As Natsu and everybody else is running, they arrive near the edge of the cliff. "I can see the woodsea!"
"Wait, Natsu!" Aira shouted.
"Not a chance!" Natsu refuses to stop running.
"Fool! Don't go running off ahead of us!" Erza shouted.
"What?! Can't stand the thought of me taking the lead?!" Natsu taunted.
"What?! How dare you, you little..." Erza insulted with a scary face, terrifying Natsu.
Suddenly, Natsu falls off the cliff, disappearing into the forest.
"Damn, look at him fall!" Aira overlooks from the cliff.
"Hasty idiot." Erza insulted.
"He hasn't changed much, has he?" Sherry asked.
"When I think that I once fought with him, it's really quite complicated." Lyon stated.
"That's love, yet again!" Sherry commented.
"Uh, no, it isn't." Gray replied.
Lucy is still left behind, crying and running at the same time. "Wait! You all run too fast! Whatever happened to ladies first?!"
"Should I give you a princess carry?" Hibiki asked.
"I'll hold your hand!" Eve volunteered.
"Stay by my side." Ren said.
"Shut up!" Lucy yelled.
"Wendy, stop dilly-dallying!" Carla continues to drag Wendy by her hand with Happy running behind her.
"I'm doing my best, too!" Happy jumps.
A huge red bump appears on Natsu's head. "Oww... Anyway, this place smells weird." The rest are catching up after Natsu.
"Have you noticed?" Erza asked.
"Yeah. I don't really get it, but there's something odd in the air." Aira responded.
"Don't let your guard down, Sherry!" Lyon said.
"Right!" Sherry agreed.
"What took you so long, people?!" Natsu asked.
"You must have a durable body to go along with that thick skull of yours..." Aira shouted.
A large shadow appears over them. Natsu looks up to see what it is. Aira crashes into Natsu, crashing down to the ground. "What the hell are you doing?!" Natsu argued with their heads clashed together.
"Don't just stop like that!" Aira shouted.
Erza gets in between them, pushing their heads aside. "Look!" They look up and see a large flying ship. "The magical bomber, Christina!"
"That's the Pegasus I've heard about?!" Gray asked. Lucy, Wendy, and the others finally catch up to the rest of them, looking up at the flying ship.
"That actually gives me hope." Carla said.
"Okay! Let's split up and search for their base!" Erza said.
"What are you talking about?!" Natsu asked, confused about the plan.
"You're useless..." Aira groaned.
Just then, Christina explodes midair, causing to break down. "What happened to Christina?!" Hibiki wondered what caused it to explode. This brings down everyone's hopes. They all watch it crash to the ground, exploding everywhere.
"What happened?!" Lyon asked.
Natsu picks up a scent. "Hey..."
"Yeah..." Aira knows what Natsu means. "Somebody's coming! Watch out!" They prepare themselves in a fighting pose, ready to attack.
Wendy hides behind a rock in fear, watching the others ready to fight. "Wendy!" Carla scolded. They see six figures approaching them.
"They're... Oracion Seis!" Lucy exclaimed.
"The maggots have swarmed..." The man with long gray hair looks at the mages in front of him.
"We saw through your plans." The woman in white fluffy clothing, Angel, with two small figures flying next to her, stated.
"We already got Jura and Ichiya!" One of the blue figures said. "How do you like that?" The other blue figure said.
"What?!" Lyon shouted.
"Impossible!" Hibiki shouted as well.
A man with maroon hair and a purple snake around him, Cobra, taunted. "You're trembling... I can hear it."
"We should hurry up with our work. But you are getting in the way." Another man with a pointy nose and a blonde mohawk, Racer, informed.
"Money makes people stronger, yes!" A man with a book in his hands, having a rectangular appearance, Hoteye, exclaimed. "Let me tell you something nice. Money is everything in this world, and..."
"Hoteye, shut up!" Cobra and Racer interrupted.
One of the guys, Midnight, is sleeping on a magical flying carpet.
"I think one of them is asleep..." Lucy commented.
"I didn't expect them to show themselves to us." Erza muttered.
Natsu cracks his knuckles out loud, having a smug grin on his face. "Hey..."
"Yeah." Aira agreed.
The Dragon Slayers waste no time, charging at them directly. "Now we don't have to go find you!"
"Do it." Brain ordered.
"Okay." Racer vanishes, appearing behind Natsu and Aira. "Motor!" He quickly sweeps them aside.
