A/N: Hello, readers! Sorry for not updating this since April of last year! I've been busy with college and work. But I'm alive, don't worry!

Enjoy the chapter!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail, I only own my OC's.

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: DEAD GRAND PRIX

Meanwhile, Gray and Racer's battle continues. Racer goes after Natsu's escaping team, but then Gray shields everyone using Ice Make: Rampart. This leaves him visibly fatigued, but Gray tells him that however fast he may be, he will always eat Fairy Tail's dust.

In the meantime, Jellal has stolen Erigor's clothes, with the only thing in his mind being "Erza."

Inside the Worth Woodsea, Natsu carries Wendy, Happy, and Carla to Aira's location, when he suddenly hears a voice inside his head. "Natsu-kun, can you hear me?"

"Who are you?" Natsu asks in confusion. Happy wonders why Natsu is talking to himself.

"It's me. Hibiki, from Blue Pegasus." Hibiki replied. "Thank goodness. I was getting worried after not being able to contact anyone, but thanks to Satsuki and Cain they told me where you were."

"Oh! Where are you?!" Natsu asked.

"Not so loud. One of the enemies has very good hearing. It's possible he could intercept our conversation." Hibiki stated. "That's why I'm speaking directly into your mind. So, how are Wendy-chan and the cat?"

"They're here, although she's unconscious. Happy's awake, though." Natsu replied.

"I see. Thank goodness. Great job." Hibiki said. "I'm going to upload an app directly into your head that'll guide you here. The cat seems to have use too much magic and taken too much damage for me to connect... Anyway, hurry back here."

"Sure. What about an apple? I don't get you." Natsu confuses the word "app" with "apple." Suddenly, he gets a Magic app in him, knowing where Aira and the others are.

"Why have you been talking to yourself?" Happy asked.

"I really don't get it, but I have an apple in my head! Wait! I totally know how to get where Aira is! It's like I've known all along!" Natsu responded.

"I don't have any apples in my head!"

"Hurry, Natsu-kun." Hibiki watches Natsu through his magic. "You have to hurry... There's no time."

"So, how did you tell Natsu where we are?" Lucy asked.

"My magic, Archive, can compress information. By compressing it, people can transfer information between each other more quickly." Hibiki explained.

"Interesting..." Erza commented.

"I've been in a dark guild almost all my life. But I've never heard of that type of magic before." Satsuki remarked.

"Using magic to convert information into data is a recent concept, you see." Hibiki stated.

Cain was looking at Aira. "I failed you, Aira. I couldn't protect you. If only I had flew you to safety before you were attacked, you wouldn't be suffering." Cain remembers Aira being bit by Cobra's snake while battling him.

Satsuki looked over to Cain. "Hey, it's not your fault. Aira will be fine once Wendy gets here." She told him.

Cain sighed. "I know. I just hate seeing my best friend like this." He said.

"There's one thing that bothers me though... Doesn't Aira have healing magic like Wendy?" Satsuki questioned.

"Yes. But I suppose it's not strong enough to fight off poison." Cain responded.

"Anyway, thank goodness Wendy is safe." Lucy says in relief. "Just wait a little longer, Aira. You can do it! We'll protect you until Natsu comes back. I promise!" Hibiki softly smiles at her.

"Hey! What are you smiling about at a time like this?!" Lucy asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you!" Hibiki replied, smiling nervously.

Elsewhere, Gray fights off against Racer of the Oracion Seis. Gray meets up with Lyon and Sherry whom they team up and fight against Racer.

Back in Magnolia, Master Makarov receives a report which links Brain to the Bureau of Magic. Not only that, he is linked to the R-System incident as well. The Master is worried, but Mirajane reassures him. She is, however, concerned that they will destroy something again.

Gray, Lyon, and Sherry confront Racer, who they ultimately defeat after a hard battle involving teamwork. However, Lyon later falls down a cliff with Racer.

Elsewhere, Brain feels Racer's defeat as one of the marks on his face disappear. He is shocked at the defeat of one of the six pillars and mutters that he underestimated the enemy. He turns to Midnight, sleeping by the sides, and orders him to wake up and destroy every last one of their enemies. Midnight complies, referring to Brain as "Father."

Everyone hears the explosion Racer caused, then Gray and Sherry watch it with wide eyes. Gray doesn't believe that Lyon is dead and goes to search for him while Sherry starts to ask herself whose fault Lyon's death was.

