Jellal Reborn

After managing to defeat Angel with the help of Raava, Lucy carried Aang's unconscious body while she looked around. The conclusion of the battle was all but a giant blur to her and she couldn't recall what happened. Only that Raava had helped her somehow.
Katara stood by her and was helping her to her feet while Lucy was carrying Aang. 
"Well apart from Angel… I feel like we're forgetting something…" They turned to the raft Natsu was lying on.
"Oh right… Natsu!" Lucy said in a slightly panicked voice. He was still hanging on to consciousness while he was comically sick to his stomach.
"Well we should get to him too…" Katara said. Behind the pair however were bubbles that were getting bigger until suddenly, Angel shot out of the water with many tears in her outfit, yet she still remained decently clothed for the most part. Both girls turned around to see her. "Are you serious!?"
Angel had a crazy smile while only her right eye was open. "I… won't… lose…" Caelum was beside her and it transformed into the turret gun for the second time as it took aim at Lucy and Katara. 
"Oracion Seis… doesn't lose…" She slowly said, with a deeper insane look.
"I guess Oracion Seis don't go down so easily!" Katara yelled.
"That fight wasn't easy!" Lucy exclaimed. "But… I can barely do anything… It's like I have no magical power at all. Also… Why is she so beat up?" she asked.
"We can figure that out later!" Katara shot herself forward by making the water push her from behind. She was getting closer as Caelum continued charging a green energy beam.
"Fine, I guess I'll kill you first…" She said looking at Katara. "Blast away to oblivion!" The green beam shot fast towards Katara, and as she made a large ice wave to defend herself, the beam swerved around her and into a tree, missing both Lucy and Katara.
"Huh… wait… I'm okay?" Katara asked.
Angel was livid at this point. "Huh?! It missed!" her eyes darted down at Caelum. "You too!?" red lights on Caelum's winder started beeping before he was transported back to the spirit world.
"Now's my chance!" Katara thought. Shooting forward again she managed to shoot up a large mass of water that shot Angel up slightly and it covered her whole body accept for head and right arm. Katara quickly froze the water, keeping Angel frozen in place. "This should keep her here for a while…"
Angel had exhausted what was left of her magical power and she started to stretch her right, un-frozen arm into the sky. "My… Prayer…" 
She suddenly flashes back to when she was a prisoner at the Tower of Heaven as a child, high in the sky, behind her prison bars she saw a bird flying in the sky and a white feather fell towards her, her younger self saw this and it brought tears to her eyes. "My Prayer… to disappear into the sky… like an Angel…" She quickly realized that she was frozen solid and she looked around her. "I said sky, not ice!" she said while she was squirming around, though only her right arm could move…
"Sheesh… what's your problem?" Katara asked as she walked past the struggling mage.
"Katara!" Lucy exclaimed… "Natsu… he's…" Katara saw that his raft was floating away.
"Okay I got it." She changed the direction of the flowing river and she made Natsu's raft stop by rocks that were shooting from the bottom of the river. "That should keep him there."
"Thank you. But, you need to find Wendy."
"Wendy? But Carla is looking after her. If anything, I should stay here and heal you." Katara suggested.
Lucy waved her hand forward. "Nah, don't worry about me. I'll be fine… but I'm more worried about Wendy."
Katara thought for a while. "Now that I think about it, you have a point. Wendy almost became affected by Nirvana… and if something does happen. I doubt Carla will be able to do something about it. Okay, I'll go find her." She turned around to leave. "But… just take care of yourself, Lucy. And watch over Aang and Natsu."
"Yeah I got it… anything else, Mom?" Lucy joked.
Katara chuckled to herself. "Okay, I'm off. I'll see you later."
Lucy nodded. "Good luck!"
"Hey!" Angel yelled. "Aren't one of you weakling's going to un-freeze me!" She angrily asked.
"Nope, I think I'm going to leave you right there…" Katara said while an evil smirk was plastered on her face. She left to go find Wendy and Lucy let out a long sigh.
She continued to hold Aang over her shoulder and she looked to his unconscious figure before she started to think to herself. "The Oracion Seis… they want to use Nirvana to turn Aang to the dark side." She remembered what Angel had said, all the things that Aang had to go through. "But Angel was right in a way… I can't imagine someone as young as you, having to endure so much." She gave him a sympathetic look. "But I promise Aang, I'll always be here to help you. You're not alone, and you never will be. Not if I have anything to say about it."
She notices Natsu's raft being pulled away again. "Eh? Natsu!" She exclaimed as she tried to catch up to the raft. Though with her having to walk through water and carrying Aang at the same time, it was proving to be difficult to catch up to the raft. Natsu was still groaning in displeasure. "Get it together!" She was edging closer to the raft. "Hold out your hand, Natsu!" Despite Natsu's groans, he managed to stretch his hand and Lucy quickly grabbed it and she quickly put Aang on top of the raft. She then pulled herself onto it.
But as she boarded the raft, the three ran into rapids that was swiftly shooting raft forward through the river. Lucy was screaming as she held onto both Natsu and Aang. "W-what… there are Rapids here!?" she quickly noticed that they were heading for a waterfall. "Hold it a sec… You've got to be kidding me!" As they were getting close, she tried shaking Aang to wake him up. "Aang, wake up! We could use some waterbending right about now!" though he wasn't waking up and Natsu was screaming while spinning swirls replaced his eyes.
Their raft fell off and it split into several logs. Lucy, Aang and Natsu were high in the air and Lucy was tightly holding onto the two of them. Before long they were speeding down through the air and they crashed into the river at the bottom.
----Meanwhile, Brain was watching the progress of Nirvana before he had a huge shock and his pupils shrunk drastically. He held the right side of his face while still holding his staff. "I-Impossible… Even Angel has fallen?" Another black line on his face fades away. He has a look of fury on his face. "Your death will not be in vain!" he growled. "The extinction of the light will begin soon!"
…
Angel who was still in her frozen state was simply gazing at the sky. And it seemed as if she heard Brain's promise. "I'm not dead, buddy…"
----Erza meanwhile was in full sprint as she was trying to get to Jellal. Her thoughts were trying to comprehend the situation. "Jellal is alive?" She flashed back to when she had last talked to him on the Tower of Heaven. "How is he alive…? And wait… Why is he here?" While these thoughts were going through her head, she also had another dilemma. What should she do when she sees him? "I don't know… I don't know how I should face him…"
Before she can proceed further, she skids to a stop and she sees a rustling bush. A dark crimson magic seal appeared before she points her sword to the bush. "Whoever you are, I know you're there! Reveal yourself!" The bushes rustled further and it was Zuko that stepped out. "Z-Zuko… but what are you doing here?" Erza asked in a relieved tone as she lowered her sword.
"I came because I know you're going after Jellal, and I'm coming with you."
Erza immediately sends a serious glance Zuko's way. "No way, you're going to turn back right now! If Jellal really has returned, then I have to be the one to deal with him."
"Sorry, I can't let you do that. I get that you and Jellal have a history, but I'm still going to help you. So I'm not going anywhere."
"No, I can't let you. It's too dangerous!"
"If it's so dangerous, why are you going alone? We don't know what Jellal's game is, but facing him alone is never a good idea. And you know it."
Erza was looking at her feet before she looked at Zuko. "Very well, I know you won't charge in like Natsu, so I can let you come with… but please be careful. Jellal is very crafty and manipulative."
"You don't have to worry about that…" Zuko flashed back to Azula giving him one of her mischievous smirks. "I've dealt with people like that before."
Erza nodded and she continued to move on while Zuko closely followed behind her. She worriedly looked to the tower but glanced at Zuko behind her. "At least I won't have to face him alone." A slight smile was seen on her face.
----Elsewhere, there were loud footsteps and Sherry on top of a large humanoid figure that was made from tree roots, and vines. Ping who had Sokka on her back was jumping from tree top to tree top. Sokka looked back and saw that Sherry was getting closer.
"Hey, you mind going faster!? She's getting closer!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Hehe, mind not screaming into my ear please," Ping sweetly asked though shivers were still going through Sokka's body.
"S-sorry!" a long vine wrapped around Ping's left leg and she stopped in mid-air and Sokka fell to the ground. "What happened?" He looked up and saw Ping being held upside down.
Ping looked down at Sokka. "I'm okay!" She unsheathed her single sword and sliced the vine before falling to her feet. She sighed and looked back to Sokka. "Sokka, it looks like we're going to have to fight her."
Sokka's pupils shrank and his forehead was dark blue. "W-we can't fight t-that…"
Ping looked up a Sherry whose doll figure towered over them. "Okay, I'll slow her down… but I'm going to have to borrow your sword."
"No way, I'm not letting a Fire Nation assassin take my sword!" doll was getting closer to the two of them.
"Well, it looks to me like you don't have a choice. Don't worry. If I break it, then you can take mine."
"HOW DOES THAT MAKE IT BETTER!?" Sokka comically yelled. He looked up and he was shivering. Sokka pulled his sword out of its sheath. "Fine, just do whatever you can." She took his light sword and she was able to lift it with her left hand and she waved it around.
