Chapter 22

Lucy and the others along with Felix managed to reach the Astral Spiritus while the Celestial Spirits began performing Liberum. "Loke," Natsu shouted as he charged. Leo charged back and the two began to fight.

Never seems to think with his head, Felix thought as he witnessed the two's battle and prepared himself to fight.

"Please," Lucy pleaded. "You don't have to do this," she continued as the Celestial Spirits ignored her and began their assault.

"Watch out," Felix shouted as he pushed Lucy aside and summoned his Claymore. Arcadios joined Felix and Natsu as they battled the Celestial Spirits. The three were pushed back and Felix asked, "You two good?"

"I'll defend the Princess till my last breath," Arcadios replied.

"Figured you say something like that," Felix commented. "You Natsu?"

Clenching both his fists, Natsu answered, "I'm all fired up."

"That's what I was hoping for," Felix responded as they prepared to charge, when suddenly an explosion happened and more Fairy Tail mages appeared.

"Gray, Erza, Mira, Wendy, Carla, Gajeel, and Pantherlily," Lucy shouted as the smoke cleared, revealing their reinforcements.

"Yo," Gray replied.

"What took you so long," Natsu commented.

"Trying to find you with Telepathy magic ain't easy," Gajeel answered.

"Guys, they're getting away," Felix announced as he pointed to the Celestial Spirits entering their gates.

"What do we do now," Lucy asked.

"Simple," Hisui answered as she handed out the keys to the mages. "Follow, defeat and seal their gates."

The Fairy Tail mages and Felix nodded as they entered different gates. "Oh Lucy," Felix spoke before he entered.

"Yeah," Lucy replied.

"Be careful," Felix answered with a smile. Lucy smiled back and entered her gate. "Alright let's kick some ass," Felix continued as he stepped through.

Somewhere in the Astral Spiritus

"Where the hell am I," Felix asked as he surveyed the area.

"In the bull's pen," Taurus said as he appeared.

"Was that supposed to be a joke," Felix questioned.

"I thought it was quite clever of me," Taurus replied.

"Well if we're going with jokes," Felix said as he summoned his Claymore. "Then time to take the bull by the horns," he continued as he charged.

Slicing downward, Felix missed his attacked as Taurus commented, "Ole."

Spinning to a mid body slash, Felix responded, "That's supposed to be my line!"

"Ole," Taurus commented as he dodged again.

He's really fast, Felix thought as he readied to attack again. Too fast.

"If you're wondering about my speed, it's because now that I am free my body feels lighter than ever," Taurus explained as he charged Felix.

Oh crap, Felix thought as he dodged Taurus' attack. "I don't get what you mean by 'you're free'," Felix commented as he swung at Taurus. "Lucy never treated you as slaves, but friends," he said as he continued his attack.

"You'll never understand," Taurus replied as he grabbed Felix's Claymore and punched him, sending him flying a few feet back.

Ouch..., Felix thought as he got to his feet. "You're right...I'll never understand..."

"Good. Now I can end this," Taurus said as he readied to charge.

"I'll never understand how you can turn your back against your friend and harm her," Felix shouted as he prepared to Ascend.

"What in the world," Taurus commented as he witnessed Felix's powering up. "You'll never understand what wanting to be free m-"

"YOU WANT TO BE FREE," Felix shouted as he casted his spell.

Ascension!

"Then I'll free your mind of this ridiculous idea," Felix continued as he charged Taurus.

Ascended God's Cold Knuckle Blitz!

Forming spiked knuckles, Felix began unleashing a flurry of punches. "Sorry, but I'm gonna have to ruin your suit," Felix shouted as his attack shredded Taurus' suit to pieces.

"ENOUGH," Taurus shouted as he punched Felix, sending him a few feet back again. "YOU HAVE ANNOYED ME FOR FAR TOO LONG," he continued as he charged like a raging bull.

"Remember what I said," Felix said as he casted his spell.

