"all you viewers out there! 'kay?" "your owner?" "Spirits who kill their masters cannot return to the Spirit World." "I will now start to disappear." "In front of her grave... that's..." "It'll be all right!" "I'll yell it out countless times." "I believe your every tomorrow will be shining." "The intersection of all people whose dreams have come true is one point:" "Never giving up." "And that's why we're not gonna lose! try to take a chance." "got it?" "more and more!" "Don't give up on your awesome dream!" "don't cry!" "my way!" "with the light shining down upon you." "Don't even think about something like giving up!" "Even if you trade being hurt again for strength. can surely see the light!" "It all started three years ago..." "I'm heading to the spa now." "You be good boys and run home now." "what about our date today?" "What's with her?" "She's got another harem?" "Ugh." "you're back?" "If I must..." "I open thee!" "Aries!" "Um..." "Did you call me?" "I'm sorry..." "Oh-boy!" "She's fluffy and cute!" "There she is!" "Aries!" "'kay?" "I..." "I'm sorry!" "Fine by me." "fluffy-wuffy... though... huh?" "I'm sorry!" "then it's settled!" "Aries!" "Let's go for a drive in my magic wheels!" "The Spirit King!" "when a spirit starts talking back to her master..." "What's the world coming to?" "deary..." "Don't go treating your spirits so badly." "aren't I?" "Little Aries seems like she's suffering." "Like when you used her as a shield to block the opposing wizard's attack..." "I'm sorry!" "Suffering?" "Spirits don't have feelings like that." "They're just tools." "Karen!" "too!" "and you'll  be the one suffering next!" "Don't bring your petty grievances to the master!" "No!" "I didn't say a thing!" "I'm sorry..." "Making Master Bob angry at me is no laughing matter!" "I-I didn't..." "I'm sorry... are you?" "What are you going to do?" "I will have you stay in the human world for seven days." "Madame Karen." "I'm sorry!" "I wouldn't underestimate me if I were you." "You'd do better to worry about yourself." "I wonder what'll happen to a Spirit that stays in the human world for seven days?" "I'm curious..." "P-Please stop..." "I'm sorry." "Running away?" "It's no use!" "I'll call you back as many times as it takes!" "You're wrong." "I forcibly switched places with her." "It's you..." "Karen." "the Lion." "That's how I was back then." "Aries and I were both bound by contract to Karen." "How dare you open the gate on your own!" "I'm a spirit designed for battle and quite tough." "I can overlook a bit of mistreatment." "I will not forgive you." "plan to do about it?" "I think I should just tell you straight out today..." "I want you to release Aries and me from our contracts." "What?" "I cannot bear watching your evil actions." "The other spirits fear their keys coming into your possession." "Shut up!" "Silence!" "You are a disgrace to Celestial Wizards." "Go back!" "close!" "Close!" "Close!" "Leo!" "Why can't I do a forced closure?" "I have no intention of going back." "you can't call any other spirits." "you aren't able to call more than one spirit at the same time after all." "yes?" "I wonder if this will go as you plan?" "either." "and you'll be forced to go back to the Spirit World." "No." "I used my own magical power to come here." "Your magical power is irrelevant." "I'll stay here no matter how many days it takes." "There are some ruins to the west of town." "come see me." "How dare he!" "Leo!" "Aren't you basically at your limit?" "The Lion is the leader of the 12 Zodiac Gates." "I can." "I won't leave the human world." "You've got to be kidding me!" "You expect me to give up two of the 12 Zodiac gate keys?" "I can earn a whole lot more money!" "Go away." "come back." "you..." "Come on..." "It's been a month already." "I can't do any work with you doing this!" "I promise..." "I won't mistreat Aries any more." "Promise?" "You're a liar." "you'd let us free." "Damn you!" "Go to hell and die!" "I can call Aries again!" "It's all 'cause you're here!" "damn you!" "I'm getting used to being in the Human World." "but I'm not suffering like before." "It's been three months..." "Maybe I should forgive Karen now." "I can always save her once more." "It can't be!" "She took on a job recklessly without my permission." "She must have been horribly impatient not being able to work for three months." "But Karen shouldn't have been able to call any spirits!" "And yet..." "A wizard using a large amount of magical power at once should be able to call forth two spirits at the same time." "Karen was betting on that." "But in the end her body wasn't able to take it." "All I wanted was for Karen to rethink her actions..." "To realize that spirits aren't tools... that we have hearts of our own..." "That's all I wanted..." "This..." "This isn't what I wanted!" "Karen!" "Karen!" "That is the sin I committed." "Human life cannot be returned once it is lost." "for eternity." "The only way to repent is for me to disappear myself." "hey!" "I guess it's about time..." "Time?" "Time for what?" "Time for me to disappear..." "What are you talking about?" "Karen..." "I've been unable to return to the Spirit World." "Y-Your hand..." "It's the law of the Spirit World." "The rules." "I can't do anything about it." "I was never able to forget about Karen since then." "but I could never forget." "I've simply been persisting until this time came." "Until the moment I disappear in front of Karen's grave." "the time has come." "for letting me meet