Gathering of the Allied Forces

"Welcome to 8island! Have you decided on your order?"
Inside a recently open restaurant in Hargeon, Lucy was taking a job as a waitress. She was dressed in an orange uniform that was a shoulder-less dress that showed off a little too much of Lucy's cleavage, with orange arm fabrics covering her arms. There was a necktie tied with a red ribbon around her neck. She wore long white thigh-high socks with two orange stripes at the top. Her hair was tied in two short pigtails with two red bows. Across her chest area of the uniform was the name of the restaurant '8island'.
There were two people that she was serving. "I would like a blue-sky with meat sauce and a holly soda." A person dressed as a literal wizard with glasses covering his eyes said.
"I'd like the best-man curry." A man in a white business suit said.
"Right! Thank you for your order! Would you like dessert with that?" Lucy asked with a huge smile.
"Yes! I'll take one of these ruby parfaits." The wizard man said.
"Same for me." The other man replied.
"Right, coming right up." Lucy happily said, she began jogging from the table.
A man who wore glasses and had blushes on his face called out to her. "Please take my order too…"
"Yes, coming!" Lucy chirped. But just before reaching the table, she paused, her jaw dropping in realization. "Wait… What the heck am I… am I doing?" She threw the small clipboard she was writing orders into the floor before it bounced back into her face.
"Lucy!" Natsu said, interrupting Lucy's panic attack.
"What?!"
"It's all part of the job." Natsu reminded. He was dressed as a typical busboy while holding a tray of meat and rice. His scarf was still around his neck.
"I don't see how this is a job for wizards at all! And what's with this embarrassing get up?" She inquired while she was looking at her own uniform.
"How should I know?" Natsu asked.
"'Scuse me!" Aang exclaimed while he sped past Lucy while on an air scooter while holding two trays that had corn, rice, and meat on them. The air that Aang left behind lifted Lucy's skirt up, quickly forcing her to hold it down.
"Aang, don't do that!?" Lucy angrily yelled. She sighed afterward. "At least I look pretty damn good in it." Lucy said doing a pose while sparkles were around her.
A snicker was heard from Toph as she was dressed in a smaller sized uniform that Lucy was in. "Yeah sure… you look amazing Lucy." Toph said in an obviously sarcastic tone while 'writing' down people's orders.
"Well, thank you Toph."
Happy was walking on the ground while holding a tray of two mugs. 
"I think Toph was being sarcastic, Lucy." The blue cat noted.
"Obviously." Toph said. "I mean, you don't even come close to Erza." Toph jabbed with a smirk.
"How could you know!? You're a blind brat!" Lucy exclaimed while comically pointing at Toph.
"Ouch, Lucy… you hurt my feelings…" She replied with a smirk. "…oh well, at least I'll be able to make rent this month," Toph laughed after saying this.
Lucy has steam rising from her head. "How can someone so small be so mean?" She angrily asked.
"So cat, remind me again how we got dragged into this?" Toph asked.
"The chef uses magic to cook the food in this restaurant. That's why he wanted his waiters and waitresses to be magic users as well." Happy explained.
"Yeah." Natsu said while his voice was muffled with something. "We're helping out too, you know." Natsu was eating the chicken leg he was supposed to be serving to a customer. One of the customers was comically shocked and his mouth was hanging to where it was just above the table.
A tray was thrown into his face, forcing the entire leg into his mouth. "Don't eat the customers' food!" Lucy said after throwing the tray.
"And don't throw the serving tray!" Happy added with a sweat drop going down his face
Gray walked up to them. "Sometimes dressing up like a waiter is pretty nice." He said while he was only in his boxers and a red bow tie.
Katara was delivering someone's food while dressed in the same uniform as Lucy as well, only her hair was tied in two long braids. After putting the tray down, she pinched the bridge of her nose. "If only you could actually wear the uniform…"
Gray gave an annoyed look to her. 
"Considering we're doing this so you two can pay your rent, you have no right to complain." Ryu pointed out after approaching them. He was also carrying a tray to one of the customers. Katara and Lucy looked away in embarrassment. "By the way, check out Erza." Everyone but Toph looked in the direction of Erza. Lucy and Katara were especially surprised. 
Erza was wearing the same uniform as she approached a customer's table. She seductively sat on the actual table. 
"Let me hear you order?" She asked in a seductive tone. "What is your desire? Come… tell me?" The three men at the table were stunned by her beauty they couldn't focus on what they wanted.
So they responded with: "Please give us one of everything!"
"Oh, that will be a great help. I must give you my thanks." Erza thanked.
"Glad to be of service!" The men said in unison while blushing.
"We got someone really into it…" Gray said.
Zuko and Sokka appeared behind them; both dressed as busboys as well. 
"Well what did you expect; Erza always puts everything into what she does." Zuko reminded.
"Yeah… should we remind you of the play incident?" Sokka said.
"This is yet another battle to be won," Erza said with a confident look.
"Still, I can't get over these uniforms…" Katara said, trying to stretch the dress downwards.
"I'll bet Zuko would have loved to see Mai in- GAH!" Happy quickly ducked under a fireball.
"I'm sorry… you were saying." Zuko calmly said while aiming his fist at the cat.
"N-nothing!" Happy said while sweating.
