Chapter 33: Unison Raid
Vidaldus let out a rocker cry before striking the strings of his guitar again to send out another blasting soundwave, the mind-controlled Juvia letting out a rocker cry of her own raising her arms up and making rocking signs with her fingers as she sticks her tongue out.
"This is the ultimate vibe!" She yells.
"It's so loud!" Lucy says covering her ears with Sakura and Latias also covering their own ears. "Juvia, is this because of the noise from that guitar?" She questions looking towards Vidaldus and Juvia begin swinging their heads around, making their long hair fly out all over the place.
"Exactly! Woman who become my succubi can only hear my orders!" Vidaldus answers, the music stops as he also stops shaking his head and looks forward at the three. "But if I capture three of you, the game would be booooring! What I wanna see is a good cat fight between three girls! You know, one of these rip-roarin', jiggly, slippery, hair-pullin' affairs!" He says causing Lucy to cover herself up with her hands as Sakura stands there with her body shaking and half of her face is shadowed.
"You're just the lowest." Lucy insults.
"Lowest? That's the highest praise you could give me!" Vidaldus says as he then plays his guitar again.
"It's time for little babies who don't understand rock to get spanked!" Juvia says, transforming her body into water and launching herself forward.
She then transforms herself into a whirlpool and blasts herself toward Lucy and Sakura, trapping them inside of it as all around them the walls of the whirlpool preventing the two from escaping as they are constantly bombard with splashes of water, forcing them to close their eyes and cover themselves from the repeating attack.
"And I just changed clothes!" Lucy complains.
Just then at Lucy's feet, Juvia's face appears in the water. "Now then…" Juvia trails off causing Lucy to panic as sweat flies from her head. She and Sakura then watch as Juvia's body emerges from the water, still in liquified form as she leans towards Lucy. "Which part should I devour first? I think I should start with that dress! Too pretty for you!" Juvia yells before ripping the entire top part of it off and exposing her body as Lucy quickly covers herself while squeaking out in embarrassment.
"Lucy!" Sakura calls out with one of her eyes closed from the water.
Vidaldus starts to wildly play his guitar again, continuously swinging his right arm around and around in a circle as he strikes his guitar strings. "This is it, yes!" He says just as Juvia suddenly reappears back in front of him with her crazed look and tongue sticking out.
When the water is gone, Sakura opens her eyes and turns to see Lucy trying the headband around her breasts to keep her upper body partially covered. "Lucy, are you okay?" She asks.
"Sort of. All she did was rip the upper part of my dress off." Lucy replies before looking at Juvia. "What are you doing? Get a hold of yourself, Juvia!"
"It's no use, Lucy! That guy is controlling her." Sakura tells her when Juvia launches herself towards them again. This time Juvia rams her head into Lucy's and Sakura's head sending them stumble back as Lucy puts her left hand in her head from the pain and Sakura crouches down a little bit also puts her hand on her head with Latias by her side with a worried expression. Before both of them could recover, they find themselves engulfed completely by a massive blast of water.
Sakura manages to open her eyes and swims towards Lucy with Latias, but Juvia's hand forms by Lucy's head and the Celestial mage finds the back of her hair is grabbed and she is about to pull out. The trainer quickly gets onto Latias and the Eon Pokémon swiftly swims until Lucy is thrown across the room as Latias emerges out of the water with Juvia returning to her human form while still liquified. Latias then stops at Lucy's side as Sakura helps Lucy back up with her right hand to her head as she and Sakura look at Juvia.
"Juvia! You want to join Fairy Tail right? Attacking your allies isn't…"
However, she is unable to finish as Vidaldus starts playing his guitar again while swinging his head and hair around in a circle. "Hey you! Heyah! Feel the vibe! Get her!" Vidaldus orders as he turns sideways and begins hopping forward on one foot with the other kicking forward a bit.
Juvia then transforms her right arm into water and she throw it out as the water extends. "Water Cane!"
"Protect!" Sakura shouts.
When Juvia is about to whip them especially at Lucy, Sakura puts up the said move to block Juvia's attack.
"Thanks, Sakura." Lucy says but Sakura didn't reply. "Sakura?"
