Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing the aftermath of Satsuki having Ultear free Ur, with the latter reuniting with her daughter and wayward student, along with Erza learning the truth of the Tower of Heaven and what really happened to Jellal. So, without further ado.

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The next morning, Satsuki, Lucy and Erza all woke up, feeling refreshed after everything they did yesterday, though they could still feel the effects of the injuries they gained.

Sitting up in bed, the three girls stretched their arms, before Satsuki and Lucy froze as their eyes widened in realization, that they were currently in bed together with Erza, in nothing but their underwear. Realizing this, both girls immediately shot out of the bed, with bright red faces, their blushes only intensifying when Erza looked at them in confusion, all while still stretching out.

"What's with you two?" Erza asked, arching her back, making Satsuki and Lucy's faces turn redder at seeing the redhead's chest being pushed out.

"No-nothing, just, just w-wanting to ge-get up e-early to ch-check on th-the o-others!" Satsuki stuttered.

"Ye-yeah!" Agreed Lucy.

"Hm, I suppose that makes sense, we have to make sure the prisoners are secure and see if Ur has woken up." Erza said, not realizing the effect that her stretching was having on her companions.

Nodding at her words, Satsuki and Lucy took a moment to reign in their embarrassment and arousal. Afterwards, all three girls got changed into clean clothes, and armor for Erza.

"I'll go check on Ur." Lucy volunteered.

"Okay, Erza and I will check on the prisoners." Replied Satsuki, with Erza nodding in agreement.

With that, the three girls split up to check on the others.

*With Ur*

'Oooooh, my damn head, feels like I ran headfirst into a glacier.' Ur thought, groaning as she raised a hand to her head to ease her throbbing skull.

Though not a moment later, Ur's eyes snapped open in shock as she looked at her shaking hand. Bringing her hand to her face, Ur's eyes widened further in disbelief at feeling skin.

'Ho-how?! That shouldn't be possible, I used Ice Shell, my body turned into ice, I trapped…Deliora!' Ur thought, shooting up from her bed and looked around the unfamiliar room.

"Gray, Lyon!" Ur muttered, worried about her students and went to stand up to try and find them, only to grunt when she fell back on the bed.

Just then, the door opened, and Lucy walked in, looking at Ur in surprise.

"You're awake." Lucy said, surprised Ur was awake, let alone able to sit up after everything she's been through.

"Who the hell are you?! Where are Gray and Lyon?! Where's Deliora?!" Ur demanded, worried she failed to trap Deliora somehow, and afraid that her students were dead, just like…Ur shook her head refusing to think about it, and not wanting to think of losing her students as well.

"Hey easy, relax. My name's Lucy, as for Deliora, it's dead. It's been dead for a while now, I think, after you used Ice Shell on it. Now it's just officially dead." Lucy said, with Ur looking at her in confusion by her words, but nonetheless was relieved to hear Deliora was dead, and Gray's demons were finally put to rest as well.

"So, I did use Ice Shell? Then, how am I here?" Ur questioned, looking at her body, seeing she looked exactly the same as before, even the leg she lost against Deliora was back.

"Uh, that's kind of a long and crazy story." Said Lucy with a sheepish grin, knowing what she had to say was pretty crazy.

"Look, Lucy was it, right now I shouldn't even be alive, let alone in one piece. And should instead be a giant block of ice, trapping a giant demon. Believe me, I can handle just about anything, right now." Ur said, knowing the fact she was alive and in one piece made her willing to believe anything at the moment.

