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"It is weakening." A soft, calm voice boomed. There was no apparent source of the voice, it seemed to come forth from every conceivable direction.
"It has always been weakening." Another voice coursed, this one darker and harsher than the first voice. "It has been so for the last 10 years."
"But never this rapidly." The first voice countered. A white void was where this exchange was taking place. 2 figures of near indistinguishable shape floated opposite one another, their forms shifting and changing each second, colours pulsing and flowing in all directions beneath their 'skin'. The first figure seemed to favour the lighter colours, and had 2 undefined shapes protruding from its back, whilst the second one seemed to favour the more darker end of the spectrum. "This is concerning. If the seal continues to weaken at its current rate, all is lost." The first voice said apprehensively.
"And it is all to blame on that arrogant fool. How dare he use that spell for such a selfish purpose?" The second voice growled. The transformation rate of its mysterious form increased significantly, and it rapidly swelled in size. The colours that criss-crossed, danced and formed strange patterns under its skin gained a red tint and began swirling more violently around its form.
"Indeed, it was selfish, but there is little we can do." The first voice reasoned calmly in the face of the second voice's mounting fury. "We must try to maintain the seal for as long as possible and make sure the flow of power from it is controlled and kept to a minimum. We must focus on that."
The first voice's reasoning appeared to have worked as the second voice's form wilted back to its original size. "True." The second voice said, anger still clinging to the edges of its tone. "We are limited in the use of our powers, but we must maintain the seal, as you said. We must do it, for our sakes, and the sake of our vessel. At least until it is no longer necessary."
The first voice was pleased it had managed to calm down the second voice, and also felt a tinge of amusement. "It appear you have been affected by our vessel, haven't you?" The first voice asked with an amused tone.
"I cannot fathom what you are proposing." The second voice replied in a level tone, but the first voice detected a hint of bashfulness concealed within.
"Can you not? Truly? You never used to be so easy to calm." The first voice challenged.
"It is of no consequence. We must focus on our task." The second voice commanded. The first voice felt offended at having the subject changed so quickly, but it let it go.
"Indeed. Let us return to the task at hand then." The first voice said in agreement. The second voice was pleased, but one question was still nagging at it. After several moments worth of pause, it asked the question.
"Do you believe he will get strong enough in time?" it asked the first voice.
The other figure said nothing, supposedly deep in though. It ran the question through its mind many times, thinking of all the possible answers. It eventually reached an answer.
"We can only hope, dear friend. We can only hope."
Garion sneezed and on reflex raised his right hand to his face to cover his nose. He moved his hand away and looked at his palm for a moment before letting his arm fall back into its natural position at his side. He was currently walking down one of the many streets in Magnolia, taking his time as he made his way towards the guild hall. This was odd for him, he almost always ran to the guild hall after having completed a job to get a new one as quickly as possible, but right now something was different. He was thinking about what had happened 2 days ago.
He was thinking about Wendy.
The blue haired girl had been on his mind ever since their encounter. Not always in the forefront of his mind, in fact most of the time she had been sitting in the background of his thoughts, ready to be called to the front at any time. What stuck most with him was her smile, a picture of it seemed to be imprinted into his mind. Not that he minded, in his opinion Wendy had a very nice smile, probably one of the nicest he'd ever seen. Yet he still couldn't think of a reason why he was thinking of the Cait shelter guild member so much.
Maybe the reason I'm thinking about her so much is because I've never had a friend who's close to the same age as me. Garion pondered. It was true, all his friends were roughly 3-4 years older than him, some even older. At times it made him wish there were more younger members of the guild for him to interact with, but he tended to keep those thoughts at the back of his mind. But there was something else, some other reason why he was thinking of the girl so much, something he couldn't put his finger on.
Garion was so engrossed in his thoughts that he hadn't noticed that whilst his legs were moving, his body wasn't. He blinked and looked up when he realised a hand was currently resting on his head, keeping him in place. He blinked again when he saw who it was.
"Gajeel?" He asked, frowning as he made eye contact with the Iron dragon slayer who was wearing a neutral expression.
