Chapter 11: Council Meeting

**Magnolia streets**

Natsu and the gang were on their way back to the guild to report on the retrieval on the two stupid heads

"I wonder if Milo's been a good boy?" Natsu asked while folding his hands behind his back

"Probably yeah." Erza replied to him while walking beside him

"Man, what a bummer of a quest that was." Gray said in an annoyed tone

"Yeah and not to mention our ride home." Lucy said in a traumatic voice when she remembered when they got to the docks, it took them an hour to calm themselves down from the Natsu express

"It was fun though." Erza stated while having a big smile on her

"Yeah!" Natsu said with a big grin

"For you guys, yeah."

Lucy and Gray said in their minds with a sweat drop to the two

They then heard whispers from the citizens as the atmosphere suddenly turned gloomy

"What's wrong with them?" Gray asked while watching the citizens

"Something weird is going on here" Lucy said in a nervous voice

"Hey." Natsu said as he stopped walking

Erza and the others look at him as Natsu was staring something from afar

"Was the guild supposed to look like that?" He asked while pointing at the direction of the guild

Erza and the others looked to where he was pointing and their eyes widen in surprise at what they see

"What the!?" Gray exclaimed as he and the others started running towards the guild

**At the front of the guild**

Natsu and the rest of the team were standing while looking at something before them as Lucy, Gray, and Erza's eyes widened. Natsu was looking at the guild with squinted eyes at the large iron rods coming out of it.

"What the hell happened to the guild hall!?" Gray shouted in astonishment.

"What could have happened here?" Lucy said as she couldn't believe it. Fairy Tail's guild, wrecked, right before their very eyes.

"Oh, you're back." They all turned to the voice of Mira, as they all came up to her.

"Mira? What the hell's going on with the guild? And where is everyone?" Gray asked.

"They're inside, in the basement. And as for the guild.." She then turned to the building. "Phantom Lord did it." She said in a sad voice.

"Phantom Lord..?" Gray said in an irritated tone.

"Phantom did this?" Erza said in astonishment as she looks back at the iron rods.

"Yeah. we better get inside." She said as she led them inside. Natsu's eye was foreshadowed as he was still standing in the same spot.

"Hey, you coming Natsu?" Lucy asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah, sure." He said as he snapped out of it and followed them. ""...Phantom Lord..."" He thought as he walked with the group.

**Basement**

The group walked down the stairs as they entered what looked like a large store room, as the other members of the guild were there. Sitting at tables with a frown. Natsu could tell that they were depressed about the state of their guild, as he eyed each of them.

"Welcome Back!" Makarov said with a drunken smile.

"Master, what's going on? Is Phantom really responsible for the attack?" Gray asked.

"Yep, those blundering idiots attacked us last night." He said as he took another drink from his mug.

"Why? I know we had a rivalry with them, but this is just-" Erza was talking before the master interrupted her.

"Wahh, don't worry about it. Those guys struck when everyone went home. (Gulp) It ain't that big of a deal, I won't bother with the likes of those cowards who don't have the guts to face us head on. We'll just use the store room for requests till the upstairs gets repaired."

"Your pretty laid back for someone who just had their prized guild building wrecked." Natsu said as he crossed his arms.

"Well the important thing is, no one was hurt. Those buffoons aren't even worth Fairy Tail's time if they think we will be provoked over something like this." Makarov said as he took another drink.

"Well, it's your guild gramps." Natsu said as he shrugged.

"If you ask me, we should go over there and get back at em', but Master says otherwise." Gray said as huffed.

"Ahh~ I'm done talking about this."

"But it's just not fa-" Gray said before Makarov shouted.

"THATS ENOUGH GRAY!" He then spanked Lucy as he kept his drunk expression.

"Why me?" Lucy said with a sweat drop

"Master!" Mira glared as he then laughed it off as Lucy sweat dropped.

"HAHAhaa!"

"Well, if you say so." Natsu said as he then walked off.

"The Phantom might strike again though." Natsu muttered out as Makarov then stopped and looked at Natsu.

"What do you mean my boy?" He asked curiously.

"Nothing." Natsu said as he then clapped his hands

"So! Where's Milo?" Natsu asked as Lisanna who was near him replied

"He should be here."

