The Golden Fairy: Remake

by Superale2

Seven years have passed since the battle between Omega Shenron against Goku and Vegeta. Chi-Chi passed away thanks to a unknown virus that killed her slowly over the last few months. Her last wish was for Goku to go on a adventure on a new world, that world end up to be Earthland. An adventure that will change the history of Earthland and the entire Universe 6th is about to begin..

17. Tower of Valhalla

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another chapter of the Remake! I hope everyone is having a good holidays so far and hope you guys can achieve the goals that you have planned for 2025. My New Year's goal is to reach at least to the Oracion Seis arc by the end of 2025 which at the rate that I'm going so far seems to be manageable so I really hope I can get to that goal!

Also have you guys been enjoying the Fall season of anime so far? The ones that I've keep up are DanDaDan, Dragon Ball Daima and FT 100 Years Quest so far since they are the ones that interest me the most and are the most entertaining in my point of view..

Alright! Let's not waste any time and let's get into this chapter since it will be a lengthy one with the amount of stuff I have to remake haha!

Fairy Tail Opening 3

Tower of Heaven Arc

Chapter 17: Tower of Valhalla

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Unknown Location... Southern Sea of Ishgar... August 5th, X784... Nighttime..

On a remote island located kilometers of the coast of the Caelum Kingdom, there's a giant lone tower that looked abandoned from the outside but from the inside it was an entire different. At the top of the tower there's a room that was mostly dark and the only illumination is a giant crystal, a couple of meter away from the crystal we can see a throne chair where an individual was sitting down staring at a Lacrima Vision watching the events that happened in the Akane Resort Casino with the capture of Erza Scarlet by Simon and his group..

The individual after seeing this couldn't help but to darkly smirk at this turn of events..

"At last, the plan seems to finally be motion with Erza now being brought to the Tower..! My goal is within grasp!" commented the unknown person with satisfied tone, the individual was wearing a dark hood that covered most of his body. However, it didn't covered his face which showcased a unusual tattoo on his face on the same spot that Councilmen Siegrain had his, along with long blue hair that covers most of his forehead..

The hooded man then focused his gaze once again at the Lacrima and looks at a certain Saiyan God laying on the floor struggling to stand up after being drugged..

"Even though he consumed an absurd amount of food laced with Hypnotics, Son Goku is still able to keep himself conscious.." stated the blue-haired man with a serious expression which then turned into a dark smirk once again.. "Even if you're able to overcome this and try to stop Simon and the others, you will have a hard time than you ever thought. I've been following closely your powers thanks to my resources that I'm confident to counter your abilities even if you are a Wizard Saint..!"

Speaking a resources, the feed that the Lacrima Vision was showcasing was suddenly interrupted when a certain dark purple-haired women appeared on the screen. It was none other than Ultear Milkovich, the current Councilwomen and Wizard Saint from the Magic Council..

"I have news update Jellal, the Magic Council members are about to hold a meeting in a few hours to decide to use Etherion to 'destroy' the Tower of Valhalla. Your 'brother' Siegrain was able to convince most of them to hold the meeting.." explained neutrally the Arc of Time mage towards the individual who's name is Jellal as he smiled darkly at the news update..

"Perfect! everything is going according to plan, soon enough our goals will be realized and a new age on Ishgar will began with the Resurrection of the Black Wizard!" exclaimed Jellal out-loud with satisfaction at the fact that his plans were coming together smoother than he thought. However, his sentiment was interrupted when Ultear spoke up once again with a serious expression..

"Jellal, you're aware that Son-kun is going to try to rescue Titania from being captured the moment he recovers himself right? Do I need to remind you that he posses the ability to teleport by sensing someone's energy..?" stated Ultear with her arms crossed under her chest, although everything seems to be under control at the moment she had a feeling that Goku along with his group will somehow intervene with their plans. Jellal needed to stall them until Etherion can be shoot off..

"Do not worry Ultear, I have a contingency plan to counter Son Goku's sensing abilities! He's going to have a hard time to even locate this abandon island!" responded the blue-haired man confidently as he stared at Ultear with a confident unhinged smile meanwhile she kept her serious expression "Don't worry your boy-toy is not going to get hurt if that's what you want to hear..! As long as he doesn't get involved he will be safe.."

"...Call Son-kun 'boy-toy' again and I'll make sure to hunt you down and make your life a worst living nightmare than what you experienced in that Tower.." said the Arc of Time mage with a icy tone towards Jellal who didn't feel any fear from her comment as he kept his unhinged smile.. "I'll contact you once again when the meeting is about to begin.."

Without wasting time, Ultear left the call thus leaving the blue-haired men by himself as he began to chuckle that later turned into a full unhinged laughter..

"What a crazy women! I could care less if you love that man even if you don't want to admit it! If Son Goku somehow decides to intervene with my plans to resurrect Zeref the Black Wizard then I'm going to finish him off personally! He's going to regret to ever involved himself with Erza!" exclaimed Jellal loudly as he kept laughing in a unhinged way..

His plans mattered the most and he will do anything to make them happen..

Scene Change.. Akane Resort Casino... Nighttime..

The Akane Resort Casino, a place where everyone was supposed to be having fun gambling or drinking was now a place where most of the costumers and staff were unconscious thanks to a certain group that captured one of the strongest females of the Kingdom to an unknown location. In the middle of the Casino we could see Son Goku laying down on a the floor, fighting off the sleeping drug he consumed by eating the food that was provided from the Casino. The Saiyan raised on Earth still couldn't believed that he was caught off guard this easily and it resulted with him and the rest of his friends defeated without even throwing a punch and Erza being captured by those bastards..

He felt frustrated that he couldn't act sooner..

"Damn it! I can't let these bastards get away after what they done to my friends!" thought the Saiyan God as he gritted his teeth in frustration and clenches his fist tightly, followed by suddenly releasing his Ki from him which caused a white aura to surround his body "If 5% of my Base form power isn't enough to overcome this drug then I'll use 10% of it!"

Goku then gave a mighty shout as his Ki aura began to get bigger which caused the entire Casino to tremble along with small wind gust that was felt everywhere, this caught the attention of the Celestial mage who was trying to get the ropes off her and a certain Water mage who wasn't far from where Goku and Lucy were. The Saiyan God began to stand up a bit faster as he could feel the drug effects beginning to burn off thanks to his Ki being stronger now..

"Good! 10% of my Base form power seems to be enough to burn off a good part of the drugs within me.. " commented Goku with a satisfied expression as he flexes his hand for a couple of seconds, followed by making his Ki aura disappear and picking up the cards that contained Natsu, Gray and Happy. Then the Saiyan made his way towards where Lucy was tied up as she kept staring at Goku with a concerned expression..

"Now that I can somewhat sense Ki like Natsu and Gray, Goku-kun is using a lot of energy just burn off the effects of the drug.. He must be suffering a lot just to keep himself up.." thought the Celestial mage with a worried expression as she saw Goku began to take off the ropes from her, in a couple of seconds she was free once again and quickly hugs the Saiyan which slightly surprised him from the sudden action "I'm so sorry Goku-kun! I wasn't able to do anything to help you or even protect Erza from that group! Even with the training I went through I'm still the same girl that get's captured or always needs saving!"

"Hey don't say that Lucy-chan.. It was never your fault, they got us off-guard and we couldn't do nothing to stop them. I should of have reacted sooner when I was feeling tired.." responded Goku with a frustrated tone as he petted Lucy's hair for a couple of seconds to calm her down, after that he lets her go and speaks up once more with a serious expression "First thing is to be able to get Natsu, Gray and Happy out of these Magic cards, I could teleport to where Cana is to help us and then plan from there to save Erza-chan.."

"That won't be necessary Goku-sama.." stated a familiar voice that Lucy recognized as she and Goku turned their gaze to the right to see a certain ex-Phantom Lord coming to their direction in a beautiful blue dress that was similar to Lucy's "Juvia has a method to get Gray-sama and his friends out those Magic cards.."

"W-Wait! Your that Juvia girl that kidnapped me a week ago! What the hell are you doing here..!" exclaimed Lucy out-loud with clear distrust in her tone of voice as she glared at Juvia, who responded with the same type of glare back at her..

"Juvia is here to pay the debt that has to be paid to Goku-sama and Gray-sama for saving Juvia from dying.." stated Juvia firmly as she could feel her cheeks redden from remembering how she was saved by the Saiyan and was given another chance at life by the Ice-maker mage. However, that expression changed when she glares at the Celestial mage with jealousy "Juvia is also here to protect Goku-sama from Love rivals like Heartfilia and Titania..!"

"W-What?!" shouted indignantly the Celestial mage as she couldn't believe the words that were coming out from the Water mage, specially when she mentioned 'Goku-sama' and 'Love rival' towards her and Erza.. "Are you telling me this women who not only kidnapped me but also made me experience one of my worst experiences in my life, is in love with my beloved Goku-kun!?"

"Huh, I was wondering when you were going to reveal yourself to us since you've been following me and Gray's position for a couple days.." responded Goku bluntly towards Juvia, who's eyes went wide at hearing his comment which made her slightly nervous along with blushing madly that she was found out by her guardian angel. However, that expression didn't last long since the Saiyan spoke up once again "But that doesn't matter anymore! If you have the ability to liberate our friends from these Magic cards then we would greatly appreciate it!"

