A week after the Dragon attack upon Crocus. Things in the city has been reformed halfway back to its former glorious self that is by the help of the citizens and the kingdom mages.
Within Mercurius, in a female's changing room. The Fairy Tail girls plus Yukino are changing into party dresses that were given by the King of Fiore.
"Are you sure all of this is necessary?" said Yukino while blushing, the white haired celestial spirit mage wearing a beautiful dress on. "this is too e-embarrassing!"
"what are you talking about!? You look great!" said Mira with a grin while already wearing a violet party dress on.
"Mira-nee, can you help me?" Lisanna asked as she was having trouble zipping up her dress from the back.
After the girls finished dressing up, they all head towards the door that opened and revealed a great banquet hall. The king has hoisted an amazing banquet party as the party was a celebration for the winners and for helping the kingdom in its time of peril.
"Wow." Lucy said in awe as everyone wears fancy dresses and were all having a great time in the party
"Everything is so beautiful." Said Yukino in surprise
"It's amazing." Wendy agreed to her
"Hey! You guys finally made it!" a voice hollered out as the girls looked just a small distance ahead to see Elfman waving for them come over. He was standing at a buffet table with the rest of the Fairy Tail guild.
Erza raised her glass of champagne once she saw the girls. "It's good to see you all. The other guilds are arriving as well."
"You look great, Erza." Lucy complimented.
"took you guys long enough" Elfman told them
"you really shouldn't wear that" Gray said to Gajeel who glares at him
"at least I wear a suit, stripper!" Gajeel retorted to Gray who is only wearing a tie and a pair of boxers on.
"the king sure has some good booze!" said Cana in cheers as she happily pranced about the banquet hall, two bottles of alcohol in her hands.
"Hey! We're in the palace you know!" exclaimed Macao to the drunk woman.
"hohoho! Ishgar people have a very cheerful atmosphere filled banquet in celebration!" said Daichi as he is in a conversation with Jura and his guild, the Earth general of Lingyue wearing a high classed looking Yukata on while having his Tetsubo that had shrunk strapped to his waist. The other Generals are present within the banquet as they too had done a valiant deed in helping their neighbouring continent in their time of need.
"having a celebration with another continent's fine warriors. This may mark a new day for both our homes" said Jura as Daichi nodded in agreement before both raise their glass drinks.
"you can use wood, huh? Just like me" said Ayame to Laki, both having a conversation by a banquet table.
"yeah, I guess so" replied Laki with a smile.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia called out to Gray who was eating a fried chicken leg
"heh?" Gray said in reply as he sees Juvia wearing a blue dress
"Juvia has come to the age of Juvia 2.0!" Juvia told him
"since when you became a robot?" Gray said to her with a sweatdrop
"Gray-sama!" Juvia lunges herself towards him. "Juvia loves you!"
"rejected" Gray said as he sides steps and Juvia crashed to the floor. "I have also come to a new age of Gray, when I don't like it, I'll say no!"
Juvia cried in tears before she returned to normal.
"ahhh~ Gray-sama is still sparkling even when Juvia is rejected!" Juvia squealed in glee as hearts flies around her
"this version is still as creepy as the last versions!" Gray exclaimed with his face turning blue.
"are all Ishgar men perverts like him?" asked Mizuki to Levy nearby, the Water General seeing Gray being his boxers while his fancy clothes are on the floor.
"n-not really" replied Levy with an awkward smile.
"I guess we should say that we got even, huh?" said Raikou as he with Yamika meets with Laxus and the Raijinshuu.
"if I was myself back then, I would punch you guys as much as how many times you hit us. But since this is a party, I'll let it slide and put it back to the past" said Laxus, he with his team receiving an apology by the two generals after the whole Lingyue attack in Magnolia before.
"that's Laxus!" said Freed with a smile.
"he is so mature!" added Evergreen.
"hell yeah!" exclaimed Bickslow while sticking his tongue out.
"you are surrounded by so many strange people" said Yamika as Laxus sweatdrops.
"kinda" replied Laxus.
Kagura and the rest of Mermaid Heel arrived at the banquet. Nearly all the men took notice of the swordswoman's majestic purple and gold dress. Kagura blushed, trying to hide her embarrassment.