"Natsu! Aira!" Lucy cried out, but she becomes confused when she sees a copy of herself doing the exact same thing.
The copy of Lucy uses her whip to hit Lucy. "Idiot!"
"What the... Why am I..." Lucy shrieked as Angel watches in amusement.
Lyon and Sherry attempt to fight Hoteye. "I saw that, yes!" He catches them by turning the ground into liquid "Even without love, as long as you have money, yes!"
"What's this?! The ground is..." Lyon sinks lower into the ground.
"Love is more important!" Sherry commented. "Lyon-sama!"
"I'll take Angel!" Hibiki shouted as the other two follow him. Racer quickly defeats all three of them.
"Fast is good." Racer said.
"Satsuki, let's do this!" Aira said.
"Tch, whatever." Satsuki replied.
"Earth Dragon's..."
"Water Dragon's..."
"Roar!" Aira and Satsuki combine their breath attacks, but Cobra easily dodges it.
"I can hear you." Cobra evilly grinned.
"Water Dragon's Wing Attack!" Aira shouted as he sent streams of water towards Cobra, but he easily moves to the side and dodges it. "What?! How the hell can he block an attack that quick?!" Racer then appears behind him and attacks him, but he blocks the attack.
"Damn it... You! Why are you sleeping, you bastard?!" Natsu is angered at Midnight's action of sleeping.
"Water Dragon's Wave Fist!" Aira shouted as he tried to punch Cobra. Once again he dodges it.
"Earth Dragon's Club!" Satsuki's arm turned into rock as she tries to attack him. Cobra dodges that as well.
"I can hear everything." Cobra informed as he kicks them both. "Your next move, that is!"
"I knew it, he's predicting us..." Aira thinks to himself, landing back on the ground.
"Predicting? No..." Cobra corrected. "I told you, I can hear you."
"Wake up, you!" Natsu casts a Fire Dragon's Roar on the sleeping Dark Mage, but it goes around him. "What was that just now? My magic didn't hit?"
"Stop it." Racer then appears behind Natsu, kicking and punching him multiple times, leaving Natsu no opening space to fight back. "Midnight's real scary when he wakes up."
"Ice Make..." Gray attempts to attack, but Angel's spirits take form of him, attacking faster.
"Lance!" The spirits easily defeat Gray.
Lyon attempts to fight back. "Ice-Make..."
Sherry attacks along side him. "Doll Attack..."
"...Eagle!" Lyon shoots ice eagles at Hoteye.
"...Mud Doll!" Sherry uses the ground to attack.
"Money is more powerful than love, yes!" Hoteye once again envelops them with liquified ground. Brain is amused with the results.
Aira and Satsuki continue to battle Cobra, but he dodges them easily. "So this is Tsunami..." Brain says to himself.
Cobra blocks the attacks from Aira. "I can hear your movements... Your breathing... The contraction and expansion of your muscle... Your very thoughts, even..." He realizes that Aira has also experienced pain and lost as he reveals his past. "I see... You're also..."
"Not so smart to be easily distracted! Water Dragon's Grip Strike!" Aira uses his distraction to attack Cobra, but he gets hit by liquified ground.
"I saw it, yes!" Hoteye attacks him with his Magic.
"Cobra, what are you waiting for?!" Racer manages to kick him as he is wide open.
"Cubelios!" Cobra orders his snake to bite his arm while he is suspended in midair. Aira screams as he harshly lands on the ground. "Cubelios' poison doesn't take effect immediately. It lets you live for a while in pain!"
"Aira!" Cain shouted for his best friend.
Most of the Allied Forces are all beaten down, injured or unconsious. "Trash, you should all vanish from this earth." Brain begins to cast his Magic. They feel a terrible evil type of magic from him. "Dark Rondo!" He halts his casting when he notices Wendy cowering behind a rock.
"What's the matter, Brain?" Racer asked.
"Why did you stop the spell?" Cobra added.
"Wendy!" Brain called out, shocked to see her. They continue to ask him how he knows Wendy. "There's no mistaking it... You are Wendy. The Maiden of the Sky!"
"The Maiden... of the sky?" Gray repeated.
"What's that?" Wendy completely hides behind the rock, protecting herself.
"What does that mean?" Happy asked.
"I didn't expect to encounter you here." Brain said. "It looks like we've picked up a nice present. Come!" He grabs Wendy with his Magic.
