The Life Of Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

[Music] the life of natsu dragneel fairy tale natsu dragneel is a mage of the fairy tale guild waring he's a member of team natsu he's the younger brother of zeref dragneal having originally died 400 years ago being subsequently revived as his brother's most powerful aetherius end natsu is also among the five dragon slayers sent to the future from 400 years past having an additional purpose in the assistance in the defeat of acnologia welcome to the amagi in today's video we're going over the life of natsu dragneal before we begin we publish a new video every day so be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos the amagi's reach stretches beyond just this channel so if you're a fan of us please consider subscribing to our other channels and following us on all of our social media help us reach our goal of passing 100 000 followers on all of our accounts by the end of the year and with that out of the way let's get into the video background 400 years ago nazi was born as the younger brother of xerif and they lived peacefully in a small village with their parents however natsu died at a young age alongside their parents courtesy of a dragon attack this caused zerif to research magic and its relation to life and death and much later with xerath using his dead body he was revived as the strongest demon end whose purpose was to kill xerath during this time he also met igneal however the dragon chose not to kill him because he loved him extremely so with igneous guardian nazi became acquainted with gagil with whom he frequently fought wendy sting and rogue all five of them met several times a year when their dragon parents got together for meetings he also had his signature scarf knitted from igneal's molted scales by anna igniel went out of his way to teach natsu how to talk write and perform his own signature form of lost magic fire dragon slayer magic igneal ultimately chose like four other dragons of that time period to seal his damaged soul inside natsu's body and leap 400 years into the future recover his strength with the future's high ether nano concentrations and kill acnellogia while initially thought to have been abandoned by igneel on july 7th x777 it was actually the day and year natsu awoke in the future like the other four dragon slayers however when natsu woke he believed that igneol had abandoned him not knowing that he had instead opted to reside inside natsu's body for many years to come the departure of end from the past also gave rise to many legends about the strongest demon from zarif's works including his creation and the leading of tartaros when in fact marred gear happened upon ian d's home and used it to unify other aetherius under single cause and was the one who created tartaros and the fact that he was the most vile creation in zarif's library of works after waking up natsu left on a quest to find igneal and was eventually found by the guild master of fairy tale makharov drayer natsu ended up joining fairy tale in which he formed a close sibling-like rivalry with grey fulbuster and urza scarlet he's also shown to be on good terms with lysanna strauss and elfman strauss not long after they arrived to the guild one day natsu finds an egg in the east forest of magnolia thinking it to be a dragon egg natsu took it to the guild and asked makarov to make it hatch but makarov and urza told him that he was the only one who could make the a hatch through love and care lisanna offered to help not to care for the egg until it hatched to which natsu happily accepted the two built a shabby straw house in the park to keep the egg warm becoming very close in the process the next morning natsu discovered that the egg was missing and began to blame several of his guild mates after arguing with almost everyone in the guild and nearly starting a fight with mira jane elfman appears carrying the egg explaining that he only wanted to help but was too embarrassed to ask suddenly the egg hatches and a blue cat with wings comes out lisanna remarks upon the sudden change in the guild's atmosphere after the cat's birth prompting natsu to name the cat happy a few years pass and lisanna partakes upon an s job class with her siblings in which she's supposed to hunt a creature called the beast natsu wishes to go with her but elfman opposes as he felt that he should be the one to take care of his family however lisanna is accidentally killed supposedly by elfman during his attempt at taking over the monster though natsu forgives him he's greatly saddened by the event macau arc natsu receives a tip from krove that salamander has been spotted in hargeon convinced that the salamander is ignil natsu and happy travel to harjion by train after getting off the two stumble across a crowd of young lovestruck women eagerly shouting the name salamander excited natsu breaks into the crowd but rather than seeing a dragon he meets a fire mage claiming to be named salamander downtrodden that the salamander is an igneal nazi rejects an autograph from the imposter and walks away causing the mage's crowd of female fans to attack natsu through his antics natsu saves a traveling mage lucy heartfelia from the influence of salamander's illegal charm magic which he used to infatuate the crowd of girls out of appreciation lucy buys a meal for him and happy and the duo listen to lucy talk about her dream to be able to join a guild after the meal they part ways later that night when natsu overhears a conversation that salamander is supposedly a member of fairy tale he instantly becomes suspicious and crashes the party on the mage's ship while on the ship natsu discovers that lucy's on board as salamander had tricked her into thinking that he could get her into fairy tale the ship being a general mode of transport causes natsu to become violently ill leaving him defenseless against his enemies natsu gets sick on all modes of transport it's a weird character quirk of his after being rescued by happy lucy summons the celestial spirit aquarius who uses her water magic to wash the boat and everyone on it ashore when the ship is on dry land and the rocking motion is gone natsu regains his vitality and confronts salamander declaring himself to be a member of fairy tale thereby exposing the mage as an imposter one of the imposter's crew members reveals his name to be borah however natsu shows no interest in his identity and is only concerned with his attempt at tarnishing fairy tales name natsu and bora engage in a brief skirmish ending with natsu's complete and quite easy decimation of borah and his crew however in the process natsu ends up destroying a major part of harjian's port the large amount of damage attracts the attention of the rune knights prompting natsu and happy to flee with lucy and toe lucy is initially uneasy but natsu knowing that lucy wants to join fairy tale invites her to join fairy tale and she happily accepts upon returning to the guild in magnolia with lucy natsu angrily attacks crow for giving him false information on the salamander starting a fight which through various circumstances swiftly evolves into a full-scale brawl the unruly mages are stopped by makarov dreyar their guildmaster not much later natsu examines the request board looking for an available job hoping to garner enough money for food while picking out a job natsu overhears romeo konbolt the son of fairy tale's makao khan bolt interrogating makarova's to the reason his father hasn't returned from his mission which was stationed at mount hakabay to slay vulcans empathizing with romeo's troubles natsu leaves together with happy to find macau the two are accompanied by lucy who is now an official member of fairy tale after the three reach the snowstorm ravage mountain they're attacked by a vulcan which whisks lucy away to its cavernous lair at the peak of the mountain thinking that this particular vulcan is responsible for macau's disappearance natsu chases the vulcan to its lair and demands to know where macau is however the vulcan tricks natsu into coming near a hole in the cavern and pushes him into it sending him plummeting off the side of the mountain fortunately happy rescues him when back in the cave natsu sees lucy fighting the vulcan using the celestial spirit taurus and mistaking the bull spirit to be another monster knocks the spirit out natsu soon defeats the vulcan who is then revealed to actually be macau who was taken over by the vulcan they find macau to be seriously wounded having fought 19 vulcans before being taken over by the 20th natsu saves his life by burning the wound shut and returns to magnolia with his friends reuniting macau and his son daybreak arc after lucy accommodates herself to her new living arrangements she finds not so unhappy to have shamelessly entered her apartment uninvited to no avail she tries to get them to leave and instead opts to offer her two companions a cup of tea and teach them the inner workings of celestial spirit magic lucy summons plu the canis miner and forms a contract with him plu then with natsu interrupting suggests that he lucy and happy form a team their first mission infiltrate a mansion and steal a book when the team arrives in chirotomei town they make their way to their clients in this case the unfortunately mustached kobe melons house where he informs them of the mission details and that the reward amount for completing said job had greatly increased impassioned lucy disguises herself as a maid hoping to infiltrate the mansion however she's rejected by the mansion's owner everlu for being too ugly and as such natsu lucy and happy instead resolve to sneak into the mansion and take the book by force the trio moves quietly about everlu's mansion until they're found by the misers maids whom natsu easily defeats shortly thereafter team natsu finds themselves in the library and natsu rather quickly finds the book they're looking for daybreak as natsu's about to burn the book thereby completing their job lucy sees that the book was written by kemu zalian her favorite author and tells natsu that he can't destroy it just then everlu himself surfaces from below the ground having taken no action solely to see what their objectives were and calls upon the vanish brothers to eliminate them lucy however declares that the book is harboring a secret and asks natsu to buy her some time everlu goes after her interested in the secret and natsu tells happy to follow them while he deals with the brothers after defeating the vanish brothers natsu grabs hold on to the head maid when she begins to move consequently when everlu summons his head maid who's actually the celestial spirit virgo natsu is brought to everlu's location lucy shouts for him to deal with virgo while she defeats everlu he complies delivering her a powerful blow after defeating everlu natsu begrudgingly returns the book to kaabi and finds out that kemu zalian who is actually kabi's father zekua melon it's an anagram very clever cast a spell on the book and that its real meaning lay hidden within the group decides to not take any payment for the job much to lucy's dismay since they didn't destroy the book and their job stated for them to do it so technically they didn't do their job eisenwald arc upon the technical failure of their mission team natsu returns to the guild where natsu once again gets into a fight with grey loki then rushes into the guild in a panic and warns the two that urza's finished her job as well and that she's on the way back to the guild almost immediately natsu and grey cease their bickering and begin acting like best friends upon her arrival urza much to their horror asks natsu and gray to accompany her on a mission when they arrive at the train station natsu compromises with urza saying that he'll only go if she agrees to fight with him when they return to which urza agrees on the train natsu succumbs to his motion sickness and urza in an attempt to make him feel better knocks him out naturally the other members start to discuss the mission but in the process forget to wake up natsu and leave him behind on the train kagayama a member of the dark guild eisenwald the guild that they were talking about earlier tries to start a conversation with natsu however kagayama attacks natsu and the two begin to fight with natsu quickly getting the upper hand when the train stops during their fight natsu notices the lullaby flute and before the train starts to move again jumps out of the train's window into a magic four-wheel vehicle driven by urza the team then via vehicle returns to the train station so you know what happens to natsu at this point so because of that lucy has to carry him despite being denied entry onto the platform the team enters nonetheless and are confronted by the members of eisenwald upon hearing kageyama's voice natsu snaps out of his stupor and protects lucy from one of kagayama's attacks urza then orders him and gray to go after aragor and the two agree to split up and find him to start natsu searches for aragorn by breaking down walls even though the doors happen to be situated right next to him that's the kind of person he is kageyama then sneaks up behind natsu attacking him after the two mages exchange blows natsu proving to be the stronger of the two quickly overwhelms kagayama and questions him on the whereabouts of erigor just as urza arrives to question him on how to dispel the barrier of wind around the station to everyone's surprise kagiyama is suddenly stabbed in the back by one of his allies and natsu in a rage attacks the assassin trying to avenge kagayama thanks to the aid of the celestial spirit virgo whose key lucy acquired after defeating everlu team natsu is able to travel underneath the wind wall via tunnel with the aid of happy's max speed natsu quickly begins to chase after erigor after natsu finds aragor the two begin their brawl and natsu gains the upper hand forcing aragorn to use his storm male to cope with the fire dragon slayer's power with natsu's flames being put out natsu's flame enhanced punches are reduced to nothing more than you know regular punches frustrating him with this natsu's flames burn hotter courtesy of natsu's own flame of emotion happy noticing the effects of the superheated fire on eregor storm mail appeals to natsu's rivalry with gray with his flames burning hotter than ever courtesy to his rage natsu defeats erigor when the others arrive kageyama steals the lullaby flute and goes to the guild masters meeting the team quickly follows and are stopped from saving makarov by the other guild masters while makarov convinces kagayama to give up since kagayama refused to play the flute and finish off makarov the flute morphs into its true form which is that of a gigantic demon seeing this natsu teams up with gray and erzo to take it down which unfortunately also results in the destruction of the guild masters meeting house when they see this the guild masters turn around to find fairy tale running away say for natsu who offers to help the guild masters by chasing after his teammates completely unaware that he's being chased as well sub-zero emperor lion arc as per their agreement once they return to the guild urza engages natsu in battle however before they get serious urza is arrested by the magic council for property damage among other things as a means to prevent natsu from acting recklessly he's transformed into a salamander and trapped underneath a glass however to others this made the salamander is actually macau who as a token of gratitude transformed into a salamander in natsu's place allowing the fire dragon slayer to rescue urza natsu however comes dressed as urza and proclaims of the two that he is the real ursa an act which results in the two of them being put in jail obviously urza's arrest however turns out to be a formality and the two are quickly released the next day once released natsu tries to engage irza in battle again but is quickly defeated natsu then tries to pick a fight with laxus dreyar but is prevented from doing so by makarov who says he isn't allowed to go to the second floor later that night natsu breaks into lucy's apartment and tries to persuade her into going on to an s-class mission which involves traveling to a place called the cursed island with him and happy lucy refuses but quickly changes her mind when she sees that one of the rewards is one of the 12 zodiac keys unable to find someone ferry them across natsu contemplates resorting to swimming but is stopped by gray who was ordered to bring them back just as they begin to fight one of the sailors who had previously refused notices their magic and agrees to sail them across nazi then quickly knocks gray out and drags him onto the boat during the ride to the island the sailor leading them suddenly disappears just before a tidal wave shipwrecks them onto the island's shore with gray now agreeing to help them they go to their client the mayor of the island to find out about the curse affecting the residents originally ordered to do the impossible task of destroying the moon they decide to explore the island the next morning while in the forest they meet a gigantic mouse which they quickly defeat and find a ruined temple natsu then stamps on the floor of the temple which causes it to crumble apart and sends them plummeting down into a large cavern the cavern holds the frozen demon deliora and the mages yuka suzuki sherry blendy and toby horhota grey then informs the team that they're going to stay hidden for the time being and natsu takes that as a queue to fall asleep night soon arrives and the team discovers that the purple moonlight is hitting deliora natsu and the others run up to the surface to investigate where they discovered that a ritual to revive deleora is being performed enraged by lion vasti's command to destroy the village natsu comes out of hiding intent on the feeding lion but is frozen by him and then grey pushes natsu down the hill in an effort to save him from lion's magic natsu eventually makes his way back up the hill only to find grey defeated and badly injured and opts to carry grey back to the village gray then apologizes to natsu but natsu says that it doesn't matter anymore as he arrives natsu falls into the trap that lucy had previously placed for lyon and his mages breaking the ice he was trapped within in the process gray is also knocked unconscious in the fall moments later the village is attacked by lion's group of mages who plan on killing everyone with poisonous jelly using fire dragon's brilliant flame natsu destroys a large amount of the poison giving the villagers time to flee natsu and lucy are then confronted by shari yuka and toby gray wakes up and tries to help natsu and lucy but natsu instead punches grey and knocks him unconscious to keep him from only hurting himself more after sherry and angelica leave to destroy the villagers lucy accidentally grabs onto angelica leaving natsu fayuka and toby alone when happy decides to check in and see if lucy is fine natsu replies that it's okay and that he'd just finish off his two opponents natsu makes short work of yuka and convinces toby to paralyze himself with his own attack defeating him the next day urza arrives on galuna island just as natsu decides to investigate the temple alone once inside the ruins of the temple natsu destroys much of his surroundings in an effort to cause the temple to tilt thereby preventing the moonlight from hitting deliora confronted by lion natsu then moves to take on the ice mage but midway into their battle grey stops natsu claiming that he'll fight lion himself gray in an attempt to both kill himself and lion prepares to use the powerful iced shell but is stopped by natsu who punches him in the face enraged at being ignored by xalty natsu charges after the masked men and begins their fight their battle leads into the cavern where deliora lays dormant where natsu shockingly discovers that deleora's frozen prison is melting natsu eventually finds a way around zalty's arc of time magic and defeats him just as the ritual for delior's revival is completed when deleora is finally freed from its seal gray attempts to use ice shell on it again but natsu intervenes him for the second time telling grey that he stopped him from using ice shell because he doesn't want him to die however to everyone's shock and relief they discover that deleora had actually been long since dead thanks to urza team natsu finds out that contrary to the villagers belief the moon had absolutely nothing to do with their transformation into demons as they were already such in the first place the use of the moon drip created a barrier around the island that affected the villagers memories thereby causing them to forget that they were ever demons in the first place phantom lord arc upon their return from the s-class mission team natsu finds the guild in shambles with large metal protrusions sticking out of it from every angle they learned from mira jane that it was their rival guild phantom lord who caused the destruction natsu argues with their master that they should fight back but makarov decides that there's no point in getting angry with someone who attacked an empty guild later on they discover the grievously injured members of shadowgear levy jet and troy nailed to a tree with levy in particular being branded with the phantom lord's mark prompting makarov to with great anger declare war on phantom lord fairy tale rushes to phantom lord's guild with natsu destroying their wall sparking the conflict to come as makarov leaves to personally crush phantom lord's guildmaster gagial red fox the iron dragon slayer joins the fray natsu takes over elfman's fight with gajiel and the two dragon slayers briefly engage in a somewhat equal battle the fight however turns sour as makarov seemingly defeated falls from above with all of his magic power having been stolen after witnessing their master's apparent defeat erzo orders them to retreat to natsu and the entire guild's chagrin before they leave however natsu overhears gajiel being told by arya one of the element four that they had successfully captured lucy in rage natsu grabs one of the phantom lord's members and burns him trying to find out where they're keeping lucy out of fear of further injury the member of phantom lord tells him that she was most likely at their headquarters natsu then sprints towards their headquarters and in the nick of time catches lucy as she jumps out of the tower having escaped their leader's clutches noting that they were already at their headquarters natsu opts to continue to fight against phantom lord but happy and lucy convince him otherwise and nazi reluctantly returns to the guild meanwhile back at the ranch natsu consoles a depressed lucy who's blaming herself for the misfortunes that have arisen telling her that she's one of them and that fairy tale is where she belongs shortly after the ground begins to shake and fairytale rushes outside to see phantom lord's headquarters walking towards the guild their leader then reveals the powerful jupiter cannon and orders it to be fired fairytale panics but urza resolves to stop the cannon blasting herself too much protest re-equipping into her adamantium armor urza takes the full brunt of the blast and despite her armor being shattered and becoming heavily injured the guild is safe phantom lord's leader demands that they hand over lucy to which the entire guild refuses saying that she's their comrade he then warns them to quake in fear for the next 15 minutes as the jupiter cannon will be fully recharged declaring that he'll destroy the cannon's lacrima before such a thing happens natsu with the aid of happy flies towards the cannon and crawls through the barrel once inside after noting the enormous size of the lakerma natsu moves to destroy it but is confronted by totomaru one of the element four totomaru's pyrokinesis renders natsu's magic useless as he's able to control any and all flames the natsu produces however natsu eventually manages to overcome the pyrokinesis and destroys the giant lacrima enraged phantom lord's leader orders for the walking building to transform into a gigantic mage the transformation process causes the building to temporarily turn into a vehicle invoking natsu's motion sickness totomaru taking advantage of said occurrence prepares to strike natsu with his rainbow of fire but with the timely intervention development in grey totomarus quickly swept aside before such an event could happen happy then rushes outside to get a visual understanding of what's happening happy then informs the three that the building is transformed into a giant mage and is preparing an exceptionally powerful spell natsu elfman and grey then resolve to split up and find the source of the magic as natsu is searching he encounters arya the strongest member of the element four during their fight natsu is completely overwhelmed and nearly risks losing all of his magic power courtesy of arya's void urza however despite being injured saves natsu and swiftly defeats arya urza collapses exhausted just as phantom lord's leader announces that they've captured lucy again urza then tells natsu to use the strength he has hidden within to save lucy inspired natsu covers his entire body in flames and tears through the headquarters in a fury before ultimately saving lucy from being impaled by one of gageal red fox's knives natsu then motions to confront his fellow dragon slayer although even at first gagil quickly gains the upper hand by making use of the metal floor tiles that the phantom lord headquarters has eating them to replenish his strength seeing that natsu is being overpowered lucy asks her new celestial spirit sagittarius to make fire to which he initially states that he can't however after watching natsu fight his one-sided battle sagittarius rebuts his earlier claim and makes fire for natsu to eat by shooting several of his arrows into a machine natsu with his energy restored quickly defeats gagil with his crimson lotus fire dragon's fist destroying the entire phantom lord headquarters in the process fatigued natsu stays behind as happy brings lucy back to fairy tale while together natsu asks gagil where he learned his iron dragonslayer magic to which he replies that he learned it from metallicana the iron dragon whom he reveals to have disappeared on july 7th x777 just like igneal had while reconstructing the broken guild natsu carries a ridiculous amount of wooden beams and challenges grey to carry twice as more which he does for a very minute amount of time erza in response hits the two of them with a wooden beam of her own and orders the two of them to stop messing around natsu grey and erza then opt to take a break and visit lucy at her house but find that she's returned home worried they rushed to her house only to find that lucy had returned to visit her mother's grave when they returned natsu and gray overhear lucy's description of the punishment that she received from aquarius for losing her keys which were returned to her indirectly by loki and natsu tries to imagine the expression lucy would have made had her butt been hurt natsu unfortunately is able to imagine such a thing because urza in a temper strikes the fire dragon slayer with a chair for being unable to read the room urza's fury however is directed to laxus whom she yells at for not being involved in the war whilst he derides team shadow gear for their weakness natsu then challenges laxus to a fight and tries to punch him but laxus effortlessly dodges and leaves with the affirmation that he'll make the strongest guild urza then tells natsu to forget about laxus and suggests that they lucy grey and happy should all do a job together which involves attacking an illegal magic school while doing said job team natsu destroys half a stretch of road loki arc as natsu is incorrectly playing pool with gray lucy takes on a special mission from mira jain as team natsu travels to their destination natsu succumbs once again to his motion sickness and lies motionless there they find that the mission is to help a theater house with their production which they do but consequently they destroy the theater house in the process property damage seems to be a recurring thing already in this series however to everyone's surprise the play becomes quite popular after defeating some troublemakers in balsam village natsu and the others decide to stay at an in for the night as they're talking they notice loki in the distance and try to speak to him but loki upon noticing lucy's presence runs away during their stay at the end natsu starts a pillow fight between grey irza and himself with grey apparently winning natsu is unable to accept this loss and calls on lucy to make a judgment upon noticing loki's disappearance natsu searches for his fellow fairy tale mage tower of heaven arc after discovering that loki is a celestial spirit natsu expresses his desire to be able to summon a dragon claiming he wants a way to test how powerful his dragon slayer magic truly is and lucy says that he can't just summon celestial spirits to spar with them when loki gives lucy tickets to a resort where he'd previously reserved rooms for himself and his girlfriends natsu joins her urza and gray in a small vacation in which they take a break from completing jobs after a day of relaxation team natsu visits the casino where natsu tries his luck at roulette but is attacked by wally buchanan who points his gun at natsu and fires into his mouth after the abduction of both urza and happy natsu incensed by wally's attempts to kill him assists the others with the newly arrived juvia loxer in tracking urza which he successfully does by using his keen sense of smell resulting in the group's arrival at the tower of heaven upon their arrival the team uses juvia's oxygen bubbles to sneak into the tower's basement via an underwater tunnel and natsu's urge to fight his quelled as the guards attempt to stop them after meeting up with urza natsu separates from the group separating to locate happy after arriving in miliana's room natsu tries on a large cat-shaped mask but finds it stuck and won't come off when wally tries to ambush him again miliana arrives and stops wally from shooting natsu whom she believes to be an actual cat natsu's luck however runs out when wally convinces miliana that natsu is in fact not a cat and the two dark mages attacking unison with miliana binding natsu with her neko sokutou preventing him from using his dragon slayer magic natsu utilizing his quick wit takes advantage of miliana's love for cats and pretends to be in pain invoking her pity miliana then unbinds natsu and with his dragon slayer magic once again usable natsu defeats the two dark mages with his fire dragon's wing attack after happy finally removes the cat mask off of natsu while he attempts to continue their fight but natsu states that it's already over suddenly dozens of mouths grow all over the walls jalal tells everyone that they're part of heaven's game and explains the rules to them following jillal's announcement of the heavens game natsu tries to cheat by using happy's magic to fly directly to the top floor but is intercepted by fukuro simon tries to fight fukuro in natsu's stead but is easily defeated natsu and fukuro then begin their battle but fukuro takes advantage of natsu's motion sickness to incapacitate and then subsequently swallow him thus absorbing his fire dragon slayer magic the final stages of the absorption process are interrupted with the arrival of grey who in a rage because of the pain urza is going through defeats fukuro albeit with some difficulty with his ice blade 7 slice dance freeing natsu in the process after the fight with fukuro natsu wakes up on simon's back and listens to simon plead for natsu to save urza although initially refusing saying that urza needs to defeat her enemies by herself natsu quickly changes his mind once simon reveals that urza can't defeat jalal simon goes on to say that because of their history together urza may still try to save him and that jalal will most certainly take advantage of her emotions simon also reveals his concern that with the firing of ethereum urza may try to take jalal down with her such a statement drives natsu over the edge and he demands that simon tell him where irza currently is natsu then arrives at the last second just moments after the firing of ethereum and saves urza from being absorbed into the r system lacrima telling her that they need to finish the job otherwise lucy won't be able to pay her rent on time in response to urza's comment regarding her immobility natsu tickles her urzan then tearfully begs natsu not to fight jalal stating that he'll lose natsu then picks irza up and asks her why she's acting the way that she is and reassures her that he'll win before subsequently knocking her out natsu then turns to face jalal and states that the urza he knows is strong mean and scary and that it's his fault that she's crying natsu then says that he hopes that urza will go back to normal once she wakes up and charges at jalal briefly it seems that natsu is stronger than jalal but jalal saying that he wants to see the full capabilities of a dragon slayer starts fighting back utilizing the power of meteor jalal is able to outmaneuver and outwit natsu and the dark