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Planning

Sado watched Wendy carefully out of the corner of his eye, also keeping an eye on Natsu, who looked like he was trying to remember something.

"Another Dragon Slayer," Mira said. "Coincidence?"

"Doubt it," Sado said. "I wouldn't be surprised if she joins Fairy Tail by the end of this mission."

Mira nodded. "I was getting the same feeling."

"Can I please kick their asses?" Sado asked, tired of watching the Trimens treat Wendy only slightly better than they did Erza, and quickly slipping the rest of the way into straight out flirting.

"It'll be alright," Mira said, just as Ichiya ordered them to leave her alone.

Then, Ichiya set up a square of flood lights on the floor, standing in the center and striking seemingly random poses as he spoke. "Now that all of the involved parties are here, we may begin discuss the plan. The first step should be to discover the location of the Oracion Seis."

"They're after Nirvana," Sado said, everyone staring at him in shock. "I read about it in a book, and then a dark guild member that I was interrogating about something completely unrelated at the time, mentioned the person I was looking for trying to get to Nirvana. Since the person I'm looking for is in the Oracion Seis, it makes sense."

"What book was this?" Ichiya asked.

"Hell if I remember," Sado shrugged. "I've read a lot of books since I joined Fairy Tail. Anyway, it's supposed to be sealed in the forest to the north of here, right?"

"It is," Ichiya said. "The Worth Woodsea. Did you happen to read what it does?"

"The book wasn't specific," Sado said. "It kept referencing balance, but all I was able to gather was that it was terrifyingly powerful and destructive in nature."

Ichiya nodded. "That's all we know about it as well. Hibiki."

Hibiki snapped his fingers, a gold screen and keyboard appearing beside him, Hibiki typing away at it one-handed before several images appeared in front of them, each in a glowing gold screen-like field.

"That's Archive," Jura said.

"Don't think I've seen it in use before," Lyon said.

"And it does what exactly?" Sherry asked.

"Storing information, like these pictures," Lyon said. "Don't ask how he got 'em."

"First up is the Snake Wizard, Cobra," Hibiki said, indicating an image of a wizard in a white coat with long messy brown hair and a massive purple snake around him.

"Beady eyes and a mischievous smirk," Natsu said. "He looks like trouble to me."

"Talk about the pot calling the kettle black," Gray and Lyon both said.

"Next is a wizard who, judging by his name, likely uses Speed Magic. Meet Racer," Hibiki said, indicating the next picture, a man with brown hair spiked backward, a red shirt with white pants, white gloves, a pair of glasses with a strip of metal running down along his jaw and up to the other side, and a long pointed nose.

"I don't know what it is, but I don't like the looks of this guy," Gray said.

"I don't either," Lyon said.

"Next there's a wizard who's willing to wipe out an entire military unit if the price is right," Hibiki continued, displaying an image of a large plump man with a face that looked like it was a painted chunk of slate, long orange hair running down his back, red pants, a black shit with white on the collar and shoulders, and a necklace made our of large red beads, who was holding what looked like a bible. "Divine Eyes Hoteye."

"The guy kills for money?" Sherry asked.

"Turns my stomach," Jura growled.

"She's gorgeous but just as vicious," Hibiki said, displaying a woman with silver hair cut short around her head and a single length of it kept as a long curl sticking out of the top of her head, a blue cloth headband running through her hair, two locks of it over the band and framing her face, a dress made from white feathers that was open in front down to her navel and exposed a full strip of her considerable cleavage, ended above her knees, and had what looked like a pair of white-feathered wings on her back, along with a pair of dark blue stockings, boots, and gloves.

"Angel," Sado said, Lucy's eyes narrowing at the sight of her selected target.

"That's right," Hibiki nodded, moving on to the next picture. "The next member is such a mystery that all we know is his name, Midnight."

Midnight had loose yellow pants with black stripes over them, red boots, a black vest with white fur on the shoulders and collar, a black leather bracelet with metal spikes coming out of it on his left wrist, and short, messy black hair. He was also asleep, sitting on a decorative cushion.

"That's an odd name," Erza said. "Does it correlate to his power?"

"Finally," Hibiki continued, ignoring Erza. "The commander of Oracion Seis. Brain."

Brain had blue pants, a white belt with a strip of black around the center of it, a large white cape with a pair of black fur sections hanging in front of him, a purple jacket under it that was open and had white fir along the middle edge, white hair combed back, dark skin with black tattoo-like markings over his body, and was holding a wooden staff with a decorative skull at the top, a crystal ball in the skull's mouth.

"Something feels off about him," Sado said. "I volunteer to take on Brain myself."

"I'll help," Mira said.

"Alone these six can wipe out entire guilds," Hibiki said. "Together they're unstoppable."

"We'll see," Sado said.

"Our only advantage is that we have sixteen to their six," Hibiki said. "No one here is as strong as them."

"Do not talk down on Jura," Sado said. "Besides him, Mira and I can easily handle Brain working together. Our guild isn't weak."

"Question," Lucy said. "Can I volunteer to stay behind and not die today?" Lucy asked.

"I don't wanna die either, so may I please go home?" Wendy asked.

"You may not!" Wendy's cat, Carla, shouted. "We have a job to do child!"

"Since they didn't count us, you wanna get out of here and find some trash cans to raid?" Happy asked, stepping up behind Carla.

"Curb your fear my friends," Ichiya said. "There is more to our strategy than Mortal Combat. With your help, perhaps we can find the enemy's stronghold."

"They don't have one," Sado said, everyone again staring at him. "Oracion Seis is a wandering guild. They camp where they want and if they choose a guild hall and the guild refuses, they wipe them out, stay there anyway, and then move on."

"I'm not even going to question how you know that," Hibiki said. "What the boss meant was their temporary hideout here in the Worth Woodsea."

"What's the next part of the plan?" Erza asked.

"Then, we give them a one-way ticket to oblivion!" Ichiya said, Hibiki pulling up an image of a flying metal pegasus. "Courtesy of Christina, the majestic pride of the Blue Pegasus guild."

"I've heard about the magic bomber, but I thought it was just a myth," Sherry said.

"Whoa, is that really necessary?" Lucy asked. "There's only six of 'em!"

"That's the type of enemy we face!" Jura said.

"Sir yes sir!" Lucy jumped, startled by his voice.

"Remember, under no circumstance should you engage the enemy in solo combat," Jura said. "Our best bet is to separate them then devote at least two wizards to each fight."

He turned, staring at Sado with a look that clearly said he didn't trust him. Suddenly, Natsu took off, bursting out through the door and sprinting away, the others sighing knowingly.

"I guess we have to catch up to him," Sado sighed. "

"As usual," Gray sighed.

"Race you all there!" Sado shouted, sweeping Mira onto his back and taking off at a sprint, Mira cheering.

Gray sighed, taking off as well, Juvia just behind him, Lucy and Erza running after them, Erza quickly gaining on the rest, leaving Lucy behind.


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