Lucy continues her fight with Sherry after sending Taurus back. Sherry taunts Lucy,"But don't forget that I can control any of your spirits at will."
"Let's just see about that. I've got lots more powerful spirits where that came from! Gate of Canis Minor, Nicolas!" Lucy summons Plue, who stands in front of Sherry.
"Oh my, how cute That is also "love."
Lucy pulls out her whip, "Would you quit talking about love all the time because it's getting pretty old!"
Sherry smirks, "Well someone's bitter. Marionette Attack! Now you're my puppet."as soon as she says this a pink glow surrounds a smiling Plue. He turns around and glares at Lucy and begins to attack her legs. The scene causes Sherry to sweat drop at the lack of damage Plue is causing.
"What the-"
Lucy attacks Sherry with her whip missing her."You fell for it!"
"Damn, it was a small-fry spirit!"
"That's right! I purposefully called out a weak spirit, so your technique is useless now!" Sherry sweat drops at Plue who is still attacking Lucy and releases him from the spell she cast on him. He bows rapidly at Lucy apologizing for hitting her. She smiles at him waving him off."Don't worry about it. Go back now, okay?"
"Doll Attack, Rock Doll!"
"We're just going around in circles, aren't we? My spirits destroy your dolls, then you take them over, and I close the gate!" Lucy screams when she notices the rocks piling up creating a huge monster.
Sherry sit on top of it smirking down at Lucy,"Oh, that's strange....Could that also be love? Going "around in circles?"
"Wait just a second-Do I have a spirit that could destroy something this big? This is bad, bad, bad, bad!"Lucy keeps running away dodging each time that the doll hits the ground by her.
"Don't let her escape, Rock Doll! Let's teach this little girl a lesson!"
Lucy gets angry, "Who're you callin' a little girl?" Lucy pulls out her keys as she continues to run,"Um, which spirit could I use? A spirit I could use-"
Sherry continues to chase Lucy and keeps her from summoning any spirit for help. She manages to trap Lucy."Hey now, if you don't watch where you're going we'll catch up to you! There! Stomp her flat!"
Lucy sits at the edge of a cliff that begins to crack."Hey, wait-This's A cliff!!" the cliff breaks causing Lucy to fall as well. She lays on the ground while Sherry watches from above, "After her, Rock Doll!" She traps Lucy by the ocean, "That way's a dead-end."
"The sea I could call Aquarius here, but-"
"You have nowhere left to run!"
"Water can't destroy rock..... And Aquarius would just sweep me away, too.... Sweep me away?"
"Now, it's time for you to be flattened! That's also love!"
Lucy dodges once more from Sherry's attacks and pulls out a golden gate key."Sweep away-- That's it! Gate of the Water Bearer,Aquarius!"
"Aquarius?! You have such a powerful spirit?"
Lucy points at Sherry with a glare,"The enemy is that woman! You hate women like her, right? Get her!"
Aquarius 'tch' at Lucy, "I see your bad attitude hasn't changed, has it?"
Lucy then begins to yell, "Stop complaining and do it!"
Aquarius having her arms crossed says, "I see you're still annoying." then in a smug tone says, "That's why you can't get a boyfriend."
"Give it a rest!"
Sherry then uses her magic to control Aquarius, "Doll Attack! Doll Control! Now Aquarius will do as I say. Go right ahead and send her back."
"No! She's my trump card!"
"Then I can crush you under the power of the sea, yes? Aquarius, erase that woman from my sight!"
"What! I was already planning on it!" Aquarius yells as she sends an attack at Lucy which Sherry as well. Both girls scream as a huge tidal wave hits them. Aquarius smirks saying she had already planned on it. Then reveals that she can close her own gate without Lucy. Both girls are sprawled out on shore.
They both awaken very dizzy and begin to each other. As they fight they argue about who won and Lucy manages to knock Sherry down who claims her love for Lyon believing she is going to die. Lucy sweat drops and tells her to just knock out.
