08x277 - Message of Flame

[bunniefuu]

Did I hear that right?

We're just gonna set

him free? No charges?

Yes!

[IRIKI growls]

How's it goin'?

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Aye!

[NATSU laughing]

Haven't been here

since the party.

That was a good time, eh?

This is serious!

The only reason you're here now

is because you ruined the games.

And caused major damage

to the Domus Flau Coliseum.

Sorry about that.

I guess I coulda held

back just a little bit.

Shut your mouth!

Chill out!

[HISUI]

It has been a while.

It makes me happy to

see you're doing well.

You've done so much for us.

What's she talkin' about?

[HAPPY]

Remember all that Eclipse stuff

and when the spirits

went cuckoo?

Yeah! I remember!

Kinda...

His poor brain.

Heh. I see you

haven't changed much.

Since the pleasantries are done,

we need to discuss what

would be a proper punishment

for his destructive crimes.

Now, Darton,

due to Natsu and Fairy

Tail's heroic actions,

the city of Crocus, and

the entire kingdom of Fiore,

have been saved from the brink

of destruction, many times.

Surely you haven't forgotten.

It makes perfect sense

that our reunion here today

would involve such uproar.

[HISUI chuckles]

Majesty, will there

be any punishment?

This year's games were boring.

So for heating things up,

you have my thanks!

[NATSU, HAPPY]

Oh, yeah!

[HISUI] So do you know

what you'll do next?

[NATSU]

Well,

since we just wrapped up a year

of super intense training,

we were plannin' on

headin' back to the guild.

Aye, sir!

Is that so?

Best of luck to you.

You'd better stay away!

[HAPPY]

Aye!

[NATSU]

Ah!

[HAPPY]

Lucy!

I can't believe you're

not in jail right now.

[NATSU]

Hey.

Are ya just here to watch the

games by yourself, or what?

[HAPPY] How come Fairy Tail

isn't competing this year?

[footsteps]

[SCARMIGLIONE B]

Hey, man!

[LUCY]

It's Scarmiglione!

We want you to be

our big brother!

[HAPPY]

That's not possible.

We made a whole lotta

money this year,

but with your guidance...

...we could haul in practically

all the Jewel in Fiore!

You gotta be kidding me.

Did you forget your

public b*at-down?

Ya know, there's just

somethin' about you guys...

...that makes me real mad.

[SCARMIGLIONES]

Ah! Sorry to bother you!

Seriously?

[thud]

[LUCY]

What's with you?

We're just starvin', that's all.

[HAPPY] I'd give his left eye

for a fish right now.

Let's go grab a bite.

We can catch up,

and it'll be my treat!

[NATSU, HAPPY gasp]

[NATSU] Oh, thank you,

merciful goddess Lucy!

[HAPPY]

We're not worthy!

Cut it out!

You're embarrassing me!

[NATSU]

Oh, man, that's good!

[HAPPY]

My poor tummy's been so empty!

Time to fill it

back up till it pops!

[HAPPY]

Aye!

Yeah, sure, fill your bellies.

While you empty out my wallet.

So what have you guys been

doing for this past year?

Trainin' hard.

[HAPPY] We traveled

all over the kingdom.

But first, we went

to Tenrou Island

and visited Master Mavis' grave.

[LUCY]

Really? Well, then what?

Next, we--

Oh, get a load of this.

You probably won't believe

what a horrible thing

Natsu did after that!

Happy! What're you

talkin' about?

[HAPPY]

He talked me into going on

this year-long training

mission with him,

but he had absolutely

nothing planned!

Ya don't say...

[NATSU]

I had a plan.

No, you didn't!

We just walked around randomly

and it was totally brutal.

Well, a hardcore

training mission

is supposed to be brutal!

See? That's what I've

been dealing with.

[LUCY]

Sounds like typical Natsu to me.

And things went way

downhill from there!

Yeah? How so?

It was absolutely

terrible, Lucy!

[LUCY]

Spill it, cat, I'm all ears!

Well, if you think

you're ready.

[HAPPY crying]

[HAPPY]

Natsu!

[NATSU belches]

[NATSU]

Ugh.

What's up man?

Did ya catch us any fishies?!

Uh, hold on. Is somethin'

wrong with you?

Nah, I'm cool. Just

doin' a little trainin'.

Doesn't seem that way to me.

