A/N: Episode 239.

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CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: JELLAL VS. ORACION SEIS

Lucy, Wendy, Akame, Carla, and Chii had finally arrived at Crawford's house, looking at the destruction.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted. "Where are you?! Natsu!"

"Erza-san! Mira-san!" Wendy yelled.

"Zack! Zeke!" Akame called out for his friends.

"Happy! Where are you?!"

"Jim!"

"What the heck happened?" Lucy wondered.

"I don't see the former Council chairman around, either." Akame informed.

"It looks like they were definitely attacked by Tartaros." Chii pointed out.

"Wendy, Akame, could you two find out where they went?" Lucy asked the two Dragon Slayers.

"We'll try!" Wendy responded while Akame nodded.

Both Wendy and Akame sniffed the air, trying to sniff out any sign of where Natsu, Zack, Happy, and Jim could've gone.

"Natsu..." Lucy muttered. "Where did you go?"

Zack had slammed down Crawford while Franmalth could only look in shock. "Where are Zeke, Erza, and Mira?!" Zack asked.

"Intruders?! Tartaros has two intruders?! How much will it cost to repair this damage?!" Franmalth questioned.

Back in the dungeon was Kyoka and Ezekiel. "Noisy... Yakdoriga!" Kyoka called out as a monster appeared from above.

"Watch the boy. I'm going to see what's going on out there. Don't you dare touch him. I'm looking forward to torturing him more." Kyoka claimed.

"Give Zeke back! This instant!" Zack ordered.

"Well, well. Then you're a friend of the human prisoners. So you're with Fairy Tail and Twilight Phoenix?" Franmalth asked.

"Then they are here!" Happy exclaimed.

"That's a relief." Jim added.

"How did you know where we were? Don't tell me you followed the former chairman?" Franmalth questioned. "How much will this blunder cost?!"

"Shut up already!" Natsu shouted, punching Franmalth with a flaming fist.

Gray, and Juvia were riding back to Fairy Tail. "We'll go back to the guild first. It seems they've worked out the addresses of several former Council members." Gray informed.

"Gray-sama... Juvia has a really bad feeling about this, for some reason." Juvia said, thinking back to the ruined town the two had seen.

"Our opponents devastated a town. I can understand how you'd be depressed..." Gray stated.

"That's not it. It's something else." Juvia claimed. Gray placed his hand over Juvia's.

"I'm with you. We're gonna win, like we always do. I swear it." Gray promised.

Franmalth soon got back up. "You hit me, huh? How much is that sin going to cost?" He questioned as the armor he was wearing soon came off. "1,000 of your souls!"

"He's stretchy!" Happy pointed out.

Franmalth's arms soon wrapped around Natsu and Zack. "Connection." He spoke as Natsu and Zack both ended up getting zapped by lightning.

"What is this?! Losing... my strength..." Natsu muttered as Happy and Jim bite onto Franmalth's arms, shocking the demon. Natsu and Zack soon broke free.

"Nice, Happy!" Natsu praised.

"Good going, Jim!" Zack complimented.

"That hurt!" Franmalth said, shoving Happy and Jim off of him.

"What did you do to Happy?!" Natsu exclaimed, rushing forward as Zack did the same.

Franmalth sent multiple punches at Natsu and Zack, who easily avoided them. Natsu then sent a punch while Zack pressed his foot onto Franmalth's chest.

"Azure Dragon's..." Blue light came from Zack's foot. "...Fang!"

Zack sends a powerful hell fire-enhanced kick at Franmalth, causing the demon to skid back a bit.

"Now it's gonna cost you 2,000 souls!" He shouted.

"Even after Zack hit him with a close-ranged kick... What is he?!" Jim wondered.

"Enough, Franmalth. Let me handle this. You take away the chairman." Silver ordered, arriving.

"Silver-sama..." Franmalth said.

Silver smirked while Natsu widened his eyes. Franmalth pulled the chairman away.

"Well, they're all yours. I'll have the chairman do what needs to be done the second he wakes up." Franmalth stated.

"Button your lips."

"The temperature just dropped in here." Natsu realized.

"Yeah." Zack agreed.

"I-I'm cold, Natsu!" Happy said.

"It was you, wasn't it? You melted the ice at the Sun Village." Silver said.

"Are you the one who froze the village?" Natsu questioned.

Silver grinned. "I'm grateful for what you did! I would've kept feeling guilty otherwise. I froze the whole village based on a misunderstanding, it seems." He replied.

"You... You kind of smell like someone I know." Natsu realized. "Gray—"

Before he could finish his sentence, purple ice soon froze Natsu, along with Zack. "Natsu!" Happy shouted.

"Zack!" Jim called out.

"Don't utter that filthy name." Silver claimed.

Natsu and Zack were soon thrown into the dungeon.

