#lost iced shell

[watcher-ofthe-sky]

Headcanon: The reason Gray was able to learn Lost Iced Shell was because he absorbed the Memento Mori curse in which the victims are, “no longer alive nor are they dead, but are simply erased, becoming nothing for eternity.” The same way in lost iced shell where your existence will be erased from the memories.

[kazashiniwielder]

If Gray had used Iced Shell with lost attribute

If Gray had used his Lost Iced Shell, I see Natsu having arrived just moments after. He has no idea what happened, all he knows is that he came to fight Zeref, but Zeref was now encased in ice!? He tries to melt it, because he doens’t know what else to do, but nothing happens. His fire has no effect on the ice at all, even the flames that could melt buildings!

The others begin arriving one by one. No one is celebrating, rather they are confused. The other guilds are contacted and Lamia Scale offers to send Lyon to check it out. Team Natsu knows they are on familiar terms with Lyon, but they can’t remember why they met him to be honest.

Lyon shows up and takes one look at the Ice before he tells them exactly what it is, Iced Shell. None of the faries know what that is, so Lyon explains the spell to them. This makes everyone even more confused. What Ice Mage would ever sacrifice themselves for their cause? Who could have done it, after all Lyon and Ultear were the only Ice Mages any of them knew, and it wasn’t either of them. After all, Wendy just saw Ultear.

The mystery grows as the Guild is already morning Makerov’s passing (If Zeref and Mavis didn’t die, Makerov didn’t come back) Now they need to morn a strangers as well? Mavis analysis the Iced Shell and is struck with a feeling of horror. She recognized an element to the ice, and element that just made this a hundred times worse then she could imagine.

She informs the guild that it is not a normal Iced Shell, but it is mixed with Lost element. She explains how it works and the guild is gripped with a sense of dread. One of their own had been an ice mage, and had made the ultimate sacrifice to save them.

Yet they had no idea who that was. That person selfishly removed themselves from everyone's memory. It’s obvious immediately that whoever it was originally was connected to Lyon. After all it was the only thing that made sense. 

They make a grave for this unknown individual next to the Masters, the only two casualties this war produced. They don’t leave the ice of the individual there however. With Zeref inside it is too much of an insult. However they couldn’t just let anyone find that ice, then the unknown person could have died in vein. They hide it in the spot Lumin Historie was.

Natsu and Lyon are the most pissed about the entire situation. How dare whoever this was selfishly remove themselves from everyone memory. Lyon knew whoever it was had to be the last of his family, and they cruelly erased themselves. Natsu is pissed because they couldn’t even leave behind at least the gender or a name so they would have the faintest idea of who it was. There is no pictures in the guild of anyone they don’t know, but there are strange holes, like someone was there and had been erased.

That made it even more difficult for them because those holes were always around the same people, the same Team. Team Natsu. Some of them were around Cana, or Elfman. There was a major majority around Juvia too. Juvia realizes whoever it was had to be someone important to her. She can’t remember who cleared the sky, so it was probably that person. That in itself makes her depressed and the rain returns.

There was never a truly happy celebration over this victory. No one could ever be truly happy because one of their own made a sacrifice that they never asked them to make or would have wanted them to make. This sacrifice didn’t bring joy or relief, it only brought pain. The individual erasing themselves was the worst part, because now they couldn’t even remember who it was and that made them all feel guilty and worse.

Instead of one day having that close and ability to move on, there was always that question in the back of their mind. Who was this person? What were they like? What was life like with them around? Who were they to each of them individually? What would life even be like today if they hadn’t done that?

[mereadingandstuff]

Lost & Found

Fandom: Fairy Tail

Pairing: Slight Gray/Juvia but it's more a family feels fic

words: 1399

Summary: Gray used Lost Iced Shell and is forgotten by his guild mates. But somehow they all have the feeling that someone is missing from their lives. Someone important.

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“Lost Iced Shell”

Gray could feel the magic run through his veins.

Even he, who hadn’t been bothered by the cold in years, shivered under this powerful spell as the cold spread through his body.

Gray felt himself cracking apart, fissures gracing his body.

He saw Zeref taking a careful step back, his eye’s wide. A grin spread across Gray’s face. The great black wizard Zeref, Natsu’s brother, terrified of him.

“Natsu… I’m sorry.”

Gray felt the fissures grow and grow, pieces of him already falling on the ground.

His eyes drifted around the room, taking in the guild, his home.

He could almost see his guildmates lounging around. The everyday business in the guild.

There in a corner was Levy, book in her hands, Lilly in her lap and the Iron Dragon Slayer by her side.

Happy,Charle and Wendy were by the counter, ordering fish from Mira who was talking to Makarov about some damaged properties. And next to them were Elfman and Lisanna, talking to Erza about a job they just finished. Cana was also sitting on the bar counter, a barrel of alcohol in front of her.