"ah! Kagura-neechan!" hollered two voices as Kagura turns and sees Haruka with Haruo running to her. "we finally get to talk to you again!"
"yeah, it's been a long time, Haruka, Haruo" said Kagura in greeting the two as she kneeled a bit to their height and gave them a kind smile. "you two have grown a few inches after last time I saw you"
"of course! We drank lots of milk before!" said Haruo as Haruka nodded in agreement.
"I see" said Kagura with a smile before she looks up and sees Ikaruga coming into view, the pink haired woman having Akari and Gojin by her side as aides for she is still the Empress of Lingyue after all.
"I can feel that you have a certain changed of aura from before, Kagura-han" said Ikaruga with a smile as Kagura nodded before looking down a bit. Her mind going into a flashback as she had once encountered Jellal again; the man was with Erza and both encountered Millianna who became in rage. the swordswoman nearly getting the chance to pull out her sheathed sword, but that ended when Erza said that vengeance is a poison that will kill you.
"yes….i just felt that….my life shouldn't be all about vengeance" said Kagura with a small smile as she had a flashback of her younger self training with Natsu who looks at her while she swung her training sword. "and how Teacher would always teach me that being strong is all about protecting those who are dear to me"
"I see" said Ikaruga with a few chuckles. "seems that you finally found the true path of your sword"
"yes" said Kagura with a smile and a nod before she felt a few tugs on her dress, she looks down and sees Ikki, the child looking up at Kagura with a curious look while his little hands tugging on her dress. Kagura smiled before she bent down and picks the little boy up, getting a giggle from him.
Ikaruga and the others smiled as they watch Kagura lifting Ikki up and down, the boy happily giggling to the little game.
at a food table, Lucy is eating a piece of cake by her own as she hummed from how delicious it is. She continues to eat before Hisui came into view.
"Lucy-san!" Hisui called out to Lucy who quickly eats her piece of cake and swallowed it before nodding to Hisui after doing so.
"Y-yes, your majesty." Said Lucy in responding to the princess of Fiore
"There is no need to be so formal. You can just call me Hisui." Said Hisui after a few giggles
"O-ok, Hisui." Said Lucy with a nervous smile as the two converse together about each other.
"You are the heir to the Heartfilia Konzern, correct?" said Hisui as to remember of Lucy's family name
"I used to be," replied Lucy with a small smile "but that was a long time ago."
"I was a friend of your father's. He was a kind man." Said Hisui before having a slight frown "I'm so sorry for your loss."
"Thanks, that means a lot." Replied Lucy with a nod
"By the way." Said Hisui as she looks around before back to Lucy. "Salamander, I mean Natsu-san is not present? I wanted to congratulate him on winning the games and protecting Crocus in its time of need. Did he not attend the party?"
"ah, now that you mention it," said Lucy as she looks around "I haven't seen him at all either."
Gray walked towards the two with Juvia not far behind as the two heard their conversation
"this is a big party and he's going to get congratulations and more famous. I think we know where he would be" said Gray with a grin while Juvia has an awkward smile.
"he has a major dislike in obtaining fame and fortune or anything of the sort" said Juvia with a few awkward chuckle. "he's a man of simple things. I'm sure just getting everyone safe is enough congratulations for him"
"but time can change a person" said Erza, coming nearby as she pointed to the corner of the banquet hall. Everyone followed to where she pointed and at the corner end of the hall is Natsu who is sitting by himself, the man holding a cup of tea while wearing a black and white party uniform. "I can see him gradually enjoying himself"
Natsu sips his tea by his seat alone as he just likes the peace and quiet atmosphere. But that moment was broken abruptly by Sting who came all cheery.
"Hey, Natsu-san! Let's have a drink!" Sting loudly announced as he walked towards the man with a few glasses and a bottle of wine.
"Yeah, Natsu-kun! Let's celebrate! Yes!" added Lector while hopping onto Sting's shoulders.
"what?" said Natsu as he placed his cup of tea away to the table near him.