mage attacks the fire dragon slayer with his powerful grand chariot taking note of jalal's comment regarding all of the damage he's inflicted upon the tower not to destroy some of the lacrima stating that fairy tale mages specialize in property damage as we've already seen natsu then charges at jalau again destroying more of the lacrima prompting jalal to prepare a spell that he claims will finish off natsu urza then awakes and steps in hoping that jalal won't attack her jalal says that nothing matters anymore and releases his spell much to their shock simon steps in front of the blast taking the full brunt of the attack and passes away while jelal mocks simon nats begins eating ethereal and infused lacrima and then punches jalal when he says that they have no hope of escape eating more of the ethereal and infused lakrum up natsu goes wild unable to handle the negative side effects however natsu stabilizes and enters dragon force easily overpowering jalal through the fire and flames jalal momentarily halts natsu's assaults saying that he's the only one who can hear zarap's voice claiming that he'll create a land of freedom and prepares to cast abyss break intent on killing them all but a prior wound dealt by urza interrupts his casting natsu then says that there's no freedom for anyone who's trapped by a ghost and punches jalal sending him flying into the tower of heaven destroying the entire structure after the battle natsu faints and urza opts to carry him but she soon realizes that the ethereum can't be contained much longer and that soon the tower of heaven will be engulfed in a massive explosion urza decides to sacrifice herself and fuse with the ethereum to save everybody but natsu wakes up during the fusion process and demands to know what she's doing erza replies that she can't imagine a world without fairy tale or her friends and that if she can save everyone then she'll do it without any hesitation as the fusion process is completed urza states that she'll always be with him as a crying nazi begs her to stop the tower of heaven then turns into a vortex disappearing into thin air following the disappearance of the tower natsu emerges carrying urza and tearfully tells her to never do something like that again to which irza thanks natsu and promises to never do so again following their return natsu sleeps for three straight days only to wake up when he hears grey insult him and remind him of his defeat at the hands of fukuro however natsu falls straight back to sleep later that night natsu feasts with the others having recovered from the side effects of ingesting ethereum as urza starts her send-off for wally milian and show natsu appears and says that he hopes to see them again sometime soon and sets off fireworks using his magic alongside gray and lucy as a farewell battle of fairy tale arc after returning to the guild natsu discovers that it's been rebuilt and that they now have two new members juvia and much to natsu surprise gajiel provoked by gajiel natsu begins fighting with him which escalates once again into a brawl involving the whole guild natsu also states that he doesn't like the guild's new look claiming that it's not the same as it used to be shortly thereafter natsu still not completely recovered begins to once again reel from the side effects of ingesting ethereal-infused lacrima and goes home to lay down but instead opts to sleep in lucy's bed natsu later returns to hunt down a writer for sorcerer magazine whom he believes to be damaging his reputation during the harvest festival natsu remains sick and as such pays no attention to the miss fairy tale even when evergreen arrives and turns all the other contestants into stone laxus alongside his bodyguards the thunder god tribe announced the battle of fairy tale threatening to kill the girls unless everyone joins in effectively making them hostages natsu overhearing laxus's plan to have the guild engage in a battle royale leaps to his feet suddenly rejuvenated by the prospect natsu leaps forward to attack laxius but a quick electric shock from the lightning mage deals with the fire dragon slayer after watching his guild mates getting taken out either by each other or the thunder god tribe natsu runs intent on joining the battle but is oddly stopped from exiting the area courtesy of freed justine's magic which is only supposed to keep stone statues or those over the age of 80 from leaving upon discovering that gajel was in the guild building natsu watches as makarov orders the iron dragon slayer to go take care of his grandson only to see that just like himself gajel was unable to leave the guild natsu then resolves to restore urza claiming that to makarov and happy's horror he will just use his flames to break the stone the stone covering urzo's body cracks causing natsu and gajill to panic with natsu asking happy to find super glue gajiel scolds natsu claiming that with his iron and his fire he could simply weld her shut surprisingly they succeed urza is freed but thinking the two have done something to her body she punches the dragon slayers away the mage count on freed's monitor goes up by two rather than the thought one urza then notes that with her freedom came the arrival of another of fairy tale's s-class mages mistigan despite makarov's worries natsu still has faith that laxus isn't going to harm anyone however with evergreen's defeat at the hands of urza not only are all the contestants in the miss fairy tale contest freed but makarov's fears are also proven true as laxus activates thunder palace threatening to destroy magnolia and everyone in it if he doesn't relinquish his spot as guildmaster natsu horrified watches as makarov collapses from the stress levy now released from the stone enchantment as well says that she can rewrite freed's runes which she eventually manages to do allowing natsu and gagil to enter the fray natsu who met up with urza eventually finds and interrupts laxus's battle with miss again at the kardia cathedral the two of them witnessed to their astonishment laksas removing mystician's mask revealing that mystikin looks exactly like jalal urza asks mistaking if he is jalal to which he then states that he wished urza would never see his face and that he knows who jalal is but denies that they're the same person as mystican leaves urza is attacked by laxus but natsu demands that she leave laxus to him natsu then charges at laxus and though laxus doesn't take natsu seriously at first as their battle progresses laxus begins to change his approach taking note of natsu's skill as urza leaves to deal with laxus thunder palace natsu chides laxus for not really wanting to carry out his plan stating that he just wants his grandfather to give in his grandfather whom neither realize has fallen deathly ill he has faith that urza will stop the spell despite laxus's thoughts otherwise natsu's faith in urza has proven to have been for the better as fried's report shows that urza and all the other defeated members of fairy tale team up and destroy the lacrima powering the thunder palace although thunder palace is destroyed magnolia remains unsafe as laxus in a rage states that he'll take control of everything by force as laxus gets serious natsu holds his own for a very short amount of time before he's utterly dominated by the lightning mage loxus then prepares to kill natsu with his raging bolt and the powerful spell strikes the ground with resounding force as laxus laughs saying that natsu can't do anything now that he's dust gajiel who is revealed to have saved natsu derides laxus for his action asking him if natsu is this comrade gagiel then drops natsu and natsu questions why gajill is helping him as during their battle together gagil stated that there isn't room in the sky for two dragons gagio replies that there still isn't but with all the lightning around he can't fly as he pleases with that the two dragon slayers begin their assault against the deranged laxas together by combining their prowess with their respective dragon slayer magics natsu and gagil appear to have bested laxus however laxus emerges from the smoke and rubble unharmed claiming that they should be ashamed to call themselves dragon slayers loxus then states that makarov would scold him if he showed it to them but then he says that he doesn't care and that he'll show them what a real dragon slayer is like in disbelief natsu and gagial watch as laxus prepares his dragon's roar with natsu screaming at laxus asking if he was a dragon slayer all this time laxus then fires his lightning dragon's roar which critically injures and paralyzes natsu and gajil unable to move natsu watches as laxus prepares to use makarov's ultimate magic fairy law intent on killing everyone not just from the guild but from the whole of magnolia levy then appears claiming that makarov is on his deathbed much to natsu and laxus's surprise as natsu remains motionless in disbelief loxus claims that his chances of becoming master of risen and invokes fairy law after the light subsides and the debris clears natsu and gagil as well as levy and everyone in the guild in town emerge unscathed as laxus wonders why his magic didn't work freed still injured from his fight with mirror jane appears claiming that magic doesn't lie and that it saw deep in laxus's heart that he considered nobody not in the guild nor in magnolia as his enemy laxus then claims everyone is his enemy and that he is nobody but himself as natsu tells laxus not to get overconfident laksis orders natsu to be silent claiming that he doesn't understand anything natsu then agrees that he doesn't understand but claims that it doesn't mean that they're not friends as guild mates exist to help one another natsu then charges at laxus once more screaming the fact while laxus orders natsu to keep quiet doing the same as they charge at each other laksas demands that natsu disappear as natsu tells laxus that he won't get his hands on the guild even if it kills him as their punches intersect laxus connects first which is then followed by a series of other powerful melee attacks despite beating him at every turn natsu repeats that laxus won't get his hands on the guild which only angers the lightning dragon slayer even more natsu stands up once again with webby telling him that if he continues fighting then he could die laxus then fires his lightning dragon's heavenward hallmark at natsu who falls to the ground unable to move anymore with freed noting that such a spell could kill natsu gagil utilizing his iron dragon's club turns his body into a lightning rod absorbing the high voltage blast with gajill telling natsu to go the fire dragon slayer reluctantly rises to the ground angered and attacks laxus with a flurry of his strongest spells before ultimately defeating him with his strongest spell crimson lotus exploding flame blade frustrated over his hollow victory natsu stands tall and screams at the top of his lungs after the battle of fairy tale most of the members of fairy tale are completely recovered except for natsu and gajil who are heavily bandaged with natsu in particular having his mouth-banded shut muffling his speech when laxus returns to see makarov natsu begins yelling at him in a muffled voice with gagiel acting as the interpreter saying that because it was a two-on-one fight natsu's victory didn't count and that they need to fight again to settle the score however quite contrary to his usual sarcastic self flaxus merely waves at natsu earning a confused yet respectful look from the fire dragon slayer despite his injuries natsu takes part in the fantasia parade operating a fire blowing float at the end of the parade natsu alongside the rest of fairy tale holds his hand up forming the sign that loxa's made to makarov as a child letting him know that even if they can't see him no matter how far away he may be they'll always be watching him despite his excommunicated status orashion says arc the following week after the harvest festival natsu confronts makarov regarding laxus excommunication but is stopped by urza lucy on the other hand frets about her lack of money to which natsu suggests that they go on a job together the next day they along with happy urza and grey prepare to leave and capture the escaped convict that their mission details velveno lucy however suddenly runs off and confused natsu and the others follow once they find her they discover that she's not only fine but she's defeated an entire dark guild all by herself as lucy is short on money to pay her rent natsu and the others help her by taking jobs as waiters and waitresses in yajima's restaurant aid island however natsu spends most of his time eating the food rather than serving it to customers and after all the work is done supports a rather bloated figure upon returning to the guild natsu and the others find a drawing detailing the core members of the baram alliance and all the dark guilds they control makarov then informs fairy tale that an alliance between several of the legal guilds in the area will be formed with their primary objective being to destroy one third of the baram alliance the oration says the entirety of team natsu is selected to represent fairy tale upon arriving at the meeting point team natsu is greeted by the trimens and their mentor ichiya vandalic kodobuki whom natsu finds unimpressive after a quick brawl between urza and ichiya the delegates from lamia scale arrive team natsu is shocked to see lyon vasya and sherry blendy and remains unimpressed with the arrival of lamia scale's third delegate jiranikis of the ten wizard saints however upon the arrival of kate shelter's delegates wendy marvel and her cat carla natsu mutters wendy's name feeling as though he's heard it before upon the profiling of the dark yields members being completed natsu runs off and declares that he'll fight and defeat the entirety of the orashiances all by himself the oration says however find the allied forces first and destroy their airship the magic bomber christina the dark guild then moves to confront the allied forces personally and defeats them all natsu and the allied forces are nearly killed by the arashiyansei's leader brain but the dark mage stops upon noticing wendy brain captures wendy along with a reluctant happy and then fires the spell he planned on using earlier intent on killing them all but is stopped by jorah who arrives in the nick of time with ichia in tow as urza is poisoned by cobra's pet snake kubelios she demands that they cut her arm off to which lion vastia almost complies upon being stopped by gray karla notes that if they save happy who is with wendy then they can save urza with carla revealing that wendy is the skydragon slayer with this natsu runs off with carl and gray asking carla along the way what element wendy controls which he reveals to be heir natsu then wonders if air is tasty to which carla states that she doesn't know though gray conjectures that it must be the same as inhaling they continue their search only to find and defeat the dark guild naked mummy after discovering the orashi onsei's hideout natsu keeps pressing onward leaving grey to deal with racer as he arrives natsu is met with shock jalal is alive natsu however is able to safely escape with happy and wendy being protected by grey and racer and guided by hibiki natsu finally manages to reach urza wendy manages to completely heal urza and they discuss the fact that jalal remains alive however as nirvana is awakened natsu rushes head strong to stop jalal on his way natsu runs into racer's personal guild and easily defeats them natsu then finds an unconscious grey floating in the river and tries to help him but when he gets near a raft floats up from underneath the water causing natsu to succumb to his motion sickness grey gets up acting strangely and prepares to kill natsu lucy and hibiki however appear halting gray as the raft comes to a stop despite this natsu remains incapacitated it's revealed that the grey they see is actually angel's celestial spirit gemini lucy engages angel in a battle of celestial spirits and with the aid of hibiki wins upon her victory however the current of the river sweeps them away carrying them downstream and over a waterfall natsu later wakes up on dry land wearing new clothes as virgo tends to lose his wounds having saved them and prepared new outfits for the two of them as theirs were in tatters sherry who has become evil courtesy of the personality altering effects of nirvana appears intent on killing both natsu and lucy but the real gray arrives and subdues sherry whom is later returned to normal after lion appears revealing himself to have survived racer's explosion natsu along with gray and lucy are caught up in the second stage activation of nirvana and are later seen climbing up one of its legs as natsu once again becomes motion-sick this time due to nirvana's movement happy arrives and carries natsu helping him to stop brain however cobra takes to the skies as well riding atop kubelios and engages natsu in aerial combat as the two begin to battle cobra manages to maintain the upper hand by listening to natsu's every movement and thought although natsu eventually manages to overcome this by relying on his instincts rather than his head deciding that he must now fight seriously cobra attacks natsu unveiling himself as the poisoned dragon slayer natsu however learns that just like loxus he is an artificial second generation dragon slayer meaning that he was implanted with dragon lacrima cobra then attacked natsu with his dragon's roar infecting him with a multitude of deadly viruses because he wasn't wearing a mask natsu however undeterred tricks cobra by thinking he'll perform his fire dragon's roar cobra hears this and then appears behind natsu ready to strike natsu then screams taking advantage of kobra's sensitive hearing defeating the dark mage cobra however rises again intent on defeating natsu once and for all but is pierced by brain's magic and falls to the ground cared for by kubelios brain then reveals that he plans on using nirvana to turn natsu evil thereby forcing the fire dragon slayer to serve him but thanks to the timely arrival of grey lucy and jura natsu is saved after jura deals with brain wendy and carla arrive with wendy removing the viral toxins from natsu's body and temporarily curing him of his motion sickness as the team is led into a trap by brain natsu witnesses jira save them from said trap becoming enraged at such a tactic when the seventh member of the oration says brain's staff claudoa appears natsu and the others are unfazed by the fact that he can talk and instead waves clodoa around demanding that he stops nirvana cloudoa however frees himself from nazu's grasp and tells him of their plan to destroy kate shelter so that nirvana can be resealed clodoa then starts attacking team natsu sans urza but then ceases his activity acting in fear as due to midnight's defeat at the hands of urza all the members of the orashiances have been defeated thereby releasing brain's other personality zero as zero emerges natsu comments that his magic feels disgusting and rushes to confront him zero then attacks the defeated jura who is protected by grey with his ice make shield zero pierces through the shield defeating grey and then dodges natsu's attack delivering a powerful one of his own knocking natsu down after much encouragement natsu and the others rise again with each of them promising to destroy one of nirvana's six lakrama natsu immediately chooses the first lachrama and heads off in that direction when natsu arrives at the site of the first lacrima he finds zero standing in his path and the two engage in fierce combat jalal however appears in the midst of the combat and attacks nazi with golden flames shocking both natsu and zero with the latter asking if jill's memories had returned jalal although his memories hadn't returned says he remembers natsu's name and that he's a ray of hope jalal then reveals that flames were a gift with his intent being to replenish natsu's strength initially natsu refuses jalal's help opting to attack him instead taking advantage of the situation zero fires another spell at natsu jalal much to natsu's surprise defends him by taking the full force of the blast natsu then accepts jill al's flames thanks him for the meal and consumes them granting him a large boost in all of his physical abilities natsu enters dragon force once again not to completely overpower zero and after much difficulty in controlling his newfound power defeat zero piercing through his ultimate spell genesis zero and destroying the lacrima which alongside the simultaneous destruction of the other lacrima courtesy of the other members of the allied forces nirvana is stopped and the oration says are defeated however their jubilation lasts nary a second for the rune knights led by lahar appear having come to arrest hot eye and jalal natsu however protests claiming that jalal is their comrade while urza lucy happy and the others look on in sadness natsu tries to take jalal back by force and attacks the runeites but is stopped by urza natsu in need of new clothes ventures to kate shelter with the rest of the allied forces where they find out that the guild was a fabrication all the members excluding robol who is the ghost of the sole surviving member of the nervous tribe were created by robot himself to satisfy wendy's desire for companionship as the illusions fade away natsu watches as wendy begins to cry begging robol not to leave but robot consoles wendy one final time telling her that she has real friends now natsu then watches as urza comforts the distraught wendy telling her to come with them and join fairy tale natsu exudes his exuberance regarding the effectiveness of wendy's magic as he rides on a bot uninhibited by his motion sickness wendy however states that the magic is only temporary and ineffective if used repeatedly as the effects wear off and nazi becomes sick once more upon his return and wendy's induction into fairy tale natsu begins bragging to elfman about his battle with cobra edela's arc after finding out that gildart's clive is on his way back home natsu and the rest of fairy tale prepare for his arrival even magnolia itself prepares for gildar's homecoming dividing itself into two creating a lane of travel solely for gildarts lest he haphazardly destroy private property upon gildart's arrival natsu challenges him to a fight and charges at him only to be immediately hit into the guild ceiling wearing natsu smiles saying that gildarts is as strong as ever gildarts then invites natsu to later visit him at his house when natsu and happy arrive gildarts jokes about natsu's relationship with lysanna but is shaken when natsu tells him that she died on a mission two years ago nazi tries to leave but gildarts mentions that he ran into a dragon while on his mission he says however that it wasn't igneal because the dragon was black not red he recounts that he fought it and that it was the reason he failed the quest natsu then resolves to go to zonia mountain where gildarts encountered the dragon in the hopes of learning where igneal is gildart stops natsu and shows him the wounds inflicted unto him courtesy of the dragon the loss of his left arm leg and an unspecified organ natsu then runs out of gildart's house saying that the dragon slayers can defeat dragons before falling into a puddle reminiscing about the days he and ignil shared together while asleep a giant anima opens up in the sky absorbing the entire town of magnolia the fairy tale guild included however because of their dragon slayer magic natsu and wendy weren't sucked into the anima and neither were happy and carla carlin forms not too happy and wendy about the world parallel to theirs edelas after listening to carla's description of edoles and that she and happy were born there natsu resolves to travel to etalis and save the guild with the help of happy and carla who utilized their era natsu and wendy used the remaining traces of the anima to travel to edels as they break through the anima happy and carla's wings disappear causing the four to fall from the sky crashing conveniently into a storage house filled with clothes natsu then looks out the window and sees the guild although he notes that it looks quite different as they're about to enter natsu is stopped by carla who notes that something is amiss natsu then ceased to his horror that all of his guild mates are acting quite opposite to their normal selves before long he's noticed by lucy ashley whom he believes to be lucy and the rest of the adolescent fairy tale crying out in shock over how scary she's become lucy confusing natsu for his adolescent counterpart hugs him saying that they've been worried about him but then quickly proceeds to punish natsu wrapping her legs around his neck and grinding her fists into his head during the torture process lysanna appears telling lucy to stop bullying natsu and for jet and droid to stop picking on elfman nazi turns around dumbfounded beginning to shed tears and runs up to hug lysanna but is kicked in the face by lucy ashley who asks natsu when he started to behave like that to which he replies with a stutter that lisanna is alive natsu is then swept away by gray who tells natsu to sit and talk with him to which natsu is still sad from lucy interrupting his moment demands that grey take off his many layers of clothing carla then deduces after seeing that there's another wendy whom is vastly different in every physical regard to their wendy and that mira jane hasn't changed that nobody has changed and that they're counterparts meaning that just like how italis parallels earthland there are different members of fairy tale here that parallel their own as nazi resolves to go and find their friends he's stopped by the announcement that the fairy hunter has arrived noticing that the entire atmosphere is shaking natsu inquires as to what the beast that arrived is however before the opposition can attack levy transports the guild to a new location upon noticing this natsu wonders who it was that attacked them to which he is told by mira jain that it was urza nightwalker natsu then becomes afraid noting that their enemy is urza upon escaping the fairy hundreds natsu reveals that they came from earthland to save their guild which surprises the etalis fairy tale members when natsu asks them the quickest way to reach the capital the majority of the adolescent fairy tale tells them that they should give up as nobody has gone up against the king and lived to tell the tale stating that his power can't be overcome the guild goes on to further explain that the king wanted to keep all the magic in netherlands to himself as it's a limited resource so he ordered all of the guilds to disband and after much opposition destroyed them all except for fairy tale even upon hearing that half of their members were killed the master included natsu remains undeterred and demands that he has to save his friends no matter the cost shocking everyone in the guild especially lucy after receiving directions to the capital natsu along the way is distracted by a small frog-like creature and desires to capture it and give it as a present to lucy heartphilia the capture however is unsuccessful as a substantially larger frog-like creature appears out of nowhere and tries to crush natsu upon trying to attack the creature natsu remembers that he can't use magic leaving him with only one option running away as the creature begins to catch up to them lucy ashley appears and frightens the creature away with her magic whip lucy then opts to personally guide them to the capital as the area they're in is quite dangerous to which natsu claims that she isn't too different from their lucy as their overall actions are quite similar later the group makes their way to the town of lewin where natsu purchases a magic sword health from a black market dealer the group then stops in a cafe where natsu tells lucy ashley all about lucy heartfelia to which she laughs an amusement over the mannerisms and background of her counterpart though natsu notes that both of them are quite raucous while lucy reiterates that the king monopolized all the magic natsu states simply that if they defeat the king then they can just give the magic back to the people to which lucy asks if natsu is crazy saying that defeating the royal army is an impossibility as lucy states that she just wanted to peacefully show them the way to the royal city to which natsu thanks her the royal army itself appears quickly deducing that they're the mages of fairy tale and blocks the city's exits natsu then to lucy's chagrin opts to try out the new magic he acquired and quickly attacks the royal army with the sealed flame blade the army blocks it with their magic shields and nazi tries to use the blade again but lucy tells him that he misused it saying that he could have used it approximately 100 times as opposed to just the one wendy then much like natsu misuses her magic weapon the air shatter cannon and envelops the group in a tornado sending them flying to the other side of town the royal army quickly closes in but finds lucy heartfelia mistaking her for lucy ashley and attempts to arrest her as natsu runs towards lucy intent on helping her lucy grabs her gate of the scorpion key and despite natsu telling her that her magic doesn't work in etos lucy successfully summons scorpio who defeats the royal army with his sandbuster amazing the group as the two lucy's meet not two questions as to how lucy can use magic to which she replies that she doesn't know as the rest of the royal army closes in wendy informs lucy that she's the only one who can use magic to which lucy wonders if that by default makes her the strongest one in the group natsu annoyed tells her to just do something about the royal army and in response lucy summons ares who defeats the remainder of the army with wool bomb with lucy ashley amazed by the magic in earthland the group runs away with natsu telling lucy that she did an excellent job to which lucy states that she feels excellent as well in a forest lucy explains that when the anima opened orologium appeared saving her from the effects of the wormhole alone in the empty remains of magnolia lucy says that mystigan appeared and explained the situation to her and promptly sent her to edeless natsu questions as to who mystigan is but lucy says that she herself doesn't know as he never revealed any personal information when once again asked how she can use magic lucy responds that she doesn't know but hopefully responds that she's legendary although natsu quashes these feelings lucy then says that she feels bad because they'll be at a disadvantage since natsu can't use his magic lucy ashley once again asks if they plan on fighting the kingdom to which natsu and the others say yeah when lucy says they can count on her to take the lead in the fight against the kingdom natsu states that he feels shameful that he has to rely on lucy eventually natsu and the group make it to sika where they decide to spend the night while eating he watches as lucy herfelia yells at lucy ashley for trying to show her body to natsu claiming that they're the same natsu jokingly points out that lucy's bathing with herself finding the notion ridiculous the next day everyone wakes up to find that lucy ashley is left leaving them directions on how to correctly get to the royal city natsu tells lucy to forget about it but replies that she can't as they begin to make their way to the royal city lucy explains that edelus houses a race called exceeds although natsu states that he isn't interested just after they see an airship belonging to the royal army descending from the sky arriving to pick up the soldiers currently residing in sika upon hearing that in two days the extraction process on the guild and town who have been turned into a giant lakerma begins natsu states that they could hijack the airship thereby cutting the time it would take for them to travel to the royal city quite substantially happy then points out that the airship is a vehicle to which natsu retorts with that wendy's troia motion sickness means nothing however wendy reminds natsu that she can't use troye and nidales and natsu quickly abandons his idea watching lucy summon virgo and loki's stead who's out on a date natsu and wendy decide to battle with their weapons which are now fully recharged they're defeated in a matter of moments however as the airship flies off natsu and the others risk being captured but to their surprise and delight a magic four-wheeler arrives and the driver motions for them to get in telling them that he'll drive them to the royal city natsu and the others get in the vehicle where while experiencing motion sickness of course natsu listens to the driver saying that lucy actually told him about them and that with him they'll get to the royal city much faster than via airship the man then removes his goggles saying that he's the fastest man in fairy tale natsu the fireball in the vehicle natsu listens as his counterpart calls him shameful for getting motion sickness claiming that he's a mage who specializes in transportation arriving in the outskirts of the capital natsu demands that they all exit his vehicle as they don't have much fuel left and that if he takes them any