"Whoa, this is a great sword! Where did you get it?"
"You can lift it with one hand!?"
"Never mind that, wish me luck!" She jumped up to a tree.
"Yeah… right…"
Ping stood on a tree branch and glared at Sherry. "Sorry to do this to you!" She leaped up to the huge figure and suddenly Sokka's sword started shinging bright yellow and she managed to slice the entire right arm of the large figure. The vine arm slammed into the ground and Ping fell to the floor on her feet. She ran to the left leg and she used both swords to slight it clean off.
The huge figure fell forward and she ran back to Sokka. "Alright, that should keep her down for a while…" she gave Sokka his sword back.
Sokka just stared at the work that Ping had done "T-that's all it took… how strong is she!?" He thought.
"Hey, we have to go! You want me to carry you again?"
"I can carry myself, thank you!" she then grabbed his arm. "But before we go any further… we need to talk about this…"
"Okay sure…" Ping put her finger to her chin before pointing to a cave. "I got it; we'll hide in that cave for now!"
Sokka was the first to run towards the cave and Ping followed him there.
Once they were inside, they sat apart from each other. And Sokka gave a sigh before looking at Ping, staring expectantly at him. "So… what do you want to talk about?"
"I want some answers!" Sokka firmly said. "Why are you doing this? I know this is a trick just to gain my trust. It isn't going to work so you might as well tell me your plan!" Ping looked outside and pointed the pillar of light that was Nirvana.
"That is why?"
"What is that by the way…?"
"Nirvana, it's something that the Oracion Seis use. Apparently it's main purpose was that it switched light for darkness." Ping said.
Sokka had zero idea of what she was talking about. "Uh…? So it swaps light and dark… then why is it still daytime? Or is there something I'm not getting."
Ping giggled in response. "No, not like that silly… It basically makes those who are in the presence of the light, to accept their inner darkness and vice-versa." She could still see that Sokka wasn't getting it. "…Those who are good become bad, and those who are bad become good."
Sokka chuckled. "You expect me to believe that… even if that's what Nirvana did… Oh… well that would make sense why Sherry attacked us… But I'm not buying it that you've turned good! So I'll ask again. What. Do. You, Want?"
Ping looked sad and she stared to the walls of the cave. "The whole time I've been in this world, I've been so focused and consumed with anger and hate that it had blinded me to the truth. I'm not a Soldier… no I'm much more disposable than that; I was nothing but a weapon. A weapon for Fire Lord Ozai to use, then throw away when I got rusty. After I realized this… I want to help you guys, Fairy Tail and the Avatar. My only gripe is that I wouldn't have come to this conclusion without Nirvana… but that doesn't matter anymore because I want to make things right, no matter how long it takes!" she said this with a very determined tone and looked at Sokka with watery eyes.
"Wow… you almost had me there…" Sokka said. "But even if what you said is true… how do you expect me to trust, you? You could be using this whole Nirvana thing as an excuse."
"Well to be honest. I didn't expect you to trust me right away, considering how much this world and our world hated us…" she unsheathed her sword. "Then I guess I have little choice." Sokka backed away when she raised her sword and he unsheathed his to defend himself. But he was surprised when she dropped her sword and kneeled in front of Sokka with her fisted arms extended to him. She was holding a very long vine that she ripped off of Sherry's doll. "If that is your final answer, then I will earn your trust."
"W-what are you doing?"
"I'm surrendering to you. If being your prisoner will get you to trust me, then so be it. Tie my hands around my back. I promise I won't try anything, you can even hold my sword for me."
"Uh… sure… okay…" Sokka said in a confused tone. "But don't you dare try anything!"
"You have my word."
Sokka did as she asked and he tightly tied her wrists behind her back. He lifted her sword. "Okay, now you promised you wouldn't try anything!"
"That I did, though if I may can I suggest something?"
"What?"
"Let's get moving before that scary girl in pink catches up with us."
Sokka slightly shook and Sherry's angry screams replayed themselves in his head. "No argument here!"
----"So… you're saying that Nirvana is a weapon that can turn bad guys into good guys and bad guys into good guys?" Toph asked after Hoteye finished explaining what Nirvana does to both her and Jura.
"That is correct, oh yeah!" He directed them to look at the energy pillar. "The first stage is that black light, which forcibly changes anyone trapped in the boundary of good and evil. Oh yeah!"
Jura then observed Hoteye. "So that would mean that you were in the gap between good and evil?"
Hoteye turned and there were faint red blushes on his cheeks. "I felt like I was doing something a bit wrong in the name of earning money, oh yeah!"
"But you seemed pretty happy about it to me." Jura rebutted.
"Yeah, but we're not fully sold. I mean Killing for money does sound pretty evil to me." Toph said.
"It was all for my brother… oh yeah!"
"Your brother."
Hoteye flashed back to when he was brought in front of Jellal as a child and Brain in the Tower of Heaven. "All to search for my brother, it was then I believed I needed money!"
The three were running towards Nirvana. "I get it… it's kind of like a doing a wrong thing but for the right reason kind of deal." Toph observed.
"As soon as I met the two of you, I got memories of my brother."
"Could you be saying… that we resemble your brother?" Jura asked.
"You are the spitting image of the potatoes my brother used to eat!" Hoteye said with a cheerful expression.
"AHAHAHAHA!" Toph was laughing. "I am so calling you Potato Head from now on!" She laughed.
"Potato head!?" Jura comically creamed, as his eyes turned to white circles.
"While you are just as dirty as we used to be as kids." Hoteye said looking at Toph.
Toph was still chuckling. "Can't say you're wrong about that… You're alright, welcome to the team big guy!" She said punching his arm.
"Now, let's stop Brain and the others for the sake of love…!"
"…oh yeah…" he finished with Toph saying his catchphrase at the same time.
"R-right…" Jura said, still trying to recover from the 'Potato Head' comment.
----Kobu walks back to the path with a water skin full of water and he notices that Ping had left. "Great, she left…" He then looked at the energy that Nirvana was letting out. "What the hell is going on here!?"
He then hears an explosion close to him and he quickly ducks behind a tree. "What's wrong?" He heard, the tone was unfamiliar to him. He saw that Midnight had found Ren and the two were facing off.
"What the heck has been going on?" Ren angrily asked. "None of my magic is doing anything, Damn it!" Midnight chuckled to himself. "This will hit you! Air Magic, Aerial Shot!" a cyan magic seal shone in front of him and small stones from the ground slowly rose before a burst of air shot them forward to Midnight.
Midnight only glared at the attack and all of the stones missed him. "I missed again!?"
Kobu was shocked. "He missed!? Either he's a terrible shot, or that guy has done something!" He then saw a powerful red shockwave shoot past Ren and he was hurt badly by it.
"Goddamit! But… why?" Ren muttered.
Midnight didn't look impressed. "That's two… How boring. Isn't there anyone stronger?"
Kobu's pupils shrank as he looked at Midnight from behind the tree. "He must be Oracion Seis… If that is true… then he's going after the Avatar too. No… the Avatar is mine!"
Suddenly Midnight smirked. "Ha, you there behind the tree, why don't you come out already?" Kobu's eyes grew as he shot three sharp icicles towards Midnight… but all three of them missed and they shattered into a tree.
"Damn, it must be part of his magic. I need to be careful. But it's useless hiding, in that case. I'll take him on!" Kobu slowly walked out of the bushes and was giving a hateful glare to Midnight.
"So, you are one of them… one of the fools hunting the Avatar for the Fire Nation." Midnight said.
"Look if you're going to offer me to join you, save your breath. Angel already tried that." Kobu said getting into an attacking stance.
Midnight smiled before he let out a single chuckle. "I'm not here to offer such. A weakling bender would just slow us down anyway." Kobu glared at him. "But… I have something to share with you Kobu."
"Of course… that's all you Oracion Seis do. You're pretty good at talking!"
"You claim to hate the Fire Nation, and yet here you are siding with them. You won't admit, but you're no different than they are."
Kobu glared at Midnight… "You have no idea what you're talking about!" He growled.
"Don't I? You and that weakling Ozai are exactly the same: Garbage with delusions of grandeur."
"SHUT UP!" Kobu rushed to him and he swung a water whip with a frozen tip and he saw that Midnight disappeared. "Don't be mistaken, I'm doing this for my own reasons. I have a personal grudge against the Avatar, and I won't let you bastards get in my way!"
"Oho, really?" Midnight said with a smirk as he appeared behind Kobu. The waterbender was shocked and a red shock wave blasted him to a tree and after hitting it he fell to his back and looked to see that Midnight was looking down at him. He was barely holding on to consciousness. "You've had your chance to hunt the Avatar. But that boy is MY prey. You can rot away with the rest of the filth." Midnight proceeded to stomp his foot on Kobu's face, knocking the waterbender out cold.
The sun was setting, blanketing the sky in a reddish orange and black color. Wendy and Carla were sitting on a cliff side looking at the sunset.
Carla looks to Wendy, as if she knew she was going to say something. "Whatever is on your mind, Wendy? Just say it."
