Hey, guys! Here is the first chapter of the Black Ghost Arc! Members of Fairy Tail are selected to be part of a new "Allied Forces" coalition guild to counteract the terrorist activities of the emerging Black Ghost. Enjoy!


Chapter 1 – The Calling


Three days later…

In the Fairy Tail Guild, many of its members gathered to see what Mirajane's drawing with a Magic Pen.

"What's that your drawing, Mira-nee-san?" Lisanna asked.

"I asked Reedus to help me draw a map of the recent attacks in the last three days." Mirajane replied.

"Attacks?" Lucy asked.

"A new dark guild called Black Ghost laid siege to small towns in Fiore, particularly Hargeon." Mirajane replied.

"That's the place you and Natsu met, Lucy!" Happy hollered, having finished eating a fish while sitting at a table with Natsu and Romeo.

Lucy blushed furiously.

"At least Love Rival's no longer after Gray-sama!" Juvia thought, giving a smirk with a tinkle in her eye.

"Black Ghost? Who's that?" Wendy asked.

"A dark guild that used to be off the grid 9 years ago." Gajeel explained.

"You know them, Gajeel?" Lily asked.

"Gajeel-kun and Juvia have heard of them during our time in Phantom Lord." Juvia explained, having regained her composure.

"Apparently, they're terrorists wanted around the continent of Fiore for high-class crimes." Juvia continued.

"They have several buyers that help them in their efforts." Juvia finished.

"One of them is a certain family whose *last name* comes from exile." Gajeel explained.

The members of Team Natsu quickly realized from family name and exile.

"You don't mean…" Gray said.

"Arclight?!" Erza asked.

Gajeel and Juvia nodded.

"Gajeel's been telling me some stuff about that when we just got back here." Levy explained.

"Never would've thought that creep's father is doing business with Black Ghost!" Wakaba Mine hollered, smoking a cigar.

"That's not good." Warren Rocko said.

"It gets worse. There've been rumors that while they only have 10 members, their strength, influence and magic are comparable to that of the entire Balam Alliance combined." Mirajane explained.

The entire guild became shocked.

Natsu was the only one that didn't seemed shocked.

"Speaking of the Black Ghost…" Makarov said.

Makarov just entered the guild doors, causing the rest to look at their recently arrived master.

"The Magic Council have given us the word to take them out at once!" Makarov hollered.

"What?!" Fairy Tail exclaimed in unison.

"Oh hello, Master." Mirajane said.

Mirajane's cheerful greeting caused the whole guild to face fault.

"How was the meeting today? Was it good?" Mirajane asked.

"Uh, Mira-san. Let's not change the subject." Lucy commented, trying to not let Mirajane get off track.

"Master. What do you mean take them out?" Erza asked.

"The activities of Black Ghost have began ever the fall of Tartaros." Makarov replied.

"Which means Tartaros pose a threat to their plans." Gray commented.

"Guessing Genos was the one responsible for their fall." Romeo said.

"With a little help from his tricky spirits." Lily commented.

"I'm not even sure if that's a good sign to begin with." Max Alors commented.

"Try not to start it, man." Jet said.

"So our guild is assigned to fight'em alone?" Laxus asked.

"No. This will be a joint guild operation!" Makarov replied.

The guild became wildly confused.

"Sabertooth. Lamia Scale. Blue Pegasus. Mermaid Heel." Makarov explained.

"The top five guilds in the kingdom, including ours, will be working together to wipe this enemy out for good!" Makarov hollered.

The entire guild began to cheer.

XXX

Standing atop a mountain viewing Magnolia Town were 8 unknown individuals: 4 male and 4 female. They're all currently wearing cloaks to hide their identities despite their height differences

"At last… the time has come." The first male said.

The first female voice chuckled.

"Yes. It's finally time." The first female said.

"The master's plan is coming to fruition." A second male said.

"Tartaros won't be getting in our way now that they're all dead thanks to Genos." A second female commented.

"Sadly, he fell by the hands of Fairy Tail." A third male said.

"The losers who just got their title as strongest back?" A third female asked.

"They'll probably get in our way." A fourth female replied.

"Who cares? All the matters is I kill to my liking!" The fourth male hollered, cracking his fingers a bit.

"We'll get our chance once we get the word." The first male said.

The first male turned around and began walking in a different direction.

"Let's report back to Dr. Klipse." The first male said.

The three other males and four females followed behind the first male, returning back to their master.

XXX

Riding a carriage, members of Fairy Tail are ordered to meet at the rendezvous place with Sabertooth, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus and Mermaid Heel.

The selective representatives were the new Team Natsu that participated in the Four Islands event, Mirajane, Cana and Laxus.

Unfortunately, the three First Generation dragon slayers got motion sickness and have their heads on their respective partner/lover's laps for comfort.

Laxus felt a little uncomfortable, but managed to bear the illness.

"I can't believe I'm getting this stupid sickness!" Laxus thought.

"Oh dear. Laxus must be getting the sickness now." Mirajane commented.