Are you positive

you're feelin' okay?

[NATSU] I said I'm cool.

Kinda hungry though.

So make with the fish!

[HAPPY]

I don't have it on me!

I caught a huge one!

Bigger than you, even!

But then it got stolen from

right under my nose!!

Dinner was stolen? By who?

By a buncha super

mean-looking wizards!

There were like...

way more than of 'em!

[NATSU]

That many?

Hang on.

Natsu, you didn't happen to eat

those mushrooms, did you?

Yeah, but I fired them up

real good beforehand.

[HAPPY]

Uh!

Those aren't really the kind

you're supposed to

be eatin', pal.

Relax, man,

I'm feelin' just fine

But I think I'll go and

take back those fishies.

[whimpers]

This isn't gonna

end well, is it?

[TROM] Aw, that's smellin'

like grilled heaven to me.

[NATSU]

Is that it?

[HAPPY]

Yeah, and they're ruining it.

[NATSU] That fish looks teeny

and there's only four of 'em.

I may have exaggerated

just a little tiny bit

to make the story

more interesting.

No, wait! I can see

more now, yeah.

I'd say there are

at the very least!

Yup, this really

isn't gonna end well.

[NATSU laughs]

[DABO]

Who the heck are you?!

[NATSU]

I'm Natsu.

[MIRIN]

Huh?

Let me take a wild guess.

You guys are the fish stealers.

[TROM]

What are you talkin' about?

We're a wizard guild, pal.

[DABO] We got this

fish fair and square,

so why don't you leave us alone?

You guys are so full of crap!

It was me that

caught the fishie!

[MIRIN] Well, if that's true,

then you stole it from us!

Mt. Altana is on our turf!

[MASTER G]

That means everything that grows

or lives here is ours!

[TROM] So if you want this fish

back, you're gonna have to--

[NATSU]

I know.

Take it by force?

Like how you guys b*at

up poor little Happy

and took it from him?

[MASTER G] We didn't b*at

anybody up for it!

[DABO]

What's he talking about?

There's a pretty hefty price

for makin' my best

friend cry, ya know?!

Simmer down.

[TROM]

Oh, man! He's a fire wizard?

[MIRIN]

Master!

[MASTER G] In that case, we have

no other choice! Get 'im!

[TROM, MIRIN, DABO]

Yeah!

[TROM]

Iron Make: Needle Hammer!

[NATSU yells]

[NATSU] Hand over the fishie

and no one else gets hurt.

[MIRIN] This guy is packing

serious firepower.

[MASTER G]

Why don't ya cool him down?

[MIRIN]

Yeah! Solid Script!

Blizzard!

Oh, yeah?

Oh, no!

[HAPPPY screams]

That was nothin'!

[DABO] We're in serious trouble!

This guy is a freak!

[MASTER G] Wait, I recognize

him from somewhere!

Pink hair. And a scarf

that looks like scales.

[DABO]

Whoa! No way!

[MASTER G] Yeah.

That's impossible. His guild--

[NATSU]

Fire Dragon Roar!

[laughing]

Natsu.

Don't you think

you might've gone

a little overboard

with the fire?

I said I'd get our fish back.

So that's all I'm

doin' here, okay?

--[MASTER G] Let go!

--[DABO] Stop pushin'!

[MASTER G]

You're supposed to shield me!

[MIRIN]

Sorry, Master, I'm trying!

Oh, wow.

I think they're startin'

to fight themselves.

[NATSU] I can't believe the way

you're acting right now.

[HAPPY]

Huh?

I thought you're in a guild!

You're supposed to have each

other's backs no matter what!

And fight your common enemy!

[WIZARDS screaming]

[screams]

[HAPPY] No! You're

gonna burn the fishie!

[yells]

[MASTER G]

He's a demon.

Here's your fish, Happy.

Eat your fill, but save

some for me, okay?

You're such a big dummy.

See?! It's things like this!

All of that fighting

and commotion

and we both still

went hungry that night!

Sounds like him.

Captain Overkill!

So you guys were the ones

who melted Mt. Altana?

They thought it was

a natural disaster!

It was all over the news!

I guess so. But I don't

remember any of it happening.

Hey, sorry,

I need to take a little

bathroom break!

[HAPPY] Hang on, Natsu! We're

still in the middle of lunch!

