Welcome to Fire and Ice (Re-loaded) chapter seven! I will now be fully entering the Lion's Den arc I've created, yay! How will everything play out? O.O A sea of turbulence is rising, and only I can tell what will happen now...maybe... I have ideas at random planned out. No idea where they'll go for the time being until I'm ready, but whatever.

TIME FOR THE CHAPTER!

Chapter seven: Spirit Advisors and More Questions


Keira was still unconscious in the infirmary with Levy and Droy, Jet having woken up earlier though still weak and horribly confused. Jami sat by Keira's bedside yet again, and sighed before placing the redheads headphones over her ears and selecting a song. (Lose Yourself by Eminem) The blonde let the beginning of the tune resonate throughout the infirmary before connecting her own headphones to her Music Lacrima and playing a random song.

Keira's drawn expression soon loosened, and within three hours, her more serious wounds had healed, though she still had not woken. Most of the day had been spent moping around the guild. Natsu was training with Erza behind the guild, Makarov and Kokoa were secluded in the formers office, Keira's team visited the orange-top, the bluenette, redhead and blacket occasionally. Lauren sat, doing her usual nervous ticks. Tapping her fingers against the wood, looking at the time, biting her bottom lip, glancing up towards the infirmary, before she blew out hot air and the Night dragon slayer shot up with a small scream that failed to belie her feelings of rage.

" DAMNIT! How could they! Once I find their asses I'll blast them all the way to the moon and back three times!" her fists clenched and unclenched in her fury. She was extremely angry that someone had hurt the people she cared about, but what got to her even more was the fact that she hadn't sensed anything wrong with the day. " I know you're angry Lauren, we all are. But we need to act rationally, instead of running for their headquarters and busting heads open." Amber reminded her. The auburn haired teen sighed before slipping back into her seat. " Those bastards...Lion's Den." she muttered.

Everyone was on edge. Lucy kept an eye on Keira and Levy, feeling a sense of Deja Vu. Team ShadowGear had been injured by Phantom Lord because her father had paid them to bring her back to the mansion. It wasn't until the next day that Keira woke up, groggy and pissed off. " I'LL KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH!" she roared at the top of her lungs once she had remembered the happenings that landed her in that infirmary bed.

The door slammed open and Jami was in there along with Lauren, who immediately glomped the redhead. " Shit!" she called in surprise as she fell off of the bed onto the floor. Jami continued rambling and sobbing, and Lauren was threatening to 'slap her crazy ass' if she ever did it again. The teenager sweatdropped at her friends, before she abruptly stood, dragging Lauren and Jami from the floor seeing as they were still attached to her midsection. " I'll murder those bastards..." she muttered, voice filled to the brim with untampered rage. (They're now down in the main hall of Fairy Tail.)

About six hours after Keira woke, so did Levy and Droy. Lucy was relieved, immensely. " Do you know who attacked you?" Keira interrupted the pondering bluenette. " I do. It's that bitch, Hotaru from Lion's Den." Keira knew this woman well. She was highly psychopathic, and had a thirst for blood which could quite possibly rival even a wyvern or Zeref if she was angry enough.

" That isn't a woman, that's a monster. And there is no way that she can be saved." Keira's eyes were shadowed. True Hearts hidden mission was to help innocents and let those who have wronged, repent. However, if someone is passed the point of saving, there is no hope for them. Kokoa caught Keira's gaze and nodded. A silent message; for what, no one could tell. Besides a select few of the True Heart guild that is.

Keira knelt to the floor and clasped her hands together, as if in prayer. Her crimson hair rose and swayed around her. (Look up 'flowing anime hair' or something, and at some point you'll see a picture of the black haired girl from the Fate series. The way her hair is undulating is how Keira's looks essentially.) " An Angel Heart's Guidance, show us the path towards a bright future. Come forth, guider of Hearts, Nala!" in an instant, a feeling of calm washed over the members of both Fairy Tail and True Heart. Kokoa took this moment to breath a sigh of relief, taking gratitude in the short reprieve.

