Coco: Hey, guys! Yep, I'm back again with another Fairy Tail chapter. I just feel very motivated with my Fairy Tail work right now, and I don't know why. But I'm going to take this drive and keep pumping out as many chapters as possible before it goes away XD lol

I think it's all because I'm excited to introduce Leona in this current arc. I've been dying to write her in and I really hope you like her, Hina714. I don't want to disappoint you.

I did add in a sister for Leona and she is a Beast Tamer as well. However, Ulva will only be in this arc. She might be mentioned later on in the story, but she isn't going to be a important character. So, you won't have to worry about saving her to your memory bank for long X3 I mostly just added her because I wanted to give someone to Lucy to fight. Like, Lucy is a strong character in my opinion even if she's mostly a support-type wizard who backs up her friends. I just want to give dear Lulu I chance to fight for herself. I'm not saying she'll beat Ulva on her own since Ulva is stronger than her, but I still think it'll add some character grow to Lucy if she fights for herself a bit in this arc. And I'm sure some of you are confused as to how she's going to fight when she only has one of her keys. Well, I'm not going to spoil everything, but I will tell you that it involves Laelaps. She's technically already made her debut in this story, but we haven't got to see her in action. That's all going to change in this arc, so get ready for that.

Now, without further ado, let's begin!

Rizzo sat at the small table in Lucy's apartment with a somewhat bothered look on her face. She still wasn't happy with any of this. She didn't mean staying at Lucy's place either. But the whole Phantom thing was still bothering her. She hated to sitting around waiting to see what might or might not happen next. Rizzo sighed picking at the smoked fish in front of her as Lucy finally arrived home.

"Nice place you have here." Erza, Gray, and Happy said in unison to the shocked blonde.

She yelled at them then nailed Natsu with her suitcase. Rizzo winced knowing that had to hurt.

"Since the guild's been attacked, we can assume there are Phantom Lord members in town," Erza explained.

"They've probably found out where everyone in Fairy Tail lives by now," Gray added.

Lucy paled at the thought since she didn't want a member of Phantom Lord coming to her house. That's be super creepy and she wasn't sure if she could fight one of them off if they got the drop on her like that.

"Where we live?" She whimpered.

"Mira thought it'd be safer if we old hold up together." Gray continued. "Ya know, strength in numbers."

Lucy hummed supposing that was a good idea. It meant she wouldn't be alone if someone did decide to attack.

"I guess she's right." Lucy said.

"That's why everyone in Fairy Tail is having a sleepover!" Happy added.

Rizzo wasn't sure if everyone was having a sleepover. She was sure Craylee would opt out of it unless Jaser and Bastet decided to bunk with him.

"And Erza here was worried about you being alone with Natsu and Gray," Rizzo spoke up. "Frankly, I think she worries too much. It's not like the Perv and Natsu would try anything."

Gray didn't really appreciate the perv comment, but at least Rizzo knew him well enough to know he'd never take advantage of a girl. Unlike a certain redhead. Gray shot a small glare in Erza's direction, but the S-Class wizard didn't seem to notice.

"I just felt as if I could only relax if Rizzo and I stayed here as well." Erza explained herself. "You are an attractive young girl after all."

"It's not time to relax." Natsu huffed.

He then laid down on his side looking annoyed they were all cooped up in the first place.

"So, it was already decided that these two would stay with me?" Lucy asked frowning. "Why'd they have to come to my place?"

Rizzo shrugged. She didn't know who made the decision. Though she'd place her bet on Erza. No way would Natsu and Gray willingly have a slumber party together.

"Whoa, Lucy, you sure have a lot of dirty clothes." Happy interrupted Lucy's ranting while looking through Lucy's clothes as Plue started eating through her candy stash.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Lucy demanded. "You both better get out of my stuff, or you'll both be dead meat!"

She went unheard as Natsu perked up when seeing that Plue was stuffing his face.

"Hey, Plue, did you find something to eat?!" Natsu asked. "Don't go hogging it all."

He practically scurried over to the candy box to join Plue in eating candy as Rizzo stood up to go over to Happy out of curiosity to what he found.

"Look, Erza, Rizzo, I found some frilly panties you might like." Happy said as he held up a pair of panties that was more of a thong.

Lucy blushed darkly at her underwear being displayed as Erza and Rizzo got a closer look at Lucy's underwear collection.