"Watch where you're going squirt. if I hadn't stopped you you would have walked straight into that wall." Gajeel said in a flat yet slightly edgy tone, tilting his head back slightly. Garion blinked at him before looking straight ahead. True to the dragon slayer's words, a wall was about 6 feet in front of him. Garion blinked again before his eyes widened in realisation and he reached up to scratch the back of his head.
"Sorry... wasn't looking where I was going..." Gajeel raised an eyebrow slightly at the young boy. "But thanks for stopping me Gajeel! You're a good friend!" Garion exclaimed, directing a cheerful grin towards the iron dragon slayer.
"I'm not your damned friend kid! I just stopped you from walking into a wall, that's all!" Gajeel yelled, a tick mark appearing on his forehead.
Garion tilted his head to the side, despite Gajeel's hand still being on his head, and frowned. "But you helped me, and friends help each other don't they?" He asked.
"Listen kid I can help whoever I want whenever I want, but it doesn't immediately make them my friend!" Gajeel yelled, another tick mark appearing on his forehead. "And I just stopped you from walking into a wall cause I felt like it, not cause you're my friend or anything!" And with that, the iron dragon slayer turned around and stormed off, growling to himself.
Garion watched him go, a blank look on his face. He smiled as the dragon slayer rounded a corner and disappeared from sight. The dual element wizard started walking again, this time keeping his wits about him. He looked up at the clear blue sky, his smile widening upon seeing how nice it was. For some reason the image of Wendy that was in his head jumped to the front of his mind. He continued making his way through the streets of Magnolia, the young blue haired girl still in his mind.
When Garion arrived at the guild hall, he stopped in the doorway and tilted his head and frowned at the group of wizards standing in front of a large diagram floating in the air. He could tell that whatever was going on was something serious, so without saying a word he started walking towards the group. He noticed Natsu and Happy cheerfully chomping away at food at a nearby table.
"So Eisenwald was actually just a kind of sub guild that worked under this Oracion Seis?" Gray asked, frowning slightly as he did so. Garion stopped next to Juvia, the water wizard turning her head to see who'd just walked up next to her. She smiled when she saw Garion and he returned the gesture.
"I've seen a lot of these names before..." Wakaba said.
"I think some of 'em even used to be legit." Macao added.
Garion tilted his head as he studied the diagram. Out of all the wizards in Fairy Tail, he most likely had the least experience and knowledge when it came to dark guilds, as he'd never interacted or fought with anyone from one before. He looked at Juvia. "What's that?" He asked, pointing at the diagram of the dark guilds.
"It's a diagram showing the names of various dark guilds and who in the Barem Alliance they work under." Juvia explained. Garion just gave her a baffled look in return. "The Barem Alliance are the three strongest dark guilds Garion. Oracion Seis, Tartaros and Grimoire Heart." Mira explained quickly, saving Juvia from having to explain it.
"Oh." Garion said, now looking at the diagram again, now with a bit more of a new perspective. A cold feeling formed in the pit of his stomach when he saw how many dark guilds there were. Why are there so many? He wondered. Why can't people just join normal guilds?
"Most of the guild's that Gajeel and I destroyed when the two of us were members of Phantom Lord were under Oracion Seis, except for Fairy Tail of course but were all great friends now right?" Juvia exclaimed cheerfully. "Yeah!" Garion said with a grin. "I wouldn't remind them of that, if I were you." Gray said.
"Creepy... hey you guys... do you think they'll take it out on us...?" Lucy asked, clutching her elbows and shaking slightly.
"Ah relax! Don't worry your pretty little head about them. From what I hear they've only got six members in the guild anyway." Wakaba declared, trying to calm Lucy down. "Yeah they sound like small potatoes if you ask me." Macao added.
Garion blinked before tilting his head and frowning at Macao. Small potatoes? What does that mean? Garion thought.
"Don't underestimate them. Those six wizards make up one of the most powerful guilds out there." Mira said seriously, getting everyone's attention.