Before Wendy could say anything, they both hear panting and they both turned to see Katara catching up to them.
"Katara?" Wendy cried.
"Looks… like I… finally found you… two." She then collapsed to her knees and she held her left side as her whole body was covered in bruises.
"Oh no!" Wendy rushed to her while Carla casually walked to them. "Are you okay?"
"Just a little bruises… I'll be alright… We ran into Angel but Lucy and I took care of her."
"Impressive, I guess Fairy Tail are as strong as others say." Carla thought.
"No, I want to help you!"
"Wendy… are you sure you want to use your healing magic, you just woke up not too long ago."
"Katara is hurt, plus she was there for me when we were kidnapped. I want to be able to return the favor." Wendy then outstretched her hands and a bright blue energy covered her hands. Katara felt a soothing wind blowing underneath her.
Soon all her wounds and bruises were gone and was surprised. "Wow… my healing water can't heal that fast." She saw Wendy was wobbling around and she managed catch her as she collapsed onto Katara's chest. "Thanks Wendy, you did great."
"T-thank you…"
The three then sat on a cliff side and began looking at the setting sun. "Wendy, are you feeling alright about what happened? Y'know the whole Jellal thing?"
Wendy then hugged her knees, and she had a guilty expression. "I wonder, maybe I shouldn't have come."
"Are you still saying that, Wendy?" Carla asked.
"Well…"
Carla turned away from her and put on a serious tone. "Those negative feelings will get your heart stolen by the darkness,"
"But I ran away leaving Lucy and the others, right?" Wendy said.
"Well, you were unconscious. I wouldn't call that running away." Katara comforted.
"Besides you wouldn't have been any help regardless." Carla said
Katara glared at her. "You know, you could try being more supportive…"
"I knew it, I'm just… This is all my fault… I'm just a coward." Wendy lowly said
"But if you weren't here. Then there is a strong chance that Erza would be dead by now." Katara said. "None of this is your fault Wendy, these things just happen."
"But we weren't able to find Nirvana either."
"Don't worry." Katara said with a smile. "If I know the others, they'll find a way to stop Nirvana. I just know it!" she confidently said.
Carla then folded her arms. "I wonder… you were happy to be able to meet that Jellal person, right?"
Carla's words only seemed to upset Wendy even more as she placed her head down to her arms. "But that's…"
"Don't worry about it, okay. We'll stop him. I mean we stopped him once… besides, it's not like you wanted to bring back that monster." Katara said.
Wendy looked to Katara. "B-But… Jellal is not a monster! He… in fact saved my life."
"Are you sure we're talking about the same Jellal?" Katara asked.
Wendy had a faint smile on her face. "You see it was seven years ago… The Sky Dragon Grandeeney had vanished. So I was wandering by myself…"
She told them that right after Grandeeney had disappeared, she was crying to herself, wondering where she was. That's when she first saw Jellal wandering the same path as her. Wendy immediately cried and hugged him because she was that distraught about her dragon leaving her.
"He was in the middle of traveling and he told me that he was lost as well." She continued and she remembered walking side by side with him while she held a pair of odd flowers. "So for the next month, we continued travelling together with no destination in mind…" she recalled other moments from their time together, like when he managed to pick fruit for the two of them in the middle of a rainstorm, and the times when they slept together, and the time he used a giant leaf as a makeshift umbrella to shield her from the sun. Back then they didn't know where they were going but Wendy knew that she wanted to travel with him forever.
"But then one day, he said something weird all of a sudden…" she told them that Jellal mentioned something about an Anima and it was after that decided that he had to leave and he couldn't take Wendy with. No matter how much she pleaded, he wouldn't allow her and he said it was too dangerous. Jellal mentioned a guild that would take her in, and she cried because she didn't want to lose a close friend again.
"But in the end, I was taken in by the guild, and that was Cait Shelter."
"Wait… then what about Jellal? Did you ever hear from him?" Katara asked.
"I never met him afterwards, but I heard rumors later… About how a council member that looked just like Jellal had done a bunch of really bad things recently…" Katara looked down sombrely, she knew that what Jellal had done wasn't a bunch of rumors, but it was in fact very true. "But he was really nice back then… I hope he remembers me…" Katara sighed. "Katara… is something wrong?"
"Wendy… what you heard weren't just rumours… Jellal really did do all of those things. It was awful… he treated the whole situation like a game, like we were pieces on a Pai-Sho tile!"
"Pai… Sho?" Carla questioned
"T-that's not important… but I was there. I watched both Aang and Natsu doing their best to fight him. He was downright evil, possibly the toughest person we've ever encountered."
"N-no! I won't believe it… Jellal… wouldn't do those things…" Wendy argued.
"A lot can happen in seven years… and people do change, sometimes for the worst." Wendy became sad and hugged herself even more but a quick thought occurred to Katara. "Hold on a minute… Aang did tell me something about Jellal after they fought him."
"Huh, w-what is it?" Wendy asked sounding eager to hear.
"Aang mentioned something about Jellal being approached by an evil spirit, so maybe that spirit was possessing him."
Wendy gave a sigh of relief. "Oh, maybe that is the reason… I know Jellal would never do something so horrible."
"Well hopefully we can get some answers once Zuko and Erza find him."
Carla then stood up she then looked at Katara. "Since we do have a brief respite, perhaps you could tell us something about this 'Aang'. What is all this Avatar and Fire Nation talk the Oracion Seis are making such a fuss over?"
Katara gave a long sigh. "I suppose you were bound to know eventually, but… It's a long story." She suddenly felt Wendy nudging closer to her, she looked eager to listen to Katara's story she also had a smile on her face. "Well I suppose there won't be a better time, will there be?"
----Meanwhile both Erza and Zuko arrived at Nirvana and they were both covering their faces because of the intense winds that were blowing from the tower. However, the both pushed through and Erza was the first to see the back of the figure she's been hunting down. His jacket was blowing in the intense wind.
Erza was stunned as it looked like she couldn't move; Zuko noticed this but didn't make a sound fearing that it would alert Jellal to their presence. But Jellal turned to face both Erza and Zuko as if he had sensed them coming. The wind around them looks to die down and both Erza and Jellal are staring at each other, though Jellal's gaze showed calmness while Erza's showed a slight fear. Zuko saw this and he got into a fighting stance in case he tried anything.
Cobra who was still hiding behind the same boulder notices both Erza and Zuko standing mere feet away from Jellal. "Erza? She was revived? And she brought Zuko too." He then quickly realized something important. "Damn! How is it that I didn't notice they were so close!?" He peeked out and looked at the three. "It doesn't matter! I won't let you interfere until the main body of Nirvana starts up!"
Erza was the first to speak up. "Jellal…"
"Erza…" Jellal replied in a calm tone.
"Careful, he might try something." Zuko reminded.
She gave him a firm nod but kept her gaze on Jellal. "Why are you here?"
"I don't know…" He replied. "Er…za… I don't remember anything except that word…" Both Erza and Zuko were shocked and so was Cobra as he still hid behind the boulder. "Will you tell me? Who am I? Do you know? Who is Erza? I can't remember anything!" he cried.
Erza looked to have tears in his eyes while Zuko and Cobra remained shocked. Zuko stepped forward. "And you simply expect me to buy that?!" Zuko growled but he still kept his distance. "Well Jellal, for your sake. You better hope you're telling the truth, because if this is some kind of trick…!"
Erza continued to look at Jellal with an expression of sympathy.
----Suddenly back by the lake Happy wake up and he starts hovering while screaming. "AAH! What was that for Zuko! Carla, stand back! Leave everything to me! I'll save Natsu!" he noticed that there was no one around him, accept for Hibiki. "Wait, no one is here… What happened?"
----Meanwhile at Nirvana, Erza and Zuko were still staring at Jellal. Erza slowly starts to approach him. "Jellal…"
He suddenly panic and charges a beam of light in his hand. "STAY BACK!" he shoots a blast of light that engulfs Erza and it makes an explosion. Erza has minor bruises on her face but she maintains her serious expression.
"That's it!" Zuko said. He was about to rush forward to Jellal while he had flame daggers in his hands but Erza outstretched her hand in front of him and stopped him. She shook her head, indicating to Zuko that she would handle this. "But Erza…"
She took a step forward which made Jellal flinch again. "N-no! I said stay back!"
"Then you come to me!" Erza yelled. "For I am Erza! So you come to me!" Jellal and Zuko looked shocked but she continued. "Your name is Jellal. You were once my friend."
"F-friend?" He echoed.
"But you became deranged, desecrated the dead, hurt your friends, and even destroyed the Magic Council. You killed Simon right in front of me." Jellal's voice became raspy and tears were welling in his eyes. "If you… If you are trying to say you forgot that… Then I will thrust a blade into your chest and engrave it into your heart!" she angrily threatened. "Come before me!" She angrily commanded.
Jellal looked down and he started crying. "My friends… no!" he placed his hand in front of the left side of his face. "What have I done…? What… What should I…"
Erza continued to look at his sobbing figure and she started to think to herself. "Is this really that Jellal?"
