from Gray's throat at the word "our." The ice mage twisted his shoulder some more, trying to free himself. More blood gushed out in response. Zeref let out a sigh somewhere between irked and contentment as he raised his hand for another blow. The ice mage gave one more jerk and the bone trapping him came loose. Skin tore off his shoulder, leaving only ripped muscle where skin should have been visible. He tumbled to the ground in time to miss the next attack.

Gray held the now bloody mass of his free chest. Heated blood pooled in his hand and dripped between his fingers, spilling more of the precious liquid keeping him alive. Zeref twitched an eyebrow, obviously annoyed at the fight the ice mage was still trying to out up. Gray brought his hands together to form an iced shield. The dark mage sliced across the freshly formed ice, shattering the ice as easily as Gray had made it.

"You know Gray, if you give me your body it would be the same as you having the greatest power in existence. Not many mages dare say they are as strong as me. Those who do are fools. You can be as strong as me. You just have to let me use you for a time."

Gray dived, missing another death wave. "You hurt Fairy Tail. I can't forgive that."

Zeref grew vexed every passing second. It wasn't the matter of killing Gray, it was a matter of not destroying his body. A smirk tried to creep its way across Zeref's face as an idea crept across his face. "Did this so called family of tours ever tell you exactly how you died?"

Gray froze for a moment. He had asked a few times, but they never said anything. Something about it being painful to think about. "I-"

"It's because they didn't care that you did." The dark mage took one step closer to the stilled ice maker. "Why fight for a family that doesn't want you. Just leave them behind."

"But that's not-"

"Fairy Tail isn't worth fighting for. I am." Zeref stretched a hand out to the ice mage, death magic swirling around the open palm.

Gray felt his breath catch in his throat. True, the mages had the guild hadn't told him the exact details, but…

A scream ripped from his throat as Zeref clasped the ice mage's hand with his own. Magic bit into his skin. It was like someone had sliced open his arm and began to pull the arteries out.

Zeref frowned. Something wasn't right. The magic was having an odd effect on the ice mage. He was suffering, that wasn't the problem. His aura changed, and not to one of a dying man. A curse came out of the dark mage's mouth as he pieced everything together. The ice mage was subconsciously recognizing his magic. Meaning he was recognizing everything having to do with it. Including…

Gray's body convulsed in pain. He hardly registered the feeling. Instead he focused on images flashing across his mind. A dragon was giving a roar, claws digging into soft earth. His friends were around him, but only for a few moments before he tumbled down into darkness, alone with the dragon. Screams from his friends. Him in pain. Getting up. Standing in a fatal stance, turning to ice, ice encasing the dragon.

Zeref let go of his grasp on the young mage. The ice maker fell and collapsed over himself. His frown from earlier deepened as the ice mage started to gasp out. "Ac…nologia." The ice mage raised his eyes to the dark mage. "I killed…Acnologia." The ice mage pushed himself to his feet. "All because…you threatened my nakama… They didn't give up on me. I fought for them because they didn't."

Zeref's gaze turned into a glare. The sudden change in Gray's eyes from dark blue to red didn't go unnoticed. The dark mage let out a stream of curses. If his own side in Gray was awakening while he was in this state things couldn't end well. The ice mage stumbled closer to the dark mage.

"I plan to keep doing just that."

Zeref jumped to the side, barely missing Gray's attack. Who would have thought… The dark mage dived to the side as death magic spilled outwards from the ice mage. Gray is going to end this after all.

Gray reeled back his fist and sent it flying towards the dark mage. His fist mage contact with Zeref's stomach and the feeble dark mage stumbled backwards. Zeref's head snapped to the side excruciatingly fast at the next blow. Another hit handed squarely in his ribs with an earsplitting crack.

Zeref straightened up and magic energy swirled around him. "I'm not losing to the likes of you."

A dark cloud encased the ice mage and dark mage together, suffocating the both of them. A feeble hand reached out and clamped down around Gray's throat, nails digging into the tender flesh. The ice mage gagged. Magic seeped into his mouth, drowning him in its power. The ice mage struggle for a few moments before becoming limp.

Where am I?

