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Chapter 12: Phantom Strikes

"Another job well done." Zeke said he, Natsu, Alyssa, Lucy and Happy walked through Magnolia after having just returned from a mission.

"If by job well done you mean three buildings were destroyed, then yes." An exasperated Lucy stated.

"Hey, at least we didn't go completely overboard." Natsu retorted. "Besides, those buildings were empty."

"It still cost us 40% of the reward money!" Lucy shouted.

"Don't you still have part of the Galuna reward?" Happy asked the blonde.

"Yes, but that's beside the point." She replied. Alyssa then remembered something related to Galuna.

"Oh yeah. Lucy, have you made a contract with that spirit key yet?"

Hearing one of her favorite topics lightened up the blonde's spirit as she replied. "Yup, I made the contract with Sagittarius two days ago."

"Great. So what's he like?" Alyssa asked, resulting in Lucy sweat-dropping.

"He's a bit...weird."

"Aren't all Celestial Spirits weird in some way?" Zeke asked as he was drawing up some blue-prints in his notebook. "I mean Taurus is a huge pervert, Aquarius has a huge temper problem and Cancer says 'baby' at the end of every other sentence."

"Well...Sagittarius' weirdness is something you have to see for yourself." Lucy replied. The celestial wizard then noticed the blue prints her friend was drawing. "Still working on that new bow?"

"Ya, but I'm having a bit of problem with the design. You see, I figured if I created the bowstring out of Absorption Lacrima, it would save me precious time that I'd usually use to gather and create my arrows."

"Dude, that sounds awesome!" Natsu said.

"It does. But I'm trying to figure out how to alter the properties of my arrows without having to conjure a certain shape." The archer explained.

"Did anyone understand that?" Happy asked, all this technical talk confusing the cat.

"Don't worry about it, little guy." Alyssa said. As the group continued to walk through Magnolia, the five noticed the townspeople whispering and looking at them.

"Aren't those kids from Fairy Tail?"

"You think they know?"

"Doesn't look like it."

"Have you guys noticed that everyone's looking at us?" Alyssa stated as the rest of Morningstar started to notice.

"That's never good." Happy said. Soon, the group reached a part of town where they could make out a bit of the guild hall from a distance.

"Is it me or does the guild hall look different?" Zeke asked. The team continued their trek until they stopped in front of the guild hall, utterly shocked by the sight.

Metal poles were coming out of the walls of the hall, covering the building completely and even the Fairy Tail sign and symbol was destroyed. Team Morningstar had different reactions to this. Zeke and Happy looked like they had seen the end of the world, Lucy looked at the destroyed building in fear, Alyssa looked as though she was about to break down, and Natsu growled like he was ready to murder someone.

"Who did this?" The dragon-slayer asked in rage. "Who did this to our guild hall?!"

"It was Phantom." The team turned around and saw a tearful Mirajane.

"Phantom did this?!" Zeke asked, his shock turning into anger.

A few minutes later, Mirajane brought Team Morningstar to the basement, where the rest of their fellow Fairy Tail wizards were, glum expressions on nearly all of their faces. Except for...

"Hey guys!" A drunk Makarov greeted them, Amelia and Lyle (who was holding a letter) looking on with disappointment in their master. "How was your mission?"

"Um, master? Did you not see all the giant metal poles sticking out of the guild?" Zeke asked.

"He did." Lyle replied. "And the second he did, he started drinking."

"Ah, come on! Lighten up Lyle!" The drunk older man said.

"Not all of us can drink our sorrow away." Amelia stated. "We're just lucky that no one was here when the guild was attacked."

"No one was here?" Lucy asked.

"They also left this taped to the front door." Lyle said as he pulled out his glasses and started reading it out loud.

Dear Fairy Tail,

I wanted to leave you this friendly little letter informing you of your imminent demise. If you're curious about why I would leave this letter after my friend wrecked up your guild hall, it is merely to instill as much fear as possible. As if basting a turkey. Which I will then proceed to have sex with.

That's right.

I'm going to fuck the fear turkey.

