A/N: This is probably one of the hardest chapter to write. I keep on searching for their canon spells to keep this chapter going. And the fights aren't even finish. Ugh! Anyway, thanks for the reviews. Constructive criticisms are always welcomed!

Chapter 4

"Juvia, can we talk?" Gray called, strolling into the full guild that evening. There wasn't any enthusiasm in his tone. To be honest, he wasn't really up to this at this moment. But Erza was right, he needed to make it clear with Juvia. If he can't reciprocate her feelings, it wasn't fair for her if he drag her too long. He already dragged her too much, and he's not going to continue being a jerk he was.

"Yes!" Juvia sprung from her seat, much to Gray's dismay at her apparent eagerness. "Oh, when are you departing for the mission, Gray-sama?"

Gray scratched his cheek. "Oh, yeah. Tomorrow. The briefing is done, and we're splitting into two groups-" Gray paused. Telling Juvia that he was teamed up with Lucy, Wendy and Carla probably won't be a great idea. She might get into another love-rival mode or something – which Gray could never comprehend in any way. Actually, Gray wasn't sure why he was teamed up with those three. It was a rare combination in their team. Lucy and Wendy usually go with Natsu, and he usually team up with Erza. But Gray wasn't going to go against Erza's order. She knows what she's doing, and Gray had his faith with her.

"Juvia," Mirajane approached the couple. "I'm sorry for disturbing your lovey dovey moment but-" Gray glared at that, groaning in annoyance. "I'm sorry, Master disapproved your mission."

Juvia's jovial face changed into a disappointment one. "What? Why?" It's not that she was going to oppose it though, but Master didn't usually act out of instinct. He always have reasons. And Juvia will follow with all her loyalty.

Gray faced the two, partly interested at the news. It was rare that the Master disapprove a mission unless Juvia was taking a mission above her level, which Gray didn't think was the case. Juvia is smart in a way, she knows exactly her limit and she never steps beyond it. She was a complete opposite of his own team. But that was probably one of the reason why she can survive being alone all this time.

"I'm sorry, but Master doesn't allow