"Well, uh, for starters, your student, Lyon, he and a group of his followers were trying to use a spell called Moon Drip to break Ice Shell and free Deliora, so that Lyon could fight it and prove he's surpassed you, not knowing that Deliora was dead, anyway. Me and two of my friends took an S-Class Job from the locals on this island, after Moon Drip had some unexpected side-effects on them, leading us to meet Lyon and his group, and learn what they were doing. We were able to stop them, before they could complete Moon Drip. But one of my friends encountered a powerful mage using a Lost Magic called the Arc of Time, and after some…convincing, she was able to get the mage to use Arc of Time on Ice Shell. Which ended up restoring your body, and Deliora dying as well, afterwards." Lucy explaining, while omitting the part of Satsuki controlling Ultear, given she doubted Ur would take kindly to hearing someone controlled her daughter.

With each word Lucy said, Ur's eyes widened further in shock to hear what's happened since she used Ice Shell. The fact that Lyon was actually willing to free Deliora, the same demon that killed Gray's parents and she gave her life to trap, just to prove he surpassed her made Ur sigh. Having hoped that Lyon would have found a new goal to work towards.

"There's also something else, the mage who uses Arc of Time…her name is Ultear and she looks a lot like you." Lucy revealed, looking at Ur warily, since she wasn't sure if Ur would believe her that Ultear was her daughter.

This Ur's head snap up and look at Lucy with wide angry and shocked eyes, wanting to strike the girl for daring to mention that her daughter was alive. That is until Ur thought about it and came to the horrifying realization. Those fuckers lied to her and took her daughter!

'I swear, once I'm back to full strength, I'm going to tear those bastards apart!' Ur thought, swearing she'll make those people at the Bureau pay for stealing Ultear from her.

That though, brought Ur back to the present and immediately stood up, despite her bodies protests.

"I need to see her and Lyon." Ur said, wanting to see her daughter for herself, and probably knock some sense into her student for doing something so foolish.

"Hey easy, easy. I'll take you." Lucy said, wrapping an arm around Ur to support her, given she could see the woman was more likely to fall over, before she could take a single step.

Understandable, given how long Ur's body was transformed into ice, and between the three of them, Lucy, Satsuki, and Erza, Lucy was the one who was in the best condition. Given she had only been paralyzed in her and Erza's fight against Toby and Sherry, along with having to push herself to grab her keys and summon her spirits, despite the condition she was in. Along with having really push herself to summon enough spirits to help carry the prisoners, along with carrying a few herself, despite having just recovered from her paralysis at the time.

'I wonder just how tired Erza and Satsuki are, given they took way more damage than me.' Lucy thought, knowing she probably got off lucky compared to them.

With that, Lucy and Ur exited the room, and went to where the prisoners were being kept.

*With Satsuki and Erza*

Meanwhile, Satsuki and Erza went to check on their prisoners, while moving carefully, so as to not aggravate their injuries.

"Erza, it might be best to stay here a few days, at least until our injuries have more time to heal." Satsuki suggested, since they'd still have to transport the prisoners back to the mainland, and it wouldn't do if they struggled or tried escaping, while they were still injured.

"Agreed." Replied Erza, given her injuries from their first encounter with Lyon had reopened, on top of the damage she took from Toby and Sherry.

Soon, the two girls arrived where the prisoners were being kept, all of them being properly bound and their magic being sealed, so they couldn't use any spells.

"What the hell do you two want?! Come to gloat on how you ruined everything?!" Lyon demanded, glaring at them spitefully, not only for stopping him from completing his goal, but also the humiliating defeat he suffered.

Satsuki just shook her head at his attitude, knowing what she had to say wouldn't help.

"It wouldn't have mattered if we had interfered or not, Deliora was already dead, it's been dead for a while now. Even if you had broken Ice Shell, you'd just have released a corpse." Satsuki revealed, while also breaking the Genjutsu she had on Ultear keeping her asleep, with the woman's head instantly snapping up as she regained consciousness and shook her head to shake off the dizziness she was feeling.

"Wh-what?! All this time, Deliora was already dead?!" Lyon shouted, his anger growing to learn that Deliora was already dead, and that he spent the last three years trying to free it for nothing.