[NATSU]

Gotta make room for more!

You two really haven't

changed at all, have you?

It's actually kinda reassuring.

[HAPPY] You know what

really bothered me

about the whole thing?

After he b*at those guys, Natsu

said something in his sleep.

[LUCY]

What was it?

[HAPPY] He said he'll

teach a lesson to anyone

who doesn't treat their

friends like family.

He really said that?

[HAPPY]

I mean, I agree with him.

But what kind of person

would turn a friend's yummy

fishie into a pile of ashes?

Uh?

Hey, Lucy. Are you feelin' okay?

Uh, yeah.

[HAPPY]

Huh. You sure?

[JASON]

This is so cool!

There it is!

This year the victor is

no guild! It's Fire Boy!

That has got to be the

freakin' coolest headline

Sorcerer Weekly's ever had!

You haven't seen Lucy

around, have ya?

No. Not lately.

I swear.

We get a massive scoop like this

and she just up and disappears?

Oh, it's cool.

Are you sure?

[HAPPY]

Ask her.

[NATSU]

Yeah, okay.

Hey, Lucy?

[LUCY]

What?

Something happened, right?

[NATSU] Come on, I can tell

when you're feelin' sad.

[HAPPY]

You start actin' all weird,

just like you are right now.

[sighs]

I guess you guys still

don't know, huh?

[BOTH]

Huh?

Right after you left...

the guild broke up.

[BOTH]

Huh?

I just can't believe it.

How could that happen?

I know I just ate,

but I really need a

fish right about now.

[LUCY]

I would've told you,

but I didn't know

where you were.

This has to be some

kinda joke, right?

[LUCY] I wish it was,

but it really happened.

[NATSU]

Do you know where Gramps is now?

I'm gonna kick his butt!

And after that, I'll rip out

what's left of his hair.

You gotta leave his

mustache, at least.

[LUCY] Nobody knows

what happened to him.

[NATSU] What about Erza and

Gray? Where'd they go?

You know?

[LUCY] Everybody went

their separate ways.

I haven't seen them.

No one? You haven't

even kept in touch?

Fairy Tail split up and no one

even gives a crap about it?

That's not true.

Well, it seems like it to me!

I mean, why didn't anyone try

to stop it from happening?!

If Gramps really wanted to quit,

he coulda made Laxus

the new master!

I don't think you have

any room to talk, Natsu.

You weren't there.

Say what?

Can you honestly say you

were thinking about the guild

when you decided to run

away for a whole year?

You just took off.

You didn't even talk

to any of us about it.

It wasn't like that.

Sorry. I'm not telling you

how to live your lives.

I know you had your

reasons for leaving.

[LUCY sighs]

Yeah, I know Master

and everyone else

had their own reasons

for taking off, too.

Oh, wow!

Fancy!

[NATSU]

You actually live here?

[HAPPY] I can't believe you

moved out of Magnolia.

[LUCY]

Yup. This is my new place.

You don't have anywhere

to stay, do ya?

You can crash here for a while.

[NATSU] Oh, thank you,

merciful goddess Lucy!

[HAPPY]

We're not worthy!

[LUCY chuckles nervously]

But you gotta promise you

won't mess anything up!

And if I find you in my bedroom,

you're gonna be dead meat!

[HAPPY laughing]

I just told you not

to mess anything up!

You better clean up after

yourselves, ya hear me?!

Your panty collection

has grown quite a bit!

Get the heck outta my dresser!

Snip! Snip! Snip!

I feel like I got

a brand new head!

Baby.

[sighs]

his is so relaxing.

You sure you don't

wanna join us, Lucy?

[LUCY]

n your dreams!

[NATSU]

Just like that.

[LUCY laughs]

[HAPPY] I don't know

why you're laughing.

It wasn't funny at all.

We ran out of money

right after we left,

so we had find some jobs to do.

Just to earn a little

Jewel to get by.

[LUCY] Oh, and I bet Natsu spent

all of it on food, didn't he?

Of course!

I only eat fish and that comes

from hard work and patience.

But this guy's like a

walking bottomless pit!

Don't try to pretend like you

caught everything you ate.

You bought most of it and

you never stop eating.

Well, you ate a whole

lot more than me.

We had to wash dishes

to pay off our tab.

It made me wish Mira had

taught us how to do it

without breakin' 'em.

