283 - Ikusatsunagi

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    As Natsu's team battles the
    Zeref-worshipping Avatar cult,
[00:05] ---
    Erza, Juvia, and Wendy join in
    and offer an overwhelming advantage.
[00:11] ---
    However, Avatar's leader,
    Arlock, calmly reveals
[00:14] ---
    that this was all within his expectations.
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    During all of this, Natsu was
    burdened by one other concern:
[00:21] ---
    a prophecy told to him by
    a future version of Rogue.
[00:26] ---
    Gray kills Frosch...
[00:29] ---
    Should Gray kill Frosch, Rogue
    will be taken over by his dark side
[00:34] ---
    and the world will eventually
    be thrown into chaos and ruin.
[00:38] ---
    Can Natsu stop Avatar's plan?
[00:42] ---
    And can he prevent the twisted
    future from becoming reality?
[00:48] ---
    No matter how far, far away we are
[00:52] ---
    you just need to keep on believing
[00:55] ---
    So, please, stop crying, look up...
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    ...and let's move forward together
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    Why do you look down
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    and stare at the tears you've shed?
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    Even if today is a bust
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    we can always walk forward with faith in tomorrow
[01:31] ---
    Having someone who can reach out to me
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    and someone I can laugh with
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    gives me a new strength
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    that can change the world as we know it
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    No matter how far, far away we are
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    you just need to keep on believing
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    everything is for you for you
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    The morning sun has driven the night away
[02:00] ---
    I won't be afraid or hesitate anymore
[02:03] ---
    I'm going to turn my dream into reality
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    So, please, stop crying, look up...
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    ...and let's move forward together
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    Your Eminence.
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    The rear has been wiped out,
    and the front can't enter the city!
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    They're just too strong!
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    We're fighting a losing battle!
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    They've reached us!
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    H-How is this happening?!
    We have 2,000 on our side!
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    But there's only seven or eight of them!
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    Doesn't matter how many you have.
    You can't beat us.
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    Because we're Fairy Tail wizards.
[03:11] ---
    When Ikusatsunagi shakes the earth...
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    ...the purification will begin.
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    You the head honcho?
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    "Ikusatsunagi"
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    Your Eminence! Never mind
    the Purification Plan's offerings...
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    Every one of our own branches
    is about to be wiped out!
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    You can't win now. Just give up.
[03:40] ---
    How delightful youth is.
[03:42] ---
    I was once young myself.
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    But everyone grows old...
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    ...as they climb the stairs of regrets.
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    Until, ultimately, they reach despair!
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    --Wha--?!
    --He deflected it?!
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    You appear to be quite a skilled wizard...
[04:03] ---
    ...but can you deflect this?
[04:08] ---
    Wha...?!
[04:10] ---
    Impressive. But...
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    What is this thing?
[04:26] ---
    Your attacks can pass through it, huh?!
[04:30] ---
    That's not fair!
[04:31] ---
    All right!
[04:39] ---
    --What is he doing?
    --It's useless!
[04:41] ---
    No one can break through
    His Eminence's magic walls!
[04:59] ---
    Get real!
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    These walls won't stop me!
[05:05] ---
    Impossible!
[05:07] ---
    Fire Dragon...
[05:09] ---
    ...Iron Fist!
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    There.
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    I beat their boss. Now their
    Purification thing is finished.
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    What's so funny?
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    --You lose.
    --Huh?
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    I burned away my own face for this day.
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    That was the price.
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    I happily burned my face off.
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    What are you talking about?
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    Now, O covenantal god of battle!
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    Deliver on the price paid and
    unleash your might for me!
[06:03] ---
    Ikusatsunagi! I summon thee!
[06:16] ---
    What the...?
[06:36] ---
    --What is this?!
    --My skin is tingling!
[06:40] ---
    Is this...?!
[06:42] ---
    I sense a vortex of magic power!
[06:45] ---
    --Wendy!
    --The air has changed!
[06:49] ---
    It's Grandfather's spell...
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    Everyone, die! Everyone, die!
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    --This is it! His Eminence's...
    --...sacrifice summon spell!
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    --Don't falter!
    --Purify her!
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    What's happening?!
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    Your Eminence!
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    It's going to get us, too!
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    --A foot?!
    --It's gigantic!
[07:35] ---
    Get out of the way! It's gonna crush you all!
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    --His own people...
    --That's horrible!
[07:53] ---
    Stop this! You're taking out
    your own guys, too!
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    This is the Purification Plan.
[08:02] ---
    What?!
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    The souls of the faithful Avatar
    devotees are the true sacrifice.
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    The city and its people are irrelevant.
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    The souls of those who die
    for Zeref are the ultimate offering.
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    It is through them that Zeref
    will appear and lead us forward.
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    You bastard!
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    The battle god Ikusatsunagi
    will not be stopped
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    until it takes every last life here!
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    Umm, Grandfather?
    Are you... going to kill us, too?
[08:50] ---
    Uhh...
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    It's huge!
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    What is this thing?!
