Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Natsu and the others face against Avatar's army as it was only the four of them against a thousand
"let's go!" Natsu shouted as he jumps up and slams his fist to the ground and cause it to shook and shake while making some Avatar goons fly up the air
"right!" Gray slams his hands together before creating an ice bow with ice arrows as he fired them at the Avatar goons in the air
Natsu and Gray grins as both continued their assault on the army
"Come on, Taurus! We can't let them upstage us!" Lucy declared.
"Let's show them our moooves!" The spirit agreed.
EARTH WAVE
Lucy cracked her whip on the ground, creating a destructive wave that tore through even more of Avatar's forces. Taurus cut through those still standing with his axe. Next Lucy wrapped her whip around the wrist of one of the soldiers and threw him into his comrades.
"Smoooth, Miss Lucy!"
Taurus gave his master a thumbs up. Lucy winked his way.
When one of the men tried to ambush her, Gray froze him in mid-air. Not losing his stride Gray snapped his fingers, creating a large wall of ice that sent more men flying.
Natsu slams his fists together before creating a flaming sphere in his hands then he threw it at the army causing a massive destructive explosion that blew them away
"What's going on?!" Mary shrieked as she watched their soldiers fall one after the other. "They're all monsters, or perhaps creatures! Beasts!"
"Would you stop with the cheap insults already, Mary?" Briar irritably requested. "That just means we'll have to get our hands dirty as well."
"I'll take on the one currently attacking the rear." Jerome announced. "Gray and his group I leave in your care."
"Guess we have no choice then. Time to show that rat and his friends just how scary black magic can really be."
Briar lead some of Avatar's strongest members into the fray. Arlock stayed behind. Finally, Jerome readied his sword to face Erza.
"This knight must be a frightening foe indeed to cause such chaos to the rear on her own." he pondered. "Even so, my Shade Sword will purify any enemy before me."
Near the forest, Erza ran through wave after wave of dark wizard while riding on her steed as not one of the goons could managed to attack her
"Fire! Blast her away with magic!"
A group of wizards wielding magical staffs fired in Erza's direction. She nimbly leapt out of the path of the blast and requipped into a new armor.
"Dance my blades!"
With a wave of her hand, the swords on her back slashed through all of the men before her as quick as the wind blew.
"The swords are flying on their own?!" one of the soldiers cried out in disbelief.
When all of the men were down the swords returned to their master's back. Erza stood in the middle of the unconscious bodies like an angel of battle, her narrowed gaze focused on those still standing.
"Do you wish to continue?"
She noticed someone approaching and quickly moved her swords to guard.
"Such a beautiful knight!"
Jerome's Shade Blade clashed with Erza's. To her surprise the blade she used to counter him broke apart in an instant. Jerome's arrival boosted his men's morale.
"Master Jerome's here!"
"And he brought his Shade Sword!"
"None will interfere in Operation: Purify! This girl is done for!"
The wavy haired swordsman forced Erza back, each swipe of his sword breaking through hers one after the other. Before she realized it she was only down to one blade. Dodging what would have been his last strike, Erza retreated to a safe distance.
"My Shade Sword rots all that it touches." Jerome told her. "You have no chance of victory."
"my sword…." Erza started off before Jerome felt thousands of cuts slashing through his body
"aaaaahhhhh!"
"cuts so swiftly and smoothly, it is undetectable!"
"Im...possible…"
Jerome fell to the ground in defeat, his men watching in horror as Erza changed back into her Heart Kreuz armor.
She turned to them, her swords pointed in their direction.
"who is next?"
Lucy was mowing down the enemies with Taurus before the Cow Spirit started groaning in agony
"Lucy-saaaan…" Taurus mooed out "I can hardly mooove…one of my stomachs….suddenly aches…."
