# 43 - Defeat Your Friends to Save Your Friends
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Hey, all you viewers out there!
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When you're watchin' Fairy Tail, make
sure to keep the room nice and bright,
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and sit back from the screen, 'kay?
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Previously on Fairy Tail!
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U-U-Uh, oh!
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Laxus's Raijin Tribe have come and attacked
in the middle of the Harvest Festival!
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They ruined the Miss Fairy Tail Contest,
and took the contestants hostage,
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and now they've started some battle game!
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I have to do something!
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Except I happened to be stoned right now!
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Yo Ho! Steer that rudder! Hard to port!
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Yo Ho! Our high-flyin' lives are every which way!
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When the sun goes down, there's a bon voyage bash.
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It ain't sad at all.
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As long as we're alive, we'll meet again somewhere!
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Blast straight through a headwind, set off!
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Stay strong until the tears dry up! A man gotta be tough.
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Friends, friends, laugh one day!
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As proof of our strong, strong bonds!
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Now, grab that map to the shining future!
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It seems like there's some
trouble at Fairy Tail.
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What's going on?
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Their members are fighting
amongst each other.
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It's not just quarreling, they've
been seriously going at each other!
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I hope their big parade,
Fantasia, will be okay.
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Fairy Tail again?
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Don't go crazy in the city!
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Citizens?
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I see. It seems the rules inside the
rune barriers only affect wizards.
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Visitar!
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Nab!
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Play nice and let yourself get blown away!
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If I don't put you to sleep,
I can't go search for Laxus!
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This isn't the time to be
fighting amongst ourselves,
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but if that's the way you want it!
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Max!
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I've seen through your plans!
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You're planning a surprise attack
using your Sand Magic, aren't you?
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Your specialty, Telepathy?
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But even if you know it's coming,
you can't dodge my attack, Warren!
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Take this!
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I told you, I can read your mind!
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That's pretty flashy for some festival show.
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Here they go again...
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What a bunch of troublemakers they are!
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Defeat your Friends to Save your Friends!
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This is for Mira-chan! Now
hurry and take defeat like a man!
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A married man shouldn't be
lusting after her like that!
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Like you should talk, divorcee!
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Bring it on!
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Laki! Yeah, it's the Harvest Festival, but...
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What's with the sudden style change?
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It looks slutty!
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Gunning for the Miss Fairy Tail Contest?
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All I did was cut my hair,
and look at all the fuss...
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I'm such a *bad*-girl!
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Now I'm mad!
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Get her!
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There!
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Max vs. Warren. Winner: Warren.
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Vistar vs. Nab. Winner: Nab.
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Laki took out four, Macao vs.
Wakaba's battle is in progress.
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Enough! Stop this, you foolish children!
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Rune traps have been set
up throughout the city.
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And the ones who are trapped
inside are forced to fight.
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That's the Battle of Fairy
Tail that Laxus talked about.
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But why? I don't get it!
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Natsu...
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I wanna join, too!
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That's what he's upset about?
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What's with this invisible wall?
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And what do you plan to do by joining in?
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It's a tournament to see who's the strongest!
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How is this a tournament?
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This is all just Laxus's plan to
get us to wipe each other out!
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Unless we can defeat the Raijin
Tribe within the time limit,
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Erza and the other girls will turn to dust.
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Everyone is doing whatever
they can to prevent that.
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It'll need something more than our usual way
of thinking to take control of the situation!
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At this rate everyone who was turned
to stone with crumble into dust.
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There won't be any way to restore them.
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Laxus acts bad, but he
ain't gonna go that far.
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Yeah, he gets on my nerves, but
he's a fellow guild member.
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It's a bluff, obviously.
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Natsu.
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This is just a fighting festival!
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But then why can't I get out?
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I can go through normally!
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People over 80 years old
can't pass through...
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Does that mean I'm over 80?
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I don't think you are, but...
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You call Laxus your fellow member?
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You don't believe that he'll go that far?
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There's 2 hours and 18 minutes left.
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And there are... 42 people left.
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42 people? More than half are
gone after the infighting!
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Go! Purple Rain!
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My Smoke Fake. You're getting rusty.
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You've always been too soft on people...
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The East Forest... The East Forest...
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I have to see Poluchka and get a
potion to cure Erza and the others...
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I-It can't be!
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Are the runes set up around the entire city?
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I will allow no one to break my rules.
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Freed!
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Laxus should have told you that the
field of battle was the entire city.
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If you're a wizard, then
fight! Show me your power.
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That's the rule.
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And so...
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Damn it, where are those Raijin Tribe?
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It's Gray!
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Those are Bickslow's...
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Yo!
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Let's play!
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Evergreen!
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If you're a Man, then don't take hostages!
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Return my sister and the others to normal!
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Well, I'm not a man...
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I love flowers.