Toph turned to Happy. "Hey, didn't you say you would have gotten Mai to help us out?" Toph asked.
"I did…" Happy replied. "I even showed her the uniform, and she threw a knife at me, it even grazed my cheek." The cat shuddered.
"I would have expected nothing less." Zuko said.
"Well I can see why Natsu likes this food, it's pretty good." Toph said while she was eating a bun.
"NOT YOU TOO!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Try it, it's good." She said with food stuffing in her mouth.
----Sunset finally came and the group was outside the building.
"Well… good work… everyone." This was the voice of an old man. The entire group was standing in front of him. Everyone was dressed in their regular clothes except for Erza, as she had taken a liking to her uniform. Natsu and Toph had large bellies because of how much of the food they ate. "Kids sure do work hard, don't they? Please, do come again."
"Yes. I learned a lot today." Erza said.
They were all talking to Yajima who was dressed in a chef's outfit.
"Wait, are you still wearing the outfit?" Aang asked looking at Erza, suddenly noticing.
"I want to help, but were the outfits really that necessary?" Katara asked.
"Oh, please. It's not like you were the only one who wore it." Toph said.
"But you can't see! It's not like appearances matter that much to you."
"I bet she could walk out into the street naked, and she wouldn't care." Happy said.
Toph smirked. "Is that a challenge, cat?"
"Man, what a feast!" Natsu said rubbing his belly.
"You and Toph ate too much of the store's food!" Lucy exclaimed.
"What's the big deal about it?" Natsu replied.
"Yeah, we got the job done." Toph added.
"What's with your attitude!?" Lucy exclaimed while two anger marks were on the sides of her head.
"By the way, Yajima… What has happened with the Council?" Erza asked.
"Yeah, weren't you there when they almost blew us up?" Aang added.
Yajima sighed and placed his hand on his bald head. "Well, I've already retired."
"THE COUNCIL!?" Natsu, Gray, and Sokka exclaimed in unison and they all turned to Lucy.
"Yeah, didn't you know? Yajima used to be a member of the Council." The three gasped as soon as Lucy told them this.
Yajima looked to be thinking of something. "Zuuku, or was it Zullal?"
"Jellal…" Erza corrected with a nervous expression.
"Ah yes, that's right."
"Jellal? What about him?" Aang asked.
"The betrayal of Zullal and Ultear was quite the blunder for the Council." He flashed back to seeing Jellal, and to also seeing Ultear destroying the area around her with her Arc of Time magic. "Now should be the time to establish a fresh, new Magic Council, and the groundwork for it seem to be being laid in all quarters. Erza had an expression of anger while Zuko also looked quite angry as he folded his arms while leaning on the wall. They all flashed back to the battle at the Tower of Heaven. "It caused you all quite a lot of grief; it did…" then flashed back to when Natsu and Aang both finished off Jellal. "I am really sorry about it."
"No… I've heard that you were set against firing the Etherion the entire time." Erza said, giving Yajima a reassuring smile. "And you even retired out of shame for the actions of the Council."
Yajima was suddenly making stir-fry in a pan. "I'm not fit for governing…"
"Is anyone going to ask where he got the frying pan?" Katara asked with blue lines traveling down her forehead.
"As I Thought!" Yajima exclaimed. The pan was covered in a bright yellow light and he began doing flips with the pan. "I have a lot more fun being a cook!" suddenly a spotlight shone on him.
"Sorry for saying this." Zuko started. "But there is something about the Magic Council that just doesn't sit right with me."
"What do you mean, Zuko?" Katara asked.
"The way they do things, they almost blew us up to take out a threat for the greater good. They have the power to take out any continent they want, and Jellal was able to take advantage of that power. I don't know… I just don't trust them."
"By the way, Natsu, Sokka, Gray." Yajima glared at the three of them. "There will be a new Council now. I won't be there anymore. That means that no one will be there to speak up for Fairy Tail." He spoke in a firm, serious voice. 
"Be sure to behave in a way that keeps that in mind!" He exclaimed.
The three quickly nodded in slight fear. 
"We'll behave!" The three exclaimed.
Toph punches her fists together. "Hey if those bureaucrats wanna pick a fight with us, bring it on. We'll take 'em down, just like any other bad guy!"
"WHAT!" Lucy exclaimed. "We can't pick a fight with the council! They will shut down our guild!"
"We cannot be an official guild and constantly pick fights with the Council." Erza explained. "We have rules here, Toph."
Aang walked to her. "Considering how much power the Council have, we shouldn't do anything do get their attention on us. Also, we can't let them find out that we using bending and not magic."
"Hey, if they come and start messing with us, there's no telling what I'll do… but don't worry old man, I'll behave… for now." Toph said before huffing and folding her arms.
Yajima smiled as he watched the group flying back to the guild on Appa. "Say hi to Macky for me!"
While the group was flying on Appa, Aang was holding the reins and he looked distant and deep in thought.
"Aang, are you okay?" Natsu inquired.
"Yeah, you've been pretty distant. Is everything alright?" Katara said.
"Is something up?"
"Oh, no don't worry. I'm just thinking." Aang said with a fake smile. He looked to the peach sky with a serious thought. "Ultear… where are you?" He thought as he looked up into the sky.
----High in the clouds that blanketed the dark sky was a large airship that belonged to the Dark Guild Grimoire Heart.