further he won't be able to return to the guild before natsu dragon can leave natsu pulls his counterpart out of the vehicle asking him to tell him how he doesn't get motion sick upon exiting the vehicle natsu dragon becomes very cowardly surprising everyone upon seeing natsu dragon's inherent fear of lucy natsu then proceeds to deride her claiming that her counterpart should be nicer to his with lucy saying that she was greeting him when natsu dragon asks if they truly plan on fighting the kingdom natsu replies that he doesn't know but if they can't get their friends back peacefully then they'll do it by force upon hearing his counterpart claim that they can't win natsu simply smiles trying to encourage the other natsu upon infiltrating the kingdom natsu and the others quickly find the giant lacrima which is heavily guarded by the royal army natsu angrily listens to king thou's speech and nearly attacks him when he chips off a piece of the lacrima however lucy holds him back preventing him from making such a reckless decision later on karla devises a plan to sneak into the castle and utilize it sneaking into an abandoned mine however natsu and the others are intercepted by urzah nightwalker and the royal army and are captured sans happy and carla natsu looks on shocked and happy as the soldiers bow down to happy and carla calling them exceeds and congratulating them on bringing the intruders to them natsu and wendy are locked up in a jail cell natsu asks the guard what happened to lucy after hearing the guard say that they'll execute her he becomes furious and threatens to kill them if they touch lucy the guards then revealed that the exceeds mission originally was to kill the dragon slayers but at the last minute it was changed now involving their capture as opposed to assassination natsu is next seen unconscious as biro prepares to extract his and wendy's magic power gray and urza unexpectedly arrive saving lucy happy and carla from urza nightwalker and in the process gray feeds an unconscious not to an ex-ball which allows the fire dragon slayer to much like lucy urza and grey use his unlimited magic in etolis upon waking up natsu seeing his magic restored breathes out fire and rushes to stop the giant lakuma from colliding with xtalia he eventually runs into wendy carla lucy and gray at first natsu is confused about the situation until lucy and wendy explained that gagil grey and urza showed up with everybody filled in on the happenings the group splits in two natsu travels with lucy and gray and asks where the king is gray and lucy suspect in some important place but lucy starts to wonder since the courtyard in prison were in strange locations for a castle natsu in short simply says that the castle in general has a strange layout lucy responds saying that she wouldn't be surprised if there was an amusement park and coincidentally they find one right in front of them sugar boy and hughes division commanders of the royal army arrive stating that they desire unlimited magic and prepare to confront natsu and the others hughes begins by trying to crush them with a ship but grey blocks the ship with ice make shield natsu attacks hughes demanding that his comrades be returned hughes then refuses natsu's demand and traps him on a roller coaster using his command tact making unintended use of natsu's motion sickness gray trying to help throws lucy onto the coaster telling her to help natsu the tracks on the roller coaster however run out and lucy and natsu are thrown into a small lake hughes then talks of the power that etls magic possesses claiming that for their selfish addiction to magic they're killing innocent people natsu then says that lives are more important and lucy summons aquarius and attempts to use the surrounding water to defeat hughes but hughes utilizing his control over everything in the park turns the water against aquarius and instead attacks them with it instead natsu and lucy are sent to wash into and eventually find themselves in monster academy natsu finds lucy inside a magic coffin that once inside changes the person's clothes natsu then plans to use the coffin to change lucy into a skimpy bikini of course hoping to distract hughes yeah that's why ultimately this fails hughes utilizing his command tact controls the monster dolls inside monster academy and have them chase lucy away as hughes orders the monsters to turn on natsu beating him natsu's frustration turns into rage as he sets monster academy ablaze through the smoke and flames hughes sees the silhouette of a dragon above natsu stricken with fear hughes and his monster dolls back away natsu then punches hughes sending him flying out of monster academy and directly into biro who was fighting lucy natsu meets up with lucy directly after and koko who is ranked just under biro in terms of the kingdom's hierarchy tries to give them the key to the dragon chain cannon the machine that faust plans on using to destroy xtalia but sugarboy glides past them stealing the key after chasing and defeating him gray catches up with natsu when he catches up natsu is shocked to see that the key has been destroyed but grey to everyone's surprise reveals to have created an exact duplicate of the key made from his ice shortly thereafter urzah nightwalker is seen dragging the bound and unconscious natsu and grey to where the dragon chain cannon is located irza then grabs natsu holding a sword to his throat and orders grey to create a duplicate of the key grey does so but not knowing how to work the cannon prompts urza to order natsu to take out the soldiers urza then appears behind faust effectively taking him hostage urza then orders the soldiers to halt the firing of the dragon chain cannon as faust questions urza as to what she's doing she then reveals herself to be urza scarlet re-equipping into a regular attire as urza orders the soldiers to aim the dragon chain cannon at the lacrima natsu states their plan to be a success and when soldier calls them cowardly for taking a hostage natsu says that it doesn't bother him one bit as they'll resort to anything if it means that their friends are safe just then urza nightwalker the real urza nightwalker appears and attempts to strike urza freeing faust with faust now free the soldiers on faust's command fire the dragon chain cannon at extalia as they fire however koko now riding atop a legion arrives and carries natsu and the others to stop extalia and the lacrima from colliding although koko's legion manages to hold back xtalia even with the combined strength of the mages atop the legion xtalia still remains in danger of colliding with the lacrima even so all of the exceed that reside in nextalia then appear and help natsu and the others hold back the giant island suddenly the lacrima disappears and missed again who reveals himself to be faust's son and effectively the prince of edolus appears thanking them for giving him enough time to find anonymous big enough to return the lacrima to earthland as mystigan and panther lily reminisce however urza nightwalker shoots the exceed through the abdomen with her cannon spear she's then reinforced by much of the royal army who all appear riding atop legions when mistigan tries to stop ursa nightwalker faust appears piloting an enormous draconian machine the dorma onim which nullifies all external magic attacks the king orders the soldiers to capture the exceeds and then shoots a magic beam from the dorma on him mistigan then uses mirror water to reflect the beam back at faust but unfortunately it does nothing faust fires again hitting mystician sending him plummeting from the sky just then the dorma animus struck thrice revealing natsu gagil and wendy to have appeared opting to take on faust together leaving the royal army in the hands of the others wendy supports natsu and gagio with arms and vernier making them faster and stronger allowing them to damage the dorma on him faust then fires missiles at wendy who initially dodges them but after they're found out to be heat-seeking missiles natsu intercepts them kicking them all away as faust prepares to fire more gagil attacks the dorma on him before that can happen prompting faust to attack the iron dragon slayer with the dorma anime's tail natsu then charges it faust but the two remaining missiles explode just before he's able to reach him faust then watches to his horror as natsu eats the flames from the explosion and gagil eats the metal tale of the dorma anim natsu then comments on the strength of the machine saying that's worthy of being called the dragon as natsu spurs out his excitement the dorma onion begins changing form with faust promising to crush them with the dorma anime black sky natsu is then lying on the ground completely overwhelmed by the power the machine possesses faust then fires another beam at natsu and the others blowing them all away the dragon slayers rise again with gagil telling natsu and wendy to use their dragon's roar alongside his the three dragon slayers then do so with their respective roars merging into an even stronger one faust however jumps over the combined roar and before they can prepare another attack barrages them with a multitude of magic blasts with their magic power gone faust stands apparently triumphant over natsu and the other dragon slayers with faust noting that even with infinite magic power comes a time limit he offers them fair treatment should they surrender natsu however tells wendy and gagial not to give up and stands up one more time demanding that faust come at him as faust attempts to crush natsu natsu holds up the dorma anime's footed bay and as gajel says that they can't do anything with no magic power natsu shouting for them to search for tomorrow's worth pushes the machine away telling faust not to underestimate dragon slayers as faust attacks natsu with another magic blast demanding that he learn his place gagil appears from above and pins the machine's foot to the ground making it unable to dodge gagil then shouts for natsu to go saying that he's the only one who can defeat faust natsu then tells wendy to get up and aim her skydragon's roar at him wendy does so and natsu using the propulsion granted to him by wendy's roar releases his flames creating a fiery vortex with fire dragon's sword horn natsu pierces through the dorma onion destroying it and pulling faust out by the scruff of his neck natsu and faust hit the ground with force and the two roll forward natsu still in rage stands up his flames running rampant the dragon slayers take on the visage of their respective parents in faust's eyes causing the corrupt king to pass out as he hits the ground natsu and the other dragon slayer smile on in victory natsu declares checkmate saying that they've defeated the king but gagiel retorts that checkmate is something you say before the king is defeated not after however natsu and the other dragon slayers feel the ground shaking and look up only to find that the islands that were once floating are now falling towards the ground natsu upon being told the situation acts as a villain under the alias of great demon lord dragneal with wendy and gajel being his underlings claiming that he's stolen the magic from edelus and that he is defeated albeit mercifully spared faust natsu then orders much to his annoyance gagil to destroy the city alongside wendy they do so with natsu claiming that anybody who disobeys dies destroying a house in front of him with his fire dragon slayer magic as the townspeople believe natsu to truly be a monster mystican hears the commotion ordering him to stop panther lily however understands completely as natsu orders mystician to stop using his name and address him as the great demon lord dragneel revealing mistaken to the townspeople to be the long-lost prince of edelis mistigan then rushes towards natsu berating him for stupidity telling him that the situation is out of control mistigan then attempts to put natsu to sleep with his magic staves but the magic is sucked out of them by the reverse anima natsu playing his part asks mystigan if he's scared without his magic declaring that magic is power and destroys the building he's standing upon mistigan pleads for natsu to stop and wendy wonders if natsu is going too far to which gagiel replies that he's playing his part perfectly the magicless hero will oppose the magic wielding villain mistigan then tells natsu to stop as he can't be a hero and that his act won't fool the kingdom natsu in response punches missed again ordering him to fight mistigan then calls natsu's act a farce declaring that they can't bring the public together utilizing this method and punches natsu only for his fist to be blocked natsu demands that mystician attack with his full strength and mystician kicks natsu away with the town's people cheering him on natsu declares that they're buying it but mistigan once again comments on natsu's idiocy saying that he should have fallen with that last kick in retaliation natsu punches him blatantly replying that that'll never happen but once up close natsu mutters that this is his way of giving mystikin his send-off natsu as they cross fists then states that people leaving fairy tale must abide by three rules declaring that mystician must never reveal any of fairy tales personal information natsu however forgets the second rule and as he's punched by mistaken the s-class mage states that he is never to extort previous clients for personal gain natsu then states to mystigan that even though their paths differ he must stay strong and live his life to the fullest while he still can and to never forget the friends that he loves natsu and mystigan cross fists once more and natsu falls to the ground asking if his words reach the now former s-class mage declaring that with fairy tale spirit inside of him there's nothing that he can't accomplish natsu then smiles at mystic again saying that he hopes they can meet again as mistaken sadly looks down the town people cheering behind him suddenly natsu's body along with every other earthland fairy tale mage and nxseed's body begins to glow being sucked into the reverse anima natsu and the other dragon slayers feign their permanent defeat at the hands of mystigan natsu then smiles one last time at his former guild mate before he's permanently transported back to earthland after returning through the reverse anima natsu and the others see that the guild and the town are perfectly fine relieved natsu notices that the entire exceed race has come with them the queen personally apologizes to everyone for the hardships that she's put them through and explains that she sent 100 x-seed eggs to earthland via an anima because she foresaw the destruction of xtalia it's then explained that carla's mission was fabricated and that she has pre-cognitive abilities which because of her young age led her to believe everything she foresaw in her memories bearing no ill will towards the ex-seeds natsu and the others bid them farewell as they fly off into the distance wishing to head back to the guild they're stopped by gagil denying natsu's request to join in on everyone's mockery of nadi's habit who wonders where panther lily is panther lily whose body is shrunk to accommodate itself to the earthland environment reveals himself wishing to join fairy tale as it was the guild that missed again was in and that gadget had promised he could join much to the iron dragon slayer's delight but that he found someone suspicious hiding in the bushes pulling the rope he's tied her up with panther lily reveals who've captured lysanna declaring that she's not suspicious shocking everyone wondering how lisana could be in earthland as those from endless have no magic in their bodies lasana jumps on natsu happy to see him again lisanna reveals that she is the lasanna that they all grew up with and that during her mission with elfman and mira jane two years prior upon being struck by elfman and rendered unconscious she was sent through an anima switching places with her etolous counterpart after stumbling upon the editless fairytale guild who were happy to see her again mistaking her for their lisanna lissana prime correctly deduced that the lisanna from etalis is dead and decided to take her place upon seeing how happy everybody was especially the adolescent counterparts of elfman and mirajane lizana explains that she decided to stay and before long two years had passed then noticing natsu and happy's arrival and realizing that they were the natsu and happy from earthland lisanna explains to natsu that she had resolved to stay in edelis so as to never make elfman amira jain sad again however lesanna originally from earthland was sucked into the reverse anima where elfman and mira jane tell her that they knew she was never their real sister upon finishing her story natsu and the others bring lassana to the cardiac cathedral natsu and the others then smile happily as the stressed siblings are reunited at last tenro island arc natsu and the rest of fairy tale later throw a party celebrating lussana's return which inevitably erupts once again into a full-scale brawl between the members of the guild courtesy of natsu and gajil days later natsu is seen taking jobs left and right hoping to make an impression upon the master as the s-class mage promotion trial is fast approaching makarov then announces the start of the trial saying that the trial this year will take place on tenrou island fairy tales holy ground to which natsu responds in excitement and that the eight participating mages are natsu grave juvia elfman khanna freed levy and mest grider makarov and the s-class mages then explain the rules all the participants have one week to choose a partner with whom they would like to participate with their partner cannot be an s-class mage and their partner must be a mage of fairy tale as gildarts announces his participation as an obstacle to the challengers natsu expresses his joy at the fact although the others around him don't share the same feelings when lucy asks if natsu has chosen his partner he says that it's happy when grey chides natsu for being next to useless in a fight as happy is only useful for speed happy says he'll make natsu an s-class mage without a doubt to which natsu adds that he can't go easy on them simply because they're friends natsu then runs off with happy in tow and announces that he must train on the boat headed towards the island natsu sick because of the boat's motion vomits over the boat's railings complaining that wendy won't cast troya however loki says that it's only to be expected as wendy is meth's partner not his as the island comes into view happy points out to the still sick natsu that they've arrived makarov dressed for the weather then stands atop the boat's railings declaring that it's rumored that fairies used to reside on ten row island and that this is the resting place of the first master mavis vermilion makarov then details the rules of the trial stating that for the first part each team must pick one of eight paths that diverge from the starting point which in this case happens to be the shore and that different paths must be taken for each team natsu looks on as makarov points out that there are s-class mages waiting for them down some of the paths and that down others they'll have to fight each other natsu then readies to leave with happy but freed's jutsu shiki prevents everyone other than him and brixlow from leaving levy then rewrites freed's runes however only for her and gajel making natsu angry natsu's anger continues to soar after evergreen rewrites freed's runes once again however only for her and elfman five minutes later upon the automatic dispelling of fried's jutsu shiki natsu and happy utilizing max speed quickly rushed to ten row island upon arriving at shore natsu only left with four paths to pick opts for the e path declaring that the e must stand for urza and charges forward intending to beat her natsu continues down the path shouting urza's name declaring that he's finally going to beat her however when he gets to the clearing natsu finds however that it's not urza who's waiting for him but gildarts natsu shouts the s-class mage's name in surprise as happy declares the trial to be over for them gildarts then apologizes to natsu saying that he's just unlucky and reminds him how much he hates holding back when fighting natsu however just stares at gildarts and declares that he's all fired up natsu then charges at gildarts while happy criticizes natsu for his reckless impatience gildart's comments for natsu to slow down declaring that he hasn't mentally prepared for their battle just yet natsu then explosively punches gildarts but the s-class mage blocks natsu's punch with ease and then much to happy's dismay gildart strikes natsu with his signature crush seemingly obliterating him with happy declaring that natsu's been blown to pieces gildart says that he warned natsu that he doesn't like holding back natsu then drops down from the sky declaring that he's far from finished and barrages gildarts with a flurry of his most powerful attacks gildarts however utilizing crush as a cushion blocks all of natsu's attacks hitting him back in turn for every blow dealt not to then after being thrown away by gildarts attacks the s-class mage with his fire dragon's roar but gildart's utilizing crush breaks apart natsu's dragon roar however gildart's going too far with his magic hits natsu as well gildarts curses himself for his carelessness and quells happy's fear for natsu's death saying that it wasn't that kind of magic looking up happy sees many miniature nazis falling from the sky just as he declares natsu to have failed gildart stares in amazement as all the miniature natsus tell him to wait with each one declaring that they've far from given up the many natsu's ready themselves to confront gildarts the mini natsu's then charge at gildarts in unison with gildarts sweeping them away with his cloak however this proves ineffective as the many natsu's jump onto gildarts himself poking and pulling at him before comically barraging the s-class mage with a multitude of fire dragon slayer spells fed up with the mini natsu's gildarts joins them back into the original natsu however much to gildart's surprise natsu materializes directly in front of him saying that his opportunity has arrived natsu strikes gildarts with his strongest spell crimson lotus exploding flame blade as the smoke clears natsu looks on to see that gildarts had completely blocked his dragon slayer secret art natsu rebuts happy statement that his attack was ineffective noting that gildarts has moved from his original position claiming that this is enormous progress as natsu becomes dizzy gildarts claims that as a supervisor now having a deep understanding of natsu's power he would normally let him pass natsu however angrily states that there's no point in becoming an s-class mage unless he beats gildarts gildart says that he figured that natsu would say something like that and angrily stares at him fearing him declaring that from here on he wouldn't hold back anymore gildarts then completely releases his magic power saying that natsu is missing an important something on his journey to sit atop the magic world sternly declaring that he must learn it in a flash of light natsu now hesitant to attack gildarts musters up the courage to do so and briefly charges at him until he spots gildart's gaze which halts natsu now trembling natsu slowly but surely loses his resolve and falls to the ground declaring on his hands and knees that he's lost natsu still in shock listens to gildarts say that natsu's declaration of loss was wonderful and that he admires his brave attempt at standing up again however gildart says that those who have the courage to cease fighting are even rarer than those with the courage to go on saying that fear isn't evil but a tool that one uses to acknowledge their weakness and become gentle guild arts declares natsu to have passed as he learned what is needed to become an s-class mage as natsu begins to protest gildarts declares that his decision is final but reminds natsu that ahead even more grueling tests await walking away gildarts then says to natsu that as his friend that he shouldn't give up and that he understands his desire to win as a man although gildarts notes that being magically proficient is all there is to be in the world gildarts then declares that he and natsu are the same and states that he would like to fight him again encouraging a crying natsu to go forth and become an s-class mage with everyone finishing arriving through their respective paths natsu sits atop a boulder still unhappy about his loss to gildarts with evergreen and elfman arriving just in the nick of time makarov announces the second part of the trial and natsu deep in contemplation jumps up snapping out of his stupor and challenges the remaining competitors as to see who can become the next s-class mage sparking a raucous jubilation from everyone running hoping to be the first one to find mavis vermilion's grave one of tenro island's many native animals jumps in front of natsu but natsu punches the beast away declaring that it's in his way natsu then runs up to the creature and demands that it tell him where mavis grave is located the creature then replies that it doesn't know to which natsu sadly grunts he then wonders how they're going to find mavis grave with no hints before suddenly arriving at the conclusion that the tenro tree looks quite suspicious taking to the skies with happy nazi resolves to investigate the mysterious tree later on natsu jumps down from the sky and protects evergreen and elfman from the death predation released by the newly stumbled upon black wizard xerath xerath cries upon seeing natsu saying his name prompting natsu to angrily ask who the black wizard is natsu getting up states that he has a bad feeling about the black wizard noting that all the trees in the area have withered and died from exposure to his magic natsu then states that he doesn't know who zeref is and tells the black wizard that this is their guild's island ordering him to stay out of their way as the trial is still ongoing to which xerath replies that natsu was grown zarif then tells natsu that he's been waiting to see him which angers natsu who punches zeref squarely in the face demanding to know who he is after these multiple demands the black wizard rises completely unfazed by natsu's attack xerath tells them all to run as he's going to release another death predation however after the smoke from the spell's release clears everyone emerges surprisingly unharmed natsu's scarf in the process has turned black as a result natsu then curses zeref saying that it's the scarf he received from igneal as happy ponders the possibility that maybe igneal gave nato the scarf specifically to protect him following zeref's disappearance natsu expresses his distaste for what he did to the scarf that he received from igneal saying that black on black is highly unfashionable much to elfman and evergreen's confusion because black on black is actually quite fashionable or at least that's what i'm hoping evergreen then points out that with the discord occurring on the island the exam needs to be put on hold although natsu and elfman wholeheartedly disagree with her with natsu claiming that he promised gildarts he'd pass natsu then shouts for them to continue with elfman agreeing calling for evergreen to go along with him to which she scolds elfman for ordering her around later when levy informs urza of grimoire heart's invasion natsu takes note of the signal flare eartha fires natsu wonders if the enemy is zerath happy notes that whoever it is they're soon ready to attack natsu then says he doesn't care who the enemy is and if that they pick a fight with fairy tale then he'll just fight back harder not so unhappy still roaming through the forest hear the sound of azuma destroying the magic council's battleship inquisitive as to the whereabouts of the noise natsu with happy in tow run towards it natsu then after seeing the billowing tower of flames produced by azuma's tower burst notes that nobody in fairy tale possesses magic that can create something like that and correctly deduces that it's the enemy making haste as he runs towards the explosion site not to arrive soon thereafter with azama having disappeared and cradles the wounded wendy asking her if she's okay and wondering aloud as to who could have done such a thing natsu then sees mest whose memory control is worn off and grabs him by the caller angrily asking him if he was the one who hurt wendy and the others wendy then reveals that mest is a member of the council and natsu promptly sets him down nervously commenting on mest's appearance however natsu then panics coming to the incorrect assumption that the magic council is fairytale's attacker carla corrects natsu telling him that their enemy is one third of the barum alliance the dark guild grimoire heart just then caprico flies overhead and drops grimoire hearts numerous soldiers upon them as hades overwhelms makarov with zamatarasu natsu feeling the resounding wave wonders what's happening natsu then engages the grimoire hard underlings in battle and easily defeats the majority after seeing natsu's strength however zenkro one of the seven kin of purgatory arrives on the battlefield and informs his underlings that they're not strong enough to handle natsu and that he'll do it in their stead natsu then watches as to his shock zancroft sets his own guild mates ablaze with black flames sadistically laughing as he does so calling them weak natsu then yells at zoncro screaming that those are his allies but zynkro turns his flames on natsu and natsu shouts that flames are ineffective against him as wendy tells natsu that zancrow's black flames are ominous natsu is struck and finds himself unable to eat them zenkro then calls natsukaki and blows him away telling him that a dragon can't ingest the flame of a god lest they be wrought with divine punishment zenkro then shocks natsu by revealing that his flames exist on a higher plane than his as he is a man who slays gods a god slayer natsu then charges at zancrow and the two engage in very rapid hand-to-hand combat with zancro mocking natsu asking him if dragon slayers are only as strong as he is natsu in return asks zancrow if a god taught him to use his magic to which zenko replies that hades taught him and as he is as close to a god that anyone can be god himself might as well have taught him natsu then proceeds to deride him saying that he only learned his magic from a human whereas natsu learned his from an actual dragon zankar and natsu then clashed flames with zhang overwhelming natsu's own zenkro then proceeds to attack wendy in the exceeds with his black flames angering natsu natsu then unleashes his fire dragon's roar against zenkro but the fire god slayer telling natsu that gods gave humans fire not dragons devours natsu's flames and decimates natsu with his fire god's bellow sending him over the edge of a nearby cliff laughing maniacally as he does so natsu then gets up claiming that for the first time in a very long while he's thought of fire as actually being hot natsu then stops and smells makarov nearby running towards his mortally wounded master natsu questions if he's okay stating that he'll take him to wendy right away ordering makarov not to move as natsu demands that makarov tell him who wounded him the injured master tells natsu that they have no hope of winning the war against grimoire heart natsu unable to comprehend the meaning of makarov's words once again asks him who wounded him as natsu remembers his almost immediate prior defeat to the hands of zenkro natsu says that he shouldn't worry about losing as he'll simply win the next time natsu then tells makarov that he's fairy tales master and that he can't abandon the trial admonishing him for his lack of faith in their power to which makarov replies that sometimes people have to admit defeat however zenkro reappears mocking makarov for his loss against hades natsu gets up demanding to know who hades is but makarov grabs the fire dragon slayer's leg telling him that he can't win natsu now shaking in fear tells makarov that he can run as zankro mocks natsu for being afraid natsu then recollects gildarts's words about fear not being something to fight against with zancrow over the top of natsu's thoughts bellowing that natsu has every right to fear him as he is as strong as a god natsu then tells zenkro that he's correct he is indeed fearful but notes that it's different from the kind of fear guild arts mentioned much to zancro's confusion natsu then covers his body in flames and lividly explains to zyngro that he's afraid that the person that heard makarov would be defeated at the hands of someone other than his with zancrow now the one stricken with fear natsu declares that he'll defeat hades and that he'll never forgive any of them for the harm they've brought onto the guild zancrow then mocks natsu for his declaration as the latter angrily stares down the former the two then butt heads with zancrow declaring in response to natsu that he'll make it so that natsu won't even so much as joke about a matter such as that natsu and zynkro then heavily trade blows with zenkro noticing that natsu's