Galuna Island: Final Battle

Deliora's roar could be heard across the Island as people and villagers all ran for their lives.

"Yes, finally." Zalty exclaimed as he watched the monster try to break free from the Ice.

"What was that?" Lucy asked as they reached the temple.

"Maybe, it was your stomach Lucy." Happy teased.

"Ya know you're not as funny as you think you are." Lucy scolded him.

"Think that could be Deliora?" Erza asked as she looked around.

"Look, it's that beam of light." Happy told them.

"Then that means." Lucy said with a scared expression. "They've almost revived Deliora."

"Come on." Erza told them as she ran up some stairs.

"Um, Deliora's down there." Lucy told her.

"We need to stop the ritual before it's too late." Erza told her.

"Damn it." Natsu muttered.

"I don't have time to deal with you!" Natsu shouted. "Let's end this no-" before he could finish, a small green ball flung at his face knocking him down.

**[##Ankoku no Madoushi##]**

the ball flew back to Zalty as he smiled and swung it back at Natsu. "Oh yeah." Natsu punched the ball, shattering only for it to go back together and hit him in the gut. "What the? I broke it."

"I used my arc of time to send the ball back to before it was broke." Zalty told him. "You can't win here, Salamander."

"What kind of magic?" Natsu asked.

"it's known as Arc of Time." Zalty told him. "Want to see what happens when I send this ball forward in time."

Before Natsu could blink, a barrage of balls struck, getting a laugh from Zalty.

Natsu attempted to strike the ball only for it to stop in front of him. "As you can see, my lost magic is far superior to yours."

"I would be more impressed if it worked on people." Natsu told him.

"That's a drawback, yes." Zalty admitted.

"if you don't mind me asking what your point?" Natsu asked. "I mean, I know Lyon wants to beat the thing for his own ego, but what do you get out of it."

"I actually just recently joined them." Zalty told him. "As for the other, I can't say."

"Okay then." Natsu asked. "What is your goal?"

"I see straight to the point." Zalty asked. "I like that." A smile formed on Zalty as he started talking. "The cold emperor is a twerp nothing more; there is no way he can beat Deliora."

"Oh, and you can?" Natsu asked.

"I don't want to fight it." Zalty said.

"I want to control it." Zalty explained. "With that kind of power, the world will kneel before me."

"That's stupid." Natsu said bluntly, shocking Zalty. "If you think having a demon by your side makes you tough."

"Of course, you're too young to understand." Zalty told him. "When you're older, you'll understand why you need power."

"I don't need that." Natsu told him.

"Cause I know my friends have my back." He said as flames formed around him.

"Oh, and what will that do when a ceiling falls on you." Zalty used his magic to make the ceiling fall apart.

"I don't care!" Natsu shouted as he jumped. "I just want you and your pals of this Island!" Natsu shouted as he shot fire at the crystal balls creating a huge area of smoke.

Zalty backed up, looking around.

"I may not be able to control time." Natsu shouted. "But I can see the future, and it has me kicking your ass!" He punched Zalty into a nearby rock.

Meanwhile, Erza stopped Toby from performing the moon drip ceremony.

"Awesome, we stopped it." Lucy cheered as the beam of light disappeared.

"You mean this guy was doing it all by himself." Happy asked.

"It's too late; the ceremony has been completed!" He shouted before passing out. Soon, a large beam of green light surrounded the Island as Deliora broke free from the ice.

"Chief, what's going on!" Someone shouted.

"Something bad." He responded.

Gray had made it just in time to see the monster he had feared for his entire childhood come to life. He stopped and picked up some water that belonged to the ice. "Thank you was all he could say."

"Gray!" Natsu shouted as he ran up to him. "The only thing left is to stop this thing."

"Stop." A voice called. The pair looked back to see Lyon crawling, too.

"Neither of you is strong enough to stop Deliora," Lyon groaned. I will surpass Ur." He stated. "It is my dream."

"No way, man, there's no way; you're barely able to stand up." Natsu told him.

"I've dreamed of this moment for so long."

**Flashback**

"Ur is the strongest Wizard around here." Someone told Lyon. "She's been held up in the mountains since her daughter's death."

Lyon gave a big smile.