"let's have a drink to celebrate our two guild's friendships!" said Sting while holding the wineglass and the bottle of wine in his hands to the man. "to commemorate on the fact that we Fairies and Tigers will no longer have any conflict for the future and times to come!"
"I see" said Natsu as Sting poured the drinks in the two wine glasses before he gave one to the man.
"A toast!" said Sting in a speech as he and Natsu raised their drinks high "To the friendship between fairies and tigers!"
They clinked their glasses before drinking up the content with smiles.
"to the friendship of our guilds!" said Lector in cheering.
Natsu sighs with a smile before Kiara came hopping onto his shoulders from a distance as the Pop Fox squeals to him. the salmon haired man looks at her and scratches her chin before he turns to see a few people coming nearby and they are Mira, Lisanna, and Yukino.
"ah" said Yukino in seeing that she is near Sting and Lector's sight.
"Yukino…." Muttered Sting in seeing her former guildmate.
Yukino looks at him before she turned the other way and started walking while saying "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come."
"Hold on!" Sting shouted, stopping her retreat. Yukino turned to face him. Sting scratched the back of his head before he looks at her. "Actually, I was kinda hoping you would be here."
"You were?" said Yukino with a nervous voice.
"Y-yeah. I wanted to apologize for how we treated you before. The princess and the master…they're gone now. So we thought about starting the guild from scratch." Said Sting as the other members of Sabertooth came near him and Lector "We want to be more like Fairy Tail and the other guilds. We want Sabertooth to be a place that treats its member's right."
"why are you telling me this?" Yukino asked him while looking at the ground
"cause we want you back, Is that asking too much? I mean I know we…" said Sting before he got cut off by someone.
"The truth is she's not rejoining Sabertooth!" a loud voice announced over the collected wizards. They looked over, surprised to see that voice belonged to Kagura. "Yukino's life still belongs to me, which means that she will be joining Mermaid Heel! I will not listen to any objections on the matter!"
Sabertooth all let out a collective shout of surprise. Yukino and the Fairy Tail wizards present also joined in on the confusion. Sting walked to Kagura, his eyes narrowed in annoyance.
"You're drunk. You should just go home." Said Sting in seeing Kagura's red face.
"Silence! Yukino belongs to us and that is final!" exclaimed Kagura.
"we can't just sit idly on this part!" said Erza as Fairy Tail intervened the battle for Yukino while Natsu sits this one out.
"that's right! She should join us instead!" said Lucy, wanting Yukino to be a part of Fairy Tail instead of the other guilds.
"yeah! She's a Man!" said Elfman with a grin.
"she's a girl, though" said Gray with a sweatdrop.
"thought Juvia doesn't want to have another love rival…" said Juvia while puffing her cheeks.
"our characters kinda collide though" said Lisanna with a sweatdrop as Romeo came into the picture and pointed out the same characteristics with one another.
"Excuse me. Men!" Ichiya exclaimed as he and the rest of Team Blue Pegasus entered the fray. "This elegant woman and her exquisite parfum fit perfectly in Blue Pegasus."
The Tri-Mens and Nichiya all nodded in approval.
"You should join us." Said Jenny with a smile
Lyon stepped forward, entering Lamia Scale into the battle for Yukino.
"Lamia Scale is the only guild worthy of Yukino's affiliation." Said Lyon with a smirk.
"I see no reason for us to get involved in all this." Said Jura with a sigh while Daichi laughs in seeing the coming commotion as Bacchus threw Quarto Cerberus' hat into the ring.
"We might be an all-guy guild right now, but we always have room for delicate flower! Having her in the guild will definitely make my spirit tremble!" exclaimed Bacchus as the rest of Quatro Cerberus howled in agreement.
"This should cheer me up after our record in the games." Goldmine smirked.
"Let's go. I'll spin all ya." Obaba challenged.
"This is starting to make my youthful passion surge through my veins once again." Bob grinned deviously.
"bring it on" said Makarov with a grin.
The guilds went to a massive brawl as everyone started fighting each other for Yukino to come into their guild.
"this isn't going to end so well" said Wendy with a frightened look.
"that is love" said Cheria with a smile while nearby the Sky Dragon Slayer.
