# E5 - A Bitter Choice
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**[00:02] Touka**
Now's your chance.
**[00:04] Touka**
Before she comes back to the surface...!
**[00:09] Jellal**
What's going on?!
**[00:11] Touka**
You plan to get in my way, Touka?
**[00:15] Touka**
Please do not hurt
anyone else, White Mage...!
**[00:21] Gajeel**
You're under arrest!
**[00:23] Lily**
Gajeel! Restrain her with iron, now!
**[00:27] Brandish**
I just happened to be passing by.
**[00:30] Brandish**
He seemed to be in trouble, so I shrank him.
**[00:33] Lucy**
You...!
**[00:35] Brandish**
It's been a while, Lucy.
**[00:40] Erza**
You deserve a thorough thank-you
for how you treated me.
**[00:44] Erza**
But attacking a foe in their sleep
is an act unbefitting a knight.
**[00:52] Brandish**
I simply enlarged the rocks
at the bottom of the ocean.
**[00:56] Natsu**
Time for a counterattack!
**[00:58] Erza**
I can halve the effect of magic
cast through eye contact.
**[01:02] Kiria**
Being submissive suits you,
but this feisty you has its charms.
**[01:11] Kiria**
Didn't I tell you?
**[01:13] Kiria**
There is nothing I cannot cut.
**[01:16] Erza**
No matter what you may cut...
**[01:19] Erza**
You can never sever the bond of friendship.
**[01:22] Madmole**
Armor Dragon's Steel-Fist Strike!
**[01:25] Natsu**
Fire Dragon's Iron Punch!
**[01:30] Wendy**
Natsu-san!
**[01:31] Madmole**
The scales of the Armor Dragon would never...
**[01:36] Natsu**
No matter how mighty your armor
might be, can it withstand heat?
**[01:45] Natsu**
Burn!
**[01:47] Natsu**
Fire Dragon King's Purgatory!
***SIGN*** A Bitter Choice
**[03:44] Wendy**
Natsu-san... um, my clothes...!
**[03:51] Lucy**
Gate of the Gemini, I open thee!
**[04:06] Lucy**
The clothes of the Celestial World!
**[04:08] Charle**
Don't you dare dress Wendy in a weird outfit.
**[04:11] Wendy**
Lucy-san! Charle!
**[04:15] Happy**
We're here, too!
**[04:17] Gray**
Yeah!
**[04:18] Natsu**
Gray!
**[04:24] Gray**
It'd be a disgrace to the name of Fairy Tail
if I stayed beaten down.
**[04:28] Gray**
Let me take this guy.
**[04:31] Skullion**
Madmole.
**[04:34] Wendy**
No way... After he took
Natsu-san's attack, he can still...
**[04:45] Kiria**
What's this... heat?
**[04:47] Erza**
It's Natsu's fire.
**[04:49] Kiria**
The ship... no, even my clothes are melting!
**[04:54] Kiria**
Why aren't yours melting?!
**[04:56] Erza**
Because this is the Fire Empress's Armor,
with high resistance to fire.
**[05:02] Kiria**
Nice...
**[05:04] Kiria**
I love this fire.
**[05:07] Kiria**
We'll be feasting on this!
**[05:16] Erza**
You who devour dragons...
**[05:20] Erza**
Now it's time for you
to be devoured by Natsu!
**[05:27] Erza**
Fire Empress's Soaring Fire Blade!
**[05:37] Natsu**
Erza!
**[05:38] Skullion**
Kiria!
**[05:48] Kiria**
Put me down, darn it!
**[05:52] Skullion**
I didn't expect you to be this strong.
**[05:56] Kiria**
I'll cut you all into bits!
**[05:59] Madmole**
Kiria, calm yourself, cha.
**[06:01] Natsu**
Stay away from the Water Dragon God.
**[06:03] Natsu**
We'll take care of him.
**[06:05] Skullion**
"Take care"?
**[06:07] Skullion**
You mean you'll kill him.
**[06:08] Skullion**
How is that different
from us trying to eat him?
