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Erza barely managed to get to her feet. Wendy had managed to bring her back to full consciousness, the famous titania now had the strength to stand. With the assistance of Wendy, the two of them managed to make their way to the guild hall, Erza occasionally wincing as they moved over uneven parts of the road. Wendy had used most of her magic power against Irene, after all. It's not like she could fully heal of all Erza's wounds and also be conscious herself.
As they got closer to the hall it was weird- sounds of sobbing getting louder and louder the closer they got. Erza was worried, a small pit slowly growing in her stomach, What happened? Well- she got the answer when the sight of the hall fully came into her view.
Her eyes widened, the pit growing ever bigger as she took it in. Lucy stood there, tears falling down her face. Happy, leaning into Lucy's shin... And Natsu, who was on his knees infront of a chunk of ice, within that chunk of ice was the Black wizard Zeref stood, and for the first time he had an expression of fear on his face.
Natsu heard the 2 walk in, and he lot a short 2 words in a tone very unlike him. A bitter finality.
"He's gone."
Those words hit Erza more than they should've... She could see it. She had saw it. And the scene made her know exactly what happened. But hearing those words, in that tone... From Natsu. It shut down her ability to think for a while.
"He's finally gone and done it." Natsu shouted, slamming his fist on the ground, flames engulfing the Dragon Slayer's hand for a few seconds. "Must've thought it was-"
"-For the good of the guild." Erza finished his sentence for him, finally speaking up. Her eyes glued on the chunk of ice which used to be her lover. She crouched down next to Natsu, and buried her face into his shoulder, letting out her tears for the first time since they thought the master had died.
"I-... I don't..." Wendy stuttered, tears had started falling down her face.
Meanwhile, Natsu was just staring at the ice, tears falling down his face. Racking his mind.
"Yeah? And what's killin' yourself gonna fix?" Natsu said, staring at his boyfriend with an intensity that was unlike him.
'Apparently...' The dragon slayer thought to himself, staring at the body inside of the ice. '...Apparently absolutely nothing, Ice block.' He thought, forcing himself to smile.
And he only hoped that wherever Gray was now, looking down on them... Was smiling back at him.