Yukino is crying as Mira got near and patted her back
"there's nothing to cry about.." Mira told Yukino
"no…it's just" Yukino replied as her tears were pouring out of her eyes while she turns to look at Mira, the celestial spirit mage having a happy tearful smile. "I'm just so happy!"
"looks like you finally showed me your smile" Mira said to her while grinning.
Arcadios walked to the balcony overlooking the ball. "That is enough fighting! You all now stand before King Toma E. Fiore himself! To all of the wizards who fought valiantly throughout this year's Grand Magic Games and fought against the Dragons, his majesty the king will now give his thanks and salutations! Listen well and heed his words!" exclaimed Arcadios as he slammed the point of his sword into the ground, garnering everyone's attention and stopping the ruckus.
In moments time, Toma. E. Fiore appeared upon the balcony with Darton by his side as the short king over looked the many guests invited within his castle.
"to all mages of Fiore, I cannot express just how grateful I am for your valiant efforts" said Toma with a smile before he bowed. "especially to the 8 members of Lingyue's generals who have come to aid us in our dark times against the dragons. I cannot express how grateful I am to know that our kingdom has great allies over the seas"
To his statement, he got the nods from all members of 8 generals in the hall as they smiled.
"and now, I would like to present the winning trophy of the GMG to the winning guild-kabo!" said Toma as he stepped aside for Arcadios to come into view, the knight holding up a golden trophy cup that is the winning trophy of the GMG. "Fairy Tail! Come to the balcony-kabo!"
Everyone in the hall clapped their hands as Natsu, Erza, Laxus, Gray, Juvia, and Gajeel came up to the balcony as Arcadios presented them the trophy.
Natsu holds the trophy before he lifted it up with the others as everyone cheered for the winning team.
"and also, the 3 million jewels that is the extra prize-kabo!" added Toma as several soldiers came while carrying sacks filled with jewels.
"yay! Money~!" squealed Makarov with happy shining eyes.
"Master was all on the money, huh?" said Warren with a sigh before sighing.
"that's the only thing that got him motivated for the GMG in the first place, remember?" added Max while shrugging his shoulders.
"yay yay! We won!" cheered Haruka and Haruo as Elfman lifted the two up on his shoulders while cheering as well.
Ikki babbles as Ikaruga carries her little boy, smiling in seeing his version of cheering.
"now everyone! Enjoy the party to your fullest-kabo!" said Toma as everyone cheered before the sounds of cheers were gone and dead.
"eh? What's this?" said Lucy before a golden light shine from below and everyone was teleported away with the exception of the servants, musicians, and soldiers.
Within the vast space-like world of the Celestial spirits, we turn our attention to one area that has a seemingly large floating island where Lucy and everyone in the castle appeared upon.
The crowds started to chatter in confusion as to where they were, but some already recognize the place.
"this place…the Celestial Spirit World!?" said Gray in seeing the familiar area.
"we were summoned to the Celestial spirit world? Why?" said Wendy with a confused face.
"and with Celestial spirit clothes!" added Lucy in surprise as everyone in the area are now wearing Celestial Spirit clothes.
"Princess, your majesty, please stay close" said Arcadios as he got in front of Toma and Hisui, both looking extremely confused on what is happening.
"just what is going on?" said Makarov as he looks around before 12 golden star lights shines from above the vast space like sky and 12 stars rains down in a circle around the crowd.
"those are" said Cana as the 12 stars that had rained down are the 12 Spirits of the Golden Zodiacs.
"Virgo, Loke, everyone! What's going on!?" said Lucy but not one of the 12 Zodiac spirits responded to her question.
"everyone…they look so…serious for some reason" said Yukino with a nervous look.
"guys! Look!" exclaimed Warren while pointing up as a large magic symbol appeared and 8 pillars of lights in 8 different colours came down from 8 symbols of elements. Within the pillars of lights, appeared the 8 Celestial spirits of Lingyue, all looking down at the crowd.
"Genbu-dono and the other Celestial Guardian spirits…." Said Daichi in seeing the 8 spirits. "I fear that something is not right"
"this kinda feeling. I don't like it." said Gajeel before everyone sees stars forming a large entity in the vast space before a golden pillar of light shines down near the 8 spirits of Lingyue and from there appeared the Celestial Spirit King.
