Hey, guys, here is the final chapter in the tower of heaven arc, it really has been a fun ride, and I hope you enjoyed the arc as much as I did; anyway, here's the final chapter read and review as you please.
Last time on, a fairy tail retold.
Gray: we were able to escape the tower of heaven
Lucy: Yeah, but w have no idea where Natsu and Erza are
Happy: I hope they're okay
Erza floated around 'am I still inside the lacrima, no this feels different, ' Erza said as a bright light shined on her. She looked down and saw her friends alongside Mavis and Makarov and a few other people standing in front of something. When she looked closer, she saw it was her grave.
"No," Erza said, "this means I'm dead."
Mira stepped forward and placed some flowers in front of the grave as Lucy continued to cry, "Erza," she said, "she was the strongest one of us."
Gray looked away as he let tears fall from his eyes "there was nothing we could do."
"She touched many lives," Makarov said, "as, by decree of the magic council, we declare Erza Scarlett an eternal member of the ten wizard saints.
Home
Mira let out a sigh. "I just wish Natsu was here" Lucy looked at her and nodded. "I don't think he took this very well," Mira revealed
"NO," Erza said. "I sacrificed myself so that they could have a better future," Erza said. "I never wanted this," Erza said as she began crying. They are around her began to glow as a hand reached out and grabbed her.
Erza awoke again. She looked around and saw she was on a beach 'where am I," Erza said as she saw Lucy, Gray, Juvia, Sho, Milliana, and Wally running to her.
"what," Erza said. As she looked over, she saw that Natsu was carrying her bridal style. A tear came from her eye as Natsu walked the pair onto the beach "Natsu," Erza said, "I was lost in that ether-nano, and you found me."
Natsu placed her down as he got on his knees " I know how you feel," Natsu whispered, "and I feel the same way," he said as tears started to come from his eyes "promise me you won't ever do that again."
"Natsu I."
"Promise," Natsu shouted, tears running down his face as Erza gave of a smile before touching their heads.
"I promise," Erza said before the pair stood up. 'I think I understand now,' she said as Lucy ran up to her and hugged her as she shouted how worried she had been. You don't die for your friends; you live for them' Erza smiled before she hugged the girl back "cause their lives wouldn't be the same without you in it," Erza said as tears came from both her eyes
the next day Nasu laid past out the bed covered in bandages from head to toe
"I didn't think someone could sleep so much," Lucy said
"yeah, well, that's what he gets for eating all that ether-nano," Gray mocked as Natsu shot up
"say that again, and I'll smack ya," Natsu shouted.
"hey, your awake," Happy said before Natsu passed out again.
"that punk woke up, just to pick a fight with me," Gray shouted.
"I know I've said this already," Erza said, "but sorry for all the trouble."
"Hey," Lucy said, "it's okay."
Erza then turned to Juvia, who was fawning over Gray, "and I should thank you as well."
"Oh, don't mention it," Juvia laughed. "Juvia just wanted to help out."
Erza smiled as she thought of her friends.
Later they were on the beach in normal clothes "hey, we just wanted to say sorry, for everything" Wally said
"I know," Erza said, "but I should be the one apologizing if I had gone back sooner, then Simone might still."
"We already forgave you, Sis," Sho said
"yeah," Waly added. "Simone was a great man; I just thought you should know cause he always loved ya."
"Shush Wally," Milliana said
"I knew how he felt," Erza smiled "we can only move forward for him," Erza said, "it's what he would have wanted for us" Erza smiled before leading her friends inside, "come on, I should properly introduce you to Natsu."
"you've grown strong, Erza," a voice called out, which caused Erza to look back.
"It must be my imagination," Erza said as she walked inside.
Later, Lucy sat at her desk writing with Natsu lying on her bed behind her '; after things settled down and we were able to relax at the resort, Erza opened up to me about everything; she said Jellal was probably the one who merged with the ether-nano in her place, the more I think about, the more it seems likely, mabey after he was free from Zeref's possession he reverted to his old self" Lucy sighed as she finished writing "I can't help but feel bad for Jellal in the end, he was another one of Zerefs victims."
