Fairy Tail 337 "The Golden Plains" Summary:
With the Eclipse
Gate now in tatters, Lucy and Happy continue to rejoice, praising Natsu
for his victory over Future Rogue. Natsu, meanwhile, exhausted, removes
himself from Future Rogue's person and stares at Future Rogue's
smoldering, unconscious body. Arcadios, seeing this, expresses his
complete surprise that the Gates were destroyed in spite of their
resilient build, prompting Hisui to wonder what is to come. Yukino then
chimes in, saying that as the Gates were destroyed, they are no longer
useable in the future, which leads to Pantherlily and Carla concluding
that with no Rogue to come to the present, then time will rewind; Natsu
looks on in shock as Future Rogue's body begins to light up.
Motherglare
and Atlas Flame's body also begin to glow and, still hovering in the
sky, the burning Dragon remarks that he must now return to his own time;
Zirconis concurrently experiences the same issue, causing Wendy and
Laxus to marvel at the happening. Angry that he lost to humans, Zirconis
makes one final grab at Laxus, crushing the ground mere inches from
where he stands. Just then, much to Arcadios' protest, Hisui walks
toward Zirconis and apologizes to him, explaining that she was the one
responsible for building the Eclipse Gate, and is therefore at fault for
making him, someone who is from another time, come into contact with
them. Intrigued, Zirconis asks who Hisui is; the Princess tells the
Dragon her name, and explains that her name means the exact same thing
as the Dragon's own body color: Jade. Smiling at each other, Zirconis,
aloud, ponders their exact meaning, to which Hisui reaffirms that they
indeed mean the same thing. Zirconis then says "Jade Dragon" to himself,
stating that the title has a nice ring to it. However, Zirconis becomes
frazzled, as he realizes that by wasting his time with inquiries, he's
going to disappear; he soon fades away, sent back to the past at last.
With
the other Dragons disappearing, Future Rogue awakes, astonished that
his plan has fallen to pieces; Atlas Flame, now almost completely gone,
silently states that he will never forget Natsu. Noting his
disappearance, Natsu closes his eyes and thanks Atlas for his help.
Sighing a breath of relief, Lucy happily notes that all the Dragons are
gone.
Throughout Crocus, the Hatchlings disappear, and the Mages
rejoice, however, those such as Gajeel and Cobra note that even though
the Dragons have disappeared, their "victory" leaves a bitter taste in
their mouths; watching the chaos disappear, Mavis sadly states that not a
single Dragon Slayer was able to defeat a Dragon. Meanwhile, now
sitting down, Sting and Rogue remark that their performance was pathetic
and that they have doubts as to whether they should truly call
themselves "Dragon Slayers". Sting, however, sadly remarks that they're
exceedingly powerful, and that none of them are so much as near
Acnologia's level. Rogue, on the other hand, expresses a much more
optimistic view on the battle, stating that they shouldn't sulk, as they
technically came out victorious and successfully protected their
comrades. The Twin Dragon Slayers then smile at each other.
Back
at Mercurius, Future Rogue's own body begins to light up, and he stares
at his translucent right arm in total disbelief; Natsu states that the
present Rogue won't grow up to become like him. Hearing this, Future
Rogue curiously mutters the word "shadows", explaining that the shadows
are constantly trying to consume him and that they've come for him time
and time again. Future Rogue then states that the darkness inside him is
permanent, noting that the day that he failed to protect Frosch was the
day he fell into depravity and let the shadows consume him. Natsu then
states that Frosch won't die, but Future Rogue interrupts him, stating
that in one year, Frosch will indeed die, and that he must order his
present self to protect Frosch at all costs. With one last angry glare,
Future Rogue informs Natsu that unless he does so, then Frosch will be
killed regardless, leaving the Fire Dragon Slayer in a state of disrest.
Concurrently,
underneath Mercurius, Future Lucy's body is also aglow, however,
despite her body returning to her own time, her soul ascends to heaven.
When she awakens in the middle of the bright, grassy field, she
questions where she is and begins to walk around, confused. However, she
is soon stopped when someone calls out her name. Future Lucy then turns
around to see the deceased Natsu and Happy of her time greeting her,
bringing her to tears. Natsu and Happy then state that everyone's been
waiting for her; Natsu grabs Future Lucy's hand and begins to run
forward towards the rest of her deceased guildmates, stating that they
still need to finish their adventure. Sobbing, Future Lucy agrees.
In
the present, Future Lucy's journal disappears from her present self's
hand, where she then puts her hand to her face, noticing that she's
crying. Looking at Natsu's back, Lucy silently hugs him from behind.
Natsu then asks Lucy if something is wrong, to which she denies, instead
opting to thank Natsu for everything he's done.