Ascended God's Berserker Gauntlets

"Time to take the bull by the horns," Felix shouted as he charged and grabbed Taurus' horns. Gripping the horns as tight as he could, Felix leaped over Taurus and slammed him into the ground. After the dust cleared from the attack, Felix saw that Taurus was defeated and used the key to forcefully close his gate. "Sorry buddy, but you've got to walk the ol' Dusty Trail," Felix commented as he watched Taurus disappear. Examining the area, Felix thought, Okay...so how do I get out of here? He picked a direction and began walking. A few minutes into his walk he thought, I wonder how everyone else is doing? Meh who am I kidding, they're probably doing fine. Felix didn't know the ridiculous battles his guildmates were currently fighting, especially Gray.

Several minutes later: Inside a cave

"Okay so I've been walking for several minutes and ended up in a cave," Felix said to himself as he examined the area. Feeling the ground quake a bit he commented, "Someone is giving someone hell somewhere." Hearing voices, Felix thought, More enemies? Maybe other messed up Celestial Spirits... Preparing to attack, Felix leaped around the corner and was about to unleash his attack, but got punched by Erza.

"Felix," Erza questioned as she recoiled her fist. "I am sorry, but you surprised us."

"Funny thing," Felix groaned as he got to his feet. "I thought you guys were more enemies," he continued as he comforted his jaw.

"Looks like most of us are here," Gray commented as he examined the group.

Feeling the cave shake, Felix said, "Then that's probably Natsu raising hell up there then."

"Sure is," Gray replied.

"No fair. He's having all the fun," Gajeel commented. "Anything we can do from down here," he asked as he cracked his knuckles.

"Hey Levy, watcha doing," Felix asked as he noticed Levy was examining something.

"I think I've figured out how to stop this," Levy replied as she continued examining. "Ah hah! The way to stop this is to destroy the Globe, but if we can probably destroy the inside of this cave, it'll do significant damage," she continued as she turned to the group.

"Nice job," Felix commented as he placed his hand on Levy's shoulder. Feeling a dangers glare towards him, Felix glanced and noticed Gajeel was the source of it. Removing his hand, he continued, "Isn't destruction this guild's specialty?"

"Sure is," Gray replied as he prepared to demolish the area.

"Then what are we waiting for," Gajeel added. "Let's do this," he continued as he and the others began destroying the area around them.

Several minutes later, their efforts paid off when the cave began collapsing. Erza shouted, "Everyone out!" The group manage to reach the top where Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Wendy, Carla, Hisui and Arcadios were right as they destroyed the globe.

Seeing the constellations disappear and the giant snake lady vanish, Felix asked, "Did we win?"

"Ah yeah w-" Natsu's praise for victory was interrupted when Horologium appeared and informed the group of the situation developing in the Celestial Spirit World.

"I had to ask," Felix commented as he and the others were transported. "I HAD TO ASK," Felix repeated as he and the others saw what used to be the Celestial Spirit King.

"What do we do," Cana asked.

"What we came here to do," Erza replied.

"Save our friends," Natsu said as he slammed his fist into his palm.

"Prepare to a-" Erza was cut off when the Beast began ravaging and sucking the area around into him.

"Horologium," Lucy shouted as she witnessed him get sucked into the Beast.

"Damnit," Felix commented.

"Look," Levy shouted as she pointed to the 12 Eclipsed Celestial Spirits floating around the Beast. "He's going to absorb them," she continued as the Beast began sucking everything around it again.

The winds finally stopping, Erza shouted, "Attack!" The Fairies and Felix unleashed a barrage of magical attacks, but it had no effect on the Beast.

"Now this is what I call a boss battle," Felix commented as he prepared to attack.

Hey guys! Man it's been like 2 months since I've updated this story, and I'm really sorry! I've been busy with life and other stories that I never had time for this one, but fortune favors the foolish and I had some time today so I decided to put out this chapter! I hope you've all been well and I hope you guys like the story. Thank you so much for reading it, really means a lot to me and I can't thank you enough for reading. Anyway, expect the end of the Celestial Spirit Arc to come to a close next chapter as we go into one or two chapters then straight into my own original arcs called "Harem King Arc" and "Revenant Arc". THEN AFTER THAT WE GO STRAIGHT INTO ONE OF THE BEST ARCS OF FAIRY TAIL. THE TARTAROS ARC! I'm super excited for all this and I hope you all are too! So hang tight, we're almost there! Thanks again and as always, I'll cya in the next chapter!