Ok after the latest chapter i'm getting a Shaman King vibe from them. Anyone read that manga or watched the anime? Remember how the main protagonist Yoh was the twin of main antagonist Hao and it turned out they were just two halves of one powerful ancient Shaman that kept reincarnating himself? Maybe it's something like that. Now I doubt Hiro will go the reincarnation route, i hope he doesn't personally, but what if it's a similar concept? The past and future timelines come into play a lot in Fairy Tail. Maybe the original, let's call her Erzarene (ok fine let's not) before she was defeated, by who and why i don't know, the past is weird, made preparations so she could "return" or be reborn at a particular point in the future? What she didn't count on was her power being split between two persons. Now if you remember Shaman King, Yoh had no idea he had a "twin brother" or what he really was like Erza and her amnesia. Whereas Hao knew every single detail about their past and considered himself the "real" one, and went as far as to train/develop Yoh into becoming stronger so he could absorb him. Right now it seems Irene would prefer killing Erza, but it's shown that even though they are the same person they're capable of existing separately, only weaker than the original Scarlet witch.
Now this, for those that never read/watched Shaman King, is a basic overview of Hao/Yoh's past/resolution:
This is one theory I had when i saw the chapter. I have to look at it more. It's a very unique situation between these two ladies that's for sure.
Now this, for those that never read/watched Shaman King, is a basic overview of Hao/Yoh's past/resolution:
In his most recent reincarnation, Hao chose to reincarnate as a member of the Asakura family, as a pair of identical twins to be born to Keiko Asakura, splitting his soul between himself and Yoh. In hopes of at least stopping Hao until the next Shaman Fight, Keiko's father, Yohmei, and her husband Mikihisa, decided to kill both children. However, following his rebirth, Hao escaped from the Asakura family with the help of the Spirit of Fire, while badly burning Mikihisa and sparing his twin brother with the promise to reclaim him some day. After escaping from the Asakura family, Hao was raised by Blocken Meyer. When Hao was five years old, he began travelling the world and accumulating loyal followers while simultaneously leaving a wake of destruction in areas of conflict and killing those who would not join him while survivors would eventually gather together to seek revenge in the Shaman Fight. In the months leading up to the tournament Hao began to kill prospective competition while gathering an entourage to assist him in winning the current Shaman King tournament.
When it becomes apparent that Hao cannot be defeated in a direct confrontation, Yoh and his allies elect to allow Hao to become Shaman King uncontested and begin an alternate plan to eliminate Hao as he sleeps to merge with the Great Spirit. Yoh and his friends are unable to reach Hao before he awakens, after which he annihilates everyone within the proximity of the continent of Mu, where the final round of the Shaman Fight had been taking place. Within the Great Spirit, Hao is confronted with the souls of nearly everyone he has ever encountered who have come to save him from his loneliness and he begins to doubt his own heart. After finally reuniting with the spirit of his mother after 1000 years, she reprimands his behavior and encourages him to love and have faith in humanity. No longer blinded by hatred, he accepts the promise of Yoh and his friends to try and change the world for the better and tells them that he would watch over them and see what would happen.
When it becomes apparent that Hao cannot be defeated in a direct confrontation, Yoh and his allies elect to allow Hao to become Shaman King uncontested and begin an alternate plan to eliminate Hao as he sleeps to merge with the Great Spirit. Yoh and his friends are unable to reach Hao before he awakens, after which he annihilates everyone within the proximity of the continent of Mu, where the final round of the Shaman Fight had been taking place. Within the Great Spirit, Hao is confronted with the souls of nearly everyone he has ever encountered who have come to save him from his loneliness and he begins to doubt his own heart. After finally reuniting with the spirit of his mother after 1000 years, she reprimands his behavior and encourages him to love and have faith in humanity. No longer blinded by hatred, he accepts the promise of Yoh and his friends to try and change the world for the better and tells them that he would watch over them and see what would happen.
This is one theory I had when i saw the chapter. I have to look at it more. It's a very unique situation between these two ladies that's for sure.