"I can't believe you'd actually wear something like this, Lucy." Erza said blushing as she examined a pair.

"Hmm, I have this same pair at home." Rizzo said as she plucked the panties from Erza.

She turned around holding the underwear in front of her, and Gray's eyes widened when seeing how little was to the underwear. He started blushing wondering Rizzo how wore such underwear. If what she was holding could even be called that.

"Yes, Rizzo, I noticed you had a lot of skimpy underwear when I was packing your bag." Erza said. "Where do you do your underwear shopping?"

Gray's face reddened when hearing Erza say that. Rizzo had more underwear like the pair she was holding in her hands?! He'll admit that the underwear he saw when her skirt flew up when they had been in Onibaba had been…very revealing as well.

"That lingerie store near the middle of town." Rizzo said. "Anyway, I need a bath. Lucy, hope you don't mind me using your bathroom. If you want to join feel free. I'm not shy."

She skipped off into the bathroom as Lucy sighed not surprised that Rizzo was helping herself to her bathroom.

"Yes, go ahead." Lucy said sarcastically. "It's not like I mind."

"Well, if you don't need my help anymore help, Mira, we'll be heading out." Jaser said as he put up another chair onto the tables.

Bastet jumped up onto his shoulder as he said this, and he grinned patting her on the head.

"We're good now, Jaser," Mirajane said. "Thank-you for your help."

The Dragon Slayer nodded while supposing it was time to go meet up with Craylee at his place. However, before he could head for the stairs, Jaser noticed that Cana was slumped over the bar.

"Oh, I didn't realize Cana was still here." Bastet commented as she saw the brunette as well.

"Oh, dear." Mirajane said when seeing her. "Elfman and I really need to be getting home, but I suppose we'll have to make a stop at Fairy Hills."

She was about to call her brother, who was waving goodbye to Wakaba and Macao, but a hand was placed on her shoulder. She looked up at Jaser.

"I can take her." Jaser offered. "If that's alright."

Mirajane nodded her head, so Jaser walked over to Cana. He placed his hand on her back, and she looked up at him with her cheeks flushed due to how drunk she was.

"Cana, I'm going to be taking you home, okay?" Jaser said.

"Well, someone is being forward." Cana said grinning as she tapped his nose.

Jaser just chuckled at Cana as she continued to give the dragon slayer a sly grin.

"Can you walk?" Jaser asked.

"Probably not." Cana said laughing.

Jaser chuckled once more while shaking his head before he turned around while crouching down. Bastet left his shoulder knowing he was going to carry the woman, and she didn't want to be in the way. She activated her wings to keep her airborne as Jaser looked over his shoulder at Cana.

"Well, climb on." Jaser said. "I'll give you a piggyback ride."

Cana stumbled out of her chair before managing to get on Jaser's back. He stood up after Cana put her arms around his neck.

"We'll see you tomorrow, Mira." Jaser said as he stood.

"Alright, take care!" Mirajane said while waving Jaser off.

The Dragon Slayer walked off then went up the stairs after nodding goodnight to Elfman.

Jaser walked down the road towards Fairy Hills with Cana half asleep on his back. He suddenly picked up a scent that faintly smelt of dragon mixed with human, and it was the scent he had gotten off those iron rods in the guildhall. He paused in walking while narrowing his eyes. He sniffed the air noticing the scent seemed a tad stale. He frowned wondering if the scent was left over from when the guildhall was destroyed.

"Jaser, what is it?" Bastet asked as she came to a stop as well.

Jaser didn't reply at first as he took a few more sniffs. Yeah, that smell was definitely the same as those iron rods. Cana lifted her head off his shoulder while blinking.

"What's the hold up?" Cana asked poking his cheek. "Something wrong, Jaser?"

Jaser looked back at Cana knowing he needed to get her home, so he should probably ignore the scent. It was probably nothing. Jaser grinned at her.

"Nah, nothing's wrong." Jaser said. "Let's get you home."

He started walking again as Cana frowned, and even if her drunken state she knew something had made him stop. She frowned even more because she doubted this guy would be joining her tonight in her room. She's tried a few times over the years she's known him to get him to stay the night, but he never did. Did he not understand what she was wanting from him? Or was he just not interested?