"at a time like this!?" Lucy exclaimed before feeling her stomach getting the same pain as Taurus
"m-my stomach!" Lucy fell to her knees while clutching her stomach as Mary appears giggling
"My Black Magic's Virus, I have the power to release a virus that eats you from the inside out" Mary explained her magic as she smiles at Lucy
"t-that's the worst magic ever!" Lucy grunted out as she tried to hold in the pain
"Lucy-saaaan! My bowels….are about to mooooooove!"
Lucy clutches her stomach hard as she can't fight while in agony
"why did you even come here? You're so weak even though you're formerly from that number on guild" Mary said to Lucy, mocking her weak state "you're such a joke!"
"this is…..nothing…." Lucy stands back up to her feet as she holds her stomach "I can handle it…!"
"My Virus power could kill you easily, For example if I used it on your brain then.."
Lucy looks to Mary before feeling her stomach pain gone
"huh? My stomach pain is gone" Lucy said as she was feeling fine and surprised Mary
"Extraordinary Recovery and Immunity..Enchant!"
Wendy appeared with Charla as both girls have just come and took a few Avatar goons gone
"Affiction Magic doesn't work against Sky Magic!"
"what's with this huge army?" Charla asked after she had kicked an Avatar goon's face
"Wendy! Charla!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise
"Behind you!" Charla exclaimed as Mary tried to do a sneak attack on Lucy
"yeah. I know" Lucy said as she clenched her fist tight
"let's see how you like this!" Lucy exclaimed
"Lucy Punch!"
Lucy sends a direct powerful punch at Mary and cause the girl to cough out Saliva
"ugh…ugh.." Mary staggered while holding her punched gut as she looks in shock
"urk…grandfather.." Mary fell down, passed out from the Lucy Punch
"that was Amazing! Lucy-san!"
"Lucy Punch?" Charla said
"well…if you hadn't been here, Wendy. I would've been in big trouble!" Lucy said while thanking the Sky Mage
"wait if you two are here, does that mean.." Lucy looks to Wendy and Charla who nodded with big smiles
"don't forget us too!"
Lucy and the others looks behind and sees Ur and Ultear creating a giant garden of purple ice roses that sends the enemies flying
"Magiruti Rēze!"
Meredy sends her teal blades at the army and slice their clothes into shreds while damaging them
"go! Go!" Aya cheered out as North and his pack started attacking any nearby Avatar goons that tried to attack the little girl
"Guys!" Lucy smiled in joy before joining the fight
"Gray!"
Briar eyes full of fire and hate when she finally spotted the traitorous ice wizard. Pushing her own men out of the way in the process, she made a beeline for him.
"You dare betray us?! You were fooling us this whole time?! Was everything a lie?!"
She pressed her hand on the ground and it split apart. Gray evaded the explosion.
"Of course I was acting, you idiot." he snapped. "Why would I ever want to be friends with murderers like you?"
"This is purification! Not murder!" Briar swiped her arm and the ground split again. "It will bring us closer to Zeref!"
With each blast Gray dodged, ten of Avatar's men took his place. Briar had no regard for any of them. She was only focused on her revenge.
"So was your goal to defeat END a lie as well?!" she asked him.
Gray rolled out of the way of another blast. "No. I meant what I said about END. I will take him down, but not by helping you creeps kill people. If I did that I would never be able to look my father or my friends in the eyes again."
"You damn traitor!"
Briar kicked at Gray, creating more splits in the ground.
"Ice Make: Lance!"
Gray's weapons shot forth from the ground. To his surprise Briar seemed to split herself in two to dodge it.
"so this is your Multiplication Magic" Gray said as Briar separated herself into four copies, each with a different personality.
"Briar in Fury!"
"Briar in Laughter!"
"Briar in Sorrow!"
"Briar in Love!"
"Ok." Gray said. "I wasn't expecting that."
"I'm so pissed at you!" Briar in Fury shouted.
"You really think you can defeat us?! Don't make me laugh!" Howled Briar in Laughter.
"It makes me so sad…that I have to kill you." Wept Briar in Sorrow.
"Because…I was in love with you…if only a little bit." Confessed Briar in Love.
Gray was even more confused than he was before.