Because then we had to

work those off, too!

I'd be surprised if that

only happened the one time.

Yeah, you're right.

The point is, Natsu

would never've made it

if I weren't there

to help him out.

Say what? I woulda

made it just fine, buddy!

I've had to bail your butt outta

trouble too many times to count!

[NATSU]

Oh, is that so?

How about you try

counting a few of 'em?

I want specifics!

Dates, times, and places!

[HAPPY] You see how

I'm still the only one

who acts like a grownup, right?!

You're full of it, cat!

Oh. I almost forgot

to mention it.

We ran into Gildarts. In the

middle of some random forest.

[LUCY]

Really? What happened?

[NATSU]

Ha-ha! I fought him, of course.

Did I even have to ask?

[NATSU]

Still hurts a little.

Then what next?

[HAPPY]

Yeah, and?

So you guys helped destroy

another mountain, did ya?

And guess what happened next!

Ooh, do tell.

[HAPPY] Ol' Gildarts

and Natsu walked away

with each other's

bags by mistake.

[LUCY]

Yeah?

[HAPPY] Well, when we decided

to stop for lunch...

[HAPPY]

...he ran up and att*cked Natsu

with tears runnin'

down his face!

That makes sense.

There were probably a bunch

of pictures of Cana in there.

[HAPPY] We didn't get much

of a chance to look at 'em.

I win for the

seventh time in a row!

Aw, no way!

All right, I call for a rematch!

[LUCY]

Another one?!

[NATSU] We're gonna keep

playin' till I win!

[NEIGHBOR A] Keep it down,

or I'll have you evicted!

[LUCY] Wow. Tonight brought

back so many memories.

Hey, Happy?

[HAPPY]

Aye, sir?

Our guild... doesn't

exist anymore.

Hard to believe it's true.

[NATSU]

I know!

Let's draw on Lucy's face

while she's asleep!

[HAPPY] Wouldn't be a sleep-over

without a little prankery!

[NATSU giggles]

She's sawin' logs.

[HAPPY] Careful not

to wake her up, okay?

I'm gonna do it

nice and steady.

[HAPPY]

So what're you gonna draw?

[NATSU] Duh. A mustache,

a big ol' unibrow.

Maybe even a full on beard.

[gasps]

What is this?

She's tracking everybody.

Some of these

have a lot of info.

Eyewitness reports and

specific dates and times

when they were last seen.

Amazing.

[LUCY]

Uh, what's going on?

[SOLDIER A]

This is the place!

[SOLDIER B]

Should we bust in, sir?!

[LUCY] A buncha soldiers

standing outside my door

is not the kinda thing

I wanna wake up to!

So they've found us

already, huh?

Aye, sir!

The army came looking for you?!

Let's go, Lucy!

What kinda trouble

are you in now?!

[SOLDIERS gasp]

[NATSU]

Nothin' we can't outrun!

[NATSU laughs]

[SOLDIER C]

There he is!

[SOLDIER D]

He's the one responsible!

I didn't do anything wrong!

I'm just getting kidnapped!

What did you do

this time, Natsu?!

[NATSU giggles]

[NATSU] I just left a

message about Fairy Tail!

Telling everyone

we're comin' back!

[SOLDIER F]

Fairy Tail?!

[SOLDIER G]

The palace is burning!

We let him go.

That troublemaker.

Fine. Fine. It's okay.

Summon the Hungry Wolf Knights!

[JASON]

Fairy Tail's back?! Cool!

This scoop is gonna be massive!

Best of luck to ya, Lucy!

And try to stay cool.

That type of fire goes

out super quickly,

so everything's gonna be okay!

That's not the only

problem here, Happy!

How can you just announce

Fairy Tail's comeback?

'Cause we all

still believe in it!

We're gonna get

everyone together.

And the guild'll be

better than ever!

[laughs]

Come on!

[LUCY]

Yeah!

I wonder how far

we can get today!

We're gonna get just

as far as we can!

If I had to take a wild guess,

I'd say we'll

make it to the city

on the other side

of that mountain!

[LUCY] Well, if we're

gonna travel that far,

we should take a train

or something, right?

[NATSU]

Are you crazy?!

Just thinkin' about

makes me wanna hurl!

[LUCY] And so, we continue

our eternal adventure!

Let's keep moving on!