flames don't hurt as they're from a dragon not a god zancrow then mocks natsu's abilities telling him that fire god slayer flames don't burn but rather destroy everything in their path zenkro then slices through many of the surrounding trees sending their trunks high into the air but natsu making quick use of them punches one of the trunks right on top of zankro zancrow however bursts through the trunk punching natsu declaring that as a fire god he loves devouring fire mages zenkro then making use of his fire god supper traps natsu in his black flames telling the fire dragon slayer that he'll be reduced to nothing but ash natsu then tries to no avail to eat the black flames with zancro being grabbed by makarov in the process makarov trying to protect natsu threatens zenkro saying that if he hurts natsu anymore he'll crush him to death natsu then screams in terror as zonkro sets his body ablaze causing makarov's hand to catch on fire natsu continues to beg makarov to stop but makarov tells zhankro to never underestimate the power of a family natsu then releases a large burst of flames from his body momentarily releasing him from zenkrobe but uses all of his magic power and it's drained away in the process with his magic power gone natsu finds himself to the other surprised to ingest zomcrow's flames makarov then notes the severity of natsu's actions claiming that using such a way to defeat the enemy is a sure-fire way to die throwing zenkro in the air as he says so natsu says that he doesn't want anybody to die let alone himself and states that they're all going home to fairy tale bringing his and zancross flames together natsu's dragon god's brilliant flame defeat zancrow standing victorious natsu looks over at the defeated zancrow with utter disdain having finally bested the fire god's slayer natsu tells makarov that gildarts taught him the value of being afraid and of learning when to admit defeat but declares that in their present situation giving up isn't an option natsu says that they must make grimoire heart pay for harming fairy tale and show them the full power of their guild raising his fist in the air as a sign of declaration natsu finally collapses exhausted later on wendy arrives and tries to heal the wounded natsu and makarov however she finds that no matter how hard she tries the former mage is unable to be healed makarov then tells wendy that to heal natsu she must remove the evil that plagues his scarf to which she expresses her ability to do so natsu later wakes up and the scent of xalty the man natsu fought on galin island wafts in his direction recollecting who it belonged to natsu charges head strong to the sense source homing in on ultier's location natsu slips on a large tree leaf and finds himself carried down a large slope arriving conveniently exactly where zera flays unconscious recognizing the black wizard happy warns natsu about the ground surrounding him and just in time natsu moves out of the way as a large tree suddenly manifests itself just under his prior footing altear sitting atop a tree branch tells natsu that there was a sprout underneath him and that with her arc of time she sped up its growth natsu then says that ultier and zolte have the same scent and declares that she's a cross-dresser but alter denies this telling natsu this is what she truly looks like announcing that she's the leader of the seven kin of purgatory alter then wonders aloud if natsu is after zarif as well startling the fire dragon slayer altear then declares that she won't hand him over but natsu states that he doesn't want zerif he just wants to make everyone pay him included for bringing pain upon fairy tale alter then comments on payback saying that she also owes natsu payback for involving himself and her plans on galina island declaring that she's not holding back this time natsu climbs up on the tree that ulterior is resting upon berating her for interrupting the s-class mage promotion trial claiming that if it wasn't for them then he could have already become an s-class mage altear questions natsu's words hitting him with one of her orbs pushing the fire dragon slayer off the tree landing on a nearby branch natsu finds himself surrounded by a number of altirs orbs which she claims to be parallel worlds and attacks natsu with them saying that she can imagine many different futures for him bringing the orbs together natsu is hit by all tears flash forward screaming in pain alter tells natsu that their fun is just beginning as kane hikaru chases lucy throughout ten row island's forest they happen across natsu's battle with ultier in response to interrupting his battle natsu kicks kane squarely in the face sending the grimoire heart mage rolling towards altier lucy then calls out to natsu expressing her joy towards his timely intervention although natsu upon seeing her asks lucy quite bluntly what she's doing in the area lucy then asks natsu if he was fighting to which he demands that lucy leave his opponent alone as he's fighting altir happy then notes that alter is going to be a tough opponent even for natsu which he denies happy then points out to natsu that there are now two opponents to which natsu replies that they've just added another member to their side as well saying that they should abandon the trial natsu offers lucy to quite nostalgically form a team with him and happy with happy and lucy reminiscing natsu spits out his excitement lucy and natsu then high five one another encouraging each other before readying themselves to face cain and altir as natsu stares cain and ultier down kane tells altir that he can handle natsu and lucy by himself which irritates natsu saying that he's ruining the entire concept of a two-on-two battle which also angers happy who yells at natsu for not including him in their count altir prepares to leave with zerif and natsu charges at all tier trying to prevent her departure but is punched away by kane lucy then motions to help natsu with kane but is stopped by kane's ushi no kokumeri which causes natsu to wonder why she stopped not understanding the situation natsu then wonders what's happening to lucy and as kane toys with her body using his magic natsu says that what kane is doing to lucy looks a little fun lucy does not appreciate that comment kane then forces lucy to attack natsu and although he dodges her first strike before he can unleash his fire dragon's roar lucy kicks natsu squarely in the face as they lay upon the ground natsu asks lucy what she's doing to him and she says that it's not her it's him and of course kane forces lucy to punch natsu in the face annoyed by kane's control over lucy natsu grabs lucy's arm and happy manages to grab kane's doll mr cursey giving him control over lucy instead happy then with control forces lucy to push natsu's face into her breasts why why would you do that kane then punches happy who drops mr kersey but before he can take it back natsu swipes it away causing lucy to get swept up in the motions kane then slams natsu into a rock pile causing it to collapse on top of him natsu trapped can only watch in horror as kane brutalizes lucy natsu tells lucy to run saying that he'll find a way to beat kane by himself but lucy refuses saying that she'd rather be with everyone rather than run away awing natsu with kane destroying lucy natsu struggles to get free but notices mr kersey lying on the ground next to him controlling lucy with the doll natsu gives her the ability to fight back thinking of a better way to win natsu sets mr kersey's hand on fire with his fire dragon slayer magic causing the same thing to happen to lucy's hand natsu then throws mr kersey to happy and together they defeat kane with secret attack lucy fire after the battle natsu still struggles to get out from underneath the rock but upon being suggested natsu breaks free using his fire dragon slayer magic oh well why didn't he think of that now free natsu tries to track xerif but is unable to as something is interfering with his scent lucy then tells natsu that grimoire heart is planning to use zerif to change the world to which natsu replies that changing the world is a lot of work and that grimoire heart won't succeed as he'll make them pay for hurting makarov lucy then theorizes that grimoire heart has an airship and that they should find it but as happy has run out of magic power natsu says that they should return to the campsite where wendy is as natsu arrives at the campsite mast now revealing himself to be doran bolt arrives right alongside him and smashes through night's communication lacrima natsu then questions where doran bolt went but he says that he's come back to help them leave the island but natsu accompanied by everyone else refuses to leave tenro island when doron bolt warns natsu the impending threat of ethereum natsu simply states that they'll just defeat grimoire heart before they fire it when doran both says there's nothing the fairy tale can do not to approaches him and says that he doesn't care who their enemy is but that if anyone dares lay a hand on fairy tale he'll destroy them natsu then asks him to stall the magic council as dorenbolt says that stopping the council altogether is impossible when doran both asks them how they can stop a guild like grimoire heart natsu simply says that they'll defeat them with all of their strength during their travel to the camp where their wounded guild mates lay blue note stinger grimoire heart's second in command appears and swiftly defeats natsu and the others blue note then begins interrogating natsu as to find the whereabouts of fairy glitter one of the three great magics unique to the fairy tale guild but natsu claims that he doesn't know anything about it prompting him to crush natsu with his gravity magic natsu then charges a blue note but bluno blasts them away upon seeing makarov blue note motions towards the injured fairy tale master to which natsu threatens blue note kana arrives just in time to save natsu and the others from bluno but is pushed to the ground by blue notes gravity magic kana then asks for natsu and the others to buy her some time to build up her magic power as blue note explains grimoire heart's true goal he attempts to kill kana but natsu sticks his head into the ground and uses his fire dragon's roar burning blue note from below saving kana bluno then pushes natsu away just as kana prepares to cast fairy glitter as natsu supports kana she casts fairy glitter but much to natsu's horror blue no dissipates the almighty magic sending the entire group flying natsu looks on in pain as bluno once again prepares to kill kana to his amazement however gildarts arrives livid and strikes blue note away saving them all to natsu's confusion gildarts orders them all to leave but the shockwave formed from his and blue notes clash sends them flying away anyway khanna however points out that they'd only be in gildarts's way and not soon the others leave despite him wanting to watch the fight later when azuma destroys the tenro tree natsu was seen collapsing along with all the other members of fairy tale after urza defeats azuma natsu luci and wendy regroup with the rest of the guild at the main camp where they're shocked to see so many of their guildmates injured as panther lily talks about splitting the remaining guild members into an attack and defense team natsu stares on in silence he then resolves to go and defeat hades asking for lucy and happy to come with him with wendy and the exceeds opting to tag along upon the way natsu lucie and wendy cross paths with urza and grey the five fairy tale mages then arrive at grimoire hearts airship and stare grimoire heart's master down as hades tells natsu and the others to come whenever they're ready natsu shouts for the dark mage to come to them instead to no avail however natsu then turns to the exceeds and asks them to search the airship for a power source and destroy it as a precautionary measure wendy casts troy on natsu eliminating the threat of motion sickness gray then creates stairs for them to climb and natsu and the others rush towards hades with natsu making the first move telling him to feel the power that fairy tale possesses using natsu's initial attack as a distraction team natsu attacks hades together with wendy acting as support natsu then attacks the dark guildmaster with fire dragon's wing attack but hades counters by attaching a chain to the back of natsu's head but urza severs the chain allowing for gray to launch natsu towards hades using the propulsion from wendy and lucy's unison raid natsu delivers a devastating fire dragon sword horn to haiti's chest hades then emerges from the rebel unscathed with natsu noting that his magic powers changed haiti screams seemingly causing wendy to disappear leaving only her clothes behind warranting natsu's full attention of course natsu still worried cries out for wendy but becomes relieved when he discovers that oralogium appeared saving her from certain death as hades calls them interesting natsu questions hades wondering if he knows makarov hades then reveals that he was fairy tale's second master and that he was the one who chose makarov natsu enraged rushes towards hades calling him a liar but is attacked by hades amaterasu hades then gleefully shoots team nazi with his bullet magic telling them to dance lying defeated hades approaches team natsu proclaiming that their journey is at an end and that it was a mistake to entrust his will to makarov natsu then yells at hades telling him that there's nothing wrong with change and that they live in the now unlike him natsu then finishes by saying that those who don't have the courage to change might as well be dead enraged hades tortures natsu with his bullet magic telling natsu that he should hate makarov not him for the way he's going to die natsu then calls hades makarov's rival but before hades can deliver the final blow lightning strikes the airship natsu then looks on in amazement as laxus arrives saving him from otherwise certain death upon his arrival laksas picks on natsu making fun of his worse for wear appearance which he smiles at in enjoyment natsu then watches in amazement as laxus and haiti's battle seemingly on equal terms however upon laxus being struck by one of hades amaterasu spells natsu was blown back by the force of the explosion when lax's buckles caused by the damage he received from the prior explosion natsu cries out in worry when loxa says that he has ways to go regarding hades natsu questions the meaning behind his words natsu then reassures laxus that he can be angry at those who harm fairy tale even though he isn't a member anymore prompting laxus to strike natsu with his lightning having been struck by hades magic laksas tells natsu that the lightning he's given him is a gift to which natsu thanks him for the meal loxus then states that he's given natsu every last bit of his magic and natsu asks why pointing out that he's much weaker than laxus to which he tells natsu that someone with fairy tale's mark needs to defeat hades wiping tears from his eyes laxus is lightning and natsu's flames completely fuse and entering lightning fire dragon mode natsu vividly states that he's about to personally deliver the lightning fire dragon's 100 fold payback to hades with the power of laxus's lightning surging inside him natsu overwhelms hades by combining his fire dragon slayer magic with laxus's lightning magic creating explosive high voltage attacks natsu then angrily berates hades for harming their guild screaming that he's going to completely erase the former guildmaster hades then tries to bind natsu's arms with his chain magic but natsu breaks them natsu then releases the highly destructive lightning fire dragon's roar which hits hades and destroys half of tenrou island exhausted natsu looks at hades who's lying on the ground and nearly falls into the hole he created stating that he finally did it but is saved by lucy natsu then thanks lucy for saving him stating that he's run out of magic power hades then stands praising natsu and his guild mates for their strength hades then releases his demon's eye stating that he's going to show them all something spectacular the abyss of magic as hades states that he's going to end them natsu curses his inability to do so much as move natsu still unable to move listens to haiti's explanation of magic in which he states that to find the source of magic the one magic one needs to immerse themselves in the deepest darkness stating that natsu and the others lack the drive to immerse themselves in said darkness hades performs the forbidden living magic spell nemesis creating a multitude of demons from the surrounding rubble with everyone shaking in fear natsu grabs lucy who's hugging him and recounts to him the words that gildart spoke to him regarding fear stating that they've learned their fear they can now use it to grow stronger and face it head-on natsu then shouts they have nothing to fear as they're not alone as they have each other natsu then charges at haiti screaming for the signal to counter-attack still exhausted natsu collapses but is picked up and thrown forward by lucy and wendy gray and urza who were ahead of them then propel natsu even farther forward natsu then screams at hades he does a lot of screaming and haiti tells them all to sink into the abyss as the airship explodes following the explosion natsu's scarf is blown about and through the dust and debris natsu is shown to have struck haiti squarely in the face natsu then continues on to repeatedly strike the dark guildmaster as he wonders why his dark magic had no effect claiming that his magic power had disappeared noting that it must be because someone destroyed the source of his magic power the devil's heart thanks to altier who has restored tenro island to its original state team natsu's magic power is replenished and natsu shouts that the victory goes to fairy tale hades then strikes natsu rebutting his claim but laxus rises and punches hades back screaming for fairy tale to attack team natsu then attacks hades together battering him natsu then charges at hades one final time and uses his dragon slayer secret art revision crimson lotus exploding light blade with the torrent of lightning and flames hades is defeated natsu falls to the ground and screams a cry of victory as the sun finally rises on tenro island following the battle lucy returns ignial scarf to natsu to which he expresses his gratitude the exeeds then come running being chased by the lower ranked members of grimoire heart noting that they're all out of magic power team natsu is about to be attacked but are saved by the arrival of makarov and the majority of the team the members then flee seeing that makarov stands in their way and that hades has been defeated fairy tale then celebrates their victory natsu then declares with the threat of grimoire heart no longer looming that they should continue the trial and that to make it simple they'll just fight each other natsu and gajill begin to spit insults but natsu collapses from having eaten a substance other than fire natsu and many others are then shocked to hear that makarov has cancelled the trial a result of the many events that transpired over the last day natsu starts throwing a bit of a tantrum and makarov tells natsu that if he can defeat him he can become an s-class mage natsu expresses his enthusiasm but is promptly punched into a tree courtesy of makarovan therefore fails natsu is then seen fishing with gildarts but is interrupted by kana and lucy's arrival pulling natsu away from the river lucy demands that he return to the campsite nazi watch is dumbfounded as connor reveals that gildarts is her father natsu and the rest of the team frees upon hearing the roar of a dragon rushing back to the campsite natsu looks up into the sky and sees the black dragon of the apocalypse acnologia soaring overhead as natsu remarks that dragons truly do exist acnologia descends destroying everything around him natsu then ceases his ramblings truly afraid of the black dragon the dragon then jumps and lands right in front of the team prompting them to flee makarov then stops natsu from acting irrationally and uses his giant to battle the dragon head on natsu then shouts that he should fight actologia as he's a dragon slayer laxus however grabs natsu and begins to run natsu then begins to install laxus but stops upon seeing his tears natsu then looks on also in tears as makarov grapples the gargantuan dragon ignoring laksis's protests natsu returns to help makarov and grabs the dragon preventing him from striking the final blow natsu then demands that acnologia leave makarov alone as the entire team returns to fight agnologia then ascends and prepares its dragon's roar seeing this natsu declares that they can't let it end here team tenro then joins hands as acologia fires his roar completely obliterating the island x-791 arc once tenrou island reappears the remaining members of fairy tale travel to where the island is and upon docking their ship find a way into the forest natsu's body sticking out of the dirt natsu wakes up and is surprised to see jed and roy standing above and comments on the way they've aged especially droi's new body proportions as natsu remembers that they were hit by acnelogia's roar mavis vermilion appears and reveals that she saved them by using the great fairy sphere natso and the team returned to the guild whose base of operations is now a small tavern and kicks tybalt away before the twilight ogre mage can arm romeo natsu then sees romeo and tells him that he's all grown up crying romeo smiles for the first time in seven years and welcomes natsu home as the party celebrates their return natsu is impressed by romeo's new fire magic abilities romeo reveals to natsu he's been taking classes from totomaru natsu asks to come but romeo says that it would be best not to as totomaru still holds a grudge against him later on natsu and happy realize they have no savings at their house and follow lucy to see her father hoping he would lend them the funds that they need when they arrive at love and lucky lucy asks to see her father but they're informed that he had died one month ago natsu along with happy travel back to magnolia town with lucy on the way they encounter two girls talking about how terrible their fathers are causing natsu to scream at them in anger lucy tells natsu to stop yelling at them and apologizes for making them worry about her when lucy says that she thinks she hates her father natsu replies that simply because she can't cry that doesn't change how she feels not so unhappy are then seen by makao and wakaba downtroddenly meandering throughout magnolia later natsu and happy bring lucy a job to cheer her up grand magic games arc back at the ranch natsu is informed that since their disappearance fairy tale became the weakest guild in fiore and that a guild called sabertooth has risen to the top unlike his guild mates who are disheartened by this fact natsu expresses his enthusiasm at being able to fight their way back to the top some time later natsu and max get into a friendly battle max surprisingly maintains the upper hand against natsu until natsu becomes angry at his weakness and enters lightning fire dragon mode attacking max with lightning fire dragon's roar destroying much of the surrounding area max then collapses admitting defeat claiming that something like that could have killed him natsu then laughs asking for his next opponent but collapses in exhaustion natsu and lucy accompanied by gray wendy happy and carla ventured to poorly yusuke's house in the forest seeking to increase their magic power reserves but to their dismays she demands that they leave and slams the door in their face when they don't poorly usuka comes out of her house once more and begins attacking them with a broom prompting the group to run away after running away not doing the others collapse from exhaustion and natsu listens in shock as wendy states that poor lyuska had the exact same scent and voice as her foster mother the sky dragon grandina natsu then asks wendy if she's sure about what she thinks to which the sky dragon slayer says that she isn't sure natsu then resolves to go back and see poorly yusuke but the woman appears behind them as natsu and wendy discuss the gentleness of their respective foster parents poorly usuka then reveals that she is grandina's endless counterpart and that she fell through an anima when she was younger natsu then asks if igneal and metallicana are in earthland as humans as well to which porluska replies that she doesn't know natsu then watches as porliuska gives wendy grandina's instructions on how to perform two secret arts distinctive to the skydragon slayer before turning around to leave later they head back to the guild where romeo informs natsu that during their seven year absence they created a tournament to find the strongest guild in fiori the grand magic game natsu unlike his guildmates is excited by the prospect and makarov declares that they'll participate upon hearing that the prize is 30 million jewel romeo then tells natsu that the games are in three months and the fire dragon slayer states that three months gives him plenty of time to get stronger natsu however becomes disappointed when he hears that the games aren't solely about battle everyone who is a member of the team tenro then sets off to train with natsu lucy grey juvia urza levy happy and carla along with jed and droid deciding to train at a beach natsu however on the first day competes with gray in many regards before becoming tired and going to sleep that afternoon natsu begins his training in which he starts out with weighted running on the second day of their training virgo appears claiming that the celestial spirit world is in danger and that the celestial spirit king requires their assistance the group sans jed and droi are then sent to the celestial spirit world having been dressed in clothing originating from the realm and find out that rather than there being danger the celestial spirit king along with lucy spirits have planned a party to celebrate their return from tenro island much to natsu's delight after a whole day of celebration virgo informs the group that much to their displeasure one day in the celestial spirit world is equal to nearly three months in the human world oh no what about all that training still depressed about the loss of their entire training time the group receives a message via carrier pigeon telling them to come to the suspension bridge deep in the west woods when the group arrives the broken bridge is restored and they cross it deeper into the woods natsu and the others are stopped by three mysterious figures who much to natsu's shock reveal themselves to be jalal altir and meredi natsu then listens as the three explain what had happened to them during their seven year absence the fact that they created a guild crime sorcier and that their goal is to destroy xerath and every dark guild crime sourcier then asks for natsu and the others to locate a mysterious magic stone that they've felt every year at the grand magic games alter then states out of compensation she'll grant them a boost in magic power and although everyone around him cheers natsu gleefully states that he doesn't understand natsu then hugs altir thanking her and calling her a real woman to which she responds that she's always been a woman later after altea releases natsu's second origin natsu rides around on the ground screaming in pain after training natsu and the others arrive in crocus where they after encountering several people who pick on their guild discuss the rules that grand magic games contestants have to abide by and that the games are different every year before separating while looking around not to encounter sting youcliff and rogue cheney the twin dragons of sabertooth who mock natsu for being a dragon slayer that could slay a dragon they then declare that they are true dragon slayers as they killed the dragons that raised them angering natsu nazi returns to the honey bone hotel and is scolded by urza for being late but the two are interrupted when lesanna and elfman walk in however their meeting is cut short when it's announced that the preliminaries for the grand magic games are about to begin they're informed that they must be one of the first eight teams to arrive at the arena the domus flau in order to be in the games also all the team members must arrive at the same time natsu and the others are worried because wendy is nowhere to be seen but elfman decides to take her place and they set off to take place in the sky labyrinth by defeating the other guilds and stealing pieces of their maps natsu and the others are able to reach the domus flower thereby qualifying for the games however they're informed that they arrived in last place natsu and the others then change into their team uniforms before entering the arena to see who placed ahead of them as the teams are introduced they learn that raventail has entered the games and are angry when they learn that they're the ones who injured wendy and carla who were found the night before knocked out lying in the street he's also shocked to learn that there's a second team from fairy tale in the running consisting of gajell mirajane laxus drear juvia and jalal who is disguised as his editless counterpart missed again when natsu discovers them he yells out at them angrily stating that he has no intention of losing even to his own guild mates everyone agrees and after they hear the rules for the first event of the games they choose grey to participate on their behalf when grey loses the event on the crowd mocks fairy tale natsu yells at the crowd for laughing at fairy tale getting booed in the process during lucy's battle against flair corona natsu hears oscar connell's name come up in the conversation and he rushes to find the young girl natsu notices that flair's hair is nearby and that she's using the girl as a hostage natsu destroys the hair and tells lucy to finish the fight however lucy is ultimately defeated due to obra sabotaging the match prompting natsu to go console his teammate calling her amazing and promising that they'll soon turn the tide after making sure that lucy is all right natsu returns to his team and watches the rest of the matches with interest when jalal is defeated natsu is left shocked and confused at the end of the first day natsu and his guild mates celebrate their defeat saying that before long they'll be the strongest guild in fiori natsu then gets into a brawl with his guild mates easily beating max after bacchus introduces himself natsu was very surprised to hear that the quattro cerberus mage fought along equal terms with urza seven years ago in spite of his team's protests nazi decides to participate in the second day's event despite it being named chariot natsu however obviously has difficulty in the event as it involves vehicular motion warranting him to succumb to motion sickness natsu isn't beside himself however as gajeel and sting are also affected by the motion of the chariots the three dragon slayers are left behind as the other participants race towards the front as the others finish natsu gagil and sting are ridiculed by the audience sting decides to give up but natsu and godzilla are determined to finish the race natsu wanting to win for his friends who are waiting for him for the last seven years finishes the race in sixth place earning his team two points after the event natsu rests with wendy and notices that she carla and poorly yusuke are missing when he wakes up noticing that the scent of an unfamiliar person is in the room natsu follows his nose and catches up to a group of masked men who have grabbed wendy carla and porluska natsu immediately pursues the group fighting his way through the few that try to halt him natsu eventually defeats the mages and saves his fellow guild mates when the question mages reveal that they're working for raventail natsu becomes incredibly angered for raventail has once again threatened his guild after the second day of the game's ends natsu lucy happy and carla walk back to their lodgings there natsu and the others see yuki no agria waiting for them out front not too skeptical at first wondering as to why a mage from a rival guild would visit them thinking that she's arrived to make fun of them like the rest of sabretooth had after listening to yukino's conversation with lucy natsu runs after her when she leaves asking her to forgive him for being rude upon hearing his kind words yukino breaks down in a flurry of tears and confides in natsu the fact that she was excommunicated from sabertooth after her loss to kagura mikazuchi after hearing how yukino was humiliatingly forced to remove her clothes and her guild mark in front of her guild mates natsu becomes enraged he later storms into the saber-toothed lodgings attacking everyone in sight demanding to meet sabertooth's guildmaster gimma who boldly steps out to face him natsu challenges the guild master and wishes to fight him but when he claims to not understand natsu's motives natsu rushes at him originally thinking natsu to be unworthy of his time jama sends out one of his other mages dobengal the fight but natsu quickly takes the man down sting then chooses to step forward and take on the intruder