"Here we are." Jaser said snapping her from her thoughts.

Cana looked up seeing that they made it to Fairy Hills. Jaser went up to the door then balanced Cana on his back using one arm easily, so he could knock on the door. It took a few seconds, but the door was soon opened by Laki.

"Jaser?" She questioned. "Bastet?"

"Sorry to bother you." He said with a big grin then turned to reveal Cana on his back. "We just wanted to make sure she got home safely."

Some of the other girls looked out curiously while looking relieved to see Cana.

"Oh, thank-you." Laki said. "We were getting worried about her."

Laki and Bisca then carefully moved Cana off of Jaser's back, so to bring her inside. After making sure she was okay, Jaser nodded his head satisfied.

"See you in the morning." Jaser said as he waved. "Let's head back, Bas."

Bastet nodded her head while ready to curl up and sleep on her favorite pillow.

"Are you sure you're going to be okay by yourself?" Bisca asked. "Those yahoos from Phantom can still be out there."

Jaser chuckled with that grin still in place as he looked at the ladies with a carefree expression.

"I'll be fine." Jaser said. "If they come my way, I'll just have to kick their asses. Night!"

He waved to them then started down the dirt road with Cana watching him go with the frown still on her face.

After taking her relaxing bath, Rizzo was laid out on Lucy's bed in her pajamas with her hands behind her head. The others were spread about the room as well—looking quite at home in Lucy's little apartment. Erza was sitting on the edge of the bed—next to Rizzo—in a towel while not seeming bothered the boys were in the room as well. Natsu was asleep at Lucy's table as said blonde was taking a bath, and Gray was at Lucy's desk reading something he probably shouldn't be.

"Okay, Natsu, you're up. I'm done with my bath." Lucy said as she came into the room.

Natsu just continued snoring lightly as Happy was munching on some fish happily. Lucy sighed then turned towards the ice wizard.

"Want to take his spot, Gray?" Lucy asked.

He made a small humming noise, but didn't really answer her question as he continued reading. Rizzo guessed it was something really interesting if he was that focused on it.

"You should." Erza said with a happy sigh. "It was so relaxing."

Lucy sighed once more looking from Natsu and Happy, who were at her table, to Gray, who was at her desk, to Erza and Rizzo who were on her bed. Rizzo looked as if she might fall asleep at any moment.

"Gees, I'm so glad you're feeling comfortable here." Lucy said sarcastically.

They didn't seem to notice the sarcasm in Lucy's voice, or perhaps they were ignoring her all together. She wouldn't be surprised if they were doing the latter.

"I suppose I should get dressed." Erza said.

She got up from the bed, and Rizzo frowned in annoyance when Erza had to use her damn magic to change into pajamas of all things. The light caused by the magic was hurting her eyes. She rolled over onto her side to avoid going blind.

"Is this a bit more appropriate?" Erza asked.

"Is that really how you change your clothes?!" Lucy asked in shock.

"Just give some warning next time, would ya?" Rizzo grumbled.

Lucy shook her head before she sat down at her table as Erza sat back down on the bed.

"Do you have any idea why Phantom attacked us out of the blue like that?" Lucy asked.

"I'm afraid not." Erza said. "We have had our scuffles with them in the past, but nothing on this sort of magnitude before."

Well, Rizzo doesn't know what promoted them to suddenly bump up the game. They haven't even seen Phantom for a good solid six months. So, it definitely was a surprise when Mirajane told them Phantom was behind the attack.

"If Gramps wasn't so scared of them, we could wipe out those punks once and for all." Natsu grumbled.

Rizzo glanced over her shoulder at Natsu as the pinkette was glaring at nothing in particular.

"Come on." Gray said. "You know Master isn't afraid of them, Natsu. You seem to be forgetting that he's one of the Ten Wizard Saints."

"Not only does that show how strong Master it…it also puts him on a metaphorical leash." Rizzo added. "If a member of the Ten Wizard Saints can't uphold the law against wizards participating in wars, who can? It'd set a bad example. Doesn't make sitting around any easier though. Trust me, I want to kick Phantom's ass just as much as you. We all do."

Gray hummed in agreement as he put his eyes back on the papers in his hand. It was then Lucy that seemed to notice what Gray had in his hand. She freaked out while hurrying over to him.