"Then Juvia will do what it must to save Gray-sama and his friends..!" exclaimed Juvia with a beautiful smile towards the Saiyan God, who responded back with his own grin as he handed the three cards to the blue-haired girl. However, he was interrupted by the Celestial mage who pulled him to the side to talk to him..

"What's up Lucy-chan? Do you need to tell me something?" asked Goku with genuine curiosity towards the blonde-haired girl who got closer to him..

"I don't know if you haven't realized it yet Goku-kun, but that Juvia girl was the one responsible for kidnapping me when you guys went to fight Phantom Lord. She's the one who got me in a situation that if it wasn't for you I would have died back when I was falling from that tower..!" explained Lucy in a low tone of voice towards the Saiyan God so Juvia wouldn't be able to listen to their conversation, the Celestial mage couldn't help but to jealousy glare once again at Juvia as she kept speaking "Why are you trusting her so easily after what she has done to me and the others?!"

"I see where you're coming from Lucy-chan and trust me I'm still keeping taps on Juvia just in case she does something against us, but I doubt she will.." responded Goku with a small smile as she stares at Juvia who began to concentrate on the three Magic cards "I have a feeling that she genuinely wants to help us and that's enough for me to give her a second chance.."

Lucy gained a stunned expression after hearing how Goku was willing to give a former enemy a second chance despite her actions being unforgivable in her point of view. After all, Juvia was the one that captured her on that Water Prison and brought her to Jose Porla where she almost died if it wasn't for Goku..

For now Lucy was going to trust the word of her beloved but that didn't mean that she will kept taps at the Water mage in case she betrays the trust that Goku gave to her, specially if she tries to make a move on the person she loves!

She was going to shut that move down no matter what!

"Release!" shouted the Water mage which caught the attention of Goku and Lucy once more, as she created a blinding light that could be seen through the entire casino. As the light began to died down, they could see the bodies of Natsu, Gray and Happy laying down on the floor dressed up in their respective formal outfit. However, Goku and the others faces turned into a horrified expression as they noticed the Ice-maker with a knife stabbed near his chest, the Dragon Slayer had blood coming from his mouth along with his eyes being completely white which meant he was poisoned by something unknown and lastly Happy had a big bruise on his forehead meaning that someone knocked him out forcefully..

Overall, the two mages and Exceed weren't in the best conditions..

"Oh my God! What happened to them?!" shouted Lucy horrified as she rushes to where the unconscious Natsu, Gray and Happy were laying down on the floor to inspect them. Then the Celestial Mage looked at the Water mage with a interrogating look "Why are the three of them injured or poisoned?! Did you do something to them when releasing them?!"

"Juvia would never do something that injures Gray-sama or puts his life in danger!" exclaimed Juvia angrily at Lucy as she glares at her for even saying something so ridiculous. However, Juvia's expression turned into an ashamed one which caught the attention of the Celestial mage.. "When Juvia was trying to have a conversation with Gray-sama, the lights suddenly went out which surprised Juvia and in the next second Gray-sama disappeared from Juvia's radar.. It was as if they masked his Magic energy.."

"So those bastards were able to get Natsu and Gray off-guard by using an unknown ability that manages to masked their energy..!" thought the Saiyan God with a frustrated expression on his face as he clenches fist tightly "No wonder I wasn't able to sensed Natsu and Gray's Ki when they were attacked..!"

"Juvia wishes that she could have done something to stop the enemies from leaving Gray-sama in that state..!" exclaimed the blue-haired girl with clear bitterness in her tone of voice, that she felt that some tears were threatening to come out. However, before that could happened a certain black-haired Saiyan grabbed her shoulder suddenly which caught the Water mage attention as she looks at that person "Goku-sama..?"

"Hey, don't be so hard on yourself for what happened. Everyone was caught off guard including me! I didn't expect to be drugged through the food!" stated Goku with a joking tone of voice as he was trying to make the Water mage feel slightly better. His expression then turned into a soft smile as he stares at Juvia once more which made her face feel slightly more warmer than usual "Look all I'm saying is do not blame yourself for this, We'll find a way to fix this situation as soon as possible and with your help we might reach that goal faster than we thought..!"

"Then Juvia will do it's best to help you in whatever you can Goku-sama!" exclaimed the Water mage with a radiant smile towards the Saiyan God who smiled back at her with his trademark smile. However, a loud cough from a certain Celestial mage interrupted that moment as they turned their gaze to see her 'neutral' expression..

"Goku-kun, do you think you can bring the Senzu beans so we can heal our friends?" asked Lucy still keeping her 'neutral' expression meanwhile on the low she was glaring daggers at Juvia who noticed it and did the same thing back at her..

"Sure! I'll be back in one moment..!" commented Goku casually, not noticing the animosity between the two girls as he teleports to his room where he left the Senzu beans. Thus leaving both Lucy and Juvia by themselves as they glare at each other with intensity for a couple of seconds until the Celestial Mage spoke up..

"Just because you seemed to get on Goku-kun's good side that doesn't mean I will be watching you closely in case you betrayed him.." stated Lucy with a serious tone of voice towards the Water mage as she narrows her eyes dangerously "Oh, and if you even think of taking away my beloved from me then you will regret having entered this place after I'm done with you.."

"What's this? Heartfilia finally gained a backbone and is threatening Juvia despite knowing the outcome of this encounter..?" commented the ex-Phantom Lord member in a sarcastic tone but kept her stoic expression, as she made her way to the Celestial mage who got into a fighting stance in case she does something.. "Listen, when Juvia said about helping Goku-sama in this situation Juvia is being honest. Juvia owns her life to both Goku-sama and Gray-sama so Juvia will do anything if it means to protect or helping them, so you can get that idea that 'Juvia will betray them' out of your head Hearfilia. Besides after all of this is done, Goku-sama would have fallen in love with Juvia after being so helpful to him all this time, something that you can't do Heartfilia..!"

"Y-You bitch! As If I'll ever let that-..!" before the Celestial mage could finish her sentence, Goku reappeared between which startled them as he was dressed up in his blue gi along with the bag of Senzu beans in his hand.. "G-Goku-kun!?"

"Sorry for taking some time! I wanted to change into my gi since I knew that we are going to fight against the group that captured Erza-chan..!" stated the black-haired Saiyan sheepishly towards the two girls who didn't said anything at his comment. Then he made his way towards the unconscious bodies of Natsu, Gray and Happy as he knees down and takes out three Senzu beans "Lucy-chan, can you take out the knife out of Gray's body? So when he eats the Senzu it can close the gash permanently.."

"O-Of course..!" responded Lucy with urgency as she made her way to where Gray is and began to remove the knife implanted near his chest carefully, despite the raw sounds that it was making which made her get chills down her spine. As she completely removes the bloody knife from Gray's body, the Saiyan God puts the Senzu bean in his mouth and forcefully makes him chew it until he swallows it. The effects were almost immediate as the three saw how his gash began to close up until it had the look of a recent scar..

"He should be waking up at any moment after having all his injuries healed along with his energy being restored.." explained Goku casually as he made his way towards where Natsu and Happy were "Now, time to feed these two a Senzu.."

The Saiyan raised on Earth place the Senzu in Natsu's and Happy's mouth and made them chew it along with swallowing it. Similar to Gray the effects were immediate as they noticed the scratches disappearing from the Dragon Slayer and Exceed. After a few seconds of waiting, the three of them began to grunt as they slowly began to open their eyes which caught the attention of Goku, Lucy and Juvia who were watching in expectation..

"Ugh... What happened..?" said the Ice-maker softly to himself as he began to sit up to see what was going on. However, he was suddenly tackled by a certain Water mage who was hugging him so tightly that he was comically losing oxygen..

"I'm so glad that you're okay Gray-sama! Juvia was worried sick about your condition!" exclaimed Juvia with concern in her tone of voice, not even noticing that she was making it hard to breath for Gray..

"Juvia...! N-Need air..!" exclaimed Gray comically as he tapped Juvia's back to get her attention to let him go, which she did but was still hesitant since she wanted to make sure that her 'darling' was safe and sound..

The Dragon Slayer along with his Exceed were the next ones who began to sit up slowly which catches the attention of the others, Natsu despite eating the Senzu bean he still felt some pain in the back of his throat, that to get rid of the pain he let a wave of fire from his mouth upwards..

"You're alright Natsu? Why did you let a wave of fire out of your mouth?" asked the Saiyan God with genuine curiosity since he didn't expect his student to have such reaction after eating a Senzu..

"Because my throat was killing me after taking a bullet..!" exclaimed Natsu with annoyance as he coughs to see if he had any pain left in his throat "Some bastard shoot at my mouth when he offered me to play the Roulette! I'll make sure find that little shit and kick his ass to the Kingdom come for doing that to me and hurting Happy..!"

"Hey Goku, do you know where Erza is? I can't seem to sense her anywhere in the Casino?" asked the Ice-maker as he looked around and couldn't seem to find her at all. Gray then move his gaze towards Goku and Lucy who both seemed to have a serious expression on their faces which was enough to tell him what was going on.. "I assume that me being injured, flame brains getting his throat blown out has something to do with Erza not being with us right.."

