The whole scenario went from danger to completely confusing as the Liberum Ritual is coming to a close with the reveal of the real mastermind behind the ritual who is the Celestial Spirit King. Right now, the ritual is coming to a close end as nearly 8 of the 12 zodiacs had their Gates closed and 4 out of 8 of the Lingyue's Celestial Guardians were turned back to normal.

At the Aquarius realm, things were getting soaked up in water as the entire amusement park is flooded.

Erza and the others got to higher ground, but the water just keeps on rising by the second.

"is she planning to drown us or what!?" Gray exclaimed as he with Wendy and Charla who is holding onto Gojin who is still unconscious, the four are standing on top of stall's roof as the water was rising up even more. The ice mage soon started to freeze the water but the second it freezes, it melts instantly. "just what type of water is this!? It melts so fast!"

"matters of it aside, we have to defeat Seiocho now!" Erza stated as she along with Akari were on top of a merry go round's roof.

"but how!?" Mira exclaimed before she turns and looks at Eclipse Seiocho who is high in the sky with the help of a spinning water twister while still having Eclipse Aquarius trapped in the water cage. "she's way too high and even if we fly to get her, she sends those water spears coming on us!"

"all of you! Be ready!" Ayame exclaimed as she sees Eclipse Seiocho spinning her trident above her head and the sky soon darkens with a thunderstorm appearing. "her attack will rain upon us!"

"we can see that!" Gray exclaimed.

The rain soon pours down a great amount of water spears that just cause water explosions wherever they hit.

"shield yourselves!" Kazane exclaimed as she spins and swings her war fans in unison, creating a powerful air veil that gets barraged by the water spear.

Everyone did their best in shielding themselves, but Seiocho's attack just increased the level of the rising water.

"the water is rising even more!" Charla exclaimed.

"she was planning to limit our ground!" Enra shouted before he did several hand signs and trees came rising out of the water. "all of you! Head for more higher ground! The moment any of the water touches any of us, Seiocho will finish it all!"

"like you need to tell us!" Gray exclaimed as everyone started heading for the Ferris Wheel because it is the only structure that is high and not flooded yet.

Eclipse Seiocho smirks before she spins her trident then points its blades forward in commanding some of water to rise into the air then formed several serpent heads that soon lunges straight for Erza and the others.

"incoming!" Mira exclaimed as she transforms into her Satan Soul and fires a black energy blast that hits and causes one of the water serpents to explode.

Erza, and Kazane fires at the incoming water serpents as each one gets blown up but one managed to pass through them and went straight for Wendy.

"Wendy!" Mira, and Erza shouted as the water serpent went straight for her.

Wendy gasps as the large body of water came down on her but she was pushed away by Gray.

"Gray-san!?" Wendy screamed before the water serpent blasted him straight into the rising water. "GRAY-SAN!"

"Gray!" Erza shouted as bubbles came to the surface of the water before they stopped, indicating that wherever Gray is, the man isn't letting out any air.

"no way!" Mira looks in shock as everyone looks around to see if Gray had surfaced back up into the surface, but he was nowhere in sight.

"Gray-san! Gray-san!" Wendy screamed out in tears as she tried to dive in and save Gray, but Enra grabs and stopped her. "please let me go! Gray-san! Gray-san!"

"now is not the time to grieve!" Enra shouted before he jumps and dodged a rain of water spears that cause large water explosions to where the monkey spirit once stand on. "this is a battle! There is nothing we can do for him now!"

"but!" Wendy cried out as Enra carries her straight to the Ferris Wheel. "Gray-san!"

Erza and Mira gritted their teeth before everyone went towards the high Ferris Wheel while shielding themselves from rains of water spears coming from Eclipse Seiocho who went even fiercer in her attack.

Eclipse Seiocho smirks before she lifts her trident up and summons a tsunami to rise behind her.

"drown into the deep abyss!" Eclipse Seiocho shouted before the tsunami came flooding everywhere.


At the realm of Taurus, Gajeel along with Raikou and Laxus are on the ground as they were battered and bruised up in their fight against Eclipse Genbu who stood strong and tall even though he is bleeding from one area of his side.

"young ones sure are full of themselves." Said Eclipse Genbu while chuckling a bit. "they do not learn from their mistakes."

"d-damnit.." Gajeel grunted as he tried to get up from the ground. "t-the damn turtle with his shield!"

"our last attack no longer works.." Raikou muttered while holding a hand to a big purple bruise on his right shoulder. "how are we supposed to get through in defeating Genbu-san?"

"that old man has got to have a weakness…" Laxus stated while getting back up on his feet. "we just got to find it!"

The three got back up and faces Eclipse Genbu who smirks at them before he slams his turtle shields together in response.

They faced against each other before the sky suddenly cracks and breaks then pieces of it started to fall in revealing the inner realm of the Astral Spiritus.

"w-what is that!?" said Raikou while looking surprised.

"stars and asteroids? Where the hell is that or rather what the hell is that!?" Gajeel stated in shock before the ground suddenly rumbles and shakes.

"seems that our battle here is finished, young ones." Eclipse Genbu stated as he stood on his part of the ground that started to rise up very high into the sky. "our main priority in canceling Liberum Verus is more important than defeating obstacles."

"hey! Wait!" Laxus shouted but Eclipse Genbu just went straight for the large crack in the sky and disappears.

"he disappeared. But to where?" said Raikou before seeing Gajeel going straight for the long and tall rock pillar. "where are you?"

