Hey guys, sorry I took so long. I broke writing this chapter into multiple days instead of finishing it all in one sitting. Then I got sidetracked before sitting down and finishing this. I'm sorry about everyone else's OC's but this chapter is focusing on the five, seven if you include mine, in Niewinny. Well I have nothing to say for now.

Disclaimer: I own nothing remotely close to Fairy Tail

Teppei walked into the mayor's office. Inside the office Tetsuya was already seated across from the mayor. "Come in Teppei, we've been waiting." The mayor greeted. Teppei situated himself in the chair next to Tetsuya's. "I'll get straight into business." The mayor began as he pulled out a file. Opening the file, the first thing seen was a picture of a man. He looked like a regular citizen with the shaggy brown hair and dull brown eyes. "This is my son, Goro Illa. He's the president of his own company, got a nice wife and two children. Nothing seemed unordinary with him, until he went missing a week ago."

Teppei leaned back into his chair, "Let me guess, he got involved into some shady business and now he's suddenly missing. So now we have to find him."

The mayor nodded, "Yes, I want you two to find him. There is one thing I should tell you though. Some investigators looked through his stuff. What they found were an abundance of drugs, specifically Ascension." The two guildmates sat up straighter at the mention of the drug.

The mayor leaned in on his desk folding his hands, "Seems like I caught your attention, tell you what. You find my son, dead or alive, and I'll give you some of the drug for that scientist of yours."

Tetsuya nodded, "It's a deal."

The mayor's smile grew wider as he said, "Good, well then I'll tell you what we have found so far…"

Genji, Evie, and Lucius all walked into the guild building. Inside, situated around the bar, was Leia along with three other people. One of them was a woman with black hair cut into a bob cut with blunt bangs. Part of her hair was braided and somehow being used as a headband. She was wearing a dark blue duster coat over gray t-shirt and jeans. The other two were two guys. One a child and the other a teenager. The child, his dark green hair sticking out in all direction, was dressed in pale gray shorts stopping at his knees, along with his dark purple hoodie. The child was sitting on top of the bar getting a white triskelion stamped onto his right ankle. The other, his long pale hair tied up in a high ponytail, was dressed in baggy orange pants, with a sleeveless gray shirt that had three horizontal red stripes. The older man was sitting on a stool looking at the younger get his guild mark. "We're home!" Genji called out.

"And we brought home a new candidate as well." Evie added onto. The four people at the bar all stared at the man behind Evie and Genji. Said man just laughed at all the attention.

The woman in dark blue duster coat walked over to the three. Her calculating gaze having no effect on Lucius. Her face shifted into a kinder one as she held out her hand, "Pleased to meet you, I'm the guild master of this guild. My name is Kalama. May I ask of yours?"

Lucius shook Kalama's hand, "I'm Lucius Dale, and I would be honored to become a member of you guild."

Another smile appeared on Kalama's face, "Well follow me and I'll interview you to see if you'll join us. Don't worry no one so far has failed it." She then led Lucius away to the meeting room.

Genji and Evie walked over to the bar. Evie put her arm around the shoulder of the man sitting on the chair, "Aww is big bro excited the kid is finally joining the guild?"

The "kid" rolled his eyes, "I have a name other than 'kid' and it's Atlas, you siren wannabe." Evie's eyes twitched as she cocked her head. Her smile growing wider and more unpleasant.

Evie began to approach Atlas at a slow pace, Atlas only raising his eyebrow. Cyrus, Atlas' older brother, began to laugh, "Come on kid, you gotta stop mocking people, though it's kind of funny."

"How did it all turn out in the end?" Leia asked Genji, who was just sitting on another chair watching the argument. Cyrus joined Atlas as the two began teasing Evie, who was only getting flustered.

Genji, looking at the conversation, turned towards Leia. "Everything is fine, though Teppei went off on his own after we finished."

Leia nodded before wiping the counter, "So tell me, how you guys came to encounter Lucius."

Seeing as Evie was too busy arguing, Genji began retelling what happened.

Teppei and Tetsuya walked out of the mayor's office. "You already know where he is, don't you?" Teppei asked his companion. Tetsuya nodded.

"I saw him enter a warehouse, he was definitely insane by then. There was a sword though he picked up. Yet somehow after picking the sword up, he grew even more insane." Tetsuya explained. "I may be going out on a limb here but I believe that the same people who made the drug are making weapons designed specifically for those that took the drug."