"Wendy!" Happy and Carla cried out. Carla chases after her.
"Wait! I'll save you!" Happy chases after them while carrying a stick as a weapon.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Natsu asked, trying to get back up.
"Money is a great equalizer, yes!" Hoteye's Magic keeps them pinned to the ground.
"Carla!" Wendy cried out.
"Wendy!" Carla reaches her hand out for her to grab.
"Huh?" Happy is grabbed instead of Carla.
"Hey, you!" Carla yelled. Wendy and Happy disappear. "Wendy!"
"Happy!" Natsu called out.
"I have no more need for you worms. Begone! Dark Rondo!" Brain attacks them, once more.
"Lucy-san!" Hibiki protects the Celestial Mage.
"Sherry!" Lyon protects the pink haired Mage.
"This is Lyon-sama's love!" Sherry praises him for protecting her.
"Iron Rock Wall!" Jura arrives on time, blocking the spell. "Just barely in time."
"Jura-sama!" Sherry's happy to see him arrive.
"Amazing, Jura-san!" Eve complimented.
"Thank you. You saved us." Hibiki said.
"Man, thanks a bunch." Lucy thanked.
"Damn it... Let me at 'em!" Natsu said, wanting to fight the Oracion Seis. "Huh?"
"They disappeared?" Gray said.
"What the?!" Natsu furiously yelled.
"Wendy..." Carla looks out into the distance, feeling guilty and weak that she was unable to help her friend.
"They totally got us..." Ren commented.
"They're too powerful! We couldn't even touch them!" Eve said.
"Oracion Seis... What kind of monsters are they?" Lyon wondered.
"There are only six of them, but they're even more powerful than the data we collected on them suggested!" Hibiki stated.
"And our plan to use Christina is..." Sherry said.
"Yes... That woman who can peer into your heart said so. She said that they knew everything about our plans." Jura informed.
"Um... What about the people that were on board?" Lucy asked.
"You don't have to worry about that." Ren replied.
"Christina was heading to its destination by remote control." Eve stated.
"After we found their base, we were supposed to board it, however..." Hibiki said.
"I see! Thank goodness!" Lucy said in relief.
"I am so glad you remain, Jura-san." Lyon expresses his relief.
"No... It was quite a close call." Jura stated.
"Those wounds?" Lyon pointed out.
"A fearsome power it was... I have numbed the pain now, thanks to Ichiya-dono's painkiller parfum." Jura said.
"Damn you, Oracion Seis... How dare you run just as we arrive! We must have scared them off!" Ichiya stated.
"You're all beat up, you know!" Gray commented.
"These injuries? Nothing at all. Everyone, take a whiff of my painkiller parfum!" Ichiya uses the rest of his Magic on the Allied Forces.
"Ah... What a nice smell." Sherry commented.
"Yeah... My pain is going away." Lucy said.
"Men!" Ichiya chanted.
"I wish he would cut out the posing part, though..." Lucy muttered.
"Yes, that's our Sensei!" The Trimen cheer for Ichiya.
"They changed how they call him again?!" Lucy pointed out.
"I'm not even saying anything anymore." Gray added.
"Damn those bastards... How dare they kidnap Wendy and Happy?!" Natsu runs off to look for the Oracion Seis. "Where are you?! Where did you run off to?!"
"Natsu, where are you going?!" Lucy asked.
Natsu gets pulled back by Carla grabs him by the scarf. "Sheesh... Try calming down a little." Carla is seen using wings to fly just like Happy and Genie do.
"Wings?" Gray muttered.
"Definitely wings." Sherry replied.
"The cat is flying." Ren pointed out.
"This is the magic called Aera." Carla responded. "Well, I suppose it's only natural to be surprised the first time you see it."
"You're copyin' Happy and Cain!" Natsu accused.
"Say what?!" Carla asked, irritated now that she's not the only one who uses that type of Magic.
"Now who's the one surprised?" Lucy taunted.
"Anyway... I'm worried about Wendy and that male cat. But these aren't people we can beat by randomly coming at them, right?" Carla informed.
"Carla-dono is correct. Our enemy is stronger than we anticipated." Jura agreed.
"Men..." Ichiya commented.
"And besides..." Carla points to Aira who is in extreme pain. His team tries to console him from the pain, but doesn't seem to work.
"Poison is spreading the place the snake bit you..." Lucy stated.
