Coco: Hey, guys, it's me again with some more Fairy Tail. As I said, I've felt very Fairy Tail for a while now XD So, I'm rolling with it while the creative juices are flowing.

Though the real reason for this quick little note, is to remind you that the beasts I'm using for the Beast Tamers are heavily based on the appearances of Pokémon XD Some it will be obvious which Pokémon they are based from while with others it won't. So, let's play "Who's that Pokémon?" and see if you can name all the Pokémon I use with Leona, Ulva, and any other beast tamers I add to the story. Maybe there will be a little surprise for those who can name them all. All I ask that you don't try to look it up and just answer truthfully with whatever Pokémon comes to your mind first. Let's all just try to have a little, fun, okay?

Oh, and to miss Mariah (Guest), Sven will be added in. I just didn't want to add all the brothers in at once and overwhelm you guys.

Speaking of the boys, I would like to point out that they have different ages now. I just feel as if their ages were all too close and "crunched" together in the last story so some of them are older now. Like,

Sven-23

Breccan-21

Jaser-20

Craylee-18

As the sun was peeking through Lucy's bedroom window the next day, Gray let out a low groan as he started to wake up. He felt a bit warm as if something was giving off a bit of body heat next to him. He opened his eyes with them widening slightly when seeing Rizzo's face barely a few inches away from his own. Apparently in her sleep last night, the pinkette had rolled closer to Gray. They were laying on their sides facing each other, and Gray was almost afraid of moving since it could wake her.

He wasn't sure why he cared about that considering just who was in front of him. It wasn't like the two got along, but…she just looked so at peace that he felt like it'd be wrong to wake her. He stared at her silently as she breathed quietly as her chest rose and fell. He almost snorted. He's pretty sure this is the quietest he's ever seen Rizzo.

He then frowned when he heard obnoxiously loud snoring. He looked down pass Rizzo's face to see a certain fire-breather was practically wrapped around the girl's torso—snoring loudly. Gray was worried about waking at her but she could sleep through Natsu sawing logs like that? Not to mention he was practically laying on top of her. Gray shook his head. He started to very slowly get up while making sure to watch Rizzo carefully to make sure he wasn't disturbing her. He finally sat up while looking to see Erza, Lucy, and Happy were already up and at the table.

"Good-morning," Erza greeted quietly so not to wake the two sleeping. "It seems we need only wait on Natsu and Rizzo to wake."

Erza smiled at said two as Natsu rolled in his sleep while pulling Rizzo along with him as if she was some kind of teddy bear. It had the latter stirring. Rizzo's eyes fluttered open with her gaze landing on Gray first.

"What time is it?" She asked as she moved to sit up.

"No idea," Gray said. "I just got up myself."

Rizzo hummed in reply as she rubbed at her eyes as if to wake herself more. She looked down at Natsu who still had a hold of her waist and she chuckled. She reached down to pat his head.

"It's just a bit pass eight." Lucy told Rizzo. "Would you like some breakfast? I don't have much—since I wasn't expecting guests—but you're welcomed to it."

Rizzo chuckled at Lucy's side comment, but politely declined the food as she managed to get away from Natsu. She stood up while stretching out her arms.

"I think I might just head back to the girl's dorm to check on the others." Rizzo said. "We don't know who all went back last night, so I just want to make sure the others' are okay."

"That's a good idea," Erza said as she stood. "I'll join you. Lucy, would you like to come? I don't believe you've been to see Fairy Hills."

Lucy blinked. It was true. She hasn't been to Fairy Hills. She hadn't even heard of the dorms until after she had gotten this place. She probably would have gone there to rent if she had known, but it was too late now.

"Sure," Lucy said smiling.

"I guess we'll head back to the guildhall then." Gray said as he got up. "But we got to wake up this guy first."

He frowned down at the snoring Natsu who didn't look as if he'd be waking anytime soon.

"Hmm, I don't know if that'll be possible." Rizzo said looking amused. "He is a heavy sleeper."

Lucy sighed wondering if they'd have to leave the snoring pyro in her floor as they went out. However, before she could make a decision, there was a rapid knock on the window over her bed. Everyone turned to see Bastet there and something seemed to be wrong since she had a troubled look on her face. Rizzo hurried to open the window.

"Bastet, was is it?" Rizzo asked.

"Something terrible has happened in the park." Bastet said hurriedly. "Team Shadow Gear—Levy, Jet, and Droy—have been attacked."

This had everyone stiffened with their eyes widening. Natsu's eyes even snapped open. He slowly set up with his expression already angered as he looked towards Bastet.

