Key of the Starry Sky arc

The  is an anime-only story arc of the Fairy Tail series.

The Beauty, the Beast and the Ball
Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia and Happy decide to go on a mission and pick one from the request board at the Fairy Tail Guild. The client's name is Count Balsamico and Macao comments that they host a Magic Dance Ball; a dance for magicians only. Natsu wants to go, but Lucy tells him that he needs to know how to dance first. Outside, Lucy tries to teach Natsu how to dance, but he steps on her feet. Meanwhile Mirajane explains Romeo what is social dance. Then Gray shows up and tries to dance with Lucy, but gets kicked by her. Erza shows up and states that she was known as the 'Dancing Demon', but she basically spins her partner like a top.

Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Elfman, Wendy, Warren, Happy, and Carla all end up going to the Magic Dance Ball. Once there, they are greeted by the client's daughter, Aceto. Inside, the count tells them that the ball is to pick Aceto's future husband. He tells them that the family heirloom is a ring, and he only brings it out once every seven years at the Magic Dance Ball to choose Aceto's husband. He suspects that Velveno wants to steal the ring, and tells them that Velveno uses Transformation Magic and Magical Drain, which allows him to copy the magic of any opponent.

Wendy, Lucy, and Erza get ready for the ball, and Wendy notes that she should cast Troia on Natsu, since the dancers dance on floating, moving platforms. Gray, Natsu, and Elfman are inside, while Warren, Happy, and Carla are outside, watching the scene from communication lacrima that Warren had previously set up. They are all communicating with Warren's telepathy. A man asks Erza to dance, and Warren thinks he might be suspicious. Natsu and Gray start towards him, but when Erza starts spinning him, everyone realizes she is fine by herself. Next, a man asks Lucy to dance, and he is also suspect. Natsu and Gray, however, are grabbed by two women who want to dance. A woman asks Elfman for a dance, and everyone suspects her because no one in their right mind would ask Elfman for a dance.

Natsu and Gray go after him but are interrupted by two ugly ladies. They get rid of their partners and start towards Elfman, and manage to have Gray switch places with him. He asks what kind of magic she uses, and the two start to have an ice magic fight.

Soon, Aceto comes down, and at midnight, the Balsamico ring is revealed. The count declares that whoever gets that ring is worthy of becoming Aceto's husband.

Later, a young boy asks Wendy for a dance, and then Happy, Carla, and Warren discover that the real boy has been tied up by a man with an afro. Warren immediately warns Wendy that she is actually dancing with Velveno and she gets away from him. He cancels his transformation magic and uses Sky Dragon's Roar to steal the ring. Natsu starts fighting with him, but is ineffective since Velveno already copied his Fire Dragon Slayer magic. Erza tries to use her Purgatory armor, but is also ineffective.

Velveno states that he has copied every member of Fairy Tail's magic but that he isn't there to fight them. He then holds the ring up to Aceto and asks her to marry him. They were friends growing up, but her father forbade him from seeing her anymore, so he started doing crime. While he was in prison, he never stopped thinking about her, so he broke out of prison and tried to get to her seven years ago, as well. Everyone is shocked when Aceto accepts the proposal, including her furious father.

However, she says that he must pay for his crimes first. So, the guards come and take him away, but they promise to see each other again. Lucy wishes that she could be proposed to like that, and then is approached by Natsu. However, he only came to tell her that he ate too much and is going home. She responds by asking him to stay with her for a little while longer, and they begins to dance. The moment is ruined, when Natsu states that Wendy's Troia ran out and Lucy can be heard screaming to be let down from the platform.

Dragon Slayers, Trains and Jiggly Butts
After accepting a request to transport some cargo for a client, Lucy Heartfilia, Natsu Dragneel, Happy, Wendy Marvell and Carla travel on a six hour train ride to guard the precious load. During the course of the trip, Natsu begins to get motion sick, and Wendy offers to cast Troia on him to help him feel more comfortable. However, after a few failed castings, the group concludes that Natsu has built up an immunity to Troia, as Wendy has cast it on him too many times. When Natsu steps out of the carriage to be sick, he is met by a group of three large buttocked people who have, unbeknownst to them, knocked out the conductor and are planning to steal the gold the group is transporting. The group of thieves quickly look into the freight cart and realize that a group of Mages has been hired to protect it. Using Natsu as an excuse to get into the cart, the thieves -who declare themselves to be the Jiggle Butt Gang- quickly grab Wendy, threatening to harm her unless Lucy and Natsu jump off the train and hand over all of the gold. When Lucy refuses to jump, the group use Gas Butt Triple Ecstasy to smell out the carriage, causing Lucy, Happy and Carla to fly out.

A little while later, Wendy awakes to find that only herself, the Jiggle Butt Gang, Plue and a still sick -and therefore useless- Natsu are left in the carriage. When the Jiggle Butt Gang awaken, they blow up the connector between the carriages, allowing the train to continue on the tracks, and leaving the freight cart behind. The Jiggle Butt Gang then spot and fawn over the ridiculously cute Plue, while Wendy realizes that the protection of the cargo has come down to her, and tries to formulate a plan to get rid of the thieves. However, after conversing with the gang for a while, Wendy realizes that the gang have not thought through their heist at all, and have no way of getting the gold off the stopped cart. She decides she is going to have to stall the gang as long as possible, so she reasons that if the gang does not steal the gold, she will ask the client to give them some. The Jiggle Butt Gang immediately see through her plan, but decide to fool her, stating that they agree and would like her to help them move the carriage along the tracks.

Wendy, deciding to go along with the plan until the others show up, agrees, and uses Sky Dragon's Roar to move the cart. When the Jiggle Butt Gang realize that Wendy is a Dragon Slayer, they decide to try and recruit her into their corps to use her abilities for their own benefit. Wendy does not want to join their group, but decides that she should at least fool them into thinking she has joined so that she can make them believe she is on their side. She dons the Jiggle Butt Gangs suit and prepares to use her Magic once again to move the cart.

However, she is interrupted by Lucy, Happy and Carla, who have finally recovered and have flown to catch up with the cart. They are startled to see Wendy wearing the Jiggle Butt Gang uniform, but decide to leave questions until later, planning to take out the Jiggle Butt Gang first. Before they have a chance though, Natsu awakens due to the cart having stopped, and upon hearing that Wendy is in trouble, jumps straight up to the roof of the cart and heads towards the gang. Though Wendy tries to stop Natsu from attacking and asks the Gang to turn over a new leaf and learn to be Mages, Natsu angrily uses his Fire Dragon's Iron Fist and sends the gang flying from the train-top.

With the gang finally taken care of, the group continues their journey and eventually reaches the station where their client waits. However, as they arrived far later than the agreed time, the client states he will only pay them half the amount he originally agreed. Annoyed at the Jiggle Butt Gang for losing them money, Lucy asks Wendy to try and warm the client over, with Wendy getting embarrassed by the suggestion. Meanwhile, back on the tracks, the Jiggle Butt Gang pumps a hand-operated rail cart and vows that they will return to cause more mischief.

Peek-a-boo! Lucy, Where are You?
After Natsu and Happy appear in her house and disrupt her telling a story about an invisible man, Lucy loses her concentration and decides to take a bath; however before going she finds a Magic ointment and takes it with her. In the bath, she adds her ointment and the bathwater turns pink. Lucy then fantasizes about being an invisible person herself. As Lucy leaves the bath, she looks in the mirror and sees that she's invisible. Lucy realizes that her Magic ointment was made 7 years ago and that the effects may have changed since then. Panicked, she quickly decides to go to Fairy Tail and get help.

As Lucy goes through the streets, she thinks about and imagines what would happen if her Magic ointment wears off, and realizes that she would be naked. As she walks through the streets she begins to cause a bit of mayhem, knocking over things and causing people to glance in her direction, puzzled as they cannot see her. When she arrives at Fairy Tail, Natsu is talking about Lucy kicking them out; Carla agrees with Lucy's decision, even pointing out that Natsu and Happy used Lucy's bath without asking and saying that it's a flagrant breach of manners. Happy says that Lucy should be nicer to them since with behavior such as that, she'll never get a boyfriend. The rest of Fairy Tail laughs at the idea.