"Lyon, what does it matter? Deliora's dead, isn't that what's important?" Sherry asked, with Toby and Yuka nodding in agreement, since none of them cared how Deliora died, just that it did, and their families were avenged.

"Shut the hell up, you stupid love-obsessed idiot! I was supposed to be the one who killed Deliora, no one else!" Lyon shouted, glaring at Sherry, with the girl recoiling at the glare with some tears in her eyes at the insult from her crush.

"Hey, don't insult Sherry! We just wanted Deliora dead, we didn't care how it happened!" Toby said in Sherry's defense.

"Then you should thank Ur, it's because of her Deliora is dead. Ice Shell isn't just a means to trap a target, it turns the casters body into the ice that traps the target, with it wearing away at the said target, the more time passes. Deliora was trapped for ten years, the fact that it had even a little magical power left after all that time was nothing short of a miracle. So yes, even if your plan succeeded, Deliora would have died moments after being released." Erza said, clarifying Satsuki's words, while glaring at Lyon in disgust at how he's treating his comrades, while Lyon grit his teeth in anger.

"No, no, NO! Damn you, Gray! Damn you, Ur! Damn you, both!" Lyon cursed, both his mentor and Gray.

Gray, for being the reason Ur died, robbing him of the chance to surpass her. And Ur, for taking away the only way he could think of to prove he's surpassed her, now that she's gone.

"Oh would you just shut up already, you stupid whining brat!" Ultear shouted, glaring at Lyon, both annoyed at his whining and in anger at him insulting her mother.

Though granted, Ultear was currently having mixed feelings regarding her mother. But if it was true, if Ur was lied to, having been told that she died, and didn't abandon Ultear, like she believed. Then she wouldn't tolerate anyone insulting her mother.

Lyon returned the glare, though just before Ur's daughter and student could begin arguing, the door opened up, revealing Lucy and Ur, herself, much to Ultear and Lyon's shock.

"Lyon, that's enough. I should have let Gray tell you the truth, if I knew this is what would have happened." Ur said, before locking eyes with Ultear, shocked and overjoyed to see daughter, alive and well.

But while Ur was beyond happy that Ultear was alive, she was also devastated that she allowed herself to be lied to and abandon her daughter, even if she didn't know it. Though Ur swore she'll do everything she can to make it up to Ultear.

However, their attention turned back to Lyon, when he spoke.

"I already knew the truth. I researched everything I could about Ice Shell, in order to break it and found out it's created from the user's own body." Lyon revealed, shocking them, with Ur looking at him in shocked and hurt by this, that he had been aware of it, and yet still wanted to go through with his plan to free Deliora.

"You, you knew? You knew I was the ice, but still wanted to free Deliora? Despite knowing that it would kill me?" Ur asked.

"You were already dead, anyway. What difference would it make if you were ice, or not. Besides, I couldn't exactly surpass you, if you were a block of ice, now could I." Retorted Lyon, with Ur looking at him sadly.

"You know Lyon, I always knew there was a darkness in you, just like in Gray with Deliora. But I believed it was just a simple inferiority and superiority complex, wanting to prove you're the best, but also believing you needed to prove it to others and yourself. Like when you asked if you could replace Ultear." Ur said, with Ultear glaring at Lyon murderously, that he actually dared to try and replace her.

"I hoped that your time with me and Gray would be able to curb your darkness, but seeing you now, I see I was wrong." Ur said, looking at Lyon sadly, as despite everything he's done, and what he's become, he was still her student.

Lyon glared at Ur for a moment, before finally looking away, unable to look her in the eyes anymore, without feeling guilt well up inside of him, which he immediately crushed.

Ur then turned to Ultear, who looked at her neutrally, and felt tears prick at her eyes, still coming to terms with the fact that her daughter is alive.

"Ultear, why would you try and free Deliora?" Ur asked, wanting to know why her daughter would ever want to revive that Etherious, after all the people it's killed.

