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[NATSU] Previously, on Fairy Tail!
[NATSU] We're here.
Forgive me.
I've been such a fool.
I forgot the most important thing of all.
I wasn't protecting everyone around me.
[AZUMA] Unbelieveable!
[ERZA] They were the ones protecting me all along.
Now I repay the favor!
[AZUMA] Is this the strength she was talking about?
The power to protect those close to her.
It comes from the bond they share.
What an amazing guild!
Well done.
[ERZA] What's happening to you?
It's like you're being swallowed by the ground.
[HAPPY] Freezing Fighting Spirit!
[ERZA] What's going on?
I suppose that I was a bit too careless earlier.
Lost magic takes a heavy toll.
I'll honor my word.
Your friends' power will be returned to them.
[ERZA] Let me ask you.
Do you know a man named Jellal?
[AZUMA] Yes.
Supposedly he lost his mind after being possessed
by Zeref's spirit.
Or That's what he believed.
It left him an empty shell,
living a life without meaning.
Was he close to your heart as well?
My condolences.
That was also Ultear's doing.
It was all part of an elaborate scheme that
spanned over the course of several years.
Meant to distract the council from our actions at the time.
Her skills are truly terrifying.
Perhaps that's the reason why Master Hades chooses to keep
her closest to his side.
Explain something to me.
Why does your guild seek Zeref so intently?
To get closer to the primordial magic.
Magic that has existed since the world's creation.
That's why.
The Primordial magic.
And what would happen if you were ever able to attain it?
Jellal had dreams.
He was dreaming of paradise.
Of heaven.
[ERZA] Wait!!
Magic from the world's creation.
Wait a sec.
I'm startin' to feel it again!
Did something happen just now?
My magic power's coming back.
Do you feel it?
Yeah.
It's back alright!
So that means.
Let's get to work!
Very good.
Back in business!
[BIXLOW] Let's rock babies!
[TOMMENS] Let's rock!
I wonder what just happened.
Well, whatever it was,
our magic power is back to normal now!
Maybe this whole bizarre phenomenon.
Is the reason why all of the others haven't returned yet.
What have you done, Azuma?
They were supposed to be reduced to dead leaves
blown away by the wind.
[BLUENOTE] So now the mighty Gildarts is nothing but
a powerless joke!
Ha!
I had expected much more from you, old man.
Where is all this coming from?
I came here to show the young ones
how to hone their skills.
You think they're gonna take me as an authority if I let
some Dark Guild low-life get the best of me?
My reputation's at stake here,
so I gotta get back up!
Oh yes!
This is what I wanted!
A battle where we could both soar to
the highest levels of our fighting skill!
So let me show you why my name strikes sheer terror
into the hearts of men!
My Black hole!
What kind of crazy magic is this?
[BLUENOTE] It's an infinite gravity well.
And nothing can resist its pull!
[GILDARTS] We'll see about that!
Ready?
Let's fly!!
Come forth!
dark tower of Dingir!
[RUSTYROSE] Turn all your sorrow onto the foolish fairies.
and return them to the refuse from whence they came!
What is this spell?
[BIXLOW] Man, I can't move!
We've all gotten trapped in this thing!
This sacred ground you hold so dear will serve
as your graves!
No!
I've got no other choice!
I gotta use my figure eyes.
But that spell won't work on someone wearing glasses.
I know.
The guy I'm using it on is too manly for glasses!
I need your help for a second!
Glad to be of service!
Now take that guy down!
What?
Nice one!
Are you Ready Fried!
Here we go!
[FRIED] Right!
It cracked?
[GILDARTS] If you really wanna fly.
I can help you out!
He crushed my black hole with a shattering spell?
How?
Crushing evil spreading truth.
Empyrean!
Dark Écriture!!
Death!!
It seems as though your magic power has been returned.
Ur's will.
Huh.
You can believe me or not you know.
It's up to you.
As for me.
I'm taking Zeref off this island.
Listen.
Hades must fall.
I'm positive that with Ur's Iced Shell.
He can be defeated once and for all.
