Fairy Tail 91

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RAVE
[Top-left: It's a poppy, cute, groovy adventure!]
[right insert text: It's been three whole years since the series finished!]
[left insert text: We're home~!]
[bottom text: If you think there's something a little odd about this... you're right! (just turn the page.)]

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[left of title: Truth is, it's really just...]
Fairy Tail
[right of title: ...as usual.]
Chapter 91: One Lone Woman; A Costume Of Resolve
[insert text: A shiver runs up her spine! Has that invisible blade just sliced up all chance of victory...?!]
Shou: (J... Just how fast is that blade of hers...?! // Even Nee-san couldn't see it move?)

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[side text: That wasn't Haru and Elie... that was Natsu and Lucy cosplaying! As for the other animals, errrr... that's a secret! (lol)]
Ikaruga: As I stood and stared~ / Through the shadows of the mist~ / Stood a spectre there~
[TN: Yes, it's a haiku.]
Ikaruga: While you were busy worrying about finding Gérard-han... you failed to notice the flurry of slices surrounding you where you stood. // Yes, that's more like it.
Shou: (Nee-san's turned all... serious...)
Ikaruga: I am no mere passerby on the road.
Erza: So it would seem.

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Erza: You're an enemy.
Ikaruga: Here I come.
[TN: I don't think I've ever heard someone announce an attack with "mairimasu" O_o Crazy Kyoto-ben woman for the win, I guess.]

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[no text, just swordplay]

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Erza: Tenrin: Circle Sword!!!!
Ikaruga: Mugetsu-ryuu.
[TN: "Form of the Moonless Sky" - her combat style.]

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Ikaruga: Yasha Senkuu!!!!
[TN: "Yaksha Empty Flash".]
Shou: !!!!
Erza: All the swords were...! // Ugh...

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[TN: A~nd again.]
Erza: Aaahh!
Shou: Nee-san!!!

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Ikaruga: Mugetsu-ryuu. // Karura-en!!!!
[TN: "Garuda Flames"]
Erza: Ex-Quip!!! // Flame Emperor Armour!!!!

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Ikaruga: A form of flame-resistant armour? // Impressive that you managed to Ex-Quip it quickly enough to defend yourself.
Erza: Aaghh!
Ikaruga: But don't you think it is a little unseemly to expose yourself so in male company? // Come, now. I suggest you use the strongest armour you have.

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Shou: Th... that monster......
Erza: None have seen this armour and lived to tell the tale. // Witness it and despair. Ex-Quip: Purgatory Armour!!!!

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Shou: (She can't win... // Nee-san... can't win...)
Ikaruga: So that was your strongest armour?

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Ikaruga: You understand now, yes? // No matter what armour you might wear, it cannot stand up to my blade.
Erza: *pant* / *pant*
Ikaruga: Surrender.

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Ikaruga: !
Shou: (What is that...? That armour... uh, outfit...)

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Ikaruga: What is the meaning of this? I can feel no magic whatsoever from that outfit you wear.
Erza: It's just fabric. That's all.
Shou: Just fabric...?!!
Ikaruga: And after I went to such pains to show you the extent of my skill... // It seems I am being underestimated.
Shou: Nee-san!!! What's wrong with you?!!! You have tons of strong armour left, don't you?!!! // You're stronger than this, aren't you?!!!
Erza: No. I am not strong.

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Erza: (I'm not...)
Flashback!Erza: I prefer being alone. / Being with other people just makes me uneasy.
Flashback!Gray: Then why were you out here on your own crying?
Erza: (So many of my nakama died right before my eyes... // I failed to protect the people I cared about... // And...)

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Flashback!Erza: I wasn't crying.
Flashback!Gray: ......
Erza: (I was always crying. // Always... // Always trying to make myself seem stronger... // I locked my own heart up in a suit of armour... // ...and cried.)

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Erza: It is because I am weak that I always hide behind a suit of armour. // I could never take that armour off.
Ikaruga: Even if my opponent is naked... // ...I will still slice her.
Erza: I always believed that the armour would keep me safe... // But that wasn't right. // That chink between people's hearts that allows them to connect... // I was just blocking that up.

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Erza: But Fairy Tail taught me the truth. // That it's so much better to be close to people, to feel their warmth.
Ikaruga: Prepare yourself!!!!

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Erza: I no longer have any doubts!!!! // I will change my very being to strength... and defeat you!!!!
[insert text: She wears only one thing for protection... the true heart her nakama helped her to find!!]
[bottom text: To be continued in Chapter 92: "Destiny"]