280 - Avatar

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[00:01] ---
    One year ago, Rogue arrived from the future
[00:04] ---
    and summoned dragons into the present
    era in an attempt to rule the world.
[00:08] ---
    Frosch's murder in the future
    had set certain events in motion
[00:13] ---
    that led to this future Rogue
    being overtaken by an evil shadow.
[00:18] ---
    Before fading away, he revealed
    who kills Frosch one year later
[00:24] ---
    and implored Natsu to keep Frosch safe.
[00:32] ---
    No matter how far, far away we are
[00:36] ---
    you just need to keep on believing
[00:39] ---
    So, please, stop crying, look up...
[00:43] ---
    ...and let's move forward together
[01:01] ---
    Why do you look down
[01:03] ---
    and stare at the tears you've shed?
[01:08] ---
    Even if today is a bust
[01:10] ---
    we can always walk forward with faith in tomorrow
[01:15] ---
    Having someone who can reach out to me
[01:19] ---
    and someone I can laugh with
[01:23] ---
    gives me a new strength
[01:27] ---
    that can change the world as we know it
[01:29] ---
    No matter how far, far away we are
[01:34] ---
    you just need to keep on believing
[01:37] ---
    everything is for you for you
[01:39] ---
    The morning sun has driven the night away
[01:44] ---
    I won't be afraid or hesitate anymore
[01:47] ---
    I'm going to turn my dream into reality
[01:51] ---
    So, please, stop crying, look up...
[01:56] ---
    ...and let's move forward together
[02:06] ---
    Wow. It's raining there and only there.
[02:08] ---
    It's certainly suspicious.
[02:10] ---
    Rainy here! Sunny here! Rainy here!
[02:15] ---
    You're so behind the times, Happy!
[02:17] ---
    It's all about "half-rainy" these days!
[02:19] ---
    Oh, half-rainy!
[02:21] ---
    Is that really that fun?
[02:27] ---
    It doesn't seem like anyone's here.
[02:29] ---
    Yes, the place does seem deserted.
[02:32] ---
    No, I do smell Juvia. This way.
[02:43] ---
    Hey! Juvia!
[02:53] ---
    Sorry for the wait.
[02:55] ---
    Gray, my darling...
[02:57] ---
    I came to get you.
[03:00] ---
    My darling!
[03:02] ---
    I'm so... I'm so...!
[03:05] ---
    Calm down.
[03:11] ---
    Hey! How've you been?
[03:13] ---
    I'm relieved to see you're as spirited as ever!
[03:16] ---
    It's good to see you again, Juvia!
[03:20] ---
    Natsu, Lucy, and Wendy...
[03:23] ---
    And don't forget us!
[03:25] ---
    Are you living here all by yourself?
[03:32] ---
    Whoa! What's wrong?!
[03:33] ---
    Juvia!
[03:38] ---
    "Avatar"
[03:43] ---
    What a terrible fever.
[03:45] ---
    Standing in the rain for so long
    would make anyone ill.
[03:49] ---
    I wonder if this is Juvia's house.
[03:51] ---
    Hmm...
[03:53] ---
    There's also a faint whiff of Gray.
[03:55] ---
    Gray's here too?
[03:56] ---
    I...
[03:58] ---
    I lived here with my beloved Gray.
[04:04] ---
    Just the two of us!
[04:05] ---
    She looks so smug...
[04:07] ---
    We found this deserted village
    and borrowed an empty house.
[04:13] ---
    We would eat together,
[04:15] ---
    train together,
[04:18] ---
    work together,
[04:20] ---
    and even sleep--
[04:23] ---
    You can stop there!
[04:24] ---
    --in separate beds, because
    he always kicked me out.
[04:29] ---
    It was true bliss.
[04:32] ---
    But, one day...
[04:34] ---
    Darling!
[04:36] ---
    You left your clothes on the ground again.
[04:38] ---
    Sheesh...
[04:43] ---
    Darling?
[04:45] ---
    Your body...
[04:48] ---
    What's happening to it?
[04:51] ---
    Don't worry about.
[04:53] ---
    Let's eat.
[04:58] ---
    After that, he would often
    leave the village on his own.
[05:05] ---
    And half a year ago, he never came back.
[05:09] ---
    Oh, no...