"Speaking of the Oracion Seis..." A voice said from behind the group. Everyone turned around and were surprised to see Makarov standing in front of the door. "... word has come down. We must destroy them." Makarov said gravely.
"What!?" Nearly everyone said at once, staring at Makarov with expressions ranging from shock to disbelief to confusion.
"Welcome back master!" Mira said in an extremely cheerful voice, extremely contrasting the serious atmosphere inside the building. Everyone, save Garion, Mira and Makarov fell over. Garion too smiled at the guild master. "Good to see you master!" He added in his own cheerful voice.
"I hope you had a good time at the conference." Mira said. "I'm sure." Lucy said, placing a hand on the barmaid's shoulder.
"But master... what do you mean by that?" Erza asked.
"Oracion Seis's recent activity was the focus of much discussion at the conference." Makarov said seriously. "They pose an urgent threat that can no longer be ignored. Therefore they must be dealt with immediately!" Makarov furrowed his brow. "We must take them down before they can harm any of our fellow guilds we are sworn to protect!"
"And we gotta do all the heavy lifting right?" Gray asked sarcastically. "Typical..."
"Fairy tail will be taking them on by ourselves?" Juvia incredulously asked.
"We wouldn't..." Garion muttered.
"This enemy is far more powerful than any other we have faced before. To fight them alone would be too dangerous, our attack would surely incur the wrath of the entire Barem Alliance in no time. Which is why..." Makarov swept his arm out to the side. "...Fairy Tail will join a coalition of magical guilds!"
"A coalition!?" Everyone asked.
"What's a coalition?" Garion asked. Everyone immediately sweat dropped at Garion's question. "It's a team Garion." Mira said. "A team of guilds."
"Oh, okay. Thanks Mira!" Garion said cheerfully, prompting a few harder sweat drops.
"Anyway back to the point... Fairy Tail... Blue Pegasus... Lamia Scale... and Cait Shelter... These four guilds will select members to represent them in the allied force. Together we will work to bring down the enemy!" Makarov declared. Cait Shelter? That's Wendy's guild! I wonder who they'll send...
"But we can handle it ourselves gramps!" Natsu said, jumping to his feet. "In fact, I could probably do it alone." the fire dragon slayer declared.
An armour encased hand to the face showed the disagreement of a certain red haired wizard. "Don't be a fool! The master is wise to consider the long term consequences." Erza said, reprimanding Natsu. Salamander straightened his head before he glared at Erza.
"Whoa... just hold on a second you guys... we're only talking about six people aren't we? I mean are they seriously all that scary?" Lucy asked fearfully.
"They're the Oracion Seis, a member of the Barem Alliance. They are among the strongest dark wizards in Fiore, and we do not know what tricks they may have up their sleeves, so we are taking every precaution and measure we can to ensure that we stop them." Makarov said. "That doesn't make me feel any better!" Lucy pointed out, now looking even more terrified.
"Do not fear Lucy, we will be able to deal with them." Erza said, trying her best to reassure Lucy. "And what are you so worried about? You don't even know if you're gonna be part of the team picked by Gramps." Gray pointed out. Lucy blinked and relaxed somewhat. "Yeah I guess..." She said. "Still doesn't make me feel all that much better about it."
"Who do you think master's gonna pick?" Garion asked, looking at Juvia. "Oh he'll certainly pick my darling Gray! Maybe he'll pick us both and together we can stop the Oracion Seis! Oh it sounds so romantic~!" Gray's number one fan and president of his unofficial fan club declared lovingly, hearts in her eyes. "No way!" Gray yelled, his voice filled with terror. "If she's going then I ain't!"
"Gajeel and Juvia will be taking on another mission." Makarov said before he closed his eyes "I have decided on who the representatives of our guild will be." he said seriously. "Team Natsu will represent Fairy Tail in the allied force-"
"Ah yeah! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu roared, slamming a flame coated fist into his palm, a massive grin on his face. "Wait wait wait you mean I'm going!?" Lucy demanded fearfully. "Hmph... Very well then." Erza said. "Guess I don't have a choice..." Gray said, cracking his neck and losing his shirt.