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They look so good... on me.
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The only thing that's cute
about you is your name.
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Elfman.
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Return my sister and the others to normal!
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Can you beat me while you're blindfolded?
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There you are!
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I see! So you can tell where I am by smell.
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It's too bad though, because you
are already inside my Fairy Dust.
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Fairy Bomb, Gremlin!
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I love statues.
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No matter how ugly a monster might be, they
become a beautiful work of art when turned to stone.
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Now, gaze at me.
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Give your body up to beauty...
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Evergreen vs. Elfman. Winner: Evergreen.
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Elfman: Out of commission.
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I can't believe Elfman got beat!
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Gray's fighting Bickslow! I wanna join in!
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Reedus is fighting Freed, too!
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The Raijin Tribe has started
to make their move!
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I guess that's it.
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Hold it!
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Let's settle this fight, man to man!
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I mean, man to girl!
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I thought you turned to stone.
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The magic wore off, and I came after you!
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I bet you don't know the tricks this
man, I mean woman, has up her sleeves!
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Do you even have the courage to
face me like a man, I mean woman?
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Whoops!
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A fake you made with your magic?
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You are a wizard who can make anything
he paints come to life, after all.
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If I hadn't known that,
I might have been fooled.
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Freed?
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I'm begging you, don't
hurt anyone any more...
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You aren't that kind of man...
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Battle of Fairy Tail... 40 people left.
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Reedus was beaten!
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I figured Freed could do it! Look at him go!
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Is this really the time to be impressed?
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Now we can't get any help from Poluchka!
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We don't need any.
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The whole turning to dust thing is a bluff.
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You think I'm bluffing, Natsu?
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Laxus!
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It's a thought projection!
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So why are you still here, Natsu?
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I can't get out!
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Laxus...
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Your members... Well, I guess
you call them your children.
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I bet you can't stand watching your
children destroy each other, can you?
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Natsu and Erza can't join in...
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There's no one left who could
defeat my Raijin Tribe, is there?
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Gonna give in?
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Gray's still there!
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He's about as strong as Natsu!
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He ain't gonna lose to no Raijin Tribe!
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The same as me?
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Him?
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But it's the truth!
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Gray?
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I wouldn't put much faith in that brat.
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Don't underestimate Gray, Laxus!
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Line Formation!
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Not bad, Gray!
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Next up, Victory Formation!
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What's the matter, Babies?
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When did he...
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Ice Make Hammer!
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X Formation!
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What's this?
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Part of my Seith Magic is the ability
to possess the souls of dolls!
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Even if you freeze the dolls, I can
transfer their souls to other bodies!
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What?
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This guy's gonna be annoying...
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Don't you get it? No matter how many
of my dolls you destroy, it's no use!
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Then I'll freeze you directly instead!
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Go ahead and try!
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What, trying to escape?
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Wait!
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That bastard...
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Where the hell did he go?
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Up here, Gray!
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What in the world are you up to?
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I told you! I want to play
with strong opponents!
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My babies are gettin' all bored recently!
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Runes?
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Using magic is prohibited for those within
the barrier until the battle is over!
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One of Freed's traps?
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Guess a long-distance wizard like
myself has a bit of an advantage here!
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I knew that without your magic,
you'd be completely helpless!
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You think?
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Think you can hit me?
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That won't cut it, Gray!
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Don't, honey. Stand back from the window.
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But!
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Why that little... And after he
got hit by my babies like that!
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My extra clothing helped cushion against the
damage... Don't go scaring me like that.
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You should wear some heavy
clothing sometimes, Gray.
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Gray is out of commission. 28 people left.
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See, didn't I tell you?
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Liar! I'm sure that he used some dirty trick!
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So who will beat the Raijin Tribe now?
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Gajeel will!
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Too bad. Doesn't seem
like he's participatin'.
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He doesn't actually give a
damn about the guild anyway.
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Well, I'm still here!
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If you can't get out, it
won't do you any good.
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Fine, enough!
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I surrender.
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Gramps!
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Now, stop this Laxus.
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Can't do that.
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The high and mighty Master of Fairy Tail
can't go surrendering at a time like this!
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But if you insist, then how about you
give up your position as Master to me?
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That's playing dirty, Laxus!
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You scared a me, huh?
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You fiend...
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Was that your goal all along?
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It's only one and a half hours
until the statues crumble.
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If you want to retire, use the guild's loudspeakers
and announce it so the whole town can hear.
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Say, "I'm giving up my position
as Master of Fairy Tail to Laxus!"
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Think about it well.
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Which is more important, your
position or your friends?
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Hold it, damn it!
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If you won't fight me, how
are you the strongest?
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How can you be the master?
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I don't care about being master.
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You're okay with it?
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But I cannot entrust Fairy Tail to Laxus!
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He doesn't understand the
weight of the positoin!
