Natsu decided that he's through listening to Nagare since he refuses to go rescue Siena. Nagare decided he's through with Natsu for he believes he's not taking his job and occupation as a wizard. Natsu ran through the woods as he tried to follow the scent Phantaru left when he took Siena.

"That jerk thinks he can hide from me, but he's got another thing coming." Natsu said. "If that Nagare jerk won't help me save Siena, I'll save her by myself." With a little added rage, he continues to go after Phantaru to put an end to this madness.

….

The Forest

"Are you sure we should just let Natsu go?" Lucy asked. The others stayed behind after Natsu and Nagare had their argument.

"Natsu can handle himself just fine. Knowing him, he would have gone after that Phantaru guy regardless of the situation." Gray said. He looked around and saw no sign of Laurence. "Where did Laurence go?"

"He went after Nagare." Hitomo said. "He has a few words he would like to say himself. Natsu does have the right idea."

"What do you mean?" Wendy asked.

"Another fact about the Phantom Reign spell is that it can't be destroyed." Hitomo said. "We can attack each of those skulls as much as we want, but they won't break. Only by defeating the caster can they vanish."

"So it's pointless to attack them?" Happy questioned.

"Not entirely." Hitomo said. "Though those skulls might not break, we can still attack them. When they're attack, the magic power they gather is immensely drained out of them."

"I see. So if we attack each one of them, we can buy some time while Natsu works on stopping Phantaru." Carla said.

"Yes, but we'll have to be at it constantly." Hitomo said. "We'll be constantly draining our magic power for each of those skulls until Natsu succeeds."

"We'll just have to pull through until he prevails." Erza said.

"You all should go to the skulls." Hitomo said. "There's so many of them that it's going to take more than a few of us to deal with them. I'll go join Natsu and defeat Phantaru much faster."

"That's not a good idea. Natsu will probably want to defeat Phantaru all by himself." Wendy said.

"Perhaps, but we have to end this fast. Good luck to all of you." Hitomo said as he took off in the same direction as Natsu.

….

Nagare

Nagare jumped from tree to tree and was about to reenter the kingdom to try and destroy the Phantom Reign before it goes off. He jumped on the last tree and looked towards the kingdom. He saw hundreds of skulls hanging over the kingdom and knew this won't be easy.

"Nagare, wait a minute." Nagare turned around and saw Laurence was able to catch him. "I think we need to do a little talking."

"Laurence? We don't have time to talk." Nagare said. "We've got to do something about this Phantom Reign or else the kingdom will be destroyed."

"I wanted to talk to you about earlier, about Siena." Laurence said.

"There's nothing to talk about." Nagare said.

"I think there is." Laurence said.

"I've already made up my mind and you're not stopping me. That idiot from Fairy Tail tried and failed." Nagare said, but he was surprised when he felt Laurence grab him the collar of his top and slammed him against a tree.

"So you're really going through with it? You're just going to leave Siena to die?" Laurence said.

"She knew the risks." Nagare said.

"Yeah. She knew the risks, but she didn't care." Laurence said.

"We have to leave a guild-mate behind for the good of the job Laurence." Nagare said.

"We're not talking about just any random member of our guild. We're talking about Siena." Laurence said. "She's probably one of the most pure hearted members of our entire guild. You really leave her to die after everything she's done for you."

"Laurence, I've told you hundreds of times…" "Yeah, I get it." Laurence interrupted.

"You've told me the same stuff over and over, but that doesn't mean I agree with it." Laurence said. "Siena's tried to help you every chance she had and you act like you don't care. I get that you believe a guild is a place of work, not to make friends. No one ever said they don't have to be one in the same."

"What are you trying to say? I don't have time for riddles." Nagare said.

"I believe in what Natsu said. Your mother was a real hero." Laurence said. "She was willing to risk her life for her friends. What happened to her was the choice of cowards who wasn't willing to make the sacrifice she made. She would still be alive if they had the courage she had. You really think if she was still alive, she would be proud of what you're doing?" When he mentioned his mother, Nagare got angry for a few seconds and started to wonder what she would think. "It's a disgrace to her name. If you're really willing to go through with abandoning a friend, you're no better than the creeps we're trying to beat." Laurence said what he needed and let Nagare go. Laurence decided to go to the kingdom since they still couldn't leave it unprotected, but Nagare thought about what Laurence just said. He reached up and grabbed the right strap and moved it down to reveal a scar where his arm would be separated from his chest.