"What?" He asked.

"Black Steel Gajeel struck again last night." Bastet explained. "He has the poor things pinned to the large tree in the park. Master is on his way there to retrieve them. He asked for me to check on all uncounted for members of the guild and ask them to gather in the guildhall to prepare."

"To prepare for what?" Lucy asked looking frightened.

"War." Rizzo replied as her hands clenched into fists.

She then looked to Natsu as the Dragon Slayer got to his feet to hurry towards the door.

"Natsu, where are you going?" Lucy called after him.

"To the park." Natsu replied over his shoulder.

At the guild everything was a buzz as members talked about the news, they heard about it either when they arrived or from Bastet who was passing along the news.

"Shadow Gear was attacked, really?" Laki asked frowning.

"Yes." Mirajane said while hanging her head. "The Master heard about it, and hurried to go investigate it himself. He wants the rest of us to remain here."

Everyone looked down with looks of rage on their faces. Cana clutched her bottle tightly then happened to look up to see Jaser hunched over in his seat with his body completely stiff as his hand clutched his mug in a vise grip. She frowned wondering if he was alright.

When Craylee whispered something to him, Jaser's hand suddenly and very easily crushed the mug in his hand, and as it splintered, everyone turned to look at the Sand Dragon Slayer. Craylee shook his head as a small snarl left the older boy. Jaser then lifted his head with his expression absolutely livid. Cana's eyes widened when seeing that his usually warm gaze was hardened and cold…they almost looked as if they belonged to a dragon. An obvious sign that he lost his temper. It was rare, but when he got like this, no one messed with him.

"I should have investigated that odd smell I had picked up last night." Jaser said as he looked to Craylee.

Craylee just sighed as he set his own mug down next to what remained of Jaser's.

"And what would that have done?" Craylee asked. "Maybe you would have found him or maybe you wouldn't have. You can't chase after every little smell that comes your way."

Jaser frowned though supposed Craylee had a point. But if he had managed to track down Gajeel, maybe he could have protected Team Shadow Gear.

"Smell?" Loke asked.

Craylee looked up at the ginger-haired man as he walked over to their table with a curious look on his face.

"Jaser said he had picked up a scent that smelled odd as he was taking Cana home last night." Craylee explained. "He thought it was too stale to worry about, so he just continued taking her back to Fairy Hills."

"I should have gone after it." Jaser insisted with his voice a low growl. "I could have found that bastard and finished him off."

Craylee shot him a look of annoyance that showed Jaser better calm down. The older boy needed to understand if he had retaliated before Gajeel had done anything to Team Shadow Gear then Fairy Tail would be in the wrong. Not that Craylee would say this out loud since it'd only set Jaser off even more. And Craylee didn't have the patience to deal with it.

"Hey, man, it's alright." Loke said trying to smooth things over. "You had to get Cana home. You did the right thing taking her home instead of following the scent. If you did find something, you would have been hindered in a fight."

"You're right." Jaser admitted before his gaze hardened even more. "However, Phantom Lord screwed up by messing with Levy, Jet, and Droy. Phantom Lord will pay. I'll break them until there's nothing left of their pathetic little guild."

He got up while walking off to go outside to clear his head for a bit before he could break anything else. Cana watched him go. This wasn't good. This wasn't good at all.

"Aren't you going to go after him?" Macao aske Craylee as the redhead remained in his seat.

"No," Craylee said. "What's trying to calm him down going to do? We're all angry. How is it right of any of us to try and tell him to be calm? To let go of his anger?"

Everyone just looked down while not having an answer for that. But they did know Craylee was right. They were all angry. Phantom needed to pay.

"Besides, I have better things to do than follow after that fool." Craylee added.

Many hit the floor in shock at his words as Macao sighed shaking his head. This kid.

Rizzo walked with the others through the gathered crowd in the park to try and get to the front.

"Excuse us, we're from their guild." Erza commanded strongly. "Please, let us through."

The citizens immediately moved out of the way to let the wizards through. The group made it to the front of the crowd, and Rizzo froze with her eyes widening. In front of them, Team Shadow Gear was beaten up and was strung up for everyone to see…and poor Levy. She knew Bastet warned them of this, but to see their friends like this…made her sick. Rizzo's hands clenched into fists.

"Oh, Levy." Lucy said with tears in her eyes.

"Jet…Droy." Gray said equally as shocked.

He noticed Rizzo at the corner of his eye as her body shook in anger as she glared forward.

"Phantom Lord did this." Natsu growled.

"There's no way we'll ignore this." Rizzo said. "They've signed their death certificates."