"Indeed, It was their plan to catch us off-guard and capture her.." said Goku with a serious tone as he began to explain what happened between Erza and the group that incapacitated them so they wouldn't be able to do anything against them. The Saiyan went on to explained how Erza was being accused on abandoning her old family and if she didn't comply they would have shoot Lucy in the head, thus putting the Re-quip mage in a situation that she had to go with them to save the Celestial Mage. Both Natsu and Gray were angry beyond belief after hearing what happened, that both unconsciously began to release their Magic aura at the same time which made the entire Casino either feel a scorching heat or a freezing cold..

"Those bastard! Capturing Erza and threatening to kill Lucy for what?! Just to bring her to a remote place she doesn't even want to go to?!" exclaimed Gray with a dangerous look on his face, just thinking about what happened and not being able to do anything just made him even angrier "They'll regret to ever mess with us when we find them..!"

"For once we fully agree on something Ice popsicle..! I'm going to incinerate each and every one of them for making Erza feel awful..!" added the Dragon Slayer with an unhinged angry expression as he directed his gaze towards Goku who kept looking at them with a serious expression "Why didn't you do anything against them Goku?! You're supposed to be the strongest out of all of us! You've could of prevent this situation from happening..!"

Before the Saiyan God could respond back to him, it was Lucy who did as she got in between them to prevent a conflict to happen..

"It's because he couldn't! Goku-kun was poisoned after eating the food that was laced with Hypnotics to make him unconscious, they knew none of them couldn't fight him head on which is why they drugged him..! So don't be blaming it on him because it's not his fault..!" exclaimed Lucy as she reprimand Natsu for blaming Goku on something that he couldn't do nothing about it. Natsu's eyes went slightly wide after hearing those words that he began to calm down along with making his Magic aura disappear..

"I-I'm sorry Goku, I didn't mean to put all the blame on you.. It's just I'm frustrated and angry that they took Erza from us and made her feel awful about it..!" commented Natsu softly as he looks down on the floor and clenches his fist tightly in frustration "I want to make them pay for what they did..!"

"And we will.." responded Goku with a serious face that turned into a small smile as he stares at Natsu "You were right in one thing Natsu, I wasn't fast enough to prevent them to take Erza-chan away from us because I let my guard down! I'll make sure rectify that mistake by saving Erza-chan and bringing her back to us and Fairy Tail..!"

"Oh my goodness! Goku-sama sounded so cool right there! He's so determined to save his comrade that he will do anything to save them..!" thought the Water mage as she stares at the Saiyan God with a loving expression "Juvia wonders if Goku-sama would do the same with her.."

"Goku-kun, can't you use your Instant Transmission to teleport to where Erza is? It could be the fastest way we catch them off guard!" stated the Celestial mage with a smile towards the Saiyan, thinking that this would be solve the quickest way possible with Goku teleporting to them and bringing Erza back..

"I'll see what I can do.." responded Goku as he put his index and middle finger together to his forehead and began to concentrate on Erza's Ki. He expanded his range to country-sized and he still wasn't able to pick up anything remote to the energies that he felt earlier.. "I knew it.. I can't sense Erza's or that groups energies at all, it's like they using a technique or a device to mask their energy from me to detect them.."

"But that would mean that they knew you could teleport to them...!" said Lucy with a shocked tone as her face turned to a horrified realization "Oh no.. That group not only knew how to get us off-guard but also knew that Goku-kun is able to teleport by detecting people!"

"Damn it..! Then we gotta find another way to track them as soon as possible..!" added Gray to the conversation with a frustrated expression on his face. However, his train of thoughts was interrupted when the Exceed spoke up for the first time since he woke up..

"Wait..! We don't need to depend on using Goku sensing abilities! We can use Natsu's nose to track their scent!" commented Happy as he got the attention of everyone close to him "Dragon Slayer's have an enhanced ability to track scents from long distance so we can use that to our advantage..!"

"You're right Happy! Thank you for reminding me!" exclaimed the pink-haired mage with a happy expression on his face towards his 'son' who smirked back at him. Natsu took a big sniff as he was able to pick up Erza's scent which is strawberry cake along with other unknown scents "Erza's scent is leading towards the exit everyone!"

"Good job Natsu!" responded Goku with a grin as he looks at the others with the same expression "Alright guys! Let's follow Natsu's lead so we can rescue Erza-chan!"

Everyone besides Natsu responded with an 'Aye' as they began to follow the Dragon Slayer and Saiyan's lead to where the group took Erza, the running took a couple of minutes until it lead to a dead-end that all of them recognize, the beach side of the Akane Resort..

"It seems that the path ends here..!" exclaimed the Water mage out-loud towards the group as they all stare at the deep dark ocean..

"Then the group must have a boat to leave the shore..!" said Lucy as she came to the conclusion on how they left the Akane resort and then looks back at the group.. "We don't have a boat to travel to where they went! Even if we found one it could take us days to even find them and that's not including Natsu's weakness of getting nauseous in every type of transportation..!"

"Then I think it's time for me to call an old pal to help us in this situation..!" responded Goku with a confident smile as he looks at the night sky which made the other mages curious in what he's about to do.. "Flying Nimbus..!"

After a few seconds of his shout, a sudden yellow cloud was approaching them a hyper-sonic speeds to their direction which shook the members of Team Natsu and Juvia. The yellow cloud then suddenly stops in front of Goku thus surprising them once again..

"What is that Goku?! I didn't know you could summon golden clouds out of nowhere..!" exclaimed the Exceed with a fascinated face as he kept looking at the yellow fluffy could that the Saiyan just brought here..

"Not exactly Happy, this is my old friend Nimbus! He used to carry me around before I learned how to fly by myself..!" responded Goku casually as he tapped Nimbus in appreciation and then looks back at the crew.. "I was thinking of using my flying ability to carry you all to where Erza-chan's scent is leading to, but I didn't want to make you guys uncomfortable so I rather have you all ride Nimbus where there's space..!"

"No offense Goku-kun but I don't think Nimbus is going to able to carry all of us together judging from the size.." stated the Celestial Mage towards Goku who just slightly laugh at her comment..

"None taken Lucy-chan, as for your concern about Nimbus not being big enough I got that cover!" responded the Saiyan God casually as he looks at his golden cloud "Expand Nimbus..!"

Following the command of his owner, Nimbus began to increase his size to the point that it was big enough for all of them to ride it at the same time..

"That is so cool..!" commented Natsu who along with Happy had comical 'star' eyes as they kept marveling the Nimbus clouds..

"Right..?!" said Goku with a grin on his face as he causally hops on top of Nimbus and then looks at the others "Hop in guys! Just make sure to hold on tight when we start moving at fast speeds!"

"You know Goku, this wouldn't be an issue if you had taught us how to fly like you do.." commented Gray casually as he jumps into Nimbus and lands next to Goku, followed by Natsu along with Happy who landed on the right, Lucy in front of the Saiyan and Juvia next to the Ice-maker but close to Goku as well..

"True, but you guys still need more practice with Ki control if you ever want to fly the same way I do.." responded Goku bluntly as he adjusted himself to get more comfortable and then moves his gaze to where Natsu is.. "Alright Natsu, tell me what way did they went to.."

"Okay.." said the Dragon Slayer as he took another deep sniff to catch Erza's scent once again, after a few seconds Natsu manages to pick up the scent that was leading to a southern direction.. "They went that way!"

"Alright guys hold on tight! Nimbus let's move..!" commanded the Saiyan God to his golden cloud who began to move at super-sonic speeds to where Natsu pointed at "Hold on Erza-chan! We are coming to save you..!"

Scene Change... Magic Council Chamber.. Town of Era...

In one of the chambers of the Magic Council, we could see a certain Arc of Time mage putting some paperwork away in one of her drawers with a neutral expression despite that her mind had a lot of thoughts going on. Tonight was going to be the night that she will become an international criminal when she destroys the entire Magic Council after they shoot off Etherion. Ultear and Siegrain along with Jellal have been planning this move for years and with the Tower of Valhalla being complete it will allow them to finally unlock the final step to revive the Black Wizard, Zeref..

The Arc of Time mage still had her doubts about this, Master Hades one time told her his theory that the Black Wizard could still be roaming in Earthland in his slumber state, ready to fully being awoken..

Another thought that kept invading her mind was her beloved Son-kun, after sharing that passionate night between each other when for a moment they became one it she hadn't stopped thinking about him. Ultear was tempted to even visit him in Magnolia and forget all the plans she has coming up but then she had to remind herself that achieving the Ultimate Magic World was more important than her personal feelings..

She just wishes that when that world comes upon them she can keep her mother and Goku despite the latter not having any Magic energy within him..

Ultear's train of thoughts was suddenly interrupted when someone knocked on her door multiple times..

"Come in.." exclaimed out-loud the dark purple-haired Councilwomen as she puts the rest of the paperwork away in another drawer, the door to her chamber began to open to reveal a certain blue-haired man walking inside which caught the attention of Ultear "What is it Siegrain? Do you need something or is it Jellal calling again?"

"Don't worry Ultear, my 'brother' is busy at the moment putting everything in order. I just came here to let you know that the old geezers want to have a meeting before voting to activate Etherion.." stated Siegrain with a calm smile on his face towards Ultear, who raised an eyebrow at his statement..

"Already? I thought the meeting would be taking place in less than two hours. What's with the sudden change of plans..?" asked the Arc of Time mage with curiosity wondering why the other Council members wanted to hold a meeting now and not wait..

