Hey guys, Somebody here. Hope you liked the last chapter. Again I'm hoping I to post more often now. This is going to have more world building. Hope you guys enjoy, if you do please leave a review. I want to make this really enjoyable.

Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima

Previously

All you need to do is find that stone these teens are looking for. It will finally put our plan into motion." His master answered.

"Soon you will all feel the wrath of the Dragon's Claw."

Now

Romeo looked out the window of the train they were riding. He was currently mentally preparing himself.

"What could the item be? How dangerous would it be? Why did the client sound so urgent?"

It was actually more like questioning everything about the mission. The job description was very vague.

"So what do you guys think we'll be stealing?" Wendy said excitedly.

"Dunno, but the pay is really good." Leslie said flatly.

"I heard the clothe stores have some new cloaks." Warren said bubbling about some clothes.

"Hpmh. You mean your robes." teased Max.

"They are not robes!" Warren said angrily.

As the two continued to bicker, Romeo sighed and continued to look out the window. Wendy leaned over and whispered to Romeo.

"You worried?" she asked smugly.

He turned his head. She must've realized something was off.

"No not really. What's with your voice?" he asked.

"Oh nothing. Just making sure the new guy doesn't wussy out." she sneered.

"Yeah yeah." He looked out the window again. "I guess I am kinda worried." he said sighing.

"About what?" she asked puzzled.

"I mean our last mission was supposed to be easy, but that turned south really quickly. What if that happens with this?" he asked with a sense of urgency.

Wendy hesitated. "Romeo that won't happen. We are all here." Wendy stated cheerfully.

"But still. What if something happens to you all? What if something happens to me? Then I won't be able to help you guys. I can't fail you like I did before." Romeo sputtered.

"Romeo you didn't fail me. You-" Just then the train came to a stop.

"We've arrived at Clover Town!" yelled the conductor.

"This is our stop. Come on." Max said as he stood up.

They all stood up and grabbed their bags. As they walked out of the train, the team was halted by a strange looking man. He was a thin man, with green hair and wore a monocle.

"Salut." greeted the strange man.

He also spoke strange. He had a French accent.

Romeo didn't know what to make of it. Apparently neither did the team.

"Um...hi." Romeo said cautiously.

He saw Carla pull Wendy back. He didn't blame her. The guy gave off some weird vibes. He irked Romeo as well.

"Are you perhaps the Messieurs and Mademoiselles from Fairy Tail?" asked the strange man.

They all looked at him confused. Romeo didn't know what to say. Was this their client?

"Um, excuse me, Mister um..." coughed Wendy.

"Sol. Monsieur Sol."

"Um excuse me, Mister Sol, but are you the one who hired us?" Wendy asked puzzled.

"That depends," he leaned closer to them, "Are you the ones from Fairy Tail?" he asked in a now menacing voice.

Romeo was starting to get a little freaked out. What was up with this guy? Then he took a closer look. This man seemed familiar to him.

Max cleared his voice. "Yes. We are the mages from Fairy Tail. I can only assume you are our client." stated Max.

Sol leaned back and smiled. "Yes I am. I am so happy to have you all here. You really can't imagine what a relief it is to finally get some help." Sol sighed with relief.

"May I ask why we are here, sir?" inquired Carla.

"Of course little minou. But here is not the right place." He looked around. "Someone might be watching." he whispered. "Follow me!"

And with that the team had found their client. As the rest followed the man, Romeo stopped Carla.

"Carla." he called to her with soft voice.

"Yes, what is it young man?" she answered.

"Something feels off about this guy. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before. Keep an eye out for Wendy." He cautioned the cat.

"I feel the same way. I will make sure to keep Wendy in my watch." she agreed.

They ran and caught up with the others. It seemed like they were going to some cafe.

"Why would someone be watching us? Is someone else after his stolen item?" he thought to himself.

They entered the cafe and sat down at the nearest table. Sol told them to order something, so they did. Romeo ordered a simple pastry.

"So Mister Sol, you didn't answer our question. Why are we here?" interrogated Max.

Sol looked around again. Then he answered. "As you all may know, an item was stolen from me."

"Yes we know." Leslie sighed in boredom.

"And your mission is to retrieve this item. Nothing more than that really." he continued.

"Then why'd you ask for us to bring reinforcements. This sounds like a simple one-person job." Wendy demanded.

"Because this item is very dangerous. And I am to believe that some very powerful people want it. It may that they are here right now looking for this item." Sol said more quietly.

"What's so dangerous about these people?" asked Warren.

"Their magic is very powerful. But not just that. My sources believe that they want to use the item to destroy Clover Town and all its residents." Sol said now quivering.

The team reeled back. How powerful was this item? Romeo was starting to worry as well.

"Sir, if you don't mind me asking, but what is this item?" questioned Romeo.

Sol paused for a second. He hesitated, but then answered. "I guess you adolescents do deserve to know. The item is called the Eye of Orchus."

The team paused for a second. "What is it?" Leslie asked hesitantly.

"It is a very powerful magical totem. If the correct spell is cast, then the demon spirit of Orchus will be released." Sol croaked and shook. "Orchus is the demon of hunting and capturing from the Book of E.N.D." His voice was so quiet now that they had lean towards his face.

They all shook. Romeo was now very scared. The Book of E.N.D. was the fabled book of destruction. Whoever possessed it could not only summon demons of chaos and fire, but also cast spells that could easily destroy mountains and cities. It was created by the Black Wizard: Zeref. Romeo reeled back into his seat. He finally realized why Sol seemed familiar.

"YOU! You're the biggest dealer for magical items on the black market." he said pointing at Sol.

His team all looked at him and then Sol. Sol's eyes lit up with fear.

"I-I-I, I h-have n-no idea o-of what y-y-you are t-talking about." he said quivering.

"Romeo, what are you talking about?" asked Wendy even more puzzled now.

"In my old guild, he came and sold items that would usually be illegal or used by the government only." Romeo stated more fiercely. "That's why you had such a destructive possession."

Sol started to shake, and his team started turn angry.

"You want us to steal such a destructive item, just so you could one day sell it someone else." Leslie demanded angrily. The rest grunted in agreement.

"Non non non, it's not what you think. I would never sell such an item. I may be a criminal, but I'm not a monster." he said pleading with them.

"Tell that to the lives my guild took because of your products." Romeo said as he stood up and grabbed Sol by the collar.

"Please stop Monsieur. We won't be able to get the item if we keep bickering like this." he whimpered with fear. Romeo stopped. As much as he hated to agree, Sol was right. They weren't getting anywhere like this. He put Sol down.

Romeo sighed. "Where do we find the thieves?" he asked angrily.

"I do not know. All I know is their name. The Strauss Children." he answered fearfully.

"Crap." Warren fretted.

"What it is it Warren?" asked Max.

"The Strauss Children are a trio of expert thieves. But they only steal items that third parties want to buy." Warren said anxiously.

"Please don't say what I think you are going to say." Carla said, half pleading.

"This group of dangerous people that Sol is talking about. I think that the they're buying the Eye of Orchus." Warren said sighing.

This made matters even worse. Instead of one party seeking the other, both groups were actively seeking each other. Romeo became anxious. If they didn't stop this, dozens, if not hundreds of lives would be taken. But he couldn't just stand here forever.

"Sol, do you know anything that could help. Because if you do and hold it back from us, the gods help you when I beat you to a pulp." Romeo threatened the hardened criminal.

Sol gulped. "Y-yes I do. My sources found out that the two parties were meeting up at exactly 3 o'clock. P-please don't hurt me." he said quivering.

Romeo looked at the clock on the wall, took a deep breath and spoke. "Team, we have a new threat on our hands. It is currently 1 o'clock and both groups are seeking each other. We only have two hours before the unknown group takes hundreds if lives." Romeo said with authority. "Me, Max, and Warren will look for the Strauss Children. Leslie, Wendy and Carla will look for the unknown group." He ordered.

For a second they all looked at him in awe. Immediately after, they all grew determined faces.

"Ayy sir." said both Max and Warren, saluting him.

"Ok let's do this." Leslie said determined.

"You got it boss." Wendy said playfully.

As they rushed out of the cafe, Romeo quickly thought of a game plan. But first he needed to know something.

"Warren. Max." he called .

"Yeah." they both said in unison.

"What kind of magic do you have?" he asked.

"My magic is called Sandstorm Magic. I can basically control sand and the earth." Max replied.

"Mine is Telepathy. I can link all of minds. That way we can speak without actually talking. But there is a limited radius. I can only link up to about a 2 mile radius. " answeres Warren.

Romeo was suprised. Max's magic was interesting, but Warren's was extremely useful.

"Warren can you link our minds?" Romeo asked.

"Sure thing." he answered.

Romeo felt like his head was spinning for a second, but then it went away. He tried out Warren's magic.

"Hello." he said.

"Hello."

"Hi"

"Hey"

"Sup Romeo."

"Hello young man."

Romeo was relieved. Now he could tell his plan.

"Everyone listen up. We only have two hours. Look everywhere. Look high and low. Register every single person and thing that you see. Do not overlook anything. If you see something, report it immediately and then follow that person. Wendy and Carla, take to the sky." he said.

"Gotcha Romeo." replied Wendy.

"Warren stay in the center of town. Walk around and make it look like you're shopping. Look for those robes you like, but don't lose focus." Romeo continued.

"Alright." Warren answered with excitement.

"Leslie, Max, and I will walk around the three town districts. Remember to look for anything suspicious. Specifically if someone is following you or staring. We've already made a scene. The two parties must know we're here." Romeo ordered.

"Ok." they both replied.

"Don't. Lose. Focus. This town is depending on us." Romeo finished.