but the guild master stops him and takes natsu's hit instead the guildmaster easily counters natsu's first hit but is then hit by a barrage of attacks from the smaller opponent natsu then uses a powerful spell which is diffused by the sudden appearance of minerva albeit destroying a large portion of the saber-tooth lodgings minerva asks natsu to cease his attack so they might all save face in exchange for the unharmed return of happy who she had captured prior to entering the lodgings not to accepts and leaves but not before telling sabertooth that fairy tale won't lose to their guild and that they should treasure their comrades during the third day of the games during loxes battle natsu is shocked to witness the s-class mage being beaten by his opponent alexi however when the battle he witnesses is revealed to be an illusion natsu is left even more stunned than he was beforehand natsu then chides laxus claiming that he was simply showing off when he discovers that the s-class mage had fought and defeated the entirety of team raventail natsu wishes wendy good luck in her battle with sharia blendi as wendy and sharia engage in battle natsu seem to be surprised to see that sharia is the sky god slayer later natsu is excited when wendy uses her shattering light sky drill and as the spell hits sharia natsu alongside his other teammates celebrates wendy's triumph however natsu is utterly dumbfounded after seeing sharia stand uninjured and smiling after being hit by a spell of that magnitude as the battle between wendy and sharia continues natsu is seen to be very worried for his guildmate crying out wendy's name however seeing wendy's determination and amazing strategy natsu is impressed with wendy's strength after the fight ends in a draw natsu seemed to be very excited and pleased with the result of the fight later natsu heads to a bar with his guildmates to celebrate while there despite being warned on how dangerous it is natsu begins barrel surfing with happy and involves several of his other guild mates in the activity on the fourth day of the grand magic games natsu is seen cheering lucy on as she participates in naval battle as only lucy and minerva are left minerva starts brutalizing lucy prompting natsu to scream out and worry as minerva starts torturing lucy natsu yells for her to stop natsu along with grey and urza stand appalled as minerva holds lucy by the throat dangling her outside the naval battle arena as minerva drops lucy natsu and grey rush out of the stands and successfully catch her natsu looks at minerva infuriated and the majority of team sabertooth steps in front of minerva confronting him urza and grey natsu and grey both resolve to attack sabertooth but are stopped by urza after urza threatens sabertooth natsu along with the other members of team fairytale a and eventually team fairytale b visit lucy in the infirmary makarov arrives and announces that the administrators have told them to join both teams together leaving natsu and the others shocked natsu says that he'll avenge lucy and won't forgive sabertooth for laughing at her natsu along with grey gagil urza and laxus become part of the newly reorganized team fairy tale arriving at the arena with his new teammates natsu and gajiel glare at sting and rogue and natsu states that he's all fired up later a tag battle between team blue pegasus and team quattro puppy is announced ichiyan the rabbit will face bacchus and rocker natsu was utterly shocked to see that the rabbit is in fact nichiva who was part of extalia after ichia wins his two-on-one match due to nichia being knocked out at the very start natsu is surprised and impressed by ichia's power after the tag battle between team mermaid heel and team laminas scale results in a draw team fairy tale and team sabertooth's battle begins a determined natsu and gagil enter the arena prepared for their battle against sting and rogue natsu and gajil make the first move quickly punching away their respective opponents surprising the audience sting attacks natsu with his white dragon's roar and rogue uses shadow dragon slash against gagil he easily deflects the attack with his iron dragon sword and sends rogue flying running towards sting natsu grabs rogue and hits both of them with fire dragon's wing attack natsu questions if sting and rogue defeated dragons with their level of strength sting corrects natsu saying that they killed their dragon foster parents as the twin dragons grant themselves a boost in power by entering white drive and shadow drive respectively the twin dragons quickly attack resulting in natsu and gajill being put on the defensive sting tells natsu that he looked up to the fire dragon slayer and that he's always dreamed of surpassing him sting then attacks natsu with white dragon's claw rendering him immobile natsu smiles as sting rushes into attack and punches him in the face the latter is confused as to how natsu was able to move and sees that natsu burned the immobilizing stigma away sting then readies his dragon slayer secret art holy nova and attacks natsu resulting in a huge explosion through the dust and debris natsu reveals to have stopped the attack bare-handed shocking not only sting but the entire audience as well natsu and gajill together continue to pressure the twin dragons when fairy tale's victory becomes apparent natsu watches in disbelief as sting and rogue rise entering dragon force natsu stands and awaits the newly powered up dragon slayer's attacks however before the two can advance sting states that he can defeat natsu and gagil alone and moves to do so gajil comments that sting is underestimating them but natsu is unsure about this stating that he can sense sting's strength shortly before being attacked by the sabertooth mage he and gagiel try to combine their attacks but sting is able to both dodge and respond with great speed eventually with his white dragon's holy breath sting destroys the arena and takes their battle underground despite sting's immense strength natsu refuses to give up and tries to fight back but with his mighty holy ray natsu and gajil are left helpless before matzo can declare the fight to be over both natsu and gajiel stand up commenting on sting's power but also state that they've memorized all of sting's particularities getting into a fight over the position of sting's foot when he moves to make an attack being unable to come to a united decision natsu becomes annoyed with khajeel and pushes him into a nearby mining cart sending the teammate rolling away to some unknown location with gajeel now out of the picture natsu repeats sting's earlier statement declaring that he alone will be enough for the two mages when sting and rogue become infuriated with natsu's audacity natsu merely goads the two further egging them on to engage him sting angrily rushes at natsu though he deflects his attacks with calm precision stating that he'll fight for his friends that they made fun of as rogue also joins the fray by releasing his shadow dragon's roar natsu counters with his own dragon's roar completely enveloping rogan flames the two repeatedly attack although every effort is in vain finally sting and rogue decide to perform a unison raid combining their white and shadow dragon magic the twin dragons fired the destructive spell at natsu however natsu stands his ground and counters with his crimson lotus exploding flame blade which not only destroys their unison raid but defeats sting and rogue as well having won and moved his team into first place natsu stands with his arms raised in victory as the crowd cheers afterwards he walks over to sting and rogue smiling at them saying that they should fight again later natsu and a few of his other guild mates are taken underneath the domus flower by gajel who's now returned and none of them really know what to expect when he and the others arrive at the designated location they discover that they've come across a dragon graveyard as they wander around he and gajel come to the conclusion that these dragons are much too old to be the dragons they knew then out of the blue wendy mentions the spell milky way which porliuska had given her the knowledge to perform the group soon comes to the conclusion that this spell could be used to learn information about what had happened to the deceased dragons and possibly about the dragon slayer's foster parents as wendy begins drawing the magic circle needed to invoke the spell natsu asks what she's doing to which he's told by carla that wendy's explained it natsu watches as the area lights up as the spell begins to work and watches as a large dragon is summoned before expressing his shock at meeting it the dragon introduces himself as zirconus and asks if wendy was the one who summoned him stating his intention to eat her natsu jumps to her defense at which point zerkana estates that he was joking noting that spirits can't touch corporeal objects natsu listens as zerkanis explains the history of the dragons and how they originally thought of humans as being nothing more than food at which natsu irritates zirconus by pointing out that if that's true then is he technically talking to his food the revelation of the history of the dragon slayer magic and how it can affect the dragon slayers themselves shocks natsu revealing that acnologia was once human zirconus disappears much to natsu's dismay as he asks if he too will become a dragon because of his magic arcadios and yukino then arrive in the graveyard and arcadios replies that natsu becoming a dragon is impossible as acnologia became one with xerif's aid natsu then listens as arcadio states that if they kill zerif then they may have a chance at defeating actologia natsu not understanding arcadios's motives interrupts him as he begins to explain his plan to stop both xerath before he could become immortal and therefore acnologia as well which only results in arcadios praising natsu for the marvelous battle he gave the audience this afternoon much to nazi's displeasure natsu then closes in on arcadios and asks him why celestial spirit mages are involved in his plan threatening him to say what he came to say natsu gets even more annoyed when arcadio simply turns around and tells him to follow him they later arrive at mercurius where the king lives and are led to a room containing an impressive machine that'll be used for the eclipse plan arcadios then explains that the true purpose of the grand magic games is to steal magic from the mages and convert it into fuel for the gate and that their plan will be put into motion on july 17th however their conversation is disrupted by darton who orders lucy and yukino as well as arcadios to be put under arrest natsu angrily prepares to attack darton stating that lucy won't be involved but his magic power is sapped away by the eclipse gate as he's too close in proximity natsu then falls to the floor helpless as lucy and yukino are arrested back at their lodgings natsu's been tied up so as to prevent him from acting recklessly and listens as they recount the tale of lucy's arrest nazi tries to break free saying that he wants to save lucy angered by everyone's calm attitude after finally breaking three makarov hits natsu telling him to be quiet and declares that they've taken away one of their family and that they all feel the same way that he does the next day natsu along with wendy mira jane carla panther lily and happy are sent using the grand magic game as cover to rescue lucy while heading to mercurius natsu responds to mira jane's noticing of the start of the final day stating that it's the perfect opportunity in an attempt to enter the castle the mages don disguises as per happy's idea with natsu putting on a bear costume and commenting on mira jains though the idea is ultimately rejected soon after natsu and wendy are captured by a palace guard and are brought to be placed in the dungeon however it's revealed that the guard is a disguised mira jane and that the capture is part of their plan to sneak in and rescue lucy eventually natsu and the others find lucy and yuki no cell natsu immediately destroys the door freeing the two while standing outside the cell a pitfall activates sending natsu and his group below after landing natsu and the others find themselves in an underground cavern known as the abyss palace and natsu spends some time looking for a way out along with his friends natsu gets agitated when he's informed by happy and carla that there seems to be no exit as they the hunters have become the hunted natsu then replies to lucy's concern about the grand magic game stating that juvia took his spot as all he wanted to do was rescue her seconds later carla comes back to the area where the group is located telling them that she found a passage after natsu and the others squeezed their way through and reach the other side of the passage they see a heavily wounded arcadios lying on the ground advising them to run however before they're able to move they're ambushed by a faint silhouette towering over them all natsu grabs arcadios and saves him from the impact of the attack but is quickly attacked again by another person with a flag more and more people begin to appear and attack them not allowing them a chance to counter attack natsu looks up to see a group of five individuals standing before him claiming to be the garo knights the most powerful executioners in fiori natsu scoffs at the appearance of the executioners uhosuke in particular but arcadius warns the mages that the magic of the knights is specialized for killing natsu however is not disturbed in the least rather natsu looks forward to the prospect of a fight stating that the garo knights will be their solution to finding a way out of the abyss palace kamika initiates the assault with paper blizzard red dance and natsu tries to burn the paper only to discover that the paper is impervious to flames natsu is then saved by a quick thinking wendy who uses her skydragon's roar to scatter the paper as the assault continues cosmos uses grove flow summoning a giant flower to consume the group whilst kamika paralyzes everyone with another spell managing to regain control of their bodies again thanks to wendy natsu panther lily and mira jane managed to destroy the huge plant but consequently the destruction of the plant results in an explosion that separates the group waking up alone natsu annoyed that he lost lucy is confronted by one of the knights and becomes angry when the knight claims that all of his friends will soon be dead continuing his speech the mas garo knight states that natsu should repent for his sins though natsu comments on not remembering having made any in the first place with the masked man obviously not in any position to let him leave natsu readies himself preparing to battle the man to get through and find the others before he can strike though the armored knight draws the two humongous sides on his back quickly swiping them at natsu's neck nearly decapitating him not giving natsu any openings the knight quickly strikes again forcing natsu into a nearby wall as the mage struggles to evade the attacks jumping off the wall to avoid yet another slash from the man's weapons natsu notes that the man's swipes are repetitive with the knight confirming this stating that he only aims for the necks of his opponents leading natsu to comment on the troublesome nature of his opponent's fighting style a while later natsu succeeds in catching one of the masked man's scythes destroying the blade asking now if he can send him flying delivering a punch to the head natsu knocks the knight back before following up with his fire dragon's iron fist sending him crashing through the wall the knight asks natsu if he realizes that by attacking him he's made the kingdom his enemy to which natsu retorts that he doesn't care claiming that he'll make anyone his enemy if they harm fairy tale with one final strike natsu sends the knight through the final set of walls resulting in the simultaneous collision of all five knights now reunited with the rest of the rescue team natsu tells the knights to reveal the location of the exit lest they be executed by them later the mages wander around the labyrinth looking for the exit with natsu questioning whether they're heading the right way as the others talk about meeting the princess as arcadios wanted natsu gets angry over the fact that the princess was the one who threw them in the abyss palace suddenly the door opens and natsu rolls on the floor towards it coming close to a mysterious woman wearing a hood looking up natsu asks her who she is the woman begins to shake and sob wiping her tears away as she asks for natsu to lend her his strength as natsu begins to recognize the voice of the woman she pulls back her hood to reveal her face being none other than another lucy seeing a person with the exact same face as his friend next to him natsu can only cry out in shock as natsu expresses his surprise the woman reveals that she's from the future shocking him further as she begins to give a cryptic warning about the future of the country she suddenly faints resulting in natsu and the others checking on her deciding that they can't leave this lucy behind natsu picks her up and states that they'll take her with them a little while later natsu was annoyed that they got lost while looking for an exit he thinks that if they fight the soldiers it'll be much faster and more efficient but karla begs to differ for many of them are wounded suddenly the lucy from the future stirs and everyone immediately turns to her when she asks where they are natsu replies that he doesn't know she recalls being captured by the army during her time and having their magic drained by the eclipse gate as they pass by the area natsu exclaims that it was foolish of them to do that to which she replies that they were just unlucky when wendy asks future lucy why she came back to the past she says that it was to change the worst possible future hearing her natsu is extremely shocked to hear that ten thousand dragons will attack fiori causing him to grab weaponry to fight much to everyone's surprise as lucy wonders if anyone will believe the story natsu asks if it's a lie and upon hearing that she's referring to credibility tells her that they wouldn't doubt her once carla asks future lucy about what happens to them when the dragons attack natsu is eager to hear the answer which comes in the form of silence future lucy explains that she traveled to the past after the dragon's attack and tells the group to travel underground and meet jalal who should be coming up with a strategy as she apologizes for not knowing what to do natsu thanks her for the information and tells her that he'll protect the future running through the underground natsu asks future lucy how she knows the area to which she states she learned it suddenly the group is approached by the royal army but natsu states that as long as they have their magic they can't be captured declaring that the matter will be settled that natsu begins attacking while fighting natsu tosses one army member into the rest knocking them back however he's suddenly attacked from behind by a member of the anti-magic unit though surprised natsu is unhurt stating that his specialty in magic helps him against such attacks as even more army members arrive natsu continues fighting dispatching them with ease however the sudden arrival of the garo knights angers natsu who curses the complication of the mission alongside loki natsu keeps fighting the knights and the royal army of fiori as his group fights on natsu becomes continually mad at the garo knights threatening to execute them all together before he has the chance to do so a fast-moving shadow flies towards the royal army sucking them down as it passes through while leaving natsu and his friends unharmed as the shadow doubles back and begins to rise and take on a human form natsu stands on guard demanding that the figure reveal their identity he's then shocked when the person does just that stepping forward and introducing himself as rogue cheney natsu stands in shock wondering if the figure before him could truly be rogue he then proceeds to comment on how much the shadow dragon slayer has changed in appearance before carla asks why he's returned to the past future rogue tells natsu and the others that he came back in time to utilize the second feature of the eclipse gate the eclipse canon natsu and his friends are relieved to hear the good news however future rogue explains that in seven years less than 10 percent of humanity remains and dragons have conquered the world natsu and his friends flinch in fear as future rogue continues to talk about the current predicament natsu nervously tells him that they should just go and open the gate now but future rogue then reveals that somebody closed the gate on the day that the dragons attacked dooming them all he tells them that he's returned to the past to kill the one responsible as it's the only way to stop the inevitable destiny natsu however is confused and asks future rogue to tell him who this person is future rogue then screams that it was lucy and sends a blade of shadows towards her natsu is then left horrified as future lucy jumps in front of her present counterpart taking the hit for her he then watches speechless as future lucy begins to die from blood loss as future lucy says her last goodbyes natsu turns his head away from the site as his friend's eyes overflow with tears natsu then watches us future rogue and lucy current day lucy argue about her actions in the future ending with future rogue trying to kill her once more as future rogue prepares to attack natsu strikes him sending the shadow dragon slayer sliding backwards with his lightning-clad flames stating that he won't let lucy's future be taken away by anyone natsu then remembers future lucy's last words and as tears roll down his face he promises to protect the future as rogue recovers from natsu's sudden assault the fire dragon slayer instructs lucy and the others to leave immediately as they start to leave future rogue declares that he won't let them escape only for natsu to stop him once more punching him away as the shadow dragon slayer maliciously utters natsu's name he sends the man flying backwards with another blazing punch as natsu pauses to wipe the remaining tears from his eyes future rogue tells natsu that he knew he would get in his way and since he's going to die at the dragon's hands history won't be affected in the least natsu then points out that future rogue was never like how he is now but the shadow dragon slayer replies that people change over time blocking future rogues frontal assault natsu states that future rogues stole something precious from him and that his way of handling things is wrong glaring at the man from the future natsu states that they'll protect the future in their own way natsu is then seen reeling from future rogue subsequent attack and states that he smells the shadow dragon slayer exuding ill intent asking future rogue if he truly came to save the future natsu can only watch as the man maliciously grins following this statement natsu hears a noise coming from above and questions what it is to which future rogue explains that they're hearing the eclipse gate opening future rogue declares his surprise at the gates opening given that lucy is still alive but states that it's a guarantee that lucy will close the gates hearing this natsu says that lucy would never do something that would destroy another person's future but future rogue demands the natsu move and sends him soaring into the air courtesy of a large-scale shadow dragon slayer magic spell with future rogue declaring that he'll kill lucy natsu angrily states that he won't let him and charges at the shadow dragon slayer entering lightning fire dragon mode as he does so surprising future rogue destroying much of the surrounding area natsu begins to strike future rogue with his lightning enhanced flames but before he can deliver another punch future rogue exudes a large amount of light blinding natsu after the light subsides natsu looks on as future rogue enters white shadow dragon mode before he can react however future rogue charges at natsu and slashes his side leaving a large cut in his wake future rogue states that he now has the power of both light and shadows and that he can bend them to his every whim before attacking natsu with white shadow dragon's rough silk having been pierced with light and shadows natsu helplessly falls to the ground and weakly marvels at future rogue's power to which future rogue explains that he killed sting to attain this power but points out that the time until his present self does this is quite far off natsu then asks future rogue if he was always as heartless as he is now and future rogue replies that he was and that he's going to kill natsu before the final blow can be dealt however alter arrives and sends rogue scurrying away upon attacking him with her flash forward during this instance however natsu loses consciousness and all tyr shouts for him to pull himself together upon reaching him alter calls for meredith to ready the first aid but the woman can only watch in horror as natsu is being slowly devoured by shadows as the dragons emerge from the eclipse gate and rampage above over the tremors natsu is screamed at by altir who continues telling the fire dragon slayer to pull himself together natsu grabs altir's shoulder when she asks him what to do and slowly pulls himself out of the shadows declaring that he has to go determined nazi reiterates his promise to future lucy stating that he will protect the future later despite the gate's closure seven dragons controlled by future rogue are released to wreak havoc and croakus and kill the fiori mages however much to rogue's surprise he then notices natsu standing on top of a building glaring at him with an angry but determined expression natsu then proceeds to fight future rogue along with the dragon he's riding on during their fight rogue urges natsu to look at the destroyed town and natsu asks rogue what his goal is rogue explains to natsu that in the future the world is dominated by a single being acnologia and that he intends to defeat it with the power of those seven dragons and become the new dragon king natsu however defeats rogue's dragon with a single attack and cries out that the seven dragon slayers were born for exactly this purpose to defeat the seven dragons when rogue tells him that he miscalculated since there are six dragon slayers natsu says that he can hear the seventh one as well with the dust from natsu's attack subsiding future rogue tells him that humans are powerless against dragons to which natsu replies that if being able to protect everyone requires him to lose his humanity then he'd gladly throw it away hearing this by speaking the name of the dragon they're riding atop of mother glare future rogue orders the dragon to release a myriad of eggs from its underbelly which rain down on the streets such an action causes natsu to look on in utter curiosity seeing the guilds below fight against the dragons natsu remarks that everyone is giving it their best effort and that together they can accomplish anything they desire future rogue however states that natsu is completely ignorant and that he can't comprehend the true power that dragons possess continuing their clash atop mother glare future rogue tells natsu that no matter how many times they fight the outcome will always be the same as he's from the future and there is therefore seven years separating them future oak states that he's much stronger than he was during the grand magic games something which causes natsu to exude a sense of silent frustration however their battle is interrupted by lucy who's flying through the air nude screaming for natsu to help her lucy then crashes into natsu which sends the two fairytale mages flying off of mother glaring into the streets below the two soon land inside a fallen bell with natsu obviously confused questioning lucy as to why the all of this squirming inside the bell their skirmish causes the bell to roll into a nearby stack of crates leaving the two dazed getting up natsu proclaims that the legends of flying naked people were true prompting lucy to cover her chest telling natsu not to look natsu then states that he has no other choice and grabs lucy's breasts attempting to obscure them from his own view an action which earns him a swift punch not understanding the situation natsu yells that lucy is turned into a pervert however happy explains that a dragon was the cause of lucy's nudity happy then proceeds to ask natsu if he couldn't do anything against future rogue to which he replies that the shadow dragon slayer is exceptionally strong and that mother glare is an added annoyance in light of the explanation lucy asks natsu if all dragons are violent stating that she was almost eaten alive natsu hearing this has an epiphany and states that he's finally figured out a way to defeat the dragons descending from above natsu lands on atlasflame's head devilishly grinning at his arrival to the fire dragon's location he states his name and claims that he'll devour atlas's flames atlas however feeling humiliated begins to swing his head towards every direction in an attempt to get rid of natsu much to the dragon's disappointment natsu refuses to lose his grip and echoes his earlier statement and expresses delight at the taste of the flames as atlas continues to ram his body into nearby structures natsu tells laxus that he'll handle the dragon and please for laxus to head to the castle where wendy and mira jane are fighting another dragon unsure at first laxus asks natsu if he'll be able to handle a fire dragon to which he responds affirmatively telling him that he's powering up just by eating him listening to natsu laksas leaves the area with the thunder god tribe and happy and heads towards mercurius after laxus and the others take their leave atlas continues to rampage about destroying several buildings with natsu continuing his assault and with the familiar sensation of natsu's ability to consume flames atlas remembers igneal the fire dragon king stopping his rampage moments later natsu rides on atlas's head and reaches future rogue's current location expressing disgust at future rogue's vision stating that the light in their hearts is something that the likes of him can't see atlas clashes heads with mother glare the sudden disloyalty shocking future rogue natsu grabbing onto atlas calls him his uncle and tells him that he's counting on him leaving atlas to ponder the sudden term with a smug look on his face natsu watches as future rogue expresses his utter disbelief and natsu having to fight his dragon manipulation magic leading the shadow dragon slayer to ask natsu what he did to the dragon natsu replies that they've become friends which atlas flame reaffirms leaving future rogue even more baffled than before natsu then shouts for alice to start the two dragons clash once more with natsu cheering atlas on telling him to circle around mother glare however mother glare prevents such a thing from occurring by utilizing her dragon's roar with atlas claiming that mother glare shouldn't underestimate his hellfire as they're truly equivalent to those from hell and that natsu his fellow fire dragon has eaten them natsu jumps from a top atlas and attacks mother glare with an exceedingly powerful fire dragon's iron fist natsu then moves to directly confront future rogue who has entered white shadow dragon mode for a third time the two dragons continue clashing as both dragon slayers stand on top of mother glare facing each other natsu tells future rogue to go back to his time and strikes him with his foot set aflame however future rogue bluntly refuses and when natsu questions the present rogue's fate future rogue states that they'll eventually become one much to natsu's discontent future rogue then transforms into shadows and as he nears natsu he claims that with acnologia around there's no future and strikes nazi with white shadow dragon sword horn which almost causes natsu to fall off mother glare natsu then mentions frosh but future rogue simply states that frosh will die a year from now and claims that if natsu knew true despair he wouldn't stand in his way and begins attacking natsu with white shadow dragon's rough silk natsu however declares that everyone has a right to choose their own future atlas flame then assists natsu boosting his strength with his own flames allowing natsu to charge forward and hit future rogue in mother glare causing a huge explosion they then fall down and crush through the eclipse gate suddenly destroying it the defeated rogue is then seen lying on the ground with natsu on top of him panting heavily natsu removes himself from future rogue's person and stares at the unconscious man's smoldering body his exhaustion however soon turns to bewilderment as a bright light envelops the area a direct result of the eclipse gate's destruction when atlus returns to his own time much like the other dragons natsu closes his eyes and thanks atlus for all the help he's given him with future rogue's body also glowing signaling the start of his return to the future natsu tells the shadow dragon slayer that his present will not grow