Meanwhile, Jura finds one of the Oracion Seis, Hoteye. Their battle commences where they seem evenly matched, for Jura's Magic hardens the earth while Hoteye's softens it.

Elsewhere, Lucy, Satsuki, Erza, Cain, and Hibiki are waiting for Natsu to arrive with Wendy and the cats. Something moves in the bushes which catches everybody's attention. Natsu pops out in excitement. "We're here!"

"Natsu!" Lucy's happy to see him arrive on time.

"How'd this happen? Suddenly a map to this place popped into my head..." Natsu muttered.

"Anyway, hurry and wake Wendy-chan..." Hibiki said.

"Oh, right." Natsu sets her down, shaking her awake. "Wake up, Wendy! Please, save Aira!"

"Calm down, Natsu!" Lucy yelled.

Wendy finally wakes up, backing away from him in guilt. "I'm sorry! I..." The group stares at her while she shakes in fear.

Natsu bows down to her with his face in the ground. "I don't care about that right now!" Wendy looks at Natsu. "Aira's been bitten by a poisonous snake. Please save him! Even if I hate that water jerk, I won't let him die! I'm begging you!"

"Poison?" Wendy looks at Aira who is suffering in pain.

"We need Tsunami's strength to fight Oracion Seis." Satsuki said.

"Please, save Aira!" Lucy bows down to Wendy as well.

"Please!" Natsu said.

"Of course! Yes, I'll do it!" Wendy complied, determined to heal Aira. Natsu looks up to her with a wide smile.

"Thank goodness..." Happy muttered.

"How long are you going to be splayed out like that? It's unbecoming..." Carla commented.

"Aye..." Happy replied.

Wendy sits next to Aira as the group watches her. She holds out her hands above Aira and uses her magic to heal him. "I can't believe Jellal would do such a horrible thing to Erza-san..." The poison fades away. "I can't believe it..."

At the same time, Cobra follows Jellal because he can't read his thoughts. Jellal stops in front of a huge tree that Cobra has never seen before. Jellal touches the tree and a black light bursts out of it. Cobra discovers that this is Nirvana.

"Finished. All the poison is gone from Aira-san's body." Wendy said.

"And...?" The Fairy Tail group question altogether. Aira slowly moves. They hear him breathe for a second and cheer about it. "Y' alright!"

"Lucy, high-five!" Natsu happily said.

"Thank goodness!" Lucy high-fives Natsu. "Satsuki!"

"Finally, Tsunami is alright." Satsuki high-fives Lucy as she cries tears of joy afterwards.

"Carla!" Happy walks over to her.

"Just this once." Carla replied in annoyance.

"Aye!" Happy and Carla high-five.

"Wendy..." Natsu smiles and high-fives her. "Thanks!" His smile turns into a wide toothy grin.

"He might not wake up for a little while. But he'll be fine now." Wendy stated.

"Wow... His complexion is returning back to normal." Hibiki is close to Aira's face. "So this is Sky Magic?"

"You're too close!" Lucy yelled.

"May I have a word? Please refrain from using Wendy's Sky Magic any more." Carla said. "As you can see, it uses up a lot of Wendy's magic power."

"Don't worry about me!" Wendy said. "Besides, I..."

"After Aira-san wakes up, it's time to launch a counterattack." Hibiki said.

"Yeah! We'll K.O. those Oracion Seis!" Lucy said.

"Yeah! We ain't gonna let 'em have Nirvana!" Happy added.

Suddenly, they see the black light that erupted from the ground. "A pillar of black light..." Wendy muttered. Happy hides behind Carla in fear.

"That's... Nirvana!" Hibiki exclaimed. Everyone who saw the black light became surprised.

"Is that Nirvana?" Satsuki questioned.

"So it was awakened by Oracion Seis first?" Lucy added.

"That light... Jellal is there!" Natsu runs towards Nirvana.

"Natsu! What do you mean, Jellal?!" Lucy asked, shouting at Natsu who completely disappears.

"I'll go after him!" Erza runs after Natsu.

"Erza!" Lucy called out.

"I-I... It's all my fault..." Wendy blames herself, close to crying.

Natsu continues to run to Nirvana where Jellal is. "I can't let him meet Erza! I can't let her see him! I... will... crush him!"

Aira finally wakes up, thinking to himself. "Jellal's back, huh?"

A/N: A chapter is finally done! Sorry it took forever!

Hope you enjoyed!

~Kaleb