"Because, Deliora was a demon created by Zeref, himself, and it's Grimoire Heart's ambition to revive Zeref to create the Ultimate Magic World. I always believed you abandoned me to that damn Bureau. But with the Ultimate Magic World, my Arc of Time would become powerful enough to send me back in time and take back the life that was stolen from me." Ultear said.

"I never abandoned you! I would never abandon you; I'd rather die! Those doctors, they told me you had died, that your body had been too ravaged to look at, but I still wanted to bring you back home. But they didn't give me your body, so I just left and accepted their lies, not wanting to be reminded of my failure to protect you." Ur said, with tears falling from her eyes, while Ultear looked at her with wide eyes.

'She was right.' Ultear thought, while glancing at Satsuki, realizing that the Uchiha was right about what happened, that the doctors really did lie to her mother, just so they wouldn't lose their guinea pig

But even that was true…

"It doesn't matter." Ultear said, bitterly, knowing that after everything she's done, it doesn't matter if Ur abandoned her or not, since her mother would never accept her, once she knew everything that she has done.

"Yes it does! Ultear, please, I'm sorry, and I'll do anything to make it up to you!" Ur said, not wanting to lose her daughter a second time, with Ultear chuckling bitterly, that her mother thought that she needed to earn her forgiveness.

"Really? You'd accept me, a Dark Mage, when I've done horrible things, such as manipulating people, killing dozens and destroying so many lives? I helped destroy an entire city, then manipulated a young girl who survived into joining the very guild responsible for it; joined the Magic Council for the sole purpose of eventually destroying it from within; we even manipulated a group of Zeref Worshippers into completing the R-System to revive Zeref, all through the use of slave labor. I even took over the mind of an innocent boy, during a failed rebellion." Ultear said, listing all the crimes she's committed since joining Grimoire Heart, all of which she did without remorse, believing that after using her Arc of Time to go back in time, it wouldn't matter, because they wouldn't have happened.

It was the last crime, however, that made Erza step forward and grab Ultear by her collar, lifting her into the air and glare at her.

"What did you say?! You're the one who made Jellal betray us, to attack me, to keep working on that damn tower?!" Erza demanded, feeling angrier than she ever has before.

"Yes." Ultear replied, knowing Erza had every right to be angry, and probably even wants her dead now.

"Lift the spell, now! Or I swear, I'll make you pay for every day I was trapped there!" Said Erza, summoning a sword and holding it dangerously close to Ultear's eye, with her anger being great enough to cloud her judgement and only seeing the person responsible for the hell she and her friends endured.

Seeing this, Satsuki quickly stepped in and grabbed Erza's arms, making her let Ultear go, with the Titania glaring at Satsuki.

"Erza, don't do something you'll regret!" Satsuki warned, knowing Erza wasn't thinking straight, right now.

While she had every right to be angry, since Satsuki was able to put together what happened. Erza would never be able to forgive herself, if she went through with what she wanted to do to Ultear.

Erza glared darkly at Satsuki and prepared to attack her for getting in her way, only to stop cold when Ultear spoke.

"It doesn't matter, I transferred control of Jellal to Master Hades years ago, and he'd crush you all like insects, if you attacked him. That is, if you could even get close enough to attack him. And even if I hadn't, and I did lift the spell, Jellal has been under it for so long, it's become permanent by this point. Now, the only possible way for the spell to be broken, is if he lost all his memories, and good luck with that." Ultear said, also knowing that the mages that Jellal has sent will likely be arriving soon, for Erza.

Erza's entire body shook at hearing this, that her friend was truly gone, unless he lost his memories, and if that happened, then he wouldn't even remember her. So, either way, the Jellal she knew was gone.

Before anyone could say anything, Erza ran out the room, with Satsuki seeing the distraught and pained look on her face. A look that Satsuki recognized as the very same one she had that night, when she lost her clan.

Sharing a look with Lucy, Satsuki went after Erza, knowing from experience that she shouldn't be left alone in her current mental state.

