Upon Light Island, the town and the palace were all smoked out as the place is now a wreckage of Gojin with Erza's battle, but that battle was over thanks to Natsu who ended it all in one attack.
Right now, after getting met up with Gray and the others, everyone is recuperating and getting informed at the situation at hand while Erza who is bandaged up alongside with Gojin who is given mercy and treatment.
"the Lingyue Moon is the moment in time when a great demon snake's seal will be unleashed?" said Gildarts as Genbu nodded, the Turtle Hermit spirit had explained to Gray and the others and now to Gildarts and the others.
"I fear that the prediction of Kaguya-sama's prophecy is that of tonight" said Genbu with a fearful look. "as of now, if the current Emperor misuse the power of the seal with Kaguya-sama's Descendant, Ikaruga-sama; Orochi will be unsealed and be released to this realm once more as that demon snake had once before 4 centuries ago"
"the sun is already setting too" added Charla as to see the orange sky above. "we don't have much time left"
"how many Gems you guys already collected?" said Cana to Natsu who holds out Draco, and Houou's Celestial Gem.
"we got only Genbu's Celestial Gem, that means only three on our side" added Lucy.
"nee-chan and the others might already got the rest" said Elfman, pointing out that the rest of the team might obtain the rest of the gems.
"what about the fruit?" asked Juvia to Natsu. "the Jinmenju fruit?"
"Lily has it, and he's going to Tenko" explained Charla.
"so we got nearly the whole condition done, but we still need the blood of the relatives, right?" said Gray as they got all the conditions for the revival ritual except for the last one which is Natsu and Ikaruga's blood together.
"we don't need Ikaruga's blood for the ritual." Said Natsu as everyone turns to look at him. "the blood of the host's relative means one who has the same blood, meaning Haruka and Ikki's blood"
"then we can perform the ritual with a go, right?!" said Lucy as Natsu nodded before he handed the two gems in his possession to her.
"you guys get to Tenko, Yuuko might already be preparing the ritual as we speak. While i need to get to the Emperor's palace" said Natsu before he turns to look at the direction of where the Emperor Island is located at. "I need to cut down the evil that is hiding there for 15 years, and erase its existence for good"
"what do you mean, Natsu?" said Gildarts before Genbu took a step forward near Natsu.
"Daimou, do you mean that the current Emperor is planning to use Ikaruga-sama's blood to awaken Orochi from his seal?" said Genbu as Natsu shakes his head. "then what do you mean?"
"Orochi was never completely sealed 4 centuries ago" said Natsu as this made everyone's eyes widen.
"w-what do you mean?! Kaguya-sama sealed Orochi within the stone seal 4 centuries ago! We Lingyue Celestial Spirits all witnessed it!" said Genbu in pure shock and outrage. "that demonic beast couldn't h-!?" Genbu continued his outburst, only to stop when his eyes widen and his mouth a gape open.
"do you realize it now, Genbu?" said Natsu as Genbu holds his staff close while gripping it tight.
"what's wrong?" asked Lucy to Genbu, seeing the turtle hermit's expression.
"f-four centuries ago…Orochi conquered Lingyue as he had the power of the elements of the world….but.." muttered Genbu as he explained the past of Lingyue.
"he has the power of the elements? Like how the generals have their elemental ability?" said Charla as Genbu nodded. "then what is the 'but' about?"
"Yamata no Orochi is the entitled as the Snake with eight heads" said Natsu as he turns towards the others. "not only does he possess the power of eight elements, he also possess the power to control humans"
"control…humans?" said Wendy as Natsu nodded.
"if Kaguya-sama never full completely seal Orochi within the stone seal, would that mean.." said Genbu with a fearful look.
"7 of his 8 heads were sealed inside," said Natsu as he clenched his fists tight. "one of his heads managed to break off its body and been living in the shadows upon Lingyue for 4 centuries"
"one of its head!?" said everyone.
"if Orochi can possess anyone upon Lingyue for his plan to release his other selves, the first would be the Emperor and the second…" muttered Genbu as Natsu's eyes glows red in anger.
"Orochi…" the man muttered out before flames rage in his eyes
Upon the Emperor's island, the town and island are bustled with people from the eight other islands as everyone are just doing their activities as the night has come with the moon illuminating its glow.
At a restaurant, a young girl and boy were playing around while their parent was having a meal and a conversation with some other people who seem to be relatives and friends, the two children played around before they see that their shadows were swaying to the side as if the illumination of the moon is shifting.
They look up and made amazed noises that got the attention of nearby people who also noticed that their shadows were shifting to the side as well.
Every citizen upon the island looks up and sees that moon is forming into a pure white crescent form with the circular shadow pure black.