Hatefully yours, Robin Valalanca of the Unholy Trinity

While Lucy was stunned by much an...odd letter, the rest of Morningstar just sighed with annoyance.

"I...I've got nothing to say." Zeke commented.

"I should've done something." The group turned and saw a depressed Alexander and his crew. "My ship is anchored right next to the guild. We heard something happening last night but by the time we scaled the cliff, the damage had been done."

Natsu scowled in anger. "If those Phantom jerks did this, then we gotta retaliate. Let's go smash their guild and see how they like it!"

"That's enough, Natsu!" Makarov said as he lengthened his arm to seemingly hit Natsu...only to pat Lucy on the ass, freaking the blonde out.

"What the hell was that for?!" She exclaimed as Amelia and Mirajane looked at the master in anger.

"Wasn't that Natsu?" The drunk man asked.

"So...you were going pat Natsu's ass?" Lyle said, not believing that Makarov was as drunk as he led on.

"Moving on..." Erza said as she and her team walked forward. "We're not attacking Phantom Lord."

"What?! Are you kidding?!" Natsu yelled.

"Calm down, Flame Breath." Gray replied to his rival. "No one was hurt and the guild can be rebuilt."

"So we're supposed to just ignore the fact that Phantom wrecked our home?" Alyssa asked.

"I got to agree with Gray on this." Zeke said, getting his team's attention. "If we attack Phantom Lord, we'll be outnumbered and have to deal with the Element Four and the Unholy Trinity."

The rest of Fairy Tail almost shivered at the sound of those two groups, except for Lucy.

"Well then, until further notice, Fairy Tail is in a state of emergency." Amelia said as she took charge. "Phantom Lord might still have some stragglers in town and know where everyone lives. All teams are to remain together for extra security. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am!" The wizards replied, trusting in the experienced S-Class wizard's judgement.

"Looks like we'll need to stick together." Alyssa said. "But where should we stay? Fairy Hills won't allow any men in."

"And Lucy's apartment is too out in the open." Natsu stated, the blonde actually agreeing with her salmon-haired teammate. "How about your place, Zeke?"

"Sorry to disappoint you guys." Lyle said, cutting into their conversation. "But we don't have enough room for both Crosshair and Morningstar."

"Well then...to Team Morningstar Headquarters!" Zeke proclaimed.

"Aye, sir!" Happy replied.

"We have a headquarters?" Lucy asked.

And then...

"Make yourselves at home!" Natsu and Happy said as the five of them entered Morningstar HQ AKA Natsu & Happy's cabin (after having stopped by their respective places and grabbed some supplies). To Lucy's surprise, the place was a lot cleaner than she thought it would be. "Feel free to have anything in the Meatery. Except the duck. I'm saving it for a special occasion."

Zeke opened the meat locker and saw that it was chock full of every kind of meat you could buy at the deli. "Nice." He said he pulled out a chicken drum and went to the kitchen to cook it.

Lucy looked and saw a broad on the wall containing various job posters, including the Everlue, Galuna and various other job posters. "I can't believe you saved all of these."

"They're our precious memories of our team." Happy explained. Lucy turned and saw the maid outfit she wore for the Daybreak mission.

"But why did you have to keep that?" She asked, a wave of familiar shame coming from the memory of that mission.

"Come on, Lucy." Alyssa said. "It's a memento."

"But why does it look like it's been stretched out?" Lucy asked as she looked at the outfit, not seeing the slight blushes on Natsu and Alyssa's faces. "Oh well. Natsu, where's your shower?"

"We don't have one. But there are two lakes nearby." Natsu replied.

"You actually bathe in a lake?! You really are an animal!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Actually, it's a lot more fun than you'd think." Zeke replied as he finished cooking the chicken leg.

"Let's go!" Happy stated, grabbing his towel and some bathing supplies.

"You're serious?!"

"Don't be such a prude, Lucy." Natsu stated.

A few minutes later, the boys and girls split-up by gender and headed to a different lake each.

"Wow. So pretty." Lucy said as she looked at the lake shining in the moonlight.