"They wanted to discuss the pros and consequences of using such weapon like Etherion, you know how they are with their protocols.." said the blue-haired casually putting his hands up as a sign that it wasn't his idea. Siegrain then forms a small smirk as he gazes at Ultear once more.. "Don't worry, leave it to me to fully convince them to use it. I'm good at acting after all.."

"Alright then, let's go entertain their little game. I was getting bored of doing paperwork anyways.." commented Ultear calmly as both her and Siegrain got out of the chamber and made their way to the meeting chamber, where the other Council members were already having a discussion about the topic. When the two Council members arrived and closed the door it caught the attention of the other members..

"Perfect! Councilmen Siegrain and Councilwomen Ultear are here so we can continue our discussion..!" stated the Chairman out loud as he look at the other members of the Council and spoke up once again "As I was saying earlier, Councilmen Siegrain brought a good point in getting rid of the last R-System that exist in the country and from what I've been hearing that tower is now complete, which could cause a danger to the Kingdom of Fiore..!"

"So what you're saying Chairman Gran Doma, is that the R-System has been completed for a while..?" asked the dark purple-haired mage with an uninterested tone since she already knew about this information..

"Hmm.. What I still don't understand is why is the R-System coming to our radar today specifically..?" commented one of the older members of the Magic Council with curiosity..

"It doesn't matter if it came to our radar! R-System or mostly known as the Tower of Valhalla needs to be dealt with!" exclaimed Siegrain with 'enthusiasm' in his tone of voice towards the other Council members who began to murmur amongst themselves

"So that's the name of the R-system huh? The Tower of Valhalla.." said a council member named Org with an amused expression. However, his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the Chairman who used his wooden hammer to call for order..

"Let's not deviate from the name of the R-System! Councilmen Siegrain is right with his words, the existence of that Tower can bring chaos and the collapse of society in the entire continent of Ishgar thanks to it's Dark Magic it possess! We need to send the Magic Knights this instant to solve the issue and if it doesn't work then we will use Etherion as last resort..!" exclaimed Gran Doma loudly towards his fellow Council members who once again began to discuss about the use of the knights and even Etherion..

"Unfortunately we don't know where the R-System is actually located!" stated the an elder Councilwomen out-loud which got the attention of the others "Not only that, according to Councilmen Siegrain the R-System is being guarded by a individual known as Jellal Fernandez who we don't know what type of Magic he posses..!"

Meanwhile all this discussion amongst Council members was going on, a small elder Councilmen known as Yajima was gazing suspiciously at Siegrain who seemed to have a smile despite the topic they were taking about. Then he moved his gaze to where Ultear is, the young Councilwomen had an uninterested expression which raised suspicion even more in his mind..

Either he was thinking to much or those two knew something about the R-System that the others didn't..

The second option didn't calm his mind at all..

Scene Change... Southern Sea of Ishgar..

In the middle of the dark ocean, we could see a yellow cloud traveling a super-sonic speeds that was carrying Goku, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Juvia and Happy who all were holding on tight so they won't fall off. A few words were exchanged between the group since they were mostly focused on finding the trail that Erza's scent left, Gray however was having a lot conflicted emotions going through his mind but the one feeling that stands out the most within him is frustration and anger..

"Damn it! All this time I've been getting stronger under Goku's tutelage and yet I was bested by someone who's weaker than me! Now Erza ended up being captured because we got caught off guard..!" thought the Ice-maker with a frustrated expression as he clenches his fist tightly. However, his train of thoughts was suddenly interrupted when Juvia spoke up to start a conversation..

"Goku-sama, do you anything about the group that captured Titania? Juvia still having a hard time to believe that someone as strong as her got captured so easily.." commented the Water mage with a neutral expression towards the Saiyan God, before he could respond back it was the Ice-maker mage that responded to her question..

"It's because is impossible to capture her through normal means. Erza is one of the strongest women in the Kingdom so to be able to pull a feat like that is inconceivable! those bastards must have told her something to agree to go with them!" responded Gray with anger in his tone of voice as he unconsciously glares at the Water mage, which made her slightly flinch after seeing such intense gaze. This of course was noticed by Goku who spoke up to him..

"Calm down Gray, there's no need be glaring at Juvia when she was just asking a question about how Erza-chan got captured.." stated Goku with a serious expression towards his student who couldn't help but to 'tch' to himself as he moves his gaze away from Juvia..

"Now that Gray brought it up, that group seemed to know about Erza's past as if they were old friends from a long time.." commented the Celestial mage with a thinking expression as she remembers the conversation that happened between the Re-quip mage and the group.. "It's unfortunate that Erza never told us about her past or if she had any old friends that know her outside of Fairy Tail.."

Then suddenly, Goku and Natsu began to see from Kilometers away a giant tower in the middle of a desolated island which means there's high chances of Erza being there. After all the Saiyan God remembers one of them mentioning something about a tower..

"Guys look! There's a giant tower ahead of us..!" exclaimed Goku loudly towards everyone as he got the attention of the group who looked at the direction that the Saiyan was pointing at..

"And not only that! Erza's scent is leading to that tower as well..!" added the Dragon Slayer to the conversation with a serious tone, if Erza's scent was leading to that tower then that meant their enemies must be there as well..

"Then that must the tower that group was talking about. The Tower of Valhalla.." said Lucy with a serious expression as she kept staring at the tower that was becoming bigger as they get closer.. "We should be careful when we get there, who knows what kind of enemies we will encounter.."

"Lucy-chan is right guys, everyone has to keep their guard up..!" stated Goku towards everyone who nodded at his comment "Don't worry Erza-chan! Just hold on a bit longer, we are coming to save you..!"

Scene Change... Tower of Valhalla.. Lower Level Cell Chamber..

In one of the cell chambers of the Tower of Valhalla, we could see Erza sitting on the floor with her hands cuffed with Anti-Magic cuffs to prevent her from activating her Re-quip magic. The red-haired girl still remembers the conversation she had with Sho a few minutes ago where he once again stared to blame her about betraying them and abandoning them for another group. Although that was more than a decade ago, Erza still felt bad in leaving them behind when she found the chance of freedom. It was selfish of her not thinking about them all these years and she will keep blaming herself about it..

The Re-quip mage closed her eyes for a moment and began to think about all the memories she made along with Sho, Wally, Simon and Millianna. Not all of them were too bad despite the environment they were at back then, Erza then began to remember once more how Jellal used to save her and the others from the punishments the Slave drivers used to give them..

She still remembers how she saved Jellal from a torture session in which she lost her left eye along with receiving the worst beating of her life in that moment..

"I can still remember that day perfectly despite trying to bury it under the depths of my memories.. I wonder if Jellal would have lost an eye the same way I did if they had taken him instead of me.." thought the red-haired girl as she can still feel those whips and hits she got all those years ago. Then her face turned into a serious one when she began to remember what Sho told her their true goals "To believe that Jellal has fallen this low by manipulating them into thinking that they are going to achieve true freedom.."

According to Sho, the reason why they brought her here was to achieve true freedom by finishing building the Tower of Valhalla. However, Erza knew what this cursed tower truly is and it's known as the R-System, designed with black magic and with the simple goal of reviving the ancient Black Wizard, Zeref...

"Those fools, they don't know that Jellal is leading them to a guarantee death if they activate the R-System..!" thought Erza with a determined expression as she looked at her Anti-Magic cuffs that currently prevents her to use Magic "I need to get out of this cell, with my current physical strength I should be able to break off from these cuffs..!"

With newfound determination, Erza began to use her raw physical strength and in a few seconds breaks out of the Anti-Magic cuffs. Not wanting to waste more time, the red-haired mage Re-quips into her Heart Kreuz armor and with her sword she slices the metal door that keeps her trapped. Erza began to run silently as she needed to find a way to get to where Jellal was located..

"I need to find the fastest way to get to where Jellal is, most likely he could be at the top of the tower doing something to activate the R-System!" thought Erza with urgency in her thoughts as she began to pick up the pace to get to her destination faster. As she got to the next corner Erza saw a certain blonde-haired blocking her way with an unhinged smile..

"Where do you think you're going big sister?! Don't tell me you're planning to abandon us when we are so close to achieve true paradise!" exclaimed Sho with a twisted grin as he began to run to where Erza was standing at and began to take out his Magic cards..

"Re-quip!" shouted Erza as she was enveloped in a blinding light and then dies down to reveal her being in her Black Wing armor. With her superior speed it gives her, Erza quickly appears in front of Sho who was surprised by how fast she is and then delivers a powerful gut-punch to his stomach, which makes his spit saliva followed by losing conscious real quick as he falls into the floor..

"I'm sorry Sho, but I don't have time to deal with you. I need to stop Jellal before he does something that kills all of you.." said Erza with a softened expression as he looks at the unconscious Sho one more time before beginning to run once again to look for Jellal..

However, she didn't realized that she was being watched by said person all this time..

Jellal, who watching all this via Lacrima Video from his throne room at the top of the tower couldn't help but laugh manically at the words that Erza just said when he knocked out Sho..

"Hahahaha! Does Erza really think that stopping me is going to stop the inevitable that it going to befall into this world!?" said the blue-haired man as he kept laughing like a crazy person to himself as he looked once more at the Lacrima Video.. "I knew Erza was going to this, she's the strongest women in the Kingdom for a reason so I'm not surprised she was able to escape..!"

