Chapter 234

The Boy Who Watches the Sea is the 234th chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.
Having seen the flare that signals an enemy attack, Gildarts, Fried and Bickslow return to the island and quickly engage in combat with Bluenote and Rustyrose. Somewhere else on the island, Erza fights Azuma while Gray talks to Ultear. With all the events happening, the war between the Fairies and Demons is nearing its conclusion.
==Summary==
Gildarts and Bluenote begin to fight and both Mages are evenly matched. Gildarts then tells Natsu and the others to leave so that they would not be caught up in the fight. Natsu complains, wanting to see them fight but the others manage to bring him with them as they carry an unconscious Makarov with them. Meanwhile, Bickslow and Fried, having returned to the island with Gildarts after seeing Erza's flare, engage in combat with Rustyrose. Bickslow uses his Baryon Formation but Rustyrose is able to deflect it with his Golden Shield and dodges it with Pegasus Wings as Fried attacks him with his Magic. Rustyrose then summons Belfast the Hurricane, which Bickslow easily destroys using his Seith Magic. 
Fried then proceeds to use his Dark Écriture: Absolute Shadow and attacks Rustyrose, who begins to feel fear. All throughout the island, the battles between Fairy Tail and Grimoire Heart continue with Gildarts fighting Bluenote, Fried and Bickslow fighting Rustyrose and Erza fighting Azuma. Elsewhere, Gray continues his talk with Ultear. Elsewhere, a boy bearing the insignia of Fairy Tail calmly gazes at the sea.
==Characters in Order of Appearance==
==Battles & Events==
*Gildarts Clive vs. Bluenote Stinger
*Fried Justine, Bickslow & Lisanna Strauss vs. Rustyrose (started)
*Erza Scarlet vs. Azuma (started)
==Magic, Spells, and Abilities used==
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*Sacred Guardian Beast, Belfast the Hurricane (守護聖獣　疾風のベルファースト Shugo Seijyū Shippū no Berufāsuto)
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===Abilities used===
*Hand-to-Hand Combat
*Swordsmanship
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*Sword
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==Navigation==