"Yup. You can't get this kind of view in the shower." Alyssa said as she started taking off her gloves and booties. Lucy nodded and started to strip but stopped when she saw Alyssa's nude body.

'Woah! She looks more ripped naked!' Lucy thought, suddenly feeling very inadequate when compared to the orange-haired amazon.

"You alright?" Alyssa asked, noticing a gloomly look on her friend's face.

Meanwhile, the guys were already soaking the lake, Happy using a scrubbing brush to clean himself.

"Ah." Zeke said as he relaxed into the lake while washing his hair. He turned and saw his best friend still having a scowl on his face. "Oh come on, Natsu. Are you mad about us not going after Phantom?"

"Actually, I'm more pissed that Gramps and everyone else is just accepting the fact the Phantom got the jump on us." The dragon-slayer replied as he used a sponge to clean his arms.

"Staying angry isn't going to change a thing." Happy said to his father figure.

"He's right. Alexander and his crew are standing guard at the guild and everyone's staying in teams. If Phantom tries something again, they'll be in for a big surprise." The brunette archer replied and placed his hand on his friend's shoulder. "So lighten up."

Hearing this did make the salmon-haired wizard relax a bit. "Alright."

Back to the girls, Lucy had asked Alyssa why most of the guild was against attacking Phantom Lord. Not only did the aforementioned guild outnumber Fairy Tail by a hundred members and two groups of S-Class wizards, but their master Jose was also one of the Ten Wizard Saints, meaning he was just as powerful as Master Makarov. Feeling the tension, the blonde decided to ask her taller friend a more light-hearted question.

"So Alyssa, how did you and Natsu start dating?"

"What brought that up?" Alyssa asked.

"Well no offense, but Natsu seems like the guy who would rather fight than go on a date." Lucy stated. "I guess you must've had to drag him to our first date."

"Actually, Natsu was the one who asked me out." The orange-haired woman replied, getting a surprised look from Lucy. Alyssa then started thinking back that day. It started as an ordinary day and she was chatting with Lisanna. Then Natsu approached the two with a blush on his face as he looked at her. And in typical Natsu fashion, he shouted what was on his mind before he thought it through.

"A-Alyssa, I like you! Please go out with me!"

While the budding amazon was extremely embarrassed by him shouting that out in front of the guild, she happily agreed to go on a date with him.

Meanwhile, Team Shadow Gear were walking through Magnolia, unaware that they were being watched by a young man and two women. The man had long spiky black hair, red eyes and metal studs in his face with a sleeveless black top, fingerless gloves, boots and grey pants. The older woman had pale blonde hair, black eyes, a light blue polo shirt, a black fedora with a white strip, dark jeans, dark blue gloves and tap shoes. The younger girl had a tomboyish-look with short green hair, blue eyes, a violet tracksuit with matching sneakers and elaborate rings on each finger and a chain with several other rings strapped to her right hip.

"Looks like we found some suckers." The tomboy said as she adjusted the ring on her thumb.

"Let's get this over with." The fedora-wearing woman chimed in as she looked at Shadow Gear like a lion ready to pounce on its prey.

"No way! Gajeel got to wreck their guild and you left that dumbass letter! It's my turn now!"

"Go on, Moss Head." The pierced man said as he laid down with his arms behind his head, only to get a disappointed look from the older woman. "Robin, let her have her fun."

The gloved woman sighed. "Very well. Go ahead, Natalie."

"Yay! Time to fuck 'em up!" The green-haired girl said as she leaped off the roof and a teal magic circle appeared over the ring on her right middle finger.

And then...

The next morning, a crowd of concerned people were looking at the tree in Magnolia Park. Team Morningstar saw this and walked through the crowd, seeing several of their fellow Fairy Tail members as they approached the tree, horrified at what they found.

Hanging and tied to the tree was the bruised and beaten trio of Team Shadow Gear.

"Levy!" Zeke cried out, seeing his attacked ex with the Phantom Lord mark painted on her stomach while Lucy and Happy started to tear up.

"Jet. Droy." Alyssa said in shock as Natsu looked up in anger.