Makarov narrowed his eyes. "I wasn't done." He said simply, drawing everyone's attention. "As I was saying, Team Natsu will represent us in the allied force..." His eyes scanned across the wizards currently assembled before coming to rest on Garion.
"... and so will Garion." he finished.
The blue eyed boy blinked several times and stared at the Fairy Tail guild master for several moments with a blank expression.
Then it hit him.
"M-M-M-M-Me?!" Garion demanded incredulously, his whole body tensing up and his eyes as wide as plates. A few of the assembled wizards gave Makarov stunned looks and many eyebrows were raised. "B-B-But I... I... I... I'm n-n-not..."
"Listen to me Garion." Makarov said, his voice soft and kind, yet a hint of firmness was present. "I know what you are going to say, but I wouldn't tell you to go unless I believed that you have the strength that is required for this mission. It will be dangerous, but I'm confident you can do it. You have the strength required." He looked at the members of Team Natsu. "Same goes for you four, I have complete faith in you and your abilities. Now..." The guild master turned and pointed towards the door. "... the dark guilds won't wait for you! Get out there and show them what Fairy Tail wizards can do!"
"Yeah!" Natsu and Happy declared simultaneously before charging towards the door. Erza smiled.
"Very well then. We shall see you later Master." The S-Class wizard said before making her way to the door.
"About time. Lets do this" Gray said, now only in his underwear, which was causing Juvia to be on the verge of passing out. He too began making his way to the door.
"This is a really bad idea..." Lucy whined, but followed the rest of her team. Garion was still rooted in place, a nervous feeling having taken control of his stomach. Makarov sighed before walking over to the boy and resting a hand on his shoulder. "Listen to me Garion, I believe you can do it. Whilst it is not a moment I like to remember, you did defeat Laxus, not a feat many can claim to have achieved. Remember what I told you before you went to fight him?"
"T-The guild is behind me?" Garion asked.
Makarov nodded, tightening his grip on the boys shoulder. "It always has been and always will be. Besides you have Team Natsu with you, so there's nothing to worry about!" The old man said cheerfully. His attempt to cheer Garion up worked and a smile spread across the boys face.
"O-Okay! I-I'll do my best master!" He said, trying to sound cheerful. Makarov grinned. "That's what I want to hear! Good luck my boy!" The guild master said. Garion nodded and took off towards the door, the nervous feeling in his stomach having been alleviated somewhat. As he got to the door he stopped and turned around. "We'll be back before you know it!" He declared before continuing on through the door. Once he was out of sight Makarov sighed.
"Something wrong master?" Cana asked. Makarov looked at the card wizard for a moment before he smiled. "No, it's just how humble that boy is never ceases to amaze me. He was the one who defeated Laxus, and yet he insists it is all thanks to Natsu and Gajeel, and that Laxus used up so much of his magic power before their fight." The guild master sighed again. "The world needs more people like Garion."
"Yeah... it sure does..." Cana said. "You sure sending him was a good idea?"
"Yes I'm sure. I am confident he can handle anything the Oracion Seis can throw at him." Makarov said. "He's growing up, and he needs experience with fighting dark guilds."
Juvia took a step forward. "Master, are you sure sending him against a guild like the Oracion Seis when he has no experience is a wise move?" She asked, causing Makarov to turn around.
"Oh stop your yammering, Garion's a real man and he can handle anything those dark guild punks can throw at him!" Elfman declared confidently. Makarov glanced at him before looking at Juvia.
"I didn't send him alone. He has Team Natsu there to help, and those brats have proven they can handle anything that's thrown at them. Besides..." Makarov bowed his head. "... I've just got a feeling Garion needs to be there, but I'm not sure why..." He glanced back at the open doorway.
"Please be careful my boy."
"I know I've said this before, but I've got a really bad feeling about this mission... And why am I here!?" Lucy demanded, her hands on her cheeks. "I'm not all that strong! It's not like I'm gonna be able to help you guys anyway!"