"I know... Have some more of my painkiller parfum!" Ichiya once again uses his Magic to numb the pain. "Augment Aroma!"
"Wait... Will a painkiller help with poison?" Lucy asked.
"Our senpai's parfum works not just with pain, but can cure poison as well." Hibiki explained. The painkiller has no effect on him, still in the same position.
"Aira, are you okay?!" Gray asked.
"It looks like he's suffering even worse!" Natsu pointed out.
"Uh... Oh? M-Me...?" Ichiya stuttered, embarrassed by his Magic's effect.
"No... The painkiller parfum isn't working!" Eve stated.
"Hang in there, Aira!" Natsu said.
"What'll we do?!" Lucy asked, concerned for Aira's condition.
"Lucy... I'm sorry. I'm taking your belt." Aira grabs Lucy's belt, causing her skirt to fall down. The Trimen stare at her in amusement.
"Eyes off!" Lucy furiously kicks them away. Aira wraps the belt around his arm. "What are you doing, Aira?!"
Aira ignores her and grabs Erza's sword that was on the ground. Erza looks at him confused as he grabs a cloth and puts it in his mouth.
"Sorry... I can't fight like this." Aira replied, throwing Erza's sword to the ground. "Cut it off!" All the members are shocked to see him ask this.
"Don't be a fool!" Gray yelled.
"Please... Someone..." Aira begged.
"Understood." Lyon picks up Erza's sword. "I will do it."
"Lyon-sama..." Sherry muttered.
"Lyon, don't!" Gray argued, refusing to see him cut off Snow's arm.
"Do it!" Aira yelled.
"L-Lyon? Are you really serious?" Lucy asked.
"He's a Dragon Slayer, we need him now more than ever." Lyon replied.
"Natsu and Satsuki are Dragon Slayers as well or did you forget about that?" Cain argued.
"Honestly! You Fairies are such weaklings! At this rate, Aira-san will die, you know!" Sherry stated.
"And what the heck do you know?!" Lucy argued.
"This is also... Lyon-sama's love!" Sherry commented.
"If you're going to do it, hurry! Soon the poison will spread through my entire body!" Aira said through the cloth, clenching on it with his teeth.
"Stop this, Lyon!" Gray demanded.
"You cannot do it!" Hibiki protested as well.
"There must be some other way!" Eve said.
"This is Aira's own will!" Jura stops him.
"Here I go!" Lyon holds Erza's sword up, ready to slice Aira's arm off. Everybody else watches Lyon about to put Aira out of his misery.
MAIDEN OF THE SKY
Lyon is about to cut off Aira's poisonous arm, to relive him from the tremendous amount of pain. "Here I go!" Lyon slices the blade down, but Gray freezes the blade before it can reach Aira. They stare at each other in anger. "You value his arm more than his life?!"
"There might be another way. Don't jump to conclusions!" Gray snarled.
"Just as weak as always, Gray..." Lyon commented.
"I was a fool thinking you might have changed a little..." Gray added.
Aira collapses from the tremendous pain. "This is bad... At this rate the poison will spread throughout his body!" Eve stated.
"Wendy could save him." Carla said. "This is not the time to be fighting amongst ourselves. We'll work together, and save Wendy! And that male cat, while we're at it."
"Wendy? That little girl has magic that can purify poison?" Eve asked, raising his hopes up.
"Not just poison. She can view fevers, stop pain, and heal injuries." Carla responded.
"My... Why do I feel like my identity is suddenly weakened?" Ichiya commented.
"But I thought Healing Magic was a Lost Magic. Wasn't it lost to the ages?" Sherry asked.
"Wait, does it have something to do with the Maiden of the Sky thing?!" Lucy questioned.
"Wendy is the Sky Dragon Slayer." Carla replied. "Wendy, the Sky Dragon!" This shocks everybody else, especially Natsu and Satsuki who look at each other, speechless. "The details can wait until later. Actually, I won't tell you anymore anyway. What we need now is Wendy." They look at Aira who is in deep pain. "And although I don't know why, they seem to need Wendy as well."
"Which means..." Lyon started off.
"...there's only one thing to do." Hibiki said.
"We will save Wendy-chan!" Eve said.
"For Aira's sake as well!" Gray said.
"And Happy, too!" Lucy added.
"All right! Let's go!" Natsu shouted. The Allied Forces' mission changes: they must now save Wendy from the Oracion Seis.