"Wait…what?" Gray said before feeling a creepy aura appearing behind him
"so that means that you are a love rival, correct?"
"why are you doing here!?" Gray exclaimed behind him as a blue blur went past him
"WATER CLAW!" Juvia appeared and slashed at Briar in love with a violent blast of water
"How dare you do that to Briar in Love?!" yelled Briar in Fury.
Briar in Laughter kept true to her namesake and giggled in amusement.
Briar in Sorrow cried. "How could you be so cruel?"
"I've had enough of this crap!" Gray flash froze the three remaining Briars.
"Impossible!" one of the soldiers cried out.
"He took down Avatar's strongest black wizard like she was nothing."
Gray froze those men as well. When he turned to Juvia her back was to him.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia lunged herself to Gray as she hugs him
"uughh!?"
"Juvia has missed you so much!"
Juvia smiled at Gray as she was very happy to have him back "Juvia sensed that you might be in trouble, Gray-sama. So Juvia rushed out here!"
"it wasn't much trouble actually" Gray said to her
"but how'd you find me?" Gray asked the rain mage as the girl was supposed to be still sick and in bed as that was what Lucy told him
"Wendy healed me of my fever and helped me in finding you" Juvia answered to him
Gray looks to her before looking to the side
"I'm sorry" Gray apologized to her
"it's fine" Juvia said to Gray with a smile "Juvia knows that Gray-sama was doing something to save the townfolks"
Gray looks to her before smiling "thanks"
"I'll explain everything later! But right now!" Gray said as Juvia nodded and both mages take off their upper clothes and did a battle stance
"we've got to take down these jerks!" Gray exclaimed
"yes! Gray-sama!" Juvia replied before both started to fight the Avatar goons
"but Juvia must remind Gray-sama that Ur-san promises to give you the beatdown of your life because of leaving Juvia behind" Juvia said that made Gray fear for his life to what his teacher might do to him when she gets her hands on him
Erza was decimating Avatar's army from the back; and Lucy, Wendy, Gray, Charla and Juvia were destroying the army from the front.
"Master Arlock…our forces are at the back have been diminished…we can't proceed any further from the front…and the Council has finally arrived. These people…they're too strong for us. We're losing this battle."
"We've come all this way…W-We have over 2000 people…and they only have less than 10…I don't understand…" The cultists were shaken before Natsu dives bomb into a group of the Avatar goons and sends them flying
"you must be the priest" Natsu said as he cracks his knuckles
Priest Arlock stepped forward.
"All that has happened up until now is as I've predicted." The Preist spoke out as steam comes out of his iron mask "And when Ikusatsunagi shakes the earth…that is when the Purification begins."
"surrender now or else" Natsu said to the priest as his eye glowed black
"Oh…such youth. How enviable…." Arlock said as he holds up his staff "I remember mine fondly"
"You should know that everyone grows old eventually. They enter a phase in life filled with nothing but regret…and despair!" As soon as he finished speaking, the staff was pointed at the Salamander and released a fast flying beam of raw magic soared at Natsu, which he just smacked away like it was just a passing fly.
"No way…!"
"He deflected it!?" The onlookers were shocked at Natsu's reaction speed.
Arlock waves his staff to the side as he created a transparent glass like wall in front of Natsu
"Fufufu…" Arlock continued to laugh, pointing his staff forward once more to release multiple blasts of magic, all of them phasing through the wall that Natsu could not get past.
Natsu swatted them all away before points his fist at the barrier
"It's useless!"
"No one has gotten through Master Arlock's barrier!" all the onlookers shouted at Natsu
"oh really?" Natsu said as he flicks the glass wall and shatters it in an instant
"wha!?"
"you've gotta be kidding me!"
"is that all you can do?" Natsu said as he cracks his knuckles together
"Fufu…" The priest continued his sinister chuckle as he created more walls in front of Natsu
"I had enough of glasses for one day" Natsu said as he summoned Drac on
The Gauntlet turned black as it was ignited in crimson flames
"no matter how much power you have! No mage can destroy this much barriers!" Arlock mocked Natsu who just grins evilly
"how about a demon?" Natsu asked in a demonic voice as he pulled back his flaming fist
"Karyu no Tekken!"