Natsu looks around for his little partner while cat calling Milo

and on cue came Milo who had two letters in his mouth

Milo jumps up to the crate Makarov was sitting at and meowed to him while placing down the letters

"Good job, Milo." Makarov petted the cat's head as Milo meowed to him

"Hmmmmm?" Natsu hummed in an amusement as Milo climbs up to his pants and onto his shoulders as he rubbed his head to Natsu's cheek

"You're an Errand Cat now?" Natsu said with an amused smile as Milo meowed to him with a smile

Milo then jumps towards Erza and landed in her arms as he then climbs up to her shoulder and snuggled to her cheek

Erza smiled and petted the little feline's head with a finger

Makarov who was reading the letter suddenly raised a curious Eyebrow

"Natsu." Makarov called out to the boy who "yeah" to him while scratching Milo's back ear

"I've got a Council Summoning for you" he said as he pulled out a second letter to Natsu

"Me?" Natsu asked as he takes the letter and opened it up

He then read the whole letter and then sigh in annoyance

"What does those guys want now?" Natsu asked as he scrunches up the letter and burns it

"Erza, you mind taking care of Milo for a while?" Natsu asked to Erza who nodded while caressing Milo's head on her shoulder

"thanks" Natsu said in reply as he cracks his neck a bit

"Where are you going?" Erza asked him

"The geezers want something from me." Natsu replied as he walked up stairs

"hey Natsu, can you give us the answer on whether you want to join or not!?" Gray exclaimed to Natsu as it got everyone's attention

They all then look at Natsu who look back at them

He sighs with a tired look

"I'll give you guys the answer when I get back, the geezers said it's urgent in the message."

Natsu then walks upstairs and after a minute they can hear an engine roar, meaning that Natsu had already left

Everyone felt a little disappointed on Natsu's reply as they all sat back down

"let's just wait" Makarov said while drinking his second beer

**Magic Council**

Natsu who was wearing his Armor on, was walking down the hallway towards the meeting hall for the Wizard Saints

"**The things these guys get me into."** Natsu said in an annoyed tone as he reached the door and opened it

He then saw five other wizard saints in there as they all were sitting at a long table with five seats empty and a sign on the table in front of them saying "Absent"

"**Why have you called me here?"** Natsu who sat down by his seat, asked Gran Doma who appeared as a thought projection in the room with the rest of the Council members

"We have summoned you all to discuss about the recent activities of the Baram alliance that has been very active for the past few weeks." He explained while standing up on his seat

Grand Doma waved his staff to the side as a pile of paperwork appeared on the table of each Wizard Saints

"**Why did you not summon Makarov and Jose?"** Natsu asked while looking at one paper about the recent activities on a dark guild called Naked Mummy

"We don't have time to summon Makarov nor Jose as their opinion on dealing the situation, might prove unnecessary." Grand Doma replied to him

"we only summoned the six of you, seeing that all of you are the wiser ones than the others" Yajima said to him

Natsu sighs in annoyance as he looks at the pile of paperwork

""I'm so want to be asleep on Erza's lap right now""

Natsu whined in his mind as the other Wizard Saint's started giving out their early opinion of the solution

**Night**

"\*Sigh\* Things have really gotten complicated, haven't they?" Lucy said to herself, as she strolled down the streets towards her apartment.

The blonde celestial spirit mage was walking on the edge of the canal with Plue right in front of her, "Phantom Lord is known for not being on good terms with Fairy Tail."

Lucy sighed again, as she opened the front door to her apartment building. The blonde chuckled, as she began to ascend the stairs, "I remember when I first started out on my journey, I couldn't decide on whether to join Phantom Lord or Fairy Tail. But after meeting with Natsu, I think I made the right choice."

Lucy smiled, as she opened the door to her apartment, "Because Fairy Tail is..."

However, Lucy went wide-eyed when she saw that Erza, Milo,and Gray were all in her apartment, "THE BEST!" she finished with her eyes bulging out of her head.

"Welcome home." Gray said with a wave.

"You have a very nice home, Lucy." Erza complimented, as she took a sip of her tea. The knight was no longer wearing her usual armor, but was instead dressed in more casual clothes

"You were right when you said this place was an amazing deal, Gray."

"Right?" Gray said to her.

"Nyaa!" Milo meowed while sitting on Lucy's bed.