"You think she'll teach me magic."

"It's bad enough you're taking him in." Lyon whined as he talked to Ur. "But you're teaching him magic."

That's a problem?" Ur asked.

"but you don't need him." Lyon told her.

"You already have replaced your daughter." He said.

Before he could blink, Ur slapped him.

"Let's get one thing straight, Lyon." She said as she looked at him.

"I never once thought of you as a replacement; you're my adorable little student." She said as she pressed against his forehead.

**End Flashback**

Lyon managed to stand up.

"My dream is so close I can finally-" Lyon was unable to finish as Gray had already knocked him down.

"You've caused enough trouble." He told him. "I'll clean up the mess you made."

Gray walked into the water and took the stance for Iced Shell. "I have to finish this."

"Gray, no, do you know how long it took me to melt the ice!" Lyon shouted. "Even if you pull it off, it won't stop me."

"I'm not thinking of the future, Lyon!" Gray shouted. "I am protecting the here and now." Before Gray could finish, Natsu stood before him.

"Natsu, get out of the way."

"If I didn't let you do it before." Natsu told him, "what in the hell makes you think I'm going to let you do it .now."

"It's the only way."

"Don't worry." Natsu said, smirking, "We'll, find another one."

As Deliora raised its fist to attack, it suddenly caused everyone to stop.

"What?" Gray asked as he stopped performing Iced Shell.

Deliora then started to disintegrate and fall apart into the water.

"No." Lyon muttered as he saw Deliora fade away. "Deliora was already dead."

**[##Fairy tail main theme slow ver. ost##]**

Outside, the temple began to shake again.

"What's going on?" Happy asked.

"I don't know." Lucy answered as she watched the water from the temple pour into the ocean.

Lyon laid on the floor. "For ten years, Ur slowly sapped away at Deliora's energy." Lyon said, tears forming in his eyes.

"What we just saw were it's dying breaths." Lyon cried. "My dream is dead; there's no way I can surpass her now."

Gray and Natsu stood side by side, and Natsu grew a smile on his face.

"You know, Gray." Natsu said, looking at him. "Your teacher was pretty awesome."

Gray couldn't help but cry as he remembered Ur's voice saying she saved him from the darkness.

"Thank you, Ur." Gray sobbed. as Natsu placed a hand on his back, patting softly as Gray smiled. Continuing to think about everything Ur did for him

*'The Ice that was once Ur melted and flooded into the ocean.' Happy, Lucy, and Erza appeared. Lucy and Happy both tackled Natsu to the ground with tears in their eyes. 'Gray told me Ur was still alive, and I believed him. Now she can watch her beloved students from where she is.' Gray walked over to Lyon, who was still crying and put him on his shoulder. 'We could almost hear her saying, 'Please don't fight again.'*

"Think we did it?" Lucy asked.

"I don't think so." Natsu told her. "Something doesn't add up."

"I would have to agree." Erza said, walking beside Natsu.

"The beam of light wasn't enough to heal the villagers." Erza told them.

"Well, we have Lyon with us." Natsu said. "Maybe we could ask him."

"I don't know." Lyon told them.

"What!"

"When we came here three years ago, we were aware there was a village." Lyon explained. "But we never interacted with them."

"Wait, really?" Lucy asked. "I find that hard to believe that light from the mountain is pretty hard to miss."

"Yeah." Natsu agreed. "They said this started when you guys started collecting moon drip."

"That can't be true." Lyon told them. "I've been exposed to just as long, and I'm fine."

"Oh yeah."

"Something doesn't add up." Natsu said. "We should go check on the villagers but know I'm not done with you, pal. You harmed these people."

"Natsu wait a sec." Lucy told him.

**Flashback**

"You wanna know why we helped Lyon." Toby told Erza. "It's because Deliroa destroyed our homes and families."

"And Lyon said if we help him free the demon, he will kill it."

**End Flashback**

"I didn't know." Natsu told her.

"I know, but let's help the villagers." Lucy told him. "It's why we're here."

"She's right." Erza said. "We have to lift the curse."

"I think I have an idea of how we can do it, but I need some information." Natsu said.

"I agree." Erza said.

"That'd be great." Lucy said.