"Phantom Lord's going to pay!" The dragon-slayer scowled as Alyssa got out of her shock and started helping her injured guildmates down gently, even as the rage inside her started to build.

In the crowd, Makarov passed through the crowd while wearing his Wizard Saint cloak. The old master stopped in near the tree, looking at the injured three like someone had ripped out his soul. "I can handle our guild being destroyed..." He said with a slow anger building in his voice. "...but I can't forgive them for harming my children!" He crushed the staff in his hands and magical energy started flowing out of him like crazy. "THIS MEANS WAR!"

A little later, Lucy (who was part of the group that opted to stay back while most of the guild went to Phantom Lord's HQ in Oak Town) was in the hospital, watching over the unconscious team.

"Droy. Jet. And even poor Levy." The blonde celestial wizard whispered. After the Changeling incident, Lucy and Levy had become better acquainted, Lucy even promising the petite wizard that she would be the first to read her novel when she was done.

Meanwhile, the Phantom Lord wizards were chilling out at the guild, laughing at the recent tragedies of their rival guild. Three of them were chatting about it even as they were heading out for a job.

Suddenly, the front doors exploded, sending the three Phantom Wizards flying into the Phantom Lord sign. The rest of the guild looked and saw a group of angry wizards at the door, the symbols on their bodies giving away who they were.

"Fairy Tail's come a' knocking!" Makarov proclaimed as the two opposing forces stared each other down.

"Charge!" Lyle (who was now wearing two bracelets adorned with different-colored orbs) yelled as he and the rest of Fairy Tail did just that. Phantom Lord responded in kind and the guilds started their massive battle.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu yelled as he swung two arcs of fire.

"Speed Queen: Tornado!" Alyssa exclaimed as she spun so fast it created a vortex that sucked in some enemies.

"Arch Shot: Arrow Rain!" Zeke yelled as he fired a massive barrage of magical arrows.

"Wood-Make: The Distance between the two lovers is forever!" Laki exclaimed as she created a barrage of wooden fists, surprising her enemies with both the spell and it's ludicrous name.

"Guns Magic!" Alzack fired upon several Phantom Pain wizards with a set of pistols, a blue magic circle appearing whenever it hit and then they fell down. "How do you like my stun bullets?" One Phantom Pain wizard tried to attack from behind, only to be shot down by another magic bullet. Alzack turned and saw Bisca armed with a sniper rifle.

"Watch your back, Al." The green-haired sharpshooter said before she took aim again, a magic circle formed over her scope.

A trio of Phantom wizards armed with melee weapons charged at Lyle, but the bespectacled man just placed his left pointer and index finger on of the orbs on his right wristband, a red magic circle appearing in between. "Absorption: Cobalt!" And just like that, Lyle's body changed into pure cobalt as the weapons swung by the enemy wizards broke, shocking them. "My turn." Lyle's hands then transformed into hammers and he swung, knocked the three away.

"T-That guy just turned into metal!" A shocked Phantom Pain wizard stated in fear.

"Did his arms become hammers?!"

"I've heard of this guy. He's Fairy Tail's Material Master, Lyle Hudson!" Another scarred enemy stated.

"Who cares?! Take him down!" One wizard yelled as he launched a lightning spell at the guy. However, Lyle saw this, shifted his hands back to normal and touched another orb.

"Absorption: Stone!" The S-Class wizard chanted as his body shifted from cobalt to stone. As such, the lightning hit him but had no effect, scaring the crap out of the lightning wizard as he smirked. "Is that all you got?" He shifted his arm into a piston and charged, smashing the enemy wizard through a wall.

"Ice-Make: Saucer/Rhino!" Gray & Ur yelled as they summoned their respective ice constructs that plowed through a group of enemies.

"I thought Fairy Tail only had one Ice Wizard!"

"Card Magic: Lightning, Tower, Lovers!" Cana yelled as lightning struck her enemies. "Chain Lightning!"

"MAN UP!" Elfman yelled his arm became lizard-like and he bashed some enemies. "Don't you wanna be a real man like me?!"