Natsu punches the barrier and blasted them all in a torrent of blazes that hits Arlock straight on
"no way!?" the onlookers shouted in shock as the leader of Avatar was easily defeated in just one attack
Natsu walks towards Arlock and even though he was beaten, Arlock started to laugh. "Hahaha…"
"What's so funny…?" Natsu inquired, as he looks at the fallen priest
"You've lost." Arlock said. The lower half of his mask was broken, so his mouth and some of his charred skin was exposed. "I burnt off my face just for this day. That was the price I paid! And I did it willingly?!"
All of this went over Natsu's head. The hell was this guy going on about? "What the hell are you talking about?"
"NOW, IT'S TIME!" Arlock proclaimed to the heavens. "OH MIGHTY GOD OF WAR, TIME FOR YOU TO SEAL YOUR PART OF THE DEAL! GRANT ME YOUR POWERS!" An ominous ripple formed in the once clear sky; black clouds swirling about over the field. "SUMMON: IKUSATSUNAGI!"
The air turned thick and heavy as the summoning began. All of the fighting stopped immediately and everyone looked around. "W-What's going on…?" Lucy asked.
"The air…changed…?" Wendy stared up at the sky. "I don't…"
Mary laid on the ground, her body still recovering from Lucy's gut punch but there was a sinister smile on her face. "It's Gramps' magic…ufufu…die! All of you! DIE!"
"I feel a giant swirl of magic…" Juvia stated.
"This feeling is…" Gray couldn't even finish his sentence.
"It's Master Arlock's summoning magic!"
"Oh yeah!"
"We've won!"
Erza stared up at the sky, mostly curious as to what could possibly come down that caused such a standstill everywhere. "What's all this…?" More importantly…the cheers of the cultists quickly turned into cries of fear as they started to run away.
"Whoa, wait!"
"Master Arlock, we're here too…!"
From the swirl of magic above, a gigantic foot started to emerge and dropped down to the ground below. Gray was the first one to tell. "MOVE! IT'S GONNA CRUSH YOU!"
"It's huge…!?" Lucy's eyes nearly popped out of her head.
The gigantic foot crushed down into the earth below, taking out so many people in the process. Wendy began to sweat as Arlock's summon took out his own people! "I-I don't understand…his own soldiers…?"
"That's awful…" Charla grimaced.
"you would do this.." Natsu said to Arlock while watching the descending Battle God "even sacrificing your own army"
"This is the Purification Ritual." Arlock revealed outloud "The sacrifice necessary was the souls of Avatar's believers! More accurately, their belief itself. I couldn't care less about the people in that town. The ultimate offering is the soul of one that dies, while believing in Zeref. Resulting in Zeref's appearance to come and guide us!"
The swirl of magic turned into a pillar that violently dropped down on the area. "FUAHAHAHAHAHAH! NO ONE SHALL STOP THE GOD OF WAR, IKUSATSUNAGI! IT WON'T STOP UNTIL IT HAS CONSUMED EVERY SOUL IN THE AREA!" The face of Ikusatsunagi was finally emerging from the vortex….
"AHHH!"
"RUN!"
Mary blinked several times. Her body was starting to shudder as the realization set in... "Huh…? Wait…Gramps…us too…? Huh…?"
"Look at the size of that thing?!" Gray stared in awe.
"W-What is that thing…!?" Lucy asked.
Erza, on the other hand, had an idea about what was called to battle. "So…he's summoned one of the 18 Battle Gods of Yakma…" And there it stood, the mighty Ikusatsunagi, towering over everyone. The sense of scale was insane – to this war god, the people fighting were ants.
Ikusatsunagi towered above every single person nearby. The people of Malba Town couldn't possibly be ignorant to this giant that stood right outside of their gates. "T-There's a giant outside of the town…?"
