Alright chapter is done. I'm trying to rush this chapter and the next to get them done by a specific day. So It might be a bit laking in some aspects.

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The ship finally docked at the Harbor Bay port and the wizards of the Lunar Knights Guild disembarked on to land.

Epsil looked around in awe of the city. "This place is bigger than Cordelia." she said.

Rave motioned over to her. "Cordelia was a town. This is a city. More People live in a city and there are a lot more stores and shoppes then in a town."

"More Candy stores?!" Epsil said with her eyes lighting up. "Papa! Let's go to a Candy store!"

"When we get paid alright?" Asharu answered her.

Asharu turned back to Shin, Shinra and Reo. "So tell me, guys, why do the Rune Knights want you guys here?"

"Well, we're sort of seeking asylum." Shin answered. "We were told this island is one of the safest places in the world, so we can be safe here."

"So what?" Asharu asked. "You gonna run and hide from the guy that took your kingdom away? That is pathetic."

"What?" Shin sneered.

"Ash, that's not nice!" Rave exclaimed.

"It's true." Asharu said. "You should have stayed back and fought the guy. Stand your ground; claim what's yours. This isn't an army we're talking about; it's one man."

"I can't. I-" Shin was about to say.

"Silence, Shin!" Reo growled. Reo turned to Asharu. "You do not seem to know when to pick your battles. Xarvus is a powerful wizard who will obliterate these children as they are now. Even with me here, my strength is not enough to protect them. So tell me, would you rather fight a battle you cannot win or see to the safety of your young sister here?"

Asharu put his hands up. "Calm down, Liono, I just wanted to get his reaction from it, not yours." Asharu put his hands down. "And yes, I would put the safety of my sister above all else."

Rave glared at Asharu. "Oh, you're so full of it."

"You're right, though." Shin said. "I need to get stronger and then I'm going to go back and kick that son of a bitch's ass."

"That's what I'm talkin' about! High five!" Asharu held his hand out Shin gave him a high five.

Epsil held up her hand. "High five!"

Asharu looked down at her and gave her a high five. Epsil then turned to Shin.

"High five!" Epsil said.

Shin gave her a high five and wet over to Rave.

"High five!"

"Oh, God, she's not gonna stop, is she?" Asharu groaned.

A couple of fishermen were walking by when they noticed the wizards.

"Hey, you kids from that Lunar Knights Guild?" One of the fishermen asked.

"Right, that's us." Asharu responded. "Just got back."

"Well, the Rune Knights closed down your guild."

"What?!"


The Lunar Knights guild hall was surrounded by Rune Knights standing at attention. The wizard members of the guild were all standing outside. Aurora was busy arguing with Lt. Voask.

"You can't do this." Aurora stated. "You have no right."

"I don't need any right." Voask said. "Your guild has been a nuisance since it was founded. All the complaints I've had prove as much."

"Let me see these complaints." Aurora requested.

"No." Voask insisted.

"Why not?" Aurora asked.

"Because I said so."

Aurora wouldn't show it, but her patience was wearing thin. Asharu and the others had finally arrived on the scene.

"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doin', buddy?" Asharu asked.

"You!" Voask pointed at Asharu. "All my complaints seem to be centered around you!"

"Oh, bullshit! I didn't do nothing!" Asharu shouted.

Voask pulled out the infamous list he was talking about. "Attacking three Rune Knights on patrol, Threatening 2 Knights at a fruit stand, loitering in the streets, instigating an Umo Hive, alleged theft of Diamonds, assault on one Lt. Anthony Rizzo and on myself, Hijack a trade ship, and stealing it's cargo!"

Everyone looked at Asharu with intimidating glares.

"...Only some of those are true." Asharu said. "And what's this about stolen cargo? I didn't steal nothin'!"

"On the ship you hijacked, we had precious cargo and I know it did not reach its destination." Voask stated.

"And how exactly would you know that?" Asharu questioned.

"It was my duty to see to it that that package reached its legitimate suppliers." Voask said.

"Asharu, did you really steal his cargo?" Aurora asked. "Be honest."

"... Yes, I did." Asharu answered.

"Men, arrest him!" Voask ordered.

"Hold that thought!" Asharu interjected. "Epsil, come here."

Epsil stepped forward and Asharu put his hands on her shoulders.

"This was your cargo." Asharu surmised. "Crammed into a tight box and was being shipped off to the Black Fang."

"I don't know what you're-" Voask tried to say.