Deep in the Worth Woodsea, there is a secluded area which is used by the Oracion Seis as their base of operations. The Dark Guild arrives and Brain orders Wendy to heal someone. The members of the group do not understand Brain's plan at first, but after he mentions Nirvana, everybody does. Brain, preparing for the worst, sends Hoteye, Cobra, and Angel to look for Nirvana, while Racer is sent to get the unknown person. Happy demands to know what Nirvana is, and Brain answers with "Magic that switches Light and Darkness".
Meanwhile, the Allied Forces have split into groups to search for Wendy and Happy. Fairy Tail's Natsu, Satsuki, Cain, and Cait Shelter's Carla. Lamia Scale's Jura, Lyon, and Sherry. Blue Pegasus' Ichiya, Ren, and Eve. But Ichiya got lost and left behind. And remaining beside Aira are Fairy Tail's Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Blue Pegasus' Hibiki.
Lucy, Gray, and Erza watch out for Aira as Hibiki uses his Archive Magic, searching for locations of the Oracion Seis'. Lucy, on the other hand, is not confident in her skills, but Hibiki, Gray, and Erza recall the times she fought on her own.
The next group is one composed of Natsu, Satsuki, Cain, and Carla. Cain is thinking about what Satsuki had told him before everyone left into their groups.
Past...
"Cain, you're going with Natsu, Satsuki, and Carla." Erza informed.
"I can't. I need to stay by Aira's side." Cain refused.
Satsuki sighed as she kneeled down in front of him. "Gray, Erza, Lucy, and Hibiki are going to stay behind with him. They'll keep him safe." She reassured him.
Cain starts to shred tears, but he quickly wipes them away. "He's my best friend and partner. I hate seeing him like this. I failed to protect him when he got attacked and I'm not going to fail him again."
"If you want to help him, you can help me. I might need you just in case I need to fly." Satsuki informed.
Cain finally nodded in agreement. "All right..."
Present...
Cain looks at Satsuki, who was busy putting her hair up. "You were right, Satsuki. It probably shocked you to see Aira so weak like that. Maybe Aira has a woman who generally cares for him after all. I'm so teasing him when he wakes up." He thought, chuckling to himself.
"So, about this Sky Dragon Slayer... What does she eat?" Natsu asked.
"Air." Carla simply replied.
"Does air taste good?" Natsu continues to ask questions.
"I have no idea." Carla replied.
"How is that different than breathing oxygen?" Satsuki sweat dropped.
"She volunteered for this mission because she might get to meet you three, especially Natsu." Carla said.
"Me?" Natsu questioned.
"You, Aira, and Satsuki are Dragon Slayers, yes? She wants to ask you three about something." Carla added.
"About what?" Satsuki asked, finally done tying her hair up.
"Yes. She says that the dragon that taught her Dragon Slayer magic disappeared 7 years ago." Carla informed. "So she thinks that you might know where the dragon is."
"What's the name of the dragon?" Natsu asked.
"She said it was the Sky Dragon Grandeeney, if I recall..." Carla responded.
"The Sky Dragon Grandeeney..." Natsu repeated. "Satsuki?"
"You'll have to ask Tsunami when he wakes up, but I don't know. Sorry." Satsuki replied.
"Seven years ago..." Natsu's distracted by his own thinking. He runs into a trunk, hitting his own head. He perks up, thinking of an idea. "That's it! What about Laxus?!"
"Master told us, remember? He's not a Dragon Slayer." Satsuki reminded him.
"W-What's this?!" Carla yelled, catching their attention. They realize they're in a patch of dark woods.
"The trees are black?!" Satsuki pointed out.
"This ain't right!" Natsu stands back up.
Just then, members of the Naked Mummy guild appear. "Zato-niisan, they said it's 'cause of Nirvana, right?" One of the members asked.
"It's just that terrible magic!" Another member said. "The earth itself is dying, Gato-niisan!" Most of the members happen to be human-like monkeys, surrounding them.
"H-Hey..." Carla backs up a bit. "We're surrounded!"
"It's 'cause of Nirvana, right?" Gato repeats himself.
"You just said that, Gato-niisan!" Zato informed.
"Did I, Zato-niisan?" Gato asked.
"It's monkeys! We got two monkeys here, whoa!" Natsu taunted, acting like a monkey.