Sherry mutter, "Angelica Avenge me...."
Lucy stands up shocked,"Wait! That thing wasn't a Doll?" then falls down to her knees, "Oh no! I can't move my legs-"
Erza appears and cuts down Angelica before she can hurt Lucy. Lucy gets scared and begins to worry. "Erza! Oh yeah....We broke the guild rules and went on an S class quest without permission."
Erza looks down at Lucy with a and speaks in a strong firm tone, "Lucy, you know why I'm here, don't you?"
"To take us back? Please don't hurt me." her plea echos as the silence between her and Erza continues.
Both Happy and Haru yell in unison, "Lucy!" as they fly towards her.
Haru and Happy stop mid air as Happy speaks, "Thank goodness! You're sa-" they both freeze when they see Erza and begin to fly away. Haru cries, "AHHH ABORT MISSION!" Erza grabs them both by the tail before they can make their escape.
Lucy begins to apologize to Erza and explains how important it is for them to finish the job. Erza cuts her off telling her she doesn't care and that they are in big trouble. Lucy tries to protest once more but Erza pulls out her sword pointing it at her throat.
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Gray awakens in a tent and looks around for his friends, He then gets up and walks out the tent. One of the female villagers informs him about how their village was destroyed and they had to change location. He is shocked that Lyon had actually gone through with his threat on the village and asks the woman where his friends are, She then points to a nearby tent to where she says his friends are waiting for him.
He walks in the tent and is faced with a glaring Erza, "You're late, Gray."
"Erza?! Lucy, Haru, Happy?"he yells in surprise when he sees Lucy and both cats tied up crying with Erza sitting on the crate beside them,
"Weren't you supposed to be stopping Natsu? Needless to say i'm disappointed."
Gray looks around and doesn't see Asami or Natsu anywhere which worries him,"Where are Asami and Natsu?"
Erza stands up,"That's what I'd like to know."
Lucy looks down and speaks up in a soft tone."They should have been in the village fighting Lyon's lackeys, but when we went to check, there was no one there. I figured that Natsu and Asami would be okay, and Erza told me to take her to where you were, Gray."
Happy then speaks up,"Haru and I searched from the air, and that's how we found this storage area."
"Gray, we're going in search of Asami and Natsu. When we find them, we're returning to the guild.
Gray turns to face Erza as she walks passed him,"What are you saying, Erza? If you heard what's going on, then you've got to know what's happening on this island!"
She glares at him, "And what of it?"
~~~~~~~~~With Natsu and Asami~~~~~~~~~~
Both dragon slayers yawn as they walk towards the temple. Natsu rubs his eye as they walk, "Shoot I finally had a good idea, and then I overslept."
Asami sweat drops, "I doubt it." they both stop in from of the temple and Natsu smirks looking up at it, "Anyway, let's start!" Asami tilts her head but nods in agreement.
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Erza speaking in a firm tone says, "I came here to bring back some guild rule-breakers. I have not a sliver of interest in anything else."
"Didn't you see what the people on this island look like?"
"I saw."
"And you're just going to leave them like that?"
"The request has been posted to every guild. Would it not be better to leave it to some guild wizards that take on the job properly?"
"How can you be so heartless?"
Erza glares at him,"What did you say?"
"How dare you say that to the great Erza!"exclaims a scared Happy.
""The great?"" asks Lucy while Haru sighs.
"You intend to break the guild rules as well? You won't get away with it." says Erza as she points her sword at Gray. He grabs it and point it at his guild mark."Do what you must! This is the path I've chosen. It's something I've got to do." he then walks out of the tent.
Erza glares at the three idiots tied up. They begin to apologize for Gray and beg to not be punished when they see her raise her sword up. She cuts off their rope and the begin to cheer which stops when she tells that they are still going to be punished.