…..

Flashback

A long time ago, Nagare was by a lake. He just got done with a job, but he got injured. He used the water from the lake to help him clean up his injury.

"Nagare!" Nagare looked behind him and saw Siena and she had a first-aid kit.

"What is it?" Nagare said.

"I just came to help. I know that you got injured." Siena said.

"I don't need any help." Nagare said, but he winced in pain.

"Stop trying to act tough." Siena said as she sat down near him and opened up the kit and helped him with the wound. "Nagare, I get you're one of those solo guys, but you've got to open up to us. We're in the same guild." Her smile at him help him see that she's trying to be there for him.

End of Flashback

…

That was the first time Nagare took the help from someone else in a long time even though he didn't want it. He took it for granted, but the scar is a reminder of that. He slid his hand over the scar until he touched the string to his star necklace. He pulled it out and thought what his mother would think of him as the lullaby sang in his head. His mother said that he was the star in the night sky, but he hasn't been acting like one.

…

Natalia

Natalia reappeared in the kingdom inside an alleyway for she wanted to speak Phantaru. She was able to follow him and found out he's hiding out in a church outside the kingdom just outside the Phantom Reign's range.

"Phantaru, what are you really up to?" Natalia questioned.

"You called." Natalia got scared when and turned around when she saw Phantaru.

"Phantaru, what are you doing?" Natalia asked.

"What do you mean?" Phantaru said as he act like he didn't know.

"I can understand you kidnapping one of our enemies and using them as leverage, but what about this spell." Natalia said.

"It will speed along the process. I'll eliminate Enchants and we'll know for sure if Eclear is here. Seeing as how he's immortal and trapped in a lacrima, this won't kill him." Phantaru said.

"What about Yukana and the others?" Natalia asked.

"What do you mean?" Phantaru said.

"What's the plan to free them?" Natalia said.

"Free them? I'm not planning on freeing them." Phantaru said as he walked passed Natalia and Natalia was surprised.

"You're not? Are you planning to eliminate them with the city?" Natalia said.

"It's their fault for they have failed. E.R. has no place for wimps like them. Especially not in my unit." Phantaru said. Natalia grabbed Phantaru from going any further.

"You can't do that. They've made the same sacrifices you've made. How could you just betray them?" Natalia said. Instead of answering her, Phantaru placed a hand against her and shot out a phantom-like blast through her and all of her strength was drained out of with a serious injury. Natalia collapsed to the ground and couldn't move.

"I always suspected you weren't cut out for E.R., Natalia." Phantaru said. "Even if it's miniscule, you have too much kindness in your heart." Phantaru blasted the side of the wall and it was starting to crack up and he left her there to die. "Farewell, Natalia."

"Come back." Natalia said, but she still had a hard time moving. She followed the cracks and saw a large piece of the wall came off and a bunch of debris was about to fall upon her. 'I guess this is it.' She thought as she didn't even try to move. She accepted what was about to come. However, she felt she was moved and heard the rocks crush down, but didn't felt a single one. She opened her eyes and saw she was over Natsu's shoulder.

"That was a close one." Natsu said.

"It's you!" Natalia said as she was amazed he was able to save her.

"Nice to see you too." Natsu said as she placed her against a wall to rest.

"I don't understand. I'm your enemy. Why did you save me?" Natalia questioned.

"I couldn't just leave you there to die." Natsu said. "I was following that other guy and saw you needed help. Now, I got to go after him and save my friend and this town." Natalia was even more amazed by Natsu. Now he was a star shining in the night sky.

"You'll find him in the church just a little up ahead. Defeating him is the only way the Phantom Reign spell will be gone." Natalia said.

"Really? Thanks for the advice." Natsu said and charged right for the church. Natalia saw no reason to continue fighting. With only one member of E.R.6. remaining, Natsu races to end this before Phantaru ends all life in the kingdom.