"What is that thing…?"
"Where did it come from…?" The confused townspeople could only stare in awe and concern as this massive titan loomed over the ground
Ikusatsunagi started to move its giant sword as it was being swung up
"it's about to attack!" Erza shouted and as she did, Ikusatsunagi slammed its sword to the ground and created a giant crack that splits the very land
"GYAAAH!"
"WAAAH!"
"T-The ground split open!?"
"What power…"
Erza shielded her eyes from the dust and debris kicked up. When she sees far ahead a figure in front of Ikusatsunagi, she smiled knowing who it was
"is that…?" Charla said as Ultear nodded with a smile
"Natsu" Ultear smiled as her husband stood in front of the giant Battle God
"What is he doing…? It's useless. What's a mere human to do against a God of War? My brothers and sisters, it is time we sacrifice ourselves to Lord Zeref…" Arlock stared at Natsu's futile efforts with a grin
"I had enough of this crap," Natsu said as he takes off his eyepatch and slowly opened his blind eye that glowed red
"I don't care if you're a god, or anything at all" Natsu said as his right eye glowed black before both eyes turned crimson
"the lives of your friends are much worth than believing in such stupid ideas…."
Ikusatsungi lifts up its giant feet and stomped at Natsu who jumped high up in the air and was now floating in the air
"sacrificing lives just to summon Zeref?" Natsu lifts up his right hand up to the sky as the ground started to shake and rumbles "is something I can never forgive"
"You will soon realize that your comrades mean nothing when faced with a greater purpose…" Arlock responded to Natsu's words with elderly cynicism.
"no" Natsu said as a small sphere of flames started to gather in the palm of his hand as his body started to float in the air "My friends and Family..we all have the same goal and we worked towards them together…we laugh together…we help each other out… we trust each other…"
"what impudence you have, boy" Arlock said "you really think that you can trust your family"
"I know because I already do," Natsu said as a giant flaming sphere the size of a moon appeared in the sky, illuminating the entire field
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
"THE SUN! THE SUN IS HERE?!"
"man, that guy sure got really strong" Gray said with a grin as the heat was getting to everyone
"he sure did" Juvia agreed
"Fairy Tail helped me get my Family Together and you just made one big mistake" Natsu said as the sun disappeared and his fist was ignited in a bright glowing crimson fire
"no one messes with my family…." Natsu said as he flies towards Ikusatsunagi at full speed "NO ONE!"
"take this! Enryuo no!"
The flames on Natsu's fist grew larger as it took the shape of a giant flaming claw
"Hokken!"
Natsu crushed his fist at Ikusatsunagi and the very instant Natsu's fist collided against the war god, cracks spread along its body before it exploded in fire. Ikusatsunagi literally crumbled under Natsu's might, the large pieces of his broken body now falling from the sky. There was a mixture of shock, awe, and pride from the Fairy Tail wizards, while fear and disbelief was an added element to those from Avatar.
Erza watched on with a soft, proud smile. "…He's really become a lot stronger…"
Ikusatsunagi crumbled under Natsu's might. This left everyone from Fairy Tail smiling wide…while those at Avatar looked on with fearful expressions.
"The war god…."
"Master Arlock's summon has been defeated!?"
"I-Impossible" Arlock voice out in shock "it cannot be…"
Natsu began to stand after landing on the ground. Avatar looked at this beast in horror. "O-Our army of 2,000 men….wiped out just like that…" Jerome gasped.
"H-He's a monster…." Briar looked on in shock.
"What….what the hell are these people…?" Mary cried out
Erza watched the events unfold with a soft grin. Natsu now stood back up, his piercing black gaze striking more than fear into the hearts of the Avatar members. That look was all it took to make everyone run.
"HE'S A MONSTER!"
"RUN!"
"EEEEEK!"
"Stand firm, men!" D-6 exclaimed, trying to remain calm as everyone else panicked. "The ritual isn't over yet!"