And with that, they split up. Romeo looked as Wendy cast a spell on herself and Carla, and then they went up.

"So she can cast spells too." he thought to himself.

"Yup!" Wendy replied.

"Crap, forgot you guys can hear me."

"Hey Romeo."

"Yeah Wendy."

"You're doing great."

Romeo smiled. He managed to control what thoughts could be heard, and then thought about his old guild. He was never like this. He honestly didn't know why he was acting like this. But he couldn't think about that now.

He looked around for anything unusual looking. All he saw were regular people doing normal things. A lady was looking at some fruit. Two kids were running around playing. A man looking at some latex suits...ok that was unusual, but not what he was looking for.

"Nothing seems off here." he said to the others.

"Same." replied Max.

"That makes three for me." answered Leslie.

"Wendy, Carla anything?" asked Romeo.

"Not really. Though there is this guy with a scar right under his right eye in your district Romeo." Wendy replied.

"It's the best we got so far Romeo." Warren said.

Romeo contemplated it for a second. Then he sighed.

"Ok I'll check it out." Romeo said.

"Be careful young man." said Carla

Romeo walked down the street. Then he took a left, and walked down that street. Then he saw the man with the scar. He had white hair, a tan complexion, and wore a simple black tank top.

"I got eyes on our man." he said.

Romeo started to follow him at a distance, making sure that he wasn't spotted. As he followed him, they left the Market district, and entered the Residential district.

"Makes sense. If the third party wants to cast the demon of hunting and capturing, the area with the most people would be ideal." he thought to himself.

As they passed by wooden houses with straw roofs, the scarred man stopped by two other white-haired people. One had long hair and too wore a black tank top. The other had shorter hair, and wore a simple pink dress. Romeo payed close attention.

"I think we found our thieves." he said to the others.

He moved in closer, and crouched behind one of the houses. He positioned himself to be able to launch himself towards them and grab the Eye.

The scar man looked around, and then said something to his, what Romeo could only assume to be, sisters. Then the long-haired woman started to fumble around for something in her satchel. Romeo could feel the magic power from right where he stood. He readied himself.

"Guys they have the Eye. I'm getting ready to take it." he said to them.

"That's great Rome-AAAAGGGH!" yelled Wendy.

"Wendy!" Romeo said panicking

"Romeo, me and Max met up. What the hell happened to Wend-MAX LOOK- UPHM." Warren said before suddenly cutting out.

"Warren! Max!" Romeo yelled.

Romeo started to panic. His team was slowly being taken out.

"Leslie! Please answer!" Romeo yelled anxiously. He heard a few moans, and then Leslie spoke.

"R-Romeo. T-the t-third party. T-they f-found us. AAGH." Leslie suddenly cut off as well.

Romeo looked over at the siblings. The girl had finally found the Eye. It was a very small jewel. Right when she held her hand out to her brother, Romeo pounced.

"Indigo Flare: Rocket Launch!!" he yelled.

Everything went by in a blur, but also in slow motion. Romeo came closer until-

FWOOSH!!!

A blinding light surrounded him. Then he fell to the ground.

"Uphm!" he groaned.

He picked himself and saw Max and Warren on the ground unconscious. His heart filled with anger.

"Max! Warren!" he yelled.

"I'm sorry it had to be this way." he heard a voice say. "Actually I'm not." the voice was now chuckling.

Once Romeo's vision cleared up, he finally saw the perpetrator. He had gray hair, a blue and white cloak, and a black vest.

"You bastard! You'll pay for this!" Romeo yelled at the mysterious man.

"Actually I won't. You'll be dead before you can get revenge." he said smugly.

"I won't let you do this. I won't fail these people." Romeo was getting angrier and angrier.

"Sorry. You have no options." The man smiled an evil grin.

"Not if I have a say in it." Romeo yelled. He charged the man with everything he had.

"Red Flare: Fire Fist!"

Right when his attack was about to land, the man dodged it.

"Stop wasting your time." the man said annoyed.

Romeo chuckled. "Not an option."

Romeo prepared for another attack. Instead of dodging the attack, the man lifted up his hand.

"That won't do you much." Romeo yelled. The man smiled.

Romeo went in for another attack. Right when his fist hit the man's hand, his fist disappeared. He was confused, but when he saw his fist behind the man, he was shocked.

"Oh trust me, its more than enough." he said cackling.

Romeo pulled back his right fist, and swung his left fist. Instead of hitting his body, Romeo's fist disappeared, but then it suddenly appeared beside him and hit him. Romeo got knocked into the wall. He spit out blood.

"Romeo Conbolt. You will feel the Dragon's Claw!" the man said laughing maniacally.

Hey guys, thanks for reading this chapter. I hoped you liked it. I also hope you're excited for the next chapter. It will more action-packed, with my first full on fight. Please leave reviews, I want to make this is enjoyable. If you feel inclined, share it. Thank you for reading and have a great life.