As Juvia continues whipping the water on the barrier, cracks start to appear with Sakura struggles to maintain it.
"She's more powerful than I thought…" Sakura trails off.
"Sakura!" Lucy calls when the barrier breaks apart and Juvia sends the water whip at them, throwing them backwards as they cry out in pain.
"Yes, raise the roof with that rhythm! That's the soul of rock!" Vidaldus says.
"Says who?!" Lucy and Sakura angrily questions.
Lucy is on both of her knees with Sakura with one knee as they look back at Juvia and Vidaldus.
"I want more cat-fight with claws! Do it like she's trying to steal away a guy you like!" Vidaldus says.
"Guy I like?!" Juvia angrily questions with blank narrowed eyes.
Lucy's eyes and pupils widen at hearing this as she gasps in fear as Sakura sweatdrops, due to the fact that even normal Juvia hates Lucy for the fact that she thought she is trying to steal Gray from her.
"Love Rival!" Juvia angrily yells, transforming into a giant water sprout, her face still seen on the front of it with her blank, narrowed eyes of pure anger with red vein popping up a few times on the left side of her head before she then launches herself towards Lucy.
"I'm no–t!" Lucy cries out in terror with wide eyes, only to be swept up inside of Juvia's water as Latias quickly evades the water with Sakura on her back.
"Lucy!" Sakura calls out.
Inside the water, Lucy finds herself again unable to breathe for air, trapped inside of the water of Juvia as she gags out underwater.
"It's no use… She's completely under his control!" Lucy recovers in the water as she looks forward with one eye closed with a worried look on her face. "What should I do? There's no way I could beat Juvia if she's fighting for real." Lucy thought as she looks into a water vortex of darkness, unable to see the room as she is trapped in the water as she then suddenly hears Juvia laugh out.
"Die inside of Juvia!" Juvia's voice yells out.
"Lucy! Lucy!" Sakura calls out again and Latias also calls her out as Lucy closes her eyes.
"I can't breathe…"
"Lucy-san… Lucy-san!"
Lucy opens her eyes and looks forward with a surprised look on her face from hearing a voice. Instead of the crazed control Juvia, it's Juvia's normal voice.
"Juvia!"
"Lucy-san… Juvia isn't doing this."
"Her heart is speaking to me?" Lucy questions.
"Juvia doesn't want to hurt her friends. Perhaps it's presumptuous for me to say 'friend…' It's true that you are a rival in my love for Gray-sama, Lucy-san…"
"Although I'm not…" Lucy thought sweatdropping in her head.
"But, Juvia has come to love Fairy Tail. It's welcoming, and fun, and a warm place… Even in the rain, it feels like the sun is out inside Fairy Tail. Juvia has no idea it was okay to smile this much inside a guild! That's what I thought… And just when I felt I could finally become friends with everyone… Juvia is a woman that brings misfortune…" Juvia says, Lucy could hear the sadness in her voice and senses that Juvia is crying as she notices a bright light beginning to emit from the water above her.
"Tears… Even inside the water, Juvia's tears are warm…" Lucy notices.
"Juvia-chan! It's about time to finish her off!" Vidaldus yells.
A massive blob of shooting water flies around the room, from it Lucy is ejected out from it as the water travels back towards Vidaldus and changes back into Juvia as she lands in front of him as he's once again playing his guitar and swinging his head and hair around.
"This will be the end for you!" The crazed Juvia states, transforming her right arm into a blade of water.
"Lucy!" Sakura calls out as she jumps off from Latias' back and lands next to Lucy.
"People who shed tears for their friends…" Lucy trails off as Sakura sees her slowly getting up to her feet and Juvia watches her with a surprised look on her face. "…will never be rejected from Fairy Tail!"
"Lucy…" Sakura whispers and looks at Juvia and gasp upon noticing something, tears are appearing in Juvia's eyes. "Tears… Could it be…?"
"Sakura." Lucy calls. "I have a plan, but I need your help."
"Okay." Sakura nods and Lucy whispers to the trainer telling what her plan is before Lucy points forward at Vidaldus.