A raven head figure gazed around, unsure about his surroundings. Everything was pitch black, but it wasn't dark. Illumination was visible even without a definite light source. Gray took a few cautious steps forward, looking for anything that would make itself noticed to him.

"Hey, are you alright?"

Gray turned to the sound of the voice. A small boy with silver white hair was bowing in the snow next to a dark haired figure. A woman was just behind him, concern in her eyes. Gray scrunched his eyebrows at the young boy the question was directed to. "Is that… me?"

"Hi, I'm Cana." A girl with long brown hair was smiling at a younger version of Gray.

"How is tha-"

"Why are you crying all alone?!"

Gray turned to the new voice. A younger version of Erza was beside the younger version of him.

"What did you say, Droopy Eyes?!" A pink haired boy glared at the younger Gray, fists flaming.

Gray blinked at all the voices and figures surrounding him. Is this what's like…

"Hi, I'm Lucy."

…to have your eyes flash right before your eyes?

Gray gripped the side of his head as memories flooded his head. It hurt, regaining your entire like in a few seconds. Adding experiences that took a life wait to accomplish to your mind in split seconds. It felt like a hammer smashing against his skull.

The images slowed down as he got closer to present day. Images around him faded out until only one remained.

Two ghostly figures were face to face, one unmoving, the other fading into the air. The figure disappearing was barely recognizable as Zeref. Gray watched in slight horro as he realized what was happening. Zeref wasn't disappearing. He was moving into him! Magic circled around Gray and the illuminated dark world became less bright.

Gray blinked at his suffering form. His hands clenched into fists as he ran towards himself. He reached a hand out to that dark mage, a surge of death magic coming straight from him into the dark mage."I'm not a killer," Gray saw the dark mage's eyes widen and the dark mage crumpled. "But I'm not dying for you."

Gray took another sip from his drink, enjoying the cool taste. His left side of his body was heavily bandaged and he couldn't move it if his life depended on it. Wendy had assured him that it would be healed in a few weeks, but to take it easy until then. Erza, Natsu, and Lucy sat next to him at the Fairy Tail bar, laughing and joking in their usual manner. Happy bit eagerly into a fish as Master Makarov sat down next to him and gave his children a proud look.

The celestial mage turned to the elderly man. "So what did the council say?"

Master Makarov took a long sip on the beer Mirajane had just handed him. "Hmm, they're willing to overlook any damage caused due to the outcome."

The group of mages let out a relieved sigh. "What did happen?" Happy asked through a mouthful of fish.

The mages turned to Gray for the answer, Master included. The ice mage shrugged. "No idea. The details are kind of fuzzy. When I woke up Zeref's presence was just gone."

The mages turned back to Makarov, looking for maybe a better answer from the wiser, and slightly perverted, old man. Makarov scratched his chin in thought. "There hasn't been any sign of him. As best as I can figure when Gray defeated Zeref in his mind Zeref's magic returned to him. Only he hadn't had control over it for so long he wasn't able to accept it back, it ended up ending him. His own magic was his own downfall." Stunned gaze's meet the old man's eyes. "Or Gray is a murderer. That works too."

Laughs rose at that. The ice mage gave a snort. "Sure, and Erza hates strawberry cake." The scarlet froze, fork of cake half way to her open and waiting mouth. More laughs rose at that.

"What do you think happened?" Lucy turned directly to Gray.

"Who knows? Something just tells me I didn't kill the bastard. Even though he deserved it. Who the hell tries to steal someone's body?!"

"Especially Gray's." Natsu smirked.

Gray smacked the back of Natsu's head with his good arm. "Flame head, just wait till I'm healed up, then I'll show you what powerful magic looks like."

"Powerful magic my ass. Just you wait. I'm gonna kick your ass!"

"Sure, and when's the last time you took down the strongest mage in history?"

Laughter around the guild became louder at the comment, causing the dragon slayer to sulk. Mirajane smiled at the group of Fairy Tail's strongest mages. She slid a few more glass down the counter to them for their celebration. The joyful glee was a well-known indicator for her that one of the guild's countless galas to the white haired barmaid. They deserved it though. How many guilds could be as proud as this one?