Lucy, visibly annoyed by her being the butt of everyone's jokes, douses Macao with a mug of beer, with Macao insisting that Wakaba did it. Lucy then proceeds with pulling Jet's ear, which in turn makes Jet attack Droy, who hits him back back. After a series of accidents caused by their fighting, pandemonium occurs, and everyone gets dragged into the fight. During the chaos, Natsu gets knocked back to a wall, crashing into Lucy causing her to yelp. Natsu recognizing Lucy's voice and scent, reaches out to try to find her. He grabs her breast, which earns him a slap from Lucy. Realizing that Lucy was in the room, everyone calms down and tries to find her, only to realize that she is invisible.

The guild gives Lucy some clothes and listens while she tells them her story, with everyone bewildered. Lucy gets embarrassed, while the rest say it's getting creepy. When Mirajane and Wendy ask whether there's any way for her to change back to normal, everyone replies that they might be able help. After a failed attempt by Natsu and Romeo, Reedus gets an idea to paint Lucy's face; it goes well, however it isn't Lucy's exact face. Happy, Natsu and Gray then proceed to try with disastrous results; Max, Erza, Macao, Wakaba, Nab then try with the same result, as each of them has their own opinion on how Lucy should look. Lucy then proceeds to kick everyone for thinking her face is a toy. Gray then uses his Magic to make an Ice-Head Lucy, however it melts causing everyone to be creeped out again. In the end, Mirajane puts a picture of Lucy on her face.

Wendy then arrives and brings Lucy's magic ointment and her keys. Lucy then thinks about asking her Celestial Spirits to help, however she wonders which one she could use. Happy suggests Gemini and Lucy summons Gemini, to no avail. Levy and Freed continue analyzing what's in the Magic ointment. Freed then tries to uses his runes to dispel the Magic, but fails. As they continue to think, a pink mist appears and Lucy's clothes and anything on her starts to disappear. Levy says that it's not just her body that's just disappearing but her existence as well. As Freed talks about Lucy's non-existence, the Magic ointment bottle disappears as well. Carla then says that if Lucy is gone, then all her belongings will follow. With this, Lucy's room then starts to disappear as well. Lucy pleads, stating that she doesn't want this to happen, but she suddenly disappears altogether. The rest of Fairy Tail then start wondering what they were doing or saying, signifying that they have also forgotten about Lucy's existence as a whole.

Lucy tries to talk to everyone and tell them she's there, however it fails, as all of them have forgotten about her. Natsu then shouts out that they have to get to work and mentions Lucy. From this, everyone starts to remember Lucy, causing her to reappear and the Magic to be dispelled. Wendy concludes that the Magic was dispelled because Natsu remembered Lucy. Lucy thanks Natsu, and Natsu responds that they are a team and will never be whole without her. Lucy tells them that she's going to get rid of the Magic ointment, however Happy slams into her, flinging the ointment bottle all over everyone, causing everyone to go invisible except Lucy. Lucy then says that maybe at least Fairy Tail can be a little level headed.

My Younger, Older, Distant Relative
An old man wakes up from a dream of a masked teddy bear engulfed in flames. A girl is later on a train with a case. Subsequently, at the Magic Council Headquarters, Lahar talks to Guran Doma about several cases of churches being destroyed. Guran tells Lahar to find and arrest the culprit, otherwise the Enforcement Corps' name will be tarnished.

In the Fairy Tail guild hall, Lucy reads the news about the church bombings and notices Lahar. Suddenly, Natsu picks up a scent and Romeo enters and says that Lucy has a visitor and points out Lucy to the girl who was on the train. Lucy asks who the girl is, and she tearfully introduces herself as Michelle Lobster, pointing out that she's Lucy's sister, with all of Fairy Tail completely surprised by this. Happy thinks that Michelle is Jude's illegitimate daughter, however Michelle says that the Heartfilia family and the Lobster family are distantly related. When Lucy inquires as to what is in the case she's got, Michelle says that the case contains a memento of Lucy's father. Michelle had known Lucy's father and was there for his passing, and she tells Lucy that he asked her to pass the case on to her. Lucy wonders what is in the case, with Michelle stating that she doesn't know, as she was just told to give it to Lucy. Lucy opens the case and finds a strange object wrapped in bandages, which she unwraps to reveal a mechanical gear of some description. Natsu says that the gear has a Magic feel to it, as it was the scent he caught earlier, however Carla is terrified upon seeing the bandaged stick.

Lucy and Michelle later walk to Lucy's Apartment, and as they do they talk about Fairy Tail. Michelle says that Uncle Jude would have been proud of Lucy, with Lucy smiling in thanks. In Lucy's house, Michelle looks around as Lucy makes some tea, whilst she talks to Michelle about her parents and Michelle being her relative. Michelle talks about Lucy having a dream for the future and how she is happy as a Mage, saying that she has no dream. Lucy then asks Michelle whether she wants to live with her for a little while, and Michelle accepts as she cries. Lucy later writes about Michelle working at Fairy Tail as well as living with her to her mother in a letter. Later, Asuka as well as Alzack, Bisca and Makarov arrive at Fairy Tail, talking to Lucy about Natsu asking her to help in catching some bandits. Michelle asks whether she can partake in this job. Lucy warns her that it's dangerous but Michelle insists as she wants to see what it's like being a Mage. After some encouragement from the other, Lucy tells Michelle that she can come along.

Gray later reads the job details, with Lucy visibly scared. Erza arrives with a "borrowed" wagon and starts to explain the plan she has come up with to capture the bandits. When Natsu rejects the plan due to him having to travel in a cart, Michelle saves Erza from ripping Natsu apart by saying that she will take Natsu's position and act as a decoy in the plan. Though the others are a little hesitant, they eventually agree.

They soon put Erza's plan go into action, with Michelle taking the reins of the wagon and leading the cart into the bandits territory. After a failed attempt by Lucy to seduce the bandits with her sex appeal, Team Natsu attack, with the bandits quickly being destroyed. Michelle becomes completely dazzled about Team Natsu being so strong. Meanwhile, back at Fairy Tail, Wakaba talks to Macao about the memento. Laki arrives and reads the report about Michelle's family to Macao, Carla and Wakaba. Lahar investigates another of the churches being destroyed, with a mysterious figure seeing him and laughing.

Michelle talks to Lucy about possibly putting in a guild request to solve the mystery behind the memento, with Lucy saying it's a great idea and asking Macao whether it's ok. Whilst Natsu and Lucy discuss the job and Carla still appears distraught by the memento, Michelle accidentally drops the gear. Before anyone can pick it up, the memento starts levitating and runes begin to appear on it, however as Levy and Freed are not present, no-one is able to read them. When they ask Makarov if he will, Makarov asks Lucy to not get involved, however Lucy states that she wants to solve the riddle which her father has left her.

Raging Waves Lead to a New Threat
While Michelle and Lucy are looking through some ancient rune books to decipher what is written on the metal rod, Erza and Gray arrive at the guild to inform Lucy that they will be going off for a job to capture some gold-stealing bandits. Lucy states that she'll pass this time since they are busy and she doesn't feel like it. Realizing that Natsu has gone off somewhere, Erza tells Gray that just the two of them will go complete the job, something which makes Juvia incredibly jealous and angry.

In the forest, a Gorian confronts Laxus and tells him that he has a bone to pick with the members of Fairy Tail. The Gorian states that he will flatten Laxus like a pancake and prepares to attack. Angered by this, Laxus attacks the Gorian with his lightning. Natsu, Gajeel and the Thunder God Tribe notice Laxus' lightning and run to where he is. Natsu states that if it is Laxus, he will have a showdown with him, which reminds Gajeel that Natsu can't defeat Laxus alone. Natsu says that he didn't need Gajeel's help at all the last time and states that he will win alone this time.

Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe arrive before the two. Natsu then asks if Laxus lives around the forest but Laxus answers that the place he moved in is just near the forest. Gajeel then tells Laxus to come back to the guild but Laxus answers that Gajeel should just mind his own business. Natsu then challenges Laxus to a showdown to settle once and for all who's the strongest. The Thunder God Tribe tells Natsu and Gajeel that Laxus doesn't have to fight and that they are their opponent, but Laxus states that he will defeat Gajeel and Natsu with his own fists. Laxus says that he will start with Natsu. The two then prepare to fight each other but Wendy arrives and stops them. Wendy says that a showdown should be carried out with a plan and tells them that the battle will be tomorrow instead. Natsu then agrees and tells Laxus that their battle will be at the Sola Tree in South Gate Park, and Gajeel tells Laxus that he will fight him after that.

Meanwhile, at the guild, Macao, Wakaba, Mirajane, Elfman, Lisanna, Romeo and Kinana are discussing Laxus and his duel with Natsu. Elfman suddenly suggested that they should hold a festival in honor of the showdown and they all agree on it. At the festival, Jason appears to officially commentate on the battle, and Gajeel performs on stage in place of Mirajane, who states she has a sore throat. The crowd is displeased. Lucy meets up with Levy and asks her to help decipher the writing on the iron rod.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the mountains, Gray and Erza have located the bandit's hideout. Unknown to Gray and Erza, Juvia had followed them. They try to get some sleep, with Erza asking Gray why he isn't stripping. Juvia panics over the scene, while Gray, flustered, replies that he isn't in the mood. As the bandits return, Gray and Erza try to stop them, but the bandits have hired the Vanish Brothers to defend them. Gray then requests that he should defeat them alone, since Natsu had been able to defeat them unaided some while ago. For awhile it seems that Gray is about to be defeated, but by using Ice-Make: Ice Bringer he manages to defeat them. He and Erza then take back their clients gold and head home.

Meanwhile, at the festival, the Thunder God Tribe has arrived, while in the forest Wendy and Carla are looking for Makarov to tell him that Natsu and Gajeel are going to fight Laxus. At the festival, things get heated up, as Natsu and Laxus release their Magic to full potential, neither of them moving. Natsu then tries to hit Laxus, but is defeated with one move. Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna are shocked, while Macao and Wakaba are laughing on the sidelines. Laxus turns to fight Gajeel, but finds out that he has run for it, due to a fear of getting beaten up. A search party, including Pantherlily (who says he has lost respect for Gajeel), heads out to find him.

Wendy, Carla, and Makarov arrive at the scene. Freed then pleads Makarov to release Laxus from his expulsion but both Makarov and Laxus stayed silent, until Laxus walks away. At Lucy's house; Michelle, Lucy and Levy are deciphering the writing. Levy says that the writing is ancient Potamelian and the writing says "Time is etched and then chaos descends". Lucy suddenly remembers the line, saying she had read it somewhere. She then retrieves a book from her shelf, and the three read a story of a clock that had been passed on for centuries. They then find out that the rod is actually a hand of a large pendulum clock.

Meanwhile, at the park, Natsu wonders where Gajeel has disappeared to. Back at the guild, three mysterious people suddenly appear.

Which One is Lucy Again?
Pantherlily, Happy and Carla are shocked at the appearance of three Mages that look like Sugarboy, Coco and Hughes outside the Fairy Tail guild. Pantherlily instantly recognizes Coco, and asks her how she has managed to get to Earth Land. Coco replies that the group have never met before, and Happy instantly assumes that the people of Edolas have forgotten about them. The group is then interrupted by the return of the Fairy Tail members, who have grown tired of trying to locate Gajeel after his disappearance from the fight against Laxus and are returning to the guild. Upon spotting the mysterious trio, Natsu, Lucy and Wendy are shocked, wondering how the three have managed to appear in front of them. However, they also note that though the three seem to be the same people they met in Edolas, they are slightly different, particularly the person who resembles Hughes, who is female. Before the conversation can continue though, the female Hughes states that the trio have come to take Lucy Heartfilia, and demand that the guild hand her over.

The guild instantly asks to know why the trio want Lucy, saying that even if they get a proper answer, they will not hand her over. Kinana then notes that the group may be responsible for the church attacks that have been happening across Fiore. Hearing Kinana's words, the trio become annoyed, and decide that they will use force to take Lucy. The Sugarboy look-alike produces a long wooden stick from his clothes, holding it as a microphone and unleashing a loud song from it. As the song plays, globules of thick green mucus-like substance begin to pour from his body and surround the Fairy Tail Mages. As Fairy Tail tries to counter-attack, the phlegm consumes and immobilizes them, and they warn those who have not yet been touched by the substance to stand clear. Concurrently, Macao is attacked by the Coco look-alike, who dodges both his, Wakaba and Romeo's attacks with speed and finesse. The trio then halt their attacks, laughing at the guild for being so weak, and Carla and Pantherlily finally realize that the trio are not the people they met in Edolas, but their Earth Land counterparts.

The Earth Land counterparts state that they will attack again if Lucy is not handed over, but upon hearing these words, Natsu stands and attacks the group, telling Lucy to run. However, Earth Land's Hughes releases her Magic, and Natsu finds himself unwillingly attacking his own comrades. When the others try to attack, they also find themselves incapable of attacking their opponent. However, they also notice that they are becoming quickly exhausted, and believe that the green gloop they were attacked by is sapping them of their energy. When the trio declare that they will attack at full power again unless Lucy is handed over, Lucy prepares to reveal herself. However, before she can, Michelle steps forward instead, stating that she is Lucy, and telling the trio that they can take her if they promise to stop attacking the guild.

Lucy won't accept Michelle being taken in her stance, and declares that she is the real Lucy. However, Michelle puts on a performance, stating that Lucy is Michelle trying to protect her. The two them begin to get into an argument, with both claiming to be Lucy. Just as the trio prepare to take Michelle away for being Lucy -they determine that it must be her as she is older- the rest of the guild join in, calling Levy, Laki, Wendy, Mirajane, Lisanna and even Elfman Lucy too, confusing their Earth Land enemies. The trio eventually decide to just round up the entire guild, and Fairy Tail attacks, telling Lucy and Michelle to escape and find master Makarov. Lucy and Michelle run for it, with Coco pursuing them.

When Lucy and Michelle eventually stop to rest, Lucy scolds Michelle for putting herself in danger and trying to take her place, but also thanks her for caring enough to do so. As they begin to discuss whether the mysterious trio are in fact the ones responsible for the church attacks, they are found by Coco, who demands that Lucy come with her. The two girls then reverse their tactic, pointing to each other as the real Lucy and confusing Coco further. When Virgo then appears and helps with the farce as well, Coco is distracted enough for the three to run.

Meanwhile, at the guild, Earth Land's Sugarboy and Hughes resume their attack, but have decided that the real Lucy must either be Michelle or Lucy, as they were the ones told to run. Using Natsu to make a distraction, the two escape, with Jet and Droy arriving just in time to see them leave, and the destruction they have left behind. As everyone moves to treat those injured, Natsu, Happy, Pantherlily, Carla and Wendy head out to search for Michelle and Lucy. Whilst looking, the two cats and young girl are attacked by Coco, and Natsu and Happy run into Earth Land Sugarboy, who asks to engage them in battle. Before they can fight though, a giant octopus interrupts their fight, the man riding it telling Earth Land Sugarboy not to lose sight of their actual objective. Earth Land Sugarboy soon reveals through conversation that the man atop the octopus is Earth Land's Byro, who appears much younger than his Edolas counterpart.

Subsequently, Lucy and Michelle are found by Earth Land Hughes, who controls Michelle with her Magic and prepares to make Michelle throw herself over a nearby cliff. Lucy grabs Michelle to try and stop her, but Hughes' Magic forces Michelle over the edge, with Lucy and the metal rod falling with her.

Legion of Doom!
Somewhere in a canyon, Byro and Sugarboy are facing Natsu and Happy. Natsu attacks Sugarboy, but his attack is absorbed by Sugarboy's Slime Magic. Meanwhile, Lucy and Michelle are falling off a cliff due to Mary Hughes' Command Magic, so Lucy summons Aries to create wool cushion for them to land on. When Mary Hughes pursues them, Lucy summons Taurus to attack her, but Taurus is amused by Hughes' breasts, and refuses to attack. Lucy then summons Scorpio in Taurus' place.