"Open, Gate of the Tiger - Hu!" Alexander chanted, bringing the tiger spirit out. "Rip them apart!"

"With pleasure!" The brutish tiger replied as he charged magical energy into his claws. "Tiger Claw Strike!" With a beastial roar, Hu swung his claws, knocking back several enemies with an energy claw swipe.

"Let's skin this cat!" A trio of wizards said as they surrounded Happy.

"Don't underestimate me!" The cat said as he took out some Lacrima bombs and tossed them. "I'm a wizard too!"

As the battle continued, the Unholy Trinity was watching from up in the rafters.

"Never thought Fairy Tail would actually nut up and attack us." Natalie commented as she watched Loki unleashed a tornado from one of his rings and sneered. 'Freakin' amature.'

"Well, we did give them plenty of reason to attack." Gajeel said as he watched Titania take out another group with her Black Wing Armor and Makarov stomping through and heading for Jose's office. A group of Phantom Lord wizards jumped at the old man, but were suddenly crushed when he grew to giant size, scaring the living crap out of them.

"Y-You're a monster!"

"And you bastards hurt this monster's children!"

Robin on the other hand was watching Zeke as he fired a drill arrow that shattered a rock wall.

'That guy's got magic arrows. And magic hands.' The fedora-wearing woman thought to herself with a perverted smirk. A yellow magic circle appeared on top of her gloves. "Well, looks like all of Fairy Tail's aces are here. So what do you say we have some fun?"

The other two nodded and the three jumped down. Natalie held out her hand as her red ring started to glow and a teal magic circle appeared in front of her. "Explosion!"

A few Fairy Tail wizards were blown back as the Trinity landed on their feet.

"It's the Unholy Trinity!" Max yelled.

"You fiends!" Erza yelled as she requipped into her Heaven's Wheel armor and conjured up several swords. "Sword Spiral!"

While most enemies would be afraid of the incoming attack, Robin just smiled as she motioned her hands. "Wire Slice!" Suddenly, all of the swords were sliced to pieces, shocking the less-experienced members of Fairy Tail. Zeke looked closely and saw very thin magically-enhanced yellow wires coming from her gloves.

'That must be Valelanca.' The archer thought to himself.

"Looks like our reputation precedes us." The fedora-wearing woman said, only to see Natsu charge with his flaming fists as Natalie quickly raised her left hand.

"Defend!" A teal magic circle appeared in front of Robin as Natsu's flaming fists clashed with it, the dragon-slayer having anger on his face.

"YOU'RE THE ONES WHO HURT OUR FRIENDS!" The salmon-haired wizard roared. "Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow!" The flames bursting from his elbow gave Natsu the extra push to shatter the barrier and the Trinity dodged it.

"So you're Salamander, huh?" Gajeel said as he conjured up a clear magic circle. "Iron Dragon's Club!" His hand transformed into a club and launched it at Natsu, only to be caught by the still stone Lyle.

"You're Black Steel Gajeel, the Iron Dragon Slayer." The Absorption Wizard said as he glared at the trinity. "I'm going to make you pay for destroying our guild."

"Oh, please. An old man like you can't beat me." The cocky dragon-slayer retorted.

"You think so, huh?" Lyle said as he held the dragon-slayer's club. A red magic circle in between his palms and the iron club. "Let's test that theory. Absorption: Iron!" Suddenly, the older wizard's skin started to transform into the same material as the club, pushing Gajeel back. The now iron wizard hands transformed into anvils. He charged and smacked the iron dragon-slayer into a wall, shocking the other Phantom Lord members. However, the pierced young man just got back up and smirked.

"For an S-Class Wizard, you're pretty stupid." The pierced man said as he showed his fangs. "Dragon-Slayers can eat their element, dip shit. You just turned yourself into a big snack for me!" Gajeel yelled and leaped at Lyle. However, the bespectacled man quickly tapped one of the orbs on his left wristband.

"Absorption: Gold!" And just like that, Lyle's skin turned gold as Gajeel chomped down. The younger wizard then howled back in pain, blood coming from his mouth as he swore, making the Absorption Wizard smirk. "Looks like my theory was correct. Iron is the only metal you can consume."