up to be like him something which future rogue denies by uttering the word shadows he explains that the darkness within him is permanent and that the shadows have always been coming and trying to consume him repeatedly adding that on the day that frosh died he fell into depravity allowing the shadows to finally take hold natsu then tells futurogue that frosh isn't going to die but the man from the future refutes his claim saying that natsu must tell the current him to protect frosh in one year otherwise frosh will be killed regardless such a statement leaves natsu extremely perturbed with future rogue having finally returned to his own time natsu is hugged from behind by a tearful lucy when he asks her what's wrong she denies that anything is out of the ordinary and instead thanks him for everything he's done a few days later all the grand magic games participants are invited to mercurius for a banquet despite everyone being present natsu is nowhere to be found however just as arcadios appears to stop the fight for yukino and announces the king's arrival natsu instead appears wearing the king's attire and crown much to the shock of everyone present as he yells out at others to have fun he's followed by darton and tomae fiore with the latter asking natsu to give him his things back arcadious attempts to stop him and in vain as evangaro knights state that this is not something that they can handle while natsu was rejoicing over the fact that he became the king and everyone else there is subordinates now lucy smiles saying that he always ends up crossing the line following this banquet fairytale makes their way back to magnolia via horse-drawn carriage causing natsu to whine as his motion sickness takes hold his moaning also earns a remark from grey who states that natsu should have listened to their suggestion and run alongside the carriage instead of riding it with them natsu then motions himself towards grey and begins to convulse prompting his friend to scream at him soon after natsu and fairy tale arrive in magnolia where they're met with glorious applause and raucous cheers by all for winning the grand magic games natsu himself shouts that he's finally glad to be home with a devious look on his face natsu states that he has something to show the citizens and reaches into his sack digging around for what he's looking for natsu then pulls out the king's royal crown much to the shock of his friends who are dismayed at him for having stolen it natsu however puts the crown back as that actually wasn't the item he was looking for the fire dragon slayer then pulls out the trophy that fairy tale was awarded to which he's applauded even more raucously than before continuing to celebrate natsu hands romeo the trophy and puts the young man on his shoulders asking him to hold the shining prize higher so everyone can see natsu's actions soon cease however when the mayor of magnolia reveals that he and the other citizens of magnolia have worked together to restore fairy tales guild building leaving natsu in a state of utter joy sun village arc sometime after returning natsu is given a joint request with grey forcing the two to work together to eliminate a monster the two are successful in their quest and take care of the massive beast but find dissatisfaction with one another and begin fighting over three days but still taking breaks to sleep and eat of course as natsu calls grey a pervert and criticizes him for being indecisive the two are then approached by urza who tells them to cut it out not knowing it's hurt not to engrave puncher in the face but soon realize their mistake as they see her clearly and ask why she's there and she gives them an angry stare before we cut away after she draws her blade presumably doing some incredibly worse stuff returning to the guild natsu states that he'll never work with grey again as he's made fun of by his fellow guild mates as he talks he's called out to by makarov who tells them that there's another request for him in grey natsu states he's not working with him again but is told that he has to go for a quest which he must not fail if it's from one of the four gods of ishgar surprising him and rendering him in grace speechless the strongest team accompanied by wendy and carla head to warren sequence location after receiving a mission from said character along the way natsu begins to argue with grey as he believes that he stole his meat but grey states otherwise and tells him to do something about his eye-blinding hair color the two just hate each other right now the two continue to argue as urza and lucy asks them to stop proving to be futile as the mages continuously begin to throw insults at each other non-stop once they arrive at their destination natsu and the others are told to keep silent in the presence of plants as the plants like the silence when they enter the house of their client however the man revealing himself to be warred sequin reveals to them that it's a joke and that in fact plants like the human voice unamused natsu ponders the man's sarcasm after introducing themselves natsu and grey listen to warhead as he begins to explain the mission to them a now frozen village that used to worship an ever-burning flame needs their help he further emphasizes this point by telling the mages that people are frozen inside the ice natsu and gray team up and get ready for the upcoming mission to help them get into the village ward summons a plant that takes them to the location not soon as comrades travel aboard the plant enjoying the ride yes even natsu somehow the group soon arrive at the town that ward spoke of and looking around wonder where the frozen occupants could possibly be glancing upward natsu screams when he realizes that they're under the townsfolk as they're none other than giants after a short panic session natsu decides that the group still needs to help and tries to use his magic to melt the ice encasing the giants but to no avail suddenly the group is approached by a trio of treasure hunters who reveal that they've come to steal the flame while the giants can't guard it when the group points out that the flame is frozen too the men show them a vial of liquidized moon drip that they intend to use to get the flame realizing they could steal the bottle and use it themselves natsu and his friends pursue the treasure hunters to take the bottle from them during natsu in the gang's pursuit the treasure hunters decide to stop running and decide to fight back stating that treasure hunting is dangerous natsu counters that their job is dangerous as well and gets into position just as one of the hunters attacks with a giant hammer shaped like a clenched fist with natsu barely dodging the attack attempting to counter with his fire dragon's iron fist natsu finds this technique blocked by the now open hand on the staff and is subsequently punched in the face sending him flying returning shortly afterwards natsu finds himself forced to admit that their opponents are actually pretty good fighters further praising the hunters for being so good without magic hiroshi states that their guild won the secret treasure games much to nazi's amazement revealing that grey has managed to snatch the moon drip bottle they engage in a fight one more time throwing the bottle to each other as happy lets the bottle fall and it breaks natsu along with everyone else watches in shock it turns out that not much ice was melted happy asks for punishment however natsu states that he can hear a familiar voice from the melted ice running to an unknown direction afterwards reaching the giant's location he encounters doriati a member of succubusai who uses his magic to turn him back into his child appearance stating that this way it'll be easier to dispose of the dragon slayer natsu is shocked to see that he's turned back into a child and immediately understands that his opponent is to blame for his transformation he then proceeds to dispose of natsu who clumsily dodges his attacks finding out that he can't move properly anymore he then tries to fight back using his fire dragon's roar but finds out that it isn't just his size that's been changed his magic power is also drastically decreased after being attacked natsu also finds out that a single punch can do far more damage to him since his defensive abilities have also dropped down seeing that he can't fight back at this state nazi tricks his opponent into looking somewhere else and then makes his escape while laughing and remembering that he used to fool gildarts with this trick all the time after a while natsu still runs through the forest trying to track down the voice that he hears inside his head and also wondering how long it'll take until his body turns back to normal not long after the effects of the magic wear off and natsu was returned to his ordinary state causing him to slip and fall on the ice while running however doriati now in his demon form affects the entire village with his law of retrogression and everyone including natsu have their appearances changed to that of a child again later with doriati's defeat at the hands of grey the magic wears off with everyone regaining their original form annoyed natsu keeps walking while complaining about the sudden changes in his appearance he then meets up with lucy wendy and flair shocked to see the latter after learning about flair's relation to the village natsu sympathizes with her stating that they'll change everything back to normal as its fairy tale's reputation that's at stake natsu then notices that he's been hearing voices from the mountain in front of him flair reveals that the mountain is in fact the eternal flame the village's guardian suddenly they see grey happy and carla running towards them being chased by a one-eyed bird creature natsu tells grey to knock it off with the latter going to attempt to melt the ice instead so natsu heads to deal with the bird he attacks it with his fire dragon slayer magic but the bird counter attacks a worried lucy yells out natsu's name but the dragon slayer claims he's fine and tells them to restore the eternal flame in order to save the village after grey attempts to unfreeze the eternal flame and it disappears everyone despairs until wendy points out the small flame on the altar knowing that the solution to this is natsu lucy calls out to him giving her a positive answer natsu heads to the flame however the cyclops monster interferes and assaults him not giving him any time to retaliate it fires a beam out of its single eye with natsu taking the full force of the attack before the beam hits the frozen giant natsu stops the attack with his fire dragon's roar natsu then charges forward and takes the creature down with a barrage of attacks as it falls on the altar natsu finishes it with crimson lotus exploding flame blade seeing that the flame is all right natsu realizes that the voice he heard was of atlas flame as they find themselves before the fire dragon with the latter happy to see the son of igneal after 400 years natsu is also glad to see atlas flame alive however the dragon states that it's not the case as wendy confirms that atlas flame has been summoned through her milky way the group soon learns that something isn't right with the dragon's memories an after effect of being frozen for so long atlasflame reveals that the cause of the freeze was an ice devil slayer who mistook the dragon for a demon flair then begs the dragon to help the village which causes him to clear his memory somewhat and not soon the others face an immense heat coming from atlas flame the dragon tells natsu about the end the most vile magic from the book of zerath something that ignile was unable to destroy 400 years ago at that moment natsu and the others find the village to be restored however atlas flame is gone natsu wonders about this new information having not heard of end before with the giants freed natsu alongside happy sits atop one of their heads and laughs happily alongside them while the others discuss the issue of the village being frozen the dark guild tartaros and the ice devil slayer natsu remains unconcerned as he tells them that they completed their job regardless soon flair speaks to the giants who raised her and is tearfully welcomed back into the village a scene upon which natsu smiles before following up with a celebration for everyone which goes on throughout the night the mages returned to ward's house with natsu happily claiming that the mission was extremely easy warren then informs them that the time to receive their reward has arrived leading natsu and gray to stare at the reward furiously which turns out to be a potato from the neighboring town after expressing their displeasure the two head to the hot spring nearby at the hot spring natsu and gray relax while the girls unbeknownst to them ponder what the boys are doing at the same time warrant appears natsu listens to his story about mavis and the words that created fairy tale understanding that warren had been alive for a long time he questions if he knows anything about end to which he responds negatively however he does inform them of the very little known information about tartaros even revealing that it's possible that they're in possession of the book of zerath visibly angry natsu loses his calm not knowing anything about tardrose or igneal's location despite the small amount that warhead noted swinging punches at random looking down he notices that he accidentally attacked urza over multiple times receiving a strong punch in return tartaros arc back at the guild natsu continues researching about end and with levy's help they learn that it's on a completely different scale compared to deliora and lullaby implying that it might be the strongest of xerif's demons the group speculates whether rose has the book containing e d with natsu later stating that they just need to defeat tartaros much to lucy's disapproval however natsu argues that this is a clue to the whereabouts of ignil and other dragons at that moment jet barges into the guild hall and natsu is surprised to hear that he brings bad news natsu then waits for poorly yusuke to announce laxus yajima and the thundergod tribe status after said mages confronted tartaros and were nearly left on the verge of death vividly angered he turns to makarov and exclaims that tartaros's action is an act of war natsu begs to be allowed to punish them pinned to the floor by several guild mates as they try to calm him down makarov reminds him that he fully agrees but they lack intel however natsu insists they go to war promising to attain information on their whereabouts from a dark guild by using force suddenly loki joins them revealing that he knows the location of several former magic council members natsu then listens to makarov as the master claims that laxus and the others efforts won't be in vain creating groups and sending them out to protect the former council members shortly afterwards natsu lucy wendy happy and carla arrive at michelo's house explaining the current situation to the senior who refuses their protection at first as their granddaughter enters the conversation natsu senses something jumping towards lucy and wendy as he tells everyone to get down suddenly the house is blown to smithereens by an explosion leading natsu to feast on the remaining flames from behind the smoke a mage speaks to natsu and the others who asks for his name natsu glares as the dark mage from tartaros readies to battle after the mage whose name is jackal unleashes the spell that tremors the vicinity natsu swiftly jumps towards him which is met by an explosion from jackal natsu counteracts against jackal's assault by consuming his heat-based spell and pummels the tartaros mage in the face immediately after natsu thrusts himself forward to collide with jackal which jackal barely evades and subsequently after natsu crashes through the floorboards and ferociously knees jackal's jaw as natsu carries on with his all-out assault jackal attempts to tell natsu something but is only met with a ferocious beatdown from natsu after seemingly defeating jackal natsu recalls having to interrogate the tartaros member over the location of their headquarters after realizing what the dark guild is possibly after michelle attempts to flee but natsu requests that he share his knowledge over the situation after suffering from natsu's beatdown jackal regains consciousness stands up and enlightens natsu about his curse which changes things that touch him into bombs as natsu realizes the combustion's about to occur through his limbs he desperately tells his peers to escape and subsequently detonates leaving him in a horribly injured state natsu lies on the ground as jackal rapidly chases after the running michelo and while lucy and wendy attempt to ambush the demon consecutively he rises to his feet once again to confront the demon running amok in the nearby streets entering the battle by striking jackal in the jaw with his elbow causing the latter to release the two hostages inside bombs michello and a woman he then punches michelle on the head knocking him out due to the former counselor's constant egocentrism irritating him jackal then notes that natsu touched him again leading the fairytale mage to reveal that he's created a trick to his curse absorbing the explosion as the curse takes its course which leaves jackal's mouth a gape as natsu challenges him once again while delivering a beat down upon jackal natsu winds up touching him again and exploding much to jackal's delight until natsu reveals his survival stating that he figured out jackal's trick suddenly jackal turns into a large demon and attacks natsu creating large explosions as he attempts to destroy the town as he talks about humans being unable to compare to demons and wanting to kill all humans natsu tells the beast that they're different from what they're fighting for as he utilizes his lightning fire dragon's firing hammer to send jackal flying destroying a large part of the town as well as his friend's note before collapsing himself beaten jackal turns himself into a bomb in an attempt to blow himself up and take the town and everyone in it with him unable to stop him natsu can only watch as happy carries the demon into the sky whereupon he explodes as everyone watches from below though worried natsu's fears are quelled as happy emerges from the aftermath burned but still very much alive much to natsu's joy finally being able to connect their newly attained lacrima natsu watches from the ground as lucy informs makarov that michelle is alive while commenting on his victory against jackal he then listens to michello mention a weapon that the magic council is in possession of questioning their motives for having said object seconds later natsu allows michelle to finish his revelation face a magic pulse bomb that can nullify all magic across the continent grabbing the elder by the neck nazi questions its whereabouts however michelle admits that he doesn't know but assures him that the former chairman should suddenly natsu has a revelation and asks for the ex-chairman's house quickly taking off with happy as he finds out as they fly natsu explains that somehow tartaros knew information that even the counselors weren't aware of thus causing him to suspect that someone leaked the information reasoning that that someone is a person who's high up in the chain of command natsu urges happy to fly faster to their destination as he believes urza and mira jane are in danger they eventually reach the location of the ex-chairman's house and after going through what was a battlefield natsu to unhappy enter the house just to find it empty however natsu picks up the smell of urza and mirajane after realizing that the former chairman is most likely allied with tartaros and used a sleeping drug to take irza and mira jane he destroys the entire house in a fit of anger and swears to find the two telling happy not to underestimate a dragon's nose at tartaros hq just as crawford and franmoth discuss the fate of urza's team natsu crashes through a window knocking crawford out while franmoth watches in shock as natsu states that he's found the culprit the rest of the demons notice the dragon slayer's arrival natsu shouts irza and mira's names while franmoth is shocked to see intruders invading their headquarters he then turns to face the demon asking him once again to reveal their location but he denies leading natsu to approach him and punch him into a nearby structure the two quickly engage in a fight with franmol freeing himself of his armor and extending his arm to attack natsu natsu seemingly dodges however the demon reveals that his curse allows him to suck the power of his opponents in the nick of time happy intervenes by biting franmoth's arm allowing natsu enough time to get near the demon once again and attack him with his fire dragon's grip strike causing little damage just then a man bringing a chilly wind with him enters telling franmoth to take crawford and leave the fire dragon for him to deal with as the two leave natsu ponders if silver is the one who froze sun village quickly being informed by the man that he's thankful the village is back to normal as freezing it was a mistake of his before the man can continue speaking natsu stares at him in shock revealing that he smells like someone he knows as natsu states grey's name silver is quick to freeze nazi where he stands some time later natsu is seen being thrown into a jail naked he begs the tartaros soldiers to return his scarf but he ends up being ignored at that moment he notices lasanna also in her birthday sued being in the prison with him the two panic for a while about not having clothes but when lassana hears of mira jane and urza being captured as well she despairs realizing the power of her enemies however natsu states that the enemies this time are indifferent promising to defeat them he notes that before that though they have to get out of jail lisanna smiles before kicking natsu in the face for looking at her naked body later natsu has lasana attempt to get his cuffs off with her feet they eventually give up with lazana noting that a regular human can't break the cuffs as lassana panics when natsu looks at her a piece of clothing is thrown into the jail natsu and lusano watch as silver passes by who claims that he can't let them escape but he also can't let lassana bear the embarrassment not to angrily question silver's identity but ends up being ignored as silver walks away while lassana is seemingly worried natsu exclaims that silver smells just like grey a little while later as unbeknownst to them the seal on face is removed natsu and lisano wonder what the cause of the tremor is that they can feel in their jail as lasana expresses her worries about mira jane and elfman natsu down on the ground asks her whether she's okay tossed around by the ruptures natsu is told by lassana to take a look at their jail cell's bars taking a look he notices a sword which lassanna theorizes they can use to cut their chains later natsu and lassana appear at irza's location revealing that they managed to break free they capture kyouka who intended to take urza as a hostage surprised kyouka questions their means of escape and natsu notes that the sword they took is really powerful revealing that it's the heat blade along with a rescued urza they tie kyoka up with the shackles that block magic a confused natsu watches as urzo with an evil expression states that she'll get revenge for everything kyouka has done to her afterwards natsu asks about elfman and mira jane revealing to urza that elfman may have also been captured with urza's blade pressed onto kyoku's neck the demon reveals mira jane's location although she claims that she doesn't know elfman lasanna decides to head to mirajain and natsu follows her leaving urza to deal with kyouka however on their way they're discovered by the soldiers of tartaros who attempt to capture them yet again natsu decides to intercept them while the sauna continues heading towards mira jain and effortlessly defeats the soldiers with the use of his magic at that moment everything darkens and the soldiers are stopped in midair suddenly natsu witnesses zerath walking towards him he watches in shock as the dark mage praises him for coming this far and claims this place to be his bookshelf surprised natsu utters the dark mage's name with the latter smiling at the former he listens to zarif's brief explanation about the origins of the guild learning that xerath himself didn't create tartaros but it was their master ian d and the demons that zeref had created hearing end's name natsu notes that it's the demon that ignile wanted to kill however zaire states that the fire dragon king couldn't do so natsu reddish himself grabbing the heat blade while exclaiming that he'll be the one to defeat end as to inherit his father's will however the blade is unable to reach zerath and breaks in two zerath continues smiling telling natsu that he can do it however he states that the end is the strongest demon he had created and warns natsu of the choice that the dragon slayer will have to make whether to let the demon live or to kill it even though natsu demands an explanation zarif takes his leave hoping to meet the dragon slayer again leaving natsu to wonder about what just happened later natsu appears to assist wendy in her escape in order for her to arrive at the face's location as franmoth uses aery's ability to reach wendy natsu arrives to burn it noting that he and the demon meet again both happy and lucy are delighted to see him with the latter smiling that natsu knows when to appear the dragon slayer then wonders where wendy rushed off to and lucy reveals that the face is about to be activated the two decide to leave the weapon to wendy while they go save mira jane however their discussion is interrupted by friend moth who shows off his ability revealing that he's absorbed both ares and taurus after a short banter about whether wendy carla and even franmoth are rats natsu sets his fist to flame stating that he'll beat those souls out of franmoth however frownmouth causes the head of a teary-eyed ares to appear in place of his stopping natsu's attack the demon knocks natsu down laughing that he should absorb his soul as well however natsu dodges and as he's about to strike franmal uses taurus as a means of distraction however natsu shows no quamzo beating this spirit and knocks franmoth away an enraged franmoth gets up and states that he'll now show his most powerful soul and natsu watches in shock as an ominous aura surrounds the demon revealing someone familiar seeing franmoth morph his body to the form of hades natsu comments that the demon looks more weird than scary told not to underestimate him as he brags about taking hades powers as his own natsu reminds franmol that it was fairy tale who defeated hades and leaps forward to attack however franmoth is barely hurt and after the two exchange blows franmoth links his arms to natsu and begins to absorb his soul realizing what's happening natsu breaks free and activates lightning fire dragon mode and hits franmoth with a large attack however franmoth takes no damage revealing that he continued to absorb nazi's soul through his fire and continues the battle told their magic has no chance against demon's curses natsu stares at the demon and as face nears its activation the cube begins shaking violently earning natsu's notice causing him to curse as he hears that it's going to be activated soon as soon as time is up franmoth laughs overjoyed with face's activation however natsu sets his fist to flame with no problem the group soon realizes that wendy and carla manage to stop the weapon natsu tells franwelth to give mirajane back however an angered demon charges at the dragon slayer yelling that their actions are worth 100 000 souls intending to steal theirs even though natsu initially manages to dodge franmalt's attacks he's soon hit by haiti's formula 28 lying on the ground heavily injured natsu and the others are caught by franmoth's extending arms subsequently having their souls sucked out of them however natsu struggles against the effects of the curse telling lucy and happy to do the same although franmoth states that it's futile natsu explains that he'll keep his soul until he can meet igneal at the last moment lucy wishes for her spirits to be free and tries to close the gates of the absorbed taurus in aries this forces franmoth to let go of their souls as he would be sent to the spirit world along with them realizing her chance lucy outwits franmoth making him think that natsu is also a spirit natsu now free of his hold attacks the demon when franmoth states that magic doesn't work against him natsu lifts a huge rock an object without any soul and repeatedly hits the demon with it successfully defeating him the group then watches as the captured souls flow out of the demon but at that moment the soul of haiti speaks to them telling them that face is not tartaros's real goal and having them relay a message to makarov to quote let out the light after the soul of hades disappears the group ponders about these words eventually happy decides to head to makarov while natsu states that there are still some demons that require beating thinking that mira jain is somewhere on this floor natsu is suddenly contacted by warren learning that mira jain has been rescued natsu then listens to mard greer who entering their telepathy tells the mages that they have no tomorrow and activates algeria the cube begins transforming and natsu is forced to part with lucy as they're both being drawn to opposite directions although natsu struggles he's eventually trapped by the effects of mard gear's curse natsu is then saved by the effects of algeria thanks to the celestial spirit king's galaxia blade he arrives to lucy's location just in time to eat tempester's fire-based attack natsu recognizes that it was lucy that saved them and then commends his opponents for their power together with grey gagil and juvia they stand before silver tempesture keys and torafuzar the attention briefly shifts to silver after grey questions his identity with natsu noting that silver was the culprit behind the sun village's events however silver charges past natsu and along with grey disappears from the battlefield tempesture wastes no time and natsu and the others are soon caught in his curse with only gajil being able to counter-attack things become complicated as gajeel and juvia are unable to hit their opponents and after natsu's attack misses keys he's struck by lightning from tempester's curse paying no attention to the damage done to them natsu gajil and juvia stand up encouraged by the fire dragon slayer and rush towards the demons who are ready to take them on natsu is then briefly seen battling keys anger that his attacks don't connect the fight continues with natsu and gajil attempting to join forces in order to bring torafazar and tempester down however the latter counter-attacks and the dragon slayers fall down instead seeing this lucy is eager to help however natsu tells her to rest claiming that they'll be fine he and gajiel then notice a familiar smell recognizing the arrival of the twin dragons of sabretooth subsequently clashing with tempester yet again the battle continues and natsu expresses his worries when lucy is taken a hold by kei's skeleton as well as his subsequent shock as juvia seemingly falls to the demon however he soon realizes that juvia has instead turned into water and smiles as she defeats her enemy natsu then focuses on his enemies again stating that they need to deal with them fast as a response to the demons unleashing their aetherius forms natsu and gajil activate lightning fire dragon mode and iron shadow dragon mode respectively surprised to see gajiel's new ability natsu argues with him about who's stronger deciding that the one who defeats their enemy first will get an ode written from the second person and they charge at their enemies the demons are pushed back after the barrage of attacks coming from the dragon slayers however continuing their argument natsu and gujill punch each other surprising everyone else the two continue bickering discussing the strength of their punches and then once again attempting to claim the fastest win however tarafazar joins the frey inviting the mages into the deep sea of hades and unleashes tenchi kaimei filling the location with black water natsu realizes he can't use his flames in this water and soon falls unconscious affected by the liquid's poison later levy arrives providing the fire dragon slayer with air and gajell defeats tarafuzar natsu falls to the ground still not aware of himself after the demon's black water disappears by the time tyrafuzar is defeated natsu has still not regained his senses he finally wakes up when juvia and the others discuss gray's whereabouts lucy turns to natsu asking if there's something wrong ignoring the subsequent tease natsu questions if gajil can hear the same thing that he does visibly frightened natsu then correctly pinpoints its cause it being acnologia nearing their location however on his knees natsu begins acting strange with lucy realizing that he's burning up as she tries to touch him suddenly natsu hears a voice stating that it's time realizing