User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 286: Laxus vs. Alexei, Review./@comment-5782519-20120609090224

Spoilers for Chapter 288. Mashima posted a picture of the chapter on his blog: https://twitter.com/#!/mashima0012/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FZ00na3qx

I think it was kind of obvious, but yes, she's fighting.