Gray continued to look at Haru with wide eyes as the bluenette was glaring at him. She then went off and punched him across the face, which had his head snapping to the side.
"Just what the hell are you doing, stupid?!" Haru demanded as she continued to glare at Gray.
The room went quiet as Lyon sweat-dropped wondering what the hell was going on. Gray growled while turning to face Haru with an annoyed expression.
"What the hell am I doing?!" Gray snapped. "I should be asking you that! You're the one hitting me!"
Haru reached forward grabbing Gray's necklace to jerk him forward to bring his face right to hers, so they were staring each other dead in the eye.
"And I'll hit you again and again if that's what it takes to put some damn sense into you, Frosty!" Haru again. "That spell isn't something you should use so lightly!"
"I'm not using it lightly!" Gray said. "Lyon has to be stopped! I'm willing to die to stop him if that's what it takes!"
Haru hit her forehead hard against his as she continued to glare right into his eyes.
"How is dying going to fix everything, huh?!" Haru demanded to know. "It won't, and if you had any brains, you'd know that! You do this, and you're basically running away from whatever has been plaguing you since you learned Deliora was here! You might annoy the hell out of me, but one thing I can say with confidence is the Gray Fullbuster I know isn't a coward!"
Gray looked at her with wide eyes as Haru finally let him go to shove him away.
"I expected more of you." Haru said. "If you want to die and leave all those who love you behind, go ahead! But if you care at all about us, you'll take the long way through this and kick his ass!"
She pointed towards Lyon as Gray let her words sink in. Before he could even reply or think of anything to even say, the entire temple started to shake. Haru stumbled to the side trying to keep her footing. Instinctively Gray reached out to grab her before she could tumble over.
"What now?" Natsu asked, sounding annoyed.
The temple started to tilt back into place, and Gray tightened his hold around Haru as he tried to keep on his feet. Natsu growled in aggravation then started randomly kicking and hitting stuff. He worked hard to get this temple to tilt. Why the hell was it going back into place?
"This is bad." Gray said. "Now the moon is going to shine on Deliora."
Yeah, this really wasn't working in their favor. Haru frowned while knowing they still have a job to finish.
"We have to stop them." Haru said.
"Hey, uh, Haru, where have you been anyway?" Natsu said.
"How'd you even get here is more like it?" Gray questioned. "Erza told me she knocked you out and when I left, you were still out cold."
"Once I woke up and learned what was going on, I immediately made my way towards here." Haru said. "Erza cleared me a path when I came upon the fight she, Lucy, and Happy were in."
But Haru wasn't even close to forgiving Erza. The redhead would pay for knocking her out. She even made sure to let Erza know that too when they crossed paths.
FLASHBACK
Haru ran along the path that led towards the temple while hearing what sounded like fighting ahead. She broke through some bushes while seeing that Erza, Lucy, and Happy were fighting a bunch of people in cloaks. Lyon's flunkies—obviously. Haru kept running, not planning to pause for the obstacle in her path. Haru slid under this one person knocking them down before they could get Lucy.
"Haru!" Lucy gasped. "You're up!"
Erza turned towards the bluenette as well as Haru turned to look at Erza in return.
"So, you're finally helping, huh?" Haru questioned. "What changed the mighty Titania's mind?"
Haru then sent her elbow back to hit this one guy right in the gut. He cried out as he dropped to the ground in a ball. Lucy turned pale seeing Haru wasn't in the mood to take it easy on anyone.
"She's mad alright!" Happy said not looking worried at all.
"Shush, cat!" Lucy hissed.
She didn't want either of them being pulled into the fight that might happen between the two older wizards.
"Is that really important now?" Erza inquired.
Haru stared at Erza a bit longer before giving a scoff as she looked off to the side while sticking her hands in her pockets.
"I suppose not." Haru said, which had Lucy sighing in relief. "I'm leaving these weaklings to you, Erza. I take it the boys are at the temple."
"Yeah!" Lucy said. "If you hurry you should be able to catch up to Gray."
"Good." Haru said. "Now I just have to move these guys out of my way."
She looked to the cloaked men who were between her and the temple. Before she could even decide which instrument to summon, Erza jumped into the fray while easily clearing Haru a path.
"Get going." Erza said. "Lucy, Happy, and I will handle things here."
"Fine," Haru said, shrugging as she started back running down the path. "Don't think this means we're square, Erza! I'm not forgiving you for the punch to the gut anytime soon!"
Erza didn't reply, but it wasn't like Haru expected her to anyway.
"Wait, ERZA?!" Natsu screeched, bringing Haru back to the present.
He started sweating bullets while wondering when Erza had gotten here. Oh man, they were so dead! Suddenly a short middle-aged man wearing a mask ran into the ice coated room with a young man wearing a similar mask right behind him.
"Pardon the interruption." The man said.
"I should have known." Lyon said. "I take it you did this."
"Indeed I did, sir." The man said. "The moon will be out soon, so I thought I'd take the liberty of straightening the temple for you. And my apprentice made sure everything was prepared on top of the temple to begin the Moon Drip ceremony."
Great, things just kept getting worse and worse, didn't they? Haru stepped away from Gray while ready to battle it out with these guys. There was no way she was going to fail a job. She never has failed one ever since she took on her first job.
"That weirdo fixed it all by himself?" Gray asked.
"And after I went through all that trouble to mess it up too." Natsu said. "Hey, what'd you do to fix it, huh?!"
The man blinked over at Natsu curiously before he busted out laughing, which pissed off Natsu.
"Tell me how you did it, you jerk!" Natsu snapped.
The man just continued to ignore Natsu, and Haru patted him on the head to make him feel better.
"Now that everything is in order, my apprentice and I should commence the Moon Drip ceremony." He said. "Let's go, Ravel."
"Yes, Master Zalty." Ravel said.
The two then started running away, which had Natsu exploding in anger…and fire.
"Would you quit ignoring me, you demon-eyed freak?!" Natsu roared.
"Yeah, wait you two!" Haru added. "We're going to kick your asses!"
Natsu started running after the two, but Ravel paused a few feet away from the entry way with Natsu running past him since the Dragon Slayer only wanted to beat up Zalty. Ravel smirked challengingly at Haru in a manner that instantly pissed her off. He then started running off in the opposite direction of his master and Natsu.
"Get back here!" Haru yelled as she ran after him. "What was that smirk about, huh!? ARE YOU MOCKING ME?!"
"Natsu, Haru!" Gray shouted.
The two, who were almost out of sight, paused to look back at Gray with determined looks on their faces.
"Listen, we have our own fights to worry about, Frosty." Haru said.
"Yeah, we'll just let you deal with this icy guy." Natsu added. "It will look back if you lose again, and not just you…"
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Gray said.
"But for all of Fairy Tail." He, Natsu, and Haru said in unison.
They all exchanged a grin before Natsu and Haru went after their respected opponents. Haru didn't plan to lose that Ravel bastard. She'd hunt him down and give him a beating of a lifetime.