Inside the bridge of the ship, Ultear who was dressed in a revealing purple dress that had a black ribbon tied on the lower back and it revealed her back that had a large Grimoire Heart sigil on it. She had long arm fabrics that covered her arms and was the same colour as her dress. Her hair was tied in low pigtails. She was holding a lacrima orb on her right hand. "Oración Seis is what? I see… so they making their move." She looked back to a huge part of the bridge that had decor of devil horns and angelic wings near the back. "What do you think, Master Hades?"
"Leave them be…" a voice said. "With them making their move, the ones on the other side will not be able to stand silent." A dark figure said. "We will take that opening to find the key to unlocking the seal on Zeref." Ultear's smile became more apparent as the dark figure of Hades continued. "Let us hope that they are able to eliminate the pesky guilds."
"That's not the only thing, you're looking forward to, is it Master Hades?" Ultear smiled.
Hades's dark figure grinned. "Of course not, with such a potent threat, we may get a chance to see more of what the Avatar can do."
"Ah yes, little Aang. He may act like a cute little pacifist, but this little puppy has some very sharp fangs. And I'm eager to see just how hard he can bite."
----The next day at the Fairy Tail guild everyone was gathered in the main hall. 
"What am I supposed to be seeing here?" Toph asked.
A huge structure diagram was drawn with a light pen in front of everyone. 
"It's an organization chart of the Dark Guilds." Mira explained
"Yes. I drew it." Reedus revealed.
"Wow, I only thought there would be a handful of them." Katara said. "But this many, it almost seems terrifying."
"To be honest, I really thought there would only be about nine or ten at the most." Aang added.
"Why is there so many, though?" Lucy asked.
"Because lately, it seems like their activity has increased." Mira said with a serious expression.
"Activities?" Zuko muttered.
"We have to strengthen the bonds between guilds." Mira said.
"What's the big oval in the middle?" Gray asked.
"Juvia knows." The water mage answered. "It's the Baram Alliance."
"The Baram alliance?" Sokka repeated.
"The Baram Alliance is the most powerful force of Dark Guilds, it combines the three guilds of Oración Seis, Tartaros, and Grimoire Heart." Juvia clarified. Meanwhile, Natsu and Happy looked to be paying zero attention to the conversation as they were feasting on meat and fish respectively. "Each of them has a number of associated guilds, and they control the world of Dark Guilds. Then there's the guild that acts independently of the rest, Raven's Tail."
Zuko walked forwards, coming into everyone's view. "Look at this, the way this is all structured, it's almost military." He said.
"Uh, military?" Lucy gasped.
"Don't you think you're looking too much into this, sparky?" Toph said.
Mai also decided to interject. "I don't know what you're seeing Zuko, but that's no military like I've ever seen."
"No, think about it." Zuko said. "These lesser Dark Guilds are the soldiers, with their Masters as the commanders or sergeants. They all take orders from these top three; I'd say the members of Grimoire Heart, Tartaros, and Oración Seis are like the majors, with the Masters of those guilds as the generals, the heads of the whole operation." He explained.
"You do have a point, Zuko." Erza added.
"Yes, I see it what you're trying to say, Zuko." Iroh said. "If this Baram Alliance is really structured that way, then that's not good for us."
"Despite its name, however, there is rarely any sight of these guilds actually working together." Juvia said. "The Baram Alliance is more like a non-aggression pact than an actual alliance."
"But still, this is very disconcerting. I'd say these dark guilds pose an even greater threat than the Fire Nation could ever hope to be."
"Even greater than the Fire Nation?" Toph inquired.
"I get what you're saying Zuko." Katara said. "But, no one could possibly be worse than the Fire Nation."
Aang walked forward. "No, I think Zuko is right."
"Aang, what are you saying?" Katara asked.
"Many wizards are physically more powerful than benders…" Aang flashed back to his first battle with Lyon on Galuna Island. "I learned that the hard way. Plus with what we've seen with Trinity Raven back at the Tower of Heaven, Dark Guilds are nothing to scoff at."
Toph looked to be thinking. "You may be onto something Twinkle Toes. Phantom Lord gave us a huge amount of trouble and they weren't even a real Dark Guild."
"Ooh… just talking about all this is scaring me." Ty Lee said with a slight shiver.
Lucy recognizes a name on the diagram. "Eisenwald!"
"Yes, that is the guild that Erigor led," Erza said.
"Who's Erigor?" Katara questioned.
"He's a wind wizard that I fought when I first got here," Aang said. "That guy was definitely something."
"Ha! I took that loser down, no problem!" Natsu said while eating his meat.
"So that was one of the guilds associated with Oración Seis, huh?" Gray asked.
"Yes, another one called Ghoul Spirit was one of the ones that the Thunder God Tribe destroyed." Mira said.
"And the guilds Juvia and Gajeel destroyed when we were in Phantom were all from Oración Seis." Juvia cheerily said.
"Please, don't go smiling about it…" Gray said.
Lucy and Ty Lee held each other while they were shaking. 
"Uh-oh, I hope they aren't mad." Lucy said.
"Y-yeah, they won't come after us… will they?" Ty Lee asked.
Wakaba reassured the two girls. "Don't worry 'bout it! There's nothing to fear! From the rumors I hear, they've only got six members."