"E-Erza?" Zuko said standing next to Erza. "Is this really the same Jellal?" but then as he asked the question, something popped into his head. He saw images of his first encounter with Aang, threatening to kill Katara's Gran-Gran if Aang didn't show himself, his Agni Kai with Zhao, as well as his many duals with Aang. "It wasn't that long ago… that I wasn't very different from him…" he lowered his stance and he simply stared at Jellal weak figure. "Can he really not remember anything?"
----Back with Katara, Wendy and Carla. Katara had just finished explaining everything to both Wendy and Carla, and while Wendy looked happy. Carla looked more shocked.
"So let me get this straight. You, Aang, and many of your friends are from another world that is divided into four separate nations based on the basic elements. No magic exists in your world, yet a large majority of humans in that world can still manipulate the elements through a martial art form called Bending. And Aang is supposed to be the guardian of that world known as the Avatar who can manipulate all four elements at once. And his role is to maintain balance between humanity and the spirits of your world as well as between the four nations.
"Yep, that's pretty much the sum of it." Katara confirmed.
Wendy got close to Katara and she had an excited smile on her face. "Wow, I've heard a lot of storied like that, but to think Aang is the guardian of a whole world. He sounds amazing!"
"Y-yeah, he really is…"
Wendy noticed the tone of Katara's voice and her lips formed a sly smile. "You like him, don't you?"
Katara's cheeks quickly shine red. "It's that obvious, huh?" Wendy giggled as a response.
"You should stay away from that He-cat." Carla said to Wendy. "But I still have another question. If Aang was supposed to stop this tyrannical Fire Lord, how is he here in this world?"
"W-well we're still trying to figure that out. To be honest, I'm starting to wonder if we'll ever make it back home."
"Then I'll help!" Wendy exclaimed surprising both Katara and Carla. "I know I'm not much of a fighter, but I'll still do anything I can to help."
Katara in response started to ruffle Wendy's hair with her hand. "He he, well that's sweet of you." Wendy started to giggle as well.
"Sheesh… and here I thought this day couldn't get any weirder…" Carla said.
----In another part of the Woodsea, Aang was starting to wake up and he sat up. "Whoa… did someone get the number of that bison?" Aang asked. He noticed Lucy was next to him and she was getting up. "Lucy… what happened?"
"Aang… you're awake… ouch!" she quickly held her left arm and saw that the sore part was bandaged. "Huh… a bandage?" Suddenly Lucy noticed something strange. "And wait, what's with these clothes?" Lucy was wearing a blue and gold accented shirt that left had no sleeve and revealed a part of her breasts from the sides and her back was exposed, while a white bow was just below her neck. She had a blue skirt and long, knee-high blue socks that covered her feet and she wore a pair of black flats to complete the outfit. Her hair was also done as it was tied in two short pigtails.
Aang's outfit had similar colours, he had a blue v-neck shirt with a long collar and short sleeves, there was a similar gold pattern on the shirt just like Lucy's. He had white, loose baggy pants with a long blue knotted fabric tied around his waist. He also wore gold flat shoes covering his feet.
"They were items from the spirit world, as yours were in tatters…" A dull voice said. Lucy and Aang turned around to notice Virgo was looking at them.
Natsu who was sleeping on a tree, quickly got up and he was in different clothes at well. A long sleeve blue and gold shirt that covered his sleeve while he had baggy orange pants with black and gold boots, his scarf covered his neck.
"Where are we?" Natsu asked after waking up.
"I gave Aang and Natsu outfits that match yours." Virgo said gesturing her hands to both Aang and Natsu.
"That really isn't necessary!" Lucy said with an annoyed tone.
"I think it was sweet." Aang said.
"I also made your lighter, just like your last outfit." Virgo said looked down to Aang.
"Well thanks Virgo…"
"Well you tell the Princess to punish me?"
"L-let's not go there…" Aang said as a large sweat drop fell down his face.
Natsu quickly got up. "Where's Jellal! Where's that light?!" when Natsu mentioned it, they started to gaze at the Nirvana pillar that was a bright white colour.
"It's close. And wait, hasn't the color changed?" Lucy asked.
"Yes." Virgo answered. "When you three were unconscious, it changed from black to white.
Natst glares at the pillar and he starts seething with anger, scaring Lucy. But he quickly calmed down and Lucy was even more surprised. But her fear shot up when Natsu looked to her and Aang. "That was a close call, so thanks you guys."
"Oh I wasn't really much help; I was knocked out the whole time. Lucy's the one you should be thanking." Aang said.
Natsu smiled and looked to her. "Well, thank you, Lucy." He grinned at her and Lucy started blushing.
"W-what's with you all of a sudden…?"
"He lllllikes you." Virgo simply said in her dull tone.
Lucy glared at her. "Would you quit it with that!?"
Aang chuckled. "I don't know, it's starting to catch on."
"I'll remember this when you and Katara are together!"
Aang suddenly shrank. "I-I'll keep quiet!"
"Oh yeah… where is Happy?" Natsu asked.
"I have not seen him." Virgo replied.
"Speaking of which, where is Katara, wasn't she with us?"
"She was, but I told her to go check up on Wendy." Lucy replied.
"Wait, weren't you guys with Erza?" Natsu asked.
"Well we were, but we all got separated… I think Zuko's trying to find her." Aang answered.
"Oh, well… I guess the three of us should head to that light ourselves."
Suddenly they hear rustling in the bushes and Lucy comically backs away and they see Sokka running out of them. "Sokka?" Lucy questioned.
"You guys! I have been looking forever for you guys." Sokka said.
"We're happy to see you too Sokka." Aang said.
Suddenly Natsu sniffed something familiar and he glared at the same bush Sokka came out from. "Wait… that scent… I've smelt it before."
Ping walked out of the same bushes and she still had her wrists tied behind her back. She saw Natsu, Aang, and Lucy looking at her with shocked faces. She suddenly smiled, tilted her head and said. "Hi!" in a gleeful tone.
Natsu, Aang and Lucy turned white and were shocked that she was there. "Y-you again!" Lucy said as she shivered behind Virgo.
Natsu's fists lit up and Aang was about to attack as well. "Was my beat down not enough for ya?!" Natsu growled.
"Chill flamebrain… she's my prisoner… I have her sword." Sokka said showing her sword. "Plus she says that she's 'good' now."
"Is this true?" Aang said looking at Ping.
"Oh of course, it was because Nirvana did that?" She replied.
"Wait… Nirvana made you good… but that must mean… you had positive thoughts in your head?"
Ping giggled. "Well it was more like after I realized that Ozai was just using me… but that doesn't matter. I wanna fight with you guys now!" she suddenly looked down. "I know I've done bad things to you guys, I won't deny that. So that's why, I want to do what I can to make amends." She then looked at Natsu. "And Natsu… Thanks. What you said to me, about being Ozai's tool, it really helped to clear some things up." She then laughed to herself. "Plus I kind of had that beating coming too, so thanks for that too."
Natsu's hands cool down and he walked to Ping and put a hand on her shoulder before he chuckled. "Yeah, nothing like a good-old-fashion beating to clear your head, huh?"
Lucy, Sokka and Aang had shocked faces and their eyes were nothing but white circles. "He's being so casual with her…" Lucy said
"Well if she's acting… then she must be really good." Sokka muttered.
"So Natsu, what's with the change of clothes?" Ping asked noticing Natsu's different appearance.
He pointed to Virgo. "It was Virgo, she's the one he gave us these."
"Oh… hey… uh Virgo…" she asked with a flushed expression. "Would you do the same for me, black isn't as appealing to me anymore."
"Hold on, now wait just a minu-" Lucy started as she wasn't sure that was a good idea
"As you wish." Virgo rushed over to Ping and she began to change her. Everyone sees this and Lucy was quick to cover Aang's eyes, but he was blushing, while Sokka's cheeks were burning too. Her outfit was drastically different from before, her outfit was similar to that of a shine maiden. She had a white shirt that ended at her shoulders; there was a red fabric underneath that covered her chest. There were long white sleeves that stretched downward and they ended in a red flame-like pattern. She had red flower bracelets on her wrists and she had a flower necklace around her neck. She had a red skirt that stretched down to her feet and her legs were covered by white thigh high socks. She wore brown sandals on her feet. Her hair was let loose and she had red floral decorations around the back of her head. "It this outfit to your liking?" Virgo asked.
"Like it, I love it! It's amazing!" she exclaimed and she cheerily hugged Virgo who maintained her usual dull expression. "Thank you so much!"
"Why did you untie her!?" Sokka exclaimed, noticing that she wasn't restrained anymore.
Virgo bowed to Lucy. "Princess, I shall take my leave."
"Wait Virgo!" but it was too late as she had already disappeared. "Wait, Virgo passed the through the gate using her own magic… Does that mean I have zero magic left?" she then remembered when Raava had helped her in her battle with Angel while in Aang's body. "Wait… Raava was there wasn't she… I wonder if she helped me in some way."