"What are you all doing here?!" Lucy exclaimed as she dropped her bag.

"The incident with Phantom means that they've come to this town." Erza causing Lucy's eyes to widen in fear.

"It's possible they've looked up where everyone lives." Gray followed as he leaned back in his chair, "That's why master said we should stay in groups for a while..."

"R-Really?!" Lucy asked in a slightly scared tone, as she approached the table.

Erza nodded to her

"And that's why we all have to stick together." Erza said

"But why at my house?" Lucy asked before she caught the sight of Milo and Plue.

The little Vul cat was rolling around in her laundry and Plue was eating candy,

"Hey, cat over there and Plue, what are you two doing?!"

"Ooh, Plue! What's that?! Let me have some!" Gray exclaimed rushing forward toward the Celestial Spirit.

"Nya." Milo meowed to Erza while having a sexy lingerie on his head.

"Wow! You actually wear this?" Erza managed to say, as she peaked into Lucy's underwear drawer as well. The knight's face was a fluorescent red, as she gazed at the erotic undergarments.

"I'm hittin' the hay so pipe down, okay?" Gray requested while eating a lollipop as he laid on the bed.

"I'm glad you're enjoying the change of pace in someone else's home..." Lucy said with a deadpanned expression.

"Anyway, Gray... You smell like sweat." Erza said

"Since we'll be sleeping in the same room; I suggest you take a shower."

"I'm too sleepy." Gray said, stifling a yawn.

"I guess there's no choice..." Erza said, wrapping an arm around the Ice mage's neck. "Gray and I will have to shower together like when we were younger."

Gray's eyes widened at what he heard and groaned at the memory. He felt violated from the experience even though nothing sexual happened.

"Shall we go?" Erza asked smiling.

"N-no I'm good…" Gray tried to break free from the Knight's grip, but could not as he got drag into the bathroom with her

"What kind of relationship do you guys have?!" Lucy shouted in shock at the events that took place.

"Nyaaa/ pupuu!" Milo and Plue chirped cheerfully.

**Meanwhile**

Night had descended among Magnolia and most of the streets were empty and quiet as the populace had retired to their homes for a good night's sleep. But the same could not be said for the trio of Team Shadow Gear as they headed for the home of Jet and Droy.

"Wouldn't it be better for you to stay with Laki at the girl's dorm, Levy?" Jet asked as they stopped at a dark crossroads.

"Yeah, you would probably be more comfortable there then staying with us." Droy agreed.

"Don't be ridiculous! I would rather be with my team then act like a chicken. I know you two are strong enough to watch over me even if we get into trouble." Levy replied with a heart-warming smile to the two.

"Oh, Levy!" The two shouted as joyful tears started running down their cheeks from their love interest complimenting them.

"There's nothing to fear with the three of us!" Jet proclaimed proudly.

"I'll protect you, Levy!" Droy declared with confidence.

"No, I will!" Droy argued.

But as the three continued to chat, a dark figure sat in the shadows. Opening his blood red eyes, he looked down at the trio walking the down right below where he was waiting.

A menacing grin appeared on his face as he wheezed with quite a laughter. Dropping from his previous vantage point, he hit the stone streets. Hearing the sound of a clunk, the trio stopped and turned to find its source.

They had just halfway cocked their heads before the boys saw a black figure shoot straight for a certain member of theirs.

"Levy! Look out!" The boys screamed as they saw the figure make its way to her first at an alarming pace.

"Eh?!"

Levy's world went black.

**Back with Natsu**

He was sitting in an office while reading the paperwork while signing a paper on his desk

Before he suddenly felt something bad happening

"**What was that?"**

Natsu asked as he looks at the full moon

**Back with the others**

"There was something that I've been wondering about. It's about Phantom attacking us all of a sudden, do you have any idea why they did it?" Lucy suddenly asked as she got out of the bathroom all cleaned up

The others got serious expressions on their faces as they heard her question. Erza was the one to reply.

"Who knows?" She said before adding, "We may have had a few scuffles several times in the past but it has never gotten bad enough that they'd attack us directly… well until now that it."

"And it's not like the master is afraid of them or anything, him being one of the Ten Wizard Saints isn't just for show." Gray commented while keeping his eyes on the papers in his hand, before it was taken away by Lucy, "Hey, I want to see how that scene ends!"