"Those guys are from Fairy Tail! It was their fault!" One of the members that Lucy beat up before, shows up, furiously pointing at the culprits.
"Friends of the woman who messed up our plans in Acalypha, huh?" Gato said.
"There's another monkey!" Natsu exclaimed.
"We're Naked Mummy, and we work for Oracion Seis!" Gato informed.
"Let's play!" Zato prepares his Magic.
"Naked Mummy?" Natsu repeated.
"One of the Dark Guilds. Lucy mentioned she fought with them earlier, remember?" Satsuki said.
"We've been had! I thought we were only up against six people!" Carla stated.
"These guys'll be perfect..." Satsuki uses her Earth Magic, having a smug smirk on her face.
"Perfect!" Natsu continues to taunt the members of Naked Mummy.
"What are you people saying?! We have to hurry and break through to escape!" Carla said.
"Run? Don't be silly. They came all this way to greet us..." Satsuki said. "We'll force 'em to tell us where their base is!"
"Wait for us, Happy, Wendy!" Natsu swings his flaming hand around.
"These brats are makin' fun of us!" Zato said.
"We're Naked Mummy, and we work for Oracion Seis!" Gato repeated.
"Why do you say things twice?!" Natsu yelled.
"It's over for you!" Zato chuckled as the members get ready to fight. The Dragon Slayers stare at their opponents, evilly grinning at them.
"What is with these Fairy Tail wizards? Do they really think they can win such numbers?" Carla asks herself as she watches them.
At the same time, Blue Pegasus' Ren and Eve are also surrounded by another new enemy. They find themselves surrounded by members of the Dark Guild, Dark Unicorn.
Lamia Scale's Lyon, Jura, and Sherry are the same. They are surrounded by members of the Dark Guild, Red Hood.
On the other hand, Ichiya, now separated, stands alone against a dark guild. "Men!"
Racer returns with a cross shaped coffin in his hands. He thinks the transportation took too much time, but Brain commends him. He releases the chains of the coffin, revealing that inside lays none other than Jellal. Wendy has an odd response to this sight, and Brain reminds her that he is Jellal, the man who saved her life.
Natsu and Satsuki stand back-to-back, facing against the Naked Mummy guild. "We'll show them just how scary we, Naked Mummy, can be, Zato-niisan!" Gato said.
"Let's get them, real quick like, Gato-niisan!"
"Yes... We'll show them just how scary, we, Naked Mummy, can be, Zato-niisan!" Gato repeated.
"You said that already, Gato-niisan." Zato reminded him.
"Did I, Zato-niisan?" Gato asked. "Then we'll show them just how..."
"Get 'em you lugs!" Zato interrupted, ordering the members of the guild to fight.
"We sure got an earful of their brain-dead brother banter..." Natsu commented.
"Sounds like they're both the older brother, though." Satsuki added.
The Naked Mummy members attack with their Magic Guns, but Natsu and Satsuki easily dodge their attacks. Natsu then charges at the group of Naked Mummy members, causing a huge explosion, defeating several members. One member tries to retaliate, but Satsuki ties him up with vines coming from the ground, using her Magic to defeat several members.
"Damn you!" One of the members reloads his Magic Gun, aiming at Natsu. "Get a load of my magic shotgun!" He shoots at Natsu from behind. "I did it!" The bullet is ineffective, not causing any danger to Natsu. Natsu chuckles at him as the bullet sizzles off of him. "M-Monster!" Natsu easily defeats him by sending him flying into the sky.
"They aren't half bad, Zato-niisan." Gato stated.
"Shall we take 'em on together, Gato-niisan?" Zato asked.
"They aren't half bad." Gato repeated.
Meanwhile, Wendy is faced with Jellal. Happy reminds her of the horrors he committed, but Brain reminds Wendy that she owes him her life. Wendy is paralyzed, unable to do anything. In order to motivate her, Brain fakes an attack on Jellal. Wendy screams, and powerless, falls onto the ground. Happy continues to mention Jellal's evil actions, but Wendy, still inconsolable, doesn't believe what Happy is saying. She stands up, and Happy prays for Natsu to get there soon.
Back at the base where Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Hibiki are with Aira. Lucy looks at Aira, worried about his condition.
"Please be alright, Aira..." Lucy thought as she watches Aira clinging onto his life.
"I'm trying my best to locate Oracion Seis's hideout." Hibiki informed.