"Well mother, there's another life I helped ruin, on top of all the others. So tell me, can you really accept me as your daughter, as the horrible, evil person who caused pain and misery, everywhere I go?" Ultear asked, not holding out any hope of her mother accepting her and prepared for Ur to turn her back on her.

She already lived most of her life believing Ur abandoned her, what did it matter if it became official.

"Yes." Ur stated, with Ultear's head snapping towards her in shock.

"Wh-what?" Ultear muttered, not believing what she just heard.

"Yes, I can accept you as my daughter. Ultear, you aren't horrible or evil, someone who's evil wouldn't show remorse for what they've done, but you are. That alone shows that part of my daughter still exists in you, she's just been buried under years of pain and loneliness. Besides, if anything, I should be asking if you can accept me as your mother, after not trying harder to save you." Ur said, with Ultear looking at her in disbelief, while half expecting that she's going to wake up and this is just a dream.

'If it's a dream, then please let me stay here.' Ultear thought, while looking away, not wanting her mother to see how much her words meant to her.

"Unfortunately, since Lyon is refusing to show remorse for what he's done, I'm not sure if the same can be said for him." Ur said, looking at her wayward student in disappointment, while Lyon shot her a glare, once again squashing the guilt welling inside him, and mentally assuring himself that he wasn't in the wrong.

While she felt hurt and betrayed by what Lyon has done. It was the fact that he that he was actively trying to keep himself from feeling regret for his actions, that's keeping her for forgiving him. Despite what Ultear has done was definitely being a lot worse, she at least felt remorse for her actions. Whereas Lyon is refusing to do so, being set on the idea that he was in the right. Though Ur really does hope that Lyon will one day realize the error of his ways, so they can one day make amends as well, and not continue down the dark path he's currently on.

She had just got her daughter back, and she didn't want to lose one of her students now, too.

"I'll just go now; I still have to collect the reward for our job. Here." Lucy said, knowing this was now a private moment, before setting Ur down and handing her a Communication Lacrima, so she can pick her up.

With that, Lucy exited the room, while Ur and Ultear wondered how they could repair their fragmented relationship.

*With Satsuki*

Satsuki followed Erza's magical signature, soon finding the redhead sitting on the beach, crying by herself. Approaching the distraught redhead, Satsuki sat down beside her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"I doubt it helps, but I know what you're going through." Satsuki said, with Erza looking at her with a tear-filled glare.

"You don't anything about what I'm going through!" Erza retorted and tried pushing her away, refusing to have Nevermore of all people try and comfort her, but Satsuki remained in her spot.

"I was seven-years-old, when my entire family was murdered. My parents, my aunts, my uncles, my cousins, every member of my clan, every man, woman and child was killed. All of them, by my older brother." Satsuki revealed, making Erza stop her struggling as she looked at Satsuki with wide, shocked eyes.

"Your brother, killed your family?" Erza asked, unable to believe such a thing was possible, for someone to kill their own family in front of their little sister.

"Yes, I came home late from school and I saw them all dead, blood splattered everywhere, and when I got home, I saw my parents, dead, and there was Itachi standing over them, without a hint of emotion. I didn't even realize it at first, that he did it, until he threw a shuriken at me and said that he did it, that he massacred our clan to test his power. I was only spared because I wasn't worth killing, with him then using an illusion on me. Forcing me to watch as he killed them, again and again. I'm surprised I was even still sane, afterwards." Satsuki said, looking straight forward with a dead look in her eyes, as no matter how much time passes, she never liked talking about that night, but Erza needed to hear it.

The redhead in question looking at Satsuki in horror at what her own brother put her through, but she could also start to see why Satsuki was the way she is now.

"Of course, it was the night after the massacre that I learned the truth from a man named Zelretch. Itachi hadn't massacred our clan to test his power, he did it on the orders of the leaders of our village." Satsuki revealed, shocking and horrifying Erza even further.