Lucy stopped
Gray then came into her room and sat at the foot of her bed Juvia came in after and sat next to him.
"what's wrong," Lucy asked.
"it's Erza," Gray told her, which got Natsu's attention " overheard her friends talking about leaving," Gray said
"you don't think she's going to go with them," Lucy said
Gray said nothing as he looked out the window," not sure, but I think we should get ready to go our separate ways."
Meanwhile, Erza was on the beach, where she found Sho, Wally, and Milliana packing a boat.
"what are you doing," Erza asked.
"Sister," Sho said in shock as he turned away, "we're leaving," he said, which shocked Erza "we've spent our whole lives trapped in that tower."
"I understand," Erza said. "I won't stop you."
"You could come with us, Erzy," Milliana said, which shocked Erza, who looked down.
"I think it's for the best," Natsu said, shocking the group.
"what," Lucy asked
"those guys are her family," Natsu told them "if she wants to go with them, we can't stop her."
"Gray was about to say something but stopped deep down; he knew Natsu was right; if Lyon had asked him to stay, he probably would have gone with him too.
Lucy let out a sigh. "I guess your right, Natsu," Lucy said
Juvia wanted to say something, but she couldn't find the words; before she could try to ease the tension, the door opened, revealing Erza, who looked around.
"Why are we all in Lucy's room," she asked, entirely confused at the situation.
"Erza," Lucy asked
"We thought you left," Happy said
"leave," Erza said, realizing what her friends were talking about; she smiled, thinking about what happened on the beach.
Flashback
Erza looked down before she gave a smile. "I'd love nothing more than to travel with you guys," Erza said, "but I can't this time."
Sho and Milliana's faces fell as Wally looked the other way, "why is."
"it's complicated, but" Erza looked at her friends before smiling. "In the years since we separated, I was alone, but now I belong to a family."
"I see," Sho said
"I hope you guys understand," Erza said. "I can't leave them, I don't want to leave them," Erza said, "and I don't want to force you guys to follow me," Erza said, which got a look from her friends.
"huh," Milliana asked.
"what do ya mean," Wally asked
[##Kizuna ost##]
"all you need to follow your own path," Erza explained, "to learn who you are and where you belong," Erza said "its something you have to discover for yourself, and once you find it," Erza said as an image of her friends appeared in her head "it'll never stir you wrong."
"Sister," Sho said, "thank you," he said, "for everything."
"Yeah," Wally said, "we'll see each other again."
"Yeah," Milliana said, "can't wait."
Erza smiled as her friends sailed off "this is something you will learn to live with; I will always be with," Erza said, "never forget that"
End Flashback
The group stood there, not sure what to say after that, "Erza," Natsu said, "are you sure."
"Yeah," Gray said
"it's fine, you guys," Erza said. "I wanted this," Erza gave off a smile "the old me would have given the world to have them at my side, but know they need to follow their own paths" Erza smiled as she looked at her friends again, "but I realized I can't show them anything cause I'm still learning."
Natsu and the others looked at each other before smiling
[##fariy tail main theme slow ver. ost##]
"Well," Natsu said, "welcome home, Erza."
Erza smiled "after so long," she said, "I finally found a home," Erza said, "and it's with all of you" they all went in for a group hug as Juvia hung back, she smiled 'I wish.'
"hey Juvia," Gray called, "you want to join," Gray said as everyone else smiled as the water women smiled before joining the group in their hug; she smiled. "I guess I found a home as well," Juvia thought to herself.
"We all have," Lucy said
"And I wouldn't trade any of you for the world," Natsu said as the group continued their embrace.