"Fuck you, old timer!" Gajeel swore as he spit out some blood. "I'll still smash to bits!" He proclaimed as he sucked in some air. "Iron Dragon's Roar!"

The metal-laced breath attack launched and hit the golden man, however he was still standing after the attack. "My turn!" Spikes appeared from his ankles and pierced into the floor as a large cannon morphed onto Lyle's chest. "Gold Cannon!" He yelled as a golden cannonball launched from his chest and hit Gajeel, causing a massive explosion.

"Gajeel!" Natalie and Robin yelled in concern and the green-haired woman raised her hand above her. "Big!" A teal magic circle appeared and Natalie shoved her hand through, creating a gigantic version of her forearm.

"That's the master's magic!" Cana yelled as Natalie brought her gigantic hand down, Lyle struggling against it.

"Dad!" Zeke yelled as he conjured up several magic arrows and loaded them into his longbow. "Arch Shot: Rapid Succession!" However, the energy arrows were sliced apart by Robin's magic wire, the two Holder-type wizards turning and looking at each other.

"Hm. You're pretty cute. I might just keep you for myself." The Wire Wizard said, causing a shiver to run down Zeke's spine as he conjured up more magical energy.

"How about no? Arch Shot: Arrow Rain!" Zeke yelled as he fired a massive barrage of arrows.

"Wire Spiral!" Robin yelled as she swung her magical wires with lightning speed, slicing up all of the arrows.

'Something's not right.' Erza thought to herself as Natsu and Gajeel (who had recovered from Lyle's attack) started fighting each other with their respective dragon-slayer magic and Lyle pushed Natalie's giant hand off as it dissipated. 'We haven't seen any of the Element 4.'

Back in Magnolia, Lucy had gotten lunch for the injured trio until she noticed a sudden and unexpected change in the weather as it started to rain.

"Drip, drop, drip, drop." Lucy turned and saw a pale blue-haired woman in blue clothing, a matching hat and a pink umbrella with hearts on it. "Juvia is a rain woman. Drip, Drop."

"Huh?" Lucy asked in confusion as the woman walked towards her. "Who are you?"

"I had a fun time. Farewell." The blue-haired woman said walking past her, confusing Lucy even more.

"Non, non, non!" A voice said as the street next to shifted into a skinny man with a brown suit and monocle. "You shouldn't walk away from your job, Lady Juvia. I believe this young lady here is our cible."

Lucy tensed up, understanding that Cible was another word for target.

"Forgive us for the late introduction." Another man coming out of a nearby ally said. He had black & white hair, marks on his face, and a red ninja-themed attire with a sheathed katana strapped to his side. "I am Totomaru of the Element 4. All flames in this world submit to me."

"I am Sol of the Earth. But you may call me Monsieur Sol." The skinny man stated.

"Juvia is also a member of the Element 4 who brings the rain."

Lucy scowled as she stepped back, recognizing the name of Phantom Lord's ace wizards and grabbed her keys. "Phantom Lord...you're the ones who hurt Levy and her team!" But before she could summon any of her spirits, Lucy was consumed in a sphere of water.

"Non, non, non. I'd like to clear up that misunderstanding with three nons. Wrecking your guild and attacking your comrades were all done by the Unholy Trinity, not us." Sol said as he twirled his mustache.

"But it was a unanimous decision by our guild." Totomaru stated.

"What is this?" Lucy asked as she felt the air leaving her lungs. "Let me out!"

"My water lock is unbreakable." Juvia said as she held out her hand. "But don't worry, I won't kill you Lucy Heartfilia. That's not our job."

"Purple Shower!"

"Smoke Bomb!"

"Arch Shot: Machine Gun Arrow!"

The three Phantom Lord wizards were forced to evade as a ball of exploding smoke and barrages of purple fire and energy arrows. This distraction broke Juvia's concentration, making her water lock disappear and Lucy quickly sucked in some air. The four looked up at a nearby rooftop and saw Macao, Wakaba and Amelia (who was holding a two-handed emerald & silver crossbow), all of them having anger on their faces.