Before Jellal could continue with his monologue, another Lacrima Video on his right began to light up which peaked his curiosity since that meant someone besides his crew managed to get into this island. The Lacrima began to show a video footage of Son Goku jumping down from a weird golden cloud, along with his crew that came with him and right away got into inspecting the place they landed at. The blue-haired mage couldn't help but to darkly smile at he expected arrival of Goku and began to add him into his chessboard..

"Now we have every player ready on this chessboard! I wonder who's going to reach to the top of Valhalla to encounter me. Is it going to be you my dear Erza or is it going to be Son Goku along with Salamander and others..? Who will die from the two of you..?" commented Jellal to himself as he looks at the chessboard still keeping his dark smile.. "Let the Paradise Game began..!"

Scene Change... Magic Council Meeting Chamber... Town of Era...

"As I mentioned earlier, the R-System ignores the rules of Life and Death! There's a reason why it's prohibited in Ishgar and needs to be stopped before the worst can happen!" exclaimed Siegrain with 'urgency' in his tone of voice as he looks at the other Council members, who kept murmuring amongst them after hearing his words..

"I agree with Councilman Siegrain! and that's not even factoring the unknown enemy that is residing in that tower!" said one of the older Councilmen as he agreed with the words that the blue-haired man stated to everyone..

"Then we must sent the Magic Knights right away then..!" added the Chairman as he received multiple nods from multiple Council members. However, their attention landed on Siegrain once more as he made a loud noise by colliding his hand on the table as he glares at everyone..

"Weaklings all of you! You all know very well that sending the Magic Knights is not a guarantee victory! If we send our Knights to an unknown territory where they could be bested and those news gets out in the public it will tarnish the reputation of the Magic Council for not being competent!" exclaimed the blue-haired Councilmen loudly towards every Council member who were shocked to hear such passionate words from Siegrain.. "Which is why my Council members! I recommend that we use the Etherion Cannon to destroy that cursed tower along with island! Such situation like this requires extreme measurements if we want to guarantee the safety of Ishgar..!"

Siegrain speech began to spark up once again another heated discussion amongst Council members as they began to talk the consequences of using such weapon. Ultear who was watching this all go down, couldn't help but to sigh quietly as she expected this outcome from Siegrain words who she had to admit that if she was a naive women then she would have fallen for his words. Fortunately, she could clearly see through his intentions..

However, a sudden gut feeling began to built up within the Arc of Time mage that was telling her that Goku would somehow end up in that Tower trying to save Titania, just for the fact they were part of the same team. As much as she hated the fact that her Son-kun would rescue another women, Ultear knew that he wasn't going to stand on the sidelines not doing nothing, which why she was suddenly having this feeling of hesitation. If Goku was there then there's no way he would survive the blast of a country-destroying blast like Etherion despite being a Wizard Saint...

Unfortunately, she couldn't back out of this plan and they needed to execute it if she wants to awaken the Black Wizard, along with achieving the Ultimate Magic World.. Even if it means sacrificing one of her few sources of true happiness in this rotten world..

She really is going to hate herself if Goku ends up dying because of her actions..

"I hope you can forgive me for this Son-kun but it needs to be done.." thought Ultear with a conflicted expression as she shook her head to clear her inner thoughts. Without wasting time, she presses the green button on her desk which caused a loud buzz that caught the attention of everyone in the room "I.. Councilwomen Ultear vote in agreement in the usage of the Etherion on the R-System, if this is the only option to save the continent then you got my vote.."

"Was that hesitation in Ultear's voice..? She has never hesitated when it comes to execute plans about the revival of the Black Wizard.." thought Siegrain as he looks at his companion with suspicion. However, he decided to drop the topic as he looks back once again at the other Council members with determination. He was going to get those other votes to activate Etherion..

Even if it's the last thing he will ever do, because what matter was the revival of the Black Wizard, Zeref..

Scene Change... Outside of the Tower of Valhalla..

"Ugh It's no use! We walked around the tower two times and there's no sign of an entrance..!" commented Lucy with frustration as she along with Goku, Natsu, Gray, Happy and Juvia have been trying to find an entrance. The Celestial mage then looks at the Saiyan God with a pleading expression "Goku-kun! Can't you try to teleport inside and try to sense where Erza is located so we can reunite with her..!"

"I wish I could do that Lucy-chan, unfortunately this Tower is preventing me from sensing Erza-chan from the outside..!" responded the black-haired Saiyan as he put his two fingers on his forehead trying to teleport to Erza. However, the Tower itself was preventing him from sensing anything on the inside.. "Not only it's preventing me from sensing anything, but this whole tower is emitting a dark energy that is ready to be triggered.."

"There has to be a way that group got Erza inside, like a secret entrance or something..!" stated Gray out-loud with a frustrated expression as he looked around to see if there was any secret entrance..

However, it was Juvia who spoke up to get their attention on their current issues..

"Gray-sama, earlier in our walk Juvia was able to spot a water cave that is near us. Juvia believes that's how Titania's captures were able to get inside the Tower of Valhalla.." explained the Water mage neutrally as she pointed on a cave that was filled with ocean water a few hundred meters away from them..

"Oh wow that's awesome Juvia! We finally found a solid lead!" exclaimed Goku happily towards the blue-haired girl who couldn't help but to blush fiercely after hearing the praising words from her guardian angel. Lucy, who saw this go all down couldn't help but to glare at Juvia from trying to get her beloved's attention, jealousy within her was staring to build up slowly but surely and she wasn't going to stand by and do nothing. However, before she could continue those train of thoughts Goku spoke up once again "Alright, let's not waste more time and let's check out that cave..!"

The group of five plus Exceed began to make their way to the water cave. As they got there, they could see the water in the cave moving violently thanks to the high tide surrounding the area..

"Are you sure this is the place, you know this could lead us to a dead end right..?" stated the Celestial mage with suspicion in her tone of voice towards Juvia. Before the ex-Phantom Lord member could respond it was surprisingly that spoke up to interrupted..

"Wait hold on Lucy..! I can smell Erza's scent here and it's leading to the water cave..!" said Natsu with a slightly surprised expression since he didn't expect Erza's scent to be leading this direction..

"Then we must go through the water cave to get inside the tower..!" responded Goku with a determined expression as he looked at the rest of the group "How good are you guys swimming?"

"Wait Goku-kun! Are you really expecting all of us to go swim inside the cave?! We don't even know how deep it goes or even if we can hold our breath for that much..!" exclaimed the Celestial mage towards her beloved who looks back at her with a curious expression. However, Lucy then saw how Natsu, Gray and even Juvia were taking off their formal clothes they were wearing from the Casino which surprises her comically.. "No way! Are you all actually going to swim in that dangerous cave!?"

"Of course! Besides this will be a good warm up before we fight the people that captured Erza..!" commented the Dragon Slayer with a savage grin as he takes off his upper shirt to leave his upper body exposed, followed by removing his weighted wristband so he won't be having difficulties moving in the water..

"If this is the only method we have to save Erza then so be it..!" added Gray to the conversation with a determine expression as he took off his clothes thus leaving himself with just his black boxers, he even took off his weighted wristbands so he doesn't drown and have more mobility when he swims..

"Lucy-chan.." said Goku as he touches one of Lucy's shoulder to get her attention as she turns her gaze to the Saiyan God. "If you're that concern then why don't you grab behind my back? That way you'll not get lost meanwhile I'll do the rest of the swimming..!"

"T-Thank you for looking out for me Goku-kun, I promise I'll try not to bother you with my concerns through this rescue mission.." responded the Celestial mage with a soft smile with a blush towards Goku who responded back with a grin on his face. However, their moment was interrupted by a certain Water mage who cough loudly to get their attention..

"Sorry to interrupt Goku-sama, but Juvia feels like we shouldn't be wasting time when our goal is to rescue Titania from her captors.." replied Juvia with her typical stoic expression towards both Saiyan and Celestial mage. However, the blue-haired girl was glaring daggers at Lucy who noticed this and also did the same. They knew that they needed to concentrate on the mission but they needed to stay on guard in case one of them snatch Goku away from each other..

It was a love war between each other after all..

"Right, then let's not waste more time..!" commented Goku with a serious expression as he took off the upper part of his blue Gi and let's it hang on his waist, along with his Power Pole so Lucy won't be uncomfortable grabbing from behind. Both Celestial mage and Water mage also took off their dresses thus leaving them with just their underwear..

"Juvia, do you have a spell that could help us breath under water in case it takes us longer to get into the Tower?" asked the Ice-maker mage towards Juvia, who responded with a smile on her face..

"Indeed Gray-sama, Juvia does have a spell that can give us enough oxygen to be under water!" responded Juvia with enthusiasm in her tone of voice towards her darling, followed by closing her eyes as she began to concentrate her inner Magic to create a spell "Water Bubbles!"

Suddenly a light blue magic circle appeared in front of Juvia and from there six head-sized water bubbles emerged, with a simple hand move from Juvia she sends the water bubbles to everyone's head. At first they didn't want to breath in since they thought they'll choke but when Goku took a deep breath he was able to get some air into his system..

"Woah! I'm able to breath perfectly inside this water bubble..!" exclaimed Goku with amazement as he looks around his water bubble with curiosity.. "Although I don't need it since I'm able to survive underwater thanks to Whis-san, it gives me a good excuse to not raise questions with the others.."

"You're right I'm able to breath in here as well..!" added the Celestial mage to the conversation with genuine surprise, which made Juvia inwardly smirk to herself since that meant she was beating her 'love rival' currently..