A spontaneous burst of red, orange and gold, mixed in with falling rose petals and streams of golden light flooded the guild and suddenly, a fox with auburn fur and crimson eyes stood before the still kneeling Keira. " Who's that?" Wakaba whispered to Macao who was going to say he didn't know when the fox spoke. " My name is Nala, I am the Spirit Advisor of the True Heart guild and I have sworn allegiance to Master Kokoa, and Keira Scarlet, the only two successful in summoning me." the redhead herself was shaking slightly and her hair still floated about her, a bead of sweat slowly trickling down her forehead from the effort of summoning Nala.

Kokoa knelt to the floor and Nala took her attention from the quickly wearing down redhead. " Nala, please. We are at a loss as to what to do. A guild, Lion's Den attacked three Fairy Tail members and Keira." Nala took the redheads cut cheek and bandages into account. " I suggest not taking any action as of right now. Though it is clear that they provoked you all, if you act out, the Council will see and then they will put the blame on you all. Public accounts should prove that this Lion's Den attacked first, not any of you." she again looked to Keira who was shaking a bit more. " I will take my leave now. Keira?" the aforementioned teen turned hazy brown orbs to the Spirit Advisor in question. " Save your strength. You would not stand a fight if you cannot summon me. Prolonging this visit is draining you enough as it is." with that, the fox disappeared and Keira slumped her shoulders, breathing in and out in a slight pant.

She remained on the floor however, for she didn't have the strength to get up, so Lauren supported her weight as she slowly got up, leading the redhead to one of the benches. Within five minutes, Keira was feeling better, but was still troubled by the events that occurred as of late. She bit her thumb as she tried to piece this all together. This whole thing was giving her one of the biggest headaches ever.

It was getting dark. The Guild Masters had assigned partners to travel with. No one knew when Lion's Den would attack so they wanted to be prepared. Natsu, Happy and Erza stayed at Lucy's apartment, while Gray and Gajeel set up magic traps-invisible mind you, courtesy of Levy and Freed-before Gajeel stayed close to Fairy Hills 'to keep watch for those Lion freaks' he said. He really wanted to make sure Levy was okay.

Jet and Droy stayed with Alzack, Bisca roomed with Laki, Levy, Evergreen and Wendy and Carla. Bixlow and Freed roomed with Cana and Juvia, while Elfman roomed with Mirajane.

Keira, Lauren, Amber, Jami, and Naya roomed together, Trinstan roomed with Rocky-one of his best friends and teammates-, Lauren roomed with Valerie Tonto and Clarissa Nixton, while Shale Gluzarno shared a room with her teammates. Kokoa stayed with herself seeing as she was...very powerful to say the least. Keira sighed as she swirled her straw inside the Shirley Temple that Naya had made, her attitude displaying confusion and distain. On any other given day, Naya would have no doubt filled to the brim with sugar on any other day, but it was a serious time so the Sweets Mage refrained from trying to get her friends sugar high.

" I know. You're confused, and angry and everything, believe me, but we need to think this through." Amber reminded her to which the redhead sighed again and took a sip. " Yeah I know." the teen let her head drop to stare at the ceiling before she paused.

She then activated her magic and her magic circle expanded tremendously, and it disappeared from view. " I'm gonna know if they tried anything. I'll feel it." she muttered, almost wishing for them to do something, just so she could attack them.

" Keira...What did you do?" Amber gave her best 'tell me unless you want to be hurt' look and the redhead shrugged. " I put a replica of my magic circle around Magnolia to protect it. If Lion's Den even thinks about attacking, I'll know." she admitted, waving her hand dismissively.

She hoped it would be that little witch Hotaru or the sadistic little shit Iwao, the boss of Lion's Den. Everyone headed to bed soon enough, praying that chaos wouldn't come to visit tomorrow.


A maniacal grin stretched across a face shadowed by the dark and with one command, Fairy Tail and True Heart's fate was sealed. " It's time."