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He lacks conviction and heart!
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But at this rate Lucy and the
others will turn to dust...
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Someone has to defeat
Laxus and his gang, or...
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Gajeel, that's where you were?
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Don't eat the dishware!
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Are you going to go?
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I've got a bone to pick with him.
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Just leave him to me.
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Are you also 80?
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No, obviously!
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At about that time...
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Gremlin!
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So weak...
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Stop it, Bickslow! We're your allies!
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I'm not on the side of weaklings!
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Ain't that right, babies?
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Freed!
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Alzack...
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Thanks to your runes, I've
hurt my friends too much.
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I told myself it was to change
Bisca back to normal...
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Guns Magic! Tornado Shot!
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He sliced through the wind magic?
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What is this? I can't breathe...
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You're using some strange
magic other than the runes...
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Bisca...
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Anyone who uses magic inside these
runes will be deprived of oxygen.
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All I did was use runes
to their fullest effect.
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You think there's anyone who can beat
me under my rules? Me, the creator?
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Battle of Fairy Tail. So, 2 are left?
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Only 2 are left?
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Why can't you get out either?
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Stop copyin' me!
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How should I know?
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Now I'm hungry, you bastard!
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I really don't know!
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Two?
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Just you two?
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And I wasn't even counted?
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I have no more wizards left to fight.
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I guess that's it...
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Oh, well. Guess I better revive Erza.
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What?
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And I thought I could finally show up Erza...
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Hold it!
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What are you gonna do?
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Won't she melt if I heat her?
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You know, the stone shell...
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Don't!
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Erza and the others have
turned to stone completely!
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We won't know 'till we try, right?
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Stop it! You want to kill Erza?
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Broil her nice and good...
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Are you going to rub her with flames?
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Hey buddy, not so frisky.
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Shoot, she broke!
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Glue, glue! Happy, get the glue!
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Aye, sir!
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You idiot! You think that'll fix her up?
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Use your flames on my iron, and
we'll weld her back together!
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Fools!
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I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
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It's hot...
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Was it you, Natsu?
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What were you trying to do?
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Erza's back!
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Thank goodness.
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But, how?
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I don't really know.
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Perhaps it's because of my right eye.
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I see! The artificial eye must have
lowered the effect of the magic.
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Erza, do you know what's going on?
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Yes. Even though I was turned
to stone, I could hear you.
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Go! It's time for a counter attack!
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3 remaining.
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With me restored, the number
remaining changed appropriately.
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How elaborate.
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Those three are Natsu,
Gajeel, and Erza, right?
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4 remaining?
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It increased?
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Who?
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Everyone is still stone... Then who?
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There's one more out there,
remember? Outside of the city.
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You don't mean... Him?
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No way!
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Does this mean he's back?
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Looks like the real war is about to
begin. This is getting interesting.
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Who are you talking about?
**[21:06] ---**
Another possible candidate for
the strongest in Fairy Tail...
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Mystogan!
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Erza's restored and
Mystogan joins the fray...
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Including me, that's the
top three in Fairy Tail.
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Can't be a festival without the best, right?
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Then!
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You showed up earlier!
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That was a fake...
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What's up with the outfit, Erza-chan!
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Anyway, a bunch of young
folks from your place
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have been fighting around the
city and causing trouble.
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I apologize. It's part of the
preparations for the grand parade.
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That's some strange preparations all right.
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Please look forward to it.
**[21:49] ---**
Of course!
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Try not to fight so much though, 'kay?
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How did you return from
a statue back to normal?
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Well, fine by me. It just means I
get to have fun tormenting you more!
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Evergreen!
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You really make me angry. Why are
you the Fairy Queen, Titania?
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I am the number one fairy!
**[22:25] [SONG] ---**
That time we laughed, saying "we're both like each other,"
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we even kindly overlooked the little lies.
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If we lose a place to go back to together, I don't care.
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Because I'll protect that smile.
**[22:59] [SONG] ---**
The meetings and partings numerous as the stars in the sky...
**[23:03] [SONG] ---**
All the things I don't want to lose...
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Right now I feel like I don't need any of them.
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I just want to see you by my side,
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all my happiness and sadness.
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Let's start from here.
**[23:23] [SONG] ---**
Let's start our tomorrow.
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Let's do it like we've just been reborn.
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Like flowers blown in a summer wind,
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let us bloom brightly in this instant.
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Natsu, if you keep baring your stomach,
your belly button will get stolen!
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Huh? You can steal belly buttons?
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But Lucy said so!
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If you stick out your stomach
when lightning strikes,
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the god of lightning will
take your belly button away!
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But Happy, you don't have a belly button.
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Next time: Thunder Palace!
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Now that you mention it, yeah.
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Only rumbling I'm scared
of is Gramps' grumbling.
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Good one. Give him a point.
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