"I never gave you person to read that!" Lucy snapped then snatched it away. "Gimme!"

Rizzo realized that Gray must have found the story that Lucy has been working on.

"You can't snatch it out of my hands without at least telling me what happens next!" Gray argued.

"Yes, I can." Lucy said. "I promised Levy she could be the first to read it, so you're just going to have to wait."

Erza silently held out her hand while humming in a prompting manner for Lucy to hand over the story.

"You're not getting it either!" Lucy snapped.

She then calmed down while holding her story to her protectively, so Gray nor Erza could snatch it up.

"So, what's with these Ten Wizard Saints anyway?" Lucy asked.

Rizzo finally sat up on the bed while turning to fully join the conversation since it seemed none of them would be going to bed anytime soon.

"It's an honor given by those geezers on the Magic Council, Lulu." Rizzo explained. "Only ten wizards have been given the title obviously, and with it have come to be known as the ten most powerful wizards on the continent."

"She's right." Erza said nodding.

Lucy almost couldn't believe that their master was thought of as one of the strongest wizards in Fiore. Though she supposed it made sense. He is the master of the most well-known and one of the most powerful guilds in the country.

"Phantom Lord's Master Jose is one of them too." Happy added helpfully.

Which meant that Phantom Lord wasn't to be underestimated, and a fight between two Wizards Saints could cause a lot of damage to the surrounding area and the people in it. Rizzo knew that well enough, but that didn't stop her from wanting to kick their asses for the trouble they've caused. Natsu slammed his hands on the table, which got everyone's attention.

"He is afraid!" Natsu insisted. "He's afraid that Phantom has too many members for us to handle!"

"Could you please use your inside voice?" Lucy pleaded.

She didn't want any noise complaints and Natsu was starting to get a bit scary.

"That's not true and you know it." Gray said. "It's just like what Master and Mira said before. The consequences of us going to war with Phantom are nowhere near worth the fight. The order of the magical world is at stake here."

Natsu glared at Gray clearly not agreeing with the ice wizard. Natsu just wanted to pound all those punks' faces in until he felt better.

"But I don't understand why." Lucy said. "Are they that strong?"

"They've got nothing on us." Natsu said cockily. "We could take those clowns."

Rizzo felt the same as Natsu, but she had to admit that Phantom had some pretty powerful wizards just as Fairy Tail did. It'd be a hard fight, but Rizzo believed they could pull it off.

"No, if we were to engage them in battle neither guild would survive." Erza spoke up. "Their strength equals ours. Phantom's Master Jose is also one of the Ten Wizard Saints, which means he's on par with Makarov. They also have an elite group of wizards similar to our S-class known as the Element 4. There is also tales of a wizard that Jose keeps beside him at all times as a bodyguard of some sort. Apparently, he is so frightening that people would rather forget about him the moment they lay eyes on him."

Lucy gulped wondering who this guy was. He has to be pretty frightening if people didn't want to remember him once they meet him.

"Then there are Jose's twin daughters Leona and Ulva Porla." Erza added. "They have quite the reputations as Beast Tamers and are said to be on par with the Element 4."

Lucy's eyes widened. Beasts Tamers were a rarity to come by even amongst wizards. Handling normal beasts was difficult enough, but those able to command magical beasts were in a whole league of their own. And Phantom had two wizards of such magnitude.

"However, their biggest threat may be Black Steel Gajeel." Erza continued. "I believe he's the one most likely behind the guildhall's destruction. He's known as the Iron Dragon Slayer."

Rizzo frowned at the mention of Gajeel. She's never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, but the rumors surrounding him definitely weren't that great.

"He's a Dragon Slayer too?!" Lucy asked. "I had thought Natsu was the only one."

Natsu just scoffed while not thinking much about Gajeel. He was sure he could beat his stupid iron attacks. Hell, Jaser could wipe the floor with him too.

"Actually, Lucy, Jaser is a Dragon Slayer too." Rizzo pointed out. "He's a Sand Dragon Slayer."

Lucy's eyes widened since she had no idea their guild had two dragon slayers.

"If Jaser's the Sand Dragon Slayer, does that mean he eats sand?" Lucy asked. "And this Gajeel guy is the Iron Dragon Slayer…meaning he eats iron, right?"

