A/N: Hello, readers! Another chapter is here!
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CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: MASTER HADES
On the way to Grimoire Heart's airship, Team Natsu ran into Erza along the way.
"Erza!"
"Erza-san!"
"Erza!" Natsu grinned. Erza smiles back at him.
On the Airship...
"To think that the Eight Kin of Purgatory and Bluenote would be done in... Perhaps I should just admit it, and praise Makarov's troops. Honestly... Me, having to face these foot soldiers? The games played between demon and fairy are now over. Well, now... Shall I play with you a bit?"
The group arrives to their destination and sees Master Hades waiting for them.
"The 3rd generation of Fairy Tail!" Master Hades looks down on them. The group stare back at him with deadly looks in their eyes. "Come, if you dare, Makarov's brood!" He walks away back into his ship.
"You come down here!" Natsu shouted.
"He thinks he's all that!" Aira scowled.
"He's the one who hurt the Master!" Erza informed.
"If we can teach that guy a lesson, then we can all leave the island safely, right?" Wendy questioned.
"Yup! We'll all get out of here!" Lucy responded.
"Happy... I have a request for you guys." Natsu said.
"What is it?" Happy asked.
"Search around the ship for the source of its power, and destroy it." Natsu replied.
"It'd be a problem if it started to fly again..." Happy stated. "...for you, Natsu." Natsu looks away in shame.
"Understood." Carla said.
"You can count on us." Lily agreed.
"Leave that much to us." Boris added, with Cain nodding in agreement.
"I'll cast Troia on you just in case." Wendy said. She casts Troia on Natsu as a precaution.
"I'll accompany the Exceeds while you guys deal with Master Hades. So get going with this!" Satsuki stated, slamming her palms to the ground, creating some rock stairs that lead up the Airship.
"We'll head out, too!" The Exceeds and Satsuki start running towards their destination to carry out their plan.
Lightning strikes down which scares Lily once again. "Infiltrate from the ship's bottom!" He ordered.
"He's a wizard on an even higher level than our Master! We're going to go all-out from the start, at the same time!" Erza said.
"Right!"
"I'll give him every last bit of power I have!"
"We don't have time to think about what comes afterwards!"
"I finally get to punch this guy!" Natsu shouted. "I'm all fired up!" He jumps up, with his fist already covered in flames. "Hades! Taste the power of Fairy Tail!"
Natsu immediately sends a fireball at Hades, but Master Hades easily stops the attack with his hand. "Fairy Tail's... power?" He repeated, questioning the statement. He is surprised to see Erza and Aira appear right in front of him.
"Black Wing: Moon Glimpse!" Erza attacks him with her sword.
"Water Dragon's Blade!" Aira makes his hand into a makeshift sword. They both attack Master Hades at the same time.
"Gate of the Golden Bull, I open thee! Taurus!" Lucy summons Taurus who attacks Master Hades.
"Magically enchant everyone's attack power, defense power, and speed! Arms! Armor! Vernier!" Wendy casts supportive spells on her friends.
With Wendy's support, Erza and Aira continue to attack Master Hades, but miss. "Annoying brats." With a summoned chain, Master Hades snags Erza and slams her into Aira.
Natsu sees this as an opening and attacks Hades. "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Master Hades recovers from the attack and then snags Natsu with his chain. However, a newly-requipped Erza cuts the chain, freeing Natsu.
"Natsu!" Aira uses his breath attack to push Natsu towards Master Hades. "Go!"
"Sky Dragon's Roar!"
"Scorpio!" Lucy summons Scorpio who attacks Master Hades with his Sand Buster.
The two attacks combine into one. "Unison Raid?!" Master Hades exclaimed. The attack surrounds Natsu, boosting his Magic.
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Natsu then hits Master Hades and sends him crashing to the wall.
"People say that their mistakes become 'experience'." Master Hades spoke out loud. The Fairy Tail Mages stand up and are surprised to hear his voice. "But a true mistake does not leave one with any experience. For those who make the mistake of facing me, they have no future left at all." The smoke then clears and the group sees Hades, standing and uninjured.