Please Gray.
My mother and I both dreamed this would one day come to pass.
Please make it happen for us.
[NATSU] Come on!
Get the lead out!
I can't believe we all felt so horrible and weak
just a minute ago!
Yeah, speaking of, are you guys sure that we're totally
back to normal right now.
I mean we don't wanna rush into anything we're not ready for,
right?
All I really care about is getting gramps
somewhere safe.
Plus, we won't have any clue what's going on with the guys
back at camp until we can see 'em for ourselves!
[HAPPY] I don't know if I can make it.
I might die of starvation before we even get there!
[LUCY] Get over it, cat!
It's not like the rest of us have been getting
three squares a day, ya know!
Maybe I'll just die from a sympathy overdose instead.
[NATSU] Actually, I'm pretty hungry too.
I haven't eaten any kinda fire since I had to swallow
that nasty stuff that god slayer bozo was servin' up.
[LUCY] Honestly, a bite of something
would really help me out.
Cana's heavier than she looks.
[WENDY] Wow, you'd better be glad she can't
hear you right now.
Because that's kinda rude.
[HAPPY] See.
I'm not the only one.
[CARLA] No, this is horrible!
I decided to fly up in order to get an aerial view
of the island.
The great tree growing in the middle of it.
Has been snapped in half!
[ALL] What??
It makes more sense to me now.
That tree falling must have something to do with why we all
lost our magic power earlier.
[FRIED] It is commonly known as the Great Tenrou Tree.
The legends say it blesses our guild members.
[BIXLOW] Well, the rumor I've always heard about it.
Is that if you have the Fairy Tail emblem on your body,
the tree actually keeps you from dying.
[LEVY] Really?
That means all our wounded members will survive.
Yeah, but.
If the Tenrou tree got knocked over somehow.
Why did we get our magic power back?
[FRIED] There are many unanswered questions
at the moment.
[PANTHERLILY] We need to stay alert and make sure
we completely recover.
[GRAY] Okay, I'll do it.
You will?
[GRAY] That's right.
I'll beat Hades.
You know that Iced Shell is fatal
to whoever casts it.
I'm well aware of that.
I know exactly what I'll be getting myself into
by doing this.
Thank you.
[GRAY] Don't.
'Cause I ain't doin' this for you or for your mother either.
It's for Fairy Tail.
Whoa.
It's a whole lot worse than I thought it'd be.
Yeah this is awful.
[LUCY] Even Gajeel and Mira went down.
Don't worry guys, I'll use my Sky Magic heal them.
[LISANNA] Hey, Natsu.
Oh, I'm glad you're okay Lisanna.
Me too, I was so worried about you.
I appreciate what you're trying to do, Wendy.
But I'm not sure you can right now.
Your magic power has been seriously overtaxed today.
You need to rest for a little while.
You know Carla's right, Wendy.
What happened here?
Tell me.
That man over there attacked us.
And then all of a sudden we lost our magic power.
Like we were all drained at the same time.
It was strange.
Fried and Bixlow fought as hard as they could.
But with everyone injured, we were already at
such a major disadvantage.
This is bad.
I don't know what we're gonna do.
Aw, please don't cry Lisanna.
We are gonna figure this out, I promise you.
You're right.
I know, I'm sorry, you guys.
[NATSU] They're gonna pay.
I'll make damn sure of that.
Natsu.
We have to try at least.
And now we can count Master and Cana among
the injured.
How'd they get the upper hand like this?
Grimoire Heart's ship is stationed right off
the shoreline, just east of here.
I propose this strategy.
That we split our group into two separate teams.
One team will be offense.
and one defense.
[ULTEAR] Meldy!
[MELDY] Oh.
Did you find him?
That man with you.
Is that Zeref?
It is indeed.
It's Lord Zeref.
There's been a change of plan.
We're leaving the island.
Are you sure that we should leave so soon?
I still haven't been able to locate Gray Fullbuster.
[ULTEAR] He is no longer of your concern now, Meldy.
He's not our enemy.
[GRAY] I don't get it.