Team Natsu and Garion were in a wagon, Happy was driving. Currently they were on their way to the rendezvous point, one of the mansions of guild master Bob of Blue Pegasus.
"Looks this ain't no picnic for me either, so quit pouting would ya?" Gray asked. Lucy promptly started pouting and looked away with a "Hmph." Happy turned his head to look at the wizards in the back of the wagon and copied Lucy. Natsu, as usual, was looking ready to empty the contents of his stomach all over the floor. Erza was next to him, looking concerned and next to her was Garion, who was sitting with his legs crossed, back against the side of the wagon and head bowed.
"We're here for one reason, because master put his faith in us so lets not disappoint him." Erza declared, slamming her fist into her palm. Garion glanced at her before looking back down at the floor.
"But why me?" Garion asked. "I mean... couldn't master have sent Juvia and Gajeel instead?"
"Master had another mission planned for Gajeel and Juvia, didn't you hear him?" Happy asked, his voice muffled by the fish he was eating.
"Yeah but... why me?" Garion asked again.
"Because master has faith in you Garion." Erza said, turning to look at the boy. "And he's never wrong about it either. If he believes you can do it, then you must make sure you do not disappoint him. Do you understand?"
Garion looked at the S-Class wizard. After a few moments a smile spread across the boys face. "Yes I do. Thanks Erza, I'll do my best and do the master proud!" He said cheerfully. Erza smiled and nodded. "Good to hear." She affirmed.
"Ugh... slowly dying... need to stop soon... before its too late..." Natsu moaned as he slide to the floor, his motion sickness seriously taking its toll. The wagon went over an especially hard bump, jolting the contents of the wagon. Natsu's face turned an extremely sick looking shade of green, and in a moment of quick thinking Erza smashed his face in with a steel gauntlet, rendering him unconscious before his stomach could empty itself out, his body slumping on the floor. "Now then where were we?" She asked nonchalantly, prompting Lucy to sweat drop.
"You know... it just seems like we're always picked for this stuff." Lucy pointed out, still feeling a little perturbed by Erza's incapacitation of Natsu.
Erza looked at her. "You should consider it an honour. And today will be our first joint operation involving the other allied guilds. It's important that we all focus our efforts on starting to building a positive relationship between our guilds." she said. Before any further conversation could take place Happy intervened.
"There it is!" He declared. "The rendezvous spot!"
True to his words, a large mansion loomed out from between the trees. The wagon stopped by the door. Natsu had to be dragged out and woken up, but he nearly vomited anyway, despite being on solid ground.
The group reached the door and pushed it open. The inside of the room was dark, and there wasn't a sign of anyone in the room. "Great... another creepy old mansion..." Lucy commented.
"Its the second home of Blue Pegasus's master, Bob." Erza explained.
"Oh him." Gray said, his voice clearly showing he wanted more than nothing else than to see the Blue Pegasus guild master again. "He... makes me feel funny."
"Gray be nice... Master Bob may be a little eccentric but he does deserve our utmost respect." Erza said, the look on her face showing she wasn't quite sure of her own words.
"Yeah... eccentric..." Lucy said.
Garion wasn't paying attention to the conversation between the members of Team Natsu and was instead looking at the staircase.
"Why are you hiding?" Garion asked in a voice of genuine curiosity. Erza, Lucy and Gray looked at him. "What do you mean?" Erza asked. Garion turned his head around to look at Erza and raised his arm to point at the stair case.
"There's 3 people standing behind the staircase. Oh and a fourth one behind the door at the top of the staircase. He's strong, but his magic feels... weird." Garion said plainly.
Lucy glanced at Erza with a confused expression. "Garion can sense magical power extremely well, and at quite a fair distance too." The red head explained.
Suddenly the lights dimmed and a spotlight was projected from the ceiling onto the area at the bottom of the stairs. After some 'singing', 3 figures appeared.
"We are..." The middle figure said.
"...The Blue Pegasus..." The left one added.
"...Elite crew." The one on the right finished.
"The Trimens." They said in unison.