a truly wonderful Celestial Wizard in the end..." "Wait!" "I'll save you!" "Don't give up!" "Give my regards to everyone at Fairy Tail..." "No!" "Lucy..." "I won't accept this!" "your life-force will recover really quickly!" "I'll make it so you can return!" "You can't do that..." "The law is the law..." "But..." "This is wrong!" "You didn't actually kill Karen!" "It was just an unfortunate accident!" "Lucy..." "I open thee!" "Return Loke to the Spirit World!" "Open!" "Please!" "Open!" "Lucy..." "That's enough." "Please stop..." "I won't stop!" "I can't stand by when a friend of mine is disappearing before my eyes!" "I open thee!" "Lucy!" "Don't use so much magical power all at once!" "no matter what!" "I can force open the gate to the Spirit World..." "Watch me!" "Stop it!" "I open thee!" "Open!" "It won't open!" "Spirits who let their contracted owner die can't go back to the Spirit World!" "stop!" "You're starting to erode along with me!" "At this rate you'll disappear when I do!" "You won't die!" "I won't let you die..." "What's the point of magic to begin with if I can't use it protect my friends?" "Stop it!" "Don't make my crime any worse than it already is!" "What crime?" "!" "then I'll change it!" "What's that?" "It can't be..." "That's the Spirit King?" "Why are you here?" "The King?" "You mean the ruler of the Spirits?" "Old friend." "It is forbidden for we who have compacted with humans to kill the one who possesses the key." "It matters not if it was direct or indirect." "you are no longer allowed to return to the Spirit World." "that's going too far!" "Lucy!" "Old friend..." "Human girl..." "That law shall not be changed." "did he show himself because Lucy blurted out that she'd change the rule?" "the King came himself?" "For three years..." "Loke's been suffering for three years!" "For his friend!" "For Aries!" "What else could he do?" "I too am pained by my old friend's wish..." "What are you talking about?" "He's not your "old" friend!" "before your eyes!" "Mustache Man!" "Mustache?" "L-Lucy..." "This was an unfortunate accident." "Loke didn't do anything wrong!" "I won't accept anything but his complete innocence!" "I won't accept it!" "Lucy..." "I don't want anybody to forgive me..." "I want to repent for my sins!" "I just want to disappear!" "You can't!" "You disappearing isn't going to bring Karen back!" "All it will do is create more sadness!" "It's not a crime!" "Caring about your friends is not a crime!" "This many spirits..." "All at once..." "Even Karen couldn't do this... and everyone else here will be filled with sadness!" "You won't be repenting for your sins at all that way!" "Lucy!" "All my friends came forward to show that they feel the same way." "Your friends?" "then you should know how Loke and Aries felt!" "why are you forcing yourself like this?" "You want to follow in Karen's footsteps?" "If my old friend goes so far as to say that..." "Perhaps it is the law that is in error." "who committed the crime for his brethren Aries." "who tried to save that Leo..." "I will make an exception for this incident." "I give thee warrant to return to the Spirit World." "Mustache Man!" "You are pardoned." "Be grateful to the star's guidance." "please..." "I..." "I order you to aid your friend and live on." "I believe her to be a friend of such worth." "You should protect her with your life." "You heard the man." "Lucy..." "Yeah." "Lucy..." "A spirit?" "Loke?" "that's the deal." "So that weird feeling when we switched places that time was from that!" "that's what it was." "I didn't notice at all!" "But wait..." "You're not a cow or a horse or nothin'." "remember?" "but she can turn into a gorilla." "yeah." "That's true." "Loke's the Lion Spirit." "Lion?" "!" "A grown-up cat!" "That's right." "it's not!" "Cool..." "But are you feeling okay?" "but I figured I'd come to say hi to everyone." "And I wanted to see Lucy again as soon as possible." "He lllllikes you!" "Stop rolling your tongue!" "about the future!" "now!" "I'm jealous." "I wish I had a spirit." "What kind of spirit?" "duh!" "Then I could test out my Dragon Slayer magic for real!" "Spirits aren't things you summon to test your strength!" "That's right." "Spirits are for spinning tales of love... go back already... right?" "Wait a second." "Here!" "What are these?" "Tickets for a resort hotel." "You guys really helped me out a lot." "Fish!" "I've never stayed at a hotel as fancy as that!" "so please have fun." "people!" "What are you standing around for?" "Want me to leave you behind?" "Now that's fast!" "let's go!" "I'll head off just like this!" "too!" "so hold up." "Lucy... but you've given me the confidence now to move on." "Lucy." "I'll show up whenever my owner's in trouble." "Think of me as your prince on a white horse." "I'm not your owner." "right?" "That's right." "Lucy." "Loke!" "we're leaving." "Erza..." "If..." "I think I'd suffer a lot like Loke." "it's okay." "right?" "You couldn't have said it better." "Yeah!" "let's hurry and go!" "sir!" "non-stop!" "so we're going to have lots of fun!" "sir! Erza's smile would disappear..." "Natsu!" "I'm going to head out for a bit!" "Upa!" "you're really rarin' to go." "Where are you going?" "Aye!" "I'm going to Heaven on earth!" "What are you talking about?" "Did you hit your head or something?" "You'll know if you come with me." "What's with you?" "You're creepin' me out..." "Next time:" "Tower of Heaven!" "Huh?" "A fish restaurant?" "This is my paradise!" "don't leave me!"