What the hell does Zeref have to do with Ur's will?
[ULTEAR] Just hear me out, Gray.
When I was a little girl my father
was killed by Hades.
My mother kept tabs on Grimoire Heart, biding her time
until the day came when she could avenge his death.
After she died.
I found her journal and That's when I discovered the truth.
That day,
I made a decision that I would infiltrate Grimoire Heart.
However.
Hades was more powerful than I'd ever imagined.
My mother perfected the Iced Shell, because that was
the only way to take him down.
That's why she learned it?
But Even though her blood runs through my veins.
I was never able to master it myself.
As far as I can tell.
that is only spell capable of defeating Hades.
And I have failed at it.
You needn't trouble yourself with Zeref.
I will seal him away, off the island.
Somewhere, that he will never be found again.
I will keep him out of Hades' reach.
Please Gray.
My mother and I both dreamed this would one day come to pass.
Please make it happen for us.
He's not our enemy in the slightest.
He's our pawn.
I just can't believe that he actually fell for that
ridiculous story I told him.
What a fool.
If this goes as planned, I'll get rid of both
Hades and Gray in one fell swoop.
It almost couldn't have come together more perfectly!
Get rid of Master Hades?
But why?
[ULTEAR] With him gone.
We can keep Lord Zeref entirely to ourselves!
[MELDY] You'd really betray our master like this?
[ULTEAR] Hades, Gray, and anyone else I please.
I will have all of them right in the palm of my hand.
I will crush anyone who wants to get near Zeref.
He's entirely in my possession.
Oh, silly me.
I'm getting carried away.
I'm almost certain that Gray isn't anywhere near
up to the task at hand.
But at least he can distract Hades'
ever-watchful eye while we leave with Zeref.
Let's depart before his eye falls back to us.
Who might this be?
That's Juvia.
Gray's close friend.
What are you doing?
Preparing to kill her, obviously.
[MELDY] But she's not a threat!
She's unconscious!
[ULTEAR] Be quiet.
This will limit Gray's options for the future.
He can be killed by Hades.
Or die performing the Iced Shell.
Seeing his dear friend lying dead on the ground like this
will only drive him towards the inevitable.
He found us!
[GRAY] I knew somethin' was rotten with you.
Well well.
Did you?
And when did you finally catch on?
From the second you opened your mouth,
I knew everything that came out of it would be crap.
Is that so?
You were just playing along the whole time,
trying to figure out what my true motives were?
Bad boy.
I made a promise.
I swore that I would never try to use Iced Shell ever again.
[NATSU] If I didn't let you do it before why would I let you
do it now?
I'm not gonna let you go out like that.
[GRAY] I don't care if this is Ur's will or not.
Because I've got a will all of my own.
And it says my friends and I are gonna walk the path of life!
[MELDY] Life?
[ULTEAR] My my.
I guess you're not so loyal to your master after all.
I thought I could count on you to eliminate Hades
for her sake.
It's such a shame.
Here I was, hoping that I wouldn't have to
fight you myself.
I'm surprised.
That witch loved you even more than her own daughter.
I'm afraid I might enjoy killing you so much
my heart will explode with joy!
You need to show some respect for your mother.
And since she's not around,
I'll have to teach you that lesson for her!
You're such a fool.
You've made an extremely grave mistake in threatening me
like that.
For I am the leader of the Seven Kin of Purgatory!
And scum like you is no match for me!
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[NATSU] Alright!!
It looks like we took down all the bad guys around us,
so it's time to get the big boss!
[HAPPY] Yeah, well, I hate to break it to ya, Natsu.
But I heard that you're barely even in the next episode!
[NATSU] Aw, baloney!
Of course I'm in it, I'm the main character!
[HAPPY] You've had your time in the spotlight.
But now you gotta step aside and let the real star take over.
Me!
[HAPPY and NATSU] Next Time: Power of Life
[NATSU] You've had too much catnip, pal.
[HAPPY] Seriously though, I am all over this next episode!
[NATSU] Yeah, well how come you're not in the preview, huh?