Time flew by, and X780 soon became the year when the original story began.
Over the past few years, many things had happened. First of all, Kana, Sorano, and Yukino had successively become S-Class Mages. In X783, Natsu had thought his chance to become an S-Class Mage had finally arrived, but neither he nor Gajeel had expected War Princess Dimaria to suddenly appear out of nowhere!
Originally, Natsu had thought Gajeel would be his final opponent for becoming an S-Class Mage in X783. Although Dimaria had joined the guild several years ago, she had rarely interacted with them. Usually, she only hung out and played with Lucy and the others, so Natsu and Gajeel knew nothing about Dimaria's combat strength.
What they did not know was that after joining Fairy Tail, Dimaria had become Ultear's student. At the same time, she had contributed all the records regarding Arc of Time from her tribe. As a result, Ultear and Dimaria had progressed extremely quickly in their study of Time Magic over the past few years.
Once Ultear had mastered what she learned from Dialga, she would teach it to Dimaria, who would then integrate it into her usual missions.
Dimaria's team consisted of herself, Lucy, Wendy, and Lisanna. The three girls had successfully graduated in X780. Dimaria had originally been considering forming a team with Agil to take on missions, but after Lucy and the other two graduated, the four of them naturally formed a team. They then began frantically completing missions to earn mission points.
All of them wanted to become S-Class Mages and unlock the Second Magic Source. Because of this, Dimaria's team hardly ever ran into Natsu's team.
Although Natsu and the others could tell from Dimaria's mission-completion efficiency that she was probably very strong, they had not