As the group left, Gray stopped to look at Lyon one more time.

"What?" He asked.

"Nothing, it's just, maybe we should try wizarding." Gray told him. "It's a lot of fun."

"As if."

"Why are you so grumpy all the time, man." Lyon froze when he heard that. He looked at Gray, who was only smiling.

"I can't tell you how to live your life, but be sure to make Ur proud." He said as he walked away.

"Whatever." Lyon said, trying to hide his smile.

"I missed you too, buddy." Gray said before he left.

When the group made it back to the camp where the villager was told they found it was deserted.

"Are you sure they're staying here?" Natsu asked as they looked around.

"Yeah, this is the last place we saw them." Lucy told him.

"While we're here, I will grab some badges and medicine." Erza said

"You're back." A voice called. The group turned to see one of the villagers running up to them. "We need you back at the village; there's something you have to see."

The villagers led the group back to the village, which was fully restored as if nothing had happened to it.

"Okay, this is weird." Natsu said as he touched some of the houses to make sure it was real.

"I know." Lucy added. "It's like the place went back in time."

"Back in time?" Natsu muttered as he thought of Zalty, who had that ability. "Maybe, no. unless he had a change of heart." Natsu started.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.

"Oh, nothing, don't worry about it." Natsu told her.

Before she could reply again, a thought came over Lucy as she ran off.

"Our stuff." Lucy said, leaving a confused Natsu behind. She stopped when she saw Bobo's grave. 'I'm glad it's back to normal.'

"You wizards used magic to restore our village, didn't you?" Moka asked as he left the grave.

"I can't thank you enough. but when are you going to destroy the moon?" he asked, glaring at Lucy.

"Destroying the moon is a simple task, sir." Erza explained.

"Did you say that with a straight face?" Gray asked.

"Aye."

"But first, there are a few things we need to clear up." Erza asked. "Could you ask everyone to gather for a meeting?"

Soon everyone was gathered at the front of the village as Erza began interrogating everyone. "So, you say you take these appearances only at night."

"Yes." Moka answered. "During the day, we were fine, but at night, it appeared as you see us now."

"and speaking of which." Natsu suddenly said.

"Erza, on your way here, did the moon look different to you?" He asked.

"The moon didn't change until I got close to the Island." Erza said.

"We also learned that the moon drip ceremony has been held for three years." Erza explained as she started pacing " And you say this started happening ever since the moon turned purple three years ago."

"Has it been that long?"

"Yeah."

Before Erza could speak again, she stepped on Lucy's pitfall trap and fell in, letting out a girlish scream.

"Did she just scream like a girl?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah, it was kinda cute." Gray admitted.

Erza climbed out of the hole and dusted herself off. "I want to know why you never went to the temple to investigate."

"Damn, she must be one tough customer." One of the villagers muttered.

"She stood up like nothing." Another one said.

"Please explain?" Erza asked.

The villagers looked at each other nervously before speaking.

"Well, you see." Moka stated. "Our village lore says we can never go near the temple."

"Okay." Lucy said, jumping in, "but why, village lore can be ignored if your people are dying." She added. This got a few worried looks from the villagers.

"Why don't you tell us what's really going on here." Erza demanded.

"Well, we don't know." Moka admitted. "We'd pull out weapons we never had to use before, and I'd shave my sideburns, and we'd go to the temple."

"We could as close to where we could see the temple through the trees." Moka told them. "But every time, we'd magically end up back at the village.

"That is strange." Lucy admitted.

"Hmm." Natsu said as he stroked his chin, looking at the sky.

"Please believe us." One of the villagers pleaded.

"Yeah, we didn't tell you before 'cause we were afraid you wouldn't believe us."

"We've tried, but every villager gets sent back."

"I see." Erza said.

"I think I get it." Natsu agreed, getting confused looks from Gray and Lucy.

Zalty sat in a tree and laughed.

"I should have guessed that those two would have figured it out." He let out another small chuckle as he watched the events.

Erza walked away as her armor began to let out steam.

"Natsu." Erza said quickly.

"Yeah, I know." Natsu replied.

"Looks like we'll have to destroy the moon." They said in unison, shocking Gray, Lucy, and Happy.