"So wrecking our guild and sending three of our comrades wasn't enough. Now you're kidnapping one of our friends." Amelia said with a scowl.

"Just goes to show you how low Phantom Lord's willing to sink." Macao said as he cracked his knuckles.

"You disgust me." Wakaba said as smoke from his pipe formed into the words 'You're dead.'

"Amelia! Macao! Wakaba!" Lucy said with glee.

"Amelia?!" The three Phantom Lord wizards asked, recognizing the name of Fairy Tail's strongest female wizard.

"I'm giving you three one chance. Surrender or we'll kick your asses all the way back to Oak Town." The strawberry-blonde wizard said as she aimed her crossbow at them.

"Sorry, but we can't leave without Ms. Heartfilia." Juvia said as she launched a stream of pressurized water at the three, only for Team Crosshair to dodge.

"Lady Juvia is right!" Sol said as a brown magic circle appeared under him. "Earth Fist!" A giant fist formed out of the road and launched at the airborne Fairy Tail wizards.

"Purple Saw!" Macao chanted and launched a flaming buzzsaw that sliced through the giant fist. He then created a large fire hammer in his hands. "You'll have to do better than that! Purple Hammer!"

But as he brought the hammer down, Totomaru smirked as his eyes glowed. Suddenly, Macao's hammer curved and the Purple Flare Wizard landed in shock. "Like I said, all fire in this world submits to me." The samurai-like wizard stated as he pulled out his katana.

"Then try this! Smoke Blast!" Wakaba exclaimed as he launched a pressurized burst of smoke that the dual-haired ninja channeled orange fire around his katana. He swung his sword, dissipating the smoke.

"Earth Wave!" Sol exclaimed as he placed his hand on the street and created a wave of rubble that launched at the Fairy Tail trio. However, Amelia placed her non-trigger holding hand on the mana-absorption Lacrima embedded in her crossbow as she aimed and created five magic circles in a cross formation.

"Arch Shot: Tracer Arrows!" An arrow was launched out of each of the circles and they swerved around the rocky wave, shocking Sol as the energy arrows hit him straight on. Amelia then raised the crossbow up as another circle appeared. "Arch Shot: Sphere Arrow!" She pulled the trigger and launched a magic arrow into the air that turned in an energy orb. The orb then exploded into a massive barrage of arrows that the Element 3 out of 4 barely managed to evade, a few of the arrows piercing Juvia who quickly reformed herself before the Fairy Tail wizards could notice.

"Guys, I think we're outmatched!" Totomaru said. "Juvia!"

"On it!" Juvia and Totomaru launched their respective magics, combining them into a smokescreen that allowed them to the three Phantom Lord wizards to escape. Wakaba used his pipe to absorb the smoke, relieved that the three enemy wizards were gone.

"Are you okay, Lucy?" Macao asked the blonde celestial wizard.

"Ya, I'm fine. But you guys were amazing." She said before thinking back to what Sol had said earlier. "Those guys said I was their target."

"Huh? But why would they be after you?" Wakaba asked.

"Is there something you're not telling us, Lucy?" Amelia asked as she dismissed her crossbow back into her pendant. The blonde started rubbing her chin in contemplation, trying to think about why Phantom Lord would try to abduct her. To her knowledge she had never met a member of Phantom Lord until today so a personal vendetta seemed unlikely. She didn't own any valuable artifacts aside from her Gate Keys. So she reasoned that someone was paying the enemy guild after her. And there was only one person she knew who had enough money and would send a guild after her, which made her stomach churn.

"It's only a hunch, but I think I know who's behind this." Lucy said as she started to shake. "My father...Jude Heartfilia."

Back in Oak Town, Makarov smashed down the doors to Jose's office. "What the hell do you think you're doing attacking Fairy Tail?! Answer me, Jose Porla!"

The man in question was an older gentleman with dark red hair and purple wizard clothing. "That was a very expensive door." He said as he felt the shake from the two guilds fighting. "Your wizards do take after you, despite all your complaining at the conferences. It's been a long time since I've been to one. I really made a fool of myself last time. But then I can't hold my alcohol like you can."