[05:11] ---
    That jerk, just leaving like that...
[05:13] ---
    You're in no position to talk.
[05:14] ---
    I left a will behind!
[05:16] ---
    You mean "note," Natsu.
[05:18] ---
    Even so, you still suddenly left us behind!
[05:21] ---
    Think about how I felt!
[05:25] ---
    It made me feel, uhh...
[05:30] ---
    Please stop flirting now.
[05:32] ---
    I'm not!
[05:34] ---
    So you don't know where Gray is?
[05:37] ---
    If she knew, she wouldn't be here.
[05:39] ---
    I searched all around for days...
[05:44] ---
    But I never found him.
[05:48] ---
    So I decided to wait.
[05:51] ---
    This home is filled with
    memories we made together,
[05:58] ---
    so I told myself he would
    come back someday, for sure...
[06:08] ---
    I'm sorry. Some happy reunion
    this turned out to be.
[06:15] ---
    I'll find him for you.
[06:18] ---
    For all of us.
[06:21] ---
    We're gonna get everyone back together...
[06:24] ---
    ...and rebuild Fairy Tail!
[06:34] ---
    Juvia's asleep now.
[06:37] ---
    So how do you intend to find him?
[06:39] ---
    Even I lost track of him
    while keeping tabs on everyone.
[06:47] ---
    What's with that scary look, Natsu?
[06:50] ---
    Hmm, they're not too far from here.
[06:54] ---
    We're visiting Sabertooth.
[06:56] ---
    Huh?!
[07:00] ---
    The Oración Seis,
    Grimoire Heart, and Tartaros...
[07:06] ---
    The fall of the Baram Alliance has
    marked the end of the dark guilds' era.
[07:11] ---
    Now begins the era of Avatar.
[07:15] ---
    Our gospel is a world ruled
    by the dark wizard Zeref.
[07:21] ---
    The time has come.
[07:23] ---
    We must purify the world of wizards
    who dare oppose Zeref.
[07:28] ---
    Everything we do, we do for Zeref.
[07:31] ---
    Everything we do, we do for Zeref.
[07:34] ---
    Everything we do, we do for Zeref.
[07:38] ---
    (Smile!)
[07:41] ---
    Everything we do, we do for Zeref.
[07:51] ---
    It's no use.
[07:53] ---
    Not even my healing magic
    can reduce her fever one bit.
[07:57] ---
    I wonder if they've reached
    Sabertooth's guildhall yet.
[08:04] ---
    We'll take care of things here, Natsu.
[08:08] ---
    Just please hurry and bring Gray back!
[08:12] ---
    There it is!
[08:17] ---
    Wow! It's so big!
[08:19] ---
    Hey, Natsu. Are you sure Sabertooth
    will have info on Gray?
[08:24] ---
    Can't talk about it.
[08:25] ---
    What do you mean you can't?
[08:29] ---
    Listen, Lucy.
[08:30] ---
    Whoa! Take the reins! Look forward!
[08:34] ---
    I trust Gray.
[08:36] ---
    But the only way to get info on Gray
    this time is to stop trusting him.
[08:42] ---
    You're not making any sense,
    but just look forward!
[08:45] ---
    I gotta stop trusting him for now,
    but only until we find him again.
[08:49] ---
    That's what I mean.
[08:50] ---
    That makes no sense!
[08:52] ---
    Lucy.
[08:53] ---
    I will get Gray and bring him back. I promise.
[08:59] ---
    So don't ask any questions until then.
[09:04] ---
    Look forward, dummy!
[09:08] ---
    Oh!
[09:09] ---
    Sir Natsu! Lady Lucy! Sir Happy!
[09:12] ---
    Yukino! It's good to see you!
    How've you been?
[09:16] ---
    Very well, thank you!
[09:18] ---
    Yeah, 'cause we got all the work
    Fairy Tail used to get.
[09:23] ---
    Business has been booming,
    as my memory tells it.
[09:26] ---
    U-Uhh, that wasn't what I meant...
[09:29] ---
    Oh, I know.
[09:30] ---
    Besides, Fairy Tail is coming back!
[09:33] ---
    Really?!
[09:35] ---
    I can't wait!
[09:37] ---
    You don't need to cry, you know...
[09:39] ---
    That voice brings back memories!