The next morning, everyone travelled to Fairy Tail, and all seemed calm. The magic traps hadn't be set off and Keira's magic hadn't detected anything. The members of both guilds collectively sat within Fairy Tail, each at different tables, trying to make sense of everything. Keira still had her bandages on but she was steadily healing. The redhead was about to say something when she stopped herself short, shooting up, coffee orbs wide and shadowed behind a curtain of scarlet bangs. " They-They wouldn't..." but in her heart, she knew they would. With that thought in mind, she ground her teeth and ran from the building, just as a earthquake shook the ground. Keira looked up, in horror.

" No." her horror filled gaze sharpened to one of her fiercest glares before her hand shot into the air. " Open! Gate of The Protector, Misaki!" the aforementioned Celestial Spirit appeared from within her Gate and looked toward her anxious key holder. " I need you to protect everyone in Fairy Tail. I have something to do." with a nod from both, the redhead darted off, intent on putting a stop to this.

But what she saw next left her frozen in terror. Lion's Den had created a walking guildhall. Like they probably copied Phantom Lord on that. And the DMC (or Dark Matter Cannon for those who didn't know.) began to collect a substance that looked like raw magic power. She flew around to face the members that had come outside. " Run! Get away now!" she screamed and threw her arm out, also managing to catch her elder sister from racing ahead. " Why did you stop me?!" she asked fiercely and Keira regarded her elder with a glare of her own. " This isn't the Jupiter Cannon, not even close. This works solely on dark energy and matter. If it touches even the smallest part of you, you'll die within seconds!" she shouted and ran ahead herself. She had a plan.

Keira could only hope she didn't destroy herself or let the town be wiped away from this attack. No. Sealing all thoughts away, she slid into a stance. " I may not be powerful enough to throw off a Jupiter Blast, but this I can do!" she said, and re-enforced her stance, magic circles erupting all around her and above. They were large, small, round, square, and there were at least sixty of them. They all activated when the Cannon erupted. Keira's magic shield was holding strong against the massive force of the attack, but she had to brace herself to keep from losing her balance. The force was immense and the Dark Matter was beginning to take a toll on Keira's strength. But she held. If her sister was strong enough to take a Jupiter blast and still fight Aria of the Great Sky (former Phantom Lord S-Class mage, leader of the Element 4), and Master Jose Porla, Phantom Lord's Guild Master as well as Ten Wizard Saint, then she could take this stupid cannon. Still, it didn't hurt any less.

The Dark Matter eventually dissipated, but the resounding force left from the blast sent Keira flying backwards with tremendous force, as well as a scream, cutting off as soon as she hit the dirt and skidded back further. Her armor, which no one had noticed, broke and then in sparkles of light, returned to their magical cache. The attack was gone, but Keira was injured; and badly. " Scarlet has fallen. Too bad, I thought we could play some more." they all head a voice and looked to the top of the DMC. Atop the cannon, the mass of wizards saw a woman, with neon purple hair and neon green eyes, grinned insanely-not to mention evilly-, and waved a very sharp knife in her hand at the collection of members. This was a S-Class mage from Lion's Den. Keira raised on her elbows and glared, a snarl etching itself onto her face, hate clearly displayed front and center for anyone to see. This only caused the purple haired woman to grin more. " Does the little puppy wanna play? I think you need a nap!" she shouted and at 'a nap' launched three large steak knives at Keira's head, to which she jumped up and away to dodge.

" Come down here and fight me you Lioness bitch!" she requipped into a jaguar armor with one sword that had black spikes on it (that strongly resembled Erza's Purgatory sword), then shot up and attacked the Lion. " Careful now, Princess, your cowardice is showing." Keira smirked. " Real ironic, coming from the one who needed their entire guild to attack another. What? Not powerful enough to take us all on your own at the same time?" the two continued to fight, and the sound of metal connecting with metal reached the guild members' ears.


OH MY GOD! I...don't know how I managed to get this done semi-quickly. Are there any natural disasters going on currently? No? Then what miracle is going on? My brain feels like mush, but it's done. I apologize if there are too many-if any, and there probably are-mistakes, I read over this multiple times. I had two random ideas for later chapters in this doc, I moved them to another thing but I forgot to save my work to here and I had to re-write a bit of my stuff.

Hope you liked this chapter.

-Always,

FireHanyou15-