"He was ordered to kill his own family? Why?!" Erza asked, not comprehending why someone would order a person to kill their own family.

"That actually goes back many years, when our village, Konoha, was first founded. It was founded by the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan, rival clans that were bitter enemies, until the future leaders, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, met as boys, becoming best friends, even brothers, without knowing their affiliation with their respective clans. I won't go into detail, otherwise we'll be here for a long time, but Madara and Hashirama eventually founded Konoha, as a place where children no longer were forced to fight and die. That's when the trouble started." Satsuki said, while taking a breath, before continuing.

"Hashirama had been elected to become the first Hokage, the villages leader, thanks to Tobirama pushing for the villagers to decide, despite how Hashirama wanted Madara to become the first Hokage. Madara saw this as the Senju being favored over the Uchiha, and that his clan would be mistreated, leading to him leaving after the Uchiha Clan turned their backs on him. Unfortunately, Madara was proven right, as Hashirama's brother, Tobirama, became the second Hokage and one of his first acts was forming the Military Police Force, with the Uchiha being put in charge of it. Now on paper, this seems like an honor and Tobirama putting aside past grudges. But in truth, it was to keep the Uchiha Clan out of the village's affairs, given as the Police, they had to remain impartial and neutral, along with remaining in the village and no longer going out on missions, except during war times. Things only got worse over the years, with an example of my clan's mistreatment and persecution being when my father was denied as a candidate for Hokage, despite showing the required traits for the position; just because he was an Uchiha. Then, around the time I was born, a giant monster fox attacked Konoha, the Kyūbi no Yōko, which cost the life of the Fourth Hokage to stop it. The Uchiha Clan was blamed for this, as it's known that our Sharingan are able to control the Kyūbi, after Madara did it before, with our Clan Compound also being moved to the outskirts of the village." Satsuki said, taking another breath before continuing.

"Things only got worse, with the Uchiha not only being persecuted, but also vilified, with tensions rising each day, as we were hated by the village we helped found. It finally reached the point that several members of the Uchiha Clan wanted to stage a Coup D'état and take over, while there were those against it, like Itachi and our cousin, Shisui, who both became spies for the reinstated Third Hokage. Shisui had offered to use a special ability he had, called the Kotoamatsukami, a powerful illusion to implant a suggestion in the targets mind, powerful enough that you don't even realize your under its control, and you believe the decision is your own. Unfortunately, Shisui was stopped by an old Warhawk named Danzō, who stole one of Shisui's eyes, with Shisui giving the other to Itachi, before killing himself. After that, Danzō gave Itachi an ultimatum, either he massacres the Uchiha Clan and I get to live, or the entire Uchiha Clan dies, including me. Itachi chose the former. He willingly massacred our clan, just so I could live, even knowing I'd do everything in my power to find him and kill him." Satsuki said, feeling tears prick at her eyes, while Erza looked at her in amazement and sadness.

Erza thought she had it rough, being a slave in the Tower of Heaven, but at least there, she had her friends and Rob. Satsuki though, she lost her entire family in a single night, with her own brother doing it just so she could live.

But despite that, Erza was confused by one thing still.

"Where are you from, exactly?" Erza asked, given with everything Satsuki had told her, she was sure news like this would have spread worldwide, along Itachi being labelled as an S-Class Dark Mage, and she's never heard about any of this.

"That's actually the craziest part of my story. I'm not from Earthland, I'm from a different world, entirely." Satsuki revealed, with Erza not being sure that she could become anymore shocked, than she was now.

"What?" Asked Erza.

"The man, Zelretch, he's an extremely powerful mage, with the ability to travel through alternate dimensions. It was after he told me the truth, that he sent me to Earthland with a scroll containing all the Jutsu from my clan's library, and some from outside it. When I arrived, I met someone who also encountered Zelretch, and they taught me about Earthland. And after that, well, you know what I did afterwards, I became Nevermore." Satsuki concluded, while leaving out the part about Zeref, given Erza's currently mental state, she wasn't sure how the redhead would react, that knowing Zeref was still alive.

