Haru hurried down the tunnel running as fast as possible. She had to stop Gray. She felt a familiar chill in the air and knew it had to be him. She knew his magic anywhere. Haru finally made it to where Deliora was being kept with her eyes widening when she saw the upper half of the demon was free. This wasn't good. Worse is that Gray seemed ready to perform the Ice Shell again, and Natsu was in his way.
"Gray, you moron!" Haru shouted.
Gray's head snapped up before he turned to look towards Haru as she ran towards him and Natsu. She noticed Lyon on the ground as she ran past him, but didn't pay him any mind. Once reaching the pair, Haru planted herself right between Gray and Deliora just like Natsu.
"I thought we went through this, Stupid!" Haru growled in annoyance. "There is no way in hell I'm letting you do this."
"That's right." Natsu said. "We're not letting you go out like this!"
Gray stared at his guildmates in shock as they stared up at Deliora unwaveringly.
"Go ahead and cast the spell." Natsu said. "But we're not moving."
Deliora let out another roar as it raised its fist ready to attack the wizards before it.
"I know it's technically not allowed anymore, but I say we throw everything we've got at this thing, Natsu." Haru said. "We can't afford to take it easy on demon like this."
"Right," Natsu said as he got into a stance. "One Natsu-Haru-Power-Move coming up."
Haru had her violin appear in hand while ready to redeem herself from her last fight. If it could even be called that. She readied her bow as Natsu took a deep breath. As they readied themselves, Deliora swung down at the pair.
"Natsu, Haru!" Gray shouted—fearing he'd lose them as he had lost Ur.
"Fire Dragon: Firecracker Roar!" Haru and Natsu shouted as Haru played her violin to the tune of the Jumping Firecracker.
Natsu let out a breath attack with the firecrackers from Haru's magic spiraling around his own. They went straight towards the demon and as the spell hit explosion after explosion happened. It shook the entire cave and even put a deep hole through the rock behind Deliora. Lyon watched in shock at the power behind the two wizard's attacks as rock fell around them.
"The entire place is going to cave in on us!" Lyon said. "But even so that attack couldn't have stopped Deli—!"
His words were cut short as he watched in horror as the demon started cracking in front of them. Gray was just as surprised as the demon started crumbling away. Natsu blinked, not expecting things to be that easy.
"Huh, what the…?" Natsu murmured. "I know that was one of our big attacks, but it shouldn't be over already, should it?"
Haru blinked before she let out a small chuckle while sending her violin away.
"I see," Haru said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "While that magic might have only been meant to seal away the demon, Gray and Lyon's master has been slowly killing Deliora inside all this time. What an amazing wizard."
"Yeah," Natsu said while turning to Gray. "Your master was pretty awesome."
Gray just stared on before tears started running down his cheeks at a rapid pace. He hung his head as he thanked his master once more for all she's done. Haru and Natsu smiled at Gray as he tried to wipe away his tears. Above them, the wizards had no idea they were being watched. Ravel, who had the unconscious Zalty tucked under arm, watched on as Haru, who moved away from her guildmates, picked up Lyon by the back of his clothes to lift him up. He gave protest, but Haru ignored him.
"Well, we better get out of here," Haru said as the cave continued to shake. "There's no telling if this cave will still be standing much longer."
She herded the boys along while dragging Lyon along.
"These Fairy Tail wizards have great potential." Ravel said. "Certainly, worth keeping an eye on."
He then stiffened when Haru moved her arm to loop it with Gray's as she grinned up at him. Gray grinned at her in return, which had Ravel very unhappy. He narrowed his eyes at Gray Fullbuster as his brow twitched.
"He will certainly need to be removed from the equation if I am ever to have my darling to myself." Ravel said. "Though there are other matters to deal with before that. So, I will take my leave."
He disappeared through the hole made by Natsu and Haru to the outside where he would attempt to wake Zalty. Haru, who was nearly outside the cave, paused to look back. She frowned, feeling as if they were just being watched.
"Hey, is something wrong?" Gray asked her.
"…No…" Haru said. "It's nothing. Probably my imagination. But now that we're on the subject of things being wrong…"
She trailed off while giving Gray a smile—a smile he did not trust since it was coming from her of all people. Without warning Haru smacked him over the head so loud the noise resounded around the tunnel they were walking through.
"What the hell was that for?!" Gray demanded.
"For being stupid!" Haru snapped. "I can't believe you tried to perform that spell twice, Ice-For-Brains! I knew you weren't the brightest bulb around, but damn, I thought you had some sense."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it!" Gray said. "I was wrong! Happy?!"
"Not even close!" Haru retorted.
Natsu just laughed as the two argued as they all continued walking through the tunnel as the cave behind them completely caved in. Haru then turned her attention to Lyon as she continued to drag him.
"And you, Icicle King, don't think you're getting out of a lecture either!" Haru said. "I mean, I can't believe you thought reviving a demon that has killed hundreds was the best way to surpass your master. That doesn't make a lick of sense to me. You want to surpass someone, you have to do something even greater than them. How are you doing that by defeating something that was already defeated?!"
Lyon just hung in her grip wondering why he was brought into this scolding. It wasn't as if he and Haru knew each other. What right did she have to yell at him?
"Geez, I feel sorry for Ur." Haru said with a sigh. "She had such stupid students."
"Take that back, bitch!" Gray snapped.
"No way in hell!" Haru sneered.