The next day the group stood in shock as they looked at the newly rebuilt fairy pub "this is a pleasant surprise," Erza said
"Yeah, Lucy agreed
"I can't believe they finished it while we were gone," Happy said as he stared at the building he knew Mavis said that they were upgrading and expanding the place but he know that she was going to go all out It is extravagantly different from the former building: while retaining the pagoda shape of the former building and consisting of three floors, this one strongly resembles a castle in appearance, having battlements on top of its two upper floors, while the ground floor has a more Western-looking roof than the former building, consisting of many small, square tiles of different size. Over the battlements, several large torches are lined up. Topping the building and the last floor is a small, tower-like dome containing a large bell, which has a pointed roof made of tiles; two more towers are present at both sides of the entrance, these having elongated glass windows running through them and weathercocks shaped like Fairy Tail's symbol on their tile tops. The front part of the top floor houses a large banner with the guild's insignia on it, while two smaller banners placed at its sides, some meters away from it, bear, respectively, the kingdom of Fiore's emblem and an unknown symbol that had a draconic appearance. The top floor seems to be the barest, while the middle one's front walls are intricately decorated and sport a pair of ornamental windows. The ground floor's roof bears a highly decorative balustrade on its top, and the floor itself possesses many small windows lined up its front walls, together with wood reinforcements, while its edges bear large, rectangular wood beams. Surrounding the headquarters is a fence composed of stone overtopped by the decorated railing, with some pillars over-topped by torches on its length and an open gate giving access to the guild, this possessing an upper part covered in tiles, with railing below it, bearing resemblance to an open portcullis, plus a large sign bearing the guild's name, with ornate decorations above it, including a pair of detailed statues of fairies, each wearing a dress and possessing a pair of wings and elongated ears sitting on their heads. In front of the building, inside the fence, is the "open-air cafe", containing a little over two dozen tables, each complete with a pair of benches at its sides, and with some of them bearing striped beach umbrellas. Lined up the building's sides are two lines of trees; the ones farther from the entrance seem to be way taller than the others, appearing from behind the balustrades of the ground floor; either that or the first floor itself has plants on its top.
"did we need a café," Erza asked Natsu
"I don't know" Natsu muttered "this is all Mavis"
"Wow," Gray said as he looked around.
Lucy turned and sighed, " do we really need a gift shop." She pointed out to a small Souvenir Shop to the left of the entrance, composed of bricks and sporting a wood counter,
"Hey, Max," Happy called out, "been a while since we saw you around here."
"Yeah," the boy known as Max said, "Mavis convinced me to go to school so I could get a degree in business."
"it's nice to meet ya," Lucy said
"well, you're the famous Lucy," Max said. "I've heard a lot about you."
"Something tells me I don't want to know about all the crazy things they told you," Lucy said as she shrunk down.
"the gift shop was an old idea to get funds for the place," Max said, "ya know when it's dry season around here."
Lucy laughed as the group continued onward into the building to get a good look inside "wow, pretty." The first floor greatly resembles that of the old building, but much larger in size, with more tables and benches, as well as several long beams supporting the wooden mezzanines present on both sides of the hall, and a similarly long counter occupying the wall to the right from the entrance. Above it, a large banner bearing both the guild's name and its symbol is visible. The floor is still made of wood, while the upper part of the walls, just below the mezzanines, consists of bricks. On the right is a request board to the immediate right, and an information desk to the immediate left. A few meters in front of them, there are two dozen restaurant tables that stretch across the length of the room. The tables end at a large, wooden stage that has four staircases behind it on its left and right sides. Two of the staircases lead upstairs and two of them lead downstairs. In the upper right-hand corner of the pub, there is a rest/shower room.
"Looks nice," Natsu said "hate the new smell, though" he looked over he could also see where he assumed everything from the rest of Mavis's design was To the right of the restaurant tables, there is a kitchen, and next to the kitchen there is a resting room. Next to that room in the lower right-hand corner, there should be Data Storage Room. There is a library in the lower left-hand corner of the room, that never changes, and next to that is a waiting room. To the left of that, is a storage room, which is located next to a second rest/shower room. And in off to the side there is a large stage. "I'm still not too good with all the changes"
Gray looked at him, confused "why," he asked.
"It's a dragon slayer thing," Natsu muttered, to which Gray nodded. Levy came and greeted the group,
"Hey guys, welcome back," she said, "are you guys doing okay."
"we're fine," Lucy said
Levy smiled before she leads the group giving them a grand tour of the place to the top floor, "guess, what" Levy said "Mavis finally approved of putting a pool in the place" she said Behind the stage of the pub is a large, interior swimming pool that is decorated to imitate an outside environment, having its edges adorned by plants of various sort, mainly palms and tropical-looking bushes, plus typical sunbeds complete with beach umbrellas. "and they're also a game room to" Levy said "it's somewhere around here"
"Seems a little pricy" Lucy said "how did we pay for all this"
"you'd be how much jewel Mavis has set aside for a situation like this" Natsu joked "though we used it all making this place"
"I'm so glad you kids are alright," a voice called out the group turned to see Mavis followed by Makarov.
"Master," Natsu said "is everything okay here"
"This young lady was looking for you," Mavis told them; the group turned to see Juvia, who had changed up her look. She had cut her hair shirt and was in a white dress with a blue outline "sorry, I'm late."
Erza smiled. "No, it's alright," Erza said, "like the new look."
Juvia blushed, "thank you."
"Hey, girl," Lucy called out.
"we will fight for Gray," Juvia shouted, sending a wave of dark energy towards Lucy.
"Since we're on the topic about your team expanding," Mavis said with a hint of fear, in her "there's someone else I want you kids to take on."
"really who," Lucy and Gray asked
they turned, and much to their shock, Gajeel was sitting at a table; he looked at them as they jumped in shock
"Gajeel," Gray asked, "what is he doing here."
"it's okay," Natsu interjected, "I asked him to come here."
"what," Lucy asked
"Natsu had asked me about him before we left," Juvia said, "Juvia told him he couldn't get any work; it's not like she likes him or anything." She screamed
Gajeel let out a scoff as he looked away "listen, only I came here was because I'm desperate, and I ain't joining neither of the sissy guilds," Gajeel said "I need work gotta get food on the table somehow"
"Natsu, are you sure about this" Erza asked.
"Yeah," Natsu said, "besides, he's my sworn brother; I couldn't just leave him to dry," Natsu said, "even though he's being stuck up about it."
"Whatever, Salamander," Gajeel shouted.
"Now, both of you, calm down," Mavis told them "give it time; I'm sure Gajeel will fit right in around here." She smiled "yesterday's enemy can always become today's friend"
"Alright," Lucy said "your pub, your rules"
Erza and Gray nodded as Natsu and Gajeel continued to glare at each other before walking off
the lights then dimed as the group sat down. Mira appeared ready to sing. She smiled when she saw Natsu and the other "hey Natsu," she called "glad you made it back safely," she said while she shot a glare that said 'I'll deal with you later.'
she let out a smile "this song goes to team fairy tail," she called out, "as they make their safe return."
Anata no inai tsukue wo natete
Kage wo otosu kyou wo Mou Hitori.
Hoshizora miage Inori wo kakete
Anata wa onaji ima sora no shita
Namida kodayafurueru Toki no
Yami ni kujikesou na Toki demo
Wasurenaide
Kaeru bashou ga
Kaeru bashou ga Aru kara
Matteiru Hito ga Iru Kara
Mavis smiled as Mira finished her song. "I'm so glad they made it back safely," she said
"As am I," Makarov said. "I'm sorry for all the trouble they had to go through."
"it's quite alright old friend," Mavis said, "it's the dawn of a new beginning."
Miles away, a figure stood atop a hill; he was a tall, muscular you man he had a lighting scar over his eye he smiled "look at them," he muttered before turning away laughing. "I guess it's almost time; soon, I will have my revenge."
and that's it
Sorry I know I cut a few things, but I was in a rush. Sorry sorry, that and I felt it didn't fit in with the story; anyway, with that, the tower of heaven arc is now finished; I hope you all enjoyed it, next time its the battle of fairy tail arc as I renamed it, the revenge of the thunder legion arc, I'll explain later
the first chapter should be published by Wednesday of next week at the earliest or by the latest Friday
So yeah, that's it
have a Merry Christmas one and all