Angel

Calm down, Lucy. There had to be another way.

Suddenly, Lucy noticed there was water here.

"No choice now—open! Gate of Aquarius! Aquarius!"

"Aquarius, it's fine if you sweep me away too this time!"

"That was what I intended to do!"

"Oh my, oh my, I know everything about you."

"Open! Gate of Scorpio! Pisceon!"

"We are... yeah!"

Aquarius blushed shyly. "It's Scorpio." With that, she threw herself into Scorpio's arms.

"We are..."

"Are you all right, Aquarius?"

"It's been so long! You have no idea how lonely I've been." (Rub, rub.)

Lucy said in surprise, "So this is the boyfriend Aquarius mentioned before."

"Nice to meet you, Aquarius's master."

"She showed up!!!" (But with Aquarius's personality, how could she...)

Aquarius threatened Lucy, "Just try saying anything stupid in front of Scorpio! You know the consequences!!"

"Yes!" Lucy agreed helplessly.

Then Aquarius threw herself into Scorpio's arms again and walked away with him.

"Want to go eat? I know a restaurant where you can see the aurora."

"I'll go with whatever you say~"

"Angel should be fine now, right? I'm going on a date with my girlfriend."

Angel waved her handkerchief. "Take care~"

Lucy was utterly devastated. "How could this happen? (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)"

Angel said, "Don't tell me you didn't know about their relationship. I know everything."

"Damn it! Right, I still have my strongest Celestial Spirit."

"Open! Gate of the Lion! Leo!"

"Yo! Lucy, your knight has arrived. Where's the enemy?"

"Leo, take her down!"

"Piece of cake."

Angel said, "A Lion, huh? I know everything about him too."

"Open! Gate of Aries! Aries!"

"I'm sorry, Leo..." Aries said nervously.

Leo's expression changed drastically when he heard it was Aries.

"How do you have that key?"

"Isn't it obvious? I was the one who killed Karen."

Angel patted Aries on the head. "This was my trophy from back then."

"That woman was weak as hell, yet she still wanted to open two gates at once. Naturally, I was the one who ended her life in the end."

"I've killed many Celestial Spirit Mages. You'll be next, and then I'll take all your keys for myself."

"Oh my, oh my. It's not often that you get to meet again, only for it to be under circumstances like these."

Loki said, "Please don't underestimate me. Lucy may have once been a friend's master, but now that she has a different owner, she is an enemy. Celestial Spirits fight for their masters!"

Aries said, "Even if she once showed me kindness, I must defeat the enemy for my master..."

"This is the pride of Celestial Spirits!!"

Leo and Aries spoke at the same time and charged at each other.

"Oh my, oh my, they're fighting, they're fighting. This is really interesting."

Lucy said angrily, "Celestial Spirits are alive too! Don't you feel any pain for them?"

"Huh? Pain? Then you really aren't a qualified Celestial Spirit Mage. A qualified Celestial Spirit Mage uses Celestial Spirits like tools!"

Seeing the scene before her, Erza said, "Sorry, Taurus."

"Requip! Heavenly Kin Armor!"

"Heavenly Kin Chaos Sword!"

Erza, whose speed had increased, appeared directly behind Taurus and struck him on the head.

"Moo—!" Taurus saw stars and collapsed to the ground.

Seeing Taurus vanish, Angel said unhappily, "Disobedient Celestial Spirits really are troublesome to use."

"Gemini, close the gate!"

Gemini vanished, and Taurus vanished along with him.

"Open! Gate of Sculptor! Caelum!"

"Caelum, fire at Aries and Leo!"

Caelum's laser pierced straight through Leo and Aries.

"Pssh!"

"Aaaah!"

"Uaaah!"

"Aries..."

"Leo..."

The two of them turned into stars and returned to the Celestial Spirit World.

"Hahahaha, it really hit."

Lucy stared at Angel in disbelief.

"You wouldn't even spare... your own Celestial Spirits?"

"Celestial Spirits won't die anyway. Trading one weak Celestial Spirit for a powerful one is completely worth it." She even clapped in satisfaction.

"You bastard!"

Erza could not stand it any longer and moved to cut the woman down.

"Open! Gate of Gemini! Gemini."

"Whoosh!"

A Celestial Spirit identical to Erza blocked Erza's attack.

"What?!"

"Did you think I only stopped you earlier for that girl's sake? It was more to copy your abilities—your attacks, techniques, speed, strength, everything!"

"Now, what interesting things will happen between a magic-depleted you and a her at full strength?"

"Will you be killed by yourself? I can't wait to see it!"

"Aah!"

The Erza transformed from the Celestial Spirit cried out in pain.

Erza was overwhelming 'Erza.'

"How is that possible? How could you defeat yourself at full strength in your current state?"

"Defeating this fake is actually simple. You only copied the me from earlier. All I need to do is become stronger than I was then."

Angel said with a twisted expression, "Impossible! How could a person break through their limits in such a short time?"

"As long as the heart that protects one's companions remains, nothing is impossible. Turning the impossible into possible—that is what Fairy Tail wizards do!!!"

Erza surged forward, and her sword pierced straight through the fake Erza.

The fake Erza returned to Gemini and went back to the Celestial Spirit World.

"Amazing!!!" Lucy stared blankly at the incredibly cool Erza.

"You damned woman!" Angel was becoming slightly hysterical.

"Open! Gate of Scorpio! Pisceon!"

"We are... yeah!"

"Pisceon, take down this woman for me!"

"Sandstorm!"

A powerful sandstorm swept toward Erza, but she dodged aside and avoided the attack.

"Open! Gate of Sagittarius! Sagittarius!" Lucy used the last of her magic power to summon Sagittarius.

"Were you calling for me? Moshi moshi."

"Sagittarius, take down this woman for me."

Sagittarius immediately drew his bow and fired an arrow at Angel.

"Damn it, I completely forgot about you, little pest."

Just as Angel tried to open a gate, she discovered that her magic power had run dry. The arrow tore through the air toward her.

"Pisceon!"

"Pfft!"

"Aaaah!"

The Celestial Spirit reacted in time, blocking the arrow for his master before vanishing from where he stood.

"Whew~ That was close."

"You don't have any Celestial Spirits left to shield you now, do you?"

"What?!"

Before Angel could react, Erza had already rushed in front of her.

"N-No! Wait!"

"Blackwing: Moonflash!"

"Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!..."

A flash of sword light swept past, and Angel slowly fell to the ground with disbelief written across her face.

"Ugh!" Deep within the Sea of Trees, another seal on Brain's body was released.

Brain angrily smashed his fist into a huge rock beside him.

"Angel lost too? Damn light guild! Looks like I really have to summon that Demon God."

"Hm? What is this?"

The rock he had just shattered began to glow. Brain swung his fist again, revealing a tunnel.

"Could this be!!"

With that, Brain walked straight inside.