On the table right next to him he could see Lucy and Natsu sitting opposite each other, being totally obvious to the fact that they both stared at each other with such fondness in their eyes.

And on the same bench as Lucy sat Juvia, milkshake in front of her, staring at the other two mages, seeming content just listening in on their conversation. The moment Gray focused on her, she looked up and a spark lit up her eyes as she smiled at him.

He could almost hear her calling out his name and a wave of sadness welled up inside him.

She would never get to hear his answer.

But at least she was still surrounded by Fairy Tail, their family. The rain wouldn’t come back to haunt her this time.

He felt himself drift away, a stray tear sliding down his cheek.

The last thing he heard was Natsu and Lucy calling out his name.

“Gray!!!”

The guild hall was filled with people.

The war with Alvarez had ended a few days ago. Zeref disappeared and Acnologia was defeated by the joined effort of all the Dragon Slayers.  And now they had planned to party for weeks to come.

But somehow the guild did not feel like partying at all.

“Luce, I can’t really describe the feeling but it feels like I forgot something important.”

“Same, Levy.”

“Juvia feels the same way. And Natsu-san looks bothered too.”

“Yeah! I wanna fight someone but I don’t want to fight anyone here?”

“That’s what’s bothering you?”, Erza yelled at the Dragon Slayer and Lucy sighed. There had been moments since the day the war with Alvarez ended where everybody just expected somebody else to be there.

Natsu often challenged somebody to fight him but was often disappointed by his challengers.

Lucy turned around to make a snarky comment and waited for a grunt of approval that never came.

Wendy felt like there was a protective presence around her missing.

Erza wanted to take on a very specific job, thinking that she had the right partner at hand but then didn’t knew who she meant.

Levy had found books in her shelves, not remembering where she got them. She only knew that they were some of her favourites.  

In that moment the doors to the guild hall opened, the person who entered being just a silhouette as the sun shined brightly through the doors.

There was a second of silence as Juvia excitedly stood up and yelled across the room to the newcomer, “Welcome home, Gray-sama!”  

The person made a step into the guild, revealing that it was just a supplier for the guild who brought a fresh stock of alcohol.

Juvia’s eyes widened as she let herself fall back down on the bench. Confusion overtook her features as she looked around the room.

“Gray-sama? Who is he?”

Her searching turned frantic as she looked around, tears welling up in her eyes.

“Gray! Gray!!”

And as if her exclamation hit a switch, everyone in the guild was suddenly overwhelmed by memories of their resident Ice Demon Slayer, Gray Fullbuster.

“That bastard!” Flames engulfed Natsu’s fists as he stood up. “I can’t believe him!”

Lucy covered her mouth, trying to hold back the sobs, tears welling up in her eyes.

Juvia was frozen beside her, her eyes still searching.

Outside the first drops of a summer rain could be heard.

And inside the guild a storm was brewing, people were shouting all over the place, demanding to know why they forgot about Gray and where he was.

Lucy watched Natsu, his flaming fists still shaking. She wanted to get up, to comfort him but her body was overcome with grief.

They both saw Gray’s last moment before he turned to ice.

The noise in the guild hall rose and rose, along with the faint summer drizzle outside that now turned into a heavy rain.

“Iced Shell… ”, Natsu whispered. Only the people around the table heard him. Juvia’s silence turned into tears.

“That bastard used Iced Shell!”, Natsu screamed, effectively shutting up everyone in the guild.  

“What is Iced Shell?”, Levy asked Lucy, voice small.

“It’s a technique that freezes the opponent in ice that can’t be melted or destroyed. So the opponent is not killed, only locked away. But at the cost of- ”, Lucy choked on her last words, unable to say it.

“- the caster's body that turns into the cast ice.”, Natsu finished for her, voice trembling.

“That’s why Zeref suddenly disappeared. Gray cast Iced Shell on him. So we wouldn’t have to kill Zeref. He did it-” And with that Natsu broke down. He fell on his knees, tears streaming down his face, snot running out of his nose.

“- to protect you, Natsu.”, Erza finished for him.

Heavy downpour outside made their attention turn to Juvia. The water mage had been quiet the whole time, the only indicator of her feelings being the raging weather outside.

“Gray-sama didn’t give me his answer.” And with that she dissolved into a fit of sobs.

The whole guild was quiet, now being painfully aware of the missing mage.

And then the doors burst open, revealing a drenched figure, dark hair plastered against his forehead, two scars on his sides visible.

“Juvia!”

The sounds of his voice made Juvia’s head snap up. Everyone in the room turned away from their table towards the entrance.

And there was Gray, dripping with rain, shirt missing and pants torn, the wound he inflicted upon himself still leaking blood, rushing inside.