"That's..." Wendy gasped, covering her mouth.
"Not even a scratch?!"
"Whoa... We were going all out back there!" Aira said.
"The nature of his magic power... has changed?" Natsu noticed.
"Now then... I think that should be enough warm-up exercises." Master Hades starts to use his Magic.
Everyone prepares themselves for Hades' attack.
"Brace yourselves!" Erza warned.
Master Hades then shouts a word and Wendy disappears, leaving only her clothes behind, much to the group's horror. "Wendy!"
"Destroyed without even a trace left? Pitiful. Maybe I'll just erase the rest of you one at a time." Master Hades said.
Natsu, Lucy, Aira, and Erza stare down at the only things Wendy has left behind, her clothes. "Wendy!"
"What the hell have you done?"
"You've got to be kidding me!" Natsu yelled.
"'Everyone, please calm down.'" A voice said. Lucy recognizes the voice from anywhere. "'I am safe.'" Looking up, they see Horologium. "...she says."
"Horologium!"
"Thank goodness." The group breathes a sigh of relief.
"My automatic emergency danger avoidance mode has been activated." Horologium informed.
"Um..." Lucy remembers the dangerous situations on the island from the beginning. "I kind of remember being in a whole lot of danger myself..."
"The danger was far greater this time. I am very sorry." Horologium apologized.
"'Thank you very much, Horologium-san.'" Horologium speaks for Wendy. "...she says."
"Just as annoyingly roundabout as always..." Aira commented.
"And wait, why are her clothes all that's left?" Natsu questioned.
"It was an emergency, so only the person themselves was protected." Horologium replied.
"Wait, then that means..." Aira began. "Wendy, in there you're..."
"'Kya!' ...she says." Horologium said. "Now, please change into these."
"Anyway, we're in your debt. I give you our thanks." Erza said.
"I can only protect you this once. Everyone, please be very careful." After providing Wendy with some new clothes, he releases her.
"Thank you, Horologium!" Lucy smiled. He then returns to the Spirit World as the group readies itself to fight Master Hades once more.
"So this is Makarov's brood, eh? This will be fun after all..." Master Hades commented, impressed.
"You know Gramps?" Natsu asked.
"What? He didn't tell you? Are there no records left of me in the guild's library, I wonder?" Master Hades questioned. "I was once the 2nd master of Fairy Tail. I took the name Precht." The group's shocked to hear this.
"Liar!" Natsu yelled.
"I was the one who chose Makarov as the 3rd guild master." Master Hades continued.
"As if we'd believe that! Stop sprouting such crap!" Natsu charges at Hades, only to be caught in an explosion by Master Hades' Amaterasu.
"Natsu!"
After attacking both Aira and Wendy with Amaterasu, Hades uses his Chain Magic to bound Lucy and Erza together and attack them with the same attack. Natsu tries to attack once more but Hades with his Bullet Magic attacks him, causing him to fall. Master Hades then proceeds to attack Wendy and Aira with the same attack. "I dance with magic!" Master Hades then laughs as he watches the Fairies fall.
Lightning strikes down on the ship.
"Hey! What happened to the sound-proofing on this ship? I can still hear the thunder loud and clear!" Lily runs away while covering his ears.
"Yeah, yeah..." Cain sighed.
"It's fine! It won't hit the ship!" Happy reassured.
"Let's try over here next!" Satsuki makes a right turn.
"Stick with us, Lily!" Carla waits for him to catch up.
The Fairy Tail Mages lay defeated before Master Hades. "Do fairies have tails, or not?" He mocked. "An eternal riddle... In other words, an eternal journey. As I recall, that was the reasoning behind the name of the guild..." Master Hades then approaches Natsu. "But your journey will end soon." He steps on Natsu's head. "Mavis' will was entrusted to me. And my will was entrusted to Makarov. But that was a mistake. Makarov changed the guild!"
"What's wrong with change?" Natsu questioned, looking up.