"DON'T BULLSHIT ME!" Asharu yelled. "YOU WERE TRYING TO SELL A LIVING PERSON TO A DARK GUILD! I didn't steal your cargo, I freed her!"

"Er-er-" Voask stuttered as the Rune Knights were all glaring at him. "Uh-uh-You have no proof I did such things!"

"You're right, I don't." Asharu said. "But you have no proof I stole any cargo. If you did, you had to say exactly what the cargo was. And I know for a fact there are some powerful people on this island who won't take kindly to selling people into slavery."

Voask pulled down on his collar as all the glares turned to him. "Now You listen here!" he snapped trying to control the situation. "The Rune Knights are the law of this Island! I am the Law! Your Actions are disrupting the Order we have set on the island! I will have you all imprisoned! An As for you!" He pointed to Asharu. "I will see you on the Executioners Block for your false accusations! NOW BACK OFF!"

The wizards paused a moment, but each of them took a step back. Asharu pulled Epsil back, whom looked terrified. Voask believed he had succeeded in intimidating them, until he felt a presence behind him.

"Why is my Guild closed?"

The raspy voice behind Voask sent a chill through the air freezing everyone in place. Two hands gripped Voask's shoulders from behind. The hands were covered in a shadow mist, making them appear like large black claws.

"I asked you a question. Why. Is. My. Guild. CLOSED?!"

Voask tilted his head upward and saw two beaming red eyes looking down at him, night black skin, demonic fangs, and the shadow mist surrounding the body.

"W-w-what the hell are you?!" Voask panicked. He pushed himself away from the monster and turned to face it.

The creature was twice the size of a normal man and was wearing normal clothes, all in black. The heavy Black Jacket seemed to mix into it's body in a perfect meld.

"A demon!?" Voask freaked out. "Rune Knights! Detain-Arrest-KILL IT!"

The Rune Knights reacted on order, but their shadows rose from the ground and cut through them. Their Armor. Shredded. Their weapons. Snapped in half. Their Magic seals. Paralyzed by the shadows.

"What the hell..." Asharu muttered.

The 'Demon' took a single step forward and Voask ran away. He passed by all the Wizards while running and they all caught a glance of him crying. The Rune Knights took this as order to retreat and they all got the hell out of there.

"Good Riddance."

Aurora clapped her hands together. "Glad you're back." She said to the 'Demon'. "I take it the job went well?"

"Magnolia didn't even notice those fires." The 'Demon' replied. "The whole town could've burned down and no one would've noticed."

"Really?" Aurora wondered. "If no noticed the fires, how did we get the job request?"

"Um, excuse me," Asharu interrupted. "but uh, what the hell is this thing?!"

Aurora looked at him in confusion. "You mean you don't know?" she asked.

"Of course not!" Asharu replied. "I've never seen a creature like that before!"

The Shadows around creature began to evaporate away and it began to shrink in size. Once the man was the size of a normal human being, the black skin disappeared and revealed a human man. His skin was covered in bandages, except for his left eye, where 3 scars were clearly visible cutting across his pulled his coat hood over his head, revealing black gloves over his hands.

"My name is Knossoss Skiá (Age 60)." he said. "And I don't have the energy to exchange pleasantry's." Knossoss walked to the Guild doors, had it's own shadows, open the doors for him and entered.

Everyone stayed outside, too afraid to go in. After a minute Knossoss came out holding a Job Request, with a S stamped onto it.

"I'm taking this job now." he said.

Aurora looked at the requested and nodded. "I see." She said. "Good luck."

Knossos made no motion and sank into his own shadow and disappeared into the ground. Everyone just stared at the ground.

"...Creepy..." Epsil finally spoke.


At the Rune Knights' crossroad fortress, Voask was in a room throwing a temper tantrum.

"I am getting sick of these damn wizards!" Voask shouted. "We should have shut down that guild before it even started up!"

In the same room, Lt. Rizzo and Scills were standing, with the former nodding to what Voask was saying while Scills was reading a book.

"You seem a little too upset over all this." Scills said, not looking up from his book. "All they really did was push you off a ship."

"It's more than that." Rizzo said. "They don't respect our authority. We rule this island, they have to abide by our laws."

"Wrong, they have to abide by the laws of the current city." Scills stated. "And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Franklin in charge of Harbor Bay?"

"Yes, he would let that guild get away with murder!" Rizzo shouted.

"You tried to get away with murder yourself, remember?" Scills asked.