"I thought I recognized it, this is my story! Did you go through my stuff?!" Lucy exclaimed while holding the stack of papers close to her chest, "No! Levy-chan is going to be my first reader. It's already been decided."

"Give it." Erza held out a hand at her.

"And what's that for, huh?" Lucy asked with bulging eyes, "Anyway, you mentioned Ten Wizard Saints?"

"It's a title bestowed by the chairman of the Magic Council to the greatest ten Wizards on the continent." Gray replied to the blonde, who looked in awe at the new information.

"Oh! Wow!" Lucy exclaimed. She never knew such a title existed.

"The master of Phantom, Jose is also one of them." Erza added before she venomously thought, 'As well as that man...' an image of Siegrain appeared in her mind.

"and so is Natsu," Erza said as Gray's and Lucy;s jaw dropped.

"R-Really?!" Gray and Lucy exclaimed to her as Erza nodded

"when I got back with Natsu from the Council that time, all of the council stated that he was the 0th rank Wizard Saint as he was the strongest of them all."

Gray's and Lucy's eyes popped out as their Jaws drop that almost give them a dislocation from it

"Even Master doesn't recognize him because Natsu never showed his face when he's at the council."

Erza then gives them a minute as they process the whole new information to them

"Anyway, Master wants to avoid a fight because he knows the consequences of two guilds each other. It's to help preserve the peace of the entire world of magic!" Erza spoke.

"Is Phantom Lord that amazing?" Lucy asked.

"If it came to blows, mutual destruction is ensured. Our offensive powers are about equal." Gray informed her.

"Master Makarov is said to be on par with Master Jose, also one of the ten Wizards, there are the Element 4, their S-class level Wizards. However, they say the most formidable is the iron dragon Gajeel. Apparently, he's the one who attacked our guild. He's the iron dragon slayer."

"Dragon slayer?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"T-There are m-more besides Natsu? Th-Then does he...eat...iron and stuff?!"

**Phantom Lord Guild Hall**

"Gajeel, I heard you attacked Fairy Tail, huh? Good job!" A Phantom Lord Guild member said as he approached the iron dragon slayer.

Gajeel was currently sitting at a table, eating a handful of iron screws and bolts.

"I bet their spirits are pretty crushed right now! Serves them right!" Before the man could say anything else, an iron club extended from Gajeel's arm; sending the man flying across the guild.

"What did I say about disturbing me while I'm eating?" Gajeel said in an annoyed tone, as his arm returned to normal,

"You scum." The iron dragon slayer stood from his seat, and glared at the other guild members, "Who cares about those Fairy Butts!? Our guild is stronger than theirs."

"The seed has been sown," Jose said, stepping out of the shadows.

"Excellent work, Gajeel-san."

"You were too lenient master." Gajeel said with a wicked grin, baring his elongated canines; his red eyes filled with amusement, "Those rat bastards won't be lured out of their cages just by destroying their guild. So I left them another present, geehee."

"My, my..." Jose said with a dark chuckle, "Thought...you mustn't kill that person, no matter what." Gajeel's evil grin only grew wider at that.

**Next Morning**

**Magnolia; Southern Park**

A large crowd had gathered around the tree in the center of Magnolia's southern park. The townspeople murmured and whispered amongst to themselves. On the tree before them were three crucified figures.

"please let us through!" Erza exclaimed as she and Gray pushed through the crowd of people, "we're from the guild."

When they reached the front of the crowd, they stopped as They couldn't hold shocked gasps at the gruesome display.

"Levy-chan..." Lucy breathed, as tears fell from her eyes. The blonde couldn't control her sobs, as she watched blood slowly drip down from Levy's forehead.

"Jet! Droy!" Gray yelled, his voice laced with concern. The two male members of Team Shadow Gear were even more beat up than Levy.

They then felt a powerful presence. Turning, they spotted the crowd breaking apart and making way for a particular individual.

After the last, few people moved they saw Makarov moving toward them. His jester outfit replaced by his regular Wizard Saint coat and his hand consisted of a wooden walking staff that was slightly taller than he was.

Everyone then started to turn their attention to the small guild-master as he continued his approach to the tree.

Coming to a stop at Erza's side, Makarov looked on the scene with a powerful and intimidating glare. As he continued to study his unconscious children, his grip on the staff tightened.