They heard steps coming towards them and Ping snatched her sword away from Sokka, forcing a yelp from him. "Someone's coming!" Ping said in a low whisper. She held her sword in a defensive stance while Lucy hid behind Natsu and Sokka stayed behind Ping. Aang got into a defensive stance as well."
Sherry walked out from behind the bushes and Sokka screamed while comically pointing at her. "Crap! It's her!"
"Sherry!" Lucy exclaimed. "Thank goodness you're safe."
"Don't get all happy just yet." Sokka said.
"It's you! Weren't you on Galuna Island…?" Natsu said while trying to remember her. "Where's the doggy and eye brows?" he asked.
Lucy comically folded her arms. "Do you know how many episodes back that was!?"
"What are you talking about Lucy…?"Aang asked.
Sherry didn't move but only stared at them. She directed her Gaze to Sokka who was quick to hide behind Ping. "I found you, Fairy Tail wizards…" she said in a very dark tone.
"What?" Lucy questioned. Later roots shot towards Sokka and he braced himself but Ping was quick to step in front of them, she instantly sliced them with her sword.
"Don't worry. She's not getting anywhere near you." Ping said before winking at Sokka. This time arms were speeding toward the pair. Ping sliced them again but this was just a distraction as another pair of hands was speeding to her. She wasn't fast enough to react and she was scratched on the stomach, after she fell to her knees, Sherry's attention was focused on Sokka.
"And now you…"
"You Idiot!" Large ice pillars trapped her in place and it looked like Gray came in at the last second and had Sherry in a choke-hold. The pair quickly fell to the ground after Sherry's surprised yelp.
"Gray!" Lucy exclaimed.
"What happened out there?" Aang asked.
"You guys safe?" He asked after he subdued her.
"We're all good here." Sokka replied.
He noticed Ping getting up to the feet. "What the hell is going on!?" he asked in a slightly panicked tone. "And why is she dressed different…?"
"Hi… I remember you… we fought way back when, remember?" Ping said waving to him. "Wait… are you always shirtless?"
Though in all this, Sherry tried getting out of Gray's hold. "Let me go! Damn you! You're still alive? I'm getting revenge for Lyon-sama!" she continued yelling as Gray started to explain what was going on.
"It's like she's possessed. She's been acting all weird after that light appeared."
"Wait, you mean Nirvana?" Aang and Ping asked in unison.
Sokka popped in front of them. "Okay… that was weird…"
Sherry's eyes glared at Sokka. "I won't forgive you! Revenge for Lyon-sama!"
"Sokka what did you do?" Aang asked with a sigh.
"Wait… that wasn't my fault…!"
"Well she is pretty angry at you…" Ping mentioned.
"Shut up all of you! I will get revenge for him!" She screamed.
"Revenge for whom exactly…?" A voice asked. Lyon revealed himself and he was dragging the unconscious figure of Racer. "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
Sherry looked up with a slightly shocked face. "Lyon-sama?"
"He's a stubborn one." Gray said jerking his thumb to him.
"Well, it was pretty close… That guy's bomb lacrima was more powerful than I thought." Lyon commented. He then revealed that he sliced the bomb off with his ice magic before it could detonate. He also used his ice magic to protect himself and Racer from the blast radius after they both landed on the ground.
"Yep, that sounds stubborn alright…" Ping said.
"Who are you?" Lyon bluntly asked.
"Ahaha…" Ping nervously laughed. "Good one… yeah…" she backed to Lucy and whispered to her. "So uh Lucy… who is he?" she asked with crimson blushes on her cheeks.
Lucy was quick to pick up on the reason for Ping's nervousness. "You're kidding me!" She exclaimed with white eyes.
Upon realizing that Lyon was alive, Sherry calmed down. "You're… alive…" She lied down while smiling with tears going through her eye lids. "Thank… goodness…" the darkness was starting to leave her as a dark haze was floating off and away from her.
"What the?" Natsu asked.
"As I thought." Gray started. "She was taken over by something…"
Aang looked at the pillar of light shooting into the sky. "Yeah, and I'm very sure it was because of Nirvana."
Gray looked to Ping and she waved back. "Can someone tell me what is going on with her?"
"Where do you know this girl from?" Lyon asked.
"Well…" Aang was slightly nervous and he saw a hopeful face from Ping. "She's our friend, that's all you need to know…" he answered calmly.
"HEY! I didn't agree to that!" Sokka exclaimed.
"You mean that? We're friends?" Ping asked with glistening eyes.
"Well, I think you really have changed, so I trust you."
Suddenly Aang was scooped up in a big hug by Ping him while lifting him into the air. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she started dancing around while she hugged Aang.
"Uh, haha… thanks you can let go now…"
"What did I miss?" Gray asked. "I thought she was supposed to be hunting us down or something?"
Lucy shrugged her shoulders. "I don't really know, but she was apparently effected by Nirvana… it's a long story, but she's apparently on our side."
"I don't like it. We just have to keep a very close eye on her." Gray said.
----Erza and Zuko were still both staring at Jellal, who had recovered from his crying and stood still in front of Nirvana.
Though behind them, they could hear a voice talking to them. "Okay, I get that you don't remember anything." Zuko and Erza looked back to see Cobra and Cubelious behind them. "No wonder I wasn't able to hear your thoughts at all…"
The three glared at Cobra. "It's one of them!" Zuko said. He shot a barrage of fireballs at Cobra but he and his snake were easily dodging them.
"I can hear you." Cobra said. Zuko ran forward and he had a trail of fire behind him, when he was close to Cobra he shot the flames forward but Cobra quickly evaded the attack and was behind him. "Don't make me laugh…" he then kneed Zuko in the stomach and he fell to his knees.
Cubelios wrapped about Cobra as he glared at Jellal. "How'd you manage to get here? And why did you unlock Nirvana's seal?" after he asked this, Cubellios hissed at him.
Jellal looked at Erza. "I heard someone's voice while I was asleep. It said… 'We're going to obtain Nirvana.' I dimly remembered the place where it was. This is a dangerous magic. It can't fall into anyone's hands… And that's why I released the seal… To destroy it completely."
Cobra was utterly shocked, while Erza was slightly confused. "…To destroy Nirvana?"
"And how exactly do you plan on doing that?" Zuko asked slightly getting to his wobbly feet.
"I've already set up the magic circle of self-destruction." As he said this, a large purple geometric seal appeared behind him, inside Nirvana. Along with dark red circuit-like paths in front of the seal.
Cobra ran to the seal and tried to shut it down by typing on it rapidly. "What the heck is this high-level magic circle?" he started to panic as he realized he couldn't shut it down.
Zuko walked up to Erza. "Hey, what is this… I've never seen a spell like this before…" He commented.
"This is a type of magic that completely obliterates everything it touches…"Erza said.
"So that is his plan?" Zuko said. "He wanted to destroy it all along?"
"At this rate, Nirvana will be destroyed! Jellal, spit out the cancellation code!" Cobra angrily commanded.
Right after Cobra gave the command, Jellal held his chest and he looked like he was in pain. "E-Erza…" he forced out. "I can feel the kindness from that name…" his breathing became heavier and he let out a cough. "I can feel kindness, cheerfulness, and warmth…" Erza knew something was wrong and she grew very concerned. "I'm sure you'll continue to hate me… but I suppose that is only natural…"
"Jellal, what are you getting at?" Zuko asked.
"I'm saying that hatred will steal the freedom from your heart. It will eat away at you from within." Jellal touched his chest and the self-destruction seal started forming in front Jellal's lower chest. "I can't go that far… I can't go before you…"
Zuko was staring at the seal. "Wait, if the seal is on him now… then that means…"
Cobra cursed as he realized Jellal's plan too. "Crap! He's going to…"
Jellal stepped back into Nirvana while the destruction circle floated in front of him. "I will take your hatred and sadness… with me…"
Cobra watched as Jellal standing close to Nirvana. "He's attached a magic circle of self-destruction to his own body!?"
Jellal was slowly falling to the ground "You are… free… Erza…" Jellal said as he tipped over to fell to the ground with the self-destruction magic circle floating over his chest.
"No… JELLAL!" Erza cried out his name.
Jellal closed his eyes but he then he looked up and saw Zuko glaring at him. "What the hell you think you're doing?" he angrily growled. "You don't get to die yet, no not on my watch! Did you really think it was going to be that easy for you!?" he asked while he tightly held his shirt, slightly lifting him up.
Erza ran to both Zuko and Jellal while yelling Jellal's name. Cobra was shocked by the events. "So you're gonna take the cancellation code for the magic circles to the grave with you?"
Zuko continued to hold Jellal while Erza gave a determined look to Jellal. "I will not allow it! I will not allow you to die like this!"
Zuko started to attempt to shake him awake. "After all that you've done, you're not allowed to go out like this! I won't let that happen!" Jellal starts to look at Zuko. "You may have lost your memories, but that doesn't mean that everyone else has! I was a lot like you; I was consumed with so much hate that I lost sight of my true self, and somewhere down the line, that happened to you too. I struggled to find myself, and so must you! If you really felt bad about all the stuff you did before, then you will live on! Live and repent for all that you have done, that is when Erza will truly be free!"