"That was different." Rizzo said. "I-"

Scills slammed his book shut. "IT IS NOT DIFFERENT!" He shouted as he stood up. "You two fools are so arrogant and proud of yourselves, you think you can do as you wish! You are a disgrace to wear these uniforms! We are Rune Knights! Soldiers who serve only to the Magic Council! And you two are strutting about like power-hungry ambitionists!" Scills turned to take his leave. "And you two better be careful, or your darker practices will come to light."

Once Scills left, Rizzo and Voask just looked at each other.

"Best not to piss him off." Rizzo muttered.

"Agreed." Voask nodded.


"Clawdaw, get me another drink!"

"Coming right up!" Clawdaw poured a glass of milk and handed it to Asharu. "There you go!"

Asharu stared at the glass. "Blech! I hate this stuff!"

"Then why do you keep drinking it?" Clawdaw questioned.

"There's gotta be a little alcohol in this stuff, otherwise why would it still make me sick?" Asharu asked.

"Oh my stars, she's just adorable!"

Asharu looked over to see Mari Stark, Noble debutante, Scion, and Eldest daughter of the Noble Stark Family of the town of Rose Lake in the heart of Fiore, and Hiyori looking over little Epsil.

"She is just cute!" Mari said. "Why would anyone want to box up this little cutey?"

"People are mean to Epsil." Epsil said. "She never did anything."

Hiyori then poked Epsil in the shoulder.

"Stop that." Epsil said.

"Oh, that upsets you, doesn't it?" Hiyori asked.

Hiyori poked Epsil in the shoulder again. Epsil then poked Hiyori in the shoulder. Hiyori then poked Epsil again in the shoulder. Then Epsil slapped Hiyori across the face.

"Ow!" Hiyori exclaimed, holding her face. "That escalated quickly!"

"Hiyori, darling, don't antagonize the poor thing." Mari said. "She has been through so much." Mari leaned in, sniffed the air and placed a handkerchief over her nose. "And she smells like she has, too."

"Mari, that's mean." Hiyori said.

"It's true." Mari stated. "The young lady needs a wash and a full beauty makeover."

Epsil tilted her head. "Beauty makeover?"

Mari pointed at her. "I will make it my official duty to turn you into a proper young lady!" She then stared and analyzed Epsil. "First thing we have to do is get rid of this horrid eyepatch."

Epsil reached up and her fingers barely touched the eyepatch.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The shriek was horrible. All glass in the guild hall shattered; the windows, the bottles stocked on the shelves, the glasses on the tables, even the hanging chandelier vibrated violently. The vibrations made the wood in the guild hall buckle, causing chairs to collapse and table to fall over. The pillars holding the deck over the water actually fell over and the deck collapsed into the ocean. The trees on the nearby mountainside actually collapsed as well, causing a mudslide avalanche to fall into the ocean.

Once the horrible screaming stopped, the wizards removed their ears and it took them a good moment to get their sense of hearing back. Everyone turned to Epsil and she was sniffling as tears ran down her face.

"Mari, what did you do?!" Hiyori asked.

"I have no idea!" Mari exclaimed.

Sniff sniff. "Papa!" Epsil ran over to Asharu and hugged him. "Mean lady tried to hurt Epsil!"

Asharu just pat her on the head. "Yeah, Mari's kind of mean, isn't she?"

"Well, I never!" Mari crossed her arms.

"Don't you worry, Epsil." Asharu told her. "The mean lady won't hurt you anymore."

"ASHARU SKYLER!"

Asharu turned around to see a fist flying right at him. Asharu tilted his head back and the person throwing the fist flipped over the bar and fell on their back. Asharu looked over the bar to see the person.

"You okay?" Asharu asked.

The girl quickly stood up and slammed her hands onto the bar. She had Slightly tan with long ebony hair pulled back into a ponytail or messy bun. Hazel eyes. A sleeveless purple turtleneck sweater, black tank-top, and cargo pants. Black combat boots and belt with several throwing knives. She pointed directly at Asharu.

"I challenge you to a fight!" The girl shouted.

Asharu stared at her for a second. "... And you are..."

"Saryu Mendez (Age 16)." The girl said. "And I want to test my strength against the strongest wizard in the guild!"

"Well, I don't mean to brag, but-" Asharu was about to brag.

"And since they're not here, you'll have to do!" Saryu stated.

"Hey!" Asharu didn't take kindly to that. "Fine! Just come right over here!"

