Romeo Pov I walked through the sakura blossom forest as the sun finished setting. Leaving the world in pitch black. I lit my hand on fire to create some sort of light source. As I neared the middle of the forest the fire on my hand disappeared. "What's wrong with you" I yelled smacking my hand as if it was a flashlight. "Are you really that stupid" a voice boomed from the darkness " However it's nice to know you came." The fire returned to my hand illuminating the man in front of me. "Ar-Are you S" I asked as I looked at him trying to make out what I could although he was covered from head to toe in darkness. "Yes, now hand me that bag on your back" S replied as I removed my bag and handed it to him . He proceed to go through it. He took out the photo of my parent and the necklace wendy gave me a couple years ago (though it meant almost nothing to me now). Before incinerating the rest of the bag "You got a phone" " WHAT THE HELL MAN" I screamed as I hesitantly pulled out my phone. He grabbed it and proceeded to somehow unlock my phone and put his number in. "I told you not to bring anything, so anything that wasn't important got destroyed" He retorted " From now on you don't question any of my ordered understood" I nodded as he hands my phone back to me. He turns and gestures for me to follow him. He walk towards the edge of the forest before he disappears underground pulling me after him. I can't see much of the room we're in but can tell it's about as big as the guild hall. He directs me to a nearby bed "You can sleep there" He boomed. I went over and sat down on the bed "Hey S what should i call you" I asked "and what are you training me to become" I could feel him glaring at me as he flicked on the lights. I could now see the room we were in. there was another bed beside mine (probably his). To the left of us was a bar that slightly resembled Mira's (probably because that the only bar i've ever seen). To the right the wall was lined with various types of bottles and books. In the middle of it all was a training ground that took up most of the room. As I looked around the room it finally clicked what S was or what he was training me to be "YOU'RE AN ASSASSIN" I screamed. scampering to get away from him. He walked to the other side of the room and remove his cloak before turning back to me like my statement didn't even faze him yet somehow I still couldn't see his face. "Look kid, i'm tired and am going to sleep. But i'm not just an assassin, i'm the assassin, I'M THE SHADOW." He stated that like i was supposed to know who that was. I awoke to sunlight being shone into my eyes which was impossible because we were underground. As I sat up I saw a small lacrima hovering about my face covering this corner of the room in light. I looked over to see Shadow still sound asleep. Only this time I had a clear view of his face. His messy blonde hair brushed to the right side of his head. There was a scar over top of his mouth. However what confused me the most was the phantom lord guild mark on his neck with another scar through it. " Kid if you don't stop staring at me…." He spoke as he opening his eyes. He gave me a look that somewhat resembled Gajeel's " You were a member of phantom lord" Romeo stated still confused about how he was going to leave if he needed to run last minute. "First the doors over there behind the bar." Shadow spoke as if he was reading my mind. " and yes I was before fairy tail destroyed us, Just couldn't bring myself to erase the mark." "Why don't you just join a different guild" I asked "that's what Gajeel and Juv..." before I could finished he grabbed and slammed me up against the wall. "NEVER MENTION HIS NAME AGAIN!" His voice boomed as black flames exploded out of his mouth. His face once again being concealed by shadows. A black knife appeared in his hand which he stabbed through the side of my vest pinning me to the wall. He then proceed to walk over to the bar and make breakfast. As I slipped out of my vest I was curious as to why he hated Gajeel but I was to afraid to ask. He seemed to calm down and he passed me a plate of waffles. " so since you destroyed all my clothes I have nothing to wear so… um what should I change into" I gained the courage to ask. "I'll buy you new clothes later today but until then there should be an extra shirt in the drawer over there, clean your dishes in the sink over there" he pointed towards a sink "eat up we have some stuff to go buy" I quickly ate the waffles that he had provided for me then got up and cleaned the dishes from breakfast before heading over to the drawer and pulling out a dress shirt and started doing it up when a picture fell out of the front pocket As I reached down to pick it up I saw an all too familiar face "JUVIA...:"

Guild Pov Gajeel continued to research the shadow. Reading page after page of different reports and the more he read the less he knew about his old guild mate. Many people were confused as to Gajeel's sudden change in personality He now understood why Levy was so stressed after she had done a lot of research. He was almost tempted to ask the bluenette for help but he knew he must keep this a secret. He hadn't even told Juvia yet and this probably concerned her the most. He looked over and saw Juvia fawning over Gray as usual. He returned to his research. As if on cue the water mage started to head toward him. She looked over his shoulder " hey Gajeel-kun, Juvia was wondering if you wanted…" she never finished before her eyes focused on the big bold letter on the top of the page causing her to scream "THE SHADOW, WHY IS GAJEEL-KUN LOOKING FOR HIM" she backed away tears filling her eyes. The whole guild was now looking at them. Gajeel quickly covered her mouth before she could scream again. " THIS DOESN'T CONCERN YOU" Gajeel roared to the rest of the guild before sitting Juvia across from where he was sitting. "What does Gajeel-kun want with that man" Juvia asked tears forming in her eyes scared to find out the answer "Look romeo received a letter the other day from someone called "S" who I believe to be shadow. I'm trying to figure out where he is before romeo is in any real danger" Gajeel replied. "Well what did the letter say" Juvia asked concern filling her voice. She knew Shadow and she knew Gajeel was right to worry for Romeo. "Don't know most of the letter was missing, all that was left is this" Gajeel answered as he showed her the scrap of paper he had found. She read what little was on it before giving it back and standing up before returning to gray. Gajeel started to pack up his things so he could get ready for his job later. On his way out he stopped by juvia
"Be careful we're not sure what your ex-boyfriend might be capable of" he reminded her. This however caused Gray to look toward them and place an arm protectively around her. Gajeel left the guild leaving Juvia scared for the little flame mage.