Erza had tears streaming down her cheeks after she heard this. "Z-Zuko…?"
Jellal looked up at Zuko. "You… I can see you have gained Erza's trust, and I can see why… You're Zuko, right? I can see how you care for Erza, so that is why I want you… to take care of her…"
Jellal closes his eyes and he falls unconscious. "No! Jellal! You have to stay awake!" Erza exclaimed, also grabbing his jacket.
The sound of a cane hitting the ground attracted their attention. The figure of Brain was revealed and he looked at the sight in front of him, with a very displeased look. "What is the meaning of this?"
"Brain?" Cobra said, surprised by his arrival.
Zuko and Erza put Jellal down and the got up and turned to Oracion Seis leader. "A self-destruction magic circle?"
Cobra began to explain the situation "Jellal constructed it, that bastard! At this rate, we'll have finally found Nirvana only to see it destroyed!"
A smirk was quickly formed by Brain. "Worry not, Cobra. I'm sure you know why I have the codename 'Brain.'" He began to walk slowly towards Nirvana. "I was once a member of the Ministry of Magical Development. During that time I used my knowledge to create hundreds of new spells. One of them just happens to be the self-destruction magic circle. I was the one that taught it to you… Or have you forgotten, Jellal?" Erza and Zuko's eyes shrunk at this revelation. Brain looked down to Jellal with disgust. "Using a self-destruction magic circle on your own body? So you are planning on dying along with the cancellation code?"
"It seems his memories are screwed up, thanks to the effects of Ethernano." Cobra said. "Basically, he doesn't realize he's a bad guy."
Brain loudly chuckles to himself. "What? Hilarious!" He gave confident glares to both Erza and Zuko. And he slowly approached the Self-destruction magic circle. "Even without the cancellation code… I can nullify the magic circle itself, you see." He said as his left hand was touching distance away from the circle. He then shot the hand up, and in almost no time at all the destruction magic circle was fading from existence, it was turning very bright green and parts of the magic circle were exploding into nothingness.
Erza and Zuko gasped from this while Cobra had an excited smirk on his face. Brain started laughing to himself. "How pitiful, Jellal! Nirvana will be mine!" as soon as the circle was gone. Zuko stood up straight before he shot one arm forward, shooting a barrage of fire missiles to Brain.
Brain laughed and aimed his staff at the attacks and he shot out many dark green energy blasts that clashed with the fire missiles, making a small explosion. "The former prince of the Fire Nation, Zuko huh, I am a bit surprised you intend to stop us. After all the Fire Nation caused you just as much pain as it did the Avatar. Rest assured though, your father will feel that pain for himself, once we completely obliterate the Fire Nation, just as they did the Air Nomads all those years ago!" he said with a raised tone showing excitement.
Zuko could only glare at Brain. He unsheathed both his dao blades. "I have no idea how you know about our world, but I know one thing. Even if you destroy the Fire Nation, you wouldn't stop there would you? You would go on to try and take over everyone and everything. I don't plan on letting that happen! Erza…"
"Right!" Erza pulled out a sword and she and Zuko charged towards Brain.
"AWAKEN, NIRVANA!" the ground below the charging duo exploded, shooting Erza, Zuko and Jellal into the air. "Reveal yourself!" Brain excitedly yelled.
Cobra was elated. "I can hear it, the sound of our future! The sound of the extinction of the light!" Nirvana's light was getting stronger, shooting huge debris into the air.
Erza, Jellal and Zuko were inside the bright light of Nirvana. Zuko was in between Erza and Jellal and he tried reaching to both Erza and Jellal who were both reaching to him.
----Outside, the light pillar was starting to expand. Wendy, Katara and Carla were the first to see it. "Carla, Wendy, look!" Wendy said, getting their attention.
"No… it can't be…" Carla gasped.
"I guess we were too late." Katara added with a look of fear on her face.
…
With the group of Jura, Toph and Hoteye, Toph could feel intense vibrations in the ground. She placed her hand on the ground to get a better feel. "Uh guys, what's going on!?" she asked.
"It has begun!" Hoteye exclaimed. "The final stage… The resurrection of Nirvana!" he exclaimed fearfully.
…
Elsewhere, Midnight looked at the huge beam of light with a neutral expression.
Happy meantime looked up at the sky. "What in the world is that?" he yelled while trying to pull the injured Hibiki out of the water.
…
With Aang and Natsu's group, they gazed at the final stage of Nirvana. Lyon was carrying the unconscious Sherry. They all looked on in shock. "Were we too late?" Lucy said.
"WHAT THE…?!" Natsu yelled with very wide eyes. Lucy shared his expression.
"I-I think we're in trouble…" Gray said.
"No… you think!" Sokka exclaimed with an angry sarcastic tone.
"Wait, Erza and Zuko are in there!" Aang exclaimed.
"It looks like Nirvana's getting stronger, what do we do?" Ping asked.
"Oh no!" Lucy yelled.
"I've never smelled anything as dangerous as this!"
"I'm with you there Natsu, I don't think anything I've seen comes this close?" Aang added
"Really?" Ping asked. "Not even Sozin's Comet?"
"If Nirvana becomes controlled by the Oracion Seis, then Sozin's Comet will be nothing compared to what this thing is going to do."
…
The trio of Jura, Toph and Hoteye remain vigilant as the light fades. Toph's pupils shrank as she continued to sense the ground and she felt a massive vibration underneath her, very similar to an earthquake.
"Guys… I don't know what's going on, but I feel something MASSIVE underneath us."
Hoteye looked down while he pulled down on his bottom eyelids. "I feel it too… something huge is coming, oh yeah…"
"Something huge?" Jura inquired.
Suddenly huge pieces of the ground started to rise up and the rising pieces were decimating the land around them.
"Forget huge! That's COLOSSAL!" Toph exclaimed.
…
Aang's group watched as a very large piece of land was rising above them. "I don't get it! What's going on over here!?" Natsu said.
"So is that Nirvana!?" Lucy exclaimed.
"C-can you even call it Magic at this point?" Lyon asked
Aang sensed that something underneath them was rising to the surface. "Guys, there is something big underneath us!"
"Is that why the ground is shaking!?" Sokka yelled.
"I-I have a really bad feeling about this." Lucy said.
Suddenly, the ground they were standing on shot up and it continued to shoot into the air. They all hung on and Natsu was getting nauseous again, the top of his head was turning dark blue.
Lucy was wailing as they were being raised higher into the air. "I CALLED IT!" she cried. She was holding on as tight as she can but she was slipping. She lost her grip and she was about to fall but she felt a tug on her wrist, saving her from falling to her death. Lucy looked up to see Ping holding on to her wrist. "What…"
"It's alright, I got you!"
"O-oh, thanks!"
"Just hold on, Lucy!"
"…To what exactly!?" She comically screamed.
…
Ichiya was dropped by the dark guild that had taken him; they had chosen to check out after they had carried him for a long time during the day, fearing for their lives, they left Ichiya as if he was dead weight that would have slowed them down. Ichiya was struggling to get loose from his restraints. "H-Hey! Hold it right there, you people!" he angrily exclaimed while bouncing around in his restraints.
…
Wendy and Katara watched as a huge piece of ground was raised and a huge earthquake was speeding towards them.
"Hold on to me Wendy!" Katara exclaimed. The younger girl tightly hugged Katara and turned away. Both girls were swept up and were about to be engulfed by countless debris but Carla quickly swept in and lifted the pair away to safety.
"Carla!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Let's just get out of here!" the white cat said flying the two through the air. They both passed a large piece of falling rubble.
When they got high enough the dust was starting to clear. Katara was the first to notice and pointed to the colossal figure that stood tall on the ground.
"You guys, look!"
The dust cleared and they saw what looked like an ancient city. "That's… Nirvana?" Carla said. The three noticed that the ancient city was standing on top of very tall stone legs; there were six of these legs that held the city up in the sky.
…
Brain looked down and was elated that his plans have come to fruition. "Finally! Finally it is mine! The ultimate weapon that will destroy the light! The ultra-inversion magic, Nirvana! The greatest weapons of the official guilds, their unity and trust… have now become powerless before me!" Brain started to chuckle to himself. "And after we have extinguished the light, the Fire Nation will follow and we will forever stomp out their pathetic flame!"
A few floors below, Zuko was hanging on for dear life with his right hand on a stone platform. His other hand was being held by Erza and her free arm was being held on to by Jellal. "I…I'm not sure how much longer I can hang on!" Zuko exclaimed.
Erza looked up at him. "Just hold on for a little while longer." She then turned her gaze down to Jellal. "Jellal, undo the Self-destruction circle on yourself. You have a duty to survive." She said sternly.
"I wasn't able to stop Nirvana…" Jellal muttered.
"So, we are still here to stop it!" Zuko's grip was slipping. "Oh crap!" despite his best efforts, his fingers lost their grip on the wall causing the three of them to soar down to the ground.