"Guys, I have this bad feeling about what's ahead of us. I'm going to go investigate the place and search for the other members." Gray said. Lucy, Erza, and Hibiki agree, watching him run out of their sight.
"Everyone. Please hurry and save Wendy. Aira doesn't have much time."
Natsu and Satsuki are exhausted from beating all of the Naked Mummy members. "You've got to be kidding me... Naked Mummy was beaten by just two wizards?" Zato weakly said, defeated, laying on the ground.
"You've got to be kidding me... Naked Mummy was beaten by just..." Gato repeated after his brother.
"You said that already, Gato-niisan." Zato reminded him.
"What was with these guys? They weren't small fry after all!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Wow, they actually had some fight in 'em." Satsuki said.
"Of course they do! They're an entire guild!" Carla pointed out, hiding behind the trunk of a tree. "What in the world were you people thinking?!"
"That's Fairy Tail for you." Cain commented.
Natsu grabs hold onto Zato's shirt, interrogating him. "Okay, blabber-ape! Where is your base?!"
"I ain't tellin' you, stupid!" Zato replied, refusing to tell him as he laughs to himself. Natsu knocks him unconscious by crashing his head into Zato's.
Natsu turns to Gato, interrogating him as well. "Okay, big ape!"
"You guys are crazy, you know that." Carla commented.
"Guest, the rest is up to you..." Gato said before he became unconscious.
"What?" Natsu lets go of Gato.
"Guest?" Satsuki questioned.
"Hey there, flame-brain brat! Long time no see!" A figure greeted, standing on a tree. Natsu and Satsuki turn to look where the voice came from. "I really own you for what you did to me way back when... You damn flies!" The figure happens to be Erigor.
"It's you! Hey ya, you breezy bastard! Long time indeed! How's it hangin'?!" Natsu happily greeted.
"We ain't got that kinda relationship, bub!" Erigor yelled.
"Take a hint, sheesh. Isn't that the guy responsible for trying to use Lullaby against to assassinate Master Makarov and the other Masters?" Satsuki reminded him.
"Oh, right... I seem to recall I beat the crap out of him." Natsu finally remembers.
Erigor floats in the air, approaching the two. "After the destruction of Eisenwald, I wandered as a free agent through the guilds associated with Oracion Seis... Waiting for this day... The day I get revenge on you flies! The day the Death God is reborn once again!"
"A revenge match? Sounds interesting." Satsuki said.
"I'm gettin' fired up!" Natsu shouted.
"Y-You people are going to fight more? You're more than just crazy!" Carla sweat dropped, bemused by the enthusiasm.
As the members of the Dark Guild charge at them, Ren uses Aerial. The Dark Mages immediately feels the effects of the magic and begins to suffocate while Ren explains that his Magic can lower the oxygen in the air around his enemies. Meanwhile, the other Dark Mages surround Eve. The Dark Mages begin to belittle him due to his appearance and charges at him. However, Eve uses his White Out that is able to trap and freeze his enemies. Eve begins to taunt the Dark Mages who are unable to move, trapped under some snow.
Elsewhere, the Red Hood Guild members summon some cute goblins who disarm (psychologically) Sherry and Lyon. They retreat, but in the meantime, the guild has summoned a gigantic Wyvern. The Lamia Scale delegates defeat without much ado.
Erigor attacks the group with his Wind Magic. The two protect themselves from the attack. "Impressive... Those monkeys were nothing compared to him!" Satsuki exclaimed.
"Leave him to me!" Natsu charges at Erigor with his fist engulfted in fire. "Fire Dragon's..."
"Bring it!" Erigor shouted.
"...Iron Fist!" Natsu punches him, but Erigor defends himself.
"Wait... Isn't wind the worst match-up for flames?!" Carla asked.
"When it comes to the elements, yes." Cain was the one who replied. "The last time they fought it was a pretty tough battle, but Natsu isn't the same as he was back then."
"Wait, this guy's..." Erigor realizes that Natsu's Magic Power is more powerful.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Natsu kicks him back.
"This magical power... Compared to before, it's on a whole other level!" Erigor thinks to himself. Natsu jumps back onto the ground. "Brat! You've improved quite a lot!"
"Sorry 'bout this, Erigor... But I gotta crush you pretty soon so I can get on with finding Happy and Wendy." Natsu's entire body is now on fire.