"He exposed magic to too much sunlight!" Master Hades answered.
"That's our Fairy Tail!" Natsu argued. "We ain't a living corpse like you! We will live our lives by putting everything on the line, bastard! If you don't have enough courage to change, then just stop right there!"
"Pipe down, little devil!" Irritated, Hades uses his Bullet Magic to attack Natsu once more.
"Natsu!" Aira called out.
"If you want to blame someone, blame Makarov." Master Hades continues to attack Natsu while the rest of the team watch in horror, their eyes filled with tears.
"Stop it!" Lucy begged.
"It is Makarov's fault that you will die suffering!"
"Stop!"
"You... Revenge... for Gramps..." Natsu weakly said.
"Enough. Begone."
"Don't!" Lucy yelled.
As Master Hades is about to kill Natsu, lightning strikes the ship.
"It hit!" Lily, Happy, and Boris tremble in fear, muffling their ears from the sound.
"We're gonna die! We're gonna die!" Boris exclaimed.
"Calm down!" Carla shouted.
Lightning strikes down and hits Hades' arm, much to everyone's surprise. As the light clears, the group sees Laxus standing in front of Hades. "So this is the guy who hurt my old man?" Laxus asked. "Natsu..."
"Laxus..." Natsu grins at the sight of the former Fairy Tail member while Master Hades expresses his surprise when he sees the resemblance between the Master and Laxus. "Boy!" Laxus headbutts him, expressing anger.
The Fairy Tail Mages are surprised and pleased to see Laxus. "Laxus..."
"Laxus has come for us!" Lucy wipes her tears away.
"That person is the Master's grandson?" Wendy questioned.
"Brat. Related to Makarov, are we?" Master Hades said.
"Pitiful... Looks like this guy totally wiped the floor with all of ya." Laxus stated.
"No kidding." Natsu responded with a grin.
"Why are you here?" Erza asked.
"Came to visit the founder's grave. I used to be in Fairy Tail, if you remember." Laxus answered. Erza smiles at his answer. "I came here to visit Mavis' grave. And look what I found... The 2nd master's here, too. Since you're here and all, maybe I'll make you a grave, too!"
"Hmph. Honestly, now. Never thought the boy would have such a stuck-up grandkid." Master Hades insulted. With that, Laxus begins the battle by kicking Master Hades, followed by a lightning charged punch that sends him flying. "You move fairly well. And that magic power, too. To think the boy had someone other than Gildarts at this level."
"The old man once told me that when facing a strong opponent: 'It don't matter how strong the guy is. What's more important is standing up to him.' Ain't that right, Natsu?" Laxus asked.
"Laxus." Natsu simply replied.
"Foolishness. Sounds like the excuse of a weakling to me. You've had the chance to warm up, yes? Now come at me, youngster!" Master Hades signals Laxus to fight him.
"This'll be fun." Laxus cracks his knuckles.
Meanwhile at the camp, the uninjured Fairy Tail members try to protect the injured from the return of some members of Grimoire Heart.
Back in the Fairy Tail Guild, the guildmates talk about how Fairy Tail has gotten popular lately and how it's boring without the others. They patiently wait for the return of the Tenrou group.
Inside the Ship...
"We're not going to get anywhere searching all together. Let's split up and search." Satsuki suggested, with Carla nodding in agreement.
"Split up..." Boris muttered.
"You mean alone?" Lily asked, facing away from them.
"You scared?" Happy teased.
"Absolutely not! We're splitting up!" Lily yelled, scaring Happy while in his large form.
"Right... Sorry..." Happy quickly apologized. He goes to a door and opens it to find a toliet.
"Here, perhaps?" Carla opens a door and finds a brick wall. "Who designed this crazy ship?"
Satsuki enters a room and peeks in. "Nothing..." She muttered, sighing in defeat.
Boris opens a door and finds a group of Grimoire Heart members beaten and bruised. One of them even begged for help. "Just gonna close this..." He slowly closes it.