"Damn, how small a guild is it?" Macau said.
"Wait! Just six!" Toph exclaimed. "Well, this just got a whole lot easier!"
"If there really is just six members, then it wouldn't be that difficult to beat them." Mai added.
Ty Lee breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew, you guys had me worried there for a second."
Mira looked at them with a serious glare. "But even with six people, they're a member of the strongest organization."
"Yes, I agree. Despite lacking in numbers, I'm quite certain that Oración Seis more than makeup for it with power." Iroh warned.
"Yeah, I may not have been here too long, but I know you don't get to be one of the top heads for nothing." Zuko said.
"About that Oración Seis…" Makarov walked up to them which caused everyone to turn to him in surprise. "We are going to attack them." Natsu looked back with a smirk on his face while he was still eating. Meanwhile, everyone gasped at what Makarov said.
Mira and Iroh though looked unfazed. "Welcome back, Master." Everyone except Mira and Iroh comically fainted after Mira said this with a cheery attitude. "How was the regular meeting?"
Lucy comically got up and grabbed Mira's right shoulder. "Way to miss the point."
Erza started walking towards Makarov. "Master, what are you talking about?"
Makarov began to explain. "At the regular meeting the other day, we discussed the recent activity by Oración Seis. As it is not something we can ignore, we decided that some guild has to fight them."
"By 'some guild', you mean us?" Toph asked.
"You pulled the short straw again, Gramps?" Gray said.
"And Fairy Tail will take on that role?" Juvia inquired.
"No… The enemy this time is too powerful." Makarov started walking into the main hall. "If it were only us, then afterward the Baram Alliance would retaliate only here. And that is why we formed an alliance ourselves."
"An alliance!?" Everyone exclaimed.
Makarov continued. "Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Cait Shelter… These four guilds will each send out members to strike these guys down!"
"Cait Shelter?" Aang remembered. "That's the same guild that girl belonged to…"
Natsu got up. "But we could handle it ourselves, no problem!" He said with a confident grin.
Erza punched Natsu's head. "Naïve fool! The Master is thinking about the consequences afterward!"
"I think I get it." Zuko said. "It would be harder for the Oración Seis to retaliate against us if we formed an alliance ourselves." Makarov nodded
Lucy and Ty Lee started shivering again. "So… wait a second…" Lucy said. "The enemy only has six members, right?" She asked counting with her fingers. "How crazy powerful are these people then!?"
----Meanwhile, at a clearing outside the forests of Magnolia, Hen was practicing his Earthbending. He made a long line of twisted columns before heating up the earth to the point where it became lava and once the molten rock fell, he made fluid motions to make a circle of lava around him. He was sweating and panting at the same time.
He heard clapping and saw Chun cheerfully applauding him. "That was amazing Hen."
This brought a smile to his face. "I'm still far from mastering it, just give me a couple of days and I'll really show those Fairies who's boss!"
Kobu scoffed at him as he looked like he had returned from something. "Yes, because I can be certain that strongest members will be afraid of a little lava. Just remember that they have an Ice wizard, so keep that in mind."
"Jeez, you seem a bit extra on edge than usual. What's going on?" Hen asked.
"Fairy Tail are on the move." He revealed.
"Then what are we waiting for, let's ambush them!"
"There is a better opportunity that awaits us. You two, come with me." The two walked with Kobu to find Ping sitting near a tree stump.
"So Kobu, what is this important information you have to tell us?" Ping inquired.
"I've been spying on some of the Dark Guilds and it seems that one of them are gathering the guilds under them. This Dark Guild is the Oración Seis."
"What does this have to do with us?" Ping asked.
"I was getting to that. The Oración Seis is only one of the three main guilds in the Dark Guild alliance. The other two are Grimoire Heart and Tartaros. They call this the Baram Alliance."
"So three of these guilds are about to do something big?" Chun asked.
"No, it's just the Oración Seis and the Dark Guilds under them"
"And Fairy Tail are going to stop them?" asked Hen.
"Not just Fairy Tail. I spied on a meeting between official guilds and there are three other guilds that are going to help them."
"Just get to the point, already." Ping rushed.
"I suggest we sneak in with the hopes of finding and slaying the Avatar, with Fairy Tail and Dark Guilds involved, I can be pretty sure that it will be easy to take him out in all of of the chaos."
"Why don't we just team up with the Dark Guilds?" Hen suggested.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Chun warned. "Remember how Jellal tricked me and Ping?" She reminded.
Ping though didn't look worried. "Tch, if these guilds decide to double cross us, then the Oración Seis will feel the wrath of the Fire Nation!"
Kobu chuckled. "Well, I didn't take you to be a jokester…" Ping glared at him. "Wait! You're serious!?" Kobu coughed. "Okay, let me tell you why that is not a good idea! An open attack on a guild like that would be a declaration of war, which would most likely incur the wrath of the rest of the Baram Alliance and every Dark guild in it. Even if it is unlikely that Grimoire Heart and Tartaros would help them out. The Oración Seis has a handful of Dark guilds under them. While the Fire Nation has a strong military force, if they go to war with every dark guild in this world; they would most likely lose!"
Ping glared at Kobu. "Do you doubt the Fire Nation's power?"