"Guess we should do something about this…" Abel suggested before an iron pole slammed into the back of his head, knocking him unconscious and dropping the doll in the process.
"Gihehehe…" Gajeel appeared as the Iron Dragon Slayer had a grin plastered on his face "this is black magic. Confiscated!"
"you heretic!" D-6 exclaimed before he was slashed from behind by Lily who was in his battle form
"you're wide open" Lily said
"Arrest them all! Don't let one escape!" Gajeel shouted out as Magic Council Soldiers came charging in
"Gajeel-san!?" Wendy exclaimed
"Lily is here too…" Charla blinked.
"Wait…he was serious?" Juvia had a deadpanned look. "Take them in…?"
"He is a part of the Council now. So they arrest people" Gray said
With the chaos of the situation dying down, Lucy noticed Levy standing in the middle of a small crowd.
"Levy-chan…!" Lucy exclaimed surprised and happy to see her friend
"Lu-chan…?" The bluenette blinked once before rushing over to her friend. "Ah! There you are! It's so good to see you!"
"Really?" Lucy managed a soft smile. "I heard rumors about you being in the Council, but who knew it'd be true! Wow…it's been a really long time…"
"I could say the same to you, too, Lu-can!" Levy grinned. "What are you doing here? What happened to being a reporter?"
"Ah…long story…" Lucy rubbed the back of her neck.
"long time no see" Natsu came walking in as the group noticed him
"Natsu…!" Levy was extremely happy to see everyone again.
"Long time no see." Lily said with a wave.
"Giheh…" Gajeel smirked. "Always showing off, aren't you, you bastard?"
"says the guy who joined the council" Natsu said with a small smirk before seeing his daughter and the others running to him
"Papa!" Aya screamed out as Natsu smiles and hugs her
"guys!" Meredy screamed out as she and the others were running towards them
"Meredy!" Levy cheered as the girls started to have a reunion hug
Natsu stands up while carrying Aya as Ultear went to him and carries Aya in her arms
"it's Levy-neechan, Lily and Gaheel!" Aya took notice of them as the child had just been running to her father without noticing them
"It's Gajeel!" Gajeel shouted at the child "why does she always get my name wrong?"
Aya laughed to Gajeel as she started pulling on his iron piercings and made Gajeel annoyed
"what made you join the Council?" Lucy asked the Iron Dragon Slayer and Levy
"Yeah well…tree gramps found me back when I was looking for something to do and asked me, y'know." Gajeel explained.
"you mean Warrod?" Natsu said as he can imagine Warrod joking around
"It….it was…a joke…"
Gajeel pointed at Natsu with a comical menacing glare. "And now, I'm waaaay above the guild! By the way…you're under arrest for wearing an indecent attire!" Gajeel started pointing out to everyone because of having the Council power at the tips of his fingers
"Wh..!?" Lucy ended up crossing her arms.
Juvia was next. "Juvia…you for being a puddle of water."
Another deadpanned expression from the water mage. "A…puddle?"
Wendy was second to last. "And you…uh…hmm…I dunno. I just feel like I should arrest you with the others."
Wendy had wide eyes at Gajeel's poor reasoning. "What…does that even mean…?"
"Last of all…" All eyes were on Gray. "I don't even need to tell you, now do I, Gray? I'm not as forgiving as the rest of them…" Gajeels' power spree goes one before it was stopped by Erza who promptly smacked her fist against the back of his head. "Oof!"
"Erza…!" Lucy said.
"Huh…you sure are high and mighty for someone that looks like Gajeel…" Erza stated bluntly.
"I'M THE REAL DEAL!" Gajeel screamed.
Erza shook her head. "Nope. There's no way that Gajeel would make it into the Council."
Lily was silent on this matter for a while. But with the direction this was going he had to speak up. "That's actually Gajeel."
"WHAT!?" Erza shouted
"You guys didn't really think that was an imposter…right?" Levy laughed nervously.
"Then let's cut to the chase. We were the ones who arrived here first to stop the Purification Ritual. In fact…"
"I know." Gajeel cut her off. "When we raided Avatar's hideout…we saw the message."