Lily walks alone, covering his ears, talking to himself. "I'm not scared... I'm not scared..." He notices a door next to him. "This is suspicious." When he touches the door handle, lightning strikes down, which caused him to scream in fear. He notices that he broke the door handle off.
The Exceeds and Satsuki meet up once again. "I see... Came up empty?" Happy said.
"Ah, well." Cain sighed.
"Let's all move further on." Carla said.
"R-Right..." Lily agreed. He hides the broken door handle behind his pants.
At camp, the Fairy Tail Mages continue to fight against the Grimoire Heart Mages. Lisanna defends against Kain while Bickslow and Freed square off with the other two in order to protect the injured members. Cana regains consciousness and with Levy and aide Lisanna in her fight against Kain.
On the Ship...
Laxus then charges at Hades and attacks him with a punch and a Lightning Dragon's Roar that misses. Master Hades counters with his Chain Magic which misses and hits the giant globe. Master Hades tries to flatten Laxus with it but misses.
"I have a bad feeling about this!" Lucy commented, predicting what's next. The globe rolls over her.
Throwing away the globe, Hades attacks Laxus with an invisible, long range attack followed by a bomb formula.
"This is an Amaterasu formation...!" Laxus realized.
"Scatter and fall!" Hades shouted.
"Crap!" Laxus yelled as the explosion hit, sending the others back.
"Those who are hit by it lose all power in their limbs, and it is impossible for them to move at all. Even if you defend against it, your magic power will be wiped out." Master Hades claimed. Laxus retalitates by using his Lightning Magic to propel his next attack.
The Fairy Tail Mages watch Laxus in awe, surprised to see his strength. "Whoa!"
"Laxus... Were you this strong?" Erza wondered.
"That power was just from one leg. I've got another one. And both of my arms! I have my head, and my entire body!" Laxus taunted. "If I attack with all of them at once, we're not talkin' two or three times stronger... Wanna try me?"
"Nice speech!" Master Hades said. "Is this the confidence of youth? But youth is not what is needed to walk the path of magic! Youth is..." He charges forward at Laxus.
"Nonsense!" Laxus shouted. His fist clashes with Master Hades. It creates a huge explosion.
At camp, Cana, Levy, and Lisanna defeat Kain as he is sent flying away.
Suddenly, Laxus' body weakens due to the spell that hit him previously. "Oh? What's the matter? It's a little too soon to be bending knee to me after the boasting you just did." Master Hades taunted.
"Laxus!"
"Wait, don't tell me..." Erza trailed off.
"He got hit by that magic earlier!" Lucy concluded.
"The world... sure is vast. To think there'd be monsters like this in the world..." Laxus chuckled. "I've got a long way to go."
"What the hell are you saying?!" Natsu shouted.
"Get it together, Laxus!" Aira yelled.
"You've done well, Laxus fellow. But that ends now. You shall now disappear!" Master Hades uses his Explosion Bullet.
"Stand up, Laxus!" Erza cried out.
"But I'm..." Laxus pounds his fist to the ground. "...not a member of Fairy Tail anymore."
"Dodge it!" Lucy pleaded.
"You can't let yourself be hit by that!" Wendy shouted.
"Laxus!" Aira calls out for him.
Laxus remembers about his rebellious past and his grandfather, Master Makarov. "It's okay to get pissed... when the old man got done in, right?"
"Hell yeah, it is!" Natsu screamed. Laxus smiles to himself. His lightning heads towards Natsu. "Laxus' lightning."
Just as the attack is about to collide, Laxus transfers his power to Natsu, much to everyone's shock.
"My anger... Natsu." Laxus falls down, defeated.
Natsu stands up with lightning surrounding him. "Thanks for... the meal."
"Electrified?" Master Hades questioned.
"That's all of my magic power." Laxus claimed.
"He gave his magic power to Natsu?" Erza asked.
"Wait, that means..." Aira mumbled.
"He ate lightning?" Lucy pointed out. "I heard he got sick from it last time..."