"that's!" said Juvia in surprise.
"Celestial Spirit King…" muttered Hisui, being familiar with the all mighty celestial spirit who rules over the Celestial spirit world. The Celestial Spirit King floats in space with his arms crossed and his cape floating around endlessly from a wind. The giant humanoid spirit looks down upon the crowd while not making a single voice.
"if we got summoned here by the Celestial Spirit King and are surrounded by the 12 Zodiac spirits and the 8 Lingyue Celestial guardian spirits…it could mean one thing" said Lily with a nervous look that Charla took notice.
"mean what? What do you mean?" asked Charla.
"they are holding a trial" said Lily as this got others who hear his statement to look in surprise.
"old friends…and new friends" bellowed the Celestial Spirit King as he spoke out and everyone's attention is to him. "I congratulate you all in protecting your realm's kingdom….and defeating the individual of the time singularity, but….i did not summon you all to our real for simple congratulations…."
"you humans have violated a sacred law of your world and ours" said Draco with a growling voice. "we have warned you that the misuse of the Eclipse Gate would bring dire consequences. And you have dismissed our warning and open the Eclipse Gate"
"wait! The Eclipse Gate was opened because Hisui was tricked that's all!" said Lucy in defending Hisui who was marionetted by Future Rogue's plan.
"silence" said Byakko with a growl as a storm appeared and rages above them all. "although we are truly grateful in your actions to try and close the gate, Heartfillia young girl. It does not dismiss the fact that some of you did not heed the warning we have given"
"therefore, a punishment must be given to those who have violated the sacred taboo of misusing the power over time" said Genbu as the 12 Golden Celestial Spirit keys that belongs to Lucy and Yukino floats to the air before they spread out and was given to each corresponding Zodiacs.
"From now on, we Celestial Spirits will cut ties with you all."Said the Celestial Spirit King as this caused Lucy and Yukino's eyes to widen in surprise.
"wait! You are saying you are cutting ties with Lucy and Yukino?! What do you mean!?" said Gray in retort.
"it is as the Celestial Spirit King has spoken, Gray" said Loke to his old friend. "the great crimes of using the Eclipse Gate, not only angered the 8 Celestial Guardian spirits, but also the Celestial Spirit King himself"
"our contracts with the princess and any other celestial spirit mages in the world are to be null and voided" added Virgo before frowning a bit. "we and any other Celestial spirit now will never see our contractor ever again"
"wait! I don't get it! We destroyed the gate, right?! Problems solved!" exclaimed Elfman.
"yeah! You don't need to go like this after it!" added Levy before the thunder above rang and several lightning bolts rain down and nearly hits the people of the crowds.
"Silence!" said Draco in a raging angered voice. "the power over time is not a power that should've been given to humans in the first place! The very existence of the Eclipse Gate did not just brought harm to your world, but our world as well!"
"the human world and the spirit world are like two sides of a mirror" said Virgo in explanation. "the flow of our time is different with the human world, but our times are moving in the same wave link as water going down a river stream. If something happens to block one side of the river's water.."
"that would mean the other side of the river would be overflowing" said Erza in finishing Virgo's statement. "and disrupt the flow of water"
"this is a very grave matter, indeed" said Daichi with a slight frown.
"Pisces! Libra! Please! I don't want to be separated from you two again!" said Yukino to her two spirits who stayed silent but looked down as they had no words in changing the matter.
"Loke, Virgo, Taurus, Gemini, Aquarius, everyone….are you all going to leave me?" asked Lucy with her eyes tearing up as her spirits frowns for they too didn't want to separate from her.
"would this punishment go for us too, Tengu?" said Yamika to the black raven spirit. "our home, Lingyue. Has been in your protection for centuries and you shall be leaving us?"
"our contract protection for Lingyue is an everlasting contract with Kaguya-sama in the past. Even with the punishment, we shall still come to protect Lingyue in its time of need, but only upon its time of need" said Tengu in reply. "we won't ever be responding to your summoning anymore, Yamika"
"but this punishment shall be bended for Natsu" said Houou as this got some attention to Natsu. "he has proven himself to be a true human who is loyal to the cause of the world, therefore our powers will still be in his hands"
Natsu sees something shining in his chest pocket as he reaches in and takes out the golden Celestial gem.