"Make yourselves comfortable."

"Bastard! Let me outta here! Throwing me in a stinkin' cage! I ain't no animal! And my scarf! At least let me have that!" Natsu said.

"To us, humans are the same as livestock. What does livestock need with a scarf?"

"Assholes!" Natsu insulted.

"Hey, where are Zeke, Erza, and Mira?! Tell me!" Zack shouted.

The two Tartaros soldiers began walking away.

"Hey! Are you listenin' to him?! Where are Erza, Mira, and Ezekiel?! And gimme my scarf back!" Natsu shouted before looking behind him.

"Natsu's voice..." Lisanna soon sat up. "Huh? Natsu... and Zack, too. What are the both of you doing here?"

"Lisanna!"

Natsu tried breaking the chains on his wrists with no such luck. "So they caught you too, huh?" He asked.

"Yeah. Although I don't remember it..." Lisanna responded.

"We're pretty sure Zeke, Erza, and Mira are here, too. We gotta do something to get them out of here." Zack claimed as Natsu mumbled in agreement.

"Erza, Ezekiel, and Mira-nee too?!" Lisanna exclaimed in shock. "What should we do? I think they captured Elf-nii-chan, too. They're getting us one by one... Our opponent, Tartaros... They're totally different from what we've faced up to now."

"No, they ain't! 'Cause we're gonna beat 'em! Starting with bustin' out of here!" Natsu claimed.

"Natsu..." Lisanna blushed. "But I can't use my Magic."

"'Cause of these handcuffs, right?" Zack guessed.

"Probably. I keep trying to do Take Over, but it's no use." Lisanna answered. "It's hot in here..."

Seilah walked up to Kyoka. "Have you uncovered the identities of the three who are sealing away Face?" She asked.

"That's right. I have to admit that the former chairman's Super Archive is incredible magic." Kyoka replied.

"Then we won't have to do any more wanton killing, yes?" Seilah questioned.

"Among the three, two of the 'sealers' were our previous targets." Kyoka answered.

"Who is the last one?"

"Jellal." Kyoka responded. "If we find and kill him, we can activate Face."

"Face... A magical pulse bomb, a dreadful doomsday weapon..." Seilah said.

"But we need it."

"Yes, I know. Does it look like we'll find Jellal-san?"

"That depends on Ezekiel."

"You are talented at getting people to talk, Kyoka-sama." Seilah complimented.

"I could use my Curse, Macro, to order him, but that wouldn't be any fun. More importantly, I don't want any more interference from Fairy Tail." Kyoka said.

"You can leave that to me. I have prepared a fitting tale for the end of Fairy Tail."

"Come here, Seilah. I haven't shown you much affection in a while."

"Kyoka-sama..."

Jellal was still battling it out with the Oracion Seis in the wasteland as he skids on the ground. "Jellal!" Meredy shouted.

Quartz extends his arm out in front of the pink-haired woman, preventing her from going further. "Stay back, Meredy!" He exclaimed.

"But we can't let him fight them on his own..." Meredy protested.

"This is something he has to do by himself. Just trust him." Quartz said as Jellal silently thanked him.

"I won't let you interfere with our freedom!" Racer sped forward.

"You or anyone!" Cobra added.

Both Racer and Cobra struck Jellal as Angel was surrounded in a golden light.

"The chains that bound us are gone!" Angel shouted as 'angels' flew towards Jellal.

"Our path began inside the dark tower... We thought Brain saved us, but that was a false freedom. It only split apart our families, cursed the world, and released the sealed-away Zero. Now, true freedom is finally before our eyes. We..." Midnight trailed off.

Jellal used Meteor as he was encased in a golden light before punching Racer in the face.

"I'll release you!" Jellal exclaimed. "The freedom you have right now is still a lie!"

Jellal continued moving at a rapid speed, striking Cobra next.

"As long as you're in thrall to darkness, it will be eternal."

Jellal was unaware that Zero appeared, taking control of Brain.

Fairy Tail...

"I'm sorry. We went to the former Council chairman's house..." Carla started to say.

"...but Erza, Mira-san, Ezekiel, Natsu, Zack, Happy, and Jim were all gone." Lucy finished. "The house had been destroyed."

"My nose wasn't strong enough to trace their scent..." Wendy added.

"I drew a blank as well." Akame sighed out.

"What's going on?" Gray wondered.

"I hope they're all safe..." Juvia said.

"If we knew where Tartaros was, we could strike back..." Levy stated.

"Gajeel, can't you go to the chairman's house and search by their scents?" Lily suggested.

Gajeel placed his hand on Wendy's head while placing his other hand on Akame's shoulder. "If these two couldn't do it, then I don't have a chance." He replied.

"I'm sorry." Wendy apologized.