She then turned her head when hearing approaching footsteps. She looked to see it was Makarov making his way towards them. She knew by the look on his face that he wasn't going to let Phantom Lord's actions slip by this time. Everyone parted to let Makarov pass.

"Master." Erza greeted gravely.

They all looked back up to Levy, Jet, and Droy as Makarov stopped in front of his children.

"I can take our headquarters being reduced to rumble, but I will not let harm come to my children without taking revenge!" Makarov growled while crushing his staff into splinters, which had Lucy flinching. "We have no choice but to go to war."

Makarov turned towards Rizzo and the others with his expression showing all the anger they felt.

"Prepare yourselves, children," Makarov said. "We're making a visit to Phantom Lord."

"Yes, sir," Rizzo, Erza, and the boys said in unison.

Lucy watched from the sidelines while feeling worry in the pit of her stomach. Why would Phantom do this? And how many more of her friends would be hurt in this altercation with them?

[After getting Team Shadow Gear to the hospital, Makarov took his children back to the guild to prepare for war. However, Lucy had went to change out of her pajamas and then made her way to the hospital to check on Levy and the boys. When she made it to their room, she was surprised to see Blaze there. The silver-haired teen was sitting in the windowsill letting the breeze in as he stared down at the streets.

"Blaze?" Lucy questioned.

He turned his gaze on her as she stood uncertainly near the doorway to the room.

"Hey, Lucy," Blaze greeted. "You can come in, ya know?"

"O-okay," She said coming farther into the room. "Uh, what are you doing here?"

"Master asked me to look out for them while the others prepared to go to Phantom Lord's guildhall." Blaze explained. "If anyone from Phantom Lord is still lurking around, they shouldn't be left here on their own, right? And my magic would make it easy to transport them if worse comes to worse."

Lucy blinked in confusion though understood Master's reasoning for leaving someone behind. Though Lucy didn't even know what Blaze's magic was. Could he teleport? Blaze didn't explain any further though as he looked back out at the streets as if looking for danger. Lucy sweat-dropped.

'He's pretty mysterious,' Lucy decided. 'I wonder what he's thinking about.'

'I'm meant to be keeping an eye on Rizzo Sweeney,' Blaze thought to himself. 'But it's proving to be more difficult than I thought. However, to keep up this façade of being a loyal member of Fairy Tail, I have to do as asked by the guild master. I'll just have to be patient.'

As he remained quiet, Lucy took the seat next to Levy's bed. She looked at Team Shadow Gear in concern as they remained unconscious in their beds. Blaze glanced over at the blonde as her shoulders shook. He sighed as he looked away.

"They'll be fine," He said aloud getting her attention. "And Phantom is going to pay."

"…Yeah…" Lucy said nodding as she wiped her tears away quickly.

She then looked out the window as well while guessing it was almost time for Fairy Tail to head out after Phantom Lord.

Ulva let out a sigh as she sat up on the second level's banister with beer in hand. She was staring down at the other members of the guild before knocking back her drink. Many of them were boasting about how Fairy Tail was in ruins as if they did the act themselves, which had her rolling her eyes.

"I can't believe Leona got to go out on the hunt while I'm here stuck babysitting the den." Ulva complained.

There was a small growling huff beside her. She turned her head with her eyes meeting the dark red gaze of her most loyal companion. The creature who looked at her was a large black, dog with large, curled horns on its head and spikes along its back. It had a long then tail as well with the end being spade-shaped. It's muzzle and underbelly were a dark brownish orange, and its claws were sharp like razors. This beast—this hound of hell—seemed as unpleased at its master.

"Yes, it's unfair how we're cooped up like this, isn't it?" She asked the hound as she reached out to scratched under its chin.

It made an odd snorting sound in reply though didn't pull away from its master. Ulva sighed once more as she dropped her hand. She needed some kind of action. She knows her father said Fairy Tail would most likely come to them after what Gajeel did to their friends. And she knows why he sent one of his daughters to Magnolia while keeping one here.

If their target came along with Fairy Tail, it was Ulva's job to separate the little lamb from the rest of the flock and take her to their other base. If the lamb was left behind for its own safety, Leona was to hunt it down and capture it before anyone noticed the predator in their midst. A smart strategy, but it didn't make waiting around any easier. When the hound suddenly perked up from beside her while looking towards the main door, Ulva grinned.

"They're here." She said.

Just as the words left her mouth the doors to their guildhall seemed to explode into a million pieces as the Dragon Slayers of Fairy Tail let themselves and their guildmates in.

"Fairy Tail has come calling!" Makarov shouted.

