In the heat of the battle, Erza now faces Kagura while Minerva had retreated with Millianna as her hostage. Both swordswomen gaze upon each other with serious hard gazes.

"I guess it's time to settle this" said Erza as she holds up her two katanas in her grasp.

"we both trained under the same teacher, but I have far exceeded my training to the highest peak" said Kagura with a dead on glare at the scarlet knight before she swung her sheathed katana upwards but Erza blocks it. "you cannot win against me!"

'what a powerful strike!" thought Erza as she got overpowered and was pushed back by Kagura. The scarlet knight did several backflips as she reequipped on her Heaven Wheel armor in action.

"Tenrin!" Erza flies towards Kagura with two swords in her possession. "Pentagram Sword!"

Rushing through the Mermaid Heel mage, Erza unleashed a five way sword strike that was all for naught as Kagura dodged it in the air.

"Ontou Fugutaiten!" chanted Kagura before going into a stance with her sheathed katana, right above Erza. "Go no Kata!"

Kagura strikes down Erza as the Scarlet knight went through the ground floor that shatters down to pieces.

"aagggh!" Erza screams in pain as Kagura didn't let her out of sight.

"Zan no Kata!" exclaimed Kagura in another sword stance as Erza quickly reequipped her Heaven Wheel armor for her Adamantine Armor and slams her large two shields together that was soon destroyed into pieces by the Mermaid Heel's swordswoman who appeared right behind her.

's-she cut through me!?" thought Erza in shock as her strongest defense armor was just destroyed so easily by Kagura.

"h-hey! she tore through Erza's armor like it was nothing!" exclaimed Nab in shock.

"but that armor withstood Jupiter, didn't it?!" said Max.

"just how much Natsu trained her!?" Warren exclaimed in shock.

Haruka and Haruo watch with amazement at Kagura as even though they were not of the same guild, they grew up with her during her training days and they see her as a big sister figure.

"Kagura-neechan is strong" said Haruka as Haruo nodded in agreement.

"she's strong" said Makarovin agreement as he had no other words to describe just how merciless and powerful Kagura's attack are upon Erza.

Jumping around the falling rubble, Kagura landed on top of a pillar as she looks down on Erza who is slowly getting up from around the pile of rubble below.

"is this the best you can give, Titania?" asked Kagura as Erza gritted her teeth before she jumped towards the Mermaid Heel swordswoman while requipping on her Flight Armor.

"Hisho!" exclaimed Erza as she summons two magic swords in her grasp before striking Kagura from several direction at once. "Sonic Claw!"

Erza appeared above Kagura who seems to be unscathed by the scarlet knight's attack. She holds her sheathed katana upwards as she then swung it to the side.

"you're far too slow" said Kagura and Erza screamed in pain as her two swords shatter into pieces and she got cut down from several strikes that came out of nowhere.

"Erza!" shouted Levy.

"that was just like Natsu!" exclaimed Jet.

"but her sword is sealed and sheathed! How did she land those hits on Erza?!" added Droy.

"this is really bad for Erza!" said Cana as everyone watch Erza fell once again, her Flight armor changed back to her GMG uniform that is still shredded while getting soaked in Erza's blood coming from her external wounds.

Kagura landed a few feet away from Erza as she had a superior and ominous aura around her.

'her strength, and her speed….it's far exceeding my own!' thought Erza while huffing her breathing as she looks at Kagura and sees the transparent figure of Natsu standing behind her. 'she's like Natsu!'

"is this the best you can give, Titania?" asked Kagura while looking down on Erza. "I'm ashamed to be calling you my senior sibling disciple. you're a disappointment to be lacking in such skills while under Teacher before myself"

"haa….haaa…haaa….it's not surprising" said Erza while slowly getting up. "I've passed his training many years ago after all and haven't done many of it anymore"

"you've passed, but you've been lacking in your training" said Kagura with a dangerous glint.

"what is it….what fuels your strength?" asked Erza while looking directly into Kagura's eyes.

"my determination to prove myself to Teacher and…" replied Kagura to Erza who raised an eyebrow in curiosity to her reply. Kagura's eyes darkens a bit as she clenches her fists hard. "…to kill Jellal for ever existing in this world!"

"why?...what drives you to kill Jellal?" said Erza in reply.

"don't play a dumb fool's act" said Kagura. "that man captured many children and forced them into labor to their death. Simon, my older brother, Millianna, so many were robbed of their young childhood just like myself. I vowed to erase this world's darkness as that is my justice"

"your justice is to kill someone? How is that justice?!" retorted Erza.

