Gray dies, and this time, there's no coming back.

Fairy Tail chapter 335 alternate ending.

"GRAY!"

It was too late, the laser beam had shot through Gray's body before finally piercing through his head. For a long second, Lyon froze in his steps, despite his earlier warning to Gray and Juvia to concentrate on the battle.

Jura once spoke of the five stages of grief one experienced after losing a loved one. Lyon felt the first step of denial creeping up immediately, despite the scream that tore through his throat. It was his fault, his fault his why wasn't he faster and more alert-

He could see the beam had pierced straight through skull and brain matter. Gray's face was a mess of blood and bone and in spite of the gory sight, Lyon could not take his eyes off the scene. Denials and pleads stumbled from his lips as he weakly called for Chelia, but he knew that saving Gray was out of the question even for a healer of her calibre.

The miniature dragons converged closer upon them during their brief inattention, and Lyon's head snapped over at the movements of these monsters. He felt his anger surged, and ice immediately spread from his feet.

He could not bear to see the unmoving body anymore, but he still found it hard to rip his gaze away to meet the dragons. It was like he still couldn't accept Gray's death.

That, Jura's voice whispered, is also part of the grieving process.

But had he not grieved enough for the last seven years for this stupid punk? There's still an entire lifetime for Gray to repay back the heartbreak he had given Lyon for the last few years. It's not fair, he thought. He had only just gotten Gray back.

With every step away from Gray's body, he felt his heart break further. The hysterical cries of Juvia's echoing in his ears, Lyon faced the dragons with a building rage and grief welling in his chest, growing so huge that he feared it would overspill and cut everyone around him like splintered glass.

Lyon felt despair crawled at his throat, hot and raw and itchy, and he wailed his grief into the sky. His magic erupted into a shockwave, turning everything an eye-searing white.

For taking Gray away, he's going to make the whole world bleed for it.