Chapter 49 - Tower of Heaven (End) & Reunion

Jellal: Now get ready for round two...!! Grand Chariot...!!

Ultear didn't reply but she just glares at him. When the attacks reaches Ultear, the attack got stopped by an Ice Wall which seemed to appear out of thin air. Ultear used Ice-Make magic. Jellal used Meteor and moved towards Ultear but this time she also moved towards Jellal in a blinding speed and slashed his c_h_e_s_t. Blood spilled out of his c_h_e_s_t but he dropped on the ground.

Jellal: This must be a joke... I cannot fail now. I have come so far... I will destroy this tower with you if that is the last thing I will do.

Jellal gathered the magic power in his body and used Meteor and flew into the sky and a huge magic circle appeared in front of him. Erza was shocked that he was so desperate to use this spell here.

Erza: Everyone back away...!! He is going to use Abyss Break.

Not even Ultear what that spell was but she decided to listen to Erza and backed away with the other girls and Natsu's group. Erza re-equipped into her Nakagami Armor and jumped towards Jellal who was shocked to see Erza coming towards him and completed the spell.

Jellal: Abyss Break...!!

A huge beam of concentrated magic erupted from the magic circle which was heading towards Erza. As soon as the beam reached Erza she swiped her sword at the beam and it disappeared into thin air. Jellal was completely shocked to see the spell disappear into thin air. Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Juvia, and Ur were also shocked since they didn't knew about Erza's armor. Erza passed Jellal in the air and blood flew in the air.

Jellal lost all his power and started dropping towards the ocean. Erza had tears flowing from her eyes. No matter how she acted but she still saw Jellal as her childhood friend. While dropping towards the ocean she heard Jellal mutter something under his breath. That brought a smile on her face and her tears turned from sadness to happiness.

She returned to the rest of the group and everyone saw her smiling which confused all of them.

Erza: He said 'thank you' before dropping in the ocean.

Natsu: Should we search for him??

Erza: He might live but chances are slim and he has no magic power searching for his body here would be looking for a needle in a haystack.

Ur: So now that is taken care of... what are we going to do about this Tower??

Erza: All of you wait here and don't move.

Erza moved away from them and stabbed her two swords at the floor and all of them could feel the magic power slowly disappearing from the tower. Erza started releasing all her magic power, the amount of Magic Power she was releasing now was many times of Makarov or Gildarts. Except for Cana and Ultear, everyone had their jaws on the floor.

Soon the magic from tower started to escape from the top. Erza found that she cannot cancel this amount of Magical Power so she started to direct the power towards the sky. The magic power launched itself towards the sky as a beam and after few minutes the magic power from the Tower was completely gone and the lacrima started to break apart.

Erza used all her magic power and was about to drop on the ground when she felt a familiar presence holding her. She looked up and saw Axel's face. Axel had a small smile on his face. The rest of the group were also shocked to see Axel here. Axel picked up Erza bridal style and headed for the Chariot. Axel gestured the rest of the group towards the Chariot which grew in size so it can accommodate the whole group.

They saw that three girls were already on the chariot and the red-haired woman looked quite similar but they decided that for later. Erza felt a familiar feeling from the woman but she put it behind her head. She was now enjoying her closeness to Axel. All of them stepped on the chariot and they headed towards the nearest beach. Axel noticed that Irene was continuously looking at Erza while she did the same.

After a few moments, all of them landed and everyone started looking at Erza and the unknown red-haired woman. Erza walked up to her and stood in front of her and started to scan her older woman. Tears started to fall from Irene's eyes.

Erza: Who are you?? Why do you feel so familiar to me??

Irene was unable to say anything for a few moments but gathered courage.

Irene: I am your mother Erza... you have grown up to be a fine woman.

Everyone except Axel and Erza gasped. Irene moved forward to hug Erza but received a solid left hook to her ribs. Everyone cringed when they heard the crack sound. Irene was shocked and looked down but didn't move from her place. Soon she started to walk away from there but was engulfed in a tight hug from her crying daughter.

Erza: That was for leaving me... Now start explaining.

A happy smile formed on Irene's face, she was so happy that she forgot about her cracked rib. Axel pulled the remaining group away from the long lost mother-daughter pair. He then started explaining to the others what happened on his mission and how he met Erza's mother but didn't give exact details.

Axel sat by the side talking with his girls who sat beside him. Lucy, Juvia, Juliet and Heine were not sure what to make of this bizzare group but decided not to interfere with them. After another hour Erza and Irene returned to the rest of the group. Both had huge smiles on their faces and their cheeks were puffed red meaning both of them have been crying.

Axel: So I guess everything worked out between you two??

Erza/Irene: Yes... it did.