"after the old turtle man, what else?" Gajeel replied. "I don't what the heck he was talking about, but that Liberum Verus crap he talked must be something that is their main goal."

"now that you said it." Said Laxus before looking at the large crack in the sky. "wherever that old man is now, it must be to finish things off."

"well then, let us follow." Raikou stated as Gajeel, and Laxus nodded before the three heads straight for the tall rock pillar and started climbing.


In the Inner Realm of the Astral Spiritus, Lucy and the others got themselves to sheltered area while hearing sound of explosions coming from the far end of the asteroid where Daichi along with Bickslow, and Yamika were facing against Eclipse Taka.

"go babies! Baryon Formation!" Bickslow shouted as his totems spins around before firing a green magic blast that went straight for Eclipse Taka who flies away in dodging it. "after him, babies!"

The attack followed Eclipse Taka who flies away everywhere but Yamika came flying in with shurikens in her grasps.

"Kage Shurikens!" Yamika shouted before she threw her shurikens that doubled in numbers.

Eclipse Taka growled before he pulls three arrows on his bow then fired, the flying projectiles glows white before they exploded and blows away the shurikens, but from the explosions came out Yamika who has a large shuriken in her grasp.

CLANG!

Yamika clashes her large shuriken against Eclipse Taka who blocked with his bow, both pushing against each other in their clash.

"human!" Eclipse Taka growled before he kicks Yamika away and then pulls several arrows on his bow then fired it towards the falling Darkness General.

"Gan Heki Dan!" Daichi who is standing below shouted before he swings his Funsai on the ground and cause a large earth wall to rise out and protected Yamika from the arrows.

"Daichi-san! Fling me!" Yamika shouted as she falls feet first towards Daichi who readied his Tetsubo at his side.

"understood!" Daichi exclaimed as he soon swings his weapon that made contact with Yamika's gettas before he sends her flying straight back towards Eclipse Taka in the sky.

"I shall not be defeated here!" Eclipse Taka shouted as an arrow with the edge in the shape of an eagle's head, the Eclipsed Eagle Spirit pulls the arrow on his bow and made a lot of tension on the string then fired the projectile straight at Yamika.

"like I let you! Go babies! X formation!" Bickslow shouted as his totems came flying in the air in an X formation that soon fired a green magic beam at the eagle arrow that made a big explosion from which Yamika came flying through.

"you bastard!" Eclipse Taka readied to fire another arrow, but Yamika was upon him.

"Kage Jutsu! Shuriken no Mai!" Yamika chanted before she spins and sends rains of shadow shurikens that came barraging and exploded on Eclipse Taka.

"gaaaah!" Eclipse Taka roared in pain before he was engulfed in a large explosion.

Yamika landed on top of a cliff as she turns and looks at the explosion with Daichi and Bickslow, the three watch the smoke before Eclipse Taka came falling while disappearing into golden sparkles in a second then completely disappears.

"w-we did it!" Bickslow cheered before he slowly fell to his knees.

"are you alright?" Daichi called out while going to the masked man.

"y-yeah….just tired, that's all.." Bickslow replied before Daichi helps him stand up. "used up too much magic while trying to hit the guy before you came."

"I can see that." Daichi replied with a nod. "let us head back and regroup with the others."

"y-yeah" Bickslow nodded while his totems came and helped him stand straight by pushing his back up.

"Yamika-dono! Let us return to Lucy-dono and the others!" Daichi called out to the Darkness General on the cliff.

Hearing the call from the monk, Yamika nodded but she soon sensed something behind and turns around quickly but only to be rammed by a large turtle shell that sends her flying and crashing to a large hill that has large cracks in an instant.

"Yamika-dono!" Daichi shouted as Yamika is in a hole that is shaped in her body outline, the Darkness General coughs out blood before she came falling forward and fell to the ground below. "Yamika-dono!"

"who attacked her!?" Bickslow exclaimed as he looks at the cliff and he gasped in surprise. "isn't that?!"

"you have dwindled our numbers till there are only 2 of my comrades remaining, humans have become strong and arrogant." A voice spoke as Daichi looks and his eyes widen to see Eclipse Genbu standing on top of the cliff where Yamika once stand upon. "but I shall end this pitiful battle once and for all."

"I thought he was supposed to be at Taurus Realm! Laxus and the others didn't manage to stop him!?" Bickslow exclaimed in surprise.

"one falls and now only two remains." Eclipse Genbu stated while looking at Daichi and Bickslow. "I shall be rid of you and the rest of your comrades, human."

"damnit! We just finished one and another came!" Bickslow groaned as he is still exhausted after fighting against Eclipse Taka. The Seith Mage gritted his teeth before he sees Daichi letting him off and then got in front of him. "h-hey.."

"Bickslow-dono, I need you to take Yamika-dono and head back to Lucy-dono and everyone else." Daichi stated while wielding Funsai with both hands. "I shall cover you while you retreat."

"are you sure? I thought you can only beat a Lingyue Celestial Spirit with an opposing Chi?" Said Bickslow with an unsure look. "your chi and his chi are basically the same type. Can you even win?"

"if a battle comes between both who has the same chi element flowing in their body, it all comes down to strength." Daichi stated while vein marks started to appear all over his bald head. "right now, we cannot afford to wait for a possibility that the rest of our comrades will come. Genbu-dono will finish us before they can come. That is why you must retreat with Yamika-dono."