Ulva grinned. It seemed as if her father was right. Makarov would come here to take revenge for his precious children. As she remained still on the second floor, the stunned Phantom Lord wizards snapped out of their stupor before running forward to attack. Down below, Natsu and Jaser ran forward to meet them, and took out a handful of the wizards by themselves.

"Alright, who wants to play with fire?!" Natsu demanded.

"I'll bury all of you!" Jaser shouted.

Everyone else started running forward to attack, and Rizzo was quick to bring out her violin.

"Prepare yourselves!" Rizzo warned then started playing. "Song of Vengeful Nature!"

Tiny glowing fairies shot out of the large magic circle, and the Phantom Lord wizards cried out when the fairies flew around them, and used separate forms of nature and elemental magic to take out the wizards that got too close. Some used vines to wrap them wrap or to sling them around. Others used water, some used fire, or ice or lightening, etc to take down the opposing wizards. Rizzo kept playing with more and more fairies filling the guildhall.

"Hey, bitch, get your nasty flies out of here!" One of the Phantom wizards said while jumping at her.

Rizzo didn't even have to turn and face the man as Loke came in take him down for her.

"Try not to crowd the lady," Loke said then kicked down another Phantom wizard.

"Thanks, Loke," Rizzo called over her shoulder though didn't stop her playing.

"Anytime, beautiful." Loke said winking.

Rizzo grinned in return then switched songs to send a wave of electricity at the surrounding Phantom Lord wizards. As she and Loke worked together, the others took down their own opponents. Craylee flipped over his attackers to wrap up the wizards in a large black blanket like fabric that had his special nightmare thread stitched into the fabric. He sewed the fabric down to the floor with his binding thread as the Phantom wizards screamed to be let out. Some begged for mercy as they tried to break free to no avail.

"Why should I show you mercy when you gave us none?" Craylee asked coldly as he put his needle back in his mouth. "You'll find no sympathy or mercy from me."

He then stomped brutally on the head of one of the wizards under the cloth, which caused more crying from the wizard.

"Your screaming annoys me." Craylee complained. "Try to keep it down."

As he went back to fighting, Jaser stood in the middle of the guild while trying to sniff out a specific scent. He easily took out who came near him without having to use his magic. As he kept searching for Gajeel, many wizards tried to gang up on Makarov. However, he grew into his large giant form.

"He's a monster!" One wizards cried as Makarov easily dealt with them.

"And you were foolish enough to mess with this monster's children." Makarov growled. "Are you foolish enough to believe that human laws will protect you from my rage?!"

The Phantom wizards quaked in fear while staring in horror as Fairy Tail was going through their numbers with ease. However, Ulva just continued to grin as she watched the battle continue. However, she was also keeping her eyes out for the target, but it seemed as if she wasn't here.

"Looks as if it will up to Leona to capture her." Ulva said.

Down below on the first floor, the fighting continued with Fairy Tail not showing any mercy. Erza cut through them with her Flame Empress armor as she searched for the elite of Phantom Lord.

"Tell me, where I kind find Gajeel and the Element 4!" Erza demanded. "And where are the Beast Tamers?! Answer me!"

Ulva didn't mind answering the call of the mighty Titania, but she had to remember to be patient. It wasn't quite time to step in. She wondered if Leona found the target yet and if it was putting up a fight. Was her sister having as much fun as she was about to?

Lucy sighed as she walked down the streets of Magnolia. She had a bag of groceries in hand while planning to make lunch for herself and Blaze as they waited on the others to get back. She was going to go with them, but when Blaze had told her she was too late, well, she hadn't been too pleased.

"I can't believe everyone just took off without me." Lucy said in aggravation. "But I guess Blaze needs help looking after Levy and the boys."

Hence why she decided to get them food since she wasn't sure how long it would be until the others returned. Lucy then blinked when rain started falling so suddenly overhead.

"It's raining while the sun's still out?" Lucy wondered aloud in confusion.

She then stiffened when a blue-haired woman she didn't recognize was walking towards her.

"Who are you?" Lucy questioned.

"Drip, drip, drop," The woman replied as she continued to walk forward. "Juvia is the rain woman. It's always with me."

Lucy just leaned back feeling a little freaked out. This woman was really starting to scare her.

"What kind of woman are you, pray tell?" Juvia asked Lucy.

"Uh, the regular kind…" Lucy uncertainly answered.

When Juvia kept walking pass her, Lucy was confused. She was sure this woman had been here for bad reasons…but maybe Lucy was wrong?

"Drip, drip drop," Juvia continued say.