**[06:11] Natsu**
We won't kill him.
**[06:13] Natsu**
We'll find a way.
**[06:16] Skullion**
Interesting.
**[06:18] Skullion**
But what we want isn't the Water
Dragon God who lost his power.
**[06:23] Skullion**
We're after the White Mage
who has taken that power.
**[06:28] Skullion**
So long as there are dragons,
we'll consume them.
**[06:32] Skullion**
You cannot stop us.
**[06:34] Gray**
Oh, yeah? Looks like two of you guys
are out of commission, though.
**[06:38] Kiria**
How dare you?!
**[06:40] Skullion**
I will admit that the odds are against us.
**[06:42] Skullion**
If we were talking about
just us three, that is.
**[06:46] Lucy**
There are more of you?
**[06:47] Madmole**
I've told you, cha.
**[06:49] Madmole**
We're a *guild* of Dragon Eaters.
**[06:52] Skullion**
There are plenty more of us.
**[07:01] Skullion**
But for now, we'll retreat.
**[07:04] Skullion**
If you plan on chasing after dragons,
I'm sure our paths will cross again.
**[07:10] Skullion**
That's when you'll see...
**[07:14] Skullion**
the true terror of Diabolos.
**[07:23] Lucy**
A guild exclusively for Dragon Eaters.
**[07:27] Natsu**
They left their own ship behind.
**[07:31] Charle**
Silly, aren't they?
**[07:35] Happy**
What?!
**[07:37] Natsu**
Wh-What is it?!
**[07:39] Lucy**
The ship's turning into ash?
**[07:49] Lucy**
That ship was made of ash?
**[07:51] Erza**
So he can use Ash Make Magic?
**[07:54] Gray**
That can't be Make Magic!
**[07:57] Gray/I**
*There can't be Make Magic so elaborate...*
**[08:00] Happy**
What do we do next?
**[08:02] Natsu**
Let's just get back to the old man
Water Dragon God dude.
**[08:05] Lucy**
He's an "old man" in your eyes?
**[08:08] Charle**
But the thing is...
**[08:09] (Flashback) Karameel**
Get the hell out, now!
**[08:11] Natsu**
It'll be just fine!
**[08:13] Natsu**
We chased the bad guys away, and we're not
going to kill the Water Dragon God.
**[08:17] Lucy**
Well, aren't you positive...
**[08:26] Karameel**
Holy Water Dragon!
**[08:35] Karameel**
Holy Water Dragon, I don't think
you should get up yet...
**[08:40] Karameel**
What's going on?
**[08:44] Mercphobia**
Run...!
**[08:50] Lucy**
Isn't this obviously beyond capacity?
**[08:55] Erza**
Gray, can't you make a boat with ice?
**[08:58] Gray**
I can, but it'll be in shape only,
as you should know.
**[09:01] Wendy**
So it won't be operational.
**[09:05] Happy**
Hey, we can just fly, can't we?
**[09:08] Charle**
I suppose.
**[09:11] Charle**
Why were *we* cramped up in there?
**[09:16] Lucy**
What's the matter?
**[09:20] Natsu**
Something's wrong with Ermina.
**[09:22] Wendy**
Smoke?
**[09:25] Happy**
Maybe something happened?
**[09:27] Natsu**
Let's go, Happy!
**[09:29] Happy**
Aye, sir!
**[09:30] Wendy**
Charle!
**[09:31] Charle**
I know!
**[09:32] Erza**
We must hurry as well.
**[09:34] Gray**
Yeah!
**[09:34] Lucy**
Okay!
**[09:46] Kashima**
No way!
**[09:47] Kashima**
Sharkette-san, are you all right?!
**[09:49] Sharkette**
Kashima-san!
**[09:52] Kashima**
Sharkette-san!
**[10:04] Kashima**
Y-You...!
**[10:07] Natsu**
What happened here?
**[10:09] Kashima**
Well...
**[10:44] Natsu**
A dragon?!
**[10:45] Happy**
What's going on?
**[10:47] Charle**
Could it be...