"The only reason we knew how to get here was actually because of Gray, we're grateful" Lily said while thanking Gray
Gray averted his gaze from everyone. "It doesn't change all the trouble I've caused for everyone. I'm sorry."
"As long as Gray-sama is alright, Juvia is happy." The water mage happily swayed back and forth.
"You had me fooled, too!" Levy said.
Gray stared at Levy with his arms at his hips,. "You've got to work on your undercover skills, though. Finding you wasn't the hardest thing I had to do there."
"E-Eh!? So you knew!?" Levy exclaimed in surprise
"Uh,….I don't really understand what they're talking about…" Wendy laughed nervously.
Charla turned to Lucy. "Why is Erza here too?"
Lucy realized how out of the loop the three of them were. They only arrived to help during the fight after all. "I'll…tell you later."
Jerome was being pulled off by some guards while Gray conversed with everyone. He was in utter disbelief at what he was seeing. "Those…are Gray's friends…?"
"In any case, the town is safe for now." Lily grinned. Their mission was a success.
"Yeah, and to top it off, everyone's here!" Levy exclaimed in a jovial tone.
"TCH…" Gajeel, on the other hand, didn't seem extremely happy about it. But he was.
"To think that we'd be able to fight together again…" Juvia was happy at this thought.
"you got taller, Wendy?" Gray asked the little girl
"not really" Wendy replied with a smile "I'm still the same as usual."
"Everyone's here…" Charla smiled
"It feels like such a long time ago since we all got together like this" Lucy smiled happily to have her friends back
"This is our victory!" Erza declared while lifting her spear into the air. "So it's time for us to celebrate it with our cheer!" Everyone let out a loud cheer in response to Erza's call
On a cliff's edge nearby, Sting, Rogue, Lector, and Frosch all watched the battle against Avatar pan out.
"Huh…guess I didn't need to worry at all." Sting shrugged.
"An army of that size vs less than 10 people…" Rogue exhaled to the point it was almost a sigh. "How insane…is that why he didn't want me going on that mission? I almost feel insulted that he thinks I couldn't handle it…"
"It was nice to see them fight again. yes" Lector said before turning to Frosch. "What do you think, Frosch?" but Frosch wasn't there. "Huh?!"
"He's not here…?!" Rogue both panicked.
"…Where did he go?!" Sting glanced around and spotted Frosch talking to Charla, and Lily.
"WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING DOWN THERE!?" Rogue yelled at the top of his lungs.
Gray turned and noticed Frosch. "Huh…? What are you doing here Frosch? Did you get lost?"
"Fro thinks so too." The Exceed responded with his usual one liner.
Gray knelt down and lifted a brow. "What are you doing here?"
"I wonder too…" Frosch trailed off. Sometimes it was really hard to tell what he was thinking…
Natsu saw the Exceed and sees Sabertooth a few miles away
"so he did come" Natsu said as he knew that the predicted future might come but he was there to stop it from happening
"who did?" Ultear asked her husband
Gray lifted Frosch into his arms, taking a good, hard look at the Exceed. "You know…come to think of it…this lil guy here is actually pretty cute." And before he knew it, he started to nuzzle Frosch. "This feels great…"
"A NEW LOVE RIVAL!?" Juvia began to pout as Frosch received more attention from Gray than she was. The others just started to laugh and Natsu could finally relax as a major crisis was avoided.
"WHAT'S HE DOING!?" Rogue yelled.
"That just shows how popular he is. Come on, we might as well go say hi to all of them." Sting said as they were running towards Fairy Tail
Natsu looks to the happy crowd that was joined by Sting and the others before noticing Rogue's shadow that was darker than everyone's else started turning normal like a normal colored shadow
Natsu sighs with a smile as he can see Future Rogue and Future Lucy smiling
"good for you, Rogue…" Natsu muttered out lowly before joining the happy crowd
That's a wrap!
Bye bye