Black Steel Gajeel sat at one of the tables in Phantom Lord's dimly lit guildhall. He was munching away on iron as one of the lower-class members was talking to him about the damage, he had done on Fairy Tail. Gajeel finally got tired of hearing the guy run his mouth, so he socked him in the face with one of his iron punches. The man painfully hit the ground as some of the other members laughed at his misfortune.

"Stupid lug head," A voice grumbled.

The one who spoke was a tall young lady who was leaning against a wall not far from Gajeel's table. She had short dark maroon hair that was cut short and boyishly. She also had a red scarf wrapped around her head as if to hold her hair back, but it did little to keep her messy bangs from her face. She had deeply tanned skin that made the pale scar running below her right eye stand out. Her eyes were an eerie gray color that stared blankly over at Gajeel.

"Careful, sister, he might hear you." Another voice piped up.

The owner of this voice—who happened to be female as well—didn't sound too worried as she spoke as if she wasn't really worried if Gajeel overhead or not. As the other young lady, this girl had the same shade of maroon colored hair. However, it was much longer and tied back in a tight braid. Her eyes were a different color and almost looked red in hue. She was also a tad shorter than the other girl by a few inches. These two were Leona and Ulva Porla. The daughters of the guild's master and the resident Beast Tamers.

"How many times do I have to tell ya?" Gajeel asked in annoyance as the girls watched on. "I don't like to be bothered while I'm eating! And besides, those Fairy Tail clowns can't challenge us. We're way more powerful than they could ever hope to be."

A creepy little laugh that sounded like "shishishishi" echoed throughout the hall, which caught the guild members' attention. They looked up as Jose made an appearance with a figure standing close beside him like a shadow. The figure had alabaster white skin and gleaming red eyes. The man grinned with sharp teeth being displayed as he leaned around Jose to look down at the lower level.

"The di has been cast." Jose said. "I compliment your excellent work, Gajeel."

Gajeel grinned darkly as he looked up at Jose as he was mostly engulfed in shadow. Leona frowned at her father's appearance as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"I didn't think we were hard enough on them." Gajeel said. "So, I decided to leave them a little something extra. A present that's sure to get those Fairy Tailer's panties in a knot."

Leona's frown deepened. She still wasn't understanding why her father and Gajeel were so eager to hurt Fairy Tail. She knows they were hired to get that girl from Fairy Tail, but…it didn't mean they had to go out of their way to hurt Fairy Tail. She knows there's been a rivalry between both their guilds for some time, but this all just seemed too much.

"Very good, my boy." Jose said. "Be sure to take extra care no harm comes to that one, alright?"

Gajeel just chuckled as he nodded his head. Leona narrowed her eyes then glanced at her sister who a wicked grin on her face. Leona sighed. It seemed as if Ulva was all too comfortable going along with their father's wishes to harm Fairy Tail. Was she the only one who thought what they were doing was wrong? She glanced back up at the balcony towards her father as Jose turned towards his faithful guard.

"Penny, when the battle commences I want you on the field." Jose said. "And show no mercy to those Fairies. Understood?"

Penny stepped into the light to reveal his form. He was tall and gangly with his limbs looking very awkward as they hung at his side. His hair was cherry red and curled into a wild and untamable afro around his head. His skin was powdery white, and his nose had a big red ball on the end like clown. Around his eyes were red with painted lines around them, and a smile was painted on his face. He smiled with a sharp row of teeth being revealed.

He wore bright and oddly patterned clothes, and looked as if he hadn't looked into his closet that morning and put on whatever his hands touched. Or had had purposely dressed in the loud colors and disturbingly polka dotted outfit he had on. His shirt was white yellow with white polka-dots, but his sleeves were lime green with pin stripes. His pants were bright red with yellow polka-dots and baggy, and his shoes appeared to be three sizes too big.

"Shishishishishi." He replied with his odd laugh.

Jose seemed to understand what he meant since he grinned looking pleased. He nodded his head to Penny, who one of his strongest and most trusted members of the guild.

"Excellent." Jose said before turning his eyes to his daughters.

His gaze caught Leona's and he could tell she was unpleased with all of this. He raised a brow as a challenge for her to say something, but she simply looked away. She could be as unhappy as she wanted about what was to come as long as she did as she was told. They couldn't afford to mess up on getting their target. That girl was the key to a very prosperous future for the Phantom Lord guild after all.