[09:42] ---
    That it does, yes!
[09:45] ---
    Oh? It's Natsu and Lucy!
[09:47] ---
    And Happy!
[09:50] ---
    --Who are you?
[09:51] ---
    --Hey, Sting!
    --Who are you?
[09:52] ---
    Wha...?!
[09:53] ---
    You haven't changed one bit!
[09:55] ---
    You neither!
[09:56] ---
    He's changed many bits!
[10:07] ---
    So, what brings you here today, Natsu?
[10:11] ---
    If you came to have fun, we welcome you.
[10:13] ---
    If you can assist us with work,
    we welcome you even more.
[10:17] ---
    Oh, no. We're too busy, unfortunately.
[10:21] ---
    Oh? Is Charle not with you?
[10:24] ---
    Likewise. Is Frosch not here?
[10:27] ---
    Frosch is out on a job with Rogue and M'lady.
[10:31] ---
    Where did they go?!
[10:32] ---
    What are you doing to Lector, Natsu?!
[10:34] ---
    Sir Natsu?
[10:37] ---
    I don't know, but they only just left.
    They might be at the city entrance.
[10:42] ---
    Great!
[10:44] ---
    Thanks, Lector!
[10:45] ---
    Hold on, Natsu!
[10:46] ---
    Wait for us!
[10:48] ---
    Sheesh...
[10:49] ---
    What is he here for?
[10:50] ---
    Beats me.
[10:53] ---
    You're back to normal!
[10:54] ---
    He wasn't quite himself,
    so I used Libra's power.
[11:02] ---
    Rogue!
[11:06] ---
    Natsu?
[11:08] ---
    Come with me! We gotta talk!
[11:10] ---
    What's going on?!
[11:13] ---
    Hey! Wait for us!
[11:15] ---
    Natsu!
[11:17] ---
    You're...
[11:19] ---
    I'll talk with you!
[11:22] ---
    Everyone stay there!
    This is just between us two!
[11:32] ---
    It's been a while.
[11:34] ---
    Yeah.
[11:36] ---
    I'm glad your guild took you back.
[11:39] ---
    Oh, did you visit our guildhall?
[11:41] ---
    Only for a moment.
[11:43] ---
    What happened to Sting, by the way?
[11:45] ---
    Mm.
[11:46] ---
    "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger"
[11:47] ---
    Our guild's customary
    "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger!" eating festival
[11:50] ---
    took place a few days ago, you see...
[11:53] ---
    Ah, and he went all-out, huh?
[11:56] ---
    Even so, I won in the end.
[12:01] ---
    Oh, is that why you skipped
    the Grand Magic Games?
[12:04] ---
    The tournament is too dull
    without Fairy Tail around.
[12:08] ---
    That's what Sting, our guild master, believes.
[12:10] ---
    I think so too!
[12:14] ---
    Incidentally...
[12:16] ---
    I'm sorry about last year's tournament.
[12:19] ---
    Huh?
[12:30] ---
    It's no big deal.
[12:32] ---
    After all, we were just two guilds
    going up against each other.
[12:36] ---
    Even so, I went too far.
[12:38] ---
    No. It really doesn't bother me.
[12:42] ---
    It's a shame Fairy Tail is gone.
[12:46] ---
    It was a truly wonderful guild.
[12:55] ---
    It's not gone at all. Fairy Tail
    will always be in our hearts.
[13:05] ---
    I have one too!
[13:07] ---
    Same here!
[13:12] ---
    What's your deal?!
[13:14] ---
    Is this your idea of a reunion?!
[13:16] ---
    Show me your job flier!
[13:18] ---
    --Huh?
[13:19] ---
    --Just do it!
    --Huh?
[13:23] ---
    --Here...
    --Give it!
[13:24] ---
    "Destroy Avatar"...
[13:27] ---
    So this is it?
[13:30] ---
    I'm taking this job.
[13:31] ---
    Huh?!
[13:32] ---
    This is our job! Besides,
    you don't even belong to a guild!
[13:37] ---
    You're wrong.
[13:39] ---
    I'm in Fairy Tail.
[13:42] ---
    Listen, Rogue. I'm taking over this job.
[13:45] ---
    In exchange, you can have
    all the reward money.
[13:48] ---
    Just promise me... you and Frosch
    won't leave town until I get back...