Bickslow looks at Daichi before he started going towards Yamika while the Earth General grips his hold on Funsai's handle while looking straight at Eclipse Genbu, the turtle spirit just slammed his turtle shields together while radiating a greenish brown aura around his body.

Daichi and Eclipse Genbu looks at each other before both jumps towards each other and swings their weapons against each other that caused a powerful shockwave upon contact.


At the location where Lucy and the others, the group kept in their hidden shelter while Akari is on a look out.

"is he going to be alright?" Hisui asked as Levy and Lucy patched up Arcadios' wounds.

"we stopped his bleeding, but we need to get Wendy to fully close his wound." Lucy replied while wiping off the sweat on her forehead.

"we're lucky that Byakko's claws didn't pierce through any of his vital organs." Levy added while kneeling beside Arcadios who is resting and is unconscious.

"how's Freed?" Lucy asked Cana as the Card Mage and Lily were tending to Freed.

"his wounds ain't as bad as the other guy." Cana replied while rolling up a bandage around Freed's right arm. "but he is nearly out of magic."

"i-I can still…" Freed grunted as he tried sitting up, but Levy stopped him.

"just stay down, Freed. Your wounds might be lighter but they're still painful if you try to move." Lily told the Rune mage while pushing him down. "a wounded warrior is an easy target."

Freed grunted a bit before he decided to heed their advice and stay down.

Before long, the land suddenly rumbled and shake furiously as everyone held onto something.

"a tremor.." Levy muttered out.

"the same one that happened before we met Daichi and the others." Said Cana as Lily nodded in agreement.

"Hisui-san, is this because of Liberum?" Lucy asked Hisui who nodded.

"the ritual is nearly completed but I believe the tremors are the result of the time flux being altered." Hisui replied before she looks outside as she saw the stars in space started to die one by one. "I fear that the Liberum Verus is causing the inner world of the Astral Spiritus to collapse on itself."

"what happens if its collapse?" Lily asked as Hisui frowns with a nervous face.

"if the Astral Spiritus, the realm that acts as an equalizer of the Celestial Spirit World and the human world collapses, both worlds will meet and destroy each other." Hisui replied as Lucy and the others looked in shock. "the human world and the Celestial Spirit World are two sides of a coin, if both sides meet there will be nothing but destruction."

"is there anyway to stop it?" Lily asked. "is there a way to fix the damage?"

"if there is, it would be to stop Liberum and stop the Celestial Spirit King." Hisui replied with a stern face. "one of the two which we must stop immediately."

"Yamika and the masked man; Bickslow have returned" Akari called out as everyone looks out and sees Bickslow carrying the unconscious Darkness general around his shoulder.

"Bickslow! Where's Daichi-san!?" Lucy called out while Levy and Cana went out to help Bickslow in carrying of Yamika. "and what happened to Yamika-san!?"

"bad news! Just when we finished off Taka, Genbu suddenly appears!" Bickslow replied as he is helped into the shelter by Akari. "he took out Yamika and the old man is fighting him now!"

"that turtle hermit is here!?" Cana exclaimed in surprise.

"just how is everything going sour in an instant!?" said Lucy before the land suddenly shakes again but this time it was more devastating than the last one. "another earthquake!?"

"Omnia…Magna….Stella…Rex Prae…"

A voice soon chanted some words as everyone heard it.

"what was that?" Levy asked as they look around for the source of the voice. "a person's voice."

"more importantly, what language was that?" Cana asked as she thought that they words were some sort of magic chant.

"for the Celestial Spirit King?" Hisui muttered out as Lucy looks at her.

"Hisui-san? don't tell me that you understood those words?" Lucy asked as Hisui nodded in reply.

"it was in an ancient language of the Celestial Spirit World." Hisui replied. "Omnia Magna Stella Rex Prae. It means 'for the Celestial Spirit King'."

"for the Celestial Spirit King?" Lucy and Yukino stated in unison before the land rumbles again.

"again?!" Bickslow exclaimed while trying to balance himself.

"guys! Look!" Lily exclaimed as he was outside and his eyes were wide in shock.

Everyone went out and they look in surprise as they see Eclipse Ophiuchus appearing in the sky; her large snake body coiled around the asteroid where Natsu and Eclipse Draco were.

"w-what is that thing!?" Bickslow exclaimed in shock.

"a Celestial Spirit!?" Cana stated. "it's huge!"

"c-could it be…the Snake Charmer Spirit, O-Ophiuchus…" Hisui muttered out while looking surprised. "even the 13th gate's spirit was eclipsed too?"

"there are still some humans here? I am surprised." Eclipse Ophiuchus spoke out while having a smirk. "but you are mere weaklings compared to those two dragons."

"dragons?" Lucy muttered out before she took a step forward while still looking upon the Eclipsed snake Charmer spirit. "you! You said dragons! Do you mean Natsu!?"

"yes, Natsu Daimou. That man along with the Dragon of the North Sky; Draco was very much a challenge for me to defeat." Eclipse Ophiuchus replied. "but they are now in the Inverse Realm where they will remain there forever."

"t-the Inverse Realm!?" Hisui stated in shock.

"you know where that is?" Cana asked as Hisui nodded with a fearful face.

"known as the Dark ends of the Celestial Spirit World. A world devoid of light and life." Hisui replied while looking nervous. "I've heard legends of the realm's existence and that those who are sent there, will be trapped forever."