**[10:49] Wendy**
The Water Dragon God?
**[10:50] Natsu**
He's bigger than Igneel.
**[10:52] Happy**
This is the dragon they call a "god."
**[11:03] Erza**
Get the people in town to safety.
**[11:06] Kashima**
No way!
**[11:07] Gray**
Just do it!
**[11:09] Lucy**
But why would he...?
**[11:11] Lucy**
I thought he said his power was stolen!
**[11:15] Karameel**
It is my fault.
**[11:18] Karameel**
The Holy Water Dragon turned
into this because of me.
**[11:22] Erza**
Karameel.
**[11:25] Gray**
What do you mean by that?
**[11:29] Karameel**
I'm the one who let the White Mage
take the Holy Water Dragon's power.
**[11:40] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
Ermina is underwater longer and longer.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Karameel**
Is that a problem?
**[11:49] (Flashback) Karameel**
The locals don't seem to know
if they're humans or fish.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
And that's not a good thing.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
I want them to have normal lives.
**[12:01] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
I can no longer control my power.
**[12:09] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
Next time Elefseria sends a wizard
after me, perhaps I should give up my life.
**[12:16] (Flashback) Karameel**
That's absurd!
**[12:19] (Flashback) Karameel**
You can't try to solve a problem
at the expense of someone's life!
**[12:22] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
But this power could eventually hurt you.
**[12:27] (Flashback) Karameel**
I don't care.
**[12:28] (Flashback) Karameel**
It's the life you saved.
**[12:31] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
If I take it away, then what was
the point of my saving you?
**[12:38] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
It would also rob my life
of its very purpose.
**[12:45] Karameel**
That's when I heard rumors
of the White Magic Cult.
**[12:50] Karameel**
I heard they had the power to remove strong
Magical energy and turn everything white.
**[12:57] Karameel**
I begged them to take the power
of the Holy Water Dragon.
**[13:01] Karameel**
I thought that if he didn't have his power,
the town would return to normal,
**[13:06] Karameel**
and he would become a regular human being.
**[13:10] Touka**
Very well. I shall grant you your wish.
**[13:17] Karameel**
But...
**[13:25] Karameel**
I was wrong.
**[13:44] Karameel**
As you saw, the town didn't change back.
**[13:47] Karameel**
And the Holy Water Dragon's power
continued to spiral out of control.
**[13:51] Natsu**
But why?
**[13:52] Lucy**
Does that mean the White Mage
didn't take his power after all?
**[13:56] Karameel**
Oh, she did take his power.
**[13:59] Karameel**
But it wasn't the magical energy itself.
**[14:04] Karameel**
What the White Mage took from the Holy
Water Dragon was "the power to control."
**[14:10] Karameel**
The White Mage can manipulate another's
magical energy from zero to max at her will.
**[14:19] Gajeel**
Looks like you're up.
**[14:24] Jellal**
Which Touka are you right now?
**[14:37] Touka**
I-It is me, not the White Mage.
**[14:41] Gajeel**
Well, then. You wanna explain what's going on?
**[14:45] Juvia**
Tell us why you deceived us!
**[14:47] Levy**
What was your purpose in coming to Fairy Tail?
**[14:50] Jellal**
The White Mage said it was to erase
too much magical energy... didn't you?
**[14:58] Touka**
I...
**[15:01] Touka**
It is true that I wanted to see Natsu-sama.
**[15:05] Touka**
But I also heard that there was
an expert on Enchantment Magic.
**[15:10] Jellal**
You mean Wendy?
**[15:12] Touka**
That's right.
**[15:13] Touka**
I was hoping that she might know
how to cast Separation Enchantment.
**[15:18] Gajeel**
What's that?
**[15:20] Touka**
My body has been taken over
by the White Mage.
**[15:24] Touka**
With Separation Enchantment Magic,
I thought maybe I could drive her out of me.
**[15:34] Touka**
So I...
**[15:39] Touka**
Would you stop giving away
my secrets, Touka?
**[15:48] Jellal**
Is that you, White Mage?