"I can stand the guild turning into a rundown beer lounge.." Makarov said with anger building up in him

"But no father can stand idly when his children's blood has been spilled!"

Makarov's staff breaks as a yellow magic aura surrounds the old man

**"WE GO TO WAR!"**

**Magnolia Hospital**

Lucy sat in a chair to the right of Levy's hospital bed. All three members of Team Shadow Gear were unconscious and covered in numerous bandages and casts. Lucy had stayed behind to watch over Levy, Jet, and Droy while the rest of Fairy Tail assaulted Phantom Lord. The blonde celestial spirit mage was staring at the floor, as she fisted the fabric of her skirt.

"Levy-chan...Jet...Droy..." Lucy muttered sadly, clenching her fists even tighter. "How could Phantom do this to you?!" As Lucy sat beside Levy she couldn't help remembering the first time she had met Team Shadow Gear and the girl who would become one of her best friends at Fairy Tail.

**Flashback scene**

*"Lu-chan, I'm super curious! They said you're writing a novel!" Levy said excitedly, as she sat down next to Lucy.*

*"Ugh, the rumors already made the rounds?" Lucy groaned*

*"Oh! I never properly introduced myself! My name is Levy McGarden, and I'm 17 years old; just like you, Lu-chan!" Levy said with a smile before she gestured to the two men standing behind her, "This is Jet and Droy. We're on the same team together." Both Jet and Droy smiled and waved at Lucy, "I'm...for lack of a better word, horrible, at writing...but I love to read! Could I read your novel sometime, if you don't mind?"*

*"I-I'm sorry, it's not something I can show people yet." Lucy replied, as her face started to flush red in embarrassment. She began poking her fingers together rather cutely.*

*"What are you talking about? There's no point writing a novel if no one gets to read it." Jet said as he began to make his way over to the request board.*

*"You know why they say. Being an author is like showing people your Butt." Droy said, causing the blonde to cover her shapely behind with both hands.*

*"You won't get far if you're too embarrassed to let people read your work." Levy reasoned with a large smile, "Come on! Show me, please! Show me!"*

*"I-It's not finished yet," Lucy said, trying to get out of the conversation.*

*"Then when it's finished can I be the first reader?" Levy asked with a hopeful look.*

*"Okay!"*

"Yay!"

**Flashback ends**

"Unforgivable! Those Phantoms!" Lucy said as tears fall to her lap

**Oak Town; Phantom Lord Guild Hall**

Back in the humble settlement of Oaktown, there sat a branch of the Phantom Lord guild. It was settled on the highest perch, overlooking the entirety of the city. Inside, there were many of the members of Phantom that were hanging around. Some drinking, some making jokes to others, and others picking out some shady jobs on the board located near the small bar.

A trio of guild-members was making their way past the many rows of tables that littered the main hall of the building.

"Did you hear what happened with those fairies?" One of them asked with a laugh.

"Hear about it!? Dude, I was there when a group of us jumped those two fairies." Another brought up with a menacing smirk across his face.

"Seriously? Man, why didn't you bring me? I would have loved to trash some fairies." The third berated.

"Master Jose's orders." The second one said nonchalantly, "He just picked a handful of us to pick off any fairies right in Magnolia and do our best to embarrass them." He finished with a grin.

"Ahh, dude this is making me want to mess with 'em some more. Let's just go find a couple to beat down." The first one suggested.

"Sounds like a plan." The third agreed as the three nearly made it to the large door that lead out of the guildhall.

**BOOM!**

Just before the three could make it to the door, a large explosion erupted from the entryway, blowing the doors completely off their large hinges and across the hall. The trio, and some of the Phantom guild-members who were sitting near the door were sent flying as well. The entirety of the guild was then quickly brought to their feet.

After the dust cleared, the angered and startled members of Phantom Lord were first met with the sight of an entire group of mages standing menacingly in the hole that was just made.

"Fairy Tail has arrived!" roared the voice of Makarov at the head of the Fairy Tail mage.

As soon as he finished his sentence, most of the Phantom Lord members raised their magical weapons and came running straight for the group of Fairy Tail.

The two guilds then went into a war as magic attacks were unleashed

**"Purple Net!"** Shouted Macao as he released various tendrils of blue flame to ensnare many of Phantom's members, "Wakaba!"

"Got it!" the smoke mage replied. **"Smoke Crush!"** he exclaimed as pink smoke shot out of his pipe in the form of many fists that he sent out to clobber the mages that Macao had captured.

**"Beast Arm: Black Bull!"** shouted Elfman before his arm transformed into a dark colored beast arm with prominent muscles. With a heft of his large beast arm, the take-over mage launched a whole group of mages into the air. He then brought his arm back and flexed it, "Taking out scumbags is manly!"

**"Ice-Make: Geyser!"** Gray launched his ice out and created and a large chunk of jagged ice that took out another wave of oncoming mages, "Is that it? Pathetic."

**"Re-quip!"** Erza erupted from a bundle of Phantom members, clad in her Flame Empress armor, sending all the mages flying with a vicious force, "Tell me! Where is your Element 4? Let me face them!"

**"Card Magic: Lightning! Reverse! Lovers!"** Cana shouted as she held up three cards at oncoming Phantom mages, **"Fate of Lighting!"** a large net of lighting was shot out around her and electrocuted all the mages coming her way.

The next member to be surrounded was none other than the small feline cat, Milo.

"Get the Cat!"

"He's just a little runt!"

"Let's skin him alive!"

Milo, however grew a menacing look on his face, "Nyaa?" Milo meowed darkly before quickly jumping away fromt the group of thugs, forcing all of them to bash their heads into each other as they didn't have time to stop themselves from running,

Claws then appeared on Milo's paws as the little Vul cat had an evil glint in his eyes

**SWIPE! SWIPE! SWIPE!**

All of the Phantom's thug members were on the ground with scratch marks on their faces

"Nyaaa!" Milo meowed as he then licks his fur

On the other side of the guild, Makarov was fighting a group of Phantom Lord mages. The enemy mages didn't stand a chance, as Fairy Tail's master tore through their ranks like paper. Makarov's arms grew to massive sizes; smashing Phantom Lord mages to the ground. The enemy mages howled in pain, as they felt their bones crack and break.

"H-He's a monster!" A Phantom Lord mage rasped out, as he struggled against Makarov's iron grip.

**"You laid hands on this monster's children."** Makarov said in a dark tone, glaring at the mages around him, **"Don't think any human laws will protect you!"** The Phantom Lord mages took a fearful step back, as Makarov threw the mage he was holding into a nearby wall, **"Jose! Show yourself!"**

"where is Gajeel ?!" Erza exclaimed, slashing through a group of Phantom Lord mages, "where is the Elemental 4?"

"So... that's Erza the Titania" Gajeel muttered as he looked down at the small battlefield from the rafters.

"I don't see Gildarts, Laxus or Mystogan anywhere... humph...they're underestimating us..." He crossed his arms as he watched Fairy Tail continue to push his guild, but that didn't seem to bother him by the smirk on his face,

"it surprises me to see Master Jose's plan is going so smoothly. Continue to rampage like usual. you worthless scums."

**Back in Magnolia**

"\*Sigh\* Kinda wish I had gone with everyone else," Lucy said as she walked through an alley on her way home. The blonde had decided to go home and rest for a bit, before she returned to watch over Levy, Jet, and Droy. As Lucy walked through the alleyway, she was surprised when it suddenly started to rain, "No way. Rain when the Sun is out?" Lucy stopped walking when she saw a figure approaching her. When the figure was close enough, Lucy saw that it was a girl with azure blue hair and was wearing a sapphire blue coat.

"Drip, drip, drop." The woman said as she walked towards Lucy, "Yes... Juvia brings the rain. Drip, drip, drop."

"Huh?" Lucy said with a confused look. The blonde's eyes narrowed slightly, as she scanned over the mysterious girl's features.

"Who might you be?" Juvia asked, holding her hand out to catch some rain.

"Um, who are you?" Lucy replied in a confused tone.

"I had fun. Farewell." Juvia said, spinning around and starting to walk away, "Drip, drip, drop."

"Eh? What the hell was that all about?" Lucy asked, watching the blue-haired woman walk away.

"Non. Non. Non. Non. Non. Non." A new voice echoed throughout the alleyway. Juvia stopped dead in her tracks, as a green-haired man with a monocle materialized from the ground. The man smiled, as he gazed at Lucy, "Bonjour with non in a 3-3-7 rhythm."