"Those water bubbles have enough oxygen to last up for a couple of hours, Juvia recommends we use these wisely.." responded the blue-haired mage with a neutral expression towards the group who nodded at her statement..

"Right, Let's get going! Lucy grab on to my back..!" stated Goku firmly towards the group, the Celestial mage without wasting time jumps onto Goku's back and got into a conformable position. Happy also did the same as he also grabbed onto Natsu's upper back since he didn't swim as fast as his father. The Saiyan God once more looks at his group to see if they were ready to jump into the water cave and they all nodded with determine expressions which was enough for him.. "Alright guys, let's move!"

Without wasting time, Goku along with the others jumped into the water cave and began to swim at near super-sonic speeds in the depths of the cave. The black-haired Saiyan knew that he could go faster but decided not to since Natsu along with Happy, Gray and Juvia would get lost on the way..

After a few minutes of swimming in near darkness, Goku and the others were able to see a dim light as they were ascending to the surface. As they emerged from the water everyone noticed they were in a empty room with some light and the only sound being the waves the water was making. As the group got out of the water they began to inspect the room for a minute, followed by getting out of the room where it led them to a big hallway that had little to no light..

"So this is the inside of the Tower huh.." commented Gray casually as he and the others began to walk through the hallway "I was expecting more with how the structure looks from the outside.."

"Be sure to keep your guard up guys! Now that we're inside the Tower I can sense multiple Ki presence all over the place so there's high chance we can encounter our enemies.." stated Goku with serious expression towards his group who nodded at his words. Despite that he can sense the presences inside the Tower of Valhalla, he still couldn't pinpoint Erza's Ki thanks to the Tower emitting that strange Black Magic he felt earlier..

Before they could reach the stairs that led to the upper floors, Goku and the others heard a loud shout that came from behind them and quickly got into fighting position..

"Hey! Who the hell are all of you?!" shouted a individual dressed up as a guard as he was accompanied by other guards with weapons that ranged from spears and swords..

"Crap, we got caught quickly!" exclaimed the Celestial Mage with frustrated expression as she got into her Renewal Taekwondo position she learned over training with Goku. However, Lucy kept her right hand close to her waist where her Celestial Keys were in case she needed to summon..

"Indeed, let's just get this out of the way.." added the Ice-maker mage with annoyance as he got into his Full Contact Karate position, ready to blow them out of the way..

However, what none of them expected was Goku beginning to run towards the guards at hyper-sonic speeds which surprised everyone that was witnessing it. In the next second, the Saiyan God was already in front of them which shocked the guards and with his Pressure Point style began to knock every single guard at blinding speeds that certain members of his group couldn't keep up..

"Goku-sama is moving so fast! Juvia can't follow his movements at all..!" exclaimed Juvia in amazement as she couldn't follow the speed that her guardian angel was showcasing against the guards "Goku-sama is even faster than what darling showcased against Juvia when he used that red aura..!"

"It's because he's moving at a speed that could rival lightning itself without using his Teleportation..!" added Lucy to the conversation as she tried to use her Ki sensing abilities that she has been developing under training to follow Goku's movement. Unfortunately, it was resulting challenging for the Celestial mage.. "Even with the training I went under Goku-kun, I'm still having issues sensing Ki to follow his movements.."

Meanwhile, Natsu and Gray were somewhat able to follow the movements from his friend/master. What they saw was Goku knocking every guard with a single move that either involves a 'One-Inch Punch' or just chopping behind their necks to knock them out quickly. But what left the Dragon Slayer and Ice-maker speechless was doing this with such ease as if he wasn't trying at all..

"He's moving even faster than when he showcased his Kaio-Ken against Jose Porla! Has he gotten this strong in the lapse of a week?!" thought Gray with a bewildered expression as he finds it hard to believe that Goku could become this strong so fast. However, his thoughts were interrupted when Goku reappeared behind Gray and everyone else with a serious expression, followed by the guards falling on to the ground unconscious..

Goku defeated every guard on the lower floor in a five seconds..

"Wow.." murmured the Dragon Slayer as he felt sweat coming down from his forehead. Nonetheless, he couldn't help but to grin savagely as he turns around to face Goku "That was awesome Goku! You beat dozens of guards in just a few seconds like it was nothing!"

"Aye! that was the fastest I've seen someone move!" added Happy to the conversation with amazement..

"No kidding Goku-kun! I wasn't even able to follow the speed you showcased! Just how did you become faster than before..?!" stated Lucy with genuine amazement and curiosity towards her beloved, who turned his gaze towards them and begins to laugh sheepishly..

"Lot's of training can get you so far ya know..!" responded the Saiyan God with a laugh as he scratches the back of his head casually. However, his face turned into a serious one as he spoke once more "Let's not stand here and chat, we need to find Erza-chan before something bad happens..!"

"Right!" stated every member of Team Natsu and Juvia with a determine expressions as they all began to run the stairs that would lead them to the upper floors. As they reach the next floor they arrived they were greeted by the main hall of the Tower, which was filled with dozens of guards that turned their gaze towards them and began to run to their direction..

Goku was about to same thing to knock them out, but then Natsu and Gray extended their hands in front of him to stop him which got the Saiyan God confused..

"Leave this one to us Goku! You already had your fun now it's our turn!" stated the Dragon Slayer with a cocky smile as he begins to unleash his fiery Magic aura to make the entire mail hall feel hotter..

"What flame brain says! It's time for us to have some entertainment too!" added Gray to the conversation as he also unleashes his cold Magic aura that caused his surroundings to feel colder than usual. Followed by creating Areadbhar with his Ice magic, the same weapon that he used to fight Lyon back in Galuna Island..

"Alright then, I'll stand back and watch you guys fight..!" exclaimed Goku with a smile as he jumps back so he allows the others to fight..

Without wasting time, both Natsu and Gray charged towards the guards at super-sonic speeds and began to give them a beating of their life. The Dragon Slayer ignited his arms with his flames and began to punch each one of the guards with finesse, along with igniting his kick whenever he uses a Renewal Taekwondo move. Meanwhile the Ice-maker mage used his ability with the spear to cut and knock his opponents down with precision. They were making this fight look like child's play..

"I can't just stay here and do nothing! I'm joining into the action!" responded Lucy with a determine expression as she ran into where the others were fighting and began her onslaught by delivering a round-house kick to a guard's face that knocks him out, followed by continuing her assault with a powerful gut punch to another guard's stomach..

"Then Juvia is going to join as well..!" said Juvia stoically as she summons a magic circle that creates a wave of hot water that sweeps most of the guards in the sight. She then moves her gaze to where Gray was fighting at and decides to assist him by shooting Water Bullets from her fingers and knocks the guards down with ease. This was noticed by the Ice-maker mage who looks at Juvia and then slightly smirks as a thanks for the assist, which in respond she smiled back.. "Juvia is well aware that darling doesn't need my help since he's gotten stronger than before, but Juvia can't just sit here and do nothing so Juvia decided to help him along with Goku-sama.."

"Amazing everyone seems to have gotten stronger than before, specially Lucy-chan! One week of training to surpass the human limitation and she's already kicking their butts with no issues!" said the Saiyan God to himself proudly as he watches from the side how the Celestial mage has gotten better in hand-to-hand, then he moves his gaze to where Juvia was fighting "That Juvia girl has a cool Magic ability! To be able to control water to such degree is something amazing! I wonder how I'll do against such opponent..?"

Meanwhile Team Natsu and Juvia finish defeating the last guards in the main hall, Goku's sensing abilities went off as he senses a familiar Ki signature coming from one of the doors that leads to their current location. To their surprise when that person arriving to the main hall was the person they have been looking for the last hour or two..

"Erza-chan!" shouted Goku in relief which caught the attention of the others who just finished fighting the guards and looked at where the Saiyan was looking. To their surprise he was right as they saw Erza standing in front of the doors that leads to the main hallway with a confused expression..

"Goku-kun..?! And everyone else..?" exclaimed Erza with confusion as she was wondering how her group got to this place. Unfortunately, she couldn't continue with her train of thoughts when Goku and the others were already in front of her with relief/concerned expressions..

"Thank goodness you're okay Erza! I was afraid something bad happened to you..!" exclaimed Lucy with relief in her tone of voice as she tightly hugs at the Re-quip mage, which surprises her since she didn't expect her friend to do something like this..

"What are you guys doing here? And why are you guys half-naked..?" asked Erza straight to the point as she wanted to know why her friends were here when she told them to not look for her. But also Erza was comically curious as to why they were with barely any clothes..

"The reason why we don't have our clothes on is because we had to swim under a water cave to get to you..!" responded Natsu with his arms crossed as he gained an annoyed expression when Erza asked that first question "Also! What the hell do you mean 'why are we here'?! We came to rescue you and bring you back to Fairy Tail! It would be a dishonor not to rescue you when you need it, family sticks together!"

"You guys shouldn't be here..." commented the Re-quip mage in a low tone as she looks at the others with great concern "All of you should get out of here while you still can..!"

"And leave you here all by yourself?! Hell fucking no!" stated the Dragon Slayer with fierceness to the S-Class mage who along with the others were surprised by Natsu's words. Before she could said something Natsu turned around and began to walk away, along with Happy who was following behind "If the reason you don't want to leave is because of those people that capture you, then I'm going to ignite every single one of them so we can comeback together! Wait here..!"

