Chapter 232

The One Thing I Couldn't Say is the two hundred and thirty-second chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

Full Summary
Cana manages to reach Mavis Vermilion's grave, noticing the glowing light radiating from it and tries to touch it. But the magic hurts her upon contact. Runes comes up explaining that one of the three great magics rest within the grave, Fairy Glitter. Back with Natsu's group, Bluenote Stinger continues to demand the Fairies take him to the grave, telling them of the magic and his wanting to obtain it. Natsu insists he doesn't know what he talking about, to which Bluenote continues using his gravity magic on them. He then notices Marakov and decides to ask him. Natsu dares him to try while the rest of his team comment on how powerful Bluenote is. Lucy begging someone to help them.

Meanwhile Cana desperately asks that she won the S-Class Wizard Promotion Trial Test, commenting the last 12 years were for this moment. In a flashback, its revealed that after her mother died. Cana was to live with her father which lead her to Fairy Tail Guild. Said father turned out to be Gildarts Clive. However he didn't recognize her when they first met much to her dismay. She then joined Fairy Tail, hoping he would notice her but no sooner then he would come back he would leave for work again. Soon Cana became too scared to tell him the truth about her as he was a powerful mage popular with the guild. She then resolved to take the S-Class Trials. Citing if she passed, she would feel worthy enough to tell him. However her first attempt ended in failure. Mirajane and Erza joined the guild shortly after and over time became S-Class mages, causing her to feel she was falling behind and couldn't live up to her father. Cana then decided if she couldn't pass this time, she would leave the guild and town forever.

However she remembers Lucy's declaration to help her pass the test. One of her cards glows and she look at it, revealing its a special card she gave to Lucy in case something happened to her. Realizing she been a fool, Cana cries out she never meant to betray her friends. Throwing away her own goals, she cites she just wants to help her friends. Cana states that even if she can't be part of Fairy Tail, her heart willl always remain in the same place. She cries out that she love Fairy Tail. Begging Mavis to lend her the power to help her friends. Its then she allowed to touch the grave, a voice praising her for admitting her mistakes and bestowing Fairy Glitter on her. With this new power, Cana rushes off to save her friends.