"Go one and boast! Thanks to you, I remember something pretty neat!" Lucy yells out.
"You're so boring. Hurry up and destroy her, Juvia-chan!" Vidaldus says striking his guitar again.
This seems to regain control of Juvia as she makes a serious face. "Okay! I'll tear you to shreds with my Water Jigsaw!" Juvia states as he entire body, except her head transforms into a tornado of water. Lucy grits her teeth as Juvia launces herself towards her and Sakura. "Here's the big finish!"
Lucy suddenly brings up one of her golden keys, letting out a battle cry as she pulls her arm back and throws it forward, slamming the key into the water and actually stopping it in its tracks causing Juvia and Vidaldus to gasp in shock at seeing this.
"Gate of the Water Bearer, I open thee! Aquarius!" Lucy yells out as a giant blue magic circle appears between her and the water, a bell chiming out.
From inside the water Aquarius appears, sucking all of it into her urn revealing Juvia's body with the key sticking right into her chest, a horrified, shocked look on her face.
"What?!" Vidaldus yells out in shock.
"She called a Spirit using Juvia's body?" Juvia questions also in shock.
"As long as there's water, I can summon the most powerful Spirit, Aquarius! It's all thanks to you, Juvia!" Lucy says.
"But…" Sakura trails off with her eyes closed while Lucy's eyes widen, and pupils shrinks and a sweatdrop appears on the right side of her head with her mouth drops open. "Eh."
Aquarius floats up high into the air, glaring angrily down with blank narrowed eyes at Lucy. "Shut up, you! You bratty little girls!" Aquarius yells out as she pulls her urn back and swings it forward sending a blast of water out from it.
The water changes into a massive tidal wave that reaches high up into the air in the room, making everyone in the room look really small compared to it. Vidaldus' eyes are widened and pupils shrunk as his jaw drops in complete shock and cries out. Lucy and Juvia's eyes are also widened and pupils shrunk, both of them letting out cries of fear as they both cower as Lucy has her arms pulls back and Juvia have her hands to her cheeks. Also, both Sakura and Latias have their eyes widen in shock and fear.
The tidal wave comes crashing down onto everyone in one fell swoop, everyone gets caught up in it was they begin to swirl and float around, crying out as Lucy and Juvia's eyes are turned into Xs. Meanwhile, Latias emerges out of the water again with Sakura on her back as she puts the Zap plate on her glove.
"Don't you listen? I told you that my hair can absorb water, remember?" Vidaldus says, floating in the water with a grin on his face as his hair surrounds his entire head, absorbing away at the water.
Lucy bobs up from beneath the water and looks up at Sakura. "Is it set, Sakura!" She asks.
"Yeah!" Sakura replies and then Lucy looks to her right.
"Juvia!" She calls out.
Juvia pops out from the water next, while she still looks like Vidaldus' slave, she seems to have regained control of herself.
"I'm over here!" She calls back.
"Juvia!" Lucy yells out, reaching out towards her with her right hand.
"Lucy!" Juvia calls back also reaching out for her.
The two reaches out for each other, their hands getting closer until eventually they succeed and all of a sudden, a bright light begins to emit out from their hands as electric sparks emits from Sakura's gloved hand.
Meanwhile in the throne room
Some kind of invisible force seems to strike Vidaldus' piece as a splinter of it flies off, catching Jellal's attention.
"Hm? What… is this magical power?" Jellal questions as he then stands up and looks down at the board. "Those girls fuse their magics together? A Unison Raid!" Jellal says with a worried look on his face.
Back in the room
The water begins swirling around in the middle.
"What is this water? This is more that I can absorb!" Vidaldus says with a terrified look on his face as he extends his left hand out of the water.
Sakura dives down as she lets out a battle cry with her gloved hand in front of her as Lucy and Juvia also let out a battle cry, their joined hand forward. Once Sakura's hand touches the water, a blast of magic energy comes out from Lucy and Juvia's hands with the electric current runs through the water, impacting into Vidaldus causing him to cry out in pain and being sent flying. The electrified water shoots up into the air and impacts into the ceiling, from it Vidaldus comes flying out, his eyes unconsciously blank and his mouth opens as then his entire hair seems to detach right from his head, leaving him bald as some part of his body burned from the electricity before he splashes back into the water. Lucy, Juvia, and Sakura follow as well having of been in the water that shot up as well. Cracks begin forming on the walls and in the floor, causing the water to begin seeping out through them as the water levels in the room goes down until eventually all that is left are puddles of water as well as Lucy, Juvia, and Sakura on one side of the room and an unconscious Vidaldus opposite of them.