~~~~~~~~~~~With Lyon~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lyon sits as speaks to Toby who approaches him. Lyon is slightly impressed by the Fairy Tail guild but doesn't want them to interfere with his plans to revive Deliora. Toby asks him to not tell anyone about being defeated by a girl. Zalty approaches and tells Lyon about Deliora being revived tonight and that as long at the fairy tail wizards do not interfere everything should go according to plan. Zalty then offers Lyon help to fight which surprises Toby who didn't know he could fight. Zalty informs him that he can use a form of lost magic. Their conversation is interrupted by them temple shaking.
Natsu using his fire magic attacks the pillars while Asami watches from the side lines clapping while making a face.
Natsu makes a hole up the temple up to where Lyon, Toby and Zalty are. All three look down and see Natsu with Asami both looking up at them.
Natsu begins to laugh and in slightly proud tone, "You know I usually end up breaking stuff by accident it's kinda funny how hard when it is when I'm trying do it on purpose." Asami sweat drops muttering, "That's nothing to be proud of."
Lyon glares at both dragon slayers, "What are you doing here!?"
"Tip the building over! Then the moonlight can't land on the demon in the basement!"yells Natsu.
"You bastard! How dare you? Curse you, Fairy Tail!"
"I dunno I don't get what's going on at all...." asks Toby sounding confused.
"He is trying to tilt these ruins. By destroying half of the pillars holding up the base of the ruins, he can tilt the building so that the light of the moon will not hit Deliora. That's his plan, I believe."
"Enough blabbing!" yells Natsu and glances at Asami who nods, "Right!"
"Flames on his legs?"asks Lyon as he watches Natsu fly up with the help of his fire to get up to where he is,
"He can produce flames from all over his body!"yells Toby.
"Huh? A fake?"questions Natsu after punching Lyon who evidently used a clone. Asami does the same thing as Natsu but instead uses water and arrives in time to see Lyon ready to attack Natsu. Lyon sends his attack, "Ice Make Eagle!"
Asami then yells, "Water Dragon Roar" and pushes Natsu out of the way. He thanks her and then yells, "Fire Dragon Roar!" and misses Lyon when Zalty uses his magic to create a hole where Natsu falls through. Asami watches Zalty with narrow eyes, 'That magic.....It can't be.'
Lyon keeps an eye on Asami as he asks Zalty why he interfered. The masked wizard explains that he didn't want Lyon to be defeated by Natsu. Lyon speaking in a strong angry tone asks him if he doesn't believe that Lyon could have taken him out. Lyon says that he is defeating Deliora and it doesn't matter who he fights as long as he destroys Deliora.
Natsu manages to climb back up the hole and stands in front of Lyon, "But it's, like, already half defeated, right? So you want to break it free of the ice on purpose to fight it? That's pretty whacked out there, buddy." Asami continues to watch knowing that Natsu wouldn't want her to interfere.
"It's all to surpass Ur. So I can continue to dream!"yells Lyon as he attacks Natsu who dodges.
"Then why don't you just challenge Ur directly?"asks Natsu.
"You didn't hear? Ur's already dead!" shocking Natsu who remembers Gray's words, 'The demon who Ur, the wizard who taught me magic, risked her life to seal away!'
"That's right. And it was Gray's fault."yells Lyon as he hits Natsu who manages to block it with his arm,
"I don't know what happened in the past. But what you're trying to do now is making a lot of people suffer. I'm gonna make you open your eyes! With my hot flames!"
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Gray and the rest stop where he informs them about Lyon's motives. "Lyon's aim has always been to surpass Ur. Now with Ur gone, he wants to defeat Deliora, a foe that Ur couldn't kill, in order to surpass her."
Erza nods, "I see."
"So that's the only way for him to surpass someone who's dead."says Lucy
"Aye."shouts Happy while Haru lays on Gray's head.
Gray continues to face away from them."No... He-Lyon doesn't know. It's true that Ur is no longer with us."pausing briefly and the revelation shocks everyone,
"But Ur is still alive!"