"you have kept your promise in destroying the Eclipse Gate, Natsu. You have earned our trust and respect in having our powers" said Draco as the gem shines while floating in front of Natsu who looks at it before he caught the item in his right hand's grasp. "you have earned the true honour in receiving the blessing of the stars."
"and with that….we shall bid you, old friends. An eternal farewell" said the Celestial Spirit King as he turns around with his cape floating around behind.
"wait!" stated Hisui as she stepped forward to face the angered Celestial spirits. "please wait, Celestial Spirit King!"
"you are?" said the Celestial Spirit King as he turns to look down upon Hisui.
"my name is Hisui. E. Fiore. The Princess of the Kingdom of Fiore" said Hisui before bowing once and then reaffirms her posture to face the large spirit. "please, Celestial Spirit King. Please place your punishment only upon myself. It was I who planned to use the Eclipse Gate after accumulating magic power for 7 years. Everyone tried to make me understand that my actions were wrong, but I was too worried for the future that I made the mistake of opening the gate and bringing the dragons"
"no, princess. I was given the warning by the Celestial Spirits of Lingyue and I did not heed it" said Arcadios as he got near Hisui and bowed to the Celestial Spirit King. "if anyone deserves to be punished, it is I!"
"no, it is i!" added Darton as he kneels and bowed to the Celestial Spirit King. "I was so scared for the kingdom's sake that I forsaken the given warning and obliged myself to believe in the future man's words to the Princess! I am guilty of disrupting the sacred law of our worlds! Please punish only me!"
"Arcadios-sama, Darton-sama" said Hisui in seeing the two men's action.
"none of them are in wrong" stated Toma as he stepped forward to face the Celestial Spirit King. "if anyone is guilty of the Eclipse Gate incident, it is i. I had vowed to destroy the gate before to an old acquaintance of mine. And yet I did not, therefore I am the guiltiest person of them all"
"Father.." muttered Hisui as she felt so guilty for everyone who is defending her.
"Celestial Spirit King, please only pass judgement to myself" said Toma before bowing to the great large spirit. "I am prepared to face the worse of your wrath"
"no! it's my fault!" exclaimed Yukino as she stepped forward. "if I wasn't with you all, this would've never happened!"
"Yukino.." muttered Sting in seeing Yukino's action.
"no! I'm the one who is supposed to be punished!" exclaimed Lucy while going into the action. "I wasn't fast enough to stop the gate from opening! I'm should be the one to be punished!"
"Lucy" said Loke in surprise to hear her words that also surprised the rest of the zodiac spirits.
"no, it's my fault!" said Makarov while stepping into the ring. "I was told of the Eclipse Plan before, I felt that it was dangerous, yet I did not act accordingly to the world's sake, but rather the country! Please punish me!"
One by one everyone started to defend Hisui and the others as they voiced out their retorts to the spirits of them being the one guilty.
"enough! Silence!" roared Draco as he charged up lightning in his large jaws. "if you all feel guilty, then face the punishment of the stars together!"
Byakko and the others did the same as they charged their respective energy element that are faced towards the group.
"Princess!" exclaimed Arcadios and Darton as they got in front of Hisui in protection against the power elemental energy that Draco and the others are charging up before getting unleashed upon them.
8 powerful streams of energy went straight at the group before a barrier appeared and deflected their attacks, causing a smoking explosion to surround the group.
The Spirits looks upon the smoke that slowly blows away and reveals the barrier that disappeared along with it, then reveals Natsu who stood in front of the group while holding up Chitetsu who is still sheathed in his scabbard.
"you…..you still protect those who have defiled our law?" said Draco while looking at Natsu.
"it's my duty" replied Natsu before his eyes glows red. "as well as the rest of you all"
"our duties are to protect the world from the coming darkness that Kaguya-sama has predicted. Sacrifices are necessary to retain the order of the world" said Byakko before his eyes glows yellow. "even if the sacrifices consist of the lives of royalty. The fate of the world is a far greater cost to protect"
"lives are always meant to be protected, no matter whose life it is" said Natsu as he clenched his grip upon Chitetsu's scabbard. "I already vowed to never take another life ever again, I vowed to always protect a life. Even if it is the judgement of the Celestial Spirit world, I will act to protect those who are to be given judgement."
