Chapter 243

Mistakes and Experience is the 243rd chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

Full Summary
Hades beckons Team Natsu to confront him when they're ready. Despite knowing Hades defeated Makarov they proceed. Natsu tells Happy, Charle and Pantherlily to sneak into the airship, find the power source and smash them to prevent the ship from taking off. The Exceed agree and head for the bilge of the ship while Gray creates stairs using ice make to the deck of the ship and the group proceed onto it. Everyone agrees to fight at full strength from the start. Natsu starts things off by firing a fireball at Hades but he easily disparate it. However it turns out to be cover for Gray and Erza to get close and ready their sword attacks while Lucy summons Taurus and all three strike him at once. Wendy hangs back enchanting their attack, defense and speed power. Ezra and Gray press the attack but Hades counters by summoning a chain and snagging Erza with it slamming her into Gray. Natsu takes the opportunity to attack and hits Hades with his Wing Attack. Hades recovers and catches him with the chain but Ezra cuts him free. Gray uses Ice-Make: Hammer and hits Natsu shooting him toward Hades. Lucy summons Scorpio who uses Sand Buster while Wendy does a Sky Dragon's Roar. The two attack surround Natsu in a Unison Raid boosting the Dragon Slayer at Hades until he hits him with '''Fire Dragon's Sword Horn ''' Hades goes flying into a wall and it seems like the group is victorious. Hades soon recovers barely affected, telling the group they made a true mistake in making him their opponent. He then asks if their done with their "warm up" much to the group's shock. Hades then uses Katsu which appears to target Wendy, who suddenly disappears. Leaving only her clothing behind to the group's horror.

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