Asharu and Saryu went to the center of the guild hall as everyone watched. Both of them took about 10 paces away from each other.

"You ready for an ass-whoopin', Skyler?" Saryu taunted, punching her fists together.

"Ladies first." Asharu replied.

The two stared at each other for a moment and everyone else in the room waited with baited breath for the epic clash to begin.

Saryu made a jump forward with magical seals appearing on her fists. "LET'S GO!"

CRASH!

The chandelier fell from the ceiling and crashed right on top of Saryu before she attacked.

"Oh my God!" Asharu ran over and got the chandelier off of her. "Are you okay?!"

Saryu quickly stood up as if nothing was wrong, although the cuts, bruises and shaking seemed to disagree.

"Very clever of you, Mr. Skyler!" Saryu said. "You tricked me into falling for that trap! Leaving me unable to fight you now! You win this round!"

"Um... sure, why not?" Asharu shrugged.

"But know this!" Saryu pointed at Asharu. "From this day forward, YOU ARE MY RIVAL!"

Asharu just stared at her pointing finger. "Um... sure, why not?"

Saryu tried to triumphantly walk away, but every step seemed to be extremely painful. "... Someone take me to a doctor."

Asharu watched as Saryu stumbled out of the guild hall.

"Wow, tough girl..." Asharu simply said.

"Um, Ash." Kisha spoke up. "You think we should take Shin and the others to your dad to finish the job?"

"Yeah, I did go by city hall earlier to talk to him and complained about that idiot Voask." Asharu said. "Turns out he's out of town."

"Out of town?" Kisha asked. "Why is he out of the city?"

"He was summoned forth by the Magic Council." Aurora said, coming down the stairs.

"Why?" Asharu asked.

Aurora shrugged. "Rune Knight business. Captain Reznov left with him as well. Voask used their absence to shut down the guild."

"Um, Aurora?" Rave asked. "They can't just shut down our guild, can they?"

"Ultimately, to close down a guild is the business of the Magic Council." Aurora stated. "However, if evidence of... let's say 'dark guild-esque practices', the Rune Knights will have the authority to shut down the guild. But in our case, they still need 3 out of 5 votes from the Captains to do so."

"Aurora, there you are." Reo came by. The giant lion intimidated the other guild members into hiding.

"Oh, Reo! It's been ages!" Aurora hugged Reo's mane.

"216 years to be precise, but who's counting?" Reo asked.

"216 years?" Shin asked, sitting at the bar. "Just how old is Lady Aurora?"

Aurora flicked Shin in the forehead. "You never ask a girl for her age. It's rude."

"I was hoping to talk to you in private, Aurora." Reo said. "May we?"

"Yes, let's head to my office upstairs." Aurora said.

Aurora and Reo went upstairs.


Rosalina sat a a table with Tyler as the elder wizards went up.

"What do you think they're gonna be talking about?" Rosalina asked.

"It's really none of our business." Tyler answered. "When the door closes, that's where our curiosity ends."

"Yeah, well I better get another job." Rosalina said. "Gotta make money somehow."

Rosalina got up from her chair-

"Surprise attack!"

The hands quickly wrap around her torso and grabbed onto her breasts.

"The hell?!" Rosalina reacted.

She quickly turned to punch the guy that groped her, but he quickly backflipped onto the table. He is a skinny, but well toned man. His hair is a dark purple, which he wears in a small pony tail. He wears a sleeveless blue shirt with jeans. A backpack is strapped to his back that has everything from apples to maps to a security pillow. His eyes are a deep red.

"Nice, very nice..." The man known as Dante Obcisor (Age 21) rubbed his chin. "Though not as impressive as Angel, you do have a nice set of ta-tas on you."

Rosalina, red with fury, pulled out her bow and arrows. "YOU ARE DEAD!" She shot a bow that struck him in the shoulder, knocked him off the table and set him on fire.

"Oh, DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!" Dante screamed. He began running around to put out the fire while Tyler just sat there. Dante finally ran up to Tyler. "TYLER! GIVE ME SOME WATER HERE!"

Dante snatched the cup and tried to splash water on him, but there was no water in the cup.

"Sorry, drank it all." Tyler apologized.

Dante grew desperate and ran out of the guild into the ocean. Rosalina turned her back and turned to the job board.

"I hope he drowns." She muttered. As she looked over the jobs, she could hear Asharu chuckling. "What's so funny?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing." Asharu said. "It's just there's so much boob-grabbing in this story, it's a little ridiculous."