On their knees and hands, Lucy, Sakura, and Juvia, who has returned back to normal, and Latias who floats down by Sakura as they look over at Vidaldus who still has his blank eyes, his head now shiny bald with his hair nowhere in right. Lucy, Sakura, and Juvia sigh out as they look at each other and the three of them jump onto one foot and throw their other foot back into the air and hug each other.
"We did it!" Lucy cries out in joy.
"Yeah!" Sakura cheers.
"Juvia is back to normal!" Juvia yells out in joy as well.
Juvia and Lucy place their foreheads against each other and close their eyes.
"I'm glad… I'm so glad, Juvia." Lucy says.
"Lucy-san, your warm… This might be the first time a woman has been nice to Juvia." Juvia thought.
"It's great that Juvia is back to normal." Sakura says and Latias nods in agreement.
However, Aquarius appears before the three with a very pissed off look on her face, clenching her teeth and having a shadow over her eyes as she lets out an angry grunt causing Lucy and Juvia to separate as they both and Sakura cry out in terror with blank eyes.
"Hey you! Don't go summoning me in freaky places! You better not be plannin' on summoning me in a toilet bowl next, right? I'll kill you, witch!" Aquarius states getting up in Lucy's face as Lucy closes her eyes and just shakes in place full of fear.
"I'm sorry…" Lucy apologizes.
"She's scary…" Juvia says, herself shaking in place to the side with widened eyes.
"Why does she have a bad attitude every time Lucy summons her?" Sakura questions.
"Don't get carried away, huh!" Aquarius says.
"Right. I'm sorry." Lucy apologizes again as Aquarius turns and begins floating away.
She then turns back to Lucy. "I'll be going on a vacation with my boyfriend for two weeks. Do not summon me, got it?!" Aquarius states her eyes turning blank and narrowing her eyebrows down as a shadow and black lines going horizontal appear in the middle of her face as she says the last part.
Lucy, Juvia, and Sakura appear in hexagonal balloons, Lucy on Aquarius' left side, Juvia on her right side and Sakura below her head with Latias as Lucy has her eyes closed and Juvia, Sakura, and Latias stare at her. All four of them with sweatdrops on the sides of their heads.
"Got it." Lucy says.
Aquarius turns away again. "Get a boyfriend yourself already. Hmph." Aquarius grunts as she turns her head slightly towards Lucy, her eyes narrow judging before turning back around and putting her hands to her hips. "As if that were possible." She says before disappearing. The comment hits Lucy on the head as a sign with pink letters that read, 'no boyfriend'.
This annoys Lucy as a red vein pops up behind on the right side of her head. "Leave me alone!" She cries as Juvia appears behind her with a red flag on her hat saying, 'unrequited'.
"Lucy-san, love is very important." She says and Sakura could only laugh dryly.
Lucy lets out a sigh before turning her heads towards Juvia. "Anyway…" She says before then falling backwards into the puddle of water letting out a relaxing sigh. We manage to get one of them! Things aren't going the way Jellal planned."
"No… It was you and Sakura-san who defeated him, Lucy-san." Juvia says as she looks at the ground with a saddened look.
"It was all of us." Lucy counters, making Juvia look at her with surprise. "You called me 'Lucy' back then. I was glad you did. It made us seem more like friends. You don't have to add '-san' to my name anymore. Since we're friends now, okay?"
Tears appear in Juvia's eyes as she looks down at Lucy.
"Same here, Juvia." She hears and looks over at Sakura and Latias as they look back at her. "There's no need to put '-san' to us. That's how we are in Fairy Tail. Not just comrades, but friends as well." Sakura says.
