Chapter 23

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Third Person's P. O. V:

Gray, Katsumi Elfman and Mira stand around each other as they discuss their next move.

Below, Fairy Tail wizards continue to battle the Phantom Soldiers as magic energy flashes.

His arms crossed over his chest, Elfman says, looking towards the slowly moving magic circle, "See? Look at it now."

Katsumi says in agreement, "Yeah. It's definitely drawing the magic circle slower than before."

Mira utters, "So, we were right."

Katsumi murmurs thoughtfully, "Fire, water, air and earth."

"Just like we were saying," Elfman says, "the Giant and the spell get their power from the elements."

Frowning, Mira states, "That's the true combined power of the Element Four. Three have been defeated; Totomaru of the Great Flame was taken out with Jupiter, Elfman totally annihilated Sol of the Earth, and Juvia of the Great Sea was taken out of the equation by Gray and Katsumi."

Elfman utters, "So, there's one left."

Mira says, "If we stop him, we'll stop the Giant from casting the spell."

Hands resting in his pants pockets, Gray asks, "Do you have any idea who the last Element is?"

Half turning away, Mira responds, clenching her left fist, "Aria of the Great Sky, and he'll be the toughest to beat. He's the strongest member of The Element Four. He's also the one who drained the Master of his magical energy, leaving him powerless."

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Inside her home built into the trunk of a large tree deep within the East Forest, Porlyusica breathes a small gasp of surprise when a familiar feeling washes over her. Her pink hair is pulled into a bun that sits on the back of her head, and she wears a long red cloak with gold spikes along the top of the collar.

She peers over her right shoulder to see that Makarov is still unconscious on the bed under the window, warm sunlight filtering through to touch the old man's face.

His eyes are closed and his skin no longer green and sickly.

The pink haired woman mutters, "Must be imagining things..."

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Inside the Phantom Lord guild hall, Natsu pants heavily as he continues his showdown against Aria of The Element Four.

Aria remarks with a hint of astonishment, "You're still standing after my attack. Very impressive." The air in front of him shimmers from his spell.

His face littered with bloody cuts, Natsu mutters with a grin, "I'm fired up now! Let's see what you've got!"

Watching worriedly from the sidelines, Happy murmurs, "Careful!"

Aria says in a deep voice, "Air Space: Severed!"

Thrusting his left palm up, Aria unleashes a barrage of air bullets that fly right for Natsu, and pelt against him, making the Fire Dragon Slayer cry out in pain. Natsu skids backwards, left hand on the floor to keep his balance, and pushes up to his feet again.

          

Happy thinks fearfully, tears pricking his eyes, and teeth gritted, 'He's the strongest wizard in The Element Four! He might be too powerful, even for Natsu...'

Natsu grunts a little as he crouches.

Aria states, "There's always someone better than you, young Dragon Slayer."

Punching his fists together and summoning his Fire Magic, Natsu growls challengingly, closing his eyes before snapping them back open, "We'll see about that!" Cupping his hands around his mouth, just in front of it, Natsu thinks, 'FIRE DRAGON ROAR!!'

Flames burst forth from his mouth and shoot towards Aria. Before they could even hit him, the Air Magic user vanishes.

"He's gone...!!" Happy cries in surprise, black eyes wide.

Straightening his back, Natsu gasps as he frantically looks around, "Where'd he go?!"

Aria's voice floats from out of nowhere, "I shall end this with a gift. I will allow you to join your Master in his suffering."

Aria rematerialises right behind Natsu, seeming much bigger than before, about twice his normal height. He holds his hands above Natsu, palms facing towards the pinkette.

Natsu gasps and jerks towards Aria, surprised.

Aria calls, "Air Space: Drain!"

Two purple magic circles appear above Natsu on either side of him, before a bright gold light appears beneath him, and wind envelopes Natsu, causing the pinkette to cry out with pain.

Aria cries, fat tears dripping from his face, "So sad! Yes, because any wizard caught in my Air Space will be completely drained of their power!"

Natsu continues to cry out in pain as the spell drains his magic power. He screams, "AAAAHHHH!! I CAN FEEL IT; MY POWERS ARE BEING SUCKED OUT!!"

"Natsu...!!" Happy cries, his eyes incredibly wide.

"AAAAHHHH!! NO, I CAN'T...!!" His eyes jerk wide with immense pain as more of his magic power is drained.

Suddenly, a familiar head of red hair flashes past Natsu, and Aria is kicked back, causing him to grunt and the spell to disconnect. Erza drops back on her feet in a crouch, back facing the others.

As Natsu straightens up, Happy leaps into the air and cries in relief, smiling widely, as he throws up his paws, "ERZA!!"

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As Natsu straightens up, Happy leaps into the air and cries in relief, smiling widely, as he throws up his paws, "ERZA!!"

Natsu says in surprise as the blue cat laughs joyously, "You're here...?! You're sure it's okay for you to move? You're injured..."

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