As they fell Erza was engulfed by a bright gold light. "Requip!" she quickly caught both Zuko and Jellal while she hovered in the sky with her Heaven's Wheel Armour.
"Thanks for the save…" Zuko said as Erza dropped them on the same place they were before they fell. Zuko glared at Jellal. "You're a coward." He said with a bitter tone. "Wanting to kill yourself isn't atoning for your sins, but running away from them. I went through something similar, so if you really want to help Erza. Then you must stand and fight!"
Zuko's words seemed to have an effect on him because Jellal put his hand to his chest and he dispels the destruction circle on him, but he gave a long sigh. "But… I still failed…"
Erza had a small smile. "What do you mean? Take a look."
Erza pointed to one of the legs of Nirvana and the three saw a moving dust cloud on one of the legs of Nirvana.
They saw Natsu, and Aang leading Lucy, Sokka, Gray and Ping. Natsu was giving an angry scream as he ran up the leg with Aang managing to keep up with him. Lyon stood at the bottom of the leg while carrying Sherry, opting to stay back to keep Sherry safe.
Ping was running next to Lucy and the blonde looked at her with a curious look. "Why are you still here?"
"Because I want to help you guys." She answered.
"You really want to help us… you won't trick us?"
"Not a chance, Nirvana changed me and I'm happy that it has, plus I want to make up for what I did to all of you… Even though it won't be enough, it is a start. "
Lucy was gazing at Ping's eyes and she had seen that they had changed drastically, she could see that they reflected kindness and compassion, rather than anger and hate. Lucy smiled and nodded. "Right… you've convinced me! You can come with us, plus you did save me back there. The old Ping would have let me fall."
"Well the old Ping is gone for good!"
Looking down at the group was Katara, Wendy and Carla. "Down there, let help them out!" Katara said.
On another one of the legs, stood Hoteye and he was helping up Jura and Toph. "Let's get up there!" Jura said.
"Yes, take my hand, please." Hoteye said.
Toph casually stood to her feet. "Well I have a fast way of getting us up there." Toph made a huge earth wave and the three of them were riding on it. "Haha, you two better hang on!" this was also making a huge dust cloud as the three were speeding towards the top of the leg.
Erza had a serious expression as she looked away from Jellal. "We will not give up. Everyone's hopes are connected."
Zuko stood next to her. "As long as there is still hope, we will never stop fighting. You are you with us, or not?"
Back with Natsu and Aang's group, Natsu was charging forward being led by sheer anger. "After we run up these things, I'm gonna punch this thing into a billion pieces!"
Aang had a sweatdrop fall down his face after hearing Natsu's bizarre declaration. "Um… let's focus on stopping Nirvana, then we can smash it to a billion pieces."
Gray noticed the three and noticed something peculiar. "Hey, why are you guys wearing matching outfits…?"
"D-don't ask me!" Lucy said.
"Well I think it's cute!" Ping cooed.
"P-please don't say that…" She replied in a flustered tone.
Sokka was seen whispering into her ear and then Ping nodded rapidly like a small child. "Oh I know why your outfits match… 'cause Natsu lllllikes you!"
Lucy blushed and she skidded to a halt. She turned to the two of them while her face was red. "W-what are you talking about!?"
"Well Sokka told me to say it." Ping innocently said.
"What… snitch, you weren't supposed to tell her that!"
"My mistake."
Lucy got in Sokka's face and started poking his chest. "You embarrass me like that again, and I'll throw you off this thing!"
"Y-yes ma'am…" Sokka said with a shaky voice.
"Whoa… Lucy is quite scary…" Ping commented.
Back with Jellal, Erza and Zuko, Erza had transformed back to her regular armor and she turned to Jellal and gave him a caring smile. "Live and grab the future that is in front of you, Jellal…"
Jellal smiled too before slowly getting to his feet. "Fine… let's go… Together…" He said with a smile.
Erza shook his hand and they both smiled at each other. Zuko folded his arms and a faint smile was seen on him too.
----Ichiya meanwhile was hanging from what looked like a branch and his restraints kept him there in an uncomfortable position.
He was on one of the tallest buildings of the ancient city. "W-where am I? Where did those young whippersnappers run off to?" he then raised his voice. "What's going on!? MEEEEEN!"
----The legs of Nirvana started moving and it was shaking the ground as it did so. Angel, after thawing out watched it and she slightly smiled to herself. "Soon… Aang will be a part of the Oracion Seis…"
Lyon watched it move as well while he still carried Sherry. The unconscious body of Racer was behind him.
Kobu couldn't see any of this because he was still unconscious from Midnight's assault on him. His fingers slightly moved and he struggled to get to his knees. He saw that the forest around him was almost destroyed and he saw Nirvana. "W-what the hell is that!?" After that he looked to his beaten hands and he clenched them. "This is hopeless. I can't keep going on like this… I underestimated the Oracion Seis…and Fairy Tail too…" he leaned up on a tree. I don't know where Ping is, and I don't care! I'm getting the hell out of here!" he tried standing up but he quickly collapsed due to his injuries. "After leaving everything behind… this is how it all ends?"
At the same time, the other beaten members of the Dark Guilds were looking at the terrifying sight that was Nirvana, and many of them were trying to run away.
As the legs were moving, Natsu's pace slowed as he struggled to hang on. His cheeks were very puffy.
"What do you think you're doing, Natsu!?" Gray angrily asked.
"Oh no… I think his motion sickness is kicking in." Aang said.
"Natsu has motion sickness?" Ping asked and she tried to stop herself from laughing. "Sorry… it's just… that's pretty funny."
"This thing's… you know, that…" Natsu said in between moans.
"What do you mean 'that'?" Lucy asked.
"W-well… it's transportation right…?"
Ping held back another giggle.
"This thing is moving, but it's not transportation!" Gray exclaimed. "Think of it like that!"
Natsu got up. "Got it!" he tried running up the leg but he quickly stopped… "I-I'm gonna hurl…"
"P-please don't hurl on us!" Ping cried out.
Aang tried to get Natsu's mind in the right place. "U-uh… this is actually a giant octopus!"
Ping knocked on the leg. "Nope… octopuses aren't made of rock…"
"And… they don't live in the forest…" Natsu weakly said.
"Stop sweating the details!" Lucy exclaimed.
Aang quickly thought of something. "Wait, I got it!" he stood up and he blew a wave of air to Natsu that formed into a large air scooter that formed under him. "How are you feeling now?"
"Haha, a lot better!" Natsu said, suddenly looking completely cured of his motion sickness.
"I'm confused… how is that different from transportation?" Ping asked.
"As long as I can keep him on an air scooter, I think he'll be fine!" the leg moved again and after it stomped the ground and the air scooter faded away, as it broke Aang's concentration. Natsu fell to his feet and quickly became sick again.
"I-I don't feel so good…"
"Wow, he's back to being sick… just like that?" Ping asked.
"Yeah… it's really annoying to deal with at times." Sokka said exasperatedly.
The leg took another step and Natsu was stuck in a stance which comically kept his legs apart, he was beginning to slide off the leg while he was still in the stance, he tried to stop himself but he couldn't and he then fell off the leg.
Lucy was screaming while Gray shouted his name. Aang without thinking jumped off.
"Aang! Are you crazy!?" Sokka exclaimed.
As Natsu fell through the air, Aang was diving towards him. But suddenly, Natsu was snatched away by a small figure. Aang quickly formed air scooters on his feet and he flew after Natsu.
Natsu noticed that Happy was the one who caught him. "Ah, Happy!"
"Aye sir!" he exclaimed.
"Happy, Nice catch!" Lucy cheered from the leg.
Sokka sighed. "Seriously, one of these days he's going to get us killed."
"Hey! It's that blue cat from before!" Ping noticed. "Hello blue cat!"
Happy was flying Natsu back towards Nirvana. "Happy that was awesome!"
A confident look was seen on Happy's face. "How about it, Natsu? Becoming the wind with me feels pretty good, huh?"
They both saw Aang flying to them as well. "Oh Aang!"
"Thanks for stealing my rescue, Happy." He joked.
Happy giggled. "Maybe I should be the Avatar!"
"I'm not sure that would really work…" Aang said with a chuckle. The trio hovered to Gray, Sokka, Lucy and Ping. "Hey, we're going to see what we can find from the sky, you guys should check for any weaknesses down there."
Sokka comically glared at Aang. "Wait, since when are you the leader?"
"Well you should be able to point out any structural weaknesses in Nirvana, so it's better if you do it, Sokka."
Sokka's mood immediately changed. "Well when you put it that way."
"How fragile is your ego anyway?" Lucy mockingly asked.
"You guys just go. There is a hole we can go through!" Ping said. "Good luck!"
Happy comically panicked and he nearly dropped Natsu. "IT'S HER! The scary sword girl of the Fire Nation! What is she doing here!?"
"It's okay Happy. She's on our side now. It was Nirvana."
"NO WAY! She almost killed me! Gray, Lucy, Sokka watch yourselves around that Fire Nation witch!"
"He means no offence!" Aang yelled.
"None taken." Ping replied.