Meanwhile, Wendy, Carla and Pantherlily are facing off against Coco, when Lily then shifts into his battle form, declaring that even though she appears similar to the Coco he knew in Edolas, she is his enemy and he will strike her. At the same time, Byro and Kanaloa leave Sugarboy and Natsu to fight and instead find Gildarts, who instigates a battle between the two. Jason then shows up from the bushes, and Gildarts asks if he's still following him. In her battle against Mary Hughes, Lucy begins to believe that she has the upper hand, as Mary Hughes' Magic prevents her from controlling those who are not human, meaning that Lucy's Spirits can fight her on equal ground. However, Mary Hughes takes control of Lucy's body instead, and continues to put her in range of Scorpio's attacks, so that the Celestial Spirit is forced to avoid hitting her. However, whilst he attempts to not hit Lucy, Scorpio accidentally strikes Michelle instead, knocking her unconscious.

Concurrently, Natsu and Happy are still fighting Sugarboy, and the Dark Mage tells them that his slime doesn't just absorb the Magic of others, but it can also turn into the properties of what it absorbs. He demonstrates this by turning the slime hand under his control into fire, and repeatedly hits Natsu with it. In his fight against Byro, Gildarts seems to be experiencing some trouble, as Byro has the ability to negate all Magic attacks he is faced with, and repeatedly dodges Gildarts' attacks by doing so. When Gildarts asks the man why they require Lucy, Byro states that it is not the girl they need, but the item in her possession. He also mentions that he is one of six members of an organisation called the Legion Corps.

On the other side of the forest, Sugarboy obtains the upper hand in his fight against Natsu. When Natsu can see no way to destroy Sugarboy's slime, he tells Happy to pick him up and drop him into it, hoping he will be able to destroy it somehow from inside. Happy does as he asks, and the slime blows up over Natsu, absorbing him. Back with Gildarts and Byro, Jason tells Gildarts about the Legion Corps, but Gildarts simply tells Jason to run away, as he believes his fight is about to get seriously dangerous.

Meanwhile Natsu succeeds on destroying Sugarboy's slime hand by overloading it with Magic power, but in the process, he and Sugarboy are stuck together by their hands, as the slime hardens and sticks like glue. Sugarboy angrily punches and kicks Natsu repeatedly to try and break free, until Gray appears and breaks the slime with his Magic. Back with Gildarts and Byro, Erza comes in from the sky and attacks with her Giant's Armor, joining Gildarts in his attempt to take Byro and his octopus down.

Meanwhile, Mary Hughes obtains the clock hand and uses a signal to tell the others that she got it.

Heartfillia Konzern Chaos
At Fairy Tail, Gildarts talks to the Fairy Tail members about who the people who attacked them, saying that were the Legion Corps. With Lucy feeling low due to her losing the memento, the others plan to help her get it back no matter what. Makarov recalls the events that took place: the Zentopia raid, the mystery clock hand and now a crusade. Gray asks about the people who went in pursuit of the thieves, but Erza says that Warren lost track of them. Erza then mentions that the crusade must be something big, in which the mystery clock hand is necessary, and everyone wonders what it could possibly be needed for.

Somewhere far away an old man sees the mystery clock hand and says "Time is etched and then chaos descends". Carla has a premonition of this and feels a weird vibe, however she ignores it. Lucy and Cana discuss the crusade, with Natsu being completely out of the loop. The rest of Fairy Tail starts debating rules and on how the Church "robbing" them isn't an act of holiness. The Fairy Tail members eventually decide to do an investigation into the matter.

Lahar and a team of Rune Knights are by church, monitoring it in case it is attacked, but dismiss the idea as they have the church surrounded. However, a teddy bear appears inside the church and blows it up, shocking the group. The teddy bear appears before Lahar and introduces himself as Jackpot, taunting the Rune Knights and then attacking them. After knocking out almost all of the Knights, Jackpot disappears, with Lahar commenting that he is truly a tricky and unpredictable foe. Concurrently, in an unknown location, the old man talks to his people about his dream again and how he doesn't want to sleep. He tells them that the anniversary event is coming near, and requests that they summon the cardinals just in case, as he says that making hard choices is a duty of the Archbishop of Zentopia.

Team Natsu, as well as Carla and Wendy, later arrive at the Heartfilia Konzern mansion, planning on searching it for some clues on the memento and the events surrounding it. Team Natsu starts investigating the mansion; Lucy and Michelle make their way up to the attic, whilst the others search the bottom story rooms. In the attic, Lucy finds a picture of her mother and father and talks about it, promising that she'll buy back the mansion and to restore it, with Michelle saying it's a lovely idea. Michelle and Lucy later go to Lucy's fathers study, and look around the until Michelle finds a strange book titled "To My Daughter".

The book appears to be completely blank, however Crux is with them, and tells them that the book has no Magic or invisible ink which could potentially be hiding some text. He does however tell them that maybe the title itself will solve the riddle. Natsu and Happy later walk into the study to find Michelle, Lucy, Erza, Gray, Wendy and Carla trying to decipher the anagram, however Natsu disrupts them with a sneeze, causing Erza to attack him. Carla however sees the word "myth" within the letters, and they later find the words "duo" and "great". Lucy figures out that it's connected to a book called "The Two Great Myths", which leads her to a book called "Life of the Clockwork". Lucy says that she has that book and continues to say that the other myth is another book called "The Key to the Starry Heavens". Whilst watching Lucy with the book, Carla hallucinates and sees the book cover saying "No".

Lucy says that the there might be a message in the books, and as she starts to look, the door handle to the study starts to expand and breaks the door. An Exceed appears, wanting the book and saying that he's the head of the Legion Corps, by the name of Samuel. Erza, Gray and Natsu try to attack Samuel, but he is protected by a guy in iron-clad armor, with the mansion taking damage from their attacks. The guy in the iron-clad armor introduces himself as Dan Straight, and claims that he has a Magic shield which can reflect any attack. When the others continue to try and attack and fail, Lucy tries to make a run with the book, but Dan spots her, seemingly falls instantly in love with her, and stops her. Dan starts ranting about how beautiful Lucy is, with Team Natsu awestruck at what's happening. Dan continues to fawn over Lucy's figure until Erza interrupts, telling Michelle and Lucy to run. Natsu and Gray attack Dan as Lucy and Michelle flee, again destroying parts of the mansion.

Erza attacks Dan, however his Magic ability to shrink and enlarge things helps him to quickly overcome her. Lucy makes her way out to the hall, however Samuel blocks her path, stating that he has predicted all of their moves. Natsu tries to attack Samuel, however the cat dodges his attacks until Dan appears and strikes Natsu out the window. Gray and Wendy then attack but nearly get crushed by the roof collapsing above them, and Samuel states that it has all gone according to plan. Happy, Lucy and Michelle find Natsu outside, but as Natsu was hit by Dan's spear, he has shrunk to the size of a doll. When Dan and Samuel follow, Lucy throws the book to Happy and tells him to run with it, however Samuel finds the real book under Michelle's dress. After using some Gale-Force Reading Glasses, Samuel tells Lucy that he's read the books contents and doesn't need it anymore. Erza, Wendy and Gray then try to attack, but their attacks are deflected by Dan and nearly attack Lucy. Samuel and Dan then leave, with Dan stating that he and Lucy will meet again and go on a date. Standing in the rubble of her old house, Lucy wonders what her father is trying to tell her.

The Misadventures of Fairy Tail
In Fairy Tail, everyone is commenting on Natsu's size. Mirajane says that he looks so cute in that size. As he was sitting on Happy for a while, Happy complains that he is getting heavy. Natsu angrily retorts that he is not riding him for fun, but Gray picks him up and asks Max to open his Souvenir Shop again because the Mini-Natsu would be a bestseller. Everyone starts laughing until Lucy tells them to be quiet.