Angel, sitting next to Asharu, spoke. "Oh, come on. It only happened twice." She leaned in close to him. "My offer still stands. We can still make it a threesome."

"F-Wait, what?" Asharu reacted. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Whatever you want it to mean." Angel winked.

Dante appeared again. "Surprise attack!"

He tried to grope Angel, but she grabbed a glass bottle and smashed it over his head. He fell to the ground out cold.

"Sorry, honey." Angel said. "These goods are reserved for one man only."

"You know, Angel, you're starting to grow on me." Asharu said.

Angel just smiled at him. "All part of my plan."

The doors opened and a female Rune Knight came in. She was relatively tall at about 5'6'' and has dark green eyes. She has shoulder length brown blond hair that was pinned up.

"So this is the Lunar Knights guild, huh?" She said.

Asharu quickly got up in front of her and pulled out his disruptor sword. "Sorry, but your kind ain't welcome here."

"My kind?" The woman asked. "Oh, wait, you mean the Rune Knights? Wait, let me explain."

"There's nothing to explain. Get out!" Asharu demanded.

"I just quit the Rune Knights." She stated. "I didn't like how things were being done, so I made my decision."

"Then why come here?" Asharu questioned.

"I can use magic and I still need to work." She answered. "Please, I don't have any options."

"Hey, Ash, you can trust her." Spiral came up to Asharu.

"What makes you so sure?" Asharu asked.

"My sound magic allows me to sense vibrations from nearby." Spiral stated. "When a person lies, there's a physical reaction and I can feel it."

Asharu put his sword away. "All right. I guess it can't hurt."

"Thank you." The girl said. "My name is Lenalle Alvarn (Age 20)." As Lenalle stepped in, Asharu gave her an 'I'm watching you' gesture.

As she entered the guild, Aurora and Reo had finished their discussion. When they were coming down, Lenalle paused and smiled when she saw Reo.

"Oh, look at the giant kitty." Lenalle muttered.

Asharu just sighed. "Great, a cat fanatic..."

"Asharu." Aurora spoke. "I have a favor I need to ask of you."

"Sure, what is it?" Asharu asked.

"I received a letter from a wizard whom will be joining us." Aurora told him. "His boat should be arriving today at the docks. Can you be a dear and greet him for us?"

"No prob, I'm out." Asharu replied, leaving.

As he left, Lenalle approached Reo. "Excuse me, may I please pet you?"

"Of course. Be gentle." Reo responded.

Lenalle gently pet Reo's mane. "Nice kitty..."


Asharu waited at the docks for about an hour when the ship finally came into port. As the people started to disembark, Asharu tried to look for the guy.

"Oh, damn, I forgot to ask what he looks like." Asharu grumbled. "Maybe he just stands out in front of the crow-"

Asharu immediately recognized the wizard as he got off the boat. It was a young man, a little taller and more muscular than average and his messy dark brown hair swept a little over his eyebrows. His clothes seemed old and slightly ripped, but still clean and he had a single bag slung over his shoulder. The wizard seemed to recognize Asharu upon seeing him.

"It's been a long time, Asharu." The guy said.

"... Hey, Will (Age 18), how's it going?" Asharu asked.

Will shrugged. "Could be worse."

Asharu smiled. "Yeah, I hear that. Welcome to Harbor Bay."

Asharu held out his hand, Will hesitated for a brief moment but eventually shook his hand.

"Here's hoping you don't try to kill me this time." Will half-joked.

"If it comes to that, just remember, Erza isn't here to save you." Asharu half-joked.

Will looked down with a sadness in his eyes. "Yeah, I know..."

Asharu sighed and turned around. "The guilds this way. Follow me."


At the Black Fang dark guild hall in Coral, a couple of Dark guild Apprentices dragged a young woman wearing a violet casual dress with a bag over her head through the hall and threw her down in front of Vaas sitting in his chair. The apprentices removed the bag from the young ladies head, revealing her ice blue hair, and held her down.

"Let me go! And Give me back Anne!" The girl demanded, but she froze when she saw Vaas stand up from his chair.

Vaas took a few steps forward and kneeled in front of the girl. "What is your name girl?" he asked.

"...Mist Antwerp (Age 18)." she answered.

Vaas grinned. "Perfect." He said patting her on the head. "You are exactly what I need...my little Dragon Slayer."