"What's with all the drip dropping?" Lucy asked as she turned to watch Juvia.

Juvia didn't reply as she opened an umbrella to put over herself to protect her from the rain.

"Pleasure to meet you," Juvia said. "Juvia will be going now."

"Well, take the rain with you!" Lucy snapped.

She was having enough of this weirdness and just wanted to get back to the others at the hospital. She was sure Blaze was wondering where she was, and she didn't want him leaving Levy and the boys' sides just to come looking for her.

Lucy's eyes then widened when she heard something making heavy foot falls behind her. She slowly turned her head with her eyes widening even more when seeing the large, sabertoothed, feline behind her. It had piercing red eyes and yellow fur with black markings. Its tail was shaped almost like a lightning bolt and it had a long pale mane going down its back. It was a Raijū. Not a beast common in Fiore, but Lucy knew enough to know their dangerous.

"Hold up, Juvia." A voice said from behind the beast. "We have a job to do and the objective of that job is right in front of us."

Lucy stiffened as a woman who seemed about her age if not a bit older came up to stand next to the beast. She was taller than Lucy and her gaze was like a void. Lucy stepped back slightly.

"So, you're her," The woman said. "The one my father is making such a fuss over."

Lucy was quickly putting pieces together as she looked between the two women who had her trapped between them. She wasn't sure why she was specifically their target, but she knew these two were members of Phantom.

"Is that so, Leona?" Juvia asked. "She is our target?"

"That's right," Leona said as she scratched the chin of the beast who leaned into her touch. "Even in the rain, Ikazuchi can follow a scent, and he tells me the owner of this scent is her."

She held up a strip of clothing, and Lucy gasped when realizing it was a ribbon. A ribbon she hasn't seen ever since she left home. It's been a year. How could it even still hold her scent? Well, she supposed that didn't matter. All she knew was that things weren't good. She reached for her keys.

"I apologize for what's about to happen." Leona said. "I really don't wish to bring harm to Fairy Tail or take one of its members, but…well, I'm sure you can understand how fathers can be when you disappoint them."

Her words threw off Lucy who paused in grabbing her keys. However, before Lucy could reply, she was suddenly enveloped in a sphere of water. She tried to bust out, but she couldn't get out. She tried to reach for her keys, but realized they had fallen off of her when she was trapped by Juvia.

"Don't waste your energy." Juvia said. "My water lock spell can't be broken. Do not be afraid. We have explicit orders to keep you alive. You are nothing more than the target of our retrieval mission given to us by the master, Lucy Heartfilia."

Leona didn't comment as she came to stand beside Juvia. Just as Lucy was passing out, Leona's sadden expression was the last thing she saw.

"The target has been captured." Juvia said.

"Good," Leona said. "Let's get here back to the guild."

Juvia nodded her head then started moving out while taking Lucy with her. Leona sighed then noticed Lucy's key pouch on the ground. She knelt down while picking it up.

"A Celestial Wizard, huh?" Leona questioned. "Well, well, your magic isn't too different from mine, is it?"

As the fighting continued, Rizzo had to break off her song to dodge an explosion. One Phantom wizard came up behind her to take her out, but Gray arrived just in time to hit him with his ice hammer.

"You alright?" Gray asked as they ended up back to back.

"I'm good." Rizzo said. "These guys are like cockroaches. They just don't want to go down."

Gray grunted in agreement as they separated to avoid another explosion. Natsu ate of up flames from the explosion to clear the way.

"Oh, yeah, now I've got a fire in my belly." Natsu said with a dark grin on his face.

Phantom started freaking out, and one guy tried desperately to blast Natsu back with a large attack of sand. However, it was sucked all up by Jaser, which had the Phantom wizards sweating bullets.

"You should run if you don't want to get hurt," Jaser warned them.

"Not that you'll get away." Natsu said.

The two bumped their own fists together as their magic started building. Natsu put out two hands in front of him as Jaser used one.

"Fire Dragon/Sand Dragon: Roar!" They roared.

Their sand and fire attacks mixed together to shoot forward and blast a large chunk of Phantom Lord's wizards into the air. The others kept fighting as well since there were still plenty of Phantom wizards to take down.

"Ice-Make: Lance!" Gray shouted.

His ice attack shot out to take out a few members. Gray and Natsu ended up back to back, and they grinned at each other.

"You're not doing so bad for being a snowman." Natsu said.

"I could say the same about you, ya Pyro." Gray said.

As everyone else was circled, Makarov went off a head while leaving Erza in charge. She hoped the Master was careful and ended things quickly.