Lucy explains that the Key of the Starry Heavens is about a girl who is told she can become happy if she can gather six special keys, so she goes off to collect them. But in the end, the people around her became unhappy. It goes on to say that the first key goes on a journey and Gray explains how the key went on its journey. Lucy then explains that the girl goes on a journey to find five other keys and finds them in various places. In the end, she finds the last key in a church. Erza thinks it is Kardia Cathedral but Lucy denies it and explains that the locations in the book are modeled after real locations. Lucy deducts that the clock parts are hidden in these locations and vows to find them. Everyone then splits up into groups and start searching them.

Pantherlily is then shown leading Jet, Droy and Levy somewhere. Levy says that this is not the direction in which they are supposed to be heading, but he doesn't seem to care. Droy suddenly faints and Jets asks Pantherlily to head to their destination or Droy will die at this rate. Pantherlily says that he does not care and says that they are looking for one more powerful person.

Elsewhere, Gray and Juvia are traveling in a forest. Gray wonders why he is paired up with her while she dreams of a married life with Gray. Lyon then interrupts her fantasy and joins them with their quest. Gray keeps asking why he is there with Lyon replying that he is worried about the two of them. The scene then switches to Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Michelle, and Romeo on board a ship, with Natsu complaining about the transportation. Michelle asks if he is alright and Romeo asks him to get a hold over himself. Happy then expresses his doubts over the group traveling without anybody strong, with Natsu in his tiny state. He goes on to say that he is the only one strong enough to protect the group. Romeo counterattacks by saying that he also can use magic. Lucy gets up and ponders over what chaos can mean. Four old men show up and ask them if they are the members of Fairy Tail. Meanwhile, Pantherlily, Jet, Droy and Levy arrive at a waterfall. Droy is thankful for the water and starts drinking it. Pantherlily starts finding the person and Levy points at somebody in the waterfall. Then, it shows Gajeel meditating under the waterfall. Levy asks Gajeel what is he doing and he tells her to be quiet because he is training. Just then, a lightning strikes Gajeel, which he miraculously survives. Gajeel tells them how he is training and yells at them to go away. Pantherlily then joins his training and Levy states that they are getting sidetracked from their mission.

Erza, Wendy, Carla and Cana are traveling on a serene grassland, with Erza dragging her usual pile of luggage. Wendy comments on how the day feels like The Key of the Starry Heavens and how she feels like the girl. They then stop and see Erza all set up with a picnic. She asks them if they would like to join but Wendy says that they are getting off track. Erza does not listen to her and exclaims how this is her first picnic. Suddenly, a group of bandits arrive and claim that this land is their territory and they should have asked their permission if they wanted to have a picnic. Erza gets angry by this and stands up. The bandits then recognize them and talk about them looking for treasure. After that, they start eating Erza's food. She loses her temper and requips into her Lightning Empress Armor and starts punishing them for ruining her picnic.

Back to Gray, Juvia and Lyon, Juvia thinks about the love triangle while Gray shows irritation at Lyon for tagging along. Gray asks him why he is there and Lyon responds by saying that he can never find the clock part by himself. Gray gets angry with this and tries to challenge him, but Lyon calmly dismisses him and says that finding the clock part is more important. Gray changes the topic and asks him where he got the information from and Lyon replies that everybody knows it. Later, it shows a scene of Elfman, Mirajane and Lisanna having a picnic, with Lisanna disagreeing about the idea of having a picnic on top of a cliff.

Meanwhile on the ship, the Archaeological Society introduce themselves and ask them if they are looking for the clock parts. Lucy asks from where did they hear that and Michelle thinks that there is a spy in the guild because she is sure that Zentopia Church would not allow this kind of information to leak out. They start panicking until Romeo asks them to go on. They try to dissuade them from their journey and Lucy asks why. They don’t answer and go on to explain how the book talks about places important in an arcaeological point of view. Lucy claims that she had already figured that out when she was little.

Erza, meanwhile, is fighting the bandits who ruined her picnic. Cana asks if she is going too far. With a big finish, Erza sends the bandits flying. Elsewhere, Gray, Juvia and Lyon reach the ruins they were supposed to go to. Gray asks how do they start searching to which Lyon and Juvia have no answer to. Back at the ship, The archaeological Society are still trying to dissuade Lucy but then she explains why finding the clock parts is so neccessary to her. They are touched by this when suddenly a gust of wind blows Natsu off the ship. The Archaeological Society then jump off the ship on efforts to save Natsu, in the process, also returning him to his original size. They explain that since Lucy's speech inspired them so much, they decided to help Natsu turn into his original form. Lucy thanks them and waves them goodbye. The Archaeological Society then talks about them reaching their destination. The head, who turns out to be an aquaintance of Jude Heartfillia, worries about what will happen when they get there, which ends up being a desert in the middle of nowhere.

Slime and Ice : Gray VS Sugarboy
Despite them believing the location of the clock part they are searching for is lost amongst the dunes of sand in a desert, Romeo of Lucy's search party soon notices something gleaming amongst the dunes, which leads the group to a strange looking device standing stark in the wasteland. Believing it is some kind of entrance to the place they are searching for, the trio ponder over how to activate the device, before soon seeing a small keyhole at its center. Possessing no key, Lucy summons Cancer, who proceeds to pick the lock with his scissors. The device activates and opens, sucking the group down beneath the sand.

Meanwhile, the other search party of Gray, Juvia and Lyon locate the entrance to the rocky temple they have been directed to. However, before they have a chance to enter, a golem comes to life above the door, attempting to block their entrance. Gray and Lyon proceed to try and take it out, but the golem is unaffected by Magic. Luckily, Juvia soon finds and attacks the golem's weak point, it's eye, which allows the group entrance. Whilst Lyon excitedly praises a flustered Juvia, Gray tells the two to stop mucking around and focus, with the trio entering the temple to find the mark of Zentopia on the wall.

Also unsettling them is the mass of floating blocks that appear all around them, with strange orange arrows marking their sides. Deciding not to touch anything, the group split up to explore, but Lyon's curiosity gets the better of him and he tries to use his Magic on one of the blocks. He soon finds out that when touched with Magic, the blocks move in the direction of the arrows on their surface. When Lyon and Juvia get off track talking about their own love fantasies, Gray asks them to focus on what the blocks could be used for. Juvia soon points out that the crest of Zentopia Church above them doesn't look quite right, and notes that there are square holes on every side of it. Moving four of the blocks into the said gaps, the Zentopia sign rotates and becomes correct, emitting a bright glow that teleports the three away.

Back in the desert, Lucy and her team awaken at the bottom of a large hole in the ground, only to be blocked by a door too. After trying many spoken commands and cliché open terms to get the door to budge, the five are allowed entrance when Romeo simply asks the door to open politely. Upon entering, the group find a large room with a statue in the middle. When Lucy excitedly rotates the statue to "try and find a hidden door like they do in adventure stories", the walls open to reveal massive columns and statues that slowly move towards them to try and squash them. Narrowly avoiding death my climbing into the mouths of the statues and flopping out their nostrils, Lucy once again rotates the statue, only the other way this time. However, this merely causes the trap to activate again. Fortunately, Virgo summons herself, and on Lucy's command, digs a hole in the ground, causing the group to fall yet again.

Concurrently, Gray's group awakens having been teleported to a strange place with other, larger floating blocks, and decide to use their Magic again to make the blocks form a bridge, which they follow to explore the labyrinth. Their search is cut short however when Earth Land Sugarboy appears, quickly trapping the unprepared Juvia and Lyon in his slime. Gray, having seen the Magic before, narrowly avoids the attack, and tells Lyon and Juvia to hang tight whilst he pursues Sugarboy, warning them that the slime will drain them of their Magic power and energy. Having figured out the the blocks travel in a circle, Gray runs in the opposite direction to Sugarboy, and soon the two meet on the track again, trying to use the last remaining blocks to hit each other. However, the blocks fall into place, completing the circuit, which glows and allows the clock part they are searching for to appear. The two both vow to get it, and Gray strips off his shirt, with Sugarboy noticing that his heart is all aflutter much to Gray's confusion.

