Chapter 203

Eight Roads is the 203rd chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.
As the participants for the S-class trial ride on a ship to Tenrou Island, Makarov explains the first exam, and tells them that there are 8 paths waiting for them in the island and that they should go for it. Each team then races towards the island and choose their path.
==Summary==
﻿All the contestants and their partners ride on a ship going to Tenrou Island, where the S-class trial will take place, with all of them wearing scarce clothes because of the hot weather. Juvia stays in her clothes, claiming she is not hot from the weather, but she's hot for Gray, who is naked.
Eventually, they all spot the island ahead, and Makarov appears, telling them that in ancient times, Fairies were said to live there and that it is the resting place of the first Master of Fairy Tail, Mavis Vermillion. Makarov then explains the first exam, telling them that there are eight paths on the island, each for one team to go through. Paths will converge with other contestants where they will battle, and the team who makes it to the other side wins. Makarov says one path has no battle, and three paths will be against S-Class Mages, Erza, Mirajane and Gildarts. Makarov says that strength and luck is needed to pass, and begins the exam right then and there.
 
As the contestants race to get off the boat, Fried and Bickslow are the first to escape, locking the other teams behind Fried's runes for a period of five minutes. However, Levy rewrites the runes just for her and Gajeel, and swims towards the island. Evergreen, having been with Fried for a long time, also rewrites them for only her and Elfman. The other teams wait for five minutes for the runes to disappear. As the runes disappear, Juvia and Lisanna swim towards the island, with Lisanna using Animal Soul: Fish. Happy carries Natsu and flies towards the island, while Gray uses Ice-Make and slides with Loke. Lucy says that they are the last team, but Cana says that Mest and Wendy are still on the boat, however, when they look back, they discover Mest and Wendy have disappeared. As Natsu and Happy arrive on the island, they choose Route E, assuming that Erza is in the path. When Lucy and Cana reaches the island, they discover that they are the last team to make it there, and go down the last route remaining, Route C, which consequently pits them against Fried and Bickslow.
==Characters in Order of Appearance==
==Battles & Events==
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*Animal Soul: Fish
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*Flight
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==Navigation==