He made way to Juvia, not realising the way everyone in the room was staring at him like he was a ghost.

“The rain suddenly started when I woke up. I could feel that it was your magic. Are you okay?”

Juvia blinked at the man in front of her, teardrops caught in her eyelashes.  

Noticing the unusual silence that hung over the room just now, Gray’s posture stiffened and he quickly made a step back.

Right, Lost Iced Shell. They didn’t remember -

“GRAY!”

A flaming fist collided with his face.  

“Natsu! He’s still injured.”

Black spots danced in Gray's vision as he hit the ground. Then Natsu was above him, straddling his torso, fist ready for another punch. But what made Gray freeze was the tear tracks that covered the other’s face.

“Dammit, Gray.” Natsu slumped back, wiping his cheeks.

Gray carefully sat up, the wound on his side throbbing again. His eyes swept the room, taking in his guild mates.

“Eum, hey everyone.”

“Gray!”

He suddenly found himself surrounded by his guild mates. Wendy threw herself in his lap, arms encircling him while she and Lucy babbled something Gray couldn’t fathom to comprehend. Erza had him in a crushing headlock while she forcefully patted his head, Levy was next to him and Cana was on his other side.

A soft smile spread on Gray’s face as he watched his family rambling, shouting and partying around him. He somehow found his way home.

He looked at Juvia who was still sitting at the table, watching him with tears in her eyes. They made eye contact and Gray hoped his eyes showed her the answer he would give her later.  

The sky outside cleared.

[fairytail-whathesays]

Small salt break under the cut because why aren’t more of you as pissed off about Lost Iced Shell as I am?!?

You guys know I love Gray Fullbuster, right? I think you guys know that. I’ve made more than a few posts to that effect. I think, barring some slight bumps in the road, that Gray is one of the characters that has survived most of Mashima’s series up until this last arc fairly undamaged.

I don’t understand this, guys. I really don’t. This is just yet more in the stream of Mashima blatantly pulling shit out of his ass. And yet, the reactions I’ve seen to this have ranged from mild irritation at worst to not only acceptance, but celebration of this course of action, despite 100% of you knowing full well in advance he was going to do it (which doesn’t speak well for him). It’s especially confusing coming off of the heels of the almost universally-hated Irene Belserion, whose poorly written sue drama and magic were the source of a lot of well-earned hatred. 

But guys, even when Mashima was blatantly pulling shit out of his ass as he went along with Irene, at least a lot of it was mostly new shit, like Universe One, her dragonslaying origins, her enchanting personalities, etc, all of which are bad for varying reasons. With Gray and Lost Iced Shell, this is just Mashima reaching into an old pile of shit he already shat out previously and trying to put sugar on it and hand it to you guys while calling it a doughnut.

We’ve been through this three times, guys. This is the third time we’ve been through Iced Shell. We already explored it with Lyon and why it was bad for Gray, and it came back for Silver, which was bad and poorly thought-out but understandable in the midst of Silver’s lie about being Deliora. But at this point, this is just taking the message of “live for your friends”, and pissing all over it, if you weren’t already soaked in piss by the time of the Juvia/Gray vs. Invel fight. You can’t re-run the same plot drama three times and still be called good at plotting, and even Mashima knows that, because he had to put a “new spin” on Iced Shell just to try to make it seem like it wasn’t the same fucking thing (it is).

And considering the highly pointless and moronic response I got recently, allow me to delve into what we know about Lost Iced Shell:

It’s an advanced form of Iced Shell

It does the exact same damn thing as Iced Shell

It’s literally Iced Shell with sprinkles, don’t bullshit me

It apparently wipes the memories of loved ones, which are the sprinkles in question.

And yes, it is an advanced form of Iced Shell. Permit me to quote the wiki:

This spell functions identically to Iced Shell, but with the caveat that is the "Lost Attribute" (消失(ロスト)属性 Rosuto Zokusei). Compared to the original Iced Shell, Lost Iced Shell has the added drawback of completely erasing the caster's existence from the memories of all who know him,[1] but in exchange for this, its power is several hundred times greater. Like Iced Shell, however, the imprisonment is only temporary, as the ice can melt.[2]

Now, let me just blow your minds for a minute by asking you guys to consider how this came about. How did this spell come to exist? Presumably, Gray (or someone, because if he didn’t come up with it on his own, someone had to have) developed it from the original. It’s basically Iced Shell v2.0, so like any other advanced form of a basic magic or really, skill in general, it has to have been built up.

Guys, that doesn’t work. Iced Shell functionally kills its caster. While they may live on as ice, they are pretty much dead. Casting Iced Shell successfully (and there are no “partial” successes when it comes to this spell) is an instant death sentence. Casting it does not allow for repeat tries or casting any other spells. Ever. Once you cast it, you’re done.

