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Ah, a kimono from the East. It's beautiful.

But...

...I'll stain it with blood for you.

Wh-What... is this magic power?

The battlefield has been frozen by this overwhelming power...

She must be a member of the Spriggan 12!

Your bangs are just like Randi's...

It's gonna be fun tormenting you.

When did you--?!

Me & you made it through the bad times

Change the game - You taught me the importance

of sharing roundabout times that are too much to overcome alone

I have faith in our vision

for the future - Sure enuff (uh, uh huh)

Unneeded reasons, lingering hopes, and feelings of apprehension

Just ball it all up and let it go

No matter what happens, keep ya head up

Now let's go, to the future we seek

We can make it (uh huh)

There's no stopping us (uh huh)

The world may change again today,

but you're my family (uh huh)

We have an unwavering wish and dream

We are down by law - Just know this

We'll never, ever run from a fight

We are down by law - no matter what walls stand in our way

We'll go right over them - Woo we do it for real

(We do it for real)

Where am I?!

The medical room.

Sorry. Our master insisted we keep them on.

But we took some pity and moved your cuffs to the front.

Where's Marin?

The "A+" guy? He's locked up.

Talk about a shock. He was trying to choke you to death.

These two saved you just before you suffocated.

Be grateful to them.

"What I Want to Do"

Why did you help me?

Why? Because we got lots of questions to ask you, obviously!

I have nothing to tell you.

Even if that's true, we still don't want anyone to die.

Not even our enemies.

So? You'll just torture me instead.

No, we don't torture people.

Unless you want us to?

Cana!

I mean, we even took a bath together.

You don't really seem like a bad person to me.

Do you want to know about Layla?

I have conditions.

I want to be uncuffed, and I want to be alone with Lucy.

Don't push your luck!

It's fine. I'm okay with it, Cana.

Very well. We'll leave her to you.

I'll remove the chain, but the Sealstone stays on.

Yell real loud if anything happens.

My name is Brandish μ.

My mother's name was Grammie.

She worked as a servant for Layla, your mother.

When Layla retired from being a celestial spirit wizard,

she entrusted the three keys she had to three of her servants.

The Capricorn key went to Zordio.

The Cancer key went to Supetto.

Supetto?!

And Grammie, my mother, was given the Aquarius key.

My mother had great respect for Layla...

And for the Aquarius key.

She took great care of it and polished it every day.

But...

Despite all that, Layla betrayed her.

What do you mean? What did my mom do?

Where did you get the Aquarius key?

From... my mom.

If my mother had the key,

how could your mom have possibly given it to you?

It's simple: she got it back by killing my mother.

That can't... possibly be...

That's what makes you so naïve.

You only believe your little view of the world!

You're also too eager to trust people.

Stop--

I have nothing against you, but this is the only way.

Your life is the only thing that can make up for my mom's death.

I'm sorry...

Die.

What's this about my key now?

Aquarius...

It's been a while, Lucy.

Aquarius!

You're back, Aquarius!

No, not exactly.

A year after my key broke,

a new Water Bearer key appeared somewhere in the world.

It's not exactly a commemoration,

but the Celestial Spirit King opened the door to this world for me.

It's temporary, so I can't stay long.

Wha...?

Still, I'm just happy to see you again!

Long time, no see to you too, Brandish.

You know each other?

It's like she said. Her mom had my key for a while.

We sure had a lot of fun back then, didn't we, Brandish?

Hey, you brat! Answer when someone asks you a question!

I-I'm sorry, Mistress!

Mistress...? Huh?!

You grew up into one twisted chick, all right.

You'll never get a man like that.

Yes, Mistress...

It's been a long time. Show me your dog impression.

Woof! Woof, woof!

That's a good girl.

Mistress... Woof!

But I won't tolerate this!

Thank you, woof!

I... seem to be out of the loop here.

I'm your master, and Lucy is mine.

Do you understand what that means, Brandish?

Even so... I can't forgive Layla for killing my mother.

Lucy isn't Layla. You know that.