that it's igneal natsu wonders where it's coming from but ignil just tells him that the fire dragon slayer can surely defeat end the fire dragon himself states that he'll deal with actologia instead natsu recalls his times with igneal just as the dragon leaves his body in a ray of light revealing that he's been inside him the whole time igneal apologizes to natsu for everything and attacks acnologia telling natsu to live just as the boy sheds tears having finally been reunited with his dad natsu still in tears over finally finding igneous watches his father fight against acnelogia when gajil asks natsu how ignil was inside him the whole time natsu reveals that he has no idea and then angrily propels himself upward using his flames towards igneal he then hangs on to the giant dragon demanding answers but ignil interrupts him by firing a massive fire blast from his mouth natsu congratulates igneal for that feat but when acnologia comes out unscathed igneel realizes that he has to fight for real and orders natsu to leave giving him a guild job steal the book of end from mard greer without damaging it when natsu asks for a reward for his job ignil tells him that his reward will be an answer to all of his questions with that natsu accepts the job and rushes towards mard greer but not before reminding igneal of the promise they made with each other a determined natsu reaches mard greer in no time introducing himself as igneal's son much to the demon's surprise while natsu continues delivering a barrage of attacks claiming that he'll defeat mard greer in order to stop face and take the tome of the end marg greer launches his thorn curse but ends up being surprised yet again as natsu effortlessly evades the attack and strikes marred grier with fire dragon's iron fist seeing this mard grier decides to communicate with kyouka in order to speed up the activation of face and natsu not knowing what's going on watches as mard greer's expression changes afterwards natsu charges at mard greer one more time just to face an explosion from the demon's curse he dodges and continues the attack which mard greer then effortlessly blocks and crushes the ground below natsu causing the dragon slayer to fall the subsequent attack of thorncurse is however broken by sting and rogue who arrived just in time to save natsu the fire dragon slayer is happy to see them however he refuses their offer to defeat mard greer together as he wants to complete the job given to him by ignil on his own sting then proposes a competition whoever defeats mard greer first is the winner knowing that natsu won't complain anymore if they join the battle this way after multiple hits from each side mario greer is pushed back by stink's kick and crashes into a wall he gets up in no time commenting on the situation having not felt anger like this for quite a long time natsu grins as he welcomes the demon into what it feels like to be a human natsu then watches as mard greer lets go of the book of end and sits down on his throne claiming that this emotion as well as his opponents shall disappear afterwards the dragon slayers are caught in his thorne curse unable to escape while taking damage finally managing to evade the thorns natsu launches himself against mard greer just to be blown away not wasting a moment natsu responds with a combo of fire dragon sword horn and fire dragon's roar asking sting and rogue to follow up afterwards however not even the twin dragons combined attack as well as natsu's lightning fire dragons firing hammers seem to have any effect and the three dragon slayers watch in shock as the underworld king sitting on his throne yet again states with a smirk on his face that he's not even trying yet natsu and the twin dragons then listen to mard greer's explanation about xerif's demons the fire dragon slayer's face shows nothing but surprise as he learns that the demons were born so they could kill their creator xerath and by using face to wipe the magic the strongest demon end can be revived afterwards mard greer then proceeds to summon a prison flower however before he can use it it's frozen by gray who arrives in order to defeat the underworld king as well as return not to his scarf much to the fire dragon slayer's shock the latter surprise only grows as they realize that mard greer's arm is now frozen without anyone noticing how it happened natsu then watches as gray overwhelms mard gear with his ice devil slayer magic however grey's final attack is interrupted by a newcomer that natsu recognizes to be gemma the former sabertooth master now a demon with power rivaling that of the nine demon gates the fire dragon slayer encourages the twin dragons claiming that there's nothing to be afraid of just as he clashes with gma however he's blown away and jamma targets sting and rogue while matsu and grey are able to deal with mard greer the latter then releases his aetherius form having all of his wounds healed and natsu and grey-ready themselves for battle prepared to defeat their opponent in the name of fairy tale as they charge at mard greer the demon spreads his wings and creates a mass of black thorns forcing natsu and gray to use their powers to burn and freeze them respectively however marg greer appears right next to them and grabs their heads crashing with them into the rubble and dragging them through it natsu and gray soon managed to retaliate and simultaneously attack bringing mard greer onto the ground however mard greer is seemingly unfazed and natsu ends up being pushed back by the demon's counter-attack he and grey combine their magic but to no avail as mard greer dodges with these and replies with d-igdracel something that natsu and gray have to destroy before they can proceed natsu then approaches marg greer from behind thanks to grey's ice make gungner but his attack seems to have no effect yet again and the fire dragon slayer wonders if the demon is immortal the two then listen to mard greer's explanation about the creation of curses as in spite of natsu's protests the demon states that magic has no future he then activates a curse named memento mori devised to kill zerath natsu and grace seemingly disappeared just as mard greer explains that those hit by this curse do not die they vanish with no future left for them however as soon as the dust clears away it's revealed that gray defended the two against the curse with half of his body becoming demon-like a shocked natsu then watches as gray falls down claiming he believes in his friend both the dragon slayer and the demon then charge against each other however as mard greer soon finds out natsu overpowers him in his dragonforce mode finishing it with crimson lotus phoenix blade much to the dragon slayer surprise mard greer is not defeated yet in spite of natu's magic becoming zero and thus natsu calls out to grey with the latter firing an arrow of ice to deal a finishing blow to the demon after grey notes it's not over until end is gone natsu remembers that he's supposed to deliver the demon's book to igneal however gray insists that the strongest demon of zerath needs to be destroyed in spite of natsu's protests that's when the face begins its activation sequence and natsu yells out in frustration sensing the disappearance of magic at that moment natsu witnesses both ignil and aknologia dropping down with the former having seemingly overpowered the latter natsu then smiles upon realization that more dragons have appeared to deal with face as ignil proceeds explaining that the dragons were sealed in their dragon slayers until now natsu expresses his confusion over this news however that's when the battle between ignil and acnologia resumes and a worried natsu watches as the two ascend into the sky one more time afterwards he faces grey one more time wanting to take the book of end just as igneal requested him but they're interrupted by the arrival of xerath who much to their surprise takes the book as he states that it's something very important to him xerath then applauds marg greer for the near resurrection of end and goes on to complain of how acnologia has interfered with his plans stating that he wanted to finish his long-awaited battle with natsu he states that he'll give him despair before turning and once again disappearing natsu then watches as ignil is pummeled to the ground as acnologia overpowers him and rushes to igneal's aid the fire dragon refuses his help saying that he didn't expect the dragon king to be so powerful and provides the two reasons why he had hidden himself in natsu's body all these years to slow down the dragon slayer's dragon transformation by producing antibodies something that now has almost no chance of happening and to destroy aknologia natsu doesn't care how strong acnologia is telling igneal that if they join forces they'll be invincible natsu then sees igneal claim acnologia's arm but a great risk on his body falling from the sky igneal thanks natsu for giving him the happiest days of his life and giving him the power to love another before being overwhelmed by the power of echologia's dragon breath as the dust clears out natsu was seen on his knees in tears weeping over igneal's broken promise that the dragon wouldn't leave him he cries further as he mentions the things that he's always wanted to tell his foster parent as igneel's corpse begins vanishing natsu hears the dragon's voice telling him to remember what to do when one is sad he further encourages natsu to show him that he's grown up with natsu vowing to defeat acnologia afterwards a week later natsu and happy are back in their house checking the amount of money that they own although they think there should have been more they brush it off and focus on the problem at hand the letter that natsu is holding later natsu and happy prepare to leave town with the former promising to become stronger so he can protect everyone sometime during their travels not too unhappy happen upon gildarts after a whole day of having fun natsu lets gildarts know of what happened and later the two engage in a friendly match however after natsu shows off his power he's caught by a monster gildarts defeats it destroying a whole mountain in the process seeing this monstrous strength natsu refuses to continue the match and eventually the two head their different ways it's not long before natsu and gildarts find out that they have the wrong bags with the latter rushing after the former to retrieve it resulting in another quarrel avatar arc natsu does not reappear until the year x792 when during the last day of the grand magic games he enters the stadium to stand against the number one guild and fiori scarmiglione natsu sets the entire stadium aflame and when asked about his identity he introduces himself as a challenger before attacking the mages in front of him effortlessly he defeats everyone with a single attack almost destroying the entire stadium in the process he then notices lucy watching from the stands greeting her with a big smile on his face afterwards natsu and happy are seen leaving the mercurius castle having been pardoned by the king for their actions outside they meet up with lucy who reveals that fairy tale is disbanded after natsu asks where the rest of the guild is outraged dinatsu questions makarov's whereabouts as well as whether everyone was fine with his decision going as far to suggest lacks is taking over the guildmaster position however lucy asks if natsu has any right to say that seeing that he didn't care for the guild for the entire year either leaving him baffled in spite of her subsequent apology later natsu and happy arrive at lucy's apartment thankful that they're allowed to stay after getting a haircut and taking a bath natsu talks to lucy about what happened much to the latter's amusement at night natsu and happy wonder if the guild is really gone but their worries don't last long as they decide to sneak into lucy's room to paint her face however after seeing lucy's gathering of information about the guild members natsu decides to head out to put up a message about fairy tales revival with his flames on the mercurius castle as it's made apparent the next morning when soldiers appear at lucy's place in similar fashion is when they first met lucy agrees to go with natsu and together with happy they flee from the chasing soldiers eventually the group arrives to tule village where natsu complains about the lack of action after lucy refuses to let him destroy the clock tower one more time he offers to fight with her and much to everyone's surprise lucy agrees claiming that she had trained on her own however natsu suddenly senses something shooting flames out of his mouth that travel all the way to the town's outskirts hitting bandits in the midst of stealing a wagon later natsu and the others reach margaret town just to witness the lamia scales thanksgiving day much to natsu's horror as he watches wendy singing and dancing that's when they're approached by a girl with cat ears and a tail someone who seemingly expected their arrival after the parade is over lion brings natsu and the others to wendy who's happy to see them again after natsu's initial attempt to take wendy by force the group sits down and they talk about fairy tales revival as well as the council being reconstructed by the ten wizard saints something that natsu seems to like natsu is angered when wendy refuses to return until carla appears and the attention shifts to her human form after returning to the end the group is still taken aback because of wendy's decision however natsu uses the moment to tickle lucy later natsu and the others go outside to find out the source of the commotion just to learn that the town is being attacked by monsters summoned by the rival guild natsu offers his help however when he intends to attack from the air it's sharia that takes happy and together with wendy and carla they fly in order to save lamia's scale in the town a short while later natsu is still upset that happy had been taken from him not wanting to let it go natsu rushes after wendy and sharia making his way through the monsters approaching the town shocking everyone with his strength unbeknownst to him he arrives just in time to save sharia from blue notes gravity magic seemingly immune to this ability even though natsu attempts to scold sharia for taking happy after being told that it's not the time for this he switches his attention to blue note someone he doesn't recognize even though blue note remembers natsu as someone weak he feels something else this time and he charges at the dragon slayer in an attempt to crush him with his gravity magic natsu effortlessly negates it using his flames to raise the ground below him and giving no chance to his opponent he blasts the former grimoire mage with his roar attack ending the battle in one hit much to everyone's shock natsu makes a second attempt to scold sharia but happy points out that there are still some enemies left albeit they surrender right away later lamia scale thanks natsu and the others for their part in saving the town and together with wendy they leave for amafurachi village a place where another fairytale mage is to be found as natsu and the others get closer to the town they notice that the rain is falling only inside of the town after natsu and happy finished playing around with this phenomenon they enter the town thinking it's abandoned however natsu picks up juvia's scent so they advance eventually she's found and after the group's arrival is mistaken for grey's return juvia loses consciousness much to natsu's worry inside her house natsu notices grey's smell as well and after julia wakes up he learns that the two were living together until one day he left and has yet to return for half a year natsu belittles him for that however lucy reminds him of his own actions during that year afterwards natsu promises that he'll get gray back along with everyone else so they can reform the guild then with a stern gaze natsu states that he's going to the nearby sabertooth riding an animal to reach their destination natsu lucy and happy arrived to sabretooth's town noticing their guild building from afar lucy questions whether any information about grey can really be found there and even though natsu tries to explain himself lucy doesn't understand his words so he just promises to bring grey back finally at sabertooth natsu is greeted by the guild however when lecter notes that rogue frosh and minerva have left for a job he rushes after them after catching up with the trio natsu quickly grabs rogue to have a private conversation with him finding out that his job is to destroy avatar not to insist or perform the job himself in spite of rogue's protests he also warns the sabertooth mage not to leave the town along with frosh recalling future rogue's words about grey being frosh's killer natsu thinks to himself that grey is an essential part of fairy tale just as he lucy and happy head to destroy the guild of cultists some time later natsu's group is seen taking a break in the middle of the forest after natsu learns that avatar is a group of mages worshiping xerath he eventually reveals that grey is supposed to be their enemy commenting on the black marks that have appeared all over his body seeing that lucy is getting worried he reassures her that gray is still one of them not long after the group reaches their destination with natsu smirking that all they have to do now is make a direct attack however before he and happy can rush into the building they're stopped by lucy who insists they follow a plan of infiltration summoning virgo and donning her version of star dress so they can enter the building by tunneling underground inside the church however natsu yells out for grey blowing their cover and subsequently facing three members of avatar defeating them all with no effort that's when gray appears claiming that the avatar mages can't defeat natsu and the fire dragon slayer smirks greeting his former friend after punching each other gray asks natsu about the reason for their arrival to such place when natsu counters with the exact same question wondering what gray is doing at avatar's hq they continue to battle exchanging punches and kicks just as grey replies that he does what he wants natsu notes that while juvia's been waiting for him and natsu wants to revive fairy tale gray laughs it off stating that fairy tale is no more and when natsu argues that it still exists in their hearts gray asks him to leave it at that claiming that there's nothing of the guild inside him anymore after lucy comes forward slapping grey for his words natsu is worried to see her suddenly fall down in pain before he can learn the cause for mary gomond uses his chains to capture both him and virgo with jerome further disallowing him to act as he uses his sword to threaten lucy natsu yells agree to come to his senses claiming that the ice mage has been possessed by demons however gray states that his current form is his true self revealing that there's no fairy tale guild mark on his body anymore further angering natsu later natsu lucy and happy sit in avatar's prison cells and discuss grey's recent activities when gomon suddenly appears in front of their cell he plans to torture lucy for information regarding who sent her and her comrades to avatar but after being angered by natsu he decides to just skip the torture and grabs an axe to cut lucy in half much to natsu's anger however gomon is suddenly frozen solid thanks to gray who appears to assist the trio natsu is surprised to see all of this and his surprise only grows when grey hands him a communication lochrama from which he hears the voice of urza afterwards when they're on the move gray and urza explain everything about grey's infiltration mission as well as his markings after learning the true purpose of his actions natsu points out that grey didn't even let juvia know about this and urza explains that it was for the sake of their plan as well as juvia's safety the dragonslayer then questions why didn't the two just crush avatar on their own possessing the necessary power and grey tells him about the size of avatar with all the cells of the organization getting together only for the purification plan with a smirk on his face natsu states that it's time to destroy the cultists overjoyed that after a year they get to be fired up yet again now at malba city natsu gray lucy and happy stand in the way of the attacking cultists natsu comments on grey's improved abilities with the ice mage replying that he can show them off later with urza attacking from the rear natsu with his fist set aflame states that he's now warmed up ready to crush avatar as part of what was once the strongest team in fairy tale not too grey and lucy then charged at their enemies effortlessly overpowering them with their respective abilities as the battle progresses natsu makes his way through the cultists standing in front of a lock he states that no matter how many opponents they face losing isn't an option as they're all fairy tale mages the priest doesn't last long against natsu as the fire dragon slayer easily deflects his attacks as well as destroys his barriers defeating him with his fist lying on the ground aylock laughs revealing that for this day he has burnt his face as a price for summoning one of the 18 yakima gods and nazi watches as a gigantic figure is brought near to them crushing anyone in its way much to natsu's rage the yakima god then brings down its sword causing immense destruction afterwards natsu was seen running on that sword in an attempt to read to the yakima god's body awok considers his efforts to be futile however natsu argues with him about friendship telling him to not look down on bonds among comrades claiming that he'll get stronger in order to never lose someone before his eyes again not natsu uses fire dragon king's destruction fist to deliver a powerful strike thanks to which the yakima god is completely destroyed seeing the members of avatar begin to run away however their escape is foiled by the arrival of the magic council's army nazi recognizes levy and panther lily to be among them coming to greet his friends however he's unable to believe that gajel is also a member of the council claiming him to be a look-alike they argue until urza arrives much to natsu's horror after they celebrate their victory over avatar natsu notices that frosh is also there shocked that rogue broke his promise however after seeing everyone get along with the exceed he smiles happy to see everything's turned out well afterwards natsu and the rest arrive to magnolia with the dragon slayer feeling excited to see the town once more he notices lucy's unusual behavior and when she stops claiming that she's unable to take another step natsu reassures her that even if the building isn't there it doesn't mean a thing lucy's worries are proven to be meaningless as kana appears leading them to where everyone else is as lucy cries over the guild's return natsu takes out the damaged flag of the guild from the ruins of the building declaring the revival of fairy tale alvarez empire arc as per tradition natsu and happy make themselves at home in lucy's apartment finding them there after finishing her shower lucy attempts to kick them in fury however this time natsu easily blocks her kick and blames the lack of her training natsu then states that they have a job to do however the moment of joy doesn't last long as the towel wrapped around lucy slips and natsu gets a full view later as lucy complains the job is actually rebuilding their destroyed guild building natsu is enthusiastic about it wanting to finish as soon as possible he then comments on lassana's appearance as well as the training that elfman had underwent wanting to test out his newfound strength the two proceed to punch each other eventually dragging other members into the fight turning into a full-scale brawl as is also tradition as urza puts a stop to the scuffle levi realizes that she's the only one who can control everyone naming her the seventh guild master natsu witnesses the arrival of mest who claims that they're the only ones who can save makarov later natsu and some others barge into the restricted place below the guild building unable to accept that only urza the new guildmaster is allowed to see what's in there upon witnessing a naked mavis and a crystal natsu is surprised however not even mest has information about its true purpose only knowing it's called the lumen histoire natsu then questions makarov's whereabouts and mess shares his memories with everyone telling them about the mission that makarov gave him back then as well as the true reason behind fairy tales disbanding the threat of the alvarez empire natsu is shocked to hear that makarov left the continent a year ago and still isn't back yet expressing worries that something may have happened to him the discussion continues until natsu simply states that they have to go save him to which the majority agree on however urza puts a stop to this and not even natsu's argument that they've gotten stronger helps natsu expresses his disagreement as urza states that as guildmaster she wishes to focus on rebuilding the guild however when she says that as a fairy tale member she wants to save makarov natsu agrees with the plan for going on an infiltration mission and smiles thinking that they'll definitely save their master later they all head to the alvarez empire via boat something which afflicts natsu with terrible motion sickness you know he attempts to get wendy to stop the sickness with troya but she's too motion-sick herself to cast the spell so gray carries both natsu and wendy to their rooms to recuperate on the way to alvarez mess tells them that they have to make a stop at caracol island to get supplies as they approach the coast they see alvarez navy ships and natsu and wendy who can hear what's going on in the naval vessels tell everyone that their troops are a caracal island looking for a spy to avoid suspicion natsu and the others change their fairy tale guild marks into kate shelter guild marks and tell the alvarez navy men that they're just on vacation they make it past the guards but once they see a child about to be stabbed by one of the alvarez navy men natsu urza lucy and grey attack the navy while wendy comforts the child with their cover blown they take out the rest of the alvarez soldiers who attack them settling afterwards to await any more who may come as wendy and carla take the child to safety and mess teleports a way to look for the informant natsu and the others sit down with a local vendor and talk to him about his business however the man's shop is suddenly blown away in a large explosion from the rubble a stranger approaches introducing himself as a member of the alvarez empire's brandish squad marin hollow marin cancels out urza and lucy's magic and spirits them away in a cloud of smoke seeing their comrades disappear natsu and gray asked maron where he sent them marin replies that lucy and urza pass the test and thus were sent to his relaxation dimension but angrily tells nacho and grey that they didn't pass the test and at that moment he drops an injured mess in front of them and says that he didn't pass the test either not to and grey then angrily try to attack marin but he gets the best of them using his spatial magic before their battle can continue any further however brandish mew of the spriggan 12 appears and natsu was terrified by her immense magic power natsu is surprised when she doesn't attack but instead expresses interest in eating star mango gelato when she sees the destroyed shack marin blames it on natsu and grey much to their annoyance after marin argues about returning to fairy tale girls at brandice's request she showcases her magic by emerging the entire island from the ocean further astounding natsu as marin complies the two then get ready to leave but natsu stops them claiming that they injured messed and that they won't let such a thing slide brandish then disintegrates marin killing him and tells the shocked fairy tale mages that they're now even she then states that makarov is alive and tells him to go home shrinking the island to only a sliver of land as a proof of alvarez's immense power thankfully a fishing fleet happens to be nearby and natsu soon finds himself on one of the ships with his motion sickness taking effect once again however it isn't long before meth teleports everyone into an underwater temple and natsu rejoices that there's no vehicles anymore he continues having fun exploring the place until it starts to move and natsu returns to his previous sickening state lying on the ground while the rest of the group meets with the spy serrano who states that they're heading to where makarov is later natsu and his friends trek to vestarian and nazi witnesses makarov's return having been teleported to the group with mast's help the mages are overjoyed at seeing him after such a long time however the revelry is cut short as mess mentions that zerath is in the alvarez empire as well which is something that shocks natsu after learning that xerath is in fact emperor spriggan natsu watches as makarov weeps that his actions over the past year were useless much to everyone's disagreement he walks up to a kneeling makarov claiming that they'll now go home as he helps him to stand up however before they can do anything agile another member of the spriggan 12 appears in front of them halting their escape as per makarov's orders the group tries to flee on a magical vehicle just to be followed by a giant golem made of sand a gel standing on top of it natsu and wendy are once again under the effect of motion sickness while lucy and grey attempt to defend the group however they're eventually trapped in a quicksand pit with a gel gloating that no one has escaped this spell before as he claims that ishgar has been abandoned by the gods natsu creates a huge explosion to evaporate the sand and states that they still have fairies revealing his guild symbol natsu charges punching a jeal in his face natsu then watches as a deal unharmed attacks using his sands with grey unsuccessfully attempting to freeze them however makarov takes action trying to protect natsu and the others in his giant form by using his own body to shield them just as a jail sands of death rages towards them natsu protests this having the desire to continue the fight but makarov insists on not letting a gel harm his children this is when laxus's lightning disperses the sand wave saving them and an impressed nazi watches as the lightning mage stands firm atop the airship christina with the rest of his team aboard the ship alongside him natsu questions how dragon slayers are able to ride the airship excited to find out that it's been altered that way once mess teleports them into it thanks to laxus's gigantic lightning blast the group manages to fly away to safety and natsu is then present as a teary-eyed makarov rejoices having been reunited with his family fairy tale later in the guild everyone celebrates makarov's return as gajeel takes notice of wendy's now developed motion sickness natsu tells her not to worry as he's always been like that the party continues until makarov brings the attention to him by apologizing for his action as an entire country is after their guild now however natsu encourages everyone claiming that they'll protect their guild one more time so that they can live on and have fun together once again he smirks and then exclaims that he's fired up as makarov states that they'll have to take their enemy down however just as makarov begins explaining the nature of fairy heart mavis appears to take on this role and much to nazi's surprise readies to reveal her past with xerath after maevus finishes natsu expresses his shock upon learning the true purpose of fairy heart as eternal magic even more when it's described as something that could power up ethereum infinitely the group continues discussing alvarez's intentions and acnologia until the topic of xero's immortality is brought up to which natsu excitingly replies that he'll be the one to take care of the dark mage as his right arm is a secret weapon meant to do that one questioned about it natsu exclaims one more time that it's a secret much to everyone's dissatisfaction he explains that it's something he created in order to defeat xerath however he can only use it once natsu then listens to makarov revealing all of the information he has about alvarez recognizing aegeal is the one they fought when the sandmage is brought up however he expresses his surprise when makarov describes august as someone on an even higher level than zerath with his use of magic the fairy tale mages then begin planning ready to show the enemy their guild's power later in her room as lucy writes about mavis and fairy heart natsu and happy suddenly appear behind her commenting on her talent as an aspiring writer in a teasing way as always lucy is not amused to see them in her room without any permission however the two state that they should go hang out with the streets being empty as the evacuation is finished lucy doesn't like the idea and also states that she isn't excited for the battle at all and natsu agrees with the notion claiming that even though he likes the contests of strength feist to the death is not