"Welcome to the sick dragon ban wagon." Gray commented.

"How's that a thing?" Levy asked.

Natsu glared at Gray, but had to hold his mouth to prevent vomiting.

"Focus, everyone! We're representing our guild for the new Allied Forces! So let's keep our chins up!" Erza hollered.

"You say that like it's a good thing…" Carla and Lily commented in unison, having sweat drops on their foreheads.

"At least you're staying positive." Lucy thought, flabbergasted.

Cana was drinking another bottle of beer while sitting next to Romeo, much to the young mage's shyness and Wendy's jealousy.

"I can only imagine this to be me and Gray-sama's first wagon ride as a couple!" Juvia hollered, daydreaming.

Gray face palmed himself.

"You're killin' me, Juvia…" Gray muttered.

"Hey! We've just arrived at our destination!" Happy hollered.

The mages look in front to see where they stopping at: a regular-sized house designed in a European model.

XXX

Moments later, the gang got off the carriage and entered inside the building, which appears to be empty.

Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy began kissing the floor in relief, much to the others' disgust, embarrassment, and possible amusement.

"Now there's a sight for sore eyes!" A voice hollered.

Natsu stopped kissing the floor and looked up, becoming ecstatic upon who he's seeing.

Upstairs were Sabertooth members Sting and Lector, Rogue and Frosch, and Yukino Aguria.

"Hey, Sting!" Natsu hollered.

"Yukino!" Lucy hollered.

"Lucy-sama!" Yukino hollered.

"Ryos." Gajeel said.

"It's Rogue, Gajeel-san." Rogue said.

"How are you guys doing?" Happy asked.

"Just hangin'!" Lector hollered.

"Fro thinks so too!" Frosch hollered.

"I'm surprised Sting's participating since he's the guild master." Carla commented.

"Obviously he's not one to miss a good fight." Lily said.

"Looks like this Alliance could be promising." Cana said.

"Glad you're not drinking." Gray said.

"Says your clothes?" Laxus asked.

Gray became shocked his jacket is missing.

Juvia has it in her hands.

"I have your jacket, Gray-sama!" Juvia hollered.

Lucy and Yukino hugged each other in a greeting manner.

"It's so good to see you again!" Lucy hollered.

"Me too!" Yukino hollered.

A cheerful screech was heard, alerting everyone.

"I know that screech…" Erza said.

A black blur snatched Happy, Carla, Lily, Lector and Frosch, hugging them with joy.

"When it comes to cats, you love'em much Millianna." Erza commented.

Mermaid Heel mage Millianna was hugging all five Exceeds.

"So many amazing kitty cats!" Millianna hollered.

"It's… good to see you…" Happy said.

"We're not stuffed cats!" Lily hollered.

"Get off me!" Carla hollered.

"I'm… gettin' squished!" Lector hollered.

"Fro thinks so too." Frosch said.

"Save your excitement for later, Millianna." A voice said.

Millianna pouted and let go of the Exceeds.

Appearing in the opened doors was Mermaid Heel's strongest mage and warrior, Kagura Mikazuchi appeared.

"Hey, Kagura." Erza said.

"It's good to see you too, Erza." Kagura said.

Rogue blushed upon seeing Kagura.

Sting saw this and smirked.

"Rogue's got a little crush~!" Sting hollered.

"S-Shut up!" Rogue exclaimed.

Sting snickered, much to the shadow mage's anger.

"Man…" A voice said.

That familiar voice got all the girls present shivering in their spines.

"Don't tell me…" Lucy said.

"That voice is…" Levy said.

Erza, the most frightened one of all, prayed it wasn't *him*.

Coming down from the stairs, it was Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki of the Blue Pegasus Guild. Behind him were the rest of the Trimens, Hibiki Lates, Eve Tearm, and Ren Akatsuki.

"Yes, it is I – Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki of Blue Pegasus!" Ichiya hollered.

"Hooray to Ichiya-sensei!" Hibiki, Eve and Ren hollered in unison, clapping their hands.

"It had to be the troll…" Gajeel thought, twitching his right eyebrow.

"The womanizers…" Laxus thought, deadpanned.

"Why did it have to be Blue Pegasus?" Romeo thought, having a red tick mark on his forehead.

Ichiya then saw a trembling Erza.

"Ah, Erza-san… it's lovely to see your beautiful face again." Ichiya explained, giving a wink from his right eye.

Erza awkwardly backed off.

"Nice… to… see… you…" Erza said, continuing to back up.

"Your beauty is dazzling like the shiny sky! Makes me feel invigorated!" Ichiya hollered.

"Swear to god he's dead if he keeps this up." Kagura muttered.

"Nice to see everyone in high spirits." A voice commented.

Everyone turned behind, revealing Lamia Scale members Lyon Bastia, Cheria Blendy, and Wizard Saint Jura Neekis.

Gray and Juvia shuttered upon seeing Lyon.

Wendy on the other hand, was excited to see her new best friend.