"so you would defy our agreement to protect those who are guilty?" stated Enra while having his arms crossed.
"if that is what needed to be done to protect those who I care for" replied Natsu.
"even if you are the one who is given the blessing of the stars by us" said Taka as the eagle man spreads his talon claws. "we will act in removing you from passing our judgement"
The 8 spirits of Lingyue started glowing in respective colored auras that are raising a tensed powerful atmosphere that Natsu countered by unleashing a burst of magic around his body.
Everyone backed a bit from Natsu as the powerful magic pressure is by far nothing that they have ever felt in their lives.
"I will face anyone who dare attack my friends and family" said Natsu as his body radiates in magic that just grows larger by the second. "even if those anyone are you eight spirits"
Draco and the others send down hard gazes at Natsu as their power rises and rages.
"we owe a debt to you, Natsu. but this shall be over the line" said Draco as the Dragon spirit's power rages even higher.
"ENOUGH" a loud voice bellowed out of nowhere as the powerful magic aura battle ended. Everyone hears the voice as a golden star zooms through the vast space sky above and down upon the area. The golden light shines bright before a silhouette of a large creature appeared within the light. "this judgement is to be mine to be acted"
"w-what's that!" said Yukino while shielding her eyes.
"so bright!" exclaimed Lucy with her eyes closed.
"to see that you have come here, old friend" said the Celestial Spirit King as the golden light died down and revealed a large golden scaled bipedal creature that has a head of a dragon, a long ox tail, and horns that curved frontwards instead of backwards. "Kirin"
"is that another spirit?" said Gray in seeing the large golden creature.
"I never heard or seen one like it" stated Lucy with wide eyes.
"that's the Golden Beast; Kirin. It's another one of Lingyue's Celestial Spirits of the Southern area in the Celestial spirit world" said Ikaruga with a surprised face. "I've heard legends that it was one of the prime spirits whose power rivals that of the Celestial Spirit King, but it never appears upon any moment of time"
"w-why is it here?" asked Happy while clinging onto Millianna's back.
"Kirin, why have you come?" asked the Celestial Spirit King to the golden spirit. "for you, the pacifist spirit who never acts upon any circumstances"
"I have felt a disturbance of time in the human world….that disturbance of time affected myself" said Kirin with a bellowing echoed voice. "this is something that I cannot dismiss"
"Kirin, if you are believing that you may pass judgement to my friends and family" said Natsu as he glance at the golden spirit. "you have to face myself first"
"Natsu Daimou….the one who destroyed the Eclipse Gate and kept his promise to the beings of the stars" said Kirin while looking down at the man. "you are one who is valiant in actions of keeping peace and order. That I can come to respect one such as yourself"
"Kirin, are you perhaps passing judgement upon himself or the rest of the humans?" said Houou to the golden spirit.
"I had believed that I would do so myself" said Kirin before looking at the group below. "but in hearing and seeing their acts of uniting as one, it diverted my attention of anger away" Kirin then turns to look at the Celestial Spirit King before continuing. "Celestial Spirit King, their actions of breaking the taboo is unforgivable by the law of our world, and of theirs. This is the one moment of humanity that they have acted in nearly destroying the world as we know of it. But in view, we spirits have also committed the same mistake"
"yes" said the Celestial Spirit King while looking down a bit. "I was obstructed in following our world's law…that I did not act in stopping the incident of time from ever happening…therefore…I shall change the punishment…."
The Celestial Spirit King waved his arms out as the stars in the space sky shines bright before the world started to spin.
"e-everyone! The sky!" exclaimed Romeo.
"this is….what is happening?!" said Gojin as the Celestial Spirit world's sky just keeps on spinning.
"my eyes are going….dizzy" said Happy while looking in a daze.
Before long, it all stopped as everyone now sees that they were in a different area of the Celestial spirit world, all of them sees that there were floating islands filled with glowing Sakura trees, water falls that has streams of waters going down the islands and many more magical sights that they could never forget.