"Hundred knights Hibiki" Hibiki declared.
"Holy knight Eve" Eve said.
"Still knight Ren." Ren introduced.
All of them striking poses as they did so, obviously.
Garion blinked and cocked his head to the side as he looked at the three. As Lucy started fan-girling Garion kept on staring at them.
"Why are they acting like that?" He blurted out. Erza looked at Garion. "That's... just the way they are Garion. Don't worry about it." She said, not noticing Gray having a... freak out about being under dressed. "And they are not on the list." Lucy muttered, watching Gray freak out and Natsu press his face against a pillar.
Moments later Erza was surrounded by the Trimen and much to Garion's confusion escorted to a couch with a giant heart on the back. He looked around. Where did that come from? Does his magic let him make furniture? He wondered. His confusion mounted when Eve pushed a table in front of the couch. Ren then escorted Lucy to a couch, the presence of which confused Garion even more.
"Um... er... what's going on?" Garion asked. "Aren't we... supposed to be having a meeting...?"
Garion's question went unnoticed as the Trimen tried harder and harder to flirt with Erza and Lucy. He watched the Trimen for a few more moments before sighing.
"Calm down men. Give these ladies... some breathing room." A smooth voice said. Garion looked at the stair case and blinked when he saw Ichiya standing at the top of the stairs..
"That voice... its silky smooth!" Lucy said, trembling slightly.
"Yes Ichiya sir!" Ren said.
"Him? Oh dear..." Erza said, sweat forming on her brow.
"It's been far too long miss Scarlet..." The dwarf said as he adjusted his suit and hair.
"Y-Yes a long time!" Erza said, and Garion's eyes widened when he saw her trembling. I-I-Is Erza scared!? He thought, feeling extremely alarmed. "I never expected to see you here!"
"Oh how I've missed you my sweet honey!" Ichiya declared. For some reason Garion had the compulsion to look away. He obeyed and not only looked away but walked across the room to where Gray and Natsu were. The short man slid down the railing of the staircase, stopping at the bottom. He then yelled at his men to clean up the furniture they had brought out. He then turned his attention to the group.
"It seems that destiny has brought us together..." He pointed at Erza with two fingers. "Miss Erza..." He then pointed at Lucy. "Miss Lucy..." He then pointed at Gray, Natsu and Garion. "You three not so much." Gray's expression turned shocked and he just looked at Ichiya. Garion was looking at the doorway, his magical sense telling him that some powerful wizards were on their way. There was another one, very faint but getting stronger... and oddly familiar...
"Listen up you Blue Pegasus playboy wannabes! You'd be wise to keep your hands off these ladies, we clear?" Gray said, giving the 4 men a hard glare. "Clear as crystal, now take your leave."
Gray looked positively ready to smash something into a thousand pieces. Garion spun around and looked at them, confusion on his face. "Thanks for dropping by." Hibiki said. "Thanks for dropping by." Ren and Eve parroted.
"B-But we... we came here as part of the coalatian!" Garion said.
"Coalition." Gray said, correcting him. "And Garion's damn right, we came here on some serious business ya know, can you pretty boys even fight?" Gray demanded, narrowing his eyes.
"You wanna find out?" Ren threatened. "Yeah we're real tough pal." Eve added.
"FIGHT!? WELL COUNT ME IN!" Natsu declared, suddenly making a full recovery
"Everybody needs to calm down eeeeK!" Erza tensed up as Ichiya started 'sniffing' her.
"You're parfum, it still drives me crazy! Ahhha!" Ichiya said.
A moment later he was sent flying courtesy of a certain ticked off S-Class wizard. "You stay far away from me!" She demanded. The small man went flying towards the door before being stopped and having his head frozen.
"You dare greet us with this flying buffoon?" The man demanded. "Lamia scale deserves more respect. We insist on it." Lyon said, looking at the assembled wizards.
"It's you!" Gray said.
"It's you..." Lyon repeated, both wizards staring at each other in disbelief.