"trapped forever!?" Akari stated. "Daimou-sama and Draco-sama are trapped there!?"

"isn't there anyway to get them back!?" Cana exclaimed as Hisui shakes her head.

"no one who was sent to that realm has ever returned." Hisui replied. "that is why the Inverse Realm is a place where life will be gone forever."

"n-no way…." Lucy gasps in shock.

"now that those who can disrupt my plan have been eliminated, I shall now rid the rest of the pests." Said Eclipse Ophiuchus with a smirk while her large snake head roared while charging bolts of lightning inside its large jaw. "die, humans."

"it's coming!" Bickslow exclaimed.

"grab Freed and the others! We got to make a run for it!" Cana shouted as Eclipse Ophiuchus soon fired bolts of lightning straight towards Lucy and the others who started to retreat because they have too many injured on their side.

Explosions bloomed and caused destruction everywhere. Eclipse Ophiuchus laughs as she watches Lucy and the others flee to safety.


Everything started to went down in chaos in the Inner Realm of the Astral Spiritus along with the rest of the realms

In the Gemini Realm, everything is blazing in flames as Eclipse Houou burned everything in flames.

Eclipse Houou looks down as Juvia, Mizuki, Yukino, Elfman, and Evergreen were just suffocating in their breathing because the fire caused intense thick smoke that made it nearly impossible to breath. The same could be said for the Eclipsed Zodiac spirits.

In the Aquarius Realm, everything is nearly drowned in water. Erza and the others hanged on to the very top of the ferris wheel as they had no place to stand. Eclipse Seiocho hovers in the sky with the support of her water geysers that is just filling and drowning everything in water.

While at the other side of the Astra Spiritus, Daichi and Eclipse Genbu clashes in their battle as their powers are in a stalemate.


In the Inverse Realm, red lightning bolts exploded along with flames as asteroids were getting destroyed.

Natsu fought against Eclipse Draco as each time they clash their attacks, it would result in the destruction of the asteroid that they stand upon. Right now, both were in a power struggle against each other while their respective elements just destroyed their surroundings.

"Draco! Stop this now! We got to get back and save everyone from that snake!" Natsu shouted as he pushes back Eclipse Draco before both swings their right legs up and got into a clash before they started punching out their fists and swinging their kicks against each other.

"when will you humans learn?!" Eclipse Draco shouted out as he caught Natsu's left fist and crushed the metallic hand with his vice like grip. "this realm has no exit nor entrance! Once you are sent here, you are here for life!"

Eclipse Draco soon yanks Natsu's artificial left arm off his body before giving the salmon haired man a red lightning electrocuted punch to the face.

Natsu skidded back as he regains his bearings and looks at Eclipse Draco who throws away his destroyed artificial left arm before going into a stance while his body gets coated in pure red electricity.

"just give up on hope! And die!" Eclipse Draco shouted before he dashed right towards Natsu and sends his lightning coated fist straight towards the salmon haired man who stood in his place before his whole body blazes in crimson red flames.

"uraaah!" Natsu roared as he pulled back his right fist that charges all of the flames and the attack made contact with Eclipse Draco that causes their attacks to explode against each other.

Eclipse Draco was sent skidding back a few feet away as he stood up straight and looks at the smoke caused by the explosion from which Natsu came jumping out and sends a right hook to the Eclipsed Dragon spirit.

"ugh!" Eclipsed Draco staggers a few feet back before he got a punch to the gut by Natsu. "agh!"

"who the fucking hell do you think you are!?" Natsu shouted as a flames rages and formed a left arm to the left side of his body, the flaming arm soon sends a powerful flaming left hook to Eclipse Draco's face. "telling others to give up hope!? You call yourself a dragon!?"

Eclipse Draco staggers before he gritted his teeth and went for a counterattack by giving Natsu a powerful body blow punch.

"silence, human!" Eclipse Draco roared out before he got a fist to the face by Natsu who retaliated in the attack.

"a dragon's pride would never allow it to be humiliated by anything!" Natsu shouted as he started giving left and right hooks then punches at Eclipse Draco. "you gave up on hope!? You gave up on everything! You're not Draco at all! Even if you're his past self, you are nothing alike with him!"

"I told you to be silent!" Eclipse Draco shouted as he caught Natsu's right fist before he sends his left fist at the salmon haired man's face. "what do you know of a dragon?! You may be raised by a Dragon to obtain your magic, but you are nothing alike with a Dragon!"

Eclipse Draco went for his counterattack as he sends uppercuts to Natsu's chin and then hammers down his fists to his head.

"this realm is an eternal chamber of doom!" Eclipse Draco shouted as he sends a powerful right hook to Natsu's face and then followed it up with a left hook. "how can you expect to have hope?! This place has no exit! No one will ever escape this place! Just give up on hope!"

Eclipse Draco sends a lightning coated right hook at Natsu who caught it and grips his hold on the Eclipsed Dragon spirit's hand.

"then….are you breaking promise to Setsuna?" Natsu asked as Eclipse Draco's eyes widen. "are you breaking your promise to your own mate?!"

"you!...why do you know!?" Eclipse Draco exclaimed before he got a flaming left hook to the face that made him stagger back.

"I know of her!" Natsu shouted as he keeps on punching Eclipse Draco. "you told me of her! The Sakura Dragon, Setsuna! Your beloved mate who you lost during Orochi's first reign in destroying Lingyue! You promised her! You promised her to never give up hope, didn't you?!"