Teppei looked at Tetsuya in confusion, "How did you reach that conclusion?" The two exited the town hall before continuing their conversation, "Then again you are incredible at solving things. Though I do wonder how you came up with that answer even though there was no connection between the two." The two made their way towards the warehouse district of the town. "I mean you just said that he grew more insane after he picked up the sword. But is there a way to prove that, did you somehow feel what he was feeling or something?"

Tetsuya shrugged, "My mind works miracles." The two walked in silence before arriving at the warehouse the man was last seen.

"So, do you happen to know where he is now?" Teppei asked as he opened the garage door to the warehouse. The two walked in looking around.

"No, I didn't bother placing some sort of tracking device onto him." Tetsuya replied as he stopped in the same spot the man was standing in last time. The spot was covered in scorch marks. "This was where he last was. Judging from what I'm seeing is that he tested out the weapon before he moved on to who knows where."

"So what you're saying right now is that he's somewhere in the open. Surrounded by innocent people. Where he could, oh I don't know, wreak havoc and claim multiple lives. Also there's the fact that he seems more dangerous, so he could easily kill Clementine and Lauren."

Tetsuya just looked at the scorch marks, "Don't forget Jean and Gregory." Teppei tilted his head.

"Gregory? Oh that guy from the application. I take it you already met him?" Teppei questioned. He suddenly came to a realization before he added, "Oh great so now we have two more people being sent to their deaths." Tetsuya just stared at Teppei as he came unto another realization. Teppei gave himself a face palm before dragging his hand slowly down his face groaning. "Of course, there's Eris as well. I mean she's just investigating whatever is going on with the weapon distribution. I just hope she just doesn't run into the guy."

Tetsuya somehow gave Teppei's shoulder a squeeze, "Well aren't you pessimistic to this, you're usually so optimistic. Oh and you already met Gregory, you know the guy that saved you on the train." Teppei nodded at the information.

The two made their way out of the warehouse. "Well I suppose we can make our way fast enough to them if they do encounter the guy, I doubt he's gonna be subtle." Teppei commented.

"Where did she walk off to?" Eris murmured as she walked around the town hall. They were due to meet up with an official from the army. Eris grit her teeth, dealing with the army again and now some rude girl.

"Looking for someone?" a voice called out for behind Eris. As she turned around she was met with the smirking face of Kuroda. "You know, I was looking around town and guess what I saw? A group of guildmates, one with the same mark as you. You wouldn't happen to know what they're doing here. I mean what even is your guild planning? Sending one lone member to do one request and send the rest for another. Your guild is unpredictable that is for sure."

Just as Eris was about to reply an explosion occurred out the window. 'I'm starting to see a pattern here…' Eris thought as she tried to see the damage. Kuroda was giving Eris another calculating look.

"You know, I won't stop you from going out there. You can choose to save your guild or choose to get money. Though I'm sure you already know your answer." Kuroda said. Eris stared back at Kuroda, "It just means that there'll be more money for me."

Eris just nodded stiffly before running out of the building, towards the site of the damage.

"Have the townsmen escaped somewhere safe?" Clementine asked as Gregory made his way back towards the rest of the group. Gregory nodded. In front of the group was a man that had shaggy brown hair. Yet his eyes, they were filled with insanity. The man wielded a large black sword with a red jewel implanted near the hilt. Dark smoke was swirling around him. The man's smile grew wider as he channeled a ball of fire with strands of dark smoke enshrouding the fire. The man threw the ball towards the group.

"Everyone move it!" Lauren cried out as everyone jumped towards the side. The cement being blown to pieces as the ball made contact to where the group formally was. Lauren grit her teeth as she looked around. One minute everything was fine before a guy just crashed into the ground from the sky causing a grand explosion. Fire wrapped in the dark smoke, yet to be extinguished, was all around them. Many of the surrounding buildings were demolished from the impact.

The man in front of them cackled as dark smoke began to swirl around his sword. Swinging his sword, the dark smoke flew towards the group as they were all pushed back. With a distorted voice he spoke, "Why do your guild even exist? A group as small as you guys cannot even reform what it is. Do you even know what you're all reforming? I bet you don't. You all just blindly follow someone who convinced you to join their guild." Conjuring up another fire ball, he lunged it towards the girls.