"I do mean offence!" Happy exclaimed.
"Just go, we'll be okay." Lucy said.
"A-aye…" Happy flew off.
Aang looked to Ping. "Don't worry, I'll talk to him."
"Alright, thanks Avatar." Ping said winking at him.
…
Aang flew after Natsu and Happy and the pair of them flew up the leg and they instantly were hovering above the ancient city.
"Whoa… what happened to this place?" Aang asked.
"It's a city… and it looks really old." Happy commented.
"I don't get it…" Natsu said. But he quickly caught a familiar whiff. "This smell… it's him!" Natsu exclaimed.
Aang looked to the tallest building of the city. "Over there… let's go!"
"Aye sir!"
On the top of that building, Cobra was admiring the view of the city. "Finally, Brain! We've gotten Nirvana!" Brain was smiling in the foreground while Cobra chuckled. "So this is a relic of the ancients? Isn't this awesome Cubelios?" Cubelios hissed in response.
"Look Cobra…" Brain started. "Look at this world spread out below me." Cobra walked to his side. "The city of the ancients… That itself if the true identity of Nirvana!" he then outstretched his hands to his sides. "While I stand here on the King's Summit, this city moves exactly as I will it!" he exclaimed.
Cobra turned to Brain. "Move? Are we going to make it destroy the Fire Nation soon?"
Brain smirked evilly. "As much as I am looking forward to that, there is still one loose end in this world that we need to cut off…"
Cobra smirked as well. "Our first target?"
Brain stretched his staff forwards and he swiped it to the right. After he did, tiny magical yellow seals surrounded the circumference of the King's Summit; those seals were surrounded by red hexagons.
"Go forth, ancient city!" once the seals surrounded the summit, a very large, complicated magic seal suddenly appeared. "Change our darkness for the light!" there was a glint in the sky and both Cobra and Brain looked up to see Natsu falling to the summit.
He flew down with Happy hanging on to him. "I'm gonna stop ya!" Natsu's fist is engulfed in flames and he looks as if he is flying towards Brain but he uses his attack to completely destroy the large control seal. The tiny seals surrounding the King's Summit started to fade.
"It's you!" Brain said.
Natsu, angrily turned to the pair and Happy made sure to keep him off the ground and lifted him back upwards. "Now Aang!"
Quickly Aang shoots forward right towards Brain from the opposite end of the summit. While he was floating on air scooters he shot a powerful blast of air from his hands and roared flames from his mouth. They combined to make a firestorm speed to Brain.
He quickly raised his staff and made a green barrier to protect himself. Though he struggled to keep himself stable as the attack did force him back slightly.
The attack ceases and Aang is seen standing next to Natsu as he was being kept off the ground.
"Ah, the Avatar arrives." Brain flashes a grin. "Finally, the real fun can begin!" he looks at Cobra. "Cobra, do not let them interfere!"
"Right!" Cobra replied. "Cubellios!" he commanded and the snake sped towards Natsu and Happy and it hit the both of them.
Aang made a line of earth pillars speed to Cobra. "I can hear you!" Cobra managed to dodge them easily and he sped to Aang and kicked him in the chin, sending him flying off the summit.
Aang quickly made air scooters appear under his feet and he flew upwards to Natsu and Happy before looking down at Cobra, and they saw he was on Cubelios. The snake flung him up into the air towards both Aang and Natsu. He split the both of them and Natsu managed to stay in the air despite flipping several times in the sky.
"Thank you, Happy…" Natsu thanked.
"Aye…" Happy said while recovering from dizziness.
Aang recovers and stabilizes himself in the air to see a shocking sight. The three of them saw that Cubelios had grown demonic wings and that Cobra was standing on top of her.
"I-It has wings?!" Aang exclaimed.
"That's impossible! Snakes aren't supposed to fly!" Happy exclaimed.
Aang heard him and he had a drop of sweat fall from his head. "As a cat with wings… I'm not sure you have room to talk."
"Hey… I thought you couldn't handle transportation…" Cobra said.
Natsu comically threw a fit in the air. "Happy is not transportation!"
"That's right!" Happy exclaimed.
"I see, so that's why you were flying earlier… Because you aren't able to stand on Nirvana, you're a riot buddy." He looked to Aang who flew beside Natsu. "Haha, I've been looking forward to our fight, Avatar."
"No fair!" Natsu cried. "Why does everyone want to fight Aang!?"
Aang glared at Cobra. "I don't know what this thing is, but I'm going to stop it for sure!" He exclaimed.
"Hehe, I'd like to see you try… everyone's been talking you up. So let's see if you're worth the hype! Either way, none of you are getting near Brain."
Aang looked to Brain. "Him." He slightly growled. Aang quickly blew a wake of air from behind him and he shot towards Brain. Fire balls grew off his hands.
Cobra glared at him. "Why you! Cubelios!" the snake flew in front of Aang and he used his tail to whip Aang and the force sent Aang down to the ground.
"Aang!" Natsu exclaimed. "I'm going to roast you for that!" His hand ignited. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Cobra's ear flicked and without commanding her, Cubelios whipped Natsu's gut and he and Happy flipped in the air. Natsu was dizzy and had swirls in his eyes. "Again and Again…" Natsu muttered. But suddenly a foot landed on Natsu's head and Aang quickly shot off him leaving a blast of air in his wake.
"Sorry!" Aang exclaimed.
"Hey, whose side are you on!?" Natsu said shaking his fist.
Aang blew a tremendous gust of wind that Cobra was quickly able to avoid and Cubelios's tail wrapped around him. He was thrown back to Natsu and after they crashed into each other, Natsu held on to Aang's wrist to keep him from falling.
"He's predicting our moves!" Happy said.
"I can hear your movements." Cobra said.
"What?" Natsu growled. "Just like Toph!?" he said.
"Aye, he fights like Toph, but he uses the air instead…" Happy said.
"I don't think that's how he's doing it Happy."
Cobra smirked. "Alright, now let's play!"
----Elsewhere on Nirvana; Wendy, Katara and Carla were resting. Carla was panting because she had to carry both Wendy and Katara onto the ancient city. "I'm sorry, Carla…" Wendy apologized. "We shouldn't have pushed you."
"Yeah, we should have come in on one of the legs." Katara said.
"As tiring as it was carrying two… I will be fine…" she weakly got up. "Anyway… What are you planning to do now that we're here?" Wendy shamefully looked away. "Are you still chasing after Jellal?"
"No!" Wendy quickly replied.
Katara sighed. "Wendy…"
She became slightly flustered. "Well, maybe a little…"
Katara looked around. "I'm surprised… I really thought Nirvana was some kind of spell, but it's actually a whole city… I never would have guessed."
"Yeah… but I have to stop this thing, no matter what…" Wendy for the first time actually showed confidence. "There's got to be something even I can do, right?"
"That's the spirit! And I'm going to help you!" Katara said.
"Huh? Really…?"
"Of course, we're all in this together after all." She said while smiling. Carla looked at the two with some shock. "Yes, you're both right…"
Katara happily pants Wendy's head. "Just stick with me, okay.
"Yes, Katara." She confidently said.
But they notice that Carla's pupils had drastically shrunk. "Hey, is something the matter?" Katara asked.
Carla started to walk slowly, with her facial expression un-changed as if she were a zombie. "It couldn't be… This has to be a coincidence, right?" she slowly walked to the edge and watched Nirvana move towards its target. 
"T-this isn't happening…" Katara and Wendy ran to her side
"What is wrong, Carla?" Wendy asked.
"It is where we are headed. Our guild, Cait Shelter, is dead ahead, right in this thing's path!" She answered.
Wendy grew a look of concern. "This thing is heading for our guild… but why…?"
…
Meanwhile there were clashes high in the air and Natsu and Happy flew back. "Damn it! I can't hit him with anything!" large rocks were shooting towards Cubelios but she dodged them. "This is it!" Natsu exclaimed charging to Cobra and his snake while they were distracted. But Cobra quickly jumped off Cubelios and they flew between Cobra and his snake. "Huh, we missed!" Cobra stood on the both of them sending them falling to the ground.
An air spout caught them and Happy quickly kept Natsu off the ground. Natsu, Happy and Aang were back in the sky. "This is frustrating. It's like he knows what we do before we do it." Aang said.
"I wonder what kind of magic he uses?" Happy asked.
"That means we'll have to finish this creep off quick or I'll never be able to get at that guy!" Natsu said. They both looked at Brain's serious expression.
"Then we'll need to be smart about it. We both can fly but Cobra can't. If we can separate him from his snake, then we have a chance."
Natsu punched his fists together. "Let's go then, We'll kick both their asses and stop this huge pile of junk!"
Cobra slowly opened his eyes. "Not gonna happen. You guys will never be able to crush our wish! Now let's go, I'm getting excited." He said with a smirk. "I want to see your full power, Aang!"
"You're really asking for it!" Aang growled. "Nirvana will be destroyed… I swear it!" He declared. Aang and Natsu shot forward to Cobra who had a wide smile on his face. The battle continuing for the three of them.