Besides, Layla didn't kill Grammie.

I came here to tell you the truth about that.

Or more like "show you"...

--What in the world?! --We're mermaids?!

And where the heck are we?!

This is the Memory of the Stars,

an archive built from the celestial spirits' memories.

You can just think of this as a dream,

but everything you see here is the truth.

Follow me.

I see someone!

That's Anna Heartfilia.

She was your ancestor and a great celestial spirit wizard.

Four hundred years ago, a certain plan was put into action

by the Black Wizard, the dragons, and the celestial spirit wizards.

Zeref?!

The emperor?!

The plan was to send warriors into the future...

Warriors created to defeat Acnologia.

This time travel relied on the Eclipse magic...

Yes. One of the celestial spirit spells.

Anna opened the door, and the Heartfilia family, over many generations,

watched and waited for it to connect.

What do you mean?

The Eclipse normally requires two celestial spirit wizards:

one at the entrance and one at the exit.

In this case, the exit was the future.

In other words, the Heartfilia family waited centuries

for the door to open.

And then it finally did open, during Layla's generation.

Mom!

Opening the door required all 12 of the Zodiac keys.

But she wasn't able to contact Grammie, who'd moved to Alakitasia,

and never managed to get my key.

Layla used her own life force

to compensate for the missing magic power.

No way...

In the end, she succeeded in connecting the doorways.

But that, combined with her already frail health,

caused her to develop severe Magic Deficiency Syndrome.

Grammie learned of this seven days later.

Lady Layla...

I'm so, so very sorry.

No, please don't feel bad, Grammie.

I'm not fit to keep this key.

Please take it back, Lady Layla...

I can't use celestial spirit magic anymore.

Give it to Lady Lucy, then.

I'm certain she'll grow up to be

a wonderful celestial spirit wizard just like you.

I'm glad my family's ancient duty to open the Eclipse

has ended with my generation...

I want her to live in freedom.

Which reminds me, I hope Brandish is well.

Yes, very well, indeed.

I'm sure she'll miss Aquarius, though.

She's around Lucy's age, isn't she?

Yes. I'll bring her over sometime.

I hope they'll be friends.

I'm sure they will!

Just like us?

Oh, no! I'm just a humble servant, Lady Layla!

No. I consider you a friend, Grammie.

Lady Layla...

Mom!

It's your fault...

It's your fault... that she's...

Mr. Zordio...

Stop!

Yes... It is my fault...

I deserve this punishment...

How could you... do this to her?!

I beg you, Mr. Zordio...

Please don't hurt... my daughter Brandish...

I'm asking you this, in exchange for my life...

Can you do that...?

Mom!

Do you think we could be friends starting now?

Just like our moms were...

Lucy. There's one important thing--

Help!

Happy?

Natsu suddenly stopped moving or doing anything!

Someone help him!

What's going on?!

What's all the commotion?!

Natsu fought Zeref...

And then he temporarily retreated...

And then...

...he suddenly...

Natsu! What's wrong?! Say something!

Huh? What are you doing here?

This isn't the time for that.

There's no heartbeat...

Natsu! Natsu!

No...

Move!

This one's always acting so recklessly...

He's overtaxed his magic power for years,

which has caused him to develop an anti-ether-nano tumor.

What does that mean?!

There's a malignant mass inside his body.

He really will die unless it's removed.

How do we remove it?

There are no doctors in Ishgar who can heal this.

Not even Wendy? Or Shelia?!

Not even they can fix this.

Then what do we do?

I'm sorry...

This can't be happening...

Natsu...

Say something, Natsu...

Could you take these off?

My magic can alter the size of any object.

If I know the exact location of his tumor...

...I can make it small enough to disappear for good.

Really?

Please... Save Natsu!

Good grief...

First he rushes out all by himself, and now he comes back sick.

Quit being so crabby!

Like you're one to talk!

But he'll be fine now.

That Brandish girl's magic is really something.

I never imagined an enemy would lend a helping hand like that...