"everyone has different opinions of justice" said Kagura as she slammed her sheathed katana on the floor and lodge it hard before she performed several hand signs in motion. "my justice is absolute and brings peace to all"

"those hand signs!" exclaimed Erza as Kagura took a deep breath with her cheeks puffing out before she blows out streams of blue hot flames right towards the scarlet knight. "Enryu Dan!" the blue hot flames went straight for Erza who saw the incoming flames before she quickly equipped into her Flame Empress Armor and summoned her flame sword.

BOOM!

An explosion occurred as every Fairy Tail members looks in shock to see the powerful explosion that clouded the lacrima screen that was showing the fight.

"w-wait a minute! Did that Kagura just made the same hand signs as Natsu did before!?" exclaimed Cana, being familiar in seeing the hand signs and the powerful flaming attack. "and breath out flames just like him?!"

"did Natsu teach her how to do that!?" exclaimed Jet and Droy in unison.

"Erza can't win if her opponent is so strong with a sword and with chi techniques!" exclaimed Levy as the smoke of the battlefield slowly settles down in the lacrima screen and showed Erza in her Flame Empress armor and wields her Flame sword that is slowly melting.

"no way! The Flame Empress armor didn't do a thing!?" exclaimed Max.

"but that's an anti flame resistant armor!" shouted Vijeeter with his jaws drop.

"were those blue flames too hot for it to handle!?" said Nab in horror.

Erza looks at her melting Flame sword before she looks at Kagura.

"did Teacher not teach of you of Lingyue's techniques?" asked Kagura to the bewildered Erza. "yes, I know of Lingyue because Teacher taught me everything, he knows of Lingyue's chi Techniques. Seems that you didn't learn nor did he teach you of it after all"

'she was so strong with her sword, and now she shows her ability with chi?!' thought Erza as Kagura is by far the closest person she knows to date to ever give her a hard time in battle, and she is second only to Natsu.

"answer me" said Kagura as she had a superior stance towards Erza. "where is Jellal?"

"what?" replied Erza with a confused face.

"I know Fairy Tail is sheltering him" said Kagura with a hostile look. "I don't know why Teacher never told me of Jellal being under his guild's protection, but I intend to find out on where he is and kill him for the sake of innocent people around the world"

"Jellal….he's not like he was before….he changed" said Erza to Kagura.

"even if he changed or not…his sins are far too much" stated Kagura with an even more serious look. "that man must not live any second within this world!"

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP

Several clapping sound was soon heard as Kagura and Erza looks to the side and sees Minerva appearing to the scene.

"such an amazing show, it nearly brought me to tears" said Minerva with a smirk.

"Minerva!" said Erza in surprise.

"you wench…" growls Kagura, her hatred for the Sabertooth Wizard still present after Millianna's tortured appearance.

"do not worry, I'm keeping my word" said Minerva as she glances at Erza with her still smirk. "I can already see who is the victor here"

"where is Millianna!?" said Kagura while holding up her sheathed katana. "give her back!"

"the kitten? You can have her back" replied Minerva with a chuckle as she waved her left hand to the side and Millianna appeared in a green orb above before she falls straight towards Kagura who quickly caught her.

"Millianna!" Kagura called out to Millianna while holding her up straight, checking to see her condition.

"Ka…gura…-chan" muttered Millianna in a pained voice.

"don't worry. I'll handle the rest" said Kagura with a small smile before her eyes widen and blood escaped her lips. Erza looks in shock as Minerva is behind Kagura, the Sabertooth mage pierced Kagura's back and through her stomach with a broken katana that belonged to the Scarlet Knight.

"you can have your kitten friend back" said Minerva with a dark smirk. "but your points are mine to keep"

"KAGURA!" screamed Simon from the crowds stand while Happy looks in horror

"Kagura-neechan!" exclaimed Haruka and Haruo in unison while Ikki started to cry as Cana tried to calm him down.

"she just stabbed her through from behind!" exclaimed Elfman. "That's so unmanly!"

"so dirty!" added Lisanna

"y-you….wench!" grunted Kagura in pain before she fell to the floor with Millianna.

"Kagura! Millianna!" shouted Erza before she glared at Minerva angrily. The Sabertooth mage smirked and laughed pridefully.

"I told you that a noble always gets their pick of the most delicious specimens," said Minerva with a dark look "I'm fortunate enough to eat a Mermaid's head, as well as a wingless Fairy."

1st Place: Fairy Tail – 72

2nd Place: Sabertooth- 71

3rd Place: Lamia Scale – 43

4th Place: Mermaid Heel – 34 (out)

5th Place: Blue Pegasus – 32 (out)

6th Place: Quatro Puppy – 7 (out)

"Minerva has taken down both Kagura and Millianna! She got 6 points!" exclaimed Lola on the mic. "it's neck and neck for the ranking between Fairy Tail and Sabertooth!"