"Hey, Chelia!" Wendy hollered.

"Good to see you, Wendy! Chelia hollered.

"Now that we're all here, let's devise a plan for Black Ghost." Jura explained.

"Agreed." Gray said.

Erza and Kagura began tying up a beaten up Ichiya and his Trimen comrades with rope, disciplining them.

XXX

Gathered around, the Allied Forces began discussing the members the other four guilds encountered so far.

Using Hibiki's Archive Magic, ten pictures were presented on the board.

"Sabertooth encountered the first two a day ago, but left before we could catch them." Rogue explained.

"The female is Lynn Aviar. A mage who specializes in Sword Magic, and a talented knight." Yukino explained.

"A Magic knight, huh?" Erza asked, curiously.

"She could pose a problem." Kagura said.

"Are you two ones to talk?" Lyon asked.

"The male is the field leader: Shura Nikos." Sting explained.

"He's also a Second Generation Dragon Slayer." Rogue explained.

Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy and Laxus were surprised.

"He's a Dragon Slayer?!" Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy exclaimed.

"Which element?" Laxus asked.

"We think it's Storm Dragon Slayer Magic." Yukio replied.

"Storm?" Gray asked.

"You mean as in the elements of lightning and wind combined?" Juvia asked.

"But I thought a magic of two elements can be done in a Dual Elemental Mode." Levy explained.

"Seems he's the exception to the rule." Hibiki said.

"Sounds like a guy I wanna fight!" Natsu hollered.

"Just had to say that…" Lucy muttered.

"The second male is a Fire-Make Mage named Jared Walker." Hibiki said.

"So he uses Creation Magic in the element of fire." Lyon said.

"My kind of buffet!" Natsu hollered.

"Easy, Natsu-nii." Romeo said, having a sweat drop on his forehead.

"The woman is an Earth Mage named Melinna, who encountered Mermaid Heel alongside Walker a week ago." Eve explained.

"Yeah, she was really a pain in the neck." Millianna said.

"The next two that Blue Pegasus countered are a Clone Mage named Wanna Bellanova, and a Sound Mage named Pietro Bellanova that Blue Pegasus encountered four days ago." Ichiya explained, untying his restraints.

"So those two are siblings…" Lily said.

"The last two Lamia Scale encountered are a Wood Mage named Leia McAlister, and a Muscle Mage named Kurt Melvin." Lyon explained.

"They're really troublesome for a little kid and a big guy." Chelia said.

"Last but not least, are the leader and his partner-in-crime." Jura explained.

"Dr. Emmanuel Klipse, and his bulter Hargrave." Jura continued.

"They've been business partners with the Arclight family in the black market." Jura finished.

"Their whereabouts are currently unknown at the moment." Hibki said.

"Which means they'll be coming for us." Ichiya said.

Lucy, Happy, Wendy, Carla, Romeo, Levy, Lector, Millianna and Chelia shuttered at the thought.

"That's fine with me! It'll make hunting them a lot easier!" Natsu hollered.

"Gihihihi!" Gajeel laughed.

"You said it, Natsu-san!" Sting hollered.

"It's nice to see some people optimistic." Mirajane commented.

XXX

Outside, Shura, Lynn, Milenna, Jared, Wanna, Pietro, Leia and Kurt were waiting outside to attack.

"All right. Let'em have it." Shura said.

Milenna and Pietro made the first move.

- Sand Shot! – Milenna shouted.

- Sonic Wave! – Pietro shouted.

The two Black Ghost mages attacked the house, destroying most of it.

"Move in to finish them off." Shura said.

"Hell yes!" Kurt hollered.

Kurt jumped down to attack anyone who survived the rubble.

"Impatient maniac." Leia commented.

"He has some merits to his personality." Shura said.

XXX

A massive stone wall defended the mages from harm, courtesy of Jura's mastery of Earth Magic.

"That was way too close!" Lucy hollered.

"Excellent work, Jura-kun!" Ichiya hollered.

"I'm just glad I made it in time." Jura said.

"Who's responsible for this?" Erza asked.

"We are, Erza Scarlet." Shura replied, dropping down in front of the mages.

Every one of them were taken by surprise.

"That's them, isn't it?" Ren asked.

"Yep." Hibiki replied.

Lynn, Milenna, Jared, Wanna, Pietro, Leia and Kurt appeared beside their field leader.

"Let the games… begin." Shura said.

The mages got up and began taking defensive positions.

Natsu grinned as fire ignited his fists.

"I'm all fired up now!" Natsu hollered.


Preview: The five guilds are under attack from Black Ghost! Their enemies appear to be more powerful than they expected! Next time: Chapter 3 – Black Ghost Attacks!


Do you like it? The rest of Black Ghost is now introduced!

Word of announcement: I'll be putting Holy World War and Grand World War on hold until early to mid-June. Gonna start focusing more on the Black Ghost Arc, the Fun Files, and sometimes Galaxy World War! I've also got two new stories that will be developing soon.