"Hey Natsu! Get your ass back here!" shouted Gray as he tried to get the Dragon Slayer's attention but it was no used as he walked off to one of the doors of the main hallway. Before Gray could go get him back he was stopped by the Saiyan God who grabbed his shoulder "Goku..? But why?"

"Leave him alone for now, Natsu is strong enough to take care of himself from what we encounter so far.." responded Goku confidently towards Gray, who after a few seconds nodded in agreement to his statement and let him go. The Saiyan God then turns his gaze towards Erza who still was looking on the floor "Erza-chan listen, I know you don't talk about your past before Fairy Tail since I can tell you're uncomfortable about it. However, we want to help you since we are you're friends after all and we have each others back, so please tell us who these people are so we can know the whole context and find a way to help you.."

The red-haired mage couldn't help but to look up to Goku with a surprised expression. Despite her efforts to convince them to go away and leave her by herself, Goku and the others stood on their ground and decided they wanted to listen to her story. Erza couldn't help but to feel so glad that she had met this group of people that will do anything for her, it reaffirms her belief that Fairy Tail is and always will be her family through thick and thin..

It also reaffirms her feelings that she was developing towards Goku, which is why she didn't want him to get involved. Hence she will try to convince him and the others once more to not get involved by telling them her story..

"It's useless to join this battle because the outcome will be the same.." stated Erza with a serious expression as she got the attention of the group "Win or lose, I'll always be destined do disappear from this plane of existence.."

"What?!" exclaimed the Saiyan God with a shocked expression after hearing Erza's words "But what makes you so sure that you will die here?!"

"What Goku said! Why are you so sure that you will not survive here?!" added Gray to the conversation also with a surprised expression. Then he noticed that Erza was clenching her fist with frustration..

"Although my destiny is inevitable, I can at least tell you guys what this place truly is.." said the red-haired mage as she looks at Goku and the others with a saddened smile "This place is known as the Tower of Valhalla but also known as the R-System. A decade ago a group that practices Black Magic began to plan to build this tower to revive the dead.."

"Revive the dead?! You're telling that this place can actually revive the dead?!" exclaimed Lucy with a fearful expression towards the Re-quip mage who nodded in affirmation..

"Despite the Magic Council knowing about the R-System and it's consequences as a whole, they never found out about this tower being built at all. That cultist group was able to built the Tower of Valhalla by capturing people from other countries that are outside the Kingdom of Fiore and make them work as slaves. I-I was one of the slaves back then.." commented Erza as she looks down on the floor so she could not see their expression after telling them something intimate..

"So you're telling me that Erza-chan was a slave back in her childhood building this damn tower..?! Those bastards..!" thought Goku in disbelief but also anger building up at the same time as he clenches his fist. However, he took a deep breath to calm himself down as he decided to hear the rest of the story..

"The village where I come from was called Rosemary, it was completely burned to the ground by that same group that practices Black Magic. Followed by capturing any child or elder person they could find on their path and make them slaves to build this tower, their ultimate goal is to revive the mythical Black Wizard, Zeref.." explained Erza with a serious expression towards the group, who everyone besides Goku gained a stunned expression at hearing the word Zeref. Although, the Saiyan God was curious to know who this Black Wizard is since he sounded strong from what he can see so far..

However, it wasn't the time to think about that and decided to focused on Erza's story..

"Although my memories in this tower are not pleasant I've met some people that made me keep going and strive for survival, some of them you all met already when they captured me.." mentioned the Re-quip as she was referring to Sho, Millianna, Wally and Simon who once were her closest friends in the times of need.. "However, there's one person who once was my light of hope through all the darkness and torment I've went through, unfortunately he succumbed to the madness this place causes. At the end, I was able to escape this place by awakening my Re-quip magic and staring a rebellion, but it came with the heavy consequences of losing a parental figure along with my childhood friend who was my light of hope at the time.. A bittersweet ending I'll say.."

"B-But what happened to your childhood friend? D-Did he actually died..?" commented Lucy with concern in tone of voice, she couldn't imagine what type of horrors Erza had to go through when she was a literal slave. Who would of thought that humans could reach to that level of insanity..

"No, He's still alive. Like I said earlier he was corrupted by the madness that this tower caused. He went from a person who had a great sense of justice and leadership, to an unhinged man that believes that the world is corrupted and needs to be cleanse with the revival of the Black Wizard.. I tried to snap him out of him but at the end, he began to hurt me and told me to get lost.." stated Erza in a low tone of voice as she began to remember how Jellal was choking the life out of her when she tried to snap him out of his madness.. "Now that man became the administrator of this R-System and is planning to revive the Black Wizard by manipulating my old friends, which is why I'm here to stop him and sacrifice myself if it comes to that.."

After finishing listening to Erza's story, everyone from the group was going through different emotions withing them. Lucy couldn't help but to start slightly tearing up at all the things that Erza went through in the past, it was so horrible and traumatic that she couldn't help but to cry for her. Juvia didn't showed any expression as she kept her typical stoic one, but she couldn't help but to feel awful at hearing such story coming from the strongest women in the Kingdom. Gray couldn't help but to feel angry at the thought of his close friend going through such experience that he began to clench his fight so tightly that blood began to come out, followed by decreasing the temperature of the main hall..

However, nothing compares to the anger a certain Saiyan God was feeling after hearing such story..

"Those bastards! How dare they make Erza-chan go through all that suffering and pain for what!? For their sick fantasy to revive a Black Wizard..!?" thought Goku with a resentful expression as he began to release his white Ki aura from his body, followed by making powerful wind gust around the main hall that made everyone to cover themselves. But it didn't stop there as Goku's aura began to grow into a pillar of energy, followed by shaking the entire Tower of Valhalla and island into it's core. The group also notice that Goku's hair became spikier than usual and was flicking from black to golden in milliseconds, along with his eyes that went from black oxny to emerald green for a moment..

"Incredible..! Goku's doing the same thing he did when he saw Team Shadow Gear crucified! But now he's unleashing a greater amount of energy that is shaking the entire island..!" thought the Ice-maker with a shocked expression as he kept staring at Goku's imposing figure "What is the true ceiling of your power Goku?"

"Juvia has never seen something like this! Juvia knew that Goku-sama was strong enough to defeat Jose Porla but Juvia wasn't aware that he was this powerful..!" thought the ex-Phantom Lord member with a stunned expression as she couldn't describe the power she was feeling coming from her guardian angel, it was like a powerful invisible pressure weighting on her shoulder..

"Goku-kun..." thought the Celestial Mage with a concerned expression on her face, this was the third time she has seen Goku showcasing a resentful expression when he sees or hears that something happens to his friends. And each time she sees this side of her beloved, she hates it. She hates the fact that she can't find a way to help him when he keeps pushing everyone away with his Ki aura..

Erza couldn't help but to watch with a stunned silence how Goku's powerful aura was pushing everything away from them. She recognized that he did the same thing when he found out Levy and her team crucified, but the power he was emitting was greater than it was back then. The Re-quip mage knew that Goku's rage was coming from the story she just told him and somewhere deep within her she felt elated that Goku was feeling enraged from what she went through, although Erza also was also concerned that if Goku doesn't calm down it could led to the destruction of the island itself..

To their luck, the wind gust Goku was producing from his Ki aura began to disappear along with the violent shaking he was producing. Then the Saiyan God made his Ki aura disappeared which made the group think that he has calmed down. However, they were completely wrong as they notice Goku's black hair being spikier than usual along with his eye colors going from deep black to green emerald that with a glare could scare even the Gods themselves, hell the group even noticed that he was letting small lightning sparks fly around his body..

Goku was definitely not calmed and was expressing a silent but controlled rage after hearing Erza's story..

"Amazing, although Goku made his Ki aura disappear he's emitting a power far greater than what he did against Jose Porla when he used the Kaio-Ken!" thought Gray with a amazed but nervous expression at the power he was sensing from the Saiyan God, if this a glimpse of his true power then he can't imagine what he can't do when truly goes all-out..

"Goku-kun.. Are you okay..?" asked Lucy out-loud with a worried expression towards her beloved as she got the attention of the Saiyan. When his emerald green eyes gazed at her brownish eyes, she couldn't help but to feel a shiver go down her spine and flinch at the same time. Those eyes were the most beautiful eye colors that she has seen in a long time that she wishes that they weren't showing such anger..

"I'm sorry to scare you Lucy-chan, I didn't mean to make you flinch with my glare, I hope you can forgive me.." commented Goku with a soft tone of voice towards the Celestial Mage, then he moved his gaze towards the others who flinched at seeing his emerald eyes.. "If you're wondering if I'm okay then no I'm not, I'm angry that Erza-chan had to go through all that torment because of some sick fantasy of reviving a Black Wizard. I'm going to go fight that administrator and then I'm going to destroy this tower for good.."

"Then I'm coming with you Goku-kun!" commented Erza loudly as she got the attention of the Saiyan God and walk towards his direction.. "This is also my fight remember? And it's time for me to confront that past once it for all..!"

"Very well then Erza-chan.." replied the Saiyan God with a small smile as he then moves his gaze towards the others "Can you guys find Natsu and Happy so when this is over we can all leave together? If you have time you can join us in defeating the administrator of this tower.."