**[15:58] Touka**
Touka doesn't know this,
**[16:00] Touka**
but this high enchanter happens
to be near my servant right now.
**[16:06] Touka**
Why don't we dispose of her,
Holy Water Dragon?
**[16:12] Touka**
Well then... You all need to be dyed white.
**[16:16] Touka**
You shall be my servants.
**[16:20] Gray**
So are you saying that the Water Dragon God
is remotely controlled by the White Mage?
**[16:25] Karameel**
It's all my fault...
**[16:33] Karameel**
I'm begging you.
**[16:36] Karameel**
Please kill the Holy Water Dragon
and end his suffering.
**[16:42] Karameel**
With your dragon-slaying power...
**[16:46] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
Next thing I knew, I had chosen
the path of coexistence.
**[17:09] Karameel**
I beg of you.
**[17:11] Karameel**
Please release the Holy Water
Dragon from his suffering...
**[17:25] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
No, you should seal me.
**[17:27] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
Treat them with respect from here on.
**[17:29] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
I must retake my power and restore this town.
**[17:33] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
I can't die until I do.
**[17:36] Natsu**
But he's... a good guy.
**[17:40] Karameel**
That's exactly why I can't bear to see
the Holy Water Dragon hurt people.
**[17:46] Karameel**
You came here to slay him, didn't you?!
**[17:51] Natsu**
First you relied on the White Mage,
and now you come to us.
**[17:55] Natsu**
You're awfully selfish, aren't you?!
**[17:57] Lucy**
Hey, Natsu!
**[17:58] Happy**
Stop it.
**[17:59] Karameel**
Because I'm not a wizard!
**[18:02] Karameel**
If I could use magic—
**[18:04] Erza**
Enough.
**[18:09] Gray**
Now's not the time to argue.
**[18:11] Wendy**
We must find a way.
**[18:13] Natsu**
But how?
**[18:16] Natsu**
He's... he's a good guy.
**[18:20] Charle**
We all know that.
**[18:23] Charle**
But you said it yourself.
**[18:25] Charle**
If he hurts our friends, even a scratch...
**[18:29] (Flashback) Natsu**
I'll slay them. No excuse!
**[18:33] Charle**
As it stands, neither we nor
the people in town will survive.
**[18:41] Charle**
We have to do it.
**[18:44] Charle**
Even if it hurts!
**[18:47] (Flashback) Mercphobia**
I've been waiting for someone
who could kill me.
**[18:58] Karameel**
Please...
**[19:12] Natsu**
Let's go!
**[19:14] All**
Yeah!
**[19:15] Wendy**
Erza-san, Lucy-san, Gray-san, I'll add
the Dragon Slayer Attribute to your magic!
**[19:21] Wendy**
Dragon Slayer Seal!
**[19:24] Erza**
Now our magic can damage dragons.
**[19:34] Natsu**
Fire Dragon King's Demolishing Strike!
**[19:39] Gray**
Ice Cannon!
**[19:47] Erza**
Requip: Tenrin Armor!
**[19:51] Erza**
Tenrin: Blumenblatt!
**[19:56] Lucy**
Star Dress!
**[19:59] Lucy**
Gate of the Archer, I open thee!
**[20:02] Lucy**
Sagittarius!
**[20:04] Sagittarius**
Moshi Moshi!
**[20:05] Lucy**
Star Shot!
**[20:22] Wendy**
Sky Dragon's Roar!
**[20:38] Happy**
He dove into the sea?!
**[20:46] Erza**
What is this sound?
**[20:59] Lucy**
What?
**[21:11] Erza**
The sea's in the sky?!
**[21:13] Gray**
What the heck is going on?!
**[21:29] Lucy**
What used to be the ocean is dried up...
**[21:37] Wendy**
So this is a dragon called a god.
**[22:01] Touka**
And with that, another "black" bud
has been nipped.
**[22:07] Touka**
Fairy Tail is now dyed white!
***SIGN*** Lineage of Fire
***SIGN*** Next Time