When Lucy's group lands, they find themselves in a long room lined with what appear to be tombs. When Natsu attacks one for having a similar appearance to Gray, he activates another trap that sends a large bolder rolling towards them. When the five run down the corridor, they encounter a narrow bridge, and after running along it, realise another bolder is rolling from the other direction too, so that they will be squashed in the middle when the two collide. Before this can happen though, the group jump off the bridge and down into the chasm below; Natsu and Romeo using their Magic to grab some rocky formations to stop their fall, and Lucy grabbing Michelle and doing the same, only using her whip. With no other way to go, the group decides to head down.

Gray and Sugarboy both make a break for the clock piece and grab it at the same time. The device begins to teleport them back, and Juvia and Lyon only just make it through too when Lyon freezes the slime and frees them. Arriving back at the original entrance to the temple, Sugarboy realises that he and Gray are both holding the clock piece, and that their hands are touching. After fantasizing about Gray falling for him, Sugarboy uses his Magic and grabs the piece from Gray, but is shortly after encountered by Lyon and Juvia, who along with Gray knock him out and take the piece back. Before they leave however, Sugarboy also states that Gray is taking his heart, something which causes the Ice Mage to cringe.

Whilst Lucy and her group explore the underground cavern, Lucy declares that she has an uneasy feeling. The group is soon encountered by Earth Land Coco and Dan Straight, proving her feeling correct.

Clash At The Graveyard
Inside the underground crypt, Natsu and the others are found by Dan and Coco. Dan spots Lucy behind Michelle and states it is destiny that they meet again. Natsu then attacks Dan, but the armored man deflects it with his shield, which then sets Lucy on fire. After the group use the distraction caused by Dan accidentally destroying some ruins to run away, Dan comes out from nowhere and talks to Lucy about their "love", but Coco interrupts him by saying they still have a mission to do. Afterwards Natsu again attacks Dan, but he reflects the attack again, and Lucy is set on fire once more. Dan tries to use Habaraki to shrink down Natsu, but misses and hits Lucy instead. Lucy tells Dan to turn her back to normal, but he decides to keep her, planning to put her on his desk as a decoration.

Coco tells Dan to fight Natsu later and that they still need to find the clock piece. Lucy is getting dizzy and she summons Sagittarius, but he is also affected by Habaraki's shrinking abilities. Sagittarius fires an arrow at Dan but it has no effect and he uses it as a toothpick. Dan is about to attack Sagittarius and Happy tells him to watch out but then steps on the Spirit himself. Michelle then has a plan: she ask Dan if she would like to marry Lucy in the crypt; it's a holy place and it would be perfect, and Dan agrees. Dan lets Michelle do the bridal plan, and she then says the honeymoon will be on an around-the-world cruise and that they will become constellations called the "Married Lovebirds" that decorate the sky. Dan says that would be wonderful, before he smells something horrible, which is Romeo's yellow fire; Romeo snuck up and set the flames off under Dan's armor. The smoke of the fire spreads out of the armor and Lucy is flung from Dan. Romeo tries to use his purple fire to catch Lucy, but she is then caught by Happy. Lucy and Happy are then attacked by Dan's Habaraki, but the Mage misses his targets and hits both Lucy and Happy. Lucy is returned to her normal size, but everyone is shocked to see that Happy has grown huge. Happy then steps on Natsu again.

Meanwhile, Gajeel and his group are climbing a cliff to reach the top of a mountain, and Levy starts to question whether they are on the right path or not. Concurrently, Erza states that her group are lost, and Cana states that they have been in going circles. Carla begins to think someone is playing a prank or trying to trap them.

Back with Lucy's group; Natsu tells Happy to stop flying as he is destroying the ruins, to which Happy responds by telling Natsu that if he doesn't fly he might step on him again. Dan turns Happy back to his normal size, and Coco tells Lucy to give her the book so that they can find the location of the clock piece faster. Romeo uses his Magic to stop Coco, and he and the others run to escape from her. Natsu however remains, stating that he will take on Dan and finish him once and for all. Coco then chases Lucy again; Romeo again tries to stop her. Michelle ask Lucy where the part is, but as Lucy is searching for it she bumps into a statue which activates a trap. A giant hole opens in the floor and the group falls in; Coco then falls into the trap too. Lucy tries to save her from falling, but both end up slipping down into the hole. Lucy tells Michelle to go ahead and search for the clock piece, whilst she searches below.

Lucy tells Coco she knows another person who looks like her and tells her that she is kind and honest, but Coco sharply replies that she is not the same person. However, Lucy then steps on a trap and Coco saves her. Lucy then comments that Coco's counterpart and she were at first enemies, but then became friends, and the two get up to realise that they are at a dead end. Coco then touches a statue's face and it activates another trap; Coco is then covered in rocks and is knocked unconscious. Romeo and the others find Lucy and Coco, and Coco later wakes up finding her wound to be fixed. Lucy and the others continue searching for the piece.

Meanwhile, back with Gajeel's group, the search for the clock piece is failing as no-one can find it. Pantherlily jokes to Levy, Jet and Droy that they're on the wrong mountain and points to a much taller one, causing the three to collapse after thinking he was being serious. Gajeel states that the clock piece must be buried in the mountain, so he digs to find it.

Meanwhile, Erza's group has reached their destination: a magical library. Erza opens the door and sees a huge room filled with many books. Upon removing a book from a bookshelf, some other books fall out, revealing a Jiggle Butt Gang members wiggling backside. Concurrently, Natsu and Dan declare that they will both go full out at each other, as they don't have time to screw around when the clock piece still needs to be found.

True Evil Returns & The Seven-Year Difference
While Natsu is battling with Dan, the others; Lucy, Michelle, Romeo and Happy are in a chapel trying to find the clock part. Meanwhile, at the Magic Library, Erza and her team have an encounter with the notorious Jiggle Butt Gang. The gang is delighted to see their 'goddess', Wendy, who is horrified at their arrival. Erza berates them for putting Wendy in their signature outfit, although the three thieves rebuke that Wendy was happy to wear it. Carla, in an unexplained fury, rends the jumpsuit to shreds. Cana expresses the dreadful nightmares Carla has had about Wendy wearing the suit. The three thieves suddenly erupt into a hullabaloo of random comments, and brash displays of their 'evil'. Annoyed, Erza demands why they've come to the library, to which the leader of the trio express that everyone in the criminal underworld knows that Fairy Tail is searching for an incredible treasure. Wendy, irritated with the situation, throws on the jiggle butt attire (much to Carla's horror) and attempts to bring out the gang's 'true selves' and asks them to join Fairy Tail. The leader of the trio agrees to hear Wendy out, but insists that Erza dress in to the Jiggle Butt Gang attire in exchange. Contrary to Cana and Carla's protest, Erza stoically agrees. Finally wearing the apparel, she fixates a white flower into her hair that she picked up from the psydo-picnic they attempted to have earlier. She then attempts to have a philosophical discussion about true evil with the gang, questioning why they pride themselves with such an outfit.

Aware of Erza's intentional (or unintentional) distraction, Wendy tells Cana to take this opportunity to search for the clock piece while Erza to keeps the gang occupied. Cana then hands Wendy a communication card and explains its activation after finding something. While searching diligently, Cana reasons about the Legion's possible intentions and their ultimate, main goal with Carla. They eventually reach a few bookshelves containing information regarding the Lost Magics and begin searching.

Meanwhile, Natsu and Dan are still in brawl at the underground graveyard. Natsu modifies his strategy and indirectly attacks via a pillar, blinding Dan with a cloud of dust and debris. Managing to score a direct Fire Dragon's Iron Fist on Dan, Natsu finds that it brings little to no damage at all. Dan bellows a laugh and comments that Natsu's attacking power isn't as impressive as it looks and insists that because Natsu's time was frozen for seven years, and Dan has been training those seven years, there's no way he can lose. Natsu disregards Dan's comment and retaliates with Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame.

Dan's shield deflects it and sends Natsu flying down a long flight of stairs while Coco looks at him from a neighbouring staircase. Natsu finally crash-lands in the same chapel that Lucy and the others are searching for the clock piece. Dan arrives shortly after and upon seeing Lucy, calls her by a new nickname. Enraged, Natsu attacks Dan but is instead, once again minimized by his spear. As Dan approaches Lucy, Romeo steps in for her, taking a protective stance and attacks Dan with two purple fireballs, which proves to be useless as the attack is reflected.

Back at the library, the Jiggle Butt Gang weeps after the leader of the trio explains the origin of their suits. Erza says that she cannot cry over a story so callow and belittles their futile attempts of 'evil'. Erza impels that to be a leader, you must be a paragon and demands the boss of the trio to do a simple 100 push-up demonstration to show his lackeys at least a 'fraction' of his power. The boss relents after seeing the hopeful gaze of his lackeys and begins to do push-ups at a rapid, un-paced speed.

Back at the chapel, Romeo suddenly realizes, that continuing their fight with Dan, may devastatingly destroy the chapel and the hidden clock piece. Michelle theorizes that Dan might not know where the clock piece is hidden within this particular chapel, considering that Natsu and him just happened upon there by accident. She concludes that decoy must occupy and distract him. Michelle, Romeo, and Happy, all turn to Lucy and grin. Lucy, aware of the situation is dismayed and against the plan. They rationalize that Lucy is the only one that could catch Dan's attention and hold it long enough for them to return Natsu back to human size and quickly finish him. Lucy grudgingly and unwillingly agrees be the decoy. Romeo gradually gets cornered and as Dan springs forward with his spear to jab at his opponent, until Lucy calls to him with yearn. Frozen neck down, he slowly turns his head to see Lucy in a white bikini, a bride veil, and white heels. Dan, oblivious to anything else around him, falls for the trap and skips after Lucy, nose bleeding and all.

Happy then flies and drops Natsu on Dan's spear, causing him to be returned to his normal form. Natsu combines his flames with Romeo's and they successfully knock out Dan in a single combined fireball. The wall glows from the impact and the hidden clock part is revealed. Happy, asserting the importance of this moment, starts crying as it is the first time Lucy's sexual charm worked. Albeit, Coco is hidden behind a wall, observing the group.

Meanwhile in the library, the boss of the Jiggle Butt Gang is struggling with his 38th push-up. Erza continues to disdain the trio's leader. The leader then shows Erza his gluteus maximus and proudly exclaims it is the gang's pride and joy. He assembles his lackeys and they galvanize to use Gas Butt Triple Ecstasy to which they blast Wendy, who pushes Erza out of the way just in time. The pungent smell spreads throughout the library and reaches Cana and Carla. As Cana stumbles backwards into a shelf, it falls inwards and a secret passage is revealed. At the end of the passage, Cana and Carla find the clock part. Wendy, noticing the communication card that Cana gave her has activated, informs Erza that Cana has found the clock piece. When the gang hears this, the boss attaches his posterior to Erza's face (specifically her nose) and fires a Point Blank Ecstasy before running off to find the clock piece. The Jiggle Butt Gang ignite another Gas Butt Triple Ecstasy again when they find Cana and Carla and run off with the clock part. However, they encounter a vehement Erza on their way out. Erza cries they deserve divine punishment for befouling her memento of the picnic and sends the gang flying. Cana wonders how they'll be able to carry out the clock part. When Erza sees it, she comments that it's nothing and they can just carry it along with her baggage.

Off on a distant mountain, Gajeel is digging into its peak but stops abruptly after awhile and says that someone is watching them. Further investigation reveals it to be Samuel, who is hovering above and says that he is here for the same thing they are.

'Exceed'ing Calculation
Samuel introduces himself to Gajeel and the others and refers to himself as the brain of Legion. Meanwhile, Natsu and his group are commenting in how big the clock part is, while Coco watches them. Dan suddenly wakes up behind them, Natsu asks if he wants to fight again but Dan rejects, admitting his defeat. All of them want an explanation on why the Legion Corps are after the clock parts. Dan starts the story of his past by showing them pictures of his past.

He says that he was born in the town of Cedar, where the knights protected the Church and the Town. In his family, people were knights generation after generation. So as the next successor of his family, he was raised with care and affection. But soon a Civil War started, which split the towns in half. Romeo and Michelle interrupt him by thinking that his family died in the fight which Dan reveals it as the war lasted for half a day and everyone was okay. Lucy thinks that it was more of a fight than a war.

Dan continues to explain about his life. There was a girl Dan fell in love with in the town, but after the the war she was nowhere to be found. Lucy, Michelle and Romeo again conclude that she dies but Dan mentions that she looked just like Lucy. Happy thinks that it is the reason why Dan fell in love with Lucy. Natsu asks what happened to her to which Dan replies that the next day he found her and she was alive. He used to ask for her hand for marriage almost everyday, but she seemed frightened by how happy Dan made her that she refused. Dan cried for 3 days and nights and after that he planned on going to a journey. During his journey he met many girls, Happy notes that the are all different types and Michelle says that he was only looking for the image of his first love which Dan replies no. He says that all of them declined him for a reason he himself does not know. Michelle asks who drew the pictures and Dan replies that Mary Hughes and Sugarboy drew it based on his dairy and photos. Happy says that the pictures may represent what actually happened, Dan ends his story by saying that somewhere along the way, he became an Legionnaire and now he is helping Byro to find the missing clock pieces.

Lucy asks to know about Legion and its aim, Dan says he can't reveal that or Byro will punish him. Natsu gets frustrated and asks why did he explain about his past when they wanted to know about Legion's plans. After explaining everything, he starts chasing Lucy again. Natsu suggests that they should wait, even though Lucy yells at them to do something. Michelle asks where is the other Legionnaire and by hearing that Lucy stops and thinks if she got hurt again or not. Romeo says not to worry about her and that she is the enemy. Coco sees how Lucy is worried.

Meanwhile, Samuel is called Sammy by Gajeel which Samuel gets angry at. Pantherlily then says that he will take care of Samuel while Gajeel, Levy, Jet and Droy look for the clock piece. Gajeel agrees and warns him not to lose. Samuel then calls Pantherlily older brother, much to his dismay. Samuel states that he knows that Pantherlily went through a lot of trouble because he sided with the humans. Lily says that it is controlled by faith and doesn't think it was a mistake. Samuel sighs at this and tells him to take things the smart way, like him. Lily then transforms into his original form, which prompts Samuel to do the same. They start fighting while Gajeel is digging, trying to find the ruins and falls into a hole, along with Levy, Jet and Droy. When they get up, they see that the ruins is filled with tall, blue, rock statues in a circle. Back to Pantherlily and Samuel, Samuel is dodging all of Pantherlily's attacks. Pantherlily says to fight fair and square but Samuel replies that is what slow-witted beings do and attacks him. Going on to say that the Legionnaires have been through vigorous training to any situation, he pushes Panthelily off a cliff and praises himself. Pantherlily then ambushes him and says that Gajeel and the others must have found the part already, which Samuel reveals that there are traps in the ruins.

In the ruins, Jet climbs atop one of the statue and looks at the place with a bird's eye view. Gajeel and Levy find ancient writing on a statue and Levy translates it as "I am hungry". Jet comments that the place looks like a giant clock face. Droy deduces that "I am hungry" and the clock face might mean snack time, and Levy praises him. Gajeel then moves the three hands into forming snack time. After Gajeel moves the three hands, the ground starts to rumble and the clock part appears. Gajeel licks the clock part and confirms that it is made of iron, which disgusts Jet and Droy. Levy then finds some writing on the pillar and starts to translate it but Gajeel yells at her that they don't need to do that and grabs the part. The rock on which they were standing on starts to rise to reveal a huge moving statue. Levy then deciphers the writing as "Warning! The stone guardian won't abide by anyone trying to steal this", much to her dismay. She starts bickering with Gajeel about his stupidity until the statue attacks them. Back at their fight, Samuel and Pantherlily sense the quake and Samuel thinks that they have triggered something and says that it is all according to his calculations and worked so that Pantherlily could be separated from the rest. Levy deduces that the weak point is on top of its head and Droy exclaims that it is time for some teamwork. Levy uses Solid Script: Oil and Droy uses his magic to stop the statue from moving. Jet then runs up the vines to reach the clock part. It goes well until the statue tears some of the plants and makes Jet fall. Droy uses his magic to stop his fall but to no avail. Jet tries again but he slips because some of the oil got stuck to his shoe. Droy gives it a try but he gets tired quickly and fall onn top of Jet. Gajeel also gives it try. Outside, Pantherlily gets free from Samuel's grasp and demands if he is an Exceed that was sent to Earthland too, when he agrees. Gajeel is almost going to reach it until he gets thrown off from the statue. He then thinks that he can't do anything with an empty stomach and sees the clock part and thinks of eating it, which Levy angrily refuses. Gajeel then throws the part to Levy and Goes up to the statue and defeats him. Samuel gets shocked by this and frets about how his calculations could have gone wrong. Pantherlily then takes the opportunity and defeats Samuel. Pantherlily then offers him to battle again but Samuel goes on about how next time, he will be able to defeat them, which annoys Pantherlily and sends him flying.

Elsewhere, Lisanna is looking for the clock part underwater and finds a huge plug. She opens it and all the lakes water transfers to the next lake. Elfman notices the water level and asks Mira what is happening, Mira then concludes that it must be Lisanna’s work. While going to Lisanna, they find the missing clock part. After a short conversation (which includes Lisanna breaking the fourth wall by saying she wanted to "appeal to the people"), Elfman goes over and pulls out the clock piece. Without any control over himself, he throws it; Lisanna asks why he threw it. Mary Hughes goes over and takes the clock piece, they see her and guess that she was following them. Elfman fights to get the clock part back, Hughes controls it so that it can hit Mira and Lisanna, but they dodge it.

Natsu is surprised by how long Lucy and Dan can take, which annoys him, and Romeo says he is hungry. Lucy continues to whine about Dan and Dan starts talking about soulmates. Lucy states that before, he said any girl would do. Happy asks that if any girl would do, why not Michelle. Dan turns to look at Micelle, and says that he likes girls who are spunkier, to which, Happy agrees. Virgo suddenly pops out asks Lucy what she should do; Coco overhears Virgo calling Lucy a Princess. Coco starts to admire Lucy, thinking that it is the reason of her beauty. Dan notices Virgo and asks if she is the maid, and asks to bring food or something. Virgo says that she doesn’t have any food buy she could dance, so Virgo starts to dance. Dan says that it reminds him of his home town’s dance and dances along. Lucy thinks both of them are weird. Virgo goes to Lucy and says that she has done her job and disappears while Dan continues dancing. Suddenly, Byro comes, disappointed at Coco and Dan for not doing their job. Dan admits that he lost sight of the job and goes off to his “soulmate” but then a boulder hits him. Lucy and Michelle then see that the staff he is yielding is Jude’s memento. Natsu demands Byro to give it back because it is Lucy’s or he will have to fight him, with Byro agreeing that they should fight.

The Malicious Manipulator: Demon Halphas vs. Satan Soul
At the Fairy Tail guild, Alzack, Bisca and Asuka sit and read the Key of the Starry Heavens book, with Asuka seeming uncertain over the ending. In the guild hall, Macao expresses his worry over Romeo, with Kinana and Wakaba listening.

Romeo himself is in some trouble though, with Byro Cracy having arrived on Kanaloa in the underground ruins. As Natsu laughs at the older man and the octopus, he suddenly realises that should he beat Byro, he will in turn be surpassing Gildarts, who failed to best the man. With this in mind, the two engage in battle, but Kanaloa's squishy body and deadly ink prove to be more formidable than first thought. As Kanaloa fires, Lucy and Natsu save Coco and Dan from the attacks, yelling at Byro for almost harming his own allies, but Byro dismisses this by stating that any member of the Legion Corps is prepared to throw their life away for their goals. As he talks of all the lives being lost, the clock piece in the wall behind him starts to glow with strange golden symbols.

The clock piece being held by Mary Hughes also begins to glow, and Mary states that she needs to get it home soon. Upon hearing this, Elfman, Lisanna and Mirajane vow to not let her escape, and Mary Hughes decides to teach the group a lesson. She uses her Command Magic on Mirajane, forcing a Satan Soul clone of Mirajane to separate itself from the woman. Using the strength and speed of the clone, Mary Hughes begins to attack and surpass Elfman, as Lisanna watches and wonders what to do.

Concurrently, Gajeel, Levy, Jet, Droy and Pantherlily are returning after having collected their clock piece, annoyed that Samuel has been following them the whole time. After asking what the Exceed wants with them, Samuel asks Pantherlily for a private talk. Also returning home with their part are Erza, Wendy, Cana and Carla, who are all shocked to find themselves still wearing the dark skin-tight suits of the Jiggle Butt Gang. They disregard the fact though and sit down for another picnic, only to be encountered by the Jiggle Jugs Gang, a trio of large, chest-wobbling women who try to make them leave the area, claiming it to be theirs. When they overstep the line and try to eat Erza's picnic food, Erza summons forth Demon Blade Crimson Sakura and makes short work of the women, whilst Cana, Wendy and Carla shake their buttocks and watch on.

Meanwhile, Mary Hughes uses Mirajane's Satan Soul clone to quickly overpower both Elfman and Lisanna. Awakening to see her siblings in danger, Mirajane wonders what to do. When her clone fires a deadly Magic ray at the trio, Mirajane springs into action and uses Take-Over: Demon Halphas to block the attack. Despite the master having forbid her to use it, Mirajane moves to turn the fight around.

Also trying turn the fight around are Natsu and Lucy, with Lucy summoning Aquarius to counter Kanaloa's ink. However, when Natsu and Romeo move in for the attack, the pink octopus is still able to counter them. After yelling at Byro for taking the clock part that belongs to her, Lucy is told by Byro that he is not stealing the part, but safekeeping it. Byro goes on to explain that the parts of the clock go together to make the "Infinity Clock", and should this happen, the world will end. He states that the Zentopia Church's Archbishop has ordered the Legion Corps to collect all of the pieces to prevent this from happening, as they believe the pieces to be too dangerous in the hands of a mere Mage guild. However, the Fairy Tail Mages soon point out that should Byro's words be true, nobody should have the clock pieces, and they should be left where they are. This slightly shocks Byro, who just replies by saying that whatever the Archbishop has declared must be correct, therefore justifying his retrieving of the parts. However, Michelle disagrees saying that everbody makes mistakes and that is why wars like the one between Fairy Tail and Zentopia will occur.

Concurrently, Kinana collapses at the Fairy Tail guild, her arms glowing purple and her eyes wide with shock. She begins to say that she can hear everything and that "it is near", before fainting. Macao consoles the other guild members by saying that she has had fits of this sort before, and he and Wakaba then seek Makarov for assistance.

In her fight against Mary Hughes, Mirajane gets the upper hand with her advanced Take-Over. However, Mary Hughes declares the fight not over and uses her Magic in taboo to merge herself with the Satan Soul clone. Now one, Mary Hughes attacks again, but Mirajane is still able to overpower her. As she scolds Mary Hughes for her ways with the Zentopia Church, Mirajane strikes one final time and knock Mary Hughes out, with Elfman and Lisanna watching on in shock.

At the underground cavern, Lucy vows to get all of the clock parts anyway and she and Romeo use their Magic to hold down Kanaloa whilst Natsu finally takes out the annoying octopus. Having jumped off his friend, Byro declares their actions to be blasphemous, but also notes that he senses all of the clock parts coming together soon at their location. Knowing he needs to have secured the two parts in his location before that happens, he moves to engage the group seriously.

Whilst talking privately to Pantherlily, Samuel brings to light that Exceed perceive time differently to humans, and that due to this there was something in the Key of the Starry Heavens book that leapt out at him. As he moves to explain, Asuka is seen at the guild claiming to hate the book, The Zentopia Archbishop sets out candles in preparation for "the end", and Gildarts and Laki arrive at a serene location.