Episode 177: Lucy's Arrest

Arcadios: I'm Arcadios.

Saito: Saito.

Tatsumi: And Tatsumi's the name!

Lucy: Huh? Yukino? Pearl? Kuzaru?

Arcadios: They're temporary sergeants of the Royal Army, as our plan to stop Zeref and Acnologia requires the assistance of Celestial Spirit Mages.

Saito: Actually, could you come with us? We're going to an another location.

Yukino: Lucy, are you coming?

Lucy: Um, sure.

Being taken to Mercurius...

Arcadios: The entire Grand Magic Games is merely a show in order for those involved in the Eclipse Plan to secretly extract the Magic Power needed for our operation.

Saito: We're sorry we try to kidnap you a couple of days earlier! That was our fault!

Tatsumi:It was due to judgement error!

Arriving at a much larger room, the group are startled to be met by a humongous gate.

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Emi: Whoa~! This door is huge!

Arcadios: The Magic Power stolen from the Grand Magic Games participants will be used to power it. When the sun and the moon cross over one another, the twelve golden keys of the zodiac will be used to open the gate. From there, the Eclipse Plan will be executed: using the Eclipse Gate, me and my team will travel back in time by 400 years, finding and killing the Dark Mage Zeref before he obtains immortality.

Doublefinger: That's impossible.

Tsumugu: How could such a feat even possible? You should use someone who could travel to time.

Yukino: That can't happen. The Celestial Spirit World functions of a completely different timeline to our own, and through using our time as a dimensional boundary, we will be able to access the past.

Saito: We originally planned to use a pseudo-Magic to force the Gate open, but, now being in access of the 12 golden zodiac keys, can utilize what they consider to be the strongest option for a successful time jump!

Tatsumi: Lucy, could you help us with this?! We will be opening the Eclipse Gate in two days time, on the 7th of July!

Medaka: I don't know about that.

Kinue: I feel a little unease about this.

Soichiro: Agree.

Before Lucy can reach a conclusion as to her participation, the group are interrupted by the Minister of Defence, Darton, and the Royal Army, who surround them.

Ryuko: What the hell?!

Emi: What's going on?!

Darton: Why are there outsiders inside?! You know about Lucy's vital role! I know, you're planning to go against the plan as a whole!

Ryuko: What are you talking about?!

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Darton: See?! This IS his plan! Changing the past is far more dangerous than he seems to think!

Nui: He got a point. Changing that past would have unknowable consequences on our own timeline.

Darton: I want Arcadios, Saito, Tatsumi, Lucy, Yukino, Pearl, and Kuzaru to be arrested for crimes against the state!

Lucy: Huh?! I didn't do anything!

Natsu: Don't worry! I'll...!

Arcadios: Wait, don't use your Magic!

Natsu: What do you mean?!

The Eclipse Gate suddenly lights up, sucking Natsu's Magic away. As the Dragon Slayer collapses to the ground...

Darton: The Eclipse Gate has been stealing small amounts of power from the Grand Magic Games participants, but to use Magic directly in front of it will result in the Mages powers being sucked out completely.

Taking Lucy, Yukino, Pearl, Kuzaru, and Arcadios, Saito, and Tatsumi away...

Darton: I won't let anyone use the Eclipse Door.

Emi: You can't do that! They didn't do anything bad!

Darton: I want that child to be arrested as well.

Ryuko: Huh?! You can't arrest my daughter! You went too far!

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Darton: Fine then, arrest her as well.

Ryuko: Huh?! Get your hands off me!

Uzu: Ryuko! Let her go!

Ryuko: Uzu, don't! I don't want you to get arrested too!

Uzu: But,...!

Ryuko: Don't worry! I have my Kamuis with me! Please get out of here! We'll be fine!

Emi: Daddy...

Darton: Now then, get out.

He escorts the Fairy Tail Mages outside the palace.

Kinue: Please release Lucy.

Uzu: And my wife and daughter, you bastard! They hadn't do any crimes and my daughter was only standing up to herself! You have no right to take them away!

Darton: The King is very fond of your guild, and, should you win the Grand Magic Games, you will receive and audience with him and may be able to negotiate their release. But only if you win...

At Bar Sun...

Meliodas: Wha?! Lucy, Ryuko, and Emi had been arrested?!

Natsu: Yup! But they were falsely arrested!

Uzu: They're not getting away with this!

Suu: What's the motive of the Royal Guard?

Kokonoe: Money?! Power?! Or just stupidity?!

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Ibaraki: Whatever it is, they were all not arrested purely due to the controversy it would cause in the Grand Magic Games!

Sanji: Poor Lucy~!

Zolo: But what should we do to ensures Lucy's safety? We can't trust Darton's statement that we may be able to discuss her release with the King. There has to be another way to make sure of that.

Natsu: I'll just go and rescue Lucy!

Makarov: Not so fast. This isn't a situation where we can act rashly without thinking, as our enemy is a body with far more power over us; however, as the Fairy Tail Guild, we will not simply sit back and do nothing. We need to plan a strategy.