really something that he enjoys either he continues noting that this is the battle they have to win or there won't be any future left for them wanting to do some things once everything is over lucy stops him there pointing out that something like this can be considered a death flag in real life however natsu states that igneal told him to talk about the future as it's something that'll make him want to live afterwards they decide to play games with the suggestion of strip poker being thrown in as well later while still in the midst of the game natsu and the others noticed some noise coming from outside signalling the arrival of alvarez empire's forces as part of the flying dragon squad natsu gajil and wendy attack the enemy ships carried by their exeed as the three managed to destroy several ships the enemy responds with an attack of their own causing the dragon slayers to be unable to get close to them anymore however that's when bisca finally charges and fires jupiter and even though agile manages to scatter the blast it still takes down several ships and allows natsu and the others to land out of geo's position much to a deal surprise the dragon slayers are immediately affected by their motion sickness something that mavis didn't think of unable to move natsu is grabbed by agile with the spring and making fun of him in his previous speech however that's when a part of the ship is cut off and natsu and the others fall down just as urza arrives to face a gel a worried natsu and the rest of his team then decide to leave it to urza and head to the enemy ships that have landed as they arrive they immediately begin attacking the enemy troops with natsu taking several of them down with his magic that's when bakul intercepts blowing away natsu's fire as well as natsu himself the two then clash with happy noting that natsu shouldn't have any issues with a guy like this however natsu replies that he needs to pace himself as there's no telling how many more opponents he's going to face which causes happy to tear up on how much natsu has grown shortly afterwards the enemies of natsu and the others are seen lying on the ground happy points out that this took a bit longer than expected and natsu explains that they were just holding back suddenly buckle appears behind natsu and attacks him claiming that they can't even defeat the aegeal squad let alone the whole alvarez empire however natsu is seemingly unfazed and throws a powerful punch shooting him all the way through a gel's main ship in the air later natsu suddenly feels the effects of a gel sandstorm affecting the whole town being surrounded by sand unable to see anything however soon the sands are dispelled and natsu smiles having noticed ajil's defeat at the hands of biscay and urza however he soon realizes that an exhausted urza is falling down from the destroyed ship and rushes to her side catching her just in time before she hits the ground natsu then begs urzah to let him know if she's okay relieved when she responds after natsu notes that wendy will soon be there urza raises her fist in a victory pose putting yet another smile on natsu's face afterwards natsu informs freed that all the foes from the west have been dealt with and when ichiya protects fairy tale from wal-ito's attack natsu looks on gleefully a day after the initial attack natsu and happy speed off to directly face xerif as they near zara's personal army natsu likens the sea of soldiers to the appearance of a black carpet and resolves to burn the carpet just like the one he did at his unhappy's house they descend and natsu attacks the army killing just under 1 000 soldiers with his fire dragon king's roar after a brief bout of melee all in an attempt to lure out xerath which succeeds staring down his foe natsu unwraps the bandages on his right arm intent on using his secret weapon to kill zeref after zeref asks the accompanying invel to force his army to fall back natsu asks happy to do the same and then finishes unraveling the bandages on his right arm revealing a draconian tattoo that radiates extreme heat and magic power natsu then strikes zeref burns away his anks around black magic when he's about to be struck by a killing blow and then repeatedly overwhelms him with his newfound power despite receiving a fairly substantial gash on his face in the process when asked what his new power is natsu reveals that it's the vestiges of igneol's magic power left inside his body and when he uses the magic power unlike his own it doesn't regenerate and will disappear forever eventually with this natsu releases all the magic power in the form of fire dragon king mode and attacks xerath with an extremely powerful punch hoping to end the battle once and for all as the dust clears nazi realizes that he failed and zeref is still alive he collapses momentarily but then rises after happy expresses concern stating that he has one more punch left as he prepares to deliver the final blow xerif stops natsu and praises him for gaining the strength to kill him just like he always wanted and then reveals to natsu that he is his older brother a shocked natsu is then told that 400 years ago he and his parents were killed by a dragon and that zerath revived him as end he's also told in regards to his query about igneal not killing end that igneol could have killed natsu but elected not to because he loved him like his own son when natsu brings up end status as the creator and master of tartaros xerath reveals that marred gear created tartaros after accidentally stumbling across end's tome and used the tome to unite all the other aetherius under one singular cause however he does cite natsu as an accidental assistant in the creation of the dark guild when natsu defiantly declares that he isn't end zereth reveals the tome and damages it causing pain in natsu's chest proving their link zeref continues explaining that he sought advice from his friend igneal and that igneal planned to raise natsu and teach him dragon slaying magic and together with four other pacifistic dragons plan on concealing themselves within their slayer children and travel to the future via eclipse to feed off the rich ether nano to recover and defeat acnologia courtesy of the celestial spirit mages ana heartfelia of the past and laila heartphilia of the future with this natsu learns that he gagil wendy sting and rogue are all children from over 400 years ago and that july 7th x 777 was the day they arrived in the future natsu however doesn't believe this and moves to kill zerif despite his warning that if he dies then so will natsu as he is his creation natsu expresses his lack of care over such a matter and prepares to sacrifice himself but is stopped by happy who reprimands natsu for carelessly throwing his life away and forsaking his friends he's then quickly flown back to the guild the last remains of igneal's power disappearing forever and having lost the chance to kill his immortal brother happy lands in a forest some distance away natsu asks how his paws are doing as the heat from the fire dragon king mode burned him but he's told that they're fine natsu then looks down to where igneal's tattoo used to be and thinks about everything he learned from zerath but his thought process is broken by happy who tells him that no matter what they'll always be friends he's then given a hug by his exceed companion and is told they'll find a way to defeat xerif that doesn't involve natsu dying which natsu promises to find however shortly after natsu collapses leaving a stressed happy to fly him back to lucy and magnolia natsu's body is then subsequently examined by poorly usual who reveals that he's developed an anti-ethernano tumor from years of over-exhausting his magic because no surgeon in ishgar can remove the malignant mass and neither wendy nor sharia can mitigate its effects in any way the present brandish mew offers to shrink the tumor to a non-lethal size with her magic and does so after which natsu remains unconscious and recuperates in a nearby bed not to stay in the infirmary is interrupted by the intrusion of jacob leccio whose magic is used to erase everyone in the guild before he too can be erased orologium appears and saves him as well as lucy and happy natsu awakens shortly thereafter and runs to lucy's rescue when jacob throws knives at her intercepting and melting them claiming that if lucy was sliced into pieces then there would be much less of her to go around natsu threatens to turn jacob into ash in lieu of hurting his friend natsu was then asked if he enjoyed his nap which he replies that he did and adds that he's all charged up now natsu then immediately engages jacob in combat but is overtaken by him however when the man becomes invisible and attacks him as well as mavis nazi becomes confused when jacob disappears yet again loki is summoned to dispel his camouflage which works but then an annoyed jacob attacks all of them with his invisible weapons when he hits lucy with an invisible whip natsu prepares to attack jacob but he's stopped and forced to the ground where jacob says he'll subject natsu to torture the man makes lucy's star dress invisible revealing her undergarments as an attempt to rustle natsu but natsu is unaffected by lucy's lack of clothing when jacob reveals himself to not want to look at lucy to be polite natsu comes up with the idea of convincing jacob that lucy stripped off the rest of her clothes thus forcing him to lower his guard which allows both him and lucy to kick jacob in the face natsu and lucy continue to combat jacob but he easily dominates the two of them in hand-to-hand combat and states that he's going to start killing their captured friends one by one lucy however tells jacob that brandish was captured by him as well and after checking his transport he releases both her and marin when marin exits natsu notices that another marin has appeared but quickly becomes impressed when he sees that it's gemini taking his form natsu then watches as lucy uses rules of the area to free their guildmates and then after makarov throws jacob out of the guild natsu is grabbed and thrown out as well so that he can use his full power as he flies over a lake he evaporates the water with fire dragon king mode and defeats jacob in one hit with fire dragon king's destruction fist after natsu visits brandish who's back in her cell and happily thanks her for saving him when he was afflicted with the tumor after which he listens to her ominous warning regarding the incoming august wanting to fight august by himself makarov objects as august is the most powerful shield of spriggan annoying the dragonslayer in the process overhearing their conversation brandish having been freed by natsu comments that while it's true that august is the strongest man irene balsarian is the strongest woman among them known as scarlet despair everyone petrified to hear that when the guild decides to accept brandish's offer to attempt to call a truce with august natsu happy and lucy eagerly accompany their former prisoner on her mission mess joining the group when natsu catches him tailing them their transportation problem is solved when brandish turns happy into a colossus as happy carries the group towards august natsu and brandish entertain themselves at lucy's expense however as soon as they approach their objective the entire group is over awed by august's magic power natsu's fear visible through his bravado although he prepares for the worst when the negotiations go downhill from the very beginning things begin to look up when brandish manages to convince august to listen to their side but in a bizarre turn of events the female shield of spriggan ends up stabbing august at the behest of mest who altered brandish's memories to obtain this result natsu condemning his ally for his treachery as august unleashes his rage and knocks brandish unconscious natsu jumps in to stop lucy from approaching brandish in order to protect her however august casts a spell that covers an entire area and the mage is present there in a pillar of explosion suddenly natsu lucy and happy find themselves in a forest not knowing that irene's universe one has caused them to be transported and change the size of the country which becomes apparent to them as soon as they notice cardiac cathedral and mercurius being placed close to one another looking for the cause natsu and the others come closer but only notice more things amiss such as the guild or the town missing this is when natsu senses someone approaching and the group reunites with juvian gray the latter carrying a wounded urza then a reappeared zera contacts all of fairy tale through telepathy to let them know about the guild's location asking them to protect mavis and natsu agrees with the notion immediately following her words natsu is later seen sleeping on the ground near the guild's new location with urza wondering if this is their last dawn as she sees armies awaiting them however natsu now awake states that he'll make sure they see a new tomorrow with everyone else getting ready even though natsu and the others are surprised to see the size of the army awaiting them they decide to face them head-on in order to make some progress in recapturing their guild while waiting for everyone else to arrive natsu is the first to charge at the enemies taking out a group of soldiers with a huge explosion while others also process defeating parts of the army soon enough more members of fairy tale come to aid with natsu delighted to see wendy however their way is soon barred by god serena and natsu is eager to use his flaming attack to calm his hunger much to his surprise god serena's array of attacks overwhelms him and his guild mates until gildarts blocks god serena's spell with not too happy to see the arrival of fairy tales strongest natsu then watches as gildart's clashes with god serena having to defend himself against the sheer force of their magic afterwards as the battle continues natsu yells out words of encouragement running into more soldiers as gildarts defeats god serena natsu puts a big smile on his face joining everyone for the march towards the guild intending to wipe out the soldiers in his way natsu tries to attack but his flames are suddenly frozen even though he initially blames gray as lucy and juvia are suddenly feeling cold natsu surrounds the area with his flames these are also immediately frozen solid and natsu's own body as well as lucy and juvia turn into ice unable to defend against the might of inval's power that doesn't last for long as natsu successfully breaks free melting the ice much to invel's surprise however brandish with the use of her magic to become a giant grabs natsu happy and lucy forcefully taking them away natsu and the others are then dropped by brandish who explains to them that she's sparing their lives out of respect for what they did for her however she then states that she's going to slaughter all of their friends and that the empire's victory is assured in response to branish's claim that they don't know the might of the twelve natsu claims that she doesn't know fairy tales true might either natsu then goes on to challenge brandish but an irene enhanced nine heart appears in search of urza where he proves himself able to resist and overpower brandish the dragon slayer immediately makes short work of nine heart claiming persistence and resolve as the only means that they need to retrieve their guild following nine hearts defeat nazi warns brandish that if she gets in their way he'll fight her too but she re-enlarges his tumor which causes the dragon slayer to ride in pain before losing consciousness natsu then regains consciousness just long enough to witness lucy get overwhelmed in a fight against brandish but then passes out yet again later natsu alongside lucy is tied to a chair by dimeria having managed to capture the two after wounding brandish as the one of the 12 places her scimitar in a position to decapitate him porliuska elsewhere explains how natsu's tumor isn't anti-ether nano but something far worse meanwhile natsu continues to be motionless and so dimeria moves to lucy threatening to torture her she removes lucy's bikini top and then uses her time-stopping ability to appear back at natsu laughing that she'll strip the boy as well natsu yet still remains motionless this continues until dimeria motions to mutilate lucy's face wherein natsu wakes up and brutalizes damaria completely able to move within her age seal after defeating her natsu goes over to lucy's body but finds that she's immobile thinking that she's dead the shock causes him to fully awaken as end the dragon slayer then enters the battlefield burning alvarez soldiers that stand in the way of his vehement pursuit of zarif alive just as he pinpoints the black wizard's location he happens upon grey who arrives to comfort the demonic form of his friend natsu demands that grey move out of the way so he can defeat xerath his words coming out broken and his goal single-minded natsu violently clashes with grey who coldly expresses the desire to kill natsu out of hatred for zara's demons the two wounded men continue to clash quite evenly but during the battle therein natsu recalls his awakening and angrily shouts that nobody can stop him which only serves to further gray's rage the two are briefly caught in the light of makarov's final fairy law but continue their battle wherein neither manages to gain any significant advantage the back and forth eventually comes to an end and the two prepare their own killing blows but their punches are stopped by a tearful urza much to their surprise who asks them what they're doing natsu immediately recalls his words to jalal during the incident at the tower of heaven but after urza paraphrases makarov and dissuades them from continuing their fight natsu's steady demonic transformation reverses itself and he and grey are brought in for a hug on erza's behalf at that moment juvia wendy and carla arrive after which grey and juvia collapse natsu follows shortly but falls into lucy's arms after greeting happy natsu loses consciousness natsu is then carried by lucy but the group is attacked by irene from whom natsu is shielded from by lucy thanks to spriggan 12 larcade dragneal's widespread use of pleasure affecting irene but not the rest of those present however natsu is able to be safely taken away natsu and the others are then brought to porliusko where he remains unconscious as those around him talk about how they can't treat the mass that's inside him natsu's body starts emitting smoke inside his heart natsu is visited by an apparition of zerath whom he unsuccessfully tries to attack despite the latter's warning that he can't be harmed due to where they are through zara's apparition natsu learns of his past before igneal when he and xerath lived with their parents when he died and when he was reborn as end zara's apparition then turns into one of sting upon natsu learning that he and the other dragon slayers were all friends during their childhood 400 years ago natsu becomes confused at the fact that sting appeared in xerath's place but he explains that his heart erased xerif and put him in his place natsu is then told that if he follows him he'll learn the true identity of what lurks inside of him natsu does just that but finds that sting has turned into rogue much to his annoyance and learns from the shadow dragon slayer that ignil scarf was made from his fallen scales was not handcrafted by the dragon but rather a woman named anna upon seeing anna natsu confuses her for lucy rogue turns back into zerath who remarks upon ana's kindness and tells his little brother that the secret to his death is only just further ahead meanwhile in the real world natsu's temperature keeps plummeting and though lucy prepares to strip to warm his body back up natsu begins mumbling about his inborn desire to kill zerif natsu is subsequently disrobed and has the naked lucy and happy lie on top of him in a desperate effort to raise his body temperature in his mind his guides changed to wendy and gajel who revealed to him that long ago anna told them about a woman named irene who invented dragon slayer magic and that in response to natsu's growing frustration with not being told the cause of his imminent death they're simply his guide and don't have any answers natsu continues the journey through his subconscious having lost wendy and gagiel and runs into igneal who tells him about the dragon seed and how that is what lies in his body and that it turns all dragon slayers into dragons but reminds him that he created antibodies to stop that surprised to see igneal natsu learns that he has another seed inside of him called the demon seed that's trying to fuse with the dragon seed he asks igneal if that's the reason he's going to die and upon learning that it is the dragon slayer becomes forlorn sad that he's going to die before he finishes what he wants to do igneal berates him for not listening all the way through natsu is told that he'll die if the seed's fused thus he only has to choose whether he wants to be a dragon or a demon natsu decides that he wants to be neither and that he's human igneous states that this is the correct answer and that natsu's doubt about his own humanity caused the seeds to grow as they both crumble into pieces encouraged by his dead parent to walk on natsu wakes up thanking lucy and happy for taking care of them after poorly usuka tells him what happened to his body upon hearing lucy's concern for his well-being if he defeats xerath natsu reveals that he just had to decide that he was human for his life not to be threatened he wonders where urza and grey are but just after happy reveals that grey is in the next room and irza is still fighting due to irene's death universe 1 is undone and fiori is returned to its true shape after the light dissipates the three find themselves to be in lucy's room which natsu finds to be perfect as they can easily head right for fairy tale after getting dressed the three leave the apartment and run into brandish in a shrunken dim area natsu gets close to dimerio which causes her to fret and apologizes to her for losing control after lucy and brandish say their goodbyes the group are approached by forliuska evergreen carrying juvia and carla who explained that grace disappeared before they can postulate his whereabouts august reveals himself a top cardia cathedral and prepares to eradicate magnolia but is stopped by gildarts smiling at the outcome natsu calls out for happy to join him and he runs towards the guild to fight xerath lucy asks him about grey but natsu tells her that he thinks gray is heading for zerath as well natsu arrives at the guild just in time to stop grey from killing himself with lost iced shell angry he asks grey if he forgot that he stopped him from using it once before when grey tells him that he can't stay in the guild anymore because he lost control and tried to kill him a friend natsu says that he did the exact same thing and then with tears in his eyes asks grey if they're friends he goes on telling grey to keep on living but his friend worries for his life hearing his brother chime in saying that win or lose he will die natsu stands up and says he won't die and if that's his destiny he'll burn it which provokes zeref the two brothers then exchange blows with natsu being overwhelmed and battered around upon zera for marking that the loss of igneal's power means he can't be defeated natsu stands up and declares that his own power will suffice before they can continue everyone in the guildhall senses acnologia's descent upon the battlefield natsu is told to die so that humanity can live natsu and zeref continue their battle with the latter gradually improving and managing to hit xero with fire dragon's roar however zeref is shown to have shielded himself before the two continue their fight as the two go on lucy and the others take their leave as the latter tells natsu not to lose and while grabbing xerif he affirms that he won't zarath then remarks that he's really enjoying himself not to express his annoyance at this until he's overcome by a sudden sensation he turns to c larcade dragneel who's made it to the guild and casts a spell on him natsu questions larcade's identity and is surprised to hear him call zereth father and struggles to stay awake from the spell as larcade tells xerath to kill natsu natsu is then shocked to see zerif blast a hole through arcade natsu watches as xerif stomps on larcade's wounds stating he has no child and says larcade is an aetherius that was one of his attempts at reviving him he's disgusted when zeref kicks away larcade calling him a failure and tells zeref to stop as the latter tells him to continue their fight he then witnesses larcade plead to zero as the latter shuns him stating he has no children nor family before he destroys larcade infuriated natsu questions xerif as to how he can do that to his own comrade to which zera states that larcade was nothing to him which causes natsu to punch him declaring that there was no such thing as a parent that doesn't love their own child xerath goes on about how he tried his best to obtain happiness and states his curse prevents this as he wasn't allowed to have such a thing or family hearing this an irritated natsu grabs and tells zereth that wasn't the way to have a family as he must create his own happiness he further tells zerif that if he claims he doesn't have any family any bond they may have shared was gone before acknowledging and referring to zeraphasa's older brother though slightly speechless zeref shrugs this off stating that he didn't think natsu would feel that way natsu states it was emotion as xerif agreed calling natsu e and d before they prepare to face off again natsu then continues his battle with seraph and manages to punch him back causing a crazed zerif to tell him to attack him with everything he's got as the two are meant to destroy each other natsu then calls his brother out on repeating himself as the latter madly calls him by his demon name as an angry natsu tells xerath his name natsu soon becomes exhausted which causes zerif to berate him as he thought natsu would be able to kill him he then uses his magic to bind natsu and decides to reveal his ultimate goal xerath reveals that he intends to use mavis power for something called neo-eclipse which would allow him to relive his time as a mortal in order to undo all the chaos he's done in the time he's been around zara states by using neo-eclipse he can defeat acnologia and natsu would even be a human again shocked by his brother's ambition natsu questions what would happen to the current world which xerif nonchalantly states that it might disappear enraged by zero's callous regard for the world natsu tells xerif that humanity had faced many problems but lived through them natsu soon learns that zeref had found the space between times stating it was filled with powerful time magic and that he sealed it off until he obtained fairy heart to use neo-eclipse as natsu struggles to get free xerath mocks him by stating that he can't stop him just as mavis arrives and zarif moves to put his plan into action however natsu enters dragon force and burns away the dark magic telling mavis not to engage xerath as he just got fired up upon entering dragonforce natsu is told by xerath that it won't be enough stating that it would be different if he could transform like achnologia natsu states he's human and nothing like acnologia which is what igneous wanted but xerath disagrees stating that natsu isn't a dragon and he's definitely not a human calling him end natsu tries charging at zeref but mavis intercepts him wanting to speak with xerath but the latter grabs her by the head and ignoring her pleas he absorbs her magic as natsu tries to stop this natsu charges at zeref but the black mage uses his magic to force him back leaving him to watch as zeref drains mavis of her magic power he catches mavis after she collapses and curses zerah for his actions before the latter takes on a new form with the magic he absorbed holding the unconscious mavis natsu states he has no choice but to erase zerath but zerif retorts that he is no longer capable of such a feat in response natsu attacks xerath with a fire dragon king's destruction fist which seemingly erases zerif and destroys part of the guild's wall collapsing to his knees natsu exits dragon force and apologizes to makarov for destroying the guild again but states that he's defeated xerath however the wall reforms along with zerath the latter states to a shocked natsu that his new power transcends time and space he says it can never be depleted he then impales natsu through the chest with his bare hand and tells him that makarov is already dead as natsu sheds tears at the news before he collapses to the ground xerath then bids the downed natsu farewell natsu remains unconscious as xerif opens the space between time in the doorways of the guild when zerath prepares to step through the doorway natsu awakens by stating that the current world has his gratitude and that makarov always told him that if he steps through the doors he'd have to promise to return alive he then gets back onto his feet with his wound healed ready to face xerif again on his feet once more natsu thanks his friends for everything as he states he understands what's transpiring and berates himself for thinking only of himself and remembering his goal was fighting for the guild natsu then punches zerif as the latter asks how long he'll stand in his way as natsu states until the day that everyone can smile again which zera states is that's what he's trying to create natsu rebukes his brother's words stating he was only thinking of himself and wants to reject the world as the two brothers fight they berate each other for not understanding the other's plight before deciding to end the fight once and for all not to strike xerif with fire dragon king's destruction fist as xerif strikes back with dark blast inferno the clash of their powerful magic surges through the guild with both calling out the others names but natsu's magic manages to overpower theraps not to strike xerif with a powerful attack which completely burns zeref's magic and sends him flying leaving him immobile on the ground exhausted with his right arm severely burned natsu turns to mavis asking her if she can finish up the rest which she confirms as natsu voices his intention on seeing his friends the battle now over natsu bids his older brother farewell as he leaves him with mavis natsu soon meets with lucy happy and grey as they look at him in happiness with happy rushing over to embrace him natsu confirms to his friends of his victory over zeref as they congratulate him on keeping his promise of not losing natsu then informs of his belief that maeve has sacrificed herself to defeat zera for good but tells them not to be gloomy as it's something she may have wanted as it was to protect them and they should honor her by returning to the guild with smiles on their faces which they agree on the four friends soon begin walking back to the guild with natsu assuring his friends he'll have wendy heal his burnt arm for him when gray points out that he sees the guild natsu remarks that he was just there and it brings back memories as his friends talk about what they intend to do afterwards natsu suddenly disappears transported to another realm natsu wonders where he is as a voice tells him that he's in his world natsu turns to see a mysterious man and stares him down natsu stares down the man before he recognizes his magic power and deduces his identity as acnologia actologia tells natsu that he will be the last as a confused natsu turns to see the other dragon slayers trapped in crystal pillars acrologia tells him that he's obtained time magic by devouring it in the ravines of time recalling the death of his foster father natsu demands for agnologia to be quiet as he states that natsu will join his fellow slayers soon acnologia begins to crystallize natsu's body as he attempts to resist acnelogia taunts from being weakened due to his battle with zerath as natsu is about to be crystallized he's suddenly freed by wendy who tells him that she heard the voices of her friends which allowed her to break free the other dragon slayers break free as well supporting wendy's words they joined natsu in confronting acnelogia with the intention of slaying him once and for all did you enjoy our video be sure to check out these other great videos from the amagi and make sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos uh

Channel: The Amagi

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Keywords: Natsu, Dragneel, Erza Scarlet, Fairy Tail, Happy, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Wendy Marvell, Carla, Juvia Lockser, Gajeel Redfox, Mavis Vermillion, Lucy Ashley, Gray Surge, Faust, Mystogan, Byro, Coco, anime, manga, death, past, powerful, clip, clips, scene, history, backstory, episode, the amagi, war, battle, show, series, entire, online, full, free, youtube, first, fight, moments, timeline, Erza Knightwalker, Hughes, Sugarboy, Faris, Touka, Youko, Hakune, Mimi, Jose Porla, Jellal Fernandes, Ultear Milkovich

Id: JoW6JNriLOo

Length: 224min 12sec (13452 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 22 2021