Juvia just stares at Sakura and tears start coming out of her eyes. "Huh? Rain is falling from Juvia's eyes…" She says lifting her hands up and looking down at them. Falling to her knees and then placing them over her eyes to cry into them, causing Lucy and Sakura laugh lightly.
"You have a funny way of saying things." Lucy says then closing her eyes again to just relax in the water. "Let's wait a little while we recover our strength."
"Yes… Juvia will as well." Juvia agrees wiping away the tears in her right eye with the back of her index finger.
"I hope the others are all right without us right now." Sakura says.
In the Throne Room
"A Unison Raid? The thing that monk spent his entire life studying in pursuit of? I heard in the end he never attainted it. Even if it's coincidence, that's quite the nerve they have. They may be little girls, but they are Erza's comrades, yes?" Jellal says.
Meanwhile
"Hoot-hoot Kick!" Fukuro yells out launching himself towards Natsu and extending his right leg outwards as Natsu quickly raises his left arm to block the kick.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Natsu yells as he counterattacks, pushing Fukuro's foot upwards and sending the upper part of his body downwards as he ignites his right leg and throws it upwards into Fukuro's face knocking him upwards.
Takeru dives down with his left foot outwards and hits the half-owl, half-human hybrid sending Fukuro crashing down onto one of the cages. Natsu stares towards the cage where Fukuro crash on, gritting his teeth and holding his right fist up on hopes that their attacks got him as Takeru lands besides him.
As the dust clears however, the two are only greeted by the twisted head of Fukuro as he stares at them as if their attacks have no effect on him. "You thought that would work?" Fukuro questions as he grabs his head and twists it back to normal.
"He's a match for Natsu and Takeru! That owl's good!" Happy says as he and Simon continue to watch the fight from the platform, Happy floats beside Simon.
"Of course. He's one of Trinity Raven." Simon says.
"Hoo-Hoo! I'm about to drop the iron hammer of justice upon you!" Fukuro states crouching forwards and seeming to aim his rocket towards Natsu and Takeru as magic circles appear on the thrusters. The others gasp in shock at seeing this. "Missile Hoo-hoo-hoot!" Fukuro yells as the jetpack blasts off form his back towards Natsu who swings his body to the left to dodge it, Takeru then moves to his right to dodge next.
"And? Think that'd hit me?" Natsu questions as he and Takeru turn around.
Then the jetpacks banks right around and flies back towards Takeru and Natsu, the two once again dodges it as both of them jump over it.
"Now, rise!" Fukuro yells, the jetpack seeming to obey this command as it turns upwards. "Arm Hands!" Beneath the two tanks, two compartments open up from which small mechanical hands come out from them. Natsu and Takeru notice them as Natsu finds himself unable to do anything as the hands grab a hold of his shoulders and drags him off into the air, causing him to cry out with widen blank eyes as the jetpack then begins flying in a circle continuously.
"Around the World!" Fukuro calls out, his arms crossed as he just stands and watches his jetpack at work.
"His techniques are nonsensical, but fearsome." Simon says.
Then Takeru widens his eyes upon realizing something as Natsu continues to cry out as he is spin around in the air at high speed. It then stops as Natsu's cheeks puff up with his eyes still blank.
"No way!" Happy yells upon realizing it as well.
"I know your weakness, Salamander!" Fukuro yells out.
"This is bad! That's transportation!"
"What?" Simon questions as he looks at Happy with an incredulous look on his face.
"Natsu can't handle transportation!" Happy explains.
"Going in for the kill when your opponent is weakened! That is hunting!" Fukuro states.
Takeru leaps himself forward towards the jetpack as he uses Bone Rush to hit it. Unfortunately, right as Takeru gets near it, the hands holding Natsu release their grip on him, causing Natsu to start falling just as Takeru reaches the jetpacks as he looks down.
Natsu meanwhile, his eyes dizzy from being spun around, cries out as he begins falling. "Now!" Fukuro says as he launches himself into the air.