Gregory quickly got up aiming his Ghostly Gasp towards the fireball. His magic somehow freezing the projectile turning it into ice. Lauren recovered, using her magic sword, sliced the ice ball into halves. The ice ball diverged and flew to both the sides of the girls. The man simply smirked before more dark smoke swirled around him. He raised his sword towards the sky as multiple fireballs materialized in the air, that same dark smoke covering them all. "Well, this is bad…" Jean muttered. Dark tendrils erupted from the ground as it wrapped it around the four's ankles. All of them were now rooted in place as Jean swore under his breath. The man pointed his blade towards the four as all the fireballs began to rain down unto them.

"Wind God's Barrier!" A voice called out. The familiar dome of wind surrounded the four as the fireballs exploded on the dome. As the barrage ended, the dome disappeared and the four broke free of the tendrils. Behind them Eris was running towards them. "Oh thank goodness I made it in time." She said as she came to a stop. "Let's take him down." Replied with nods they all ran towards the man.

Clementine equipped herself with cat claws as she swiped at the man. The man ducked before swinging his blade at her. Clementine ducked his blade before swiping more. The two were nimble as they both tried to land a hit yet missed each time. Clementine equipped a kangaroo's feet as she kicked forward. The man ducked before spinning around once with his sword. Dark smoke shifted the sword's form as it turned into a hammer. He hit Clementine in the back, as she was in mid-air, and she was sent flying forward.

Lauren and Jean took out their swords as they began to double up on the man. Two smoke shields were formed on either side of the man. The swords from the two never connected with the man, as the shields had a mind of their own as they flew and protected the man. Using his blade, the man swung Jean's sword out of his hands. The man then conjured a fireball as pressed it Jean's stomach. The fireball exploded and Jean was sent flying back towards Gregory. Gregory was knocked down as Jean was flown straight into him.

The man's shields disappeared and Lauren began to relentlessly attack. The two swords connected as sparks flew. Both their sword work was impressive yet Lauren was still outmatched. The man tried to knock Lauren's sword just as he did with Jean. Lauren kept a tight grip as the sword stayed within her hands yet she was staggered. The man saw his opportunity kicked Lauren in the stomach, his leg covered with that dark smoke. The dark smoke empowered his kick and Lauren was sent flying straight into Clementine who was just getting back up. The two were then knocked down.

"Wind God's Kick!" Eris cried out as her foot was coated with air. The man conjured another smoke shield. The kick connected with the shield, Eris then used the shield as a surface to propel herself backwards. Landing on the ground, Eris then took out her two short swords. "Wind God's Slice!" Eris shouted as she cut through air with her swords. The shields were rid of and the man was wounded.

The man stumbled but he quickly regained his balance. Just as the man was about to raise his sword, green chairs surrounded him. The chains were quick to wrap themselves around him. Eris looked to see Gregory holding his hands out, ecto-energy radiating from his hands. Gregory turned his staff into a scythe as he launched himself towards the man. Gregory swung his scythe but was quickly stopped as dark tendrils wrapped around Gregory.

"Are you all under the impression you can stop me? I am the darkness born from the hearts of man." The man's distorted voice mocked. The shackles were broken into many pieces. Slamming his sword into the ground, streams of fire erupted. There were just too many as the five were swept up into the attack. Many screams were heard as the man simply cackled.

The streams of fire subsided as all five were all laying on the ground. Jean, Lauren, and Eris all tried to get back up but the dark tendrils wrapped themselves around the three. This time the tendrils fused with the fire burning them. More cries of agony were heard as they all fell back down. The man strode slowly towards Eris, who was separated from everyone else. His sword grinding against the broken cement.

"Damn it, why aren't we strong enough to beat him." Eris groaned. The man's cackling only grew louder as he neared Eris. The man raised his sword and brought it down unto Eris. Just as it was about connect with Eris, the sword connected with Teppei's shield. Teppei, eyes usually filled with kindness, were filled with nothing but hate. The shield absorbed all of the energy from the sword. Tetsuya jumped in and kicked the man, knocking him away from Eris. Teppei then unleashed the stored up energy and the man was sent flying, flying past Clementine and Lauren.

Lauren got up, despite her injuries, and carried Clementine over to where the newcomers were. The two newcomers looked at the rest of their guild before nodding at each other. The man got up and began to cackle. "Well look who we have here. It's the wielder of the Shield of Aegis. I must say though, you certainly have grown since I last saw you. I hope you remember me, you know Asterius."

Tetsuya glanced at Teppei, "What is he talking about?" Teppei's fists only clenched. Tetsuya's voice grew harsher, "Teppei, what are you not telling me?" The man began to cackle again before Tetsuya sent a harsh glare, "Shut it Asterius. What are you even doing in Goro's body?"

