177 - The Eclipse Project

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SIGN    Fairy Tail
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    Previously on Fairy Tail...
SIGN    Grand Magic Games 4th Day Results 1st Place: Fairy Tail 2nd Place: Sabertooth 3rd Place: Mermaid Heel 3rd Place: Lamia Scale 5th Place: Blue Pegasus
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    The Grand Magic Games,
    a festival for wizards.
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    Fairy Tail started off in last place,
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    but they dominated the Tag Team Battle
    and rose to first place.
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    However, as for Sabertooth,
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    the failure of the Twin Dragons
    triggered a certain incident.
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    Meanwhile, at the sprawling dragon graveyard
    underneath the tournament venue, Domus Flau,
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    Natsu and friends learned the truth about
    the Festival of the Dragon King and Acnologia.
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    I am Arcadios, Captain of the
    Cherry Blossom Holy Knights,
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    the kingdom of Fiore's military
    corps stationed in Crocus.
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    I am Yukino Agria, temporary
    sergeant of same.
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    What's a military big cheese doing here?
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    Yukino... But you...
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    ...were a member of Sabertooth.
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    You said they kicked you out, right?
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    Yes. That's correct.
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    I'll explain.
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    The power of a Celestial Spirit Wizard was
    necessary to the secrecy of the operation.
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    And so, I'm relying on the
    assistance of Sergeant Yukino.
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    A Celestial Spirit Wizard...
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    The Eclipse Project!
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    U-Um, what do you mean you needed the
    power of a Celestial Spirit Wizard?
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    Wait a second! I'm lost here!
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    Skip the annoying details!
    Just tell me what you want!
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    Natsu Dragneel-kun, yes?
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    Your previous event was
    a marvelous magic battle.
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    I don't give a damn about that.
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    I wanna know about this
    "Celestial Spirit Wizard is necessary" business.
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    If you got somethin' to say, spit it out!
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    Natsu...
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    Yeesh...
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    Natsu, I think you already know
    this, but that guy's a VIP.
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    If you think so, then I don't know
    about calling him "that guy"...
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    A white knight...
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    Follow me.
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    Hey, jackass! Wait!
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    Lucy-sama, I also have a favor to ask.
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    If this operation is a success,
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    Zeref and Acnologia will be defeated.
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    Acnologia...
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    What the hell is this?!
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    It's huge!
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    It's the Flower Light Palace,
    right, Mercurius?
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    His Majesty's palace.
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    That's really something...
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    It's okay for us to go inside?
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    But first, I would like
    to apologize to Lucy-dono
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    for her mistaken attempted
    abduction several days ago.
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    W-What?!
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    That's right. Wendy was mistaken
    for Lucy and kidnapped.
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    You were behind that?
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    Of course, I didn't intend
    to cause you any harm,
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    but I imprudently took
    somewhat forceful measures.
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    At the time, I was convinced we needed
    a Celestial Spirit Wizard immediately,
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    and made an error in judgment.
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    I apologize.
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    The Grand Magic Games were camouflage to
    absorb a great quantity of wizards' magic power.
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    So every year, you stole magic from wizards?
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    Camouflage?!
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    That's terrible!
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    That's really low.
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    Exactly.
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    Say what you wish.
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    I did it all for a certain plan.
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    What is it?
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    Eclipse, the portal that
    will change the world.
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    A great deal of magic power
    was required to construct it.
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    Portal?
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    What the hell is it?
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    When the sun and moon are in conjunction,
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    the 12 Keys will be used to open the door.
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    When it's opened, the plan is
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    to travel back 400 years in time and murder
    Zeref before he can become immortal.
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    That is the Eclipse Project!
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    T-Travel through time?!
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    Lucy-sama, I've heard time flows differently
    between the Celestial Spirit World and our own.
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    Yes, now that you mention it, but...
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    The idea is to use the Celestial Spirit World's
    dimensional boundary line
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    and the power of a Celestial Spirit Wizard
    to open this door.
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    Originally, the plan called
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    for the possible use of pseudo-Celestial Spirit
    magic in place of the real thing.
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    But having a true Celestial Spirit Wizard
    and the 12 Keys
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    would guarantee the success of the project.
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    I could say that aspect is indispensable.
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    The sun and moon will overlap
    three days hence, on July 7th.
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    I would like your assistance, Lucy-dono.
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    July 7th...
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    The day our dragons disappeared...
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    Is it just a coincidence?
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    The eclipse, when the sun and
    moon are in conjunction...
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    A solar eclipse...
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    That's enough! Don't move!
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    The royal army?!
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    What is this?!
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    What the hell?!
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    What's going on?!
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    You dumbasses wanna rumble?!
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    Surrender peacefully, Captain Arcadios.
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    Minister of Defense, what
    is the meaning of this?!
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    That is my line.