"Yes… besides, even in the unlikely event that the Fire Nation wins such a war, the devastation in the aftermath will take decades, maybe even a full century to rebuild. And fighting them in this world would be literal suicide. So I suggest we sneak in under their noses and kill the Avatar, that's it!"
"And leave those peasants from Fairy Tail?" Ping growled.
"We are walking into a war between alliances of guilds… I don't know about you, but I have aspirations to live. If we stick to our goal then we'll be done with this job."
Ping growled. "Fine, Kobu and I will undertake this mission."
"What!? Not fair!" Hen complained.
"You'll just try to fight anyone in sight, so you wouldn't be a good fit for this." Kobu said.
"So when do we move…?" Ping asked.
"As soon as possible, we need to get there during the fighting so we can finally take the Avatar out among the confusion."
----Over a forest with several hills, six people were standing on a ledge.
"I can hear it…" One of the six said. He had a long purple and white snake wrapped around him. "The sound of the breaking light." He continued while stroking his reptilian pet.
"Don't be so hasty, Cobra." The person named Cobra looked to his left and all that was seen was a person's face that had a long, pointy nose. "Well, bein' hasty is not so bad."
"That magic we're talking about is hidden here, Racer." Cobra said with a smirk, his tiny pupils were shifting to Racer.
"A magic that will bring about darkness and break all light, oh yeah!" A male voice said.
"Nirvana…" A girl with short white hair muttered.
Meanwhile, there was a light skinned person who was wearing a sleeveless, collared, black and white shirt with yellow, black striped pants and brown boots. He was sleeping while sitting up with his arms folded on a floating carpet. It also sounded like he was snoring.
Someone in the group forced the bottom end of a staff to the ground, alerting the rest of the members. The top end had a skull that had a blue orb in its mouth with a headpiece that was made from green and red leaves. "The legendary magic will finally be ours."
Racer's shades glistened. "Is this Nirvana magic, really all it's cracked up to be?"
"Behold." The person holding the staff directed everyone's attention to the forest below. "The land had begun to die. Just because Nirvana is nearby…"
...
Elsewhere, two purple furred boars were dragging a large carriage with a wagon of huge bags behind that carriage. A trail of light streaked across the sky. Ash had also been chosen to go on this mission.
Lucy's voice could be heard. "Why do I have a feeling like something really bad is going to happen? And wait… why am I participating in this again!?" She asked in a panic.
Toph looked at her with a neutral expression. "I dunno, same reason Sokka is here… for comedy relief?"
"Hey!" Sokka exclaimed. "I can do plenty, thank you."
"Plenty of nothing," Gray muttered.
"Shut up!"
Meanwhile, Natsu was looking nauseous near the back of the wagon. 
"Uh, Natsu doesn't look too good." Katara noted.
"The Master chose who went!" Erza said, completely ignoring Katara. "Shouldn't we be happy he trusts us with this duty?"
"Yeah, I guess…" Toph muttered.
"But when it comes to fighting there's Juvia or Gajeel… heck, even Mai, Suki or even Ty Lee." Lucy said.
"Well, Juvia and Gajeel had other jobs to do," Happy said while eating a fish that was stripped down to its bones.
"Not to mention Suki, Mai and Ty Lee are checking up on the locations of any of the smaller guilds under the Oración Seis, to see if they are on the move," Zuko said.
"That's too bad; me and Metalhead would have kicked some serious ass!" Toph excitedly said.
"Toph, why would you want Gajeel to come with us? He's nothing but a big jerk." Katara said.
The earthbender folded her arms. 
"Hey, he's not so bad if you get to know him." She quickly grinned afterwards. "Plus he and I have a lot in common: we both love beating up the bad guys!"
"Well, that much is true." Sokka said.
"Jeez, the three of you are just as thick headed as Natsu." Gray said.
Toph snickered. "Look at this guy, calling us thick headed. Meanwhile, he hasn't acknowledged the existence of his stalker."
"What are you talking about?"
"I believe she's talking about Juvia." Katara said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
Katara sweatdropped. "Of course you don't…"
Natsu slowly fell to his back. 
"Why didn't… we take… Appa?" He weakly asked.
"Well, we are fighting a Dark Guild and all… I didn't want to put him in danger." Aang replied.
"You owe me… big time!" He said.
Erza and Zuko looked to Aang and they both nodded to each other. "Aang, we need to talk." Erza said.
"Okay sure, about what?" The Airbender asked.
"It's about your power." Zuko said causing Aang to look down. "I don't think I need to tell you that you have a tendency to hold back in battle," Zuko said.
"We respect your pacifist beliefs, but they won't work against a powerful enemy." Erza said.
"I wouldn't worry about it." Ryu responded. "He's learned the hard way not hold back during a fight."
"Yeah, he's right." Aang said. He flashed back to Jellal's smirking face and Laxus's furious expression during their battles. "If Jellal and Laxus were an indication, words will barely change a person's mind in battle. I understand what you two are trying to tell me, and I don't like it. But I understand that there are enemies who will leave me no choice. Don't misunderstand, I'm going to fight to kill, I'm not a killer and I never will be, but…" Aang punched his right fist into his open hand. "But I'm not going to throw my punches."
Erza and Zuko smiled at his words.
"I wonder what the other guilds will be like." Sokka said.