"A person's scent doesn't stick around too long." Akame explained.

Makarov had his eyes closed as he was in deep thought. "I'm worried about Elfman and Lisanna too, since they haven't checked in." Cana said.

"What about the guys who went to the other former Council members' houses?" Jet asked.

"Apparently, nothing's happening there." Droy answered.

"Tartaros... Isn't there anything we can do to get information on their headquarters?" Makarov wondered.

"Found it!" Happy soon flew in followed by Jim.

"We found their headquarters!" Jim announced.

"Happy!"

"Jim!"

Happy soon fell to the ground as he soon got up. "They caught Erza, Ezekiel, and Mira! The former chairman is a traitor! They even got Natsu and Zack! I..."

"Calm down!" Carla told him.

"Aye." Happy nodded.

"Unbelievable. The former chairman is a Tartaros turncoat?!" Makarov said.

"And they've got Erza and Mira?!"

"Dammit!"

Happy turned to face Gray. "Also..." Happy trailed off, recalling what Silver had said.

"Don't utter that filthy name."

"N... Nothing." Happy finished. "They captured Natsu, too. I wanted to save him, but on my own, I... I... I'm sorry..."

Lily soon walked towards Happy. "Happy, now isn't the time for self-recrimination. Tell us about their base." He said.

"Aye... Their headquarters is constantly moving. It's like a weird, cube-shaped island." Happy explained.

"Moving?!"

"Then you don't know a precise position?!"

"Happy, do you know the general location and direction it was heading?" Levy asked.

"I came from that direction... and it was moving that way..." Happy replied as Lily dead panned as did Jim.

"A guard said something about Bosco." Jim informed.

"That's right!" Happy agreed.

"Bosco?" Lily quoted.

"Then it's by the border!" Makarov realized.

"I think I can figure something out! Leave it to me! I'll calculate the enemy's path! I promise I'll pinpoint their location." Levy promised, making the guild cheer.

"That's our Levy!" Jet and Droy spoke in unison.

"Happy, as much as possible, try to accurately recall the scenery you saw and the direction of the sun." Levy instructed.

Happy nodded. "O-Okay."

"Everyone else, prepare to move out!" Makarov ordered.

"I left Natsu behind..." Happy muttered.

"No, you didn't. You did your best to save everyone." Lucy reassured, hugging Happy. "Right?"

"Aye..."

Jim had a distressed look on his face as Akame looked at him. "What's with that look?" He asked.

"Akame..."

"Zack will be fine. He's the strongest person I know." Akame reassured.

Jim smiled. "Yeah, you're right."

Elfman soon stepped into the guild hall, getting Jet and Droy's attention.

"Elfman!"

"You're all right?!"

"Huh? Where's Lisanna?"

"It's almost time to activate my trap." Seilah informed.

"'A fitting tale for the end of Fairy Tail'?" Kyoka quoted.

"Yes." Seilah replied. "The fairies will be destroyed from within."

"Elfman, where's Lisanna?" Gray questioned.

"We couldn't get in touch, so we were worried." Juvia added.

"Lisanna... was captured." Elfman responded, causing both Gray and Gajeel to widen their eyes.

"Oh, no..." Happy muttered.

"Even Lisanna?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"We were too late to help Sage Yuri, too." Elfman continued. "Even though... Even though I was with her..."

"It's not your fault." Gray told him.

"Right now, Levy is calculating the location of the enemy's base." Lily informed.

"Lisanna-san will be okay. We'll definitely save her." Juvia reassured.

"Yeah..."

"Pathetic. Your little sister is abducted, and you come home without even pursuing the enemy?" Cana questioned.

"Cana-san!" Wendy exclaimed.

"I-I lost sight of them..." Elfman muttered.

"Lost sight of them?! The enemy kidnapped Lisanna and you couldn't catch up to them in your beast form?!" Cana continued.

"That's enough, Cana!" Gray said.

"I'm sorry... I'm going to rest for a bit..." Elfman said.

"Everyone's on edge." Carla commented.

"There was no call to talk to him like that!" Gray scolded Cana.

"That was harsh. We don't know the full story of what happened." Akame agreed.

Elfman walked down into the guild's basement, remembering Seilah's words.

"If you don't obey my Macro, I'll make you do the same thing again. You have an easy job. Go back to the guild, and install this lacrima."

"W-What is it?" Elfman asked.

"An ultra-concentrated Ether luminous sphere. It's about 500 times more powerful than Jupiter. It will vaporize the guild in an instant." Seilah replied.

"I can't do that..." Elfman began to protest.

"You will do it."

"Yes..."

"My Macro is absolute."

"Yes. In order to get Lisanna back..." Elfman pulls out the purple lacrima. "...I'll destroy Fairy Tail!"

A/N: Another chapter is finished!

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~ Kaleb.