"Hey so you went and joined a guild after all?" Natsu said in an extremely cheerful voice. Garion looked between Gray and Lyon and frowned. Lyon glanced at his hand before throwing Ichiya across the room, the short man complaining as he collided with the floor.
"What is wrong with you!?" Gray demanded, spinning around to face Lyon.
"He was the one who attacked me Gray." Lyon shot back. Garion was starting to get worried. "Um guys... we don't need to fig-"
"Watch it, that's our leader you're messing with, pal." Ren said threateningly.
"How dare you?" Eve demanded.
"You and your men should just turn around and go home!" Hibiki ordered. Garion was looking between Lyon and the group extremely quickly.
"Guys we don't need to-" He started again but was interrupted again.
"I suppose that means women can stay and fight?" A voice asked. The carpet then suddenly tried to attack Lucy, confusing Garion. "Wait a minute... Sherry?" Lucy asked, spinning around to look at the door. Sure enough, the pink haired women was standing there. "No way! You joined the guild too?!"
"Hehehe... I was hoping you Fairy's hadn't forgotten who I am. But please, do try to forget who I was okay?" Sherry said somewhat sweetly.
"Still crazy..." Lucy muttered. Garion looked at her. "Who is she?" He asked. "It's a long story Garion, I'll explain later." The celestial wizard replied.
"I have been born anew, by the power of love!" Sherry declared.
"More! I must breath in more of your Parfum!" Ichiya declared
"NO, stay back!" Erza said, equipping a spear.
"Let's go Lyon!" Gray said, a determined look on his face. "My pleasure." Lyon replied.
"I'm ready to par-"
"COULD EVERY PLEASE STOP FIGHTING!"
As one, everyone froze and looked at Garion, who was panting slightly from shouting at the top of his lunges. "We came here to fight the Oracion Seis! Not to fight each other! How can we expect to defeat them if we can't even work together!?" He demanded.
"I agree." A voice boomed from the doorway. "The boy speaks wisely, this is not the time for petty squabbles." Everyone turned to see Jura standing tall and proud in the doorway.
"That's Jura?" Erza asked. Garion's eyes widened when he sensed Jura's magical power. H-He's so powerful! I-Is he their guild master?
"So that's really him..." Ren muttered. "Lamia Scale's top man, Iron rock Jura."
"Who?" Garion and Natsu asked at the same time.
"That guy is one of the ten wizard saints!" Happy explained. "Yeah... which means he's kind of a big deal." Lucy added in.
"So five from Fairy Tail and four from Blue Pegasus? Ha! Funny our guild only needed to send 3 members!" Sherry said. "Aw man, why do they always forget about me?" Happy asked, faux tears running down his face.
"It seems we have representatives from three guilds. The members from Cait Shelter have yet to arrive." Jura said.
"Yes, and about that guild..." Ichiya said from his position at the end of one of Erza's spears "... I hear their only sending one."
"Just one member?" Erza asked. The group looked at Ichiya in disbelief for a few moments. Suddenly Garion spun around and looked out the door. No way... is that...
"That's insane! We're supposed to be going up against a powerful group here!" Gray said in an incredulous tone.
"One? If that's true, how crazy intense is this guy gonna be?" Lucy asked. At that moment, the delegation from Cait Shelter ran through the door and Garion's eyes widened as far as they could. Moments later, the person in question tripped and landed face first on the floor, letting out a panicked yell as they did so. Everyone's attention shifted to the blue haired girl now lying on the floor.
"Ow..." The girl said, forcing herself off the floor. She quickly dusted herself off and when she raised her head to look at the group, her brown eyes met Garion's blue eyes. She froze, her eyes widening. For several moments, neither of them said anything. Then they both broke the silence in unison.
"Garion!?"
"Wendy?!"
And that's chapter 5! Thank you very much for reading and I hope you are having a good day, wherever you are or whatever you are doing. Please leave a review telling me what you thought, and please point out any mistakes I may have made with characterisation or whatever. Oh and I hope you all enjoyed that little scene with Garion and Gajeel, and just enjoyed the chapter in general.
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