"Capture Hoo-Hoo-hoot!" He yells, suddenly something extending and enlarging his owl mouth outwards, catching Natsu in it as his eyes widens confused on what just happened. Takeru, Happy, and Simon meanwhile all gasp in shock at that they see as Fukuro stuffs Natsu into his mouth as begins chewing down on him, trying to force his whole body into his mouth as Natsu struggles in an attempt to get free but to no avail, his legs are the only part sticking out from Fukuro's mouth at the moment.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Happy yells out.
Soon later, Gray appears from above and lands on the cage where Simon, and Happy are after Lucario lands in front of them as they are still drawn with shock towards Fukuro who has nearly places Natsu in his mouth. Standing up, Gray takes notice of the situation as well he grunts in shock.
"What the…" He says.
Simon and the others hearing this turn their heads.
"Gray!" Simon says.
"What's going on?" Gray questions.
Just then, Fukuro manages to get Natsu's entire body in his mouth and then with ease swallows him whole.
He's been eaten whole?!" Happy yells out in shock.
"I digest the magical power of people I feed on!" Fukuro yells out as he turns away from the others for some reason.
"Give back Natsu!" Happy yells out in anger, his eye blank and narrowed as he flies towards Fukuro.
A chuckle from Fukuro catches Takeru's attention as then Fukuro begins to turn around, his face covers by the darkness as his eyes glows red. Takeru yells out to stop Happy but is too late.
"Fire Hoo-hoo-hoot!" Fukuro yells as he turns around and suddenly blast fire form an orange magic circle, barely hitting Happy as he is slightly able to dodge it, but the front of his body gets hit.
"That's…" Simon says.
"Happy!" Gray yells out as Takeru jumps towards him to catch the blue cat and lands onto the top of another cage. Smoke comes from Happy and some burn marks on his fur. Somehow 'eating' Natsu changes Fukuro's appearance a bit, a patch of pink hair is now sprouting out from the top of his head and his eyes are now blank and narrow similarly to Natsu's.
"He's digesting Salamander's magical power and talking for himself?" Simon questions in shock.
"How do you like that?! Hoo!" Fukuro states.
"This is the skill of the Assassin's Guild!" Simon says in shock and fear.
"The final blow!" Fukuro yells out, turning his attention back towards Happy and Takeru as he throws his right arm out into a fist and sends out another stream of fire from an orange magic circle that appears in front of his fist. Happy notices this, closes his eyes as Takeru tries to think of a plan fast, as all Simon sees is an explosion at the top of the cage Happy and Takeru are on and then the cage falling into the depths below.
As the smoke is cleared… "Sheesh… That's some crazy-hot fire there." Gray says holding onto the chain the cage was connected to with his left hand while his right hand holds Takeru's paw as he holds Happy against his chest.
"Gray…" Happy quietly cries out, glad to see him.
"Hoo-hoot! A new challenger appears!" Fukuro says finally noticing Gray.
"Hey, weren't you supposed to go after Sho and Erza?!" Gray angrily yells back at Shimon.
"He's held us up!" Simon yells back.
"We need to find them quickly or we're in trouble!" Gray says as he then jumps off the chain to a cage below to Simon's right as he let go of Takeru. Landing on it crouching down as Takeru places Happy down on it to keep him safely out of the fight. "Jellal said that he was planning on using Erza as a human sacrifice." Gray says, Happy looking up at him with pain and sadness in his eyes as he has tears ready to start rolling down his face. "I don't think there's anyone who can beat Erza when she's serious. But she's too defenseless while she's trapped inside the card!"
"It was a mistake to tell Sho everything at once. But I'd never thought he'd go crazy like that." Simon says berating himself for feeling like he caused that part.
"Gray…" Happy whimpers out, catching Gray's attention as he looks down at him to see tears going down his face with his eyes closed. "Save Natsu!"
Not needing to be told twice, Gray easily complies as he stands back up on his feet. "I always gotta save your butt… What are we supposed to do if you get yourself eaten, huh?! You flaming piece of…!" Gray angrily yells out as he turns arounds towards Fukuro looking specifically at Natsu in his stomach.
As he says that Fukuro's stomach shakes. "Digestion has begun! In about 10 minutes Salamander's body will be dissolved! And when that happens, his magical power will be all mine!" Fukuro declares, suddenly an orange-fiery aura emitting from his body.