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    Leaking details of a top secret plan and
    state military secrets to outsiders is abominable.
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    They're not outsiders! You know this.
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    These people have a critical role to
    play in the success of the operation.
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    That's not a simple matter for
    you to arbitrarily decide on.
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    You're just opposed to the plan, aren't you?!
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    I want you to stop this nonsense immediately!
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    Of course I'm opposed to it!
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    Changing history! Can you even slightly
    imagine the inherent dangers, boy?!
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    What the hell are they arguin' about?
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    So there's a faction that's against the plan.
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    Even so...
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    Change history...
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    I see. If you change the past...
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    ...the present will change too!
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    That's what would happen.
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    Arrest Captain Arcadios
    on suspicion of treason!
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    Arrest Yukino Agria and Lucy Heartfilia too!
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    Throw everyone else out!
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    Yes, sir!
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    What?!
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    Wait, me too?!
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    Jackasses! You're not gettin'
    Lucy involved in this...
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    Don't! You mustn't use magic here!
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    Wha...?! This...
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    The hell is this?!
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    Natsu!
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    Perhaps he didn't tell you.
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    The Grand Magic Games is a
    system to steal a small amount
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    of magic power from wizards
    and send it to Eclipse.
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    If magic is activated this close to Eclipse,
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    all of the person's magic
    power will be siphoned.
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    Don't cause a fuss.
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    Wizards who can't use magic
    are no threat to our kingdom.
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    Hey! Let go of me!
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    Isn't Arcadios-sama your commander?!
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    Lucy!
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    Yukino-san!
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    Darton!
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    I will not let Eclipse be activated.
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    Natsu...
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    He has magic deficiency syndrome. I don't
    think he'll be able to move for a while...
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    Bastard...
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    I want you to understand
    that this isn't my own will.
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    It's all on behalf of the state.
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    But I can give you one piece of advice.
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    His Majesty is fond of Fairy Tail.
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    If you win the Grand Magic Games,
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    I'll grant you an audience with the king.
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    Knowing how kind he is,
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    he may consider the matter
    of your friend's treatment.
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    May you have grand magic battles.
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    Lucy...
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    July 5th. The second-to-last
    day of the Grand Magic Games.
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    What?!
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    Lucy was captured by the royal army?!
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    So they involved her in a plan
    we know almost nothing about...
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    In other words, what? Unless we win the
    Grand Magic Games, we won't get Lucy back?
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    Although I don't know
    if we can trust that, either.
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    Right.
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    Who gives a crap about that?!
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    I'm gonna rescue Lucy right now!
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    Please calm down, Natsu-san.
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    You're a real piece of work...
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    Your opponent is the kingdom!
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    Master...
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    We can't act recklessly against the kingdom,
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    but on the other hand, they can't afford to
    treat their citizens too shabbily either.
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    Maybe we can think of her as a hostage who'll
    be kept until this Project Eclipse is cancelled.
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    That's a pain in the ass.
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    A hostage...
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    But that don't make sense.
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    Why would they let the rest of us go
    when we heard the same state secrets?
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    It's got nothin' to do with makin' sense!
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    It's also possible we've been released as
    witnesses to eventually help convict Arcadios.
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    Why?
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    When there's the danger of top secret
     information spreading...
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    Maybe they decided it can't
    be hidden any longer.
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    If they'd captured the whole lot of us,
    we wouldn't be able to leak info, right?
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    But...
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    I don't know about that.
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    Gray, you and the others are participants
    in the Grand Magic Games, right?
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    If you suddenly didn't appear tomorrow,
    people would take notice.
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    I don't think even the kingdom wants
    to make an enemy out of a wizard guild.
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    To us, it's ridiculous that
    Lucy's been taken captive,
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    but it isn't a breach of the
    royal army's sense of justice.
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    Enough jawin'! I'm gonna rescue her!
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    Stifle it!
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    Squished...
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    This ain't a festival where the
    whole family gets captured.
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    We all feel the same way.
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    This time, just charging ahead
    without thinking isn't gonna work.
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    Still, we're not cowards who're
    gonna take it lying down either.
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    We're Fairy Tail!
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    I never expected this to happen.
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    I really am a bad luck magnet.
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    What are you talking about?!
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    If you've got enough free time to be depressed,
     use it to find a way out of here instead!
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    Lucy-sama...
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    If we do escape, the first thing
    we need to do is get the keys back.
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    I'm so sorry about this.
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    It's not your fault!
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    Both of us have gotten caught up in the
    kingdom's internal strife. That's all.
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    It's all about whether to go ahead with
    the Eclipse Project or not, right?
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    I don't exactly know which is
    the right way to go myself.
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    It should be done.
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    I had an older sister. Her name was Solano.
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    No matter what I did, I fouled things up,
     which infuriated my parents.
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    But my sister always protected me.