"you! I would never tell anyone of her!" Eclipse Draco exclaimed before he punches Natsu on the face, but the man pushes forward and punches the Eclipsed Dragon spirit harder. "ugh!"

"you taught me to never give up hope because you learn it from her, didn't you?!" Natsu shouted as he pushes Draco and sends a fist to the Eclipse Dragon spirit's stomach, breaking through his armor into pieces. "a dragon who learns to be in despair, ain't a dragon! But a damn coward!"

Eclipse Draco staggers back before Natsu grabs the Eclipsed Dragon Spirit's head and then rams his head against his very hard.

"hope isn't something you should let go so easily! Draco!" Natsu shouted. "Hope always exist no matter what!"

Eclipse Draco's eyes widen as Natsu's words echoed into his mind.

Flashback

4 Centuries ago upon Lingyue, before the continent had been split into 9 different islands. At the northern area of the island, there is a hidden oasis type of domain where there is Draco in his dragon form along with a pinkish dragon whose scales are like that of Sakura petals and body is like a serpent but with fins like wing as she is the Sakura Dragon; Setsuna; the Dragon of the North Sky's mate.

Draco is laying his head on the blanket of grass as he looks to be trying to sleep before he was awake by Setsuna's tail nudging at him.

"hey, Draco." Setsuna called out to her mate while laying in the pool of water. "are you still awake?"

"what is it, Setsuna?" Draco asked while slowly opening his eyes. "I am trying to rest here."

"I know, but I feel a bit worried for what is happening upon Ishgar." Setsuna replied as Draco slowly leans his head up. "do you believe that we should've brought those who didn't desire to fight upon this continent?"

"Zirconis and the others would just plunge this land in flames if we did bring them here." Draco stated in a stern voice "this land has humans too. They would just destroy everything to make this land theirs. I followed with you to this land because you desire no conflict, Setsuna. Do not tell me that you are having second thoughts of your decision."

"no, I just wished that we dragons would've been able to live in peace with the humans." Setsuna replied in a soft voice. "especially for our race with the humans of this continent. They are far kinder and very loving towards every living creature than the ones upon Ishgar."

"we shall see after a century pass." Draco stated while laying his head back down to the grass. "humans are all the same after all."

"no, I do not believe so." Setsuna replied while looking at Draco. "if anything, there is hope for our race to live peacefully with humans."

"do not lecture me with that foolish idea, Setsuna." Draco stated while glancing at the Sakura Dragon. "we are dragons and humans are humans, for as we see it. Humans see dragons as beings of power and destruction, they believe that we are monsters. That shall not change. I didn't start eating the humans of this land because there are far bigger food source upon this land and because I vowed to you."

"it will change, Draco. If we believe in hope." Setsuna replied with a smile.

"hope? What a false type of an idea." Draco stated while closing his eyes. "believing in hope, how ridiculous that is."

"that is not a ridiculous, Draco." Setsuna retorted. "hope exists for every living being in this world, it exists for the both of us too. Hope always exists no matter what."

"fine, I understand. Hope exists for us and every living being on this world." Draco stated while turning his head a bit. "let's continue this chatter at a later time, Setsuna. I am tired and in need of rest."

"you always say that when I bring up the idea." Setsuna retorted while she slithers on the grass and around Draco. "when will you learn that we have a future of coexisting like the others at that kingdom?"

"when the war stops, I shall believe it." Draco replied.


The scene soon changes at the hidden oasis is burned into flames by Orochi who laughs while his 8 heads spewed out 8 different element energy that destroyed Lingyue and caused the continent to split.

At the now named Lightning Island, Draco laid on the charred land as the dragon has bloody scars all around his body. Rain was upon the land as endless amount of water pours down heavily.

Draco grunted in pain while crying in tears as he looks upon Setsuna; the Sakura Dragon now laid near him with a large bloody hole upon the location of her heart as her life is gone.

"S-Setsuna…" Draco grunted out as he tried to crawl his way towards his mate. "Setsuna.."

Draco got near Setsuna as the red dragon cries out his sadness and tears to the loss of his mate.

In moments time, several puddled footsteps were heard as a woman with identical appearance to Ikaruga appears, but she is Kaguya; the first empress of Lingyue.

Kaguya holds an umbrella as it covers her and a small Pop Fox who is Yuuko in her past young life, who is also riding the pink haired woman's shoulder.

Draco cries for Setsuna before his eyes turned to see Kaguya standing near him while holding out a hand that showers a greenish golden aura upon his wounds.

"away from me, human!" Draco roared out as he rises his head and tried to scare Kaguya away, but his wounds prevented him.

"we are not here to harm you, great dragon." Kaguya stated in a polite and respectful tone while continuing to heal Draco's wounds. "we are here to help you."

"I do not need helping from vermins like yourself!" Draco roared as lightning started to charge all around his jaws that he opens. "away from me before I eradicate you from existence!"

"do what you feel is right, but I cannot let myself die yet." Kaguya stated as she stops her healing and then turns to look at Draco. "for I have the duty to defeat the Yamata no Orochi."

"you? A mere human? Do not make me laugh!" Draco shouted while charging more and more electricity inside his large jaw. "I shall kill that snake for taking away my mate! I shall kill him!"