"what is that?" "wasn't this year supposed to be a Lunar Year?" "it's amazing" the citizens chattered amongst one another as some were amazed while some were extremely confused in seeing the transformation of the moon's form.
Some citizens who are nearby the Emperor's palace watch the moon before the street below them shakes and breaks. The people started backing and then running away as a tall stone pedestal rises out of the ground.
Nearby soldiers went to the scene as they look up and see the tall stone pedestal where upon its top is Orochi Ikaruga who placed both palms together while her skin is covered in black snake markings.
"you put so much effort into sealing my body, Kaguya" said Orochi Ikaruga as she watch the stone pedestal rise higher into the air and became tall as the Emperor's palace itself. "now, I will unseal your seal and destroy Lingyue as I planned 4 centuries ago"
At the bottom of the stone pedestal, a stone cave is present in the very bottom which has a stone statue of a large serpent creature with 7 heads while one is missing its head at the very center.
The Lingyue moon came as the coming time of Orochi's awakening is getting nearby the passing second.
We turn our attention to Tenko where the rebellion army is preparing to invade, while at the mansion; Mira is sitting on a bed as she is getting bandaged up by Lisanna and Levy.
"damnit….just when I thought that we get to perform the ritual as fast as we could," said Mira while wincing a bit from the bandages that are wrapping up the wound on her stomach.
"we need all other 7 gems and we only have one" said Lisanna with a frown as it is night and only a few more hours before midnight comes, after it passes; Haruo will be gone forever.
"we never even knew of Mizuki being an undercover spy for the rebellion," said Levy as she got the whole explanation by Mira about Mizuki who is actually one of them. "things in Lingyue are so different from Magnolia"
A few moments later, the door to the room slides open as Gajeel with Ayame and Lily coming in, the Wood General helping Gajeel up.
"Gajeel!? Lily?! Ayame?!" said Levy in surprise as Ayame came and helps Gajeel sit down while Lily sat near his partner
"you guys alright!?" asked Lisanna as Gajeel and Ayame's wounds were bleeding.
"we're fine." said Gajeel while grunting before he holds out his right hand up that holds Flashing Eagle, Taka's Celestial gem. "more importantly, we got the other gems"
Ayame holds out her hand as she has Monkey King; Enra and Byakko of the West Sky's Celestial gems.
"and the Jinmenju fruit" added Lily while holding up the sake bottle that keeps on having its golden glow coming from its cap.
"I'm sorry that I had to take back my Celestial gem, I had to face Kazane with full strength," said Ayame as she and Gajeel handed the three gems to Levy who nodded.
"we got four now and the fruit. That means only the other four gems left" said Mira before some racket is heard from the doorway. Levy looks outside and she let out a surprised shriek as Laxus came in next while being helped by a Rebel member.
"Laxus!?" said Lisanna as Laxus got sat down on the floor while leaning his back against the door.
"I got payback for the guild" said Laxus while taking a few deep breathes before he reaches into his pocket and takes out Black Raven, Tengu's Celestial Gem. "and one of the gems"
"this makes 5" said Levy while taking hold of the black raven celestial gem as she now holds five of the 8 celestial gems.
"that means we got to wait for Erza and the others" said Lisanna as Levy nodded.
"it is time to prepare for the revival ritual" said a voice as everyone turns towards the door as Yuuko came walking by, the Fox woman carrying Ikki in her arms. "there's only 3 hours left, and the preparation of the ritual is delicate"
"but we don't have all the gems" said Lisanna as they only have 5 out of the 8 celestial gems.
"in time, the rest will come with the remaining three gems. We must prepare for the ritual if we are to revive the child before his soul will be gone to the afterlife" said Yuuko as she walks down the hall while being followed by several young pop foxes.
Everyone looks at her and then to each other before nodding.
Upon the sky, Draco zooms through the clouds as the Celestial Dragon Spirit of the North Sky zooms through while having Natsu and Gildarts riding on its head. Following nearby is a large rock pedestal that has Lucy and the others riding on it while Genbu controls the rock pedestal. They all flew to Emperor island at the fastest pace as they are planning to get the gems to Tenko while Natsu and Gildarts go to save Ikaruga and stop Orochi's revival.
"hey, Lucy!" Cana called out to Lucy who turns to look at the card mage. "are you feeling alright?!"
"yeah! Why you ask!?" replied Lucy while holding a hand to her hair as the fast ride to Emperor island is blowing so much wind at her hair.
"Genbu has been here for more than a few hours! Don't you feel your magic constantly drained too much?!" said Cana as a Celestial Spirit mage would feel drained of their magic for having a Celestial Spirit summoned to the human world for more than a few minutes or an hour.
