OwlCookies: updation might be REALLY slow from now on because of school n such. Just a warning…

And wow! Im already to double digits! A grand smacking 10 chapters! I didn't think this would be so long… but… I guess it's bound to happen with all my inspiration… :] thanks to those who reviewed~

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"Yo, Sovie, have you heard about the local guild rivalries?" A bearded man in his late forties grabbed his large beer mug and raised it in a toast. The beer inside sloshed around and threatened to escape the mug.

Sovie, a large and muscular man sitting on the stool next to him nodded, raising his beer mug and clashing it against the other man's. Their beer splashed out and splattered on the counted in front of them.

"Yeah man, I heard that Midnight Wolf and Soaring Eagle are pretty heated up, battling head to head and all," Sovie replied, his words now slurring. He chugged down his mug of beer and pounded on the counter when it was empty. "Waiter! More beer here!"

"Man, those two guilds are pretty tough. I heard they were battling for the number one spot on the charts! Who do you think's gonna win?"

"Well shoot, Marty, I'd have to say Midnight Wolf. They've gotten pretty darn strong lately! I even heard they got new recruits who're pretty strong!" Sovie exclaimed, laughing out heartily while patting his stomach.

"No way, Sov!" Marty protested. "Soaring Eagle's gonna bring down Midnight Wolf hard! They've been number one for months now! Midnight Wolf ain't standin' a chance against those dudes!"

At the foothills of Mount Hakobe, a lone city stands. Hittsusame, the tavern city. In this city of Hittsusame, two guilds stand at opposite ends. Midnight Wolf and Soaring Eagle. At current, Soaring Eagle is the number one ranked guild with Midnight Wolf at a heated up second place. Because of their locations and ranks, Midnight Wolf has begun to lead short surprise attacks on Soaring Eagle. After a few attacks, Soaring Eagle began to take action and attacked Midnight Wolf head on.

The Fairy Tail members, unaware of the current situation, walked into the middle of one of their battles. All around them, members of Midnight Wolf and Soaring Eagle attacked each other, using their magic and hand to hand battle, in something that looked complete inhumane. No mercy was spared for the opponent when they had fallen. The victor rivaling the victim immediately killed the one on the ground mercilessly. All around them, dead bodies were laid, messily in a bloody pile while other members of their guild fought the opponent, promising vengeance for their fallen comrades.

Mavis Vermilion, young blond child, and guild master of the soon-to-be Fairy Tail, looked around, eyeing the destruction and battle. Rage seemed to be radiating from her very essence. Every dead body, every merciless killing, every triumphant laugher… they added the fuel to Mavis's rage.

"Lives do not need to be lost in order to win a battle," Mavis scowled. The glowing warmth and happiness from her usual appearance just seemed to have faded away.

Behind her, there was a high pitched shout that seemed shrill and horrified.

"Gwen!" Jin exclaimed. He pulled out a silver key from his fanny pack. "Gate of the fox, I open thee!" he shouted. "Vulpecula!"

With a poof, a red furred fox with white paws and red eyes appeared next to him. Jin looked at Mavis who was looking back at him, still scowling. He pointed to the person who had kidnapped Gwen. "Go get her back but try your best not to hurt that other man."

The fox gave Jin a curt nod and ran off at an extremely fast and nimble speed until he reached the man. Quickly, Vulpecula snatched Gwen from the man's grasp and carried the young girl back, her collar in its mouth as it quickly ran back to Jin. As it dropped the orange haired girl, he disappeared making Jin sweat drop.

"Always the impatient one, Vulpecula," Jin sighed.

The man who had kidnapped Gwen spun around and angrily pointed to Jin. "Stupid Soaring Eagle!" he exclaimed, charging at Jin.

He was a slim yet tall man with hair that spiked upward on his head, on top of his head, and to the side of his head. The man wore a thick coat and sweat pants. His coat had the Midnight Wolf insignia. He raised his arm. A golden magic symbol rotated around his arm. When it disappeared, lightning crackled at his hand. It soon turned solid until it looked whip like.

"SOARING EAGLE!" he screamed in outrage.

The man slashed his lightning whip at them. With a scream, the Fairy Tail members barely dodged as they jumped up and rolled away. Where they had previously stood was now a large gap with jagged asphalt from the road.

"We're-" Yusari jumped from an attack. "Not-" He rolled away. "Soaring Eagle!" he finished.

The attacking man from Midnight Wolf stopped. "Oh. Oops, are you just traveling mages?"

Irritated, the 5 of them nodded.

He scratched the back of his head apologetically. "Sorry about that. Continue through."

Mavis glowered at him. "Tell your guild mates and your master to stop this foolishness," she scowled. "Lives do not need to be lost in order to win a battle. Carry out your victory through mercy, pride, and forgiveness."