Asterius smirked, "Oh I'm not doing anything in Goro's body, I mean he is the one who let me in in the first place." Asterius glanced at Teppei, whose fists began to turn pale. "That's it, unleash all your hatred unto me. It's all my fault isn't it, the reason why that little girl died in front of you."

"SHUT UP!" Teppei yelled as a force of energy was sent towards Asterius. Asterius only blocked it with his sword. Tetsuya stared at Teppei through his mask.

"Little girl? Wait Teppei, is he talking about Haru?!" Tetsuya began to raise to his voice. "You told me that she died protecting you from a dark mage. Was that all a lie?" Teppei only looked away from Tetsuya. Tetsuya's posture slumped from Teppei's response.

Asterius' laugh began to grow louder, "Oh this is great! Just wonderful! You couldn't even trust the closest person to you, someone you consider your brother, with a secret as simple as this. Now look where this got you! Oh if only you could confess the truth, then maybe you wouldn't have to watch your friends die protecting you." He raised his hand towards the sky as a cloud of dark smoke began to form. Slamming his hand down on to the ground the guild was swept into the smoke.

Teppei woke up in the middle of the forest, a figure looming over him. It was a girl, her curled red hair reaching almost down to Teppei's face. "Haru? But how are you alive?" Haru only smiled at him. It was discomforting. The last time he saw her was when she was just eight, but now she looks 25 just like Teppei.

Pulling himself up he stared at Haru who was twirling around the clearing. She stopped as Teppei began to stand up, "Oh silly Tep-tep...do you not remember? Right after you eradicated that evil being and that dark mage popped out of nowhere, a mage came also and killed that dark mage. We both fainted and he took us back to the orphanage."

Teppei clutched his head as his memories began to fill itself in. Nodding, "Of course, my memory is failing these days. Though I do have a question to ask, where is Tetsu?" He looked around the clearing to not see his best friend anywhere.

Haru only giggled, "Geez Tep-tep, we really need to get that memory of yours checked. Tetsu left the orphanage to join a guild." Teppei only looked at her in surprise.

Teppei began to raise his voice, "He left?! We promised each other that the trio would always stick together. I can't believe him! Do you remember his reason for leaving?"

Haru began to smile wickedly, "He said something about 'making a purpose for himself' but I'm sure it's because he felt left out. I mean he's always so weak and hides behind someone. He's not as strong as you Tep-tep."

Teppei looked shocked at Haru's words, "Why would you say that about him? Sure he's weird, but does he really deserve this much hate? What has he done wrong to cause so much anger?"

Haru's hair began to cover her eyes as her voice grew dark, "That damn Tetsu always thinks he's so much better than us. He looks down on us just because we can't follow his line of thought."

Teppei grabbed Haru by the shoulder and began to shake her, "Haru! Don't say that, he's changed. He's no longer that stuck-up brat! He's so loyal and patient now! He changed when you…when you died." Teppei looked at Haru in alarm, his voice growing quieter.

In the distance Teppei could hear someone calling out, "Wake up! Come on Teppei wake up! We need you!" Teppei looked around but no one was in sight. He looked back at Haru whose face began to turn dark. Again he could hear, "Damn it Teppei snap out of it! It's not real, whatever you're seeing it's all fake! It's just an illusion!" Haru began to walk towards Teppei. Suddenly Teppei felt the ground on his back as he began to have difficulty breathing. On top of him was Haru choking him.

"Curse that Tetsuya! Can't you see that being near him will only bring misfortune! Why do you think that he came to the orphanage in the first place? It's because he's cursed! His family is dead because of him!" Haru began to scream in Teppei's face.

Teppei began to get enraged as he threw Haru off of him, "Don't you ever dare to say that about Tetsu ever again! You're blaming a child for the death of his family? He was only four!" He got a good look at Haru before it clicked, "You're not Haru…the Haru I knew would never be this vengeful. She would never use someone's insecurity to attack them."

"Come on Teppei wake up! We're struggling here damn it!" The voice called out to Teppei. Teppei looked around once more before it all clicked.