"even though it was an underhand technique," said Yajima with a serious dark angry look.

"this match is going to its next climax-kabo!" exclaimed Mato.

"Kagura….-chan" muttered Millianna as Kagura coughs out some blood while in pain. Before long, a nearby stone pillar structure crumbles down right above the two.

"look out!" screamed Beth as Arana and Risley gasps.

Kagura shielded Millianna with her body before a figure got above the two and shielded them from the falling rubble.

The crowd made gasps sounds as everyone in their stands held silence.

Kagura had her eyes closed as she shielded Millianna, before she slowly opens her eyes from the sensation of warm liquid dripping down her face. Kagura looks up and gasps with wide eyes as Erza is hovering over the two while shielding them from the rubble on her back that she pushed away.

"w-why?...why did you?" muttered Kagura.

"it's because…..you're Simon's Sister" said Erza with a small smile. "and also….it took me a while, but I just remembered you"

"remembered…me?" said Kagura as Erza nodded in reply.

"I never knew your name, but we met once" said Erza as her eyes softens a bit. "back in our old village….Rosemary Village"

"y-you…you were from…Rosemary village!?" said Kagura in shock as her eyes widen when she had a flashback of a young scarlet haired girl taking her younger self to safety during the Zeref Child hunt that burns down her hometown village. "y-you were…that girl….you…"

"I wondered why I felt a sense of nostalgia from meeting you" said Erza with a small chuckle. "now I know why"

"w-why….you should've just saved…Millianna….and not me!" said Kagura while in tears. "i….I!"

Erza smiled before she got kicked away by Minerva on her side and rolled on the floor a few feet away from Kagura.

"Erza!" Kagura called out to the scarlet knight who grunted before looking up to see Minerva looking down on her with a smirk

"you are next, Erza" said Minerva with a chuckle. "but I doubt you'd be an amusement after receiving so much of damage before"

Kagura glared at Minerva from behind before she sees Erza slowly standing up as she had a rising powerful scarlet red aura surrounding her.

"Minerva!" growled Erza as she sends an anger-filled glare towards Minerva who smirks darkly at her.


In a nearby dark alleyway, Rogue went flying and crashed to a pile of crates as he just got punched by Gajeel.

"you can't get stronger than me in a day, brat" said Gajeel as he dusts the dirt on his hands. "give up. you can't beat me if you can't beat Salamander before"

Rogue merely stands up and looks directly at Gajeel before saying "you're not as strong as him. You're weaker than Natsu Daimou"

"what did you say?" said Gajeel while having vein marks popping around his forehead.


Meanwhile at Mecurius in the lower levels. Natsu and the others are walking down the hall, as they had Future Lucy with them. The future individual is bringing them around the castle, to get the 12 Zodiac Celestial Spirit keys.

"this way" said Future Lucy as she turned a corner and there is a room nearby. She opens the door and within it were safeguard items of the royal kingdom. Future Lucy looks around before she finds one wooden pedestal having all 12 Zodiac keys in its glass casing. "there they are"

"the Zodiac Keys!" said Charla as Natsu got to the glass casing and then breaks it open to take back the keys before handing them back to their rightful owners.

"Pisces…Libra" muttered Yukino in relief to be reunited with her two keys.

"now that we got our keys back, let's get out of here" said Lucy while placing away her keys in her key pouch on her waist.

"wait" said Future Lucy as everyone looks at her. "before we escape, you all need to know what to do"

"what do you mean?" asked Gray while slowly placing down Arcadios to the floor and leans him against the wall, the ice make wizard needs some rest after carrying the big man around.

"when we get out of this room, we need to head to the south corridor area" said Future Lucy.

"south corridor? But that is where most soldiers are positioned at" stated Yukino.

"no, at this time most of the soldiers will be positioned at the northwest corridor" said Future Lucy with a nervous look. "they're going to prepare the Eclipse Gate soon"

"then let's go to that corridor then!" said Mira to the future person. "we got to stop the princess and whoever plans to use the Eclipse Gate, right!?"

"we can't, the Eclipse Gate sucks in magic the moment you used it near the thing" said Charla to the Majin. "if anyone can get near, it's Natsu. he can use his chi, right?"

"tell us more" said Natsu to Future Lucy. "what happened to the future? You said that there is something horrid will come on tomorrow before"

"yes" said Future Lucy with a scared look. "I told you all before that I came from the future….a future where everything is in chaos"

"a future that is in chaos?" asked Wendy.

"a future where everything is destroyed by a herd of ten thousand dragons that burns the world in flames" said Future Lucy as everyone looks shocked.

"t-ten thousand dragons?!" exclaimed Gray and the others in shock while Natsu looks bewildered with Kiara who squeals.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye