Natsu Dragneel vs. Zero

is a battle fought between Mage of Fairy Tail, Natsu Dragneel, Mage, Jellal Fernandes and Guild Master of the Dark Guild, Oración Seis, Zero.

Prologue
Right before Nirvana's fire hits the Cait Shelter Guild, it redirects at the last second because it was thrown-off balance by the sudden destruction of one of its legs. The whole city of Nirvana tilts a bit and Zero is outraged. It is the Magical Bomber Airship of Blue Pegasus, Christina, that threw Nirvana off. It is revealed that the airship that was previously shot down is manned by the rest of the Light Team. Hibiki Laytis and Eve Thylm are inside the vehicle. Hibiki takes charge of communicating with those onboard Nirvana via Archive and Telepathy while Eve was the one who combined his Snow Magic with Christina's ammunition to fire at Nirvana. On top of Christina, Lyon Bastia uses his Ice-Make to create a makeshift wing for the one that was lost while Sherry Blendi uses her Doll Play Magic and Ren Akatsuki uses his Air Magic to help keep Christina airborne.

Hibiki tells them that they're all pretty much spent and they can't handle anything more than the blast to Nirvana's leg. Christina starts losing altitude when Sherry starts to lose power. Hibiki informs the listeners on Nirvana to not worry about them and that they should listen because he finally found the way to stop Nirvana. He relays to them the information, saying that there are lacrima crystals at the base of the body connecting to the six legs that draw power from the earth to Nirvana. If the lacrima are destroyed all at once, Nirvana can be halted. However, they cannot be destroyed one at a time because the other lacrima will just regenerate the one that's lost. Hibiki uploads the timing of destroying the lacrima in their heads. At this moment, Zero jacks Hibiki's telepathy, compliments the Light Team on getting that far and informs them that Nirvana cannot be stopped because he is standing in front of one of the lacrima at that very moment (implying that he thinks he cannot be defeated) and that he has already eliminated four of the Light Team. Zero drops the connection after this.

Charle, who is with Erza Scarlet, Jellal Fernandes and Wendy Marvell, realizes that they don't have the six Mages required to destroy all the lacrima. Wendy states that she can't use destructive Magic. That leaves only Erza and Jellal capable of destroying a lacrima. Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki, somewhere else on Nirvana, reminds them that he's there too, upping the Mage count to three. However, it is still not enough. On Christina, Lyon, although exhausted, speaks out to Gray Fullbuster, stating that he can't lose to scum. Sherry speaks up to Lucy and says that she can't stand Lucy because she acts so full of herself just because she's a little cute but she's actually so clumsy yet she always puts herself into everything that's why it would leave a terrible aftertaste if she dies. Wendy and Erza remember Natsu while Charle remembers Happy. Hibiki calls out to Natsu and asks if they can hear their voices. Light Team's inspiring words got through to the fallen Fairy Tail Mages and they get up once more, determined to rejoin the fight.

Hibiki informs them that he has uploaded the map to each of their heads and they should all take one of the six lacrima. Natsu picks the first, Gray the second, Lucy takes the third, Ichiya with the fourth and Erza with the fifth. Jellal almost speaks up that he'll take number six but Erza stops him from speaking. Natsu asks if there's someone else around but the connection breaks as Hibiki loses power. Erza tells Jellal that he can't let Natsu know of him yet because he still doesn't know the circumstances and would treat him an enemy. Although exhausted, they all proceed to move out to their stations and are reminded that they cannot expect backup if they happen to run into Zero. Ichiya, although still tied to a stick, hops away to his station, swearing that he cannot let those who count on him down. Meanwhile, Natsu arrives in his destination, which is also where Zero is located.