"Another weirdo?" Lucy said under breath, feeling her skin beginning to crawl.

"Juvia-sama you can't just walk away from your mission." The newcomer said as he turned to look at Juvia.

"Monsieur Sol." Juvia said in a surprised tone.

"My monocle is telling me that mademoiselle over there is none other than our target," Sol said, his head tilted to the side.

"Oh, my...she's the one?" Juvia said as she turned to face Lucy.

"Pardon my manners mademoiselle." Sol said, clapping his hands, "I am Sol. You may call me monsieur Sol." The man smiled, as he leaned towards Lucy, "We've come from the great Phantom Lord to welcome you."

"Juvia is a member of the Elemental 4, who brings rain." Juvia explained as the rain began to fall more intensely.

"Phantom Lord?!" Lucy exclaimed, as her eyes widened in shock, "Y-You're the ones who attacked Levy-chan!" An angry look spread across Lucy's face, as she reached for her celestial spirit keys.

"Non. Non. Non. I'd like to clear up your misunderstanding with three nons." Sol said, twiddling with his pencil thin mustache, "Wrecking the guild and attacking Levy-sama; all were done by Gajeel-sama... Though, it is true that this was done with a unanimous vote from our guild."

"Wh-What is this thing?!" Lucy gasped out, managing to push her head through the water barrier.

"Juvia's Water Lock cannot be broken." Juvia said as she swiped her hand. Lucy yelped as she was yanked back into the sphere of water. Lucy's eyes began to close, as she lost consciousness due to air loss.

"Mmmm, Tres Bien." Sol said with a smile, as he watched Lucy float in the water sphere.

"Don't worry...Juvia won't kill you, for it is Juvia's job to bring you back." Juvia said, not noticing that Lucy's keys fell from the water sphere, "Lucy Heartfilia-sama."

"Mmmm! Victoire!" Sol cheered, adjusting his monocle.

"Capture complete." Juvia said with a small smile, as she began to lead Lucy away.

**Phantom Lord Guild Hall**

"Erza!" Makarov yelled over the sounds of an all-out brawl.

Makarov dodged an incoming attack, before smashing a group of Phantom Lord mages into the ground, "I'm putting you in charge here."

The scarlet-haired knight nodded, as she slashed through some Phantom grunts with dual swords, "Jose is probably on the top floor. I'm going up there to tear him a new one."

"Please be careful." Erza said, punching a Phantom mage in the face with her armored fist.

"**Ice-Make: Lance!"** Gray slammed his fist into his palm and channels his ice to erupt from the floor, freezing a large amount of them. The ice user backed up a bit and was pressing backs with Erza.

"any signs of Gajeel or the Elemental 4?"

"not yet" Erza replied as they then separate and started fighting the thugs off.

"Now that the biggest threat is gone. Maybe I should mix it up a bit?" Gajeel, who was watching from above grinned as he jumps down from the rafters

**With Natsu**

**Magic Council**

Natsu was in a meeting with the rest of the council members when a messenger suddenly comes in and interrupted the meeting.

"What is it!?" Grand Doma exclaimed

"There! There! There is a guild war happening between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord!"

Natsu's eyes widen in surprise at the statement as he stands up

"**What!?"** he exclaimed

"Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord!" Grand Doma exclaimed in shock

Natsu then walked out of his seat and towards the door

"Wait! Where are you going, Dragov!?" Org exclaimed to him

"**Hold this meeting for another time! I'll see to this situation at once!"**

Natsu then bangs the door close as Org sat back down

"Well, we might as do what he wants." Jellal said as he disappears

Grand Doma sighs as he nodded and disappears with the rest of the Council Members with only Yajima the only one there

Yajima looks at the door for a moment before looking down

"Be careful, Natsu." He said in his mind before disappearing.

**In the sky**

Natsu was flying at full speed in his armor as his wings flapped and soars in the sky.

"**What is happening there?!"**

Natsu then thought of an idea as his hands glowed and an orb of light appeared in his hands.

"**Go to Erza."**

Natsu ordered the orb as he throws the orb and it flies at high speed.

He then continued his flight towards Magnolia.

"**Get there in time!"**