"but you cannot." Kaguya stated in a stern voice. "if I do not heal your wounds, you shall die. Letting yourself die will only make your life vanish in regret. Do you wish to face your mate in the afterlife, knowing you did nothing in avenging her?"

Draco roared as he charges more and more lightning inside his jaw but a few minutes later, the lightning died down and the red dragon laid his head on the wet ground.

"that snake…it's too powerful…my power….cannot even harm it…" Draco spoke out while his spilt tears mixed with the rain. "my mate…..Setsuna…..she was just killed before my very own eyes…I need it….i need more power.."

"I can give you that power." Kaguya stated. "the power that is strong enough to defeat Orochi."

"then give it to me!" Draco replied while looking at Kaguya. "I want that power! I want the power to rid that snake from this world!"

"if you fall into your vengeance, I cannot give you that power." Kaguya replied while having a stern face. "the power that comes from pure hatred and vengeance is nothing but a false type of power."

"then what power are you willing to give me!?" Draco exclaimed. "I have no care for what type of power you can give me! I just need it!"

"the power that I wish to give you, is not that of vengeance." Kaguya stated as she placed a hand to the front of her chest and then said with a stern face. "the power of Hope."

Flashback

"the power…of Hope?" Eclipse Draco muttered out with wide eyes before he was sent staggering back from a flaming punch by Natsu.

"everyone has Hope! That hope is what gives them the strength that they need!" Natsu shouted as he pulled back his left flaming arm that rages in red flames. "you too had the power, Draco! Remember that!"

Eclipse Draco looks at Natsu as the salmon haired man came and sends a raging left flaming punch that collided with his face and caused a massive explosion that engulfed both of them.

It took a whole 5 minutes for the smoke of the explosion to settle as it blows away to reveal Natsu standing in front of Eclipse Draco who has the salmon haired man's left flaming fist on his face.

"do you really believe….that you can escape from this realm?" Eclipse Draco asked while the flames on Natsu's left flaming fist is burning his skin a bit. "and stop whatever is coming?"

"I can because I believe I can." Natsu replied. "that's my Hope."

Eclipse Draco looks at Natsu before his whole body started to glow and disappear into golden sparkles.

"I'll leave it to you then….to save both worlds." Eclipse Draco spoke out in an echoing voice as he disappears.

Natsu lowers his left flaming fist as Eclipse Draco has now been defeated.

"hurry and wake up, Draco." Natsu spoke before he turns and got into a drawing stance. His right hand grips hold of Chitetsu's handle as he gripped it really hard and tight.

Natsu gritted his teeth before he slowly draws out Chitetsu out of his scabbard and in a split second the weapon was outstretched to his side and unleashed a powerful magic slash that caused a huge glass like shattering sound in the Inverse Realm.

A black portal appears as it had swirling black energy within it. Natsu dashes into the portal that soon shrank and disappears when he went in.


As if the defeat of Eclipse Draco was a beacon, the tide changes for the other realms.

Within the Gemini Realm, everything was burned as Eclipse Houou watches everyone suffer but that soon changes when Natsu came flying in from a portal that opened in the sky.

"what!?" Eclipse Houou looks in surprise to Natsu's sudden entrance as the Salamander reach out his flaming left arm that started to suck in all the flames burning the forest till there is nothing but burned out wood. "my flames?!"

Free from the suffocating smoke, Mizuki and the others got up while gaining back their breath.

"D-Daimou-san?" Mizuki looks a bit in surprise as Natsu flies in the sky and started battling Eclipse Houou.

"h-how did h-he get here?" Juvia asked in surprise.

"matters of that aside…we got to help him…" Elfman grunted while standing up on his puppy legs.

"yeah, his chi is fire and against an opponent with the same chi. That won't help at all." Evergreen added.

"but how? They're too high in the air." Yukino added before seeing Mizuki and Juvia standing up together.

"Juvia, follow my timing." Said Mizuki as Juvia nodded before both started doing the Snake hand sign together. "we only have one moment in landing our attack, we must wait for the right moment when Daimou-san lands his attack."

"yes" Juvia replied as both of them started to have a blue aura surrounding their body.

Yukino and the others watch Juvia and Mizuki before they heard an explosion from above as they see Natsu blasting Eclipse Houou with a flaming punch.

Eclipse Houou hovers in the air as she backs away from Natsu who came at her in a dash.

"tch! A human!" Eclipse Houou exclaimed as she swings her fan at Natsu who draws out Chitetsu and dashes right pass her. "ugh?!"

Eclipse Houou looks in surprise and shock as Chitetsu's blade cut her fan in half and also left a large spray of blood to come out of a huge cut on her waist.

"there is nothing in this world that I cannot cut, bird." Chitetsu cackled out as Eclipse Houou turns before her body rages in flames and her wound healed itself. "ho~. As expected from the legendary immortal bird of fire."

Eclipse Houou was about to attack Natsu when a water geyser erupted straight into the sky. The Eclipsed Fire bird spirit looks down and her eyes widen to see Juvia and Mizuki performing hand signs while water geysers erupted all around them.

"Suiton! Suiryuha!" Juvia and Mizuki chanted before finishing their hand signs with the Dragon hand seals. The water geysers erupted even fiercer as the water combined to form a large dragon's head that went straight for Eclipse Houou

"humans!" Eclipse Houou shouted as she sends a stream of flames at the water dragon, her attack turned into steam in contact with the water but it was overpowered. "what?!"

The water dragon roars before it strikes Eclipse Houou and sends her falling straight for the burned ground.