Gray jumps onto the cage Fukuro stands on. "I'll finish this up." He says raising his arms up ready to fight.
"Don't be so cocky!" Fukuro states, also getting into a battle stance.
"Ice Make Lance!" Gray yells out as he summons ice lances and sends them towards Fukuro.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Fukuro counters sending out a massive blast of fire towards Gray.
"Dodge it! Don't forget he has the same magic as Salamander!" Simon yells, but is too late. The fire engulfs the ice lances and easily melts them within a few seconds, and Gray is unable to react in time, only putting his arms up to block the fire from hitting his face as he finds himself crying out in pain as the fire engulfs him as well.
"Hoo-hoo-hoot! You can't use ice within fire!" Fukuro says while still breathing fire towards Gray who once again cries out in pain.
"Gray!" Simon and Happy yell out.
"Not possible! If you are Salamander's friend, then you should know how powerful these flames are!"
As Takeru about to help Gray, he suddenly kneels down in pain. When you look closely there is a burn mark on his right ankle.
Suddenly out of nowhere, the fire freezes. Somehow, Gray freezes the fire surrounding him as he has his arms thrown outwards. This seems to shock everyone, even Fukuro as his blank eyes widen and he hoots in shock.
"The flames are freezing!" Simon says, also in shock at seeing ice freeze fire.
"You call these Natsu's flames? Don't make me laugh. You're nothing but a damn poser!" Gray says with a cocky grin on his face.
"Hoo-hoo. That's some impressive magical power you've got." Fukuro says as he crouches down, placing his right hand on the ground and left arm on his thigh. "I'll capture you as well!" He launches himself up in the air and then towards Gray, opening his mouth wide open like before, capturing Gray in it as Gray cries out.
"Gray!" Happy and Simon yell out
Fukuro begins to try and push Gray's body into his mouth, when suddenly a cold mist begins to emit from Gray's body. "Huh?" Fukuro grunts. All of the sudden, Gray manages to pull himself out of Fukuro's mouth while freezing it. "Ack, that's cold!" He cries out releasing his grip on Gray who quickly launches himself backwards onto another cage crouching down on one hand and knee.
"We don't have time to be wasting here! We have to catch up to Erza!" Gray yells out, launching himself back towards Fukuro and letting out a battle cry as he pulls his right fist back.
"Here I come!" An unfrozen Fukuro yells out as he pulls his left fist back. "Punch!"
The two slams their fists into each other, Fukuro's producing fire and Gray's ice as their respective elements blast backwards around them. Fukuro though manages to overpower Gray as he is send flying back, recovering in the air however to flip backwards and lands on his feet.
"Outta my way!" Gray says, holding his hands to his side in his signature power as a light blue magic circle appears and then disappears. Sharp blades of ice appearing on his forearms, catching Fukuro's attention as Gray then launches himself towards him once again. "Ice Blade: Seven Slice Dance!" Gray yells as he begins to strike Fukuro repeatedly, five times individually with one of the ice blades and then with both at the same time in a cross shape. Gray grunts in anger as he looks up to see Fukuro flying upwards crying out in pain.
"Takeru!" Gray calls out.
Takeru manages to push himself up and then launches himself towards Fukuro readying the light blue bone in his hands, unable to react in time, Takeru hits directly into Fukuro's stomach, causing him to legitimately vomits Natsu from his stomach as he then crashes into one of the cages and lands inside of it. Shaking it around violently as then the impact of Fukuro breaks the chain and causes the cage with Fukuro inside of it to go crashing down, far below in the abyss.
"They did it!" Happy cheerfully yells out.
Takeru catches the saliva covered Natsu in the air, bringing him down towards the cage Happy and Simon are one as he carefully places him down. Happy quickly runs over and jumps onto Natsu to hug him though Natsu is unconscious but nevertheless Happy is glad to see him okay.
"Natsu!" He cries. Out of pain, Takeru falls onto his hands and knees, breathing out a sigh of relief.
"W-Wow…" Simon says in absolute awe at what he just saw.
"Erza must be in Fairy Tail! So she no longer shed those tears!" Gray says for odd reason.