Glaring at Haru he spat out, "You're just a fake. The Haru I knew died 18 years ago when that dark mage attacked us." 'Haru' just looked at the ground, not putting up a fight anymore. Shaking his head he turned his back towards Haru, "There is one thing I do have to thank you for…and that's for helping me realize to not stay in the past. Yes I still blame myself for letting you die, but…it's time I let that go." He turned back towards Haru who was staring at him, "You made me realize I have a new family, one that I swear on my bones to protect until the bitter end. So…thank you." The 'Haru' only smiled and nodded before she faded into light. The rest of the scenery faded into light as well. Teppei flexed his hands before looking towards the sky 'I'm on my way everyone, just hold on."

"I swear Teppei, if you don't wake up right now I'll kill you right here right now!" A voice screamed as Teppei was slapped awake. Teppei blinked as sitting above him was Tetsuya. Though Teppei noticed Tetsuya took off his mask.

"Wouldn't that be counter-productive though?" Teppei said as Tetsuya's silver eyes began to water up. Seeing his 'brother' about to cry Teppei placed his hand on the back of Tetsuya's neck and brought his head closer. Teppei placed a kiss on Tetsuya's forehead, "Thank you. Hearing your voice helped me realize that it was all an illusion, though how did you figure out that it was an illusion."

Tetsuya only scrubbed his eyes and pushed his curly black hair out of his face, "Deus Ex Machina." Teppei only looked at him in confusion. "You know, God from the Machine. Scenarios where characters are seemingly saved from a situation from an almighty god, person, whatever. You were mumbling about how Haru was alive. I figured that since she came up with some stupid explanation, you would be able to realize that she was dead." Teppei only nodded.

"If you guys are done doing questionable 'best friends' stuff then how about you guys help us!" A voice yelled. The two turned to see Jean staring back at them. Jean nodded before turning back towards Asterius.

The two got up and saw the five all fighting Asterius. Their teamwork could use some work, but most of them were in sync. Just as Teppei was about to reenter the fight, a hand clutched arm his wrist. Teppei looked back at Tetsuya. Tetsuya asked, "Will you tell me the real story later?" Teppei nodded.

Teppei looked at Asterius before telling Tetsuya, "I think I can seal him away like I did those years again." Tetsuya looked at Teppei. Teppei just gave him a dazzling smile. "It's how I awakened to my magic."

Tetsuya commented, "Shield of Aegis huh…Asterius too. Say do you know the legend behind those two?" Tetsuya looked at Teppei who was only looking back with confusion. Tetsuya shook his head, "Well not now, we're in the middle of a fight, but long story short. The Shield of Aegis is practically an invincible shield made from Asterius." Tetsuya smiled at Teppei, "Kind of ironic huh."

Teppei nodded before placing his palms on the ground. He looked at Tetsuya, "Buy me some time. I think I remember the spell from when I first awakened to it." Tetsuya nodded before rushing into the battle.

"So the weapons don't enhance the user's capability?" The mayor asked. Kuroda only nodded. The mayor leaned back in his chair, "Hmm, than that means that it's only the drug that's making them stronger. Interesting indeed." The mayor looked out the window to see the fight still going on. He turned back towards Kuroda, "Well good work today, I'm surprised someone as young as you managed to accomplish all of that. Don't worry about your partner. That guild, they're really something else. You could learn something from them." The mayor then handed Kuroda her pay. Kuroda nodded at the mayor before getting out of the mayor's office.

The mayor leaned back into his chair before closing his eyes. "We haven't found a way to reverse the effects of Ascension, and the weapon is nothing but a fake." The mayor opened his drawer to take out a photo frame. Inside was a photo of the mayor, younger, holding a child in his arms. The two of them were smiling brightly at the camera. "The only way to save someone from the drug is to kill them…" The man clutched the photo frame closer to his chest as he began to sob, "I'm so sorry Goro, I'm so sorry."

The seven guild mates all stared at the bottom of the crater. Laying at the bottom was the unmoving body of Goro Illa. Tetsuya sighed before looking at the rest of the sullen members, "There wasn't anything we could've done for him. This was for the best." The rest nodded before walking off. Tetsuya and Teppei watched the five members go. Tetsuya turned towards Teppei, "Hey, no more secrets from now on. We'll tell each other everything." Teppei's amber eyes stared back into Tetsuya's silver eyes before nodding. The two went in for a hug.

Teppei took in a shuddering breathe, "Was this really for the best?" Tetsuya remained silent as the two hugged, the fire cackling around them.

Okay so, updates are gonna be a lot slower. Main reason is because I'm kind of winging this story as I go. I know what I want to do at the end but my problem is how I'm going to get there. So I'm going to be spending most of my time planning out the story, so please do bare with me. Well that's all I have to say, so until next time!