Which makes the existence of an advanced version of that spell impossible, because you tend to need to practice a skill to develop an advanced skill--that’s how reality works. And it’s doubly impossible even if Gray wasn’t the one to create it, because the spell is supposed to wipe the memories of all who know the caster. No one would ever know that Lost Iced Shell existed, because anyone who knew someone capable of casting Lost Iced Shell would forget about them and it as soon as it was cast. Unless of course, we’re to assume Gray is pulling this out of his ass just like Mashima is, in which case, shame on him. That’s also not really his style--Gray tends to build on his past magics. “Ice Impact” is an upgraded Ice Hammer, and his Devil Slaying spells “Zeroth’s Longsword” and “Zeroth’s Destruction Bow” are essentially upgrades to the Ice Makes “Cold Excalibur” and “Super Freezing Arrow”.

Why are you guys lapping up Natsu’s friendship tears and giving Gray the time of day when it comes to this plot drama? It’s bad for his character and it’s a waste of our time. 

Why exactly should Gray, or Mashima, or whoever your preferred target for anger and salt is, get off free when it comes to Lost Iced Shell, but everything else gets appropriately torn to bits? If you’re going to tear apart Irene, and the demon/dragon seeds, and August, you should be tearing this apart as well. I mean it when I say I have heard not nearly the salt I expected when I read this plot twist. I’ve seen more people pissed off about the offscreen battle with Elfman and Lisanna vs. Ajeel than I have about this!

And I’m more pissed off about Lost Iced Shell than I am with the equally shitty other plot twists around here because Gray was a good character. He was not Natsu or Erza, and he was certainly not Irene Belserion. Up until Alvarez, Gray was a decent, well-developed and well-rounded character with several complete character arcs under his belt--and this stupid shit recently is destroying him.

FUCK THIS FUCKING SPELL! FUCK LOST ICED SHELL!!!

[rithsu-chan]

PEOPLE PEOPLE

STOP FREAKIN' WHINING ABOUT GRAY ATTEMPTING ICED SHELL GET IT INTO YOUR HEADS THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING //LOST ICED SHELL// ICED SHELL vs LOST ICED SHELL DO YOU NOT SEE THE DIFFERENCE JESUS CHRIST GRAY DOES NOT FCKING WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAD THAT HE DIES SO HE ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM LOST ICED SHELL WHICH ERASES ALL MEMORIES OF HIM FROM EVERYONE ELSE HE DID NOT BLINDLY MAKE HIS DECISION HE DID IT IN CONSIDERATION OF HIS FRIENDS BECAUSE IF PEOPLE DIDN'T REMEMBER HIM THEN THEY WOULDN'T FEEL THE PAIN OF LOSING ANOTHER COMRADE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AS IF THEY NEVER LOST SOMEONE IN THE FIRST PLACE SO STOP SAYING "iced shell again, gray?" WITHOUT REASON GAAHHHH IT'S GETTING FCKIN AGGRAVATING UGH

[lucy-nekochan]

I'll turn my life, existence & memory into magic! LOST ICED SHELL!!!

Fairy Tail Manga 522

[arkus-rhapsode]

What’s up with with Lost Iced-Shell?

So guys I’ve been seeing a lot of people saying that this lost iced-shell makes no sense. Now if you read my review of 523 I’m okay with Gray using Iced-Shell because he’s actually thinking about the fact that Zeref can’t be killed so this is really the only logical option. Granted this has been done 3 times before this but again this is really the only logical option and it’s not “let’s punch him till he stops moving”. Now my problem is the fact that normal iced-shell would be enough but also add in this i disappear from everyone’s memories for nothing more than “added tension”.

See my theory about this is what Zeref called “lost property” and from the panels it seems to imply Gray learned it from Avatar, which if they know how to summon gods I could believe that they had knowledge of lost magic. That makes me think this isn’t lost as in someone invented it but rather anything could add this lost property to it and it be “lost” (EX lost sand rebellion or Lost zero genesis) Because lost magic is defined as “is a type of Magic that has been obliterated from the history of the world due to their immense power and the sheer gravity of their side effects on the users.” which means something can be lost if the power is great and it comes with a big side effect.

So that makes me think that anything with this lost property becomes way more powerful with and added side effect. Which would explain why Gray’s history would erased as well with his body but hears a small hole It’s not anymore powerful than normal iced shell. Maybe if Hiro wrote that this ice was truly unable to be dispelled even with moon drip then maybe that make my argument seem better but given what we got...

So yeah that’s my thoughts and if your reading this saying I’m reaching well i’m trying to make sense of something that is honestly a good concept of adding this extra power at a higher cost to a spell. If you have any ideas I’d love to hear them

[littlekittycakes]

Gray turns suicidal every time Juvia is away and near him. Like wth Gray.