Chapter 89

Armor Around The Heart is the eighty-ninth chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

Full Summary
In a flashback of Gray, the day when Erza arrives at Fairy Tail is shown. Cana is reading Gray’s future in her cards and she says this will be a luck day for him. In this moment, Erza comes in, with everyone commenting on her weird looks…

In the present, Gray catches up to Happy. Happy explains that Natsu was eaten by Fukuro. Gray says they need to beat Fukuro quickly, because, as, even though no one can beat Erza, she is still trapped in a card, rendering her defenseless. He attacks Fukuro, but The Owl uses Natsu’s fire against him. His ice is melted, and he returns to his flashback. Erza is eating alone. Gray wonders why, and goes to Erza to talk. She doesn’t respond. He breaks the table, and asks her why she is always wearing armor. She responds by asking him why he isn’t wearing something himself and if this is a guild for perverts…

We return to the fight. Gray freezes the flames, inquiring if this are Natsu’s flames. Fukuro tries to eat him, but he freezes his mouth.

In the flashback, Gray is beaten up by Erza, with everyone saying that the guild is in strong hands, because of Erza. Furious, he catches up to her, and sees her crying. When he asks why she is alone, she says she is comfortable alone, and then he asks why she is crying. Erza doesn’t answer, so Gray sits by her side, unwilling to fight her or leave her.

In the present Gray uses his finishing move, Seven Slice Dance to beat Fukuro. He beats him and Fukuro vomits Natsu. He says she was always alone, always crying. He says that Erza needs to be in Fairy Tail, so she wouldn’t cry any more…