Recaps

Chiba and his allies fought Shadow Skull and a bone dragon while the Magic Council’s campaign unraveled around a conspiracy targeting Tianna. The arc left Chiba badly injured and racing to rescue Tianna as the Magic Divine Crystal’s influence threatened to draw him toward darkness.

• Chiba and Nuolin investigated Dragon Corpse Valley, where Kruse Andode trapped them with Shadow Skull’s forces, but they escaped with help from Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe.
• Chiba and Laxus defeated Kruse, and Alili retrieved something from Kruse’s body before warning Chiba that a larger war was coming.
• Chiba killed Wodi, disguised himself as the Throne of Fire, and tricked Wodi’s troops into marching to support Jikade.
• Chiba and Nuolin joined the battle against a bone dragon, and Mira, Erza, Laxus, and Mystogan arrived to help fight it.
• Chiba’s dragon power nearly killed him, but a white dragon gave Feiyin a Magic Divine Crystal that healed him, and Ultear arrived to treat him.
• Ultear told Chiba that Grimoire Heart and Shadow Skull planned to attack a nearby town, and Chiba learned that Kangnaite had concealed Tianna’s perilous situation.
• Chiba exposed Kangnaite’s betrayal, killed him after he threatened to report Chiba to Bolunte, and rode toward Dragon Corpse Valley with reinforcements for Tianna.
• Ultear told Mira that Chiba’s injuries and the Magic Divine Crystal could amplify his negative emotions and push him toward darkness.

After losing Tianna, Chiba returned to Fairy Tail and struggled with his feelings for Mira while training his magic and swordsmanship. A mission to Molabai Village drew the guild into a conflict over a nearby Magic Divine Crystal and Menair’s illusion, which ended with Mira confronting the villagers who called her demon-possessed.

• Luodi killed Tianna after she protected Chiba, and Chiba’s Mangekyō Sharingan awakened as he summoned Susanoo and killed Luodi, leaving Jikade and many others dead.
• Mira, Nuolin, and Erza brought the gravely injured Chiba back to Magnolia, where he recovered for three months and later visited Tianna’s grave with Seele.
• Chiba refused Makarov’s suggestion that he take the S-Class Exam and told him he intended to become one of the Ten Wizard Saints, while Feiyin challenged him to stop avoiding Mira.
• Chiba trained with Nuolin and Mest to improve his swordsmanship and learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Mira waited for him and Seele chose a mission of her own.
• Chiba accepted an S-Class demon-subjugation mission with Mira, Erza, and Laxus, and the group met Jura, Totomaru, and Aria from the other participating guilds in Molabai Village.
• Chiba used his Mangekyō Sharingan to break Menair’s illusion, then learned from the village chief that Menair had died years earlier and saw Mira collapse after Menair sent a beam of light into her.
• Chiba and Laxus found Menair’s grave, and after returning to the cottage they saw Mira transformed and attacking Erza, so Chiba restrained her and concluded that Menair had placed a Demon Soul in her.
• When the village chief and guards moved against Mira, she transformed into Satan Soul, called herself Fairy Tail’s Demon, and warned the villagers not to threaten her or her comrades before returning to Chiba and the others.

Chiba and his companions faced Weir and Ailiya’s tragic past, fought to protect the village, and confronted Bolunte over his schemes and Tianna’s death. Chiba returned to Fairy Tail after killing Bolunte, but the Magic Council arrested him and began a hearing.

• Mira lost control of her demon form as Aria drained Chiba’s magic, but Chiba awakened a new Mangekyō pattern and confronted Aria and Totomaru with Susanoo.
• Weir told Chiba that Mira’s demon power came from her, and revealed her history with Ailiya before Chiba, Laxus, and Erza searched for Mira.
• Mira fought Ailiya and chose to spare her, while the village chief’s guards tried to seize Ailiya and Chiba drove them back.
• Ailiya’s Weir puppets attacked the village, and the old shrine maiden fought Ailiya and Weir at the shrine before Ailiya gave her life force to save Weir.
• Laxus defeated Aria as Weir merged with Mira, and Chiba fought Bolunte after learning he had targeted him to take over his body.
• Chiba defeated Bolunte’s monsters and Shadow Legion, restored his strength with Beginning of Time, and killed Bolunte after learning of his dealings with Tianna and others.
• Mira killed the old shrine maiden, then reunited with Chiba, who admitted his feelings and kissed her before the group returned to Fairy Tail.
• Chiba told Makarov he had killed Bolunte and asked to leave Fairy Tail, but Makarov refused, and Lahar arrested Chiba for Bolunte’s murder as the Magic Council opened a hearing.