"Laxus... He took that blow without any magic power at all!" Aira realized.
"That's just how much he wanted to give Natsu-san his magic power?" Wendy wondered.
"Why... to me...?" Natsu questioned. "I'm... weaker than Laxus..."
"It ain't about bein' strong or weak. Who was it that got hurt? It's gotta be someone with the mark of the guild, damn it! It's the guild that'll pay him back for the pain suffered by the guild!" Laxus said, smiling at Natsu. "100 times over."
Natsu wipes his tears. "Yeah."
"A fusion of flame and lightning." Wendy gasped. "The Thunder-Flame Dragon!"
"It's payback... times 100." Natsu growled.
Meanwhile, Freed battles Yomazu while Bickslow squares off against Kawazu.
In the Ship...
"It's the same as when he ate Etherion." Erza recalled.
With Laxus' lightning giving him power, Natsu readies himself to fight with Master Hades once more. With lightning and fire surging inside him, Natsu charges at Master Hades and sends a barrage of punches at him. After kicking Hades, lightning suddenly follows.
"After hitting him with flames, he followed up with a lightning attack!" Aira exclaimed, impressed with Natsu's sudden moves.
"Amazing!" Lucy complimented.
Elfman joins forces with Bickslow and Freed, and so the three of them together manage to take down the two remaining Grimoire Heart underlings.
"You hurt our guild, damn you!" Natsu, with his fist covered in lightning, punches him once more, sending him flying several feet away. "You... Disappear!" Natsu then combines the lightning in his left hand with the fire in the other and sends a blast at Master Hades, causing an explosion.
Master Hades manages to recover and, jumping up from the smoke, uses his Chain Magic to bind both of Natsu's hands. "Now you can't use your hands!"
However, Natsu manages to destroy the chain. "Lightning Fire Dragon's Roar!" The breath attack manages to create a hole on the side of the airship and even carve a path halfway through the entire island.
After the smoke from the explosion clears, the group sees Master Hades lying on the floor, seemingly defeated.
Smiling to himself for winning, Natsu tries to walk back to the group but loses his balance. "We did... it..." He begins to fall down through a hole on the floor.
"Natsu!" Lucy manages to grab hold of Natsu.
"P-Phew... I'm really outta magic power now." Natsu said.
"With such overwhelming magic power, it looks like he consumed it just as quickly." Erza smiled.
"It's over now, right?" Aira asked.
"Yes!" Wendy answered cheerfully.
As Lucy pulls Natsu up, the others smile, thinking the war was finally over.
Deep inside the ship...
The Exceeds and Satsuki are looking for the power source. "Where in the world is the power source?" Happy wondered.
"With a ship this big, it should be powered by a huge lacrima." Carla stated.
"And why are we crawling through this passage?" Lily questioned.
"Don't ask me, ask Happy." Cain responded.
"Just a hunch." Happy said.
"A hunch?!" Lily exclaimed.
Happy discovers something glowing from an open vent. When he stops, Carla bumps into him as Lily bumps into Carla, Boris bumps into Lily and Cain bumps into Boris. "Hey! Don't just stop all of a sudden!"
"Lily..." Happy said in a serious tone.
"What?" Lily questioned.
Happy turns to look at him. "You just bumped, didn't you?" Lily looks at him in confusion. "If Carla bumped my butt, then that means you bumped..."
"Like I could help it! It's your fault for stopping so suddenly!" Lily argued.
"You just bumped into Carla's butt with a *pomf*..." Happy snarled. "Lily, is that so?!" Lightning strikes down in his imagination.
"Are you actually complaining about that?! Is this really the time?!" Lily shouted.
Happy points at him. "It's very important to me! When we get back, we're having a duel!"
"Stop this!" Boris yelled in irritation.
"Happy, more importantly... What caught your attention?" Satsuki questioned.
"Oh, right." Happy turns back to look at the glowing thing. "What is this?" He trembles in fear. "It's alive?"