"This will be the first time teaming up with other guilds. The first thing that's important is forming better ties with the other guilds." Erza said.
Toph yawned. "As long as they don't whine like Lucy, then they're alright with me."
"Why do you always pick on me!?" Lucy exclaimed.
"You make it too easy…"
"I can see it!" Happy exclaimed. "There's the meeting place!" They were coming across a mansion-like building that was a whitish pink in colour.
----They entered through the front door and found that the lights were off and the main foyer was huge. "This place's décor is seriously creepy…" Lucy said.
"If this scares you, then the halls of the Fire Nation would give you nightmares," Zuko remarked.
"This is Master Bob's villa, from Blue Pegasus." Erza said.
Aang stops in his tracks. "Him?" he remembers seeing his face and slightly shudders. "He…makes me… feel funny…"
Gray was also shuddering. "You and me both buddy."
Erza turned to them and gave them a stern look. "Aang, Gray, be nice. Master Bob may be a bit… eccentric… but he does deserve our respect."
This piqued Toph's curiosity. "Eccentric huh?"
Natsu who was sitting on the floor with his hands on his thighs muttered. "Are we there yet?"
"You're joking right?" Katara asked.
"Yes, you've arrived!" They all heard.
"Arrived?" they all repeated.
Toph sighed. "Let me guess, we're about to meet more weirdos aren't we?"
The same voice started singing. "Hey, hey, hey, hey! Welcome!" it was also apparent that there were two voices that repeated words after the lead singer. "Fairy… Tail…" soon a spotlight shone and it revealed three figures in front of them. "Folks!" they finished with the whole group being surprised while Erza, Zuko, and Toph were glaring at them. "Sorry to keep you waiting!" this echoed through the walls of the foyer and Zuko continued his glare.
"Okay, who are you!?" Zuko demanded.
"And you better make it fast!" Toph said while making three white tiles float to her sides.
"We…"
"…are the representatives chosen…"
"…from Blue Pegasus."
"Trimens." The three said in unison.
One of them who was light skinned with chestnut brown hair introduced himself. "Hibiki of the Hundred Nights!"
Another who looked a lot younger with short blonde hair introduced himself as: "Eve of the Holy Night!"
Finally, the final member who was dark skinned with spiky black hair introduced himself. "Ren of the Silent Night." He said in a mysterious voice.
"Trimens from Blue Pegasus?" Lucy gasped. "How cool!"
"Cool? And you wonder why I make fun of you…" Toph said.
"The one they call Hibiki. He's always at the top of the 'I wish he were my boyfriend' ranking in the Weekly Sorcerer!" Lucy said while staring at Hibiki's stance. "You're that Hibiki Laytis!" she exclaimed like a fan-girl.
Natsu meanwhile was on Aang's back and he was struggling to carry his tired body, meanwhile Gray was in a panic. "Crap! I forgot to put on clothes!" he was wearing nothing but his black jeans and Sokka was laughing at him.
Lucy looked at them for a moment before she sighed. "Those guys? Not a chance…" Lucy sighed.
"I actually prefer the blonde guy," Katara said.
Toph comically fainted. "Katara, not you too... I think hanging out with Lucy has turned your brain to mush."
Erza's pupils gazed to her right before a spotlight shone on Hibiki. "Your beauty doesn't do the rumors justice." He flirtatiously said with a wink.
Erza then gazed to Eve who was on one knee in front of her. "How do you do, Titania?"
Then Ren walked up to behind her and grabbed her shoulder. "Now, come this way." It was revealed that the Trimens had surrounded Erza.
Suddenly Ren and Eve lifted a couch with a huge heart into the foyer and Hibiki directed Erza to sit in it. Then he got on one knee in front of Erza. 
"Have a hot towel." He said.
Eve suddenly brought a coffee table with a bucket and a bottle of what was assumed to be wine inside it. 
"Are you hungry?" He asked.
"No…" Erza simply answered.
"We have cake. How about some?" Hibiki suggested.
"I'll pass…"
"What is going on here?" Lucy asked while Katara and Toph were standing beside her.
"Just hearing all this makes me wanna barf." Toph said.
"You… have a seat yourself." Ren said getting the attention of both Lucy and Katara. "And hey… they both of you are just too damn cute." He said holding the two by the waists and both girls were blushing.
Toph glared at them. "Hey, what am I? Chopped Liver?"
Suddenly Eve was in front of Toph. "I could never forget you, your beauty shines through rock like a diamond."
Toph was sweatdropping while she was blushing. "Okay, I'm freaking out now! I know we're supposed to be nice but can I please just hit them already?"
Natsu, Happy, Aang, Gray and Sokka were looking at them. 
"What's with them?" Gray asked.
"Who are they?" Natsu asked.
"Well, whatever's going on…" Aang looked at Ren who was directing both Katara and Lucy to the couch. "I really don't like it."
"Aang's jealous…" Happy said with a grin.
Toph meanwhile was standing by the couch while Eve was beside her. "Hey, don't get the wrong idea kid. We're supposed to work together, so don't get in my way…"
"So cute," Eve said, causing Toph to blush. "That demeanor of yours… it's wonderful. I've always, looked up to you. Toph Beifong."
"WHY is he being so nice!?" Toph thought. She quickly made an earth tent around her. "Seriously… come close to me again, and I'm going to kick your ass, kid. You got it!?"
