Somewhere in the sea, Gray and the others were riding on a boat as they were going after Sho and the others who have taken away Erza. With the help of Juvia's water magic, the boat arrived in the waters of the Tower of Heaven.

"that's….just insane" Gray said looking at the eerie tower

"did we took a wrong turn?" Lucy asked a bit scared

"Kiara, you sure that redhead is in there?" Mira asked the Pop Fox who nodded with a squeal

"looks like we've got no choice to head in" Gray said

"but if we go by the docks, they will sure to find us" Lucy said

"not quite" Juvia suddenly spoke out as everyone looks to her "Juvia have thought of a different approach"

the Water Mage held up her hand as she had a sphere of water that was filled with air

within the tower, Erza who had to escape her prison is running in the tower in search of Jellal.

"Out of my way!" Erza roared, slashing her way through a wave of guards. The scarlet-haired knight was storming through the tower at a breakneck pace, taking out anything in her path as she searched for Jellal.

After dispatching the latest group of guards, Erza grabbed one of the ones still conscious by his throat and slammed him against the wall. The guard's eyes Shot open when Erza pressed her blade against his cheek.

"Where is Jellal? I won't ask twice." Said Erza with furious eyes

after diving in the waters, Mira and the gang reached into where they were greeted with soldiers and guards attacking them

but in just 5 minutes, all of the guards were floating in the water with bruises given by the she-devil

"that's that," Mira said clapping her hands in satisfaction

"It's quite strange..." Juvia said, crouching next to the trapdoor they had emerged from, "This door wasn't opened by someone on the other side. It's being remotely controlled by magic. So the enemy must be completely aware of our movements. I guess that gets rid of any element of surprise we had."

"If that's true, then who opened the door?" Lucy asked as she rubbed her chin, "We're the enemy so why to let us in willingly?"

"It's probably like Mira said." Gray said, crossing his arms over his chest, "They're trying to provoke us into fighting them." It was then that Gray took notice of Lucy's appearance. Without anyone noticing, Lucy had slipped into an entirely new outfit. The blonde celestial spirit mage was wearing an elaborately designed green dress, with a green bandana on her head, "Actually...when did you change?"

"These clothes are from the celestial spirit world!" Lucy said with a small smirk as she twirled around, "How do I Look?"

"pretty!" Haruka exclaimed with Haruo nodding

Gray whistled, "You look kinda cute." he admitted, much to Juvia's heartbreak.

"Juvia's heart is in pieces!" the water mage exclaimed.

"Hmm? I want an outfit like this one!" Mirajane demanded.

"Uhh..." Lucy sweated nervously

"There they are!" The sounds of approaching guards immediately put everyone on alert, "We have to stop the intruders!"

"Man these guys never quit," Mirajane said, sliding into a fighting stance as her form became began to glow purple. However, before the guards could attack a scarlet blur mercilessly cut through their ranks. After a few moments, all of the guards were defeated and Erza Scarlet stood before them.

"Erza!" Gray Shouted in joy.

"Cool..." Juvia was amazed at Erza as she looked at her with a blush.

"You're okay!" Lucy exclaimed in joy.

"W-What...what are you guys...doing here?" The scarlet-haired knight asked, stunned.

"Why? It's to rescue you!" Gray told her.

"Go back." She suddenly said making everyone gasp.

"W-What?"

"You guys...Shouldn't be here..." she muttered barely enough for them to hear.

"What are you saying, Erza?" Lucy asked her in disbelief.

Mirajane stood beside her with crossed arms, eyeing her rival with a curious look.

"Just shut up and leave..." She raised her sword and pointed her sword at her, "Please..." They were Shocked to see Erza like this. Her entire body was shaking as if she was afraid of something. They never saw her like this. They didn't like it.

"There's no way we could do that!" Lucy exclaimed as she took a step forward, "We're definitely not leaving without you!"

"Oi Erza, what the hell is going on?" Gray asked as he walked up to the scarlet-haired knight.

"I'll take care of things here." Erza said, turning her head to look at Gray and the rest of the group, "The rest of you need to get away from here right away."

"Please..." Erza pleased, tightly balling her fists and turning away from everyone, "This is my problem and I don't want any of you getting involved. It's already bad enough that you had to come all the way out here to try and save me."

"It's too late for us to not be involved." Gray reasoned as he shrugged his shoulders, "We already took out a bunch of their guards. We're already tangled in this mess, so there's no point backing out now."

"Erza...what is this tower?" Lucy asked the question that was on everyone's mind, "Who is this Jellal guy? Do you know him?" Lucy suddenly hung her head and avoided looking at Erza.

"Though, it's okay if you don't wanna tell us...I know you said those guys were your friends before, but we're your Nakama now..." When Lucy raised her head, she smiled softly at Erza, "We'll always be here for you, Erza...we'll always be at your side."

"G...Go..." Erza stuttered out, as she began to slightly shake.

She then felt her hands being tugged as she looks and sees Haruka and Haruo looking at her

"Erza-neechan, it's not good to cry" Haruka said

"yeah, Papa said you should not cry and not be sad" Haruo added in

"you have to have a big smile on you" Haruka smiled to Erza

Erza just stood there before tears started to fall again

"talk red, while we're here" Mira said crossing her arms as Erza wiped away her tears

"Since you're here...I might as well tell you about this place..." Erza told them with a small smile spreading across her face

Erza told them her past story as it was such a cruel and tormenting story for a young child to have gone through

Gray and the others could not believe that Erza had to go through such a horrifying and devastating childhood as this brought tears to Lucy

"I..." Erza said, finishing her tale. Everyone stood in stunned silence, as they watched Erza begin to shake once again; tears falling from her left eye, "I want...no...I have to fight Jellal." she finished

"I'm not entirely sure what his true motive is..." Erza said as she turned to look at them, "According to my old friends, He said something about when the resurrection was complete, they'd become rulers over heaven."