As the group tries to tend to Natsu's injuries, Master Hades stands up. "Such impressive youths..." The group gasps in shock. "Makarov, you bastard... You've raised some fearsome whippersnappers."
Wendy gasped. "That's..."
"How many decades has it been since someone has beaten me like this?" Master Hades releases his Magic Power.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Aira said in shock.
"It will be a trivial matter to clean up now, but I must honor you properly for showing me an enjoyable time." Master Hades touches his eye patch.
"So, that attack didn't work?!" Erza exclaimed.
Master Hades removes his eye patch. "Devil's Eye... Open! I'll show you all, special..." His red eye opens up. "The depths of magic... This is a realm which far surpasses even your imagination." An immense amount of Magic Power escapes Master Hades.
"Impossible!"
"I... can't believe this..." Wendy starts to tear up.
"I've never felt magic power like this before!" Erza said.
"It's still growing!" Lucy added.
"It's over, Fairy Tail!" With both eyes open, Master Hades faces the group.
Natsu tries to stand up but fails, having no strength left.
The Exceeds and Satsuki managed to get inside to take a look at the glowing thing. "This is..."
"Doesn't look like a power source exactly..." Carla stated.
"Grimoire Heart... Devil's Heart..." Lily mumbled to himself.
"Don't tell me..." Boris trailed off.
"I can hear voices inside!" Someone shouted from the other side of the door.
"No way! How did they get in the room?" Another shouted.
"We've been found!" Carla exclaimed.
"Lily and I will hold off the enemy! You three, figure out a way to stop that thing!" Boris shouted as him and Lily rushed towards the enemy.
"Stop it?" Happy repeated.
"Let's do it!" Carla said.
Boris and Lily hold off the Grimoire Heart Mages.
"Stop it, sure... But how?!" Cain questioned.
"Leave it to me!" Satsuki told them as she begins attacking the heart.
Boris and Lily overpower the weak unnamed Grimoire Heart Mages, blowing them away with powerful swings of it, that can even knockdown the iron wall behind them and easily push Happy, Carla, and Cain back. Satsuki continues to break the heart with her Magic.
As Master Hades releases his Magic Power, the Fairies watch in awe while Natsu struggles to move. "The farther along the path of magic you tread, the deeper you sink toward the depths of darkness. And what you'll find there in the depths, glistening... is the One Magic!" He lifts his hand. "Just a little farther... Just a little farther and I will reach the One Magic. But that 'just a little' is so very deep! To full that depth, the World of Great Magic is needed! A world with Zeref! Soon, the world will change with Zeref's awakening. And, it will finally come into my hands... The One Magic!"
"The One Magic?"
"I know I've heard this somewhere before..." Lucy recalled. "From Mom?"
"You all cannot go to the World of Great Magic. You lack the conviction to dive into the depths!" Master Hades declared.
"What kind of pose is that?" Aira questioned.
"From the Book of Zeref, Volume 4, Verse 20: Hidden Magic, Nemesis!" Master Hades activates a spell based on Hidden Magic which summons Demons from the rubble.
"H-He made monsters from the rubble?!" Aira exclaimed.
"With the magic power from the deepest depths, you can even create devils from lumps of earth! You can make the devils do your bidding, as heaven's judge... That is Hidden Magic!"
"One after another... Every spell a bundle of magical despair! This can't be!" Erza trembled.
Lucy hugs Natsu closer.
Wendy covers her face with her hands. "I'm scared... I'm scared... I'm scared..."
Erza looks at her shaky hand. "I'm... shaking in fear..."
Aira shuts his eyes closed, cursing to himself. "What am I afraid of?! Damn it..."
"I'm scared! I can't... Somebody, give us the courage!" Lucy starts to cry. She feels Natsu touch her arm. "Natsu..."
"What? I've got my friends close by." Natsu regains composure. He recites the words Gildarts told him, that fear isn't evil, because it allows them to learn their weaknesses, which in turn allows them to grow stronger. "We know our weakness. So, what'll we do next? We'll get stronger!" He stands back up. "We'll stand up and fight! Maybe we can't help being scared alone. But we're all right here, together. We got our friends close by! Now, there's nothing to fear! Because we're not alone!"