Satsuki then looked at Erza, with understanding in her eyes.

"Erza, I know our circumstances are different, but I do know what you're going through, the pain you feel. And I want you to know that I am here for you as your friend, if you'll have me." Satsuki said, with Erza looking her in the eyes, searching for any sign of deception or trickery, but only saw understanding and compassion.

"Friends…I'd like that." Replied Erza with a small smile, which Satsuki returned as they embraced each other.

Pulling back, Satsuki and Erza looked into each other's eyes, before noticing how close they were. Unconsciously, they started leaning in close to each other. Though just as their lips brushed together, they heard the sound of approaching footsteps, making their eyes snapped open and immediately pulled back with matching blushes on their faces.

'Why did I do that?' Satsuki and Erza both thought, not knowing why they were about to do…that with each other.

Not having any answers, the girls blamed it on their current highly emotional state and hormones.

They then remembered what had interrupted them, the two stood up and faced where the footsteps were coming from. There, they saw four people before them, Satsuki not recognizing who they were, before looking at Erza and saw her shocked expression.

"Si-Simon? Wally? Sh-Sho? M-Millianna?" Erza said, not believing she was seeing her childhood friends after so many years.

"Oh, so you do remember us. With how chummy you were getting with your new friend; we'd believe you forgot all about us Erza." Said Wally, flicking his hat.

"Why are you all here? How did you escape the tower?" Erza asked.

"We didn't escape and we're here for you Erza, we're here to bring you home! Card Dimension!" Sho said, pulling out a card and throwing it at Erza.

Erza didn't have time to react, still in shock at seeing her friends, with the card hitting her, before she vanished and reappeared trapped within the card.

"Erza!" Satsuki shouted in worry and went to grab the card.

"Nekōsoku Tube!" Millianna exclaimed, conjuring and launching a series of magical tubes, binding Satsuki.

"Super Dark Burst." Simon said, releasing a stronger variation of his Dark Burst Spell, with Satsuki letting out a cry of pain as she was caught in the explosion, before falling forward.

"Sleep Bullet!" Shouted Wally, firing a cube bullet at Satsuki, that impacted the Uchiha as she fell.

'E-Erza.' Satsuki thought, once she hit the ground, as darkness consumed her.

*Later*

When Satsuki's eyes opened again, she found herself on a bed, while looking at her with worry was Lucy, Ur, Moka and Bobo, the latter's presence surprising Satsuki.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Satsuki questioned, seeing the boat driver that mysteriously vanished.

"Forgive the deception, but it was necessary. You see, I am actually a resident of this island, but when the Moon Drip made us forget we were demons, I was the only one to remember. I tried convincing the others, but no one believed me. So, I faked my death and left the island, searching for mages that be able to help restore my people's memories, with you and your friends doing so, and for that, you have my eternal gratitude." Bobo said with a bow.

"Yes, thank you, my friend. It was actually Bobo who found you on the beach, after returning to the island." Said Moka, happy to have his son back.

"Satsuki, what happened to Erza?" Lucy asked, worried, since Erza hadn't been with Satsuki, and they haven't been able to find her.

"We were ambushed by some old friends of hers. They captured Erza and knocked me out, now they've likely taken her back to the Tower of Heaven." Answered Satsuki, before trying to stand up, only to grunt in pain as her injuries flared up.

"Hey, take it easy, you're sporting some new injuries, while your old ones have reopened. And as much as I want to save Erza to, we can't do anything as we are now." Said Lucy.

"We don't even know where the Tower of Heaven is, either." Ur added, wanting to help the people that saved her and reunited her with her daughter.

Satsuki had to concede to those points but refused to give up.