"aagghh!" Eclipse Houou screams inside the water dragon that went straight for the three Eclipse Zodiacs who got up but got trashed away when the attack came blasting them away.

Natsu flies in the air before he hovers down and landed on the ground.

Mizuki and the others soon joined his side as they all look at the down Eclipsed Spirits.

Eclipse Houou's body glows before disappearing into sparkles while Eclipse Libra along with Eclipse Aries and Eclipse Gemini were unconscious.

"seal their gates." Natsu stated as the group nodded before they went to the three down spirits and used the Force Gate Closure Key to seal them away.

Natsu turns as he grips Chitetsu hard before he swings the weapon upwards and cut open another portal from which he enters along with Yukino and the others who quickly followed.


At the Aquarius Realm, everything is basically flooded in water. Erza and the others were standing on top of a wooden raft made by Enra as they had nowhere to go.

Eclipse Seiocho laughs as she saw how helpless they were.

"it's no use, there's no way for us to get away from here." Said Mira as they couldn't fly without the risk of getting shot down by Eclipse Seiocho. "she got us pinned down to position and one position only."

"there's got to be a way!" Erza exclaimed as she watches the rising water that is reaching to where they now stand.

Eclipse Seiocho watches Erza and the others before she sensed something and looks down to see bubbles just bursting out of the water nearby.

"that is?" Eclipse Seiocho muttered out before her eyes widen as the entire water started to freeze. "ice?!"

"Ice Geyser!" a voice shouted out from within the freezing water before a burst of cold ice rises up the water and freezes it.

"what!?" Eclipse Seiocho shouted in surprise before she jumps out of the water that soon freezes in an instant.

"look!" Ayame exclaimed as everyone saw how the water just freezes up in an instant.

"ice…could it be!?" Erza stated before smiling.

"Gray-san!" Wendy called out with a happy tearful smile as Gray came bursting out of the ice.

"you?! I thought I drowned you!" Eclipse Seiocho shouted while looking shocked at Gray's appearance.

"yeah, you did. But I'm an ice mage who learned a thing or two about chi." Said Gray as his body is covered in a baby blue aura. "I had to hold my breath for a whole minute while converting my magic into chi. It was hard to do so but the result was what I wanted. Your water is made of pure chi so I just needed my ice chi to freeze it!"

"you converted your magic into chi?!" Eclipse Seiocho exclaimed. "that's impossible! Just how!?"

"it's only impossible when you believe it!" Gray exclaimed as he soon freezes the water in front and made a path of ice which he started to run on "Erza! Everyone! Seiocho can't fully use her water when she is in the air! Now's our chance!"

"great job, Gray!" Mira called out as she transforms into her Satan Soul while Erza requips into her Lightning Empress armor.

"let's go!" Erza exclaimed as everyone roared in unison before going into the attack.

"Impudent!" Eclipse Seiocho shouted as she spins her trident and then swung it forward, summoning blasts of water geysers to come out from below.

"Enra-sama!" Ayame called out as she and Enra performed hand seals together.

"Mokuton! Suiren!" both of them chanted before large water lily pads came falling from the sky and made big water splashes when in contact with the water geysers.

"Scarlet! Strauss!" Kazane shouted as she waves her war fans to the side before creating twister hurricanes to fly by her side.

"right!" Mira and Erza went into the hurricanes as they send the two flying straight for Eclipse Seiocho.

"do not underestimate me!" Eclipse Seiocho shouted as she spins her trident and became a spinning water twister that went flying towards the two. "I'll drown you both in an instant!"

"let's go! Mira!" Erza shouted while readying her spear.

"I know, redhead!" Mira retorted as her claws charges with purple static.

"Rasen! Uzumaki!" Eclipse Seiocho shouted while spinning in her water twister.

"Evil Spark!" "Raiteishin!" Mira and Erza exclaimed before the two went flying pass Eclipse Seiocho's water twister that instantly exploded when it was hit with the combined electrical attack.

"aagghhh!" Eclipse Seiocho screams in pain as her body gets electrocuted.

"Wendy! Give me a boost!" Gray shouted while running on the path of ice, the Ice Maker mage put his hands together in creating two large pair of ice swords then jumps straight for Eclipse Seiocho who is falling straight to the water.

"yes!" Wendy exclaimed as she came flying near Gray with Charla's help.

"go full power! Wendy!" Charla told her partner as the Sky Dragon took a deep breath.

"Tenryu no!" Wendy chanted before she unleashes her twister of a roar behind Gray. "Hoko!"

Gray runs before he jumps into Wendy's twister while spinning straight for Eclipse Seiocho.

"Ice Make!" Gray shouted as he flies straight at Eclipse Seiocho and unleashed a powerful x motion slash on her. "Ice Bringer!"

Gray went flying pass Eclipse Seiocho whose whole body freezes in ice before it shatters

"aaghh!" Eclipse Seiocho screams before she started to disappear into golden sparkles.

In the defeat of Eclipse Seiocho, the water soon disappeared as everyone now lands upon the wet street of the amusement park.

"we did it!" Wendy and Charla cheered as everyone nodded in agreement while Mira seals away Aquarius who was freed from the water cage but now disappears as her gate was closed.

"We thought that you were a goner for a second" said Erza to Gray who smirks while crossing his arms.

"got to thanks my lungs for being able to hold my breath for a minute." Gray replied before the land suddenly rumbles and shakes. "what now!?"