Meanwhile, in a cell beneath Mercurius, both Lucy, Ryuko, Emi, and Yukino, Pearl, Kuzaru, and the Kamuis sit imprisoned.

Lucy: Hey! Let us outta here! This isn't right!

Yukino: This is our fault. We shouldn't have led you to the Eclipse Door.

Lucy: Don't worry. We should be considering a plan to escape and find our confiscated keys.

Emi: How?!

Senketsu: (Kamui) When the entire Eclipse Plan is called off, they'll likely to release all of us.

Pearl: That's impossible. The plan must go ahead. We have to defeat Zeref before he obtains immortality.

Yukino: Listen, I had an older sister I loved dearly when I was younger, but that the girl was separated from me at a young age by a group of Zeref-followers, who burned our village and murdered our parents. I place all of the blame on Zeref for making this happen. Killing him will stop the raid from ever having happened, and will reunite me with my sister once more.

Ryuko: We understand. Changing the past will not guarantee that thing work out the way you want.

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The following morning, the crowds cheer as the final day of the Grand Magic Games is begun.

Ulala: Good morning, space cats! This is Ulala, reporting LIVE at the Domus Flau! Today is the last day of the Grand Magic Games and everyone's pumping up to win!

Mato: Hello~kabo! I'm the special guest judge~kabo! Kabetsu is going to be my replacement for today~kabo!

Being introduced once more in order of their current rank, Team Quatro Puppy, Team Blue Pegasus, Team Lamia Scale, Team Mermaid Heel and Team Sabertooth take to the field, with the currently second-placed team surprising the crowd with a much more serious demeanour.

Man: You know, I notice one of Sabertooth's Exceeds are missing.

Woman: I see.

Sting: Lector, I will not lose.


Team Quatro Puppy:

1. Rocker 2. Jäger 3. Nobarly 4. Semmes 5. Bacchus

A. Mikado A. Brynndi A. Garnet A. Discord A. Natsu

B. Shanks B. May C. B. Amethyst B. Katsuragi B. Viola


Team Mermaid Heel:

1. Kagura 2. Beth 3. Araña 4. Risley 5. Millianna

A. Satsuki A. Gemini A. Rachnera A. Cammy A. Blair

B. Ibaraki B. Cosmo B. Yuzuki B. Laura B. Asuna


Team Blue Pegasus:

1. Ichiya 2. Hibiki 3. Ren 4. Eve 5. Jenny

A. Narumi A. Tecna A. Espio A. Monet A. Reimu

B. Leon and Dian B. Metis A. Xaldin B. Evangeline B. Miria, Garnet, and Sango


Team Lamia Scale:

1. Jura 2. Lyon 3. Yuka 4. Toby 5. Chelia

A. Onoki A. Vegeta A. Inuyasha A. Stormy

B. Xenanort B. Gasser B. Shadow B. Knuckles B. Madoka


Team Sabertooth:

1. Sting 2. Rogue 3. Rufus 4. Orga 5. Minerva

A. Ira A. Midna A. Softon A. Arlong A. Rose

B. Mihawk B. Scanty B. Rosalina B. Captain Morgan B. Kneesocks


Scanty: Thanks for letting me and Kneesocks participate in the Games.

Kneesocks: We were quite getting bored and need some action.

Sting: Well, it's only for now until we win.

Scanty: This is going to be fun.

Kneesocks: Tons of fun.

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Chapati: And now, what you've been waiting for, here's Team Fairy Tail.


Team Fairy Tail:

1. Laxus 2. Erza 3. Gajeel 4. Juvia 5. Gray

A. Akame A. Uzu A. OVER A. Goku A. Panty

B. Sheele B. Zolo B. Sanji B. Omiko B. Stocking


Ulala: It seems Natsu isn't present this time. He had been replace by Juvia.

Lyon: Juvia?! Why her?!

Scanty: The Anarchy sisters are here as well.

Kneesocks: That make things even more exciting.

Satsuki: Huh? Ryuko's not here?

Junketsu: That's not like her at all. And I don't sense Emi around either. Something's definitely wrong.

Satsuki: Agree. I need to ask Sanageyama about Ryuko and Emi's disappearance.

Hanatsu: Right.

As the commentators question this decision...

Mavis: Hm? Juvia? What happen to Natsu?

Makarov: Let me explain. We are not going to blindly trust the Royal Army's word that Lucy, Ryuko, and Emi are safe. Rather than that, we are going to use the Grand Magic Games as a distraction to send an undercover team to rescue them.

Natsu, Luffy, Leonardo, Ms. Fortune, Mirajane, Bouquet, Boa, Mako, Wendy, Medaka, Momoyo, Rias, Panther Lily, Tsumugu, Nui, Rei, Happy, Taokaka, Nami, Edward, and Carla, Mokoto, Ragna, and Centorea head towards Mercurius.