"We don't. But we know someone who does." Stated Satsuki, with recognition dawning on Lucy and Ur.

*Later*

"The Tower of Heaven is located on a small island on the coast of the Caelum Kingdom, south of Fiore. Luckily, Galuna Island isn't that far from it." Ultear told the others, now free of her restraints, and willing to help them for finally giving her some closure with her mother.

"Well that's great and all, but we still aren't in any condition to go after them." Lucy reminded, since Ur and Satsuki were still recovering.

And while Lucy was the one in the best condition, she doubted that she could handle all the mages that Jellal has hired, by herself. Even if she managed to summon all her spirits at once.

"Ultear, would you be able to use your Arc of Time to reverse the damage done to us and restore us to full power?" Ur asked, looking at her daughter, who nodded slowly.

"It's…possible, but only for those skilled enough in the Arc of Time. Right now, I can only affect objects and spells. In fact, it's a miracle I could even use it on Ice Shell, since it was still technically a living being." Ultear said, since given the true nature of Ice Shell, she shouldn't have been able to affect it, but she was able to.

"What if you had more magic power, could you do it then?" Satsuki asked, refusing to give up, as the longer they wait, the more danger Erza was in for whatever Jellal had planned for her.

"I believe so, but it'd require a large amount of power." Said Ultear, before looking at Lucy and her mother, both nodding in determination, before putting a hand on Ultear's shoulders, channeling their magic power into her.

Feeling the magic power, Ultear summoned her orb and activated her Arc of Time on Satsuki, Lucy, and Ur. It took a few moments but the three soon felt their injuries/exhaustion fade away, and their power being restored.

Once it was done, Ultear panted heavily feeling drained and tired, given that was the first time she used Arc of Time on a person, even worse that it was three at once.

"Ultear!" Ur said, worried, and putting a hand on her daughter back.

"I'm…I'm fine, just tired. I should be back to full strength by the time we get to the tower, which will take a few days. But you should know, if I'm helping you, I'll be considered a traitor to Grimoire Heart." Ultear warned, knowing her former guild doesn't take betrayal lightly.

"I just got you back, there's no way I'm letting anyone take you from me again." Ur said, knowing if anyone tried hurting her daughter, she'll turn them into ice sculptures to be used as target practice.

Satsuki and Lucy nodded in agreement, seeing that Ultear was willing to change and help them.

This helped ease Ultear's worries a little, but she was aware of the powerhouses in the Grimoire Heart, especially Master Hades. Ultear then looked down, remembering that Meredy was now all alone, there.

'Meredy, I promise, I'll get you out of there one day.' Ultear thought, knowing she had a lot to make up for to Meredy.

With that, the group boarded one of Galuna Island's bigger boats, with Bobo driving them. Moka also informing them he's contacted the Rune Knights to come pick up the prisoners, with Lucy also mentioning she's made a contract with her newest spirit.

With their business on Galuna Island done, the group set off for the Tower of Heaven, determined to save Erza and stop whatever Jellal has planned.

So, what did you think, good. Yep Ur has reunited with Ultear and Lyon, with Ultear not believing her mother would accept her after learning she's now a Dark Mage, even listing all the crimes she help commit while in Grimoire Heart, including taking control of Jellal. This resulted in Erza attacking her and demanding she release her friend, only to learn that even if Ultear could the spell has become permanent with only the loss of his memories being able to break it. Erza then runs off after learning this, with Satsuki going after her and tells Erza about her own past, leading to them finally becoming true friends (and perhaps more later on). Unfortunately they're then interrupted by the arrival of Erza's friends from the tower, with Erza being captured and Satsuki taken out, given they still weren't at a hundred percent. Finally Satsuki, Lucy, Ur, and Ultear are going to the Tower of Heaven to save Erza, with Ultear also being able to reverse their injuries and restore their strength, thanks to Ur and Lucy giving her their magic power. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.

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