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    They summoned one of the
    Eighteen Battle Gods of Yakuma?!
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    These guys...
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    They don't give a crap
    about their own comrades?
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    This ends now!
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    So this is a battle god...
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    The time of purification...!
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    --It's huge!
    --Victory is ours.
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    It's attacking!
[09:55] ---
    It tore the ground apart!
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    This is insane!
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    G-- Grandfather...
[10:08] ---
    Lucy! See that?!
[10:14] ---
    Someone's on top of the sword!
[10:18] ---
    --Is that...?
    --It couldn't be!
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    Man, he's unbelievable.
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    Go!
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    Natsu...
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    There is nothing you can do.
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    Ikusatsunagi is a god of battle.
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    His might is beyond human reach.
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    Hear me, my brethren. Offer your souls.
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    Sacrifice yourselves...
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    ...for Zeref.
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    Damn you!
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    You don't even care about
    your own friends' lives?!
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    Someday, you, too, will realize
    "friends" are but a means to an end.
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    You're wrong!
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    Friends are people who share
    the same goal and move forward together!
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    No, they can even have different goals!
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    They grow to smile together,
    support each other, and trust each other!
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    That is nothing more than "dependency."
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    Call it whatever you want!
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    But it's that bond that has
    always been my salvation!
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    Don't underestimate the power...
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    ...of friendship!
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    You can't hurt him.
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    To protect those dear friends...
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    And to never lose anyone else as I watch on...
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    I will get stronger!
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    This is Igneel's flame!
[12:37] ---
    Fire Dragon King...
[12:40] ---
    ...Destruction Fist!
[12:59] ---
    This is Igneel's flame!
[13:04] ---
    Fire Dragon King...
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    ...Destruction Fist!
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    You really have grown stronger...
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    The battle god!
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    His Eminence's battle god was destroyed!
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    Impossible...
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    This cannot be...
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    Our army of 2,000 has been beaten?!
[14:07] ---
    A nightmare...
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    Who are these guys? Who are they?!
[14:21] ---
    --He's a monster!
    --Run!
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    Wait! The Purification Plan isn't over yet!
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    We'll just hafta do it ours--
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    Abel!
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    This here is forbidden magic.
    I'm confiscating it!
[14:39] ---
    You're going to pay...
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    You left your back wide open.
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    Arrest 'em all! Don't let anyone escape!
[14:52] ---
    --Gajeel?!
    --And Lily!
[14:55] ---
    Arrest...?
[14:56] ---
    Yep. He works for the Council now.
[14:59] ---
    That's insane!
[15:01] ---
    Levy!
[15:03] ---
    Lu?!
[15:05] ---
    So the rumors were true!
    You really do work for the Council!
[15:10] ---
    It's good to see you!
[15:11] ---
    But what about you?
    I thought you were a reporter now!
[15:14] ---
    What are you doing here?
[15:17] ---
    Levy and Lily!
[15:18] ---
    --Natsu!
    --It's been a while.
[15:22] ---
    And... a Gajeel look-alike?
[15:26] ---
    Are you tryin' to pick a fight?!
[15:28] ---
    Seriously, the Gajeel would
    never work for the Council!
[15:31] ---
    I needed money to eat,
    and that old tree guy offered me a job.
[15:35] ---
    Oh, you mean Warrod!
[15:38] ---
    Ah, that youngster? You don't say?
[15:42] ---
    I see. So he's head of the
    Custody Enforcement Unit.
[15:45] ---
    Huh? He joined because of my offer?
[15:49] ---
    But I had meant it as a joke...
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    And that's how I wound up above all the guilds.
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    Also, you're under arrest, too, Salamander!
[15:59] ---
    For that nasty look in your eyes!
[16:02] ---
    You're under arrest for dressing sexy!
[16:05] ---
    Juvia's under arrest for being clammy!
[16:08] ---
    Clammy?
[16:10] ---
    You're under arrest for eating too much fish!
[16:12] ---
    Oh. Yumminess is a crime?
[16:15] ---
    And you! You're under arrest for,
    uhh... Just because.
[16:19] ---
    Huh? Are you serious?
[16:21] ---
    And you already know why
    you're under arrest, Gray.
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    Don't expect any leniency from me.
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    Erza!
[16:34] ---
    --Erza is here!
    --And she's in a bad mood!
[16:37] ---
    You're certainly acting cocky
    for someone who looks like Gajeel.
[16:42] ---
    I am Gajeel!
[16:45] ---
    No. The Gajeel I know would
    never work for the Council.
[16:49] ---
    Now listen here...
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    He really is Gajeel.
[16:54] ---
    What?!
[16:56] ---
    Did you seriously think he was an impostor?
[17:01] ---
    Then this simplifies things.
[17:04] ---
    --We've found Arlock!
    --Take him into custody!
[17:07] ---
    --Let go!
    --How humiliating...
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    Grandfather!
[17:14] ---
    This is a nightmare!
[17:17] ---
    As you can see, we stopped
    Avatar's Purification Plan.