"old friends…." Bellowed the Celestial Spirit King as everyone turns their attention to the great spirit. "..for the commitment act of breaking the taboo, it cannot be gone without a punishment for such an action. We spirits have also broken the taboo by not acting against it. Therefore, your punishment shall be as it stated" Stars shines above in the vast space like sky before dozens of Celestial Spirits appeared everywhere around the group. "you all must stay within our world for one day, and for this one day, you all must celebrate for the victory against the future threat!"
"eh?" said everyone in unison.
"looks like you guys passed the judgement of the stars as expected" said Loke with a chuckle.
"huh? What do you mean?" said Gray in pure confusion.
"this may seem to be a trial against us all, but in fact it's to see if you are all willing to repent your mistakes" explained Virgo. "in any matter, this is just an already pardoned trial"
"y-you mean, the whole spirits' contract getting null and voided with us….it's all just an act?!" said Lucy as she got replied by the zodiac spirits grinning, chuckling, and laughing that made her angry. "that ain't funny!"
"a trial of an act to see if humans do repent their past mistakes" said Daichi while scratching his chin. "it seems fair"
"since when does the whole tense atmosphere sounds fair?" stated Raikou with a sigh.
"Celestial Spirit King" Hisui called out to the big humanoid spirit. "i….i'm..i'm the one still to blame, my actions.."
"your actions were for the sake of your world, you merely acted in protecting your kingdom, your home, and your people" said the Celestial Spirit King in cutting her words off. "do not fret, our judgement of the stars upon you was already pardoned by us all. if anything, we are relieved that you all are safe, and the Eclipse Gate is finally destroyed as promised by the stars"
"Celestial Spirit King….thank you" said Hisui while tearing up a bit, "thank you!"
Toma and Darton got near Hisui as they stand by her side before looking at the Celestial Spirit King who nodded with a grin.
"now everyone!" said the Celestial Spirit King as he raised his hands up and many tables filled with Celestial Spirit world's food appeared everywhere around the crowd. "please enjoy the one moment special banquet of the stars!"
Everyone roared in agreement as this is the first time, they held a party banquet in such a place. Music started to play as the mood became all cheery and happy in an instant.
"really sorry to make you guys feel sad, Lucy" said Loke as he and other spirits who formed contracts with Lucy got around her.
"if you guys ever do this again!" said Lucy with an angry face before she got into a hug with Loke. "I'm never going to forgive you guys!"
"yes yes" said Loke while patting her back.
"Pisces…Libra" said Yukino with a relieved smile to her two spirits who nodded to her while also feeling happy to still be her spirits.
"we wish to always be in your assistance, Genbu-dono" said Daichi while with the other Generals of Lingyue, all facing to the 8 Lingyue Celestial spirits.
"we too wish for the same thing" replied Genbu with a nod as the other Lingyue Celestial spirits nodded, with the exception of Draco who hovers in the air alone while the others enjoyed the celebration.
"I know that you behave in such a tense way, because you are worried for the order of the world, Draco" said Natsu as the Dragon spirit turns to see the man. "you are after all, the honorable Dragon of the North Sky"
"be as it may" said Draco before he shrunk down and got on Natsu's right shoulder. "I might as well put that worry away with the punishment trial being used up"
"I see" said Natsu with a small smile.
"cheers!" exclaimed Makarov as everyone cheered in unison.
The party banquet continued on, everyone is happy and in joy that things weren't going worse for them all.
"now that I think about it" said Lucy in a wondering tone while holding a wine glass in hand. "there's something I'm forgetting…."
"what's that?" asked Mira in hearing Lucy's statement.
"something that has got to do with time…." Replied Lucy while humming.
3 months later in the human world and within Mercurius. Things looking sour as some guards were in the finished banquet hall before everyone who had partied hard in the Celestial Spirit world had reappeared.
"THIS AGAIN!?" screamed Erza and the others who had gone to spirit world before and stayed there for one day as the result is the same for everyone else.
"THAT JERK MOUSTACHE!" screamed Lucy as everyone had lost 3 months of time in the human world.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye