Episodes 14, 15, and part of 16.
The following morning, Gray wakes up; he is informed of the village's destruction and is directed to Lucy's room. There, he finds Lucy and Happy bound by Erza, who scolds him for partaking this mission along with Silver. She orders him to look for Natsu and Silver and leave, but Gray, like Lucy before him, mentions the state of the village, but Erza responds with a cold "So?"
"Crap. I overslept. I'd just come up with a great idea, too..." Natsu yawned, rubbing his eyes. "Why didn't you wake me up?"
"I'm not responsible for you." Silver replied. They stand in front of the ruins.
"All right! Time to get started!" Natsu clenches his fist while looking up at the ruins.
Gray continues to defend his case, but Erza is a stubborn as ever, and doesn't care. Gray then discloses that he misjudged her, to which Erza responds by summoning her sword. She threatens that if he breaks the guild's rules he won't get away with it, but Gray replies that this the path he chose, and leaves. Erza then decides to help him, but reminds them that they won't get out of their punishment.
Toby and Lyon are seen in his improvised throne room. They discuss his defeat to Fairy Tail when Zalty enters the room. He announces the arrival of Erza, and also the fact that the ritual must end tonight. When Lyon claims he will not be defeated, Zalty also informs he will fight. While they talk, fire explodes from the floor.
Natsu and Silver are seen tilting the ruins. Natsu uses his breath attack to break through the floors. They all look beneath him and see the Dragon Slayers.
"I usually destroy stuff without realizing it; trying to destroy it on purpose is actually pretty tough!" Natsu laughs to himself.
"You do everything on purpose." Silver said, throwing his shirt somewhere.
"And you take off your clothes on purpose!" Natsu yelled back.
"What is the meaning of this?" Lyon asked.
"We turned the building. Now the moonlight won't shine on the demon below!" Natsu explained.
"You...! How dare you...!" Lyon snarled. "Curse you, Fairy Tail!"
"I'm lost... I have no idea what's going on..." Toby asked, confused about the situation.
"It appears they have titled this building. By destroying half the support pillars below, they were able to tilt the ruins, thereby preventing the moonlight from reaching Deliora." Zalty explained. "I assume that was his strategy. I guess they're sharper than they look."
"Enough of your blabbing!" Natsu flies off the ground with his fire.
"Fire from his feet?" Lyon pointed out.
"Yeah! Fire comes all outta his body!" Toby stated. Natsu charges at Lyon, head butting him in the abdomen. Lyon's body shatters into ice pieces.
"What?! A fake?!" Natsu looks behind him and sees the real Lyon.
"Ice-Make: Eagle!" Lyon spawn eagles. "You can't dodge them in the air!"
Silver jumps in front of Natsu, using his breath attack. After the smoke disappears, Silver catches one in his mouth, munching on the ice to regenerate his Magic Power. "Not the best I've tasted, but it'll do."
Nastu spits fire from both of his feet and starts swinging them around.
"Such ridiculous magic...!" Lyon commented.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu aims at the front.
"Ice Dragon's Roar!" Silver aims behind Lyon. Zalty opens the ground beneath the two Dragon Slayers, making them fall and saving Lyon.
"You were quite lucky, Cold Emperor." Zalty said.
"Could we keep the fact they got me on the down-low...?" Half of Toby's body is burnt while the other is shivering under the ice.
"What did you do?" Lyon asked, furious that Zalty interrupted their fight.
"Whatever do you mean?" Zalty asked in return.
"Don't play dumb. It was your magic that caused the floor to crumble." Lyon stated.
"You could tell? You're truly impressive, Cold Emperor." Zalty complimented. "But please understand. We cannot afford to lose you before Deliora is revived."
"You're suggesting those measly flames and snowflakes could've beaten me?" Lyon asked, releasing his Magic Power. He freezes the room in the temple. "Begone. I will take care of them myself." He looks down at Natsu and turns around to see Silver. "I am Cold Emperor Lyon, the only wizard capable of defeating the Deliora. Letting these brats give me trouble would tarnish my name."
"Oh, my..." Zalty sighed.
"Defeat Deliora?!" Silver asked.
Meanwhile, the others are running towards the ruins.
"He's practically halfway defeated as it is!" Natsu said. "You actually wanna break him out of the ice and fight him? You're messed up, that's for sure."
"It is all to surpass Ur..." Lyon said. He attacks with Ice-Make: Eagle. "And to have the rest of my dreams!" Natsu dodges his attacks while Silver scans them, trying to see which one he should eat.
"Then why don't you just fight Ur personally?!" Natsu asked.
"Haven't you heard? Ur is long dead!" Lyon responded. Nastu remembers when Gray told them that Ur sealed her life away.
"You mean she died along that...?" Silver asked.
"That's right. It was Gray's fault, too!" Lyon creates an eagle behind Natsu. Silver defends Natsu from the attack with his arm. Silver drops down on one knee, taking the damage, but has no effect.
"Silver!" Natsu called out.
"It's alright! Ice doesn't work on me!" Silver gets back up.
Natsu furiously turns to Lyon. "I dunno what happened in the past. But what you're trying to do now is causing trouble for a lot of people. I'm going to bring you to your senses..." He lights his hand on fire. "...with a scorching-hot scolding!"
Gray explains about Lyon's behavior to Erza, Lucy, and Happy. He states that by defeating Deliora he would defeat Ur, but what Lyon doesn't know is that Ur is still alive. Gray's past with his mentor, Ur, and fellow student, Lyon, is revealed.
Lucy and the rest look at the titled temple, wondering how and why it's titled. They all assume it was Natsu and Silver. Out of nowhere, some priests attack them. Erza lets Gray to go and settle things with Lyon while they fight the enemies. Natsu and Silver are still fighting Lyon.
Gray recalls his past as he runs.
"Man, there's no end to this!" Just give up already, slanty-eyes!" Natsu said.
"Your eyes aren't much different." Lyon spat back.
"Let's finish this!" Natsu's fist turns into flames.
"I just want this fight to end." Silver sighed as his fist turned into ice.
"Amusing." Lyon uses his Magic as well. The fight gets interrupted by a crack in the wall.
"What the...?" Natsu looks at the cracked wall. The wall breaks open and Gray appears.
"Gray!" Natsu and Silver stare at him in shock.
"Natsu. Silver. Let me deal with him." Gray said.
"What?! He's already beaten you once before!" Natsu refused.
"This will be the end of it. There won't be a next time." Gray said.
"You're rather confident of yourself." Lyon said.
"Ur died ten years ago because of me." Gray admitted it. "But I can't let you get away with hurting my comrades, harming the village, and trying to melt that ice. We will accept our punishment together, Lyon." Gray puts one arm over the other, one palm facing up and the other down.
"That stance...! Iced Shell?!" Lyon immediately recognizes the pose.
"Iced Shell?" Natsu asked. He recalls his memories about Gray and Lyon talking about Ur and Iced Shell.
"Have you gone mad?!" Lyon asked.
"Return the villagers to their original forms this minute!" Gray demanded. "And then take your accomplices and leave!" A Magic Circle appears under Gray. "This is the last chance I'll give you!"
"I see. So you're using that spell as a bluff. What nonsense." Lyon scoffed. Gray releases his Magic even more.
"I'm serious." Gray said.
"You...!" Lyon tries to block the attack.
"G-Gray!" Silver called out.
"The fact Ur died because of me will never change no matter how much time passes. I have to take responsibility for it at some point. I'm going to do it here. I've been prepared to die..." He glares at Lyon with a serious face. "...for the last ten years!"
"Are you serious?!" Lyon asked.
"Answer me, Lyon!" Gray shouted. "Will we both die or will we both live?!"
"Do it. You don't have the courage to die. You can't possibly have it!" Lyon answered.
"Sorry. You're wrong." Gray said.
"Gray!" Natsu and Silver shout for their comrade.
"Natsu... Silver... Erza... Everyone in Fairy Tail... I leave the rest to you... Sorry, but it's time for me to go." Gray thinks to himself, finally making his exit. "This is... the end!" He releases more Magic Power. "Iced..."
"You idiot!" Natsu punches Gray.
"Natsu!" Gray yelled.
"You break into my fight spouting "responsibility?" Give me a break!" Natsu said. "Don't be takin' my kill!"
"Your kill?" Gray asked.
"I'm the one that's gonna beat him!" Natsu said.
"Hey, Natsu! I'm the one who's gonna beat him!" Silver shouted.
"And did I ever agree on that?" Natsu asks Silver.
"Why you little..." Silver growled.
"You wanna go?" Natsu asked, grinning at him. Natsu and Silver start to fight. Gray interrupts the Dragon Slayers by getting in between them.
"I have to be the one that finishes him off! I'm prepared to die!" Gray shouted, grabbing onto Natsu's scarf.
Natsu grabs Gray's wrist. "Since when is dying finishing a battle? Well? Ain't that just running away, huh?!" The temple starts to shake. "W-What's that?"
Outside, Lucy, Erza, and Happy are fighting against the priests. They too witness the re-tutoring of the ruins to its original form, which is shown to be Zalty's doing.
"What the heck?!" Natsu pounds on the floor, angry and annoyed.
"Now the light of the moon will land on Deliora again!" Gray amused.
"Sorry for the interruption." Zalty runs into the room.
"Zalty, is this your doing?" Lyon asked.
"The moon will be out soon, so I returned the temple so to normal." Zalty informed.
"What the heck is he?" Gray asked.
"After all the hard work titling it!" Silver complained.
"How'd you fix it back up?" Natsu shouted. Zalty turns to them and begins laughing. "How did you fix it back up?!"
Zalty ignores Natsu and turns to Lyon. "I suppose we should begin the Moon Drip ceremony." He then runs away.
"Ignored?!" Natsu scoffed. "Oh, it's on, masked man!" Natsu chases after Zalty, leaving the room. "Hold it, bub!" Gray calls after Natsu, but he continues to run.
"Idiot... We're gonna go take care of that bastard. You handle things here!" Silver leaves the rest to Gray. "You lost last time, and it's a disgrace." Gray agrees with him. "Not for you. Show him how Ice Magic is supposed to be used."
"I know." Gray agreed.
"For all of Fairy Tail!" They both shouted, smiling at each other.
Gray then asks Lyon what he would do, if Iced Shell hit, to which Lyon replies that he would take it, since he has comrades with the same goal as him. Gray then tries to persuade Lyon to leave Deliora be and tells him the truth about Ur. Unfortunately, Lyon already knows this and unleashes a blitz attack on Gray. He puts down everything Gray says, which makes Gray furious. He punches Lyon into the wall, and states that he is don't trying to save him. They decide to fight barehanded, without Magic, but since Gray is injured, Lyon gains the upper hand.
"Hold it right there, you masked-bastard!" Nastu shouted, chasing after Zalty, with Silver behind him. "How did you fix the ruins?!" He asks once more. Zalty stops running and breaks the ground above them. "You think that's work on me?! Zalty puts the pieces back to together and fixes the ground.
"As you can see, that is how I returned the ruins back how they were." Zalty performed.
"What kind of magic is that?" Natsu asked.
"One of the Lost Magics. Magic is so powerful and with such grave side-effects that they have been erased from history itself." Zalty explained.
"From history?" Silver questioned.
"Your Dragon Slayer Magic is also so." Zalty said.
"Ours?" Natsu asked, confused about it. "He disappeared! Where'd he go? Damn it!" Natsu yelled, pounding on the floor. Silver easily gets annoyed with Nastu, wanting to strangle him.
Meanwhile, Gray and Lyon keep fighting. He remembers about Natsu's encouragements about not giving up a fight. This makes him get up and determinedly punched Lyon into the wall. He continues to beat down Lyon, getting the hang of it.
Outside, Lucy, Erza, and Happy realize that the priests aren't Mages like them and can be defeated easily. Erza wants Lucy to finish them, so she summons Cancer, he acts loyal to Erza which makes Lucy annoyed. Cancer goes and defeats every priest in the battlefield.
In the meantime, Lyon gets up, humiliated, uses Magic to attack Gray, who seems this unfair since they agreed to fight barehanded. Lyon states that he doesn't care, because Deliora will soon be revived. Gray then confesses the Dragon Slayers' strength.
Zalty stands in front of the demon "Finally."
"Found you!" Natsu gets closer to Zalty who turns around. "Let's start by burning you to a crisp!" Natsu punches him with a fire fist.
Zalty dodges him, jumping on a rock. "Those are some fine fighting words. But... How did you know I was here?"
"I've got a good nose." Natsu replied. "And you smell like women's perfume for some reason..." Silver finally catches up to Natsu who ran a couple steps ahead of him. "About time you came!"
"Shut up! You run too fast!" Silver huffed.
"You should've picked up the pace!" Natsu teased.
"Bastard..." Silver growled.
Zalty laughs out loud, catching both of their attentions. "You see, I must ensure Deliora is resurrected no matter what."
"Just give it up already! It's not going to happen." Natsu chuckled.
"Oh yeah? And why is that?" Zalty asked.
"Gray will blow that guy away, and I'll blow you away." Natsu responded. "One million times. And that'll be that."
"We'll see..." Zalty turns around to see the Moon Drip being performed.
"Who is above doing the ceremony?!" Natsu asked.
"With just a single person the moon drip effect is quite weak... But we've already gathers plenty of moonlight. Just a tiny bit more, and... See?" The ice in which Deliora is encased starts melting.
"Oh, crap!" Natsu and Silver shouted, shaking in fear.
"The ice is melting off Deliora!" Silver pointed.
"I have to do something about the guy on top!" Natsu starts running to the top to stop the guy doing the ritual.
Zalty stops him by breaking the ground beneath Natsu. "I will not let you escape. Chasing after me was a mistake, you see. My little 'Salamander...'"
Silver chuckles under his breath. "He called you 'little'."
"Shut up!" Natsu shouted with his head on fire.
Outside...
The priests remove their masks and Erza realizes that they are the survivors of Deliora's attack from Brago.
In the cave...
Zalty laughs out loud but gets interrupted by Natsu. Natsu starts attacking him with his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. Silver uses his Ice Magic to add onto the missing parts and stop the melting. Zalty jumps back, landing on a rock. "You sure about that? If you use fire magic here, it will accelerate the ice melting off Deliora! Plus, a different type of ice magic won't help." Natsu kicks him off the rock.
"If you could've use fire magic to melt the ice, then you wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble! It'll be fastest to beat you here, then smash the guy up on top." Natsu stated.
"I am surprised at how quickly you can think on your feet in the midst of a battle." Zalty said. Silver continues to use his Ice Magic to stop the melting.
The ruins start to shake which means the ceremony is almost finished. Lyon tells Gray of everything they did in order to achieve this. Gray thinks it's pointless, and when Lyon chastises him for playing in some guild, he simply counters by saying he followed Ur's advice of finding more powerful Mages in the west. He recalls his first day at Fairy Tail, when the Master told him that Ur's condition was eternal. He then proclaims his disgust at Lyon's actions, who can only see his ambitions. He attacks, but Gray disarms him, and blocks his Ice-Make: Snow Tiger using his Ice-Make: Prison. The tiger cannot release itself from Gray's cage, which Gray explains that it's because Lyon's creatures are out of balance, having been created with one hand. He then uses his Ice-Make: Ice Cannon to finish Lyon off.
As he does, a roaring noise fills the air. Deliora's eyes grow bright red and breaks through the ice.
"Here it comes!" Zalty shouted. Natsu and Silver cover their ears as they stare at Deliora. Secretly, Silver shakes in fear as he sees the demon in front of him.
Gray recalls his past as he hears Deliora's roar. Gray's only choice of defeating it is through Iced Shell.
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