[17:21] ---
    But the real credit--
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    I know.
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    When we stormed their hideout...
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    No one is here, Gajeel.
[17:31] ---
    Check this out.
[17:34] ---
    "The ultimate elimination
    will be held at Malba...?"
[17:37] ---
    --This looks like Gray's magic.
    --Yeah.
[17:41] ---
    We never would've found
    this place without your help.
[17:44] ---
    You have our thanks.
[17:46] ---
    Still, I did cause a lot of trouble. I'm sorry.
[17:51] ---
    All that matters to me
    is that you're okay, darling!
[17:55] ---
    You had me completely fooled, too.
[17:57] ---
    You really need to work on
    your disguises, by the way.
[18:01] ---
    Wha...?! You knew it was me?!
[18:03] ---
    Umm, I don't understand
    what's going on at all...
[18:08] ---
    --And why is Erza here, too?
    --I can explain later!
[18:12] ---
    So those are Gray's companions?
[18:16] ---
    The connection they share
    was too much for us...
[18:20] ---
    In any case, the city is saved.
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    And not even by us.
[18:24] ---
    Bah.
[18:26] ---
    We're unstoppable when we're together!
[18:28] ---
    We got to fight alongside each other again!
[18:32] ---
    Have you grown a little, Wendy?
[18:34] ---
    No. Not one bit.
[18:37] ---
    It feels like we're at our guildhall!
[18:39] ---
    Yes, with everyone here like this.
[18:42] ---
    I missed this feeling!
[18:45] ---
    All right! Victory is ours!
    Raise a shout of triumph!
[18:56] ---
    Oh, man. We came here
    all worried about 'em...
[18:59] ---
    And instead we find they've
    taken out an entire army.
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    Not to mention an insanely giant monster...
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    Man. They're just too much.
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    They're a sight to behold
    when they're all together, yes!
[19:13] ---
    Don't you "think so, too," Frosch?
[19:17] ---
    Huh?!
[19:18] ---
    Frosch is gone!
[19:20] ---
    What?!
[19:21] ---
    Frosch!
[19:25] ---
    Wh-Why is Frosch mingling over there?!
[19:30] ---
    Wait...
[19:31] ---
    You're Frosch from Sabertooth.
[19:34] ---
    I think so, too!
[19:38] ---
    What are you doing out here?
[19:40] ---
    Good question...
[19:43] ---
    That jerk! He broke his promise!
[19:46] ---
    Promise?
[19:48] ---
    Gray kills Frosch...
[19:54] ---
    Just promise me you and Frosch
    won't leave town, no matter what.
[20:02] ---
    You little...
[20:05] ---
    ...cutie-pie! You're so adorable!
[20:08] ---
    Eheh!
[20:10] ---
    Huh?
[20:11] ---
    Just looking at you soothes me!
[20:18] ---
    I understand how you feel,
    but stop making that pudding face!
[20:23] ---
    I can't help it!
[20:25] ---
    Is this a new romantic rival?!
[20:33] ---
    He's planning to take my Frosch away!
[20:36] ---
    It just goes to show how beloved Frosch is.
[20:41] ---
    Indeed. I think you're
    exactly right, Sting. Yes.
[20:45] ---
    C'mon. Let's go say hi.
[20:47] ---
    M-Mm.
[20:52] ---
    Hey, Natsu!
[20:54] ---
    Great work, everyone!
[20:57] ---
    Frosch!
[21:00] ---
    Sting and Rogue! It's good to see you again!
[21:03] ---
    Lector, too!
[21:04] ---
    Give Frosch back!
[21:07] ---
    Okay, okay. You don't have to get so upset.
[21:10] ---
    I think so, too!
[21:15] ---
    You know better than
    to leave my side, Frosch!
[21:18] ---
    I'm sorry!
[21:20] ---
    Now, now, Rogue. Don't be too harsh.
[21:24] ---
    What?! You work for
    the Council, Gajeel? Seriously!
[21:27] ---
    That's crazy!
[21:28] ---
    Somehow I knew he'd say that.
[21:31] ---
    What did you just say?!
[21:33] ---
    Fine, then! You're under arrest, too!
[21:36] ---
    Please calm down, Gajeel!
[21:38] ---
    Gray, my love!
[21:40] ---
    Who's more important to you?! Me or Frosch?!
[21:43] ---
    Gah! C'mon! Quit being so clingy!
[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
[23:21] ---
    Some 400 years ago,
[23:23] ---
    after bathing in too much dragon blood,
    a Dragon Slayer transformed
[23:26] ---
    into a terrible black dragon
[23:29] ---
    and became the Dragon King.
[23:32] ---
    Elsewhere, a lone prodigy,
    unable to forget the family he lost,
[23:36] ---
    immersed himself in
    the study of forbidden magic.
[23:38] ---
    Little did he know this would
    anger the god Ankhselam.
[23:43] ---
    Next Episode: "Memoirs."
[23:43] ---
    "Memoirs"
[23:45] ---
    And so the sad gears of fate begin to turn...