Everyone looks around before they saw a large crack appearing in the sky that soon rips open to reveal the inner realm of the Astral Spiritus from which they see Eclipse Ophiuchus attacking Lucy and the others.

"the heck is that!?" Mira exclaimed.

"whatever it is, it's attacking Lucy and the others." Erza replied.

"let's go, they need our help." Said Ayame as everyone nodded before they all instantly went to the large crack into the sky and disappears from the Aquarius Realm that started to fall apart.


In the inner realm of the Astral Spiritus, Daichi still battles against Eclipse Genbu as both aren't doing any damage to each other since their attacks always result in a power struggle.

Daichi pushes his Funsai against Eclipse Genbu's turtle shield before both backed away from each other.

"seems that our skills and attacks are equal, human monk" said Eclipse Genbu with a small smile. "I see why I was once your partner before."

"have you start to remember our past, Genbu-dono?" Daichi asked while still readying his weapon, just in case it was a trick to let his guard down. "how?"

"fraction of images starting to reappear into my mind." Eclipse Genbu replied. "I for one believe that these are the memories sealed away upon my transformation."

"then….are you remembering your eternal vow with Kaguya-sama?" Daichi stated while lowering his guard a bit. "do you remember of our battles in protecting the Earth island?"

"it is vague, but I remember of how I battled ships with a monk by my side." Eclipse Genbu replied with a small smile. "I remember how I also shared tea with the monk."

"Genbu-dono…" Daichi muttered out before the land suddenly shakes and rumbles as a loud echoing roar was soon heard from the distance. "t-this is?!"

"seems that she is on the move." Eclipse Genbu stated while looking at a distant then to Daichi. "monk. your name is Daichi, correct? The earth General who I battled with before, correct?"

Daichi replied with a nod as Eclipsed Genbu continued.

"can I trust you in defeating the coming chaos?" Eclipse Genbu asked while having a stern and serious face. "there will be a chaos coming into the mortal world and the Celestial Spirit World, a chaos that I and my comrades were trying to prevent."

"I do not know of this chaos which you speak of, Genbu-dono. But know this." Said Daichi while holding up his Funsai with a hard grip to its handle. "as the Earth General and an ally to Fairy Tail, I shall see to it that this chaos is prevented! I vow on it with my soul!"

Eclipse Genbu looks at Daichi before he nodded with a smile while his body is slowly glowing in a golden light.

"I entrust it to you, Daichi." Said Eclipse Genbu as Daichi looks surprised. "do not worry, I am returning to my body. I was already on the verge of defeat when I battled those young ones, I am merely returning on my volitation."

Daichi watches as Eclipse Genbu disappears and become sparkles that flies away then disappeared. The monk looks to the sky before he turns to see explosions occurring from a distance.

"the chaos that comes.." Daichi spoke out before he firmed his face even more. "I shall see to it that it is stopped!"

Daichi soon went running as he heads straight for the locations of the explosions.


Eclipse Ophiuchus laughs as her large snake head roars before firing endless lightning bolts at Lucy and the others who were trying to seek cover.

"just how long can she fire lightning bolts at us?!" Bickslow shouted while carrying Freed on his back with his Totems helping him.

"just keep running!" Cana exclaimed as she carries Yamika.

"incoming!" Levy screamed as everyone ducks down to dodge a large lightning bolt that went over their head before causing an explosion a few feet in front of them.

"this can't last for long!" Akaria exclaimed as the Light General pulled out several arrows and aimed them with her bow towards Eclipsed Ophiuchus then fired.

Eclipse Ophiuchus smirks before she blows on her Ocarina that made the arrows stop in mid air before turning around then went flying back towards Akari who quickly fired new arrows that destroyed her previously fired ones.

"she can use some sort of magic that can redirect attacks?!" Lily exclaimed in surprise while carrying Arcadios.

"just how are we supposed to fight her?!" Lucy stated with Virgo on her back.

"we can't! we just have to run!" Hisui exclaimed. "Ophiuchus is too powerful!"

"hahahaha, that is right!" Eclipse Ophiuchus laughs out. "unlike the last two, you are all easy pickings!"

Eclipse Ophiuchus' large snake head roars as it started to charge a high amount of lightning bolts in its mouth and was about to fire it at Lucy and the others when a large black portal teared open in the sky.

"what?!" Eclipse Ophiuchus looks up and her eyes widen as she saw a large fireball coming straight for her. "a fireball!?"

Eclipse Ophiuchus quickly played her Ocarina to redirect the fireball, but she was soon attacked from the side by rains of ice spears, swords, black magic blasts, and a powerful stream of water.

"gaaah!" Eclipse Ophiuchus screams in pain as the attacks caused a big explosion to her large snake lower half that stopped charging electricity in its jaws.

"that's!" Bickslow called out as everyone looks up and sees Natsu appears. The salmon haired mage stands upon a floating asteroid with Mizuki and the others along with Erza's group who joined with them. "it's Natsu and the others!"

"h-how?!" Eclipse Ophiuchus looks in shock at Natsu as her eyes looks extremely confused and in rage. "I've sent you to the Inverse Realm! No mortal nor Spirit should be able to escape that place!"

"I ain't just a mortal." Natsu stated as he draws out Chitetsu and points the cursed Katana's blade at the Eclipsed Snake Charmer Spirit. "I am a mage!"


That's a wrap!

Bye bye