Ren meanwhile handed two orange coloured drinks in wine glasses to both Katara and Lucy and he shyly looked away. "I-It's not like I made it especially for you two or anything…"
Aang and Sokka were glaring at him. 
"I don't like that guy!" Sokka growled.
"You and me both." Aang said. Lucy and Katara meanwhile had white circles for eyes expressing their confusion.
Hibiki who was sparkling in front of the three girls on the couch began to speak. "Come… You must be tired from your long journey. Come spend the night with us…" Ren and Eve sped to his sides and they were also sparkling. 
"Forever…" The three finished. Suddenly a huge blast of air had blown the three to the wall by the entrance. Lucy and Katara had shocked looks while sweatdropping.
Aang who had his right eye twitch while he gave a slight wicked smile had his right hand clenched. "Sorry… my hand slipped."
"Aang is jealous!" Happy mockingly exclaimed.
Toph walked out of her earth tent. 
"Well, at least that weirdness is done with." She sighed.
"Guests… stay right where you are." A deep voice said.
Toph sighed. "...Guess I was wrong."
Lucy and Katara were shivering. 
"What's with that silky smooth voice?" Lucy asked.
"Creepy is more like it," Katara said.
"It's Ichiya," Ren said.
"I-Ichiya?" Erza stuttered.
"It has been quite a while, Erza…" the man with a silky smooth voice was standing at the foot of the stairs into the foyer while adjusting the blue flower on his white suit.
"I-I can't believe it… You're joining us?" Erza nervously said while she shivered.
The man what actually small in stature and he was slightly tanned with short, spiky red hair while wearing a white and orange suit with a maroon bowtie. His face was well… chiseled like a rock for lack of a better term. "I've longed to see you, My Sweet Honey." He said. "But don't cry, Ichiya is at your service!" he said while sparkling.
Lucy, Katara, Aang, Happy, Toph and Zuko were all shocked. "MY SWEET HONEY!?" they exclaimed.
Toph quickly noticed something very odd. "Wait is Erza…"
"Shaking!?" Lucy and Happy exclaimed.
He began sliding down the rails of the stairs and as he spoke. The Trimens repeated what he said. "What an unexpected… reunion." He flipped three times and landed and the end of the stair railing while maintaining perfect balance.
The Trimens began clapping. "You're Ichiya's girlfriend?"
Toph was trying to hold back her laughter and looked at the shaking Erza. "Is… is this true…?" Zuko asked with a shocked expression on his face.
Erza glared at the four and pointed at Ichiya. "I DENY IT, with all my might!"
"I thought so…" Zuko muttered.
Ichiya then yelled at the Trimens. "Clean up! We didn't come here to play around."
"Right, Boss!" they all yelled and they lifted the couch and coffee table and put it back to where ever they found them.
"I've heard about you." Ichiya said looking at the four girls. "Erza… Lucy… Katara…Toph…"and pointed his fingers to the others. "…and the rest!" Gray, Aang, and Sokka were shocked while Natsu still looked sick. Zuko just looked indifferent.
Ichiya began sniffing the air. He then spun in place and pointed two fingers with both his hand. 
"Excellent Parfum!" he said with an echo.
"You're freakin' me out, you know…" Lucy said while shivering.
"You're freaked out!? I don't have to see the guy and I can feel the creepo vibes from him!" Toph said as she was also shivering. Erza and Katara simply looked stupefied.
Erza was starting to walk backward. "Sorry… I can't really handle him either. He may be an incredible wizard, but…"
"Listen, you Blue Pegasus boy-toys!" Gray exclaimed. 
"How about you stop makin' passes at our princesses, huh?" He said while glaring.
"We didn't come all this way just for you to flirt with them!" Aang growled. "If we're going to team up with you, at least show some common decency!"
"Y-yeah… what they said!" Sokka added.
Ichiya and the Trimens were not amused. 
"You men can go home now." Ichiya said.
Gray, Aang, and Sokka were shocked. The Trimens suddenly were next to the three as they looked very annoyed. "Thanks for coming!" Hibiki said while the other two repeated him and bowed as well.
Aang glared at them and so did Gray. 
"We aren't going anywhere!" Aang growled.
"They send posers like you on an important mission!?" Gray asked. "I could wipe the floor with you!"
The three Trimens glared at the two. "Try us," Ren said.
"We're strong," Eve said backing up Ren.
"Prove it!" Aang said
Natsu suddenly got up. "A fight! Let me join!"
"Enough, Natsu." Zuko walked to Ichiya. "Listen here, little man!" he lifted up Ichiya by his collar. "We didn't come all the way here, just for you and your pretty boys to turn us away. Now I suggest you take this seriously because you're won't like me when I get angry!" Zuko threatened.
Ichiya's nose began twitching. 
"Eh, your Parfum smells awful." He said.
"Fine, you leave me no choice." He threw Ichiya across the room and the smaller figure was screaming 'men' as he flew through the air.
The Trimens were shocked. "Ichiya!"
The short man flew towards a figure in the doorway and the figure caught Ichiya with his one hand and began freezing his head.
Toph recognized his footsteps, Aang, and Gray looked at them with concern. "This is quite the greeting… You consider yourselves equal to Lamia Scale?" saying this was Lyon as he was dressed in a white jacket with white pants with black patterns on them, he had a red shirt underneath.