"You don't understand, little girl," he said. He spun around and whipped the opponent who had charged up to him. The Soaring Eagle member fell to the ground, looking burned from the electrocution of the lightning whip. "Not only are we trying to be ranked the number one guild again, we're getting revenge. Those darned Soaring Eagle punks placed their guild in our town! We were here first! Now they think they're all high and mighty because they're first place! We'll show them how wrong they are!"

"Killing isn't needed to win a battle." Mavis continued to scowl at him.

"Hey," the man protested. "We didn't start that killing feat. It was Soaring Eagle. The only reason why they're first is because they go around killin' other peoples. It ain't right but we gotta win so we stole their tactic."

"You… You're not going to try to stop them… are you?" Yusari asked with chagrin. "I… I don't think I can handle another fight in the same week."

"Nonsense!" Ciel exclaimed, whacking Yusari's back. "We'll fight to the death if we have too!" He had completely forgotten about his punishment.

"You're part of a guild, aren't you? Help us teach Soaring Eagle a lesson and we'll stop killing their members," the man suggested. "After this battle is over, we plan to surprise attack them again soon. Make an alliance with us. Just for one battle."

Mavis's scowl ceased. Now she looked at him with her blank eyes as she tapped her chin with her finger. "I suppose that can be arranged. But after that battle, I want both guilds to promise to stop the killing. Fight as much as your heart's desire, but no more merciless killing."

The man nodded and shook Mavis's hand. "It's a deal. My name's Ralph Kuszmaul. What guild are you guys from?"

"Fairy Tail," Mavis replied. "My name is Mavis Vermilion. These are my friends; Yusari Arachnis, Ciel Conran, Jin Lane, and Gwen Kinsmith."

"Fairy Tail, eh?" Ralph asked. "Never heard of it. Say, who's your guild master?"

"Me," Mavis replied with a smile.

Yusari and Ciel laughed mischievously once they saw the complete shock on Ralph's face.

Soon, the battle was over and both guilds retreated. Mavis, not knowing who won or not (and not actually caring either), walked alongside Ralph, chatting with him more to find the background of the two guilds. As they did so, Yusari and Gwen were off, skipping around together as if they were happily disappearing to Lala Land. This left Ciel and Jin who were walking together, lagging behind a bit.

"Mavis seems really into this," Jin told Ciel, frowning. "I think she may be going over the top with all this."

"You kidding me?" Ciel pumped his fists in front of him. "This is gonna be great! Our first battle as a guild! It's gonna be awesome! Even if I can't kill anyone," he said that with a grumble, "it'll be nice to beat up some people with my awesome skill!"

Jin sweat dropped. "The question is… do you have any?" he asked with a tease.

Ciel scowled at him, glaring at the older boy. "Is that a challenge?"

The older boy raised his arms in surrender. "N-No, no. None of that is necessary."

"Feh," Ciel spat. "That's what I thought, you coward."

"Now, now, don't start with me…" Jin mumbled.

Ralph led the Fairy Tail gang to the home of Midnight Wolf. It was more of a tavern really, run down and broken. All over most walls were graffiti words stating that "beastness" of Soaring Eagle and how Soaring Eagle was a million times better than Midnight Wolf. Around the graffiti, the walls were splintered and seemed in completely and utterly terrible condition due to all the fights with their rivaling guild. It was amazing how they didn't chose to find a different location. But because of pride and knowledge that Soaring Eagle was probably in the same condition, the members of Midnight Wolf refused to budge, vowing that they would defeat Soaring Eagle.

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"Yo, Marty! I heard that some guild called Fairy Tail joined Midnight Wolf!" Sovie exclaimed, chugging down his beer. "Yaahhh put this next one on my tab, I'm all outta dough!"

"Fairy Tail? Ne'er heard a 'em! They must be a pre'ey weak guild!" Marty fell back and hit the ground, snoring now.

Sovie groaned. "Dang, Mart! You have no tolerance for alcohol! And you call yourself a mannnn!" He too, collapsed and began snoring.

The bartender smiled menacingly. "Even if you two try to hide it, I know you're both part of Midnight Wolf. We'll have to punish you soon." She then smiled. (can bartenders be girls?) "You've recruited another guild, hmm? Weak."

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"WHAT?" Midnight Wolf's guild master, Jacve Zera, exclaimed in rage. He furrowed his brow as he glared at the messenger in rage. "DARN THOSE SOARING EAGLE JERKS!" he shouted. Jacve kicked the nearest object. He sent the chair spiraling away, crashing into an already broken wall. Jacve sighed. "Maybe we should give up. Soaring Eagle is too powerful. They're dirty punks all right."

Ralph shouted in protest. "We can't give up yet! We'll attack them with new allies! I've brought with me a small guild, Fairy Tail. They're willing help us!"

"On one condition," Mavis added. "No more merciless killing is to be done during any more of your battles and I will make sure Soaring Eagle does the same."

Jacve walked to her. "And who may you be?" he asked suspiciously.

"I am Mavis Vermilion, the guild master of Fairy Tail," the blond girl replied with a serious and straight composure.

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