"Heh! Always wanting to be the protagonist huh?" responded Gray with a joking smirk towards Goku as he points at himself with his right thumb "Don't worry Goku, I'll make sure to bring the fire lizard safe and sound! Just make sure you don't one-shot the enemy so we can have our chance to attack him..!"

"No promises though..!" stated Goku with a playful smirk towards his friend/student..

"You can always count on Juvia, Goku-sama! Juvia is going to make sure to bring Salamander back and also will keep Gray-sama safe as well!" exclaimed the blue-haired girl with determination as she stares at the Ice-maker with loving eyes, which made Gray rolled his eyes in annoyance..

"Although I rather go with you instead, but if that's what you want then I won't stop Goku-kun.." stated the Celestial mage as she walks towards Goku's direction and hugs him tightly, not even afraid if she gets shock from the lightning that the Saiyan God is producing. This of course got a reaction from Erza and Juvia as they silently glared at Lucy for hugging the man that they like "Just promise me you will make it back safely, can you do that..?"

"Of course Lucy-chan! That is a promise I can keep..!" exclaimed Goku with a soft smile as he also hugs her back for a couple of seconds until he lets go.. "Alright guys! Let's get this stared..!"

"Hold it..!" shouted loudly an unfamiliar voice which caught the attention of Goku and the others as they turned around to see where that voice came from, to their surprised it was Sho, the 'dealer' that was antagonizing Erza back in the casino with blood dripping down from his mouth after receiving the gut punch from the Re-quip mage.. "What kind of bullshit were you spewing just now 'big sister'?!"

"Sho?! Wait I can explain-!" said Erza as she tried to explain the situation but she was interrupted once again by Sho who began to yell at her..

"Stop making up lies to your so called 'friends' Erza! You haven't even told them the true story of how you got us a boat to escape but it ended up being a trap with explosives that would definitely lead us to our deaths! You were trying to kill us, your childhood friends!" exclaimed angrily Sho as he could see the stunned reaction from Erza and the others after hearing his words which made him smirk darkly "Yeah that's right, if it wasn't for Jellal we all would have perished that day..! You're unstable magic really made you a power hungry person that disregards people with no magic as trash..!"

"So that's the name of the administrator, Jellal huh.." thought Goku with a serious expression as he stared at the unhinged Sho, not believing any word that he said about Erza since he can tell she doesn't have those type negative emotions inside her thanks to his advance sensing abilities. However, Goku also noticed that Sho truly believed that actually happened which lead him to believe that Jellal might be manipulating them..

"You're crazy if you think Erza is capable of doing such thing!" exclaimed Lucy with a angry expression towards Sho, who couldn't help but to chuckle darkly at the fact they believed Erza's words so easily..

"Of course y'all wouldn't understand it, none of you were there! Me and the others were saved by Jellal and for that he has my eternal gratitude! Which is why I've helped him build the Tower of Valhalla in the last eight years..! None of you would understand the pain and suffering we had to endure..!" exclaimed Sho once again with frustration building up in his tone of voice. There was no way that what Erza said earlier about Jellal was true, not when he went out of his way to save them from oblivion..

But what if what she said ended up being true..

However, Sho couldn't continue with his train of thoughts when he saw a familiar face coming into the main hall which attracted the attention of the others..

"Looks like we got more unwanted company..!" stated Gray as he got into his Full Contact Karate stance and glares at the eye-patch man approaching known as Simon..

"Hold on for a second Gray-sama, we still don't know the abilities of this individual.." responded Juvia with a serious expression as she analyzes the man approaching them, after a few seconds he stopped and stares at Juvia which made her get into fighting position..

"Huh, I wasn't expecting one of the Element Four ex-members in this place.." stated Simon calmly towards the Water mage who just silently glares at him for making that comment..

"Did you come with the intention of fighting us? Because if that's what you want then I can say for sure you won't win this one.." commented Goku with a serious face as he was able to sense Simon's power level and was not surprised that it was low to his standards, someone like Gray would be able to defeat him if he holds nothing back..

This comment of course got the attention of Simon as he turns his gaze towards the Saiyan God..

"I'm not here to fight you Son Goku, it would be foolish for me to fight a Wizard Saint knowing that I would be bested easily.." responded the eye-patch man towards Goku, who along with the others were surprised to hear those words as he pulls out some dolls which got them confused.. "I just came here to say the truth about what happened back at the casino, my intentions were never to kill any of you and to prove it I was planning to use these magic dolls to fool Sho and the others, but it seems not everything went as how I planned it with them using Magic cards and poisoning the food.."

"Wait?! You were planning to betray us all this time Simon?! How could you!?" stated Sho angrily as he glares at Simon who just looks back at his friend with a serious expression

"Sho, you along with Wally and Millianna have been lied and manipulated by Jellal all these years. I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to betray him which is why I faked my act all this time and made everyone believe that I was following his orders. I've never believed that Erza did those things to us and it was someone else who did.." commented Simon with a calm expression as he moves his gaze towards Erza, who slightly flinched at seeing one of her old friend gaze not filled with hatred towards her. It made her feel happy that at least Simon believed in her still..

"H-How can you believe her so easily!? What makes you believe her words so fast..!" commented Sho with frustration and anger as he got into his knees and began to punch the floor repeatedly.. "Just who the fuck is saying the truth!?"

"So my theory ended up being true, Jellal manipulated them to believe that building this tower will lead them to true paradise along with manipulating what truly happened eight years ago when Erza-chan escaped. That bastard is more twisted than I thought! he needs to be taken down for what he did to Erza-chan and the others..!" thought Goku with a determined expression as he knew what needed to be done so everyone can go home safe and sound..

Take down Jellal along with the Tower of Valhalla, the source of all the pain it has caused to Erza and her friends..

However, what none of them didn't realized was that all of this was being recorded via Lacrima Vision and was being transmitted to Jellal in his throne room. The blue-haired man couldn't helped but to laugh maniacally after seeing such scenes. Although he felt Goku's power shaking the entire Tower of Valhalla along with the island, he didn't worry the slightest since this Tower is made with sturdy material that won't be destroyed that easily. He also wasn't worry when he saw Simon reveal his true goals, he always knew that he was a rat after all and would believe Erza simply because he used to have a crush for her. Jellal also knew that it was either Erza or Son Goku that he would end up fighting at the end, after all those two are the greatest sources of power for the R-System and he would need them to confront him first..

Overall everything was going according to the plan..

"Heh! I'm not surprised you wanted to play my game Son Goku, after all I always knew you were going to be important in this paradise game..!" exclaimed Jellal with an unhinged smile as he kept staring at the Lacrima Vision that is showcasing the Saiyan God with the others "Ultear always tells me how powerful you are as a Martial Artist, which is why I have some tricks up my sleeve to counter that. Trinity Raven!"

Suddenly three unknown individuals appeared behind Jellal's Throne chair at blinding speeds, one of them is a giant man with huge muscles that has the face of an Owl along with a jet-pack in his back which made him threatening to anyone that sees him. The second one is a light-pink haired women that was wearing a white kimono and a sword attached to her hip. And the third individual was a long haired man with a unhinged expression, along with dressing up in a heavy rock outfit themed that revealed most of his chest and toned stomach..

"It's time to kick the paradise game into the next level..!" stated Jellal with a unhinged smirk towards the three individuals who nodded at his order..

"As you wish Jellal-sama!" exclaimed the three of them at the same time as they disappeared from the Throne Room, thus leaving the blue-haired man by himself who kept smiling darkly as he couldn't wait to see the results with the addition of the Trinity Raven members..

It was going to a sight to behold..

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And cut! Damn this is another long chapter that took me almost an entire month to re-write but I'm satisfied that I was able to finish it before staring 2025, so you count this as the last chapter of 2024 and a late Christmas gift hahaha.

Well with that out of the way let's go over some of the changes I made this chapter compared to the original Golden Fairy

1. Jellal currently in this story is more unhinged than usual, it's thanks to him being 'corrupted' by the Tower of Valhalla all these years..

2. In the original Golden Fairy and the FT Manga, both Lucy and Juvia were able to get along slightly easier thanks to Lucy not liking Gray at the time. Now in this story, with both of them loving Goku they will definitely be more at odds and will antagonizing each other constantly. Of course this will change over time and it will not be just Lucy who Juvia will butt heads with..

3. Now some of you must be wondering, 'But the Flying Nimbus can only carry people with pure of heart' and yeah you would be right. However, this is a different Nimbus that can carry any type of person which makes it easier for me too transition the story. Besides I felt like Goku carrying all of them would feel weird..

4. The Tower of Valhalla in this story is emitting a Dark Magic that is messing up Goku's sensing abilities which would allow him to teleport where Jellal is, so if anyone ask why can't Goku teleport to the top and beat Jellal this is the reason..

5. Goku at the moment he stopped powering when he shook the entire Tower of Valhalla and island after hearing Erza's story, he was using 10% of his base form along with his Super Saiyan form partially manifesting which boosted him to a higher power level than usual. Of course this is still nothing compared to when he reaches 15% or even 20% of his Base Form power. Goku in this story is just proficient in manipulating his power level, after all he has decades of training under his belt..

I hope you guys had like this chapter! Next chapter will most likely be the fights that will transpire in the Tower of Valhalla so expect a lot of action, let me know in the reviews what you think of this chapter and follow or favorite this story if you want to see what's going to happen next! Happy New Years and hope y'all achieve your dreams in 2025!

Ja-ne!