"Stop talkin' like that'll be so easy, you damn brat!" Erigor yelled. "I'll chop you to pieces! Emera Baram!" He then attacks, causing a huge explosion. As the smoke disappears, he has no sight of the Fire Dragon Slayer. "How do you like that destructive power? I haven't been playing around either. I've been training to build up my Magic Power to get revenge on you ever since!"
The attack is ineffective as Natsu begins to taunt Erigor. "That's so stupid. Revenge, again? You're always so obsessed with little stuff like that, Erigor..."
"Come on... There's got to be some other reason that gets you fired up..." Natsu said. Satsuki smirks at Natsu, knowing he still has a lot left in him.
"Yeah, you said it. This isn't about Eisenwald or Oracion Seis anymore... As I am a lone wizard, I will defeat you!" Erigor evilly smiles at him.
"Now that's the spirit! Bring it on! Come on!" Natsu screamed, with his entire body on fire. Erigor charges at Natsu. "Take this!"
"Magic Wind Palm!" Erigor strikes at Natsu, but he flies through it.
"Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Fist!" Natsu punches him multiple times, easily defeating him.
"I... I'm no match..." Erigor flies away. Natsu lands back on the ground.
"Couldn't you have finished that a bit faster, Natsu?!" Satsuki teased.
"G-Good going there..." Carla complimented. "So this is the power of Salamander?"
"Hey, you! Where are Happy and Wendy?! This is no time for sleeping!" Natsu tries to wake up the unconscious Erigor, interrogating him.
Ren and Eve interrogate the Dark Mages about the location of Wendy and Happy.
Jura, Lyon, and Sherry manage to find the location of the Oracion Seis' hideout from the Red Hood members. Sherry begins to laugh at the Red Hood members for attacking them and ended up defeated. Jura then tells her and Lyon to head to the hideout while he remains at their present location, as he feels powerful Magic Power approaching, which he predicts belongs to a member of the Oracion Seis.
Ichiya has been captured and rants his abductors about his abilities and strength. "Men..."
"Here?" Natsu and the rest approach Brain's hideout, standing above the hill.
"Natsu! Satsuki!" Gray called out, running up to them.
"Gray?" Natsu and the other three turn to see Gray.
"What are you doing here?" Satsuki asked.
"I had a bad feeling about something so I decided to investigate the place. While I was running, I found you guys." Gray responded. "Is this their hideout?"
"Might be." Satsuki replied.
"Happy! Wendy!" Natsu shouted without hesitation.
"Wait! There might be enemies here!" Carla stated.
In Brain's hideout, the members here Natsu's voice calling out for Happy and Wendy. Racer is sent after them.
The group notices a fast speed of light heading their way. Racer runs past them, causing them to scatter. "It's him again!" Natsu said.
Brain incapacitates Happy. He orders Wendy to heal Jellal.
"I'll handle things here. You hurry and go, Natsu!" Gray said. "Lucy and Erza might need some help, you should go track them down and inform them about the hideout, Satsuki!"
"Right!" Natsu and Satsuki agreed, running in the opposite direction.
"You think I'll let you go?!" Racer dashes at Natsu instead since he's closer to Brain's hideout, but he slips on Gray's ice.
"Cain, now's our chance! Wings!" Natsu looks at Cain who is lying on the ground along with Carla, both of them with swirling eyes.
"Oh, well... Get going on this!" Gray creates a slide for Natsu.
"Here we go!" Natsu jumps on the slide while carrying Cain and Carla. Racer and Gray face each other, beginning their fight.
Natsu, Carla, and Cain find Happy and Wendy, to their shock, Jellal too. Even though it made her feel guilty, Wendy had to revive him.
Lucy and Erza watch over Aira as Hibiki does his research. The poison spreads deeper into Aira. Lucy asks him if he has found Wendy's location, but he hasn't found anyone. Hibiki says he'll try his best to contact someone right away.
Wendy apologizes for reviving him. She passes out from using too much Magic Power.
Jellal suddenly attacks Natsu, and surprisingly, Brain too. After they are incapacitated, he leaves. Natsu tries to go after him, but Cain reminds him of Aira's condition. So Natsu leaves, with Wendy, Happy, Cain, and Carla in tow.
Brain gets up and deduces, by Jellal's actions, that he is after Nirvana. Furious, he brands Nirvana as his, and shouts to Cobra to go after Jellal. Cobra, even though no where near, listens, and gets on with his job.