"now that you said it!" said Lucy before she looks at her hands. "I don't feel my magic getting drained at all!"
"how come!?" said Cana in reply.
"we do not possess the same characteristic as the Zodiac Celestial Spirits!" said Genbu while controlling the rock pedestal to fly faster alongside Draco. "we Lingyue Celestial Spirit were born upon Lingyue's stars and with the power of Chi! We intake Chi from the human world to stay for as long as we are needed! That is why you do not feel weak!"
"talk about a better advantage spirit!" said Charla while holding onto Wendy as the last ride is blowing so much wind that could blow the small feline away.
"it is best if you summoned Houou, young one. We will need the strength!" said Genbu to Lucy who looks confused.
"huh? Why!?" said Lucy as Genbu merely pointed to the sky above.
Nearly everyone looks up and their eyes widen to see the lingyue moon as the moon's crescent white and black circle form nearly resembles that of a Ying Yang Symbol.
"what the heck happened to the moon!?" said Gray in surprise.
"i-it changed form!?" said Wendy with a shocked face. "b-but it was a full moon before!?"
"Orochi is coming!" said Genbu with a serious face. "it is the only explanation!"
Upon Emperor Island's city, the civilians all look upon the giant tall stone pedestal where Orochi Ikaruga stands upon while still chanting a weird and incomprehensible incantation language.
Before long, she sensed the large presence in the sky as she paused her incantation before she turns and looks to the sky as Draco, Genbu, and Houou arrived upon the city.
"seems that you finally realized your past failure, Celestial guardians" said Orochi Ikaruga with a smirk as Genbu grips his staff before the turtle hermit's body glow and he transformed into his larger form that stomps the city, while causing people to run in panic.
"Orochi! You will not resurrect the rest of your body! we will not fail Kaguya-sama once more!" shouted Genbu as the large Tortoise spirit let out a stream of steam from his nostrils.
"is that so?" said Orochi Ikaruga before she glance at Draco who had Natsu and Gildarts riding on the Dragon Spirit's head. "you are far too late"
Orochi Ikaruga weaved several hand signs before slapping her hands together and then slammed both at the stone pedestal, causing a bright light to shine down its form and to the stone cage at the very bottom.
"damnit! The seal must already be unsealed by Ikaruga?!" said Gildarts with a serious face. "this is bad!"
"the seal has been keeping Orochi's body for 4 centuries straight, there's still time to delay his full resurrection" said Draco as static started to cover his mouth before electricity started to charge within his jaws. "If we destroy his petrified body before it is fully resurrected, we only have to worry about the remaining head inside of Ikaruga-sama!"
"Houou! Genbu!" shouted Natsu as he took in a deep breath.
"right!" Replied Genbu and Houou, the two celestial beasts have earth and fire charging up in their mouths, respectively.
"I see your plan, Daimou" said Orochi Ikaruga while having a smirk as she weaved several hand signs before slamming her hands together in a loud clap. "Yonto Ashura"
Natsu, Draco, Houou, and Genbu fired out a combined breath attack upon the stone pedestal that is soon protected by a large metal man statue that arises out of the ground.
"impossible!" said Houou in seeing the metal man statue that appears to be an Ashura, a god in the form of three heads and four hands.
"the Ashura" said Natsu while squinting his eyes. "that snake can control Ikaruga so much that he can use her abilities?"
"let me handle that thing" said Gildarts while getting ready to jump straight at the metal statue of the Ashura but Natsu stopped him.
"that thing is made out of the same material as Chitetsu, it can't be harm with Magic" said Natsu to Gildarts before he draws out Chitetsu out of its scabbard. "Draco, Houou, and Genbu will handle it while you and I take that snake out of Ikaruga before her life force get sucked away and Orochi's body get fully resurrected"
"got it" said Gildarts with a head nod as Draco zooms down straight at the Ashura statue with Genbu and Houou following behind.
The Ashura statue holds up its metal weapons before it charges straight at the three Celestial beasts and went to war with them.
While the battle rages on the surface, upon Tenko; the people within the hidden land felt the shaking vibrations from above as they assumed that a battle is occurring.
At the mansion, Lucy and the others have arrived as they are all situated at the Grand Sakura tree's chamber after arriving to Tenko with the rest of the gems.
"we now have all 8 gems" said Levy as everyone nodded before the Script mage handed the gems to Yuuko who sat in front of the grand Sakura tree where Haruo's body rests upon.
In front of Yuuko is an altar that has the metal bowl, the Jinmenju fruit, and a sake bottle filled with Haruka's blood that is taken quite a bit forcefully as the young girl is scared of needles, so the group had to resort on knocking her out and then take some of her blood.