"When you explain it that way, I really don't understand why your old friends turned against you." Lucy said, placing her hands on her hips, "They kept calling you a traitor, but from what you've told us Jellal seems to be the real traitor."

"I have no idea what nonsense Jellal has been filling their heads with ever since I escaped the Tower of Heaven..." Erza said as she released a heavy sigh, "But I did abandon them for eight years. I guess that itself is a type of betrayal. Now if can just take out Jellal, this will all be over."

"But it was for their sake!" Lucy retorted "And yet..."

"Enough, Lucy." Erza cut her off sharply, not wanting to talk about that at the moment. No matter how anyone thought that she didn't abandon them, in her mind, she did and it killed her from the inside, "If I can defeat Jellal, this will be over."

"Is that really the truth?"" Gray thought, giving Erza a suspicious look as her words from earlier ran through his mind, about her vanishing from this world, "Her words seemed to have a much deeper meaning... And I don't like them."

"Nee-san." Everyone whipped around when the newcomer made his presence know. Erza was shocked to see that Showas conscious and walking towards them, shock written all over his face, "That story... What you just told them...what did you mean?"

"Sho..." Erza muttered as she gave her old friend a sympathetic look.

"Everything you just said is utter nonsense! You're just trying to earn sympathy from your friends aren't you?!" Shoexclaimed, fiercely glaring at Erza, "The truth is absolutely nothing like what you said! Seven years ago, you were the one who bombed our escape ships and ran off by yourself, weren't you?! If Jellal hadn't uncovered your betrayal we all would have been killed! Jellal told us all! This was the fate of those who cannot control magic! You became drunk with your new power and gave up on us!"

"Jellal told you this?" Gray asked, a hint of annoyance in his tone. What kind of crap was this?

"Is that something the Erza you know would have done?" Lucy's words struck the blond man hard as he flinched violently with beads of sweat rolling down his cheeks.

"What do you know?" Shoasked quietly as Erza closed her eyes, "You don't know anything about us! Only Jellal's words were able to save us. That's why we spent 8 years finishing this Tower! For Jellal...If...it was all a lie..."

"That's right," Simon said, surprising everyone as he appeared behind the Fairy Tail mages.

"You bastard!" Gray and Mira exclaimed as they tried to rush forward and attack Simon. But they were stopped when Juvia grabbed got in front of them, "Move Juvia! This is the guy-"

"Please wait, Gray-sama, Mirajane-san..." Juvia said, turning to lock eyes with Simon, "When this man attacked us at the casino, he purposely missed us as the target. There is no way a user of Darkness techniques wouldn't do something so amateurish. If he was truly trying to kill us he would have easily found us. Juvia wished to confirm this, that is one of the reasons Juvia tagged along."

"I see that Phantom Lord's Element Four deserves their reputation." Simon said with a hidden smile, "I never planned on killing you back then. In order to trick Shoand the others, I was simply going to fool Sho and the others in believing that I did part of the plan"

"You were just messing with us?" Sho asked as he hung his head, "W-why? Why would you..."

"Simon, you..." Erza was shocked at his words as she just stared at him.

"Well you, Wally, and Millianna, everyone had been fooled by Jellal." Simon explained, patting Shoon the shoulder, "I waited for the right time and pretended to believe Jellal as well." He turned toward Erza with his eyes softened

"I believed Erza from the beginning and I never doubted her. It's been that way for Eight years." Simon slowly walked up to Erza and pulled her in for a tight hug. The scarlet-haired knight felt tears prick her left eye as she hugged her old friend, "I'm so glad I was able to see you again, Erza."

"How...how could you trust her like that?" Sho asked in a shaky voice, as he tightly clenched his eyes shut, "How? Why...Why can't I trust nee-san, trust her like you do?" Letting out a gut wrenching scream, Shoslammed his fists onto the ground, "DAMN IT! RAGH! Who the hell is telling the truth!? Who am I supposed to trust!?"

"Sho..." Erza said in a soft tone, crouching next to the crying young man, "I know it's hard dealing with everything you've just heard...but please just let me say a few words. During these past seven years, I never forgot about any of you." Erza gently gripped Sho's head and hugged him against her armored chest, "I couldn't do anything because I was too weak...I'm truly sorry for that."

"But I can see that you can do it now." Simon said as he smiled at Erza, "Isn't that right? I've been waiting quite a while for this moment. Now that all these powerful mages are gathered in one place."

"Powerful mages?" Lucy parroted, quirking a blonde eyebrow.

Simon nodded, "We'll fight Jellal with all of our combined strength." Simon said as he gazed at all of the mages gathered before him.

"first thing first, why are Haruka and Haruo here?" Erza asked looking to the twins

"they had to tag along because we were afraid that if we left them at the resort, something bad might happen to them" Gray answered her

"and we might get punished by Natsu when this is all over" Lucy added in as everyone from Fairy Tail had a shiver run down their spine when they remembered what happened last time when they did such thing.

"and that also brings another matter to the situation we have" Simon added in "Salamander is with Jellal"

Everyone gasped at his words

"what!? What the heck do you mean?!" Mira exclaimed at him

"Papa is here?" Haruka said while Kiara squealed on top of her head

Simon nodded. "he arrived here yesterday and is currently guarding a floor on top with a woman"

"a woman?" everyone said

"I heard that she is the leader of the Trinity Raven of the Death Head Caucas, called Ikaruga Ryu" replied Simon

"Ikaruga Ryu?!" everyone except Juvia and the twins exclaimed

"isn't that name?!" Lucy said as she looks at Gray and the others who nodded to her

"Haruka's and Haruo's…..mother"

That's a wrap!

Bye bye