# 317 - Dark Future
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6DQDD3WR/fairy-tail)
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I decided his life was more important to me!
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I don't care who he is. He's my friend.
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You're going to lose that friend,
whether you die or I die.
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You know I won't let that happen.
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That's why I'm gonna take you down!
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Did you not understand me?
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If I die, Natsu will--
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I have a way to beat you without killing you!
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Iced Shell!
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This spell we're under
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is the real deal, I'm watching closely
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Oh, I wonder if we can change
this shattered world
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Let's keep on journeying and
picking up the pieces, every last one
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Oh, if we can reach beyond
the shattered tears
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You think other people are
impossible to understand
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I'm gonna take away that sad notion
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Let's begin
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I just can't let it go
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because it's just too sad
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Your words, more than anyone else's
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Your answers, more than anything else
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are what I want to know
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I want to keep shaking them up
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Even if now isn't the time
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My words, more than anyone else's
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My answers, more than anything else
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are what I want to give
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So hear them and know
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I want to see the same things as you
**[02:39] ---**
A Lost-type spell...
**[02:42] ---**
Where did you learn this?!
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Picked it up from some messed up
worshippers of yours.
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The whole job sucked,
but I at least got something out of it.
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Spells become hundreds of times stronger
when enhanced with Lost-type attributes.
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At an added cost, though: the caster's
very existence is erased from the world.
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Meaning I'll vanish from
everyone's memories, too.
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Yeah, I already know.
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It just means no one has to grieve!
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There've been enough tears already!
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I...
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...can't move...
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This is the end, Zeref!
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"Dark Future"
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Even if you give up your life and existence,
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this spell only encases its target in ice.
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It won't kill me!
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If I kill you, Natsu will die, too!
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So I'm gonna trap you instead! Forever!
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There is no "forever"!
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Eventually, the ice will melt and free me!
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But we'll also have peace that entire time.
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Which means Fairy Tail wins!
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Gray... You dimwit...
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Ur...
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You mustn't give up on living.
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Sorry. I've already made up my mind.
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Stop this.
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This was the only way.
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Stop.
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Thanks for everything, Ur...
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--Stop...
--Stop!
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Natsu...
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You're here.
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Don't tell me you've already forgotten?!
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That spell...
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I already stopped you from using it earlier.
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I...
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I let my emotions get the better of me,
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and I tried to kill you, my own guildmate.
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I don't deserve to be in
the guild anymore! That's why...!
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I'm not any different, you know!
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Tell me, Gray.
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We're friends... aren't we?
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Don't you die on me!
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Don't even thinking about dying!
You have to live!
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Damn you...!
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--But... If we beat Zeref...
--You'll die.
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Whether you win or lose, you'll die.
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Fate is cruel, indeed.
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I'm not gonna die!
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Fate, you say?
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Screw that! I'm gonna burn it into ashes!
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Yeah. Everything'll work out. I just know it!
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You're our Natsu, after all.
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Natsu...
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I believe in you.
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You're going to "burn" fate, huh?
**[07:59] ---**
That's an interesting choice of words.
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As for me, I've already
accepted my cursed fate.
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Do you know why?
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Because there was no other choice.
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That's how fate works.
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Natsu!
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Oww...
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It's just as I thought.
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Igneel's power is gone.
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You can't possibly defeat me now.
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If I hadn't stopped him then...
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I don't want it... Natsu...
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I don't want you to die!
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Let me down! Igneel's power is going away!
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Zeref will be unbeatable forever
if we let him get away now!
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I still have...
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...my power.
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What's that?
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Can you walk, Erza?
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Your healing spells are truly incredible.
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If I'd been with our master,
maybe I could've saved him...
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No, he knew what his spell would cost him.
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He willingly sacrificed his life.
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This magic power...
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What is it?
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Erza...
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Yes.
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Irene bought me quite a bit of time,
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but it's finally run out.
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Wh-What is this magic power?!
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I grow tired.
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Tired of this world, Black Wizard.
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So, time is up...
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Who is he?
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This magic power... I've felt it before.
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So, you're the one who gave people
the power to slay dragons.
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Which means you're my mother.
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My sin!
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Natsu. Playtime is over, I'm afraid.
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This is the last chance I'll ever have.
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I need you to die, for humanity's future.
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What do you mean, time is up?!
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Acnologia.
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This feeling...
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It couldn't be...
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His Majesty should have absorbed
Fairy Heart's power prior to his arrival.
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Something must have gone wrong.
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You sure are quick to give up.
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His black wings will darken
the future of mankind.
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Like you guys are anyone to talk
about darkening our future!
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Securing mankind's future
is His Majesty's aim.
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As if we'd ever believe
a bunch of crap like that!
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You need not understand.
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All that matters is that I do.
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Give me a break!
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I don't care how "good" you think you are!
You're a bunch of heartless conquerors!
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We've lost so many people on both sides...
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Even our own master...
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We couldn't care less about
what's "good" or not!
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Being able to laugh and
smile with our friends...
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That's what matters most to us!
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Cana...
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Which is why we'll never, ever give up.
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We won't back down,
not even to Acnologia or Zeref.
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And, to protect our city and our guild...
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...we'll even stop calamity in its tracks!
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Oh!
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Grand Fairy Spell...
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Fairy Glitter!
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Not even a scratch?
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Tell me...
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Do you care for your father?
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Huh?
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N-No, not really.
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You can't be serious, Cana!
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This isn't the time for this junk anyway!
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Y-Yeah? What?
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Do you love your child?
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Of course I do!
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I have mastered every form
of magic in the world,
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but there is one thing I've yet to understand.
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The love between parent and child.
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Yeah? There's nothing complicated about it.
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Then tell me.
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If your child were to die
before your very eyes...
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...what exactly would you feel then?
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Come again?
**[22:01] ---**
At the top of this hill,
you can look down at the city
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I'm sure the person you want to see
is doing the same
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I still remember what you said that day
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"I'm fighting for someone."
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You even have wounds that will never heal
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So you lament that
we'll never understand each other
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and put on such a sad smile
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I'll take you to a place where you can fly
as far and as long as you want
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So don't let go of me
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If we can accept everything
and reach that place
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then I just know we'll be unbeatable
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August, who doesn't know
the love between parent and child,
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places Cana in danger to assess
Gildarts' emotional response.
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Can her enraged father overcome the Wizard
King, who can nullify any form of magic?
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Meanwhile, a new situation
develops inside the guildhall.
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Next Episode: "My Name Is..."
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"My Name Is..."
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Why was Zeref's child never loved?
The answer is revealed...