"I shall begin the ritual" said Yuuko as she reaches into her kimono's sleeves and takes out a White Fox mask which she puts on her face. Everyone else stands aside as they watch Yuuko perform the ritual.
Yuuko raised her right hand up in a hand sign as she started to speak out an incantation while nearby Kiara is with some of her siblings as they are watching their mother performing the revival ritual while surrounding Ikki who is asleep with furry tails.
The 8 Celestial gems glows near the metal bowl as the gems floats up and formed a circle that slowly rotates before each gem emplace themselves upon the slots of the metal bowl starting from Draco's gem followed by Taka's, Houou's, Tengu's, Genbu's, Enra's, Byakko's, and lastly Seiocho's.
Yuuko finished her incantation as she takes hold of the two Sake bottles and opens their lids before tilting them to the metal bowl. Blood and a golden glowing liquid pour out from the two sake bottles and into the metal bowl then fills it up in a mixture of red and gold that slowly mixes into a rainbow colored liquid.
The 8 Celestial Gems glows upon the metal bowl as Yuuko lifted the bowl up and stands from the altar before going to Haruo's body on which she gently pours the content into the young boy's mouth.
Everyone watches as Yuuko emptied the content of the metal bowl into Haruo's mouth to the very last drop. Yuuko stood aside as the others watch Haruo whose body glows pink with a golden glow coming from his chest.
A minute pass before Haruo's eyes snapped open and the boy let out a strong gasp for air then started coughing out some blood.
"Haruo!?" exclaimed Lucy in shock to see the boy alive and the sight of blood coming out of his mouth.
"hey! he's coughing blood!" shouted Gray.
"be at ease" said Yuuko as she takes off her fox mask and smiles to Haruo who stops coughing and is now taking deep breathes. "this is a normal reaction for those who are revived with the ritual. The young boy will be fine"
Everyone went to Haruo as the young boy takes deep breathes before opening his eyes, his vision blurry before they focus and Haruo sees Lucy and everyone.
"Lucy-neechan? everyone? What?" muttered Haruo with a confused look. "I was having a weird dream….everything was white…and I saw so many people with no faces"
"it's alright" said Gray while crying and had a relieved smile. "you don't have to worry about that! I'm glad that you're awake, Haruo!"
Everyone tears up even for Laxus as they are glad to have Haruo back with them, the young boy looking confused as to why he sees everyone tearing up from him waking up as Haruo doesn't realize that he was killed before.
Ayame stood by the sidelines as she had a relieved smile to see the young boy alive and well. She turns and sees Yuuko standing beside her while carrying back Ikki, the child still sleeping even with the ruckus of his older brother getting revived from the dead.
"with this, Natsu-dono can be at ease" said Yuuko as Ayame nodded.
The joyous moment was soon cut short as the room and the entire mansion suddenly shook hard from an earthquake before the sound of an explosion is heard from the outside. The noise woke Ikki up as the child cries while Yuuko tries to calm him down.
"what was that!?" exclaimed Elfman as he looks at the still shaking chamber's ceiling.
"did something happen outside!?" said Gray before everyone went outside of the chamber and the mansion.
Gray and everyone heads outside of the mansion as they find a large hole upon the hidden oasis' ceiling where Draco, Genbu, and Houou are all situated bellow it. The rebellion army fled the scene as they didn't want to catch in a battle that involved the Lingyue Celestial Spirits
"Draco, Genbu, and Houou?!" said Lucy in surprise as the three Celestial Beast Spirits looks injured before they all disappeared into golden sparkles.
"they got beaten up?! by who!?" said Gajeel with a shocked look.
"guys! There!" exclaimed Elfman while pointing to a large dust cloud that is a few feet away from them.
"that!" said Mira as everyone sees the silhouettes of two people and the dust soon dies down to reveal the two people.
Wendy let out a horrified gasp as a few feet away from them is Orochi Ikaruga with Natsu, but the pink haired woman doesn't seem to have the same appearance as she had before. she wore a black and white skin tight suit that is covered with a black vest on top while a black skirt on the bottom. Orochi Ikaruga's face skin has greenish black snake like scales, her eyes black while her pupils golden yellow reptilian, lastly her hair is partially black on the left side while the right side is still pink.
"I-Ikaruga…-san?" muttered Wendy before she let out a horrified gasp as she sees her holding Chitetsu in her grasp and the cursed katana's blade is dripping with blood.
"n-no..way" said Lucy while taking a step back with her hands covering her horrified gasping mouth.
At the other end of Chitetsu's blade is Natsu whose heart is pierced with the man's own weapon as the man himself looks void of life.
"now….no one will be able to stop me" said Orochi Ikaruga with a dark look.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