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    It's not Yukino's fault!
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    She was so kind and pretty.
    I loved my sister.
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    But one day, a group blindly devoted
    to Zeref murdered my parents
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    and took away my big sister.
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    All I could do was flee with my life.
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    With the Eclipse Project,
    Zeref can be killed.
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    Without him in this world, my sister...
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    Maybe she would never have been taken away...
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    But there's no guarantee the world
    would change the way you wanted it to.
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    That's the danger of changing history
    the defense minister was talking about.
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    Changing the past...
    Is that really possible?
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    July 6th, the final day
    of the Grand Magic Games.
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    At last! At last, it's here!
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    The final day of the wizards' passionate
    festival, the Grand Magic Games!
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    Like it or not, only one guild
    will be victorious today!
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    I'm your emcee, Chapati,
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    and next to me is a former Council member,
    Yajima-san, who will provide the commentary.
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    Good to be here.
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    Our special guest is none other than
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    the mascot of the Grand
    Magic Games, Mato-kun!
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    Kabo!
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    You don't have to judge today, Mato-kun?
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    Not today-kabo! Everyone, do your best-kabo!
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    Now then, the teams are about
    to take the field-kabo!
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    Currently in 6th place!
    Can they turn it around?!
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    Formerly a hunting dog,
    now a puppy! Quatro Puppy!
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    Although he's been trounced once,
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    you can't underestimate the power
    of the drunken hawk, Bacchus.
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    Alright! Next up on the field is...
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    ...Blue Pegasus, led by the current
    master of parfum, Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki!
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    They're currently in 5th place...
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    ...but in the end, will they be able
    to grasp the parfum of victory-kabo?
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    Here they are! Lamia Scale is on the field!
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    Right now, they're in 3rd place,
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    but will Ice Wizard Lyon Vastia, who rivals
    or surpasses Fairy Tail's Gray Fullbuster,
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    lead his team to victory?!
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    And we mustn't forget Cheria Blendy,
    the God Slayer,
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    or Jura Neekis, one of the
    Ten Great Wizard Saints!
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    A team you'd never get tired of.
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    And sharing 3rd place with Lamia Scale is...
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    ...Mermaid Heel!
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    They're large flowers that have
    bloomed during the tournament,
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    but they're not only glamorous...
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    The team leader, Kagura Mikazuchi,
    is as calm as ever.
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    There's something scary about her-kabo.
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    And currently in second place!
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    Will they remain dethroned?!
    Will the two Dragon Slayers,
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    the Twin Dragons,
    Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney,
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    challenge Natsu and Gajeel again?!
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    And if so, what will the
    results of that rematch be?!
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    Sabertooth takes the field!
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    Huh? It seems their mood has changed somehow.
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    Maybe they've jump-started
    their fighting spirit.
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    That's cool-kabo!
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    Hey, over there...
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    The cats in the rooting section...
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    One of them's not there.
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    Yeah, right?
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    Lector...
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    Sting-kun!
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    Sting-kun! Please do your best!
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    With your strength,
    and just being one point behind...!
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    Leave it to me. I'm not gonna lose anymore.
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    And currently in first place!
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    Will this be the day the so-called strongest
    guild seven years ago comes back in full force?!
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    Fairy Tail is taking the field!
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    Soon, Sting...
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    Yeah.
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    From getting booed on the tournament's first day
     to being more popular than I'd imagined...
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    Huh?!
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    K-Kabo?
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    W-What?! They've changed the members!
    This is an unexpected development!
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    In place of Natsu Dragneel, we've got...
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    Juvia!
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    Natsu Dragneel isn't here?
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    That's fine, Rogue.
    Think of it as lucking out.
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    Yeah...
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    Natsu was instrumental in the
    Tag Team Battle, so why isn't he here?
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    Maybe something happened?
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    Why isn't he here?
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    I wanted to see him!
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    I suppose he hasn't recovered yet.
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    You put some thought into it,
    Number Six.
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    In the end, it was all
    I could do, Number One.
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    If we win the Grand Magic Games, they may
    release Lucy, fair and square. But...
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    ...we can't put all our faith in that,
    so there had to be an alternate plan.
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    With everyone absorbed in the tournament,
    this is the perfect chance.
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    We'll cheer the team on, as usual.
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    Meanwhile, behind the scenes, a separate
    team is heading to rescue Lucy.
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    A war fought on two fronts, right?
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    I'm counting on you, brats!
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    Oh, no, Natsu!
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    Lucy's been captured by kingdom bigwigs!
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    Relax, Happy! We'll spring her for sure!
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    But how are we going to free her?
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    One of our buddies is fantastic at
    comin' up with strategies, right?
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    Next time: Fairy Tactician!
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    That's well and good, Natsu, but will
    you be able to remember the strategy?
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    I'll muddle through it somehow
    with fightin' spirit!