"Lyon!" Gray exclaimed.
"You again!?" Aang said with a glare.
"Gray! You guys!" Lyon said in similar shock.
"Well, well, well; if it isn't the Ice Prince," Toph said getting in a fighting stance.
"I'm confused, who is he?" Katara asked.
"Yeah… wanna fill us in?" Sokka followed.
"He's an ice-wizard just like Gray, they had the same teacher," Aang explained.
"If he a friend of Gray's then?" Katara guessed.
Aang sweatdropped. "I wouldn't go that far…"
Natsu, on the other hand, was slightly more trusting. "So you finally joined a guild?" he cheerily asked.
Lyon scoffed at him and he threw Ichiya causing him to comically bounce on the floor.
As Ichiya bounced he was saying "Men…" over and over and he finally finished with: "Men… Handsome men…" while he rolled to the Trimens.
"What the hell are you doing?" Gray asked.
"He started it." Lyon said in his weak defense.
The Trimens glared at Lyon. "What do you think you're doing with our General?" Ren inquired while glaring daggers at the ice mage.
"How awful!" Eve said.
"I think all the men should just leave," Hibiki said.
"I made myself clear." Aang angrily said. "We aren't leaving!"
"Oh? But there's a woman here as well." They heard. This came from Lyon's direction. The carpet started moving under Toph.
"Oh, crap! It can't be!" the earthbender exclaimed.
"Doll Magic: Carpet Doll!" the carpet came alive and made both Lucy and Toph slip to the ground.
When they got up they both noticed it was Shelly.
"Shelly!?" Lucy exclaimed.
"The crazy doll chick!? You joined Lamia Scale too?" Toph smirks.
"I won't allow you to say you've forgotten me," Shelly said. "And please, forget who I was in the past!"
"Uh… what!?" Toph confusedly exclaimed.
"For Love, I have been reborn!"
Ichiya was suddenly fluttering towards Erza. "More… Parfum…"
The armored wizard shivered. "Stay back!" she summoned a bladed spear from out of nowhere. "I'LL CUT YOU!"
Gray and Lyon were glaring at each other.
"Lyon!"
"Gray!"
Toph lifted several tiles to surround her. "So, including the pretty boys! That makes six! Are there any more asses I should kick!?" she exclaimed.
"Bring it on!" Natsu excitedly said.
Aang and Zuko got in a fighting stance too and were back to back, though Zuko was facing the Trimens. "So much for the alliance," Aang said.
"For once, I think the master made a horrible decision," Zuko added.
Shelly looked at Lucy and Toph. "I cannot love you…"
"And I hate you, too!" Lucy growled.
"That makes two of us!" Toph exclaimed.
Suddenly a cane was slammed into the ground. "CEASE THIS!" a voice yelled. "We are making an alliance to defeat Oración Seis." Everyone's attention turned to the huge figure standing in the doorway. He was very muscular with green arm fabrics that looked like dragon scales. He had a poncho looking blue and white fabric around his shoulders and upper chest. His torso was bare and he wore a long black skirt with sandals. He was also bald with thick eyebrows.
Lyon confidently looked back. "Jura."
"Jura?" Erza questioned.
"He's the ace of Lamia Scale… Iron Rock Jura." Hibiki said.
"Who?" Natsu inquired looking at Happy.
"He's one of the Ten Great Wizard Saints!" Happy said.
"What! No kidding!?" Toph exclaimed.
"Even I've heard his name before…" Lucy added.
Shelly rushed to Lucy and Toph. "The Fairies have eleven people and Pegasus has four people… But for us, just three is more than enough."
"Hey, freak show. I beat you once already!" Toph said glaring at Shelly.
Happy was starting to tear up. "How cruel! Why don't I ever count?"
Toph began walking to Jura and everyone was getting nervous about what she was going to do. "So, your name is Iron Rock Jura huh? One of the Ten Wizard saints…"
"Yes, that is correct." Jura replied.
Toph folded her arms and smirked. 
"Finally, someone who's serious!" She exclaimed and everyone else sweatdropped. "I think I'm gonna like you."
Lucy was especially shocked. "Toph is being nice?"
"It would make sense, Jura specializes in Earth Magic." Happy said.
"With this, three of the guilds have gathered." Jura said. "All that is left are the people from Cait Shelter."
Ichiya began to speak while hanging from Erza's staff. "People? I have heard it is only one person."
"One person?" Erza repeated.
Footsteps of that very person were heard running through the grass outside the mansion.
Most everyone had surprised look. "They only sent one person for a mission as dangerous as this?" Gray said.
"How strong must this person be!?" Sokka asked.
Toph's eyes grew as she felt the footsteps of this one person and they were unbelievably light, even lighter than Aang's. "Unbelievable! You've got to be kidding me!?" right after Toph said this a little girl with long dark blue hair tripped and fell onto the floor after entering the building.
"Oww…" The girl said slowly getting back to her feet.
Aang's eyes especially grew when he saw her. "It's her! The girl I bumped into in Magnolia! Cait Shelter sent just her!?"
She began to dust herself off when she got to her feet. "Um… I'm sorry I'm late." She nervously began. "I'm Wendy Marvell, from Cait Shelter. Nice to meet everyone."