Is she our enemy?

I can't say for sure until the fighting is over.

I'm a prisoner, right? Could you return me to my cell?

Oh, and maybe I could get a coat to wear?

Is what she said. She's a difficult girl to understand.

Thanks for helping Natsu.

Thank you so much!

You didn't have to go back to your cell, you know.

We're at war.

You'll get yourself killed if you keep being naïve.

I have no intention of being your friend, either.

Could you leave me be?

She needs time.

Aquarius...

I'll see you around sometime, Brandish.

Reply!

'Kay.

Oh, yeah, I was trying to tell you something earlier...

What is it?

Remember how I said my key regenerated?

Yeah.

The key is somewhere in this world.

It could be here, in Ishgar.

It could be in Alakitasia.

Or maybe on some other continent.

I can't give you any hints about its location or anything else.

I understand.

I will find it. You're my friend, after all!

Thanks. I look forward to it.

Plus, I have something I wanna do after it's over!

Aye!

Now I have something, too.

I can't afford to lose!

The liberation battle continues in southern Hargeon.

The Dimaria and Wall divisions of the Alvarez army

have forced the joint Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel team to retreat.

Their numbers are just too overwhelming...

We can't even get near the city like this...

But we absolutely must take the city back.

Otherwise, the enemy will send reinforcements in by sea, too.

Failure isn't an option.

If only Wendy were here...

Kagura. Are you okay?

What--?!

Stop! Don't look!

Looking good.

Curse you!

I am... not okay.

Yeah...

Quit gawking like a bunch of creeps! Sheesh!

When it happened...

When I was cut, she didn't move at all.

We were standing far apart,

yet my clothes were torn to shreds in an instant.

Maybe she secretly used some sort of long range spell?

Could be! And maybe her weapon is just for show!

I can tell when an incoming attack harbors bloodlust or hostility.

But I felt no sense of movement or magic use from her.

Yeah, it is strange for a wizard as strong as you

to get cut up before even realizing it.

But then how did she do it?

That was no ordinary attack magic.

Whatever it was, it was something much more abnormal.

To the north, Bloodman of Alvarez's army unleashes an onslaught

that forces Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus to temporarily retreat.

We've taken too many casualties.

There's just too many of them.

I think so, too.

Even so, we must hold them off.

Yes. The front line will collapse if that many surge into town.

I'll never be able to look Natsu in the face again if Sabertooth

is to blame for losing the war.

And I'd rather not get on Gajeel's bad side.

Help should arrive soon.

It's up to us to hold things together until then!

I think so, too!

All right! Let's pull ourselves together and launch a counterattack!

And, to the east, another battle has reached its conclusion.

How disappointing. This is the best you can do against just me?

You're all a disgrace to the Wizard Saint title.

God Serena...

He singlehandedly bested all of us...

His magic power has increased even more since going to Alakitasia...

We're a disgrace... We've failed our duty as Wizard Saints...

Mavis...

I had hoped to see your smile one more time...

Huh?

Mavis...

I think I'll finish you off first, Warrod.

God Bye-Bye...

Yuri... Precht...

I'll see you soon...

The rain has stopped and it feels nice

But I'm just here, idling away

I'll come to you as you wait in the sky

So start an inner countdown and wait for me

If you see an opening,

strike without hesitation

That's what I learned

Oh yeah

from the bond of our friendship

I'm certain the miracle that brought us together

will reach beyond the sky

and my normal, constant feelings of anxiety will cut loose

Even if we get betrayed, just forget about them

Now go forth! Go! Go!

You gotta go

In eastern Fiore,

God Serena singlehandedly defeats the Four Emperors of Ishgar

and brings the battle closer to its conclusion.

Meanwhile, to lend their assistance as Fairy Tail reinforcements,

Gajeel, Erza, Laxus, and others head to different locations.

None of them can afford to stop, even for a moment.

Next Episode: "Not Until the Battle is Over."

"Not Until the Battle is Over"

The fairies will continue to race forward, to defend their home.