[13:53] ---
    ...no matter what.
[13:56] ---
    This is crazy talk.
[13:58] ---
    H-Hey!
[13:59] ---
    Wh-What the...? Natsu?!
[14:01] ---
    Let's go, Lucy! Happy!
[14:03] ---
    Minerva! Keep an eye on Rogue and Frosch!
    Don't let them leave town!
[14:09] ---
    One year from now.
[14:10] ---
    What was that about?
[14:12] ---
    I've no idea.
[14:13] ---
    Me neither.
[14:16] ---
    You must tell the other me.
[14:18] ---
    Tell him to protect Frosch one year from now.
[14:28] ---
    Hey, Natsu, what's this "Avatar"
    thing Rogue was on his way to?
[14:33] ---
    Beats me.
[14:34] ---
    It's a black magic cult.
[14:37] ---
    It rose up after the dark guilds collapsed.
[14:41] ---
    They're Zeref followers.
[14:44] ---
    Zeref?
[14:46] ---
    I don't know if he's personally involved,
[14:48] ---
    but the cult members basically
    worship Zeref as a god.
[14:52] ---
    So they're Zeref cronies, huh?
    Now I'm fired up!
[14:56] ---
    Anyway, what makes you think Gray
    is a member of Avatar now?
[15:00] ---
    I don't get it either.
[15:08] ---
    He's deep in thought for once.
[15:10] ---
    I guess he really can't tell us.
[15:12] ---
    No. I'll tell you.
[15:15] ---
    The future Rogue explained it to me.
[15:17] ---
    The future Rogue?!
[15:22] ---
    And then... the day I lose Frosch...
[15:26] ---
    ...is the day I become one with the shadow.
[15:29] ---
    Frosch isn't gonna die.
[15:31] ---
    One year from now.
[15:33] ---
    You must tell the other me.
[15:35] ---
    Tell him to protect Frosch one year from now.
[15:40] ---
    Gray...
[15:43] ---
    ...is the one who kills Frosch...
[15:55] ---
    Why are you suddenly quiet, Natsu?
[15:58] ---
    What did the future Rogue say?
[16:01] ---
    A year after the Grand Magic Games--
    now, in other words--
[16:04] ---
    we apparently run into Gray as an enemy.
[16:06] ---
    An enemy?!
[16:08] ---
    So I'm thinking Gray might be
    where Rogue's job takes place.
[16:13] ---
    But we changed the future
    that version of Rogue came from.
[16:17] ---
    Will it really happen again?
[16:20] ---
    I'm not actually sure, but this is
    the only lead I have to go on.
[16:25] ---
    Still, being our enemy...
[16:29] ---
    You heard Juvia. Gray had a
    black pattern all over his body.
[16:34] ---
    He had it during our fight with Mard Geer too.
[16:38] ---
    I think learning Devil Slayer magic so quickly
[16:41] ---
    caused Gray to get taken over
    by some devil-like thing.
[16:45] ---
    Oh, no...
[16:48] ---
    Why did he keep this a secret all this time?
[16:52] ---
    Gray and Rogue must end up fighting at
    some point, and Natsu knows how it ends.
[16:58] ---
    And that's why...
[17:02] ---
    Don't worry.
[17:04] ---
    Gray is one of us, no matter what.
[17:08] ---
    Yeah.
[17:09] ---
    Aye, Sir!
[17:16] ---
    The day of purification is near, O Zeref.
[17:20] ---
    All souls shall be yours,
[17:24] ---
    and you will stand atop
    a new world of grand magic.
[17:28] ---
    May you herald the ruin and rebirth
    of this contaminated world.
[17:32] ---
    Your Eminence.
[17:34] ---
    Do you intend to commence the
    Purification Plan as things stand?
[17:40] ---
    There is a chance the Council
    is already aware of our plan.
[17:49] ---
    "Bushy" here believes we should remove
    the subversive elements first.
[17:54] ---
    Bushy?
[17:59] ---
    Hmm. Bushy.
[18:02] ---
    I am in prayer. Leave me.
[18:08] ---
    Now, now!
[18:09] ---
    Given how hardheaded Grandfather is...
[18:12] ---
    ...I bet we'll have company
    soon enough. (Smile!)
[18:16] ---
    Quiet, Poison Tongue.
[18:18] ---
    How mean! Quit giving people
    weird nicknames all the time!
[18:23] ---
    They're all terrible anyway!
[18:25] ---
    "Tea"
[18:26] ---
    If the Council has learned of the
    Purification Plan, it'd be "might-tea" bad.
[18:32] ---
    Is that a play on "mighty"?
[18:34] ---
    What a terrible pun. Just terrible! (Smile!)
[18:37] ---
    Which way will fate go...?
[18:40] ---
    All I care about is having fun.
[18:43] ---
    The problem is not the Council itself,
    but how our plan leaked out.
[18:49] ---
    In other words, there's a
    Council spy among us...
[18:52] ---
    ...and you wanna point the finger at me, yes?
[18:57] ---
    Icy...
[18:58] ---
    You are from the continent's
    greatest guild (LOL), after all.
[19:05] ---
    We've done our homework, Gray Fullbuster.
[19:10] ---
    Your family was killed by
    a demon of the Book of Zeref.
[19:14] ---
    Not only that, your master and her daughter
    also perished for reasons relating to Zeref.
[19:20] ---
    It's true he's the most suspicious,
    but why is this an issue now?
[19:24] ---
    He's been a fellow member for over half a year.
[19:27] ---
    He has absolutely no reason to revere Zeref.
[19:31] ---
    You didn't do your homework
    enough, "Dark Sword" Jerome.
[19:35] ---
    Ur's daughter Ultear isn't dead.
[19:38] ---
    There is no reason for you to be here.
[19:41] ---
    Enough, Bushy.
[19:43] ---
    It's fine, Briar. This is my chance
    to make things clear.
[19:47] ---
    My goal is the Book of E.N.D.
    That's why I'm here.
[19:58] ---
    All I want...
[20:00] ---
    All I want is that book.
[20:03] ---
    Nothing else matters to me!
[20:06] ---
    Such blackness...
[20:10] ---
    My guild is a thing of the past.
[20:12] ---
    Getting that book--no, defeating
    E.N.D.--is all I live for now.
[20:20] ---
    And I'll gladly use you or
    whoever else to achieve that goal.
[20:25] ---
    His lust for revenge has blackened
    both his body and mind...
[20:30] ---
    Until then, I'll be a part of your little group.
[20:37] ---
    There's no way a guy with such dark
    magic power could be a Council spy!
[20:42] ---
    He is kinda hot, though.
[20:45] ---
    I wonder.
[20:48] ---
    Briar, after thinking it over...
[20:51] ---
    ...I find "Bushy" acceptable.
[21:00] ---
    There it is.
[21:02] ---
    That's the place.
[21:04] ---
    It looks like an old, abandoned church.
[21:08] ---
    What's the plan, Natsu?
[21:10] ---
    Take it by storm, of course!
[21:15] ---
    Captain.
[21:16] ---
    We're nearing the Mikage Forest,
    where Avatar is based.
[21:22] ---
    Got it.
[21:23] ---
    Unfortunately, I'm also afraid to inform you...
[21:27] ---
    ...that our spy has confirmed Gray
    Fullbuster's affiliation with the cult.
[21:34] ---
    Gray?
[21:38] ---
    Hell if I care. Arrest everyone.
[21:41] ---
    That's our job as the Council's
    Custody Enforcement Unit.
[21:50] ---
    Until you fall asleep, until you give that smile
[22:00] ---
    You are beautiful to me more than anything
[22:24] ---
    Under the same sky,
    we look up at the same stars
[22:35] ---
    May the dream we shared come true now
[22:46] ---
    There's no doubt we can achieve
    the future we wished for
[22:59] ---
    as our harmonies connect
    and stretch endlessly along this path
[23:20] ---
    Natsu and friends battle officer-level
    foes in Avatar's base of operations.
[23:25] ---
    Gray, who has given in to his
    dark side, also enters the fray.
[23:31] ---
    After following separate paths,
    the former comrades meet again as enemies.
[23:35] ---
    Are his pride and bonds from his Fairy Tail
    days not even memories to him anymore?
[23:42] ---
    Next Episode: "Underground Clash."
[23:42] ---
    "Underground Clash"
[23:44] ---
    The cry of an earnest,
    trusting heart echoes in the air.