"I'm not here for small talk!" Makarov yelled as his arm grew to giant size and he smashed up most of the room and the chair Jose was sitting in.

"Oh my." The short Fairy Tail looked in shock as Jose's image started to break a bit.

"A projection?!"

"A battle between two Wizard Saints would be quite the calamity." The projection of Jose stated before frowning. "I would've preferred a more rational victory, but it seems Mrs. Hudson lives up to all the rumors."

"What are you talking about?! Come out and fight me, you coward!" Makarov yelled as energy surrounded him. Suddenly, a large man with covered eyes appeared behind him as the air started to pick up.

"So sorrowful!" The man cried as he placed his hands around Makarov. Much to the older wizard's shock, he started to feel his magic being drained as Jose started to laugh.

"Well, I might not have Ms. Hearfilia, but at least the great Makarov will no longer be a threat." The projection said before fading as Makarov continued to scream in agony as his magic continued to be forcefully drained.

"It's too sorrowful!" The blinded man said as he blasted the now weakened Makarov through the wall. The combating wizards heard and turned their heads, the Fairy Tail wizards looking in fear.

"Master!" Lyle shouted as he jumped and caught the tiny man. "What happened?!"

"M...my magic..." Makarov groaned. "I can't...I can't feel my magic."

"Why does the Master just feel like a regular old man now?" Elfman asked in concern.

"What happened?" Alyssa asked in concern. All around the guild, the Fairy Tail wizards lose their morale at their master's defeat.

'This is bad.' Zeke thought to himself as he continued to evade Robin Magic Wires. 'With Master down, we're at a huge disadvantage.'

"What did you bastards do to Gramps?!" Natsu yelled at Gajeel as he evaded another club attack.

"Looks like Aria did his job." Natalie said as she held out a yellow ring. "Time to bring in the cavalry. Copy!" A magic circle moved down the tracksuit-wearing wizard, creating another Natalie. The two then repeated the spell until there were twenty Natalies that all held out their hands. "Bye-bye, Fairy Tail! Explosion!"

A massive blast of magical energy blasted the Fairy Tail wizards back, Lyle's golden form protecting the weakened Makarov. He opened his eyes and saw his injured comrades struggle to stand back up, swallowing hard at the sudden turn of events.

"Everyone, full retreat!" The Absorption wizard ordered.

"Are you kid-"

"This isn't up for debate, Natsu! We're leaving right now!" Lyle said as he held out his hand. "We need to leave, now!"

"Leave it to me! Ice-Make: Rampart!" Ur exclaimed as she created a massive wall of durable ice to separate the two sides. However, the Ice master knew the barrier wouldn't last forever as the entirety of Phantom Lord started trying to smash through. "Let's go!"

Despite the complaints that a lot of them could keep fighting, the Fairy Tail wizards reluctantly agreed and ran out of the guild.

"Leaving already?" Gajeel sighed as Aria landed near him.

"It's so sad!" Aria of the wind cried out.

"Aria, will you please stop doing that?" The Iron Dragon-Slayer said as the rest of Phantom Lord broke down a part of the ice wall. "I'm surprised you managed to put down that old geezer."

"It was all part of Master Jose's plan. All I had to do was follow it to the letter. But still, thank you for your kind words!" The blinded man said as he continued to cry some more.

"Will you stop crying all the time?! You're a grown man for fuck's sake!" Natalie said as her doubles disappeared.

"Did we capture the target?" Robin asked as she dusted off her fedora.

"I'm afraid not! My fellow Element 4 were ambushed by Amelia Hudson and two other Fairy Tail wizards!" Aria cried out, making the Unholy Trinity scowl in both disappointment at the news and annoyance at the larger man's continued crying.

"The master's gonna be pissed." Gajeel said as he looked at the falling ice wall. "On the other hand, this means we get another crack at Fairy Tail."

Hearing this made the two ladies of the Trinity smirk along with their male teammate. This battle was over, the war was not even close to ending.

To be continued...