"Your vanity is praiseworthy. But that ends now, as well." Master Hades said.
"As long as our friends are with us..." Erza began.
Aira stands up. "...we have nothing to fear!" He concluded.
"That's right, Natsu." Lucy thought.
"Even if we don't have any magic power left..." Wendy trailed off.
"...we won't give up until the bitter end." Erza finished. "That's what it means to be Fairy Tail!"
"Here we go!" Natsu yelled. The team charges forward as Hades sends his Demons ahead. Natsu begins to fall behind, but Lucy and Wendy push him forward, followed up by Aira and Erza in front of them who do the same supporting with their legs.
"Send everything to the pits of darkness! Fairy Tail, your sun has set!" Master Hades yelled as it causes an explosion on the ship. The explosion caused by Master Hades destroys most of the ship's deck but didn't seem to damage the Fairy Tail members. As Lucy, Wendy, Erza, and Aira pull themselves out of the rubble, Natsu manages to land a blow on Hades who is sent flying back.
"Natsu!" Lucy notices that his scarf flies away. She quickly grabs it as she almost falls off the ship. "I'm gonna fall!"
"Lucy-san, watch out!" Wendy grabs her leg and pulls her back on the ship.
"I-Impossible! The Hidden Magic didn't work?! Unfathomable! My magic is..." As Master Hades expresses shock, he feels some type of pain in his eye. "They couldn't have...?!" Natsu attacks him with an uppercut.
In the other part of the ship, Happy, Carla, Boris, Lily, and Satsuki manage to destroy the Devil's Heart.
"My heart!" Master Hades began to lose his Magic Power, causing the earth devils to disappear.
"If that's destroyed... My magic power..." Master Hades realizes someone must've destroyed his heart.
As Natsu continues to attack Hades with punches and kicks, the others notice Tenrou Island's tree has been restored to its original and healthy state.
Lucy notices that her guild mark is glowing. "Huh? This is..."
"Our marks are shining!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Our magic power is returning..."
Aira looks at his right shoulder. "It's back!"
With the Tenrou Tree's restoration, Magic Power is returned to the Fairy Tail members.
"I... Yes, even I... have lost to Makarov?" Master Hades thought.
"We win!" Natsu continues to attack Master Hades with his punches, but Hades retaliates by palming Natsu into the rubble.
"Listen up! For those who have walked the path of magic, the devil will never sleep!" Master Hades claimed.
Suddenly, Laxus appears and punches Master Hades. "Do it! Fairy Tail!"
"This might be the final attack!" Erza said.
"Let's blast him with all the magic power we got back!" Aira exclaimed.
"You'll face my wrath for all of this!"
"We don't have a contract yet, but... Gate of the Goat, I open thee! Capricorn!" Lucy summons Capricorn.
"As you wish, Lucy-sama." Capricorn tackles Master Hades. "I am not Zoldy! I am Lucy-sama's spirit! Capricorn!"
"I learned this from watching. Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" Wendy attacks from behind.
"Water Dragon's Crushing Fang!" Aira leaps into the air and swipes his hand down at Master Hades, a trail of water following.
"Requip! Heaven's Wheel..." Erza slices him multiple times. "Pentagram Sword!"
Natsu charges forward at Master Hades. "Grimoire Law!"
"New Secret Dragon Slayer Art!" Natsu called out.
"I'm not going to make it!" Hades realized.
"Crimson Lotus: Exploding Lightning Blade!" Natsu finishes the battle, just as the sun rises from the horizon. Natsu falls down on his knees. "Gramps... We showed 'em. We showed 'em the power of the guild putting everything on the line." With Master Hades defeated, Natsu screams out in victory. "This is our Guild!"
A/N: This was another long chapter. Almost 5k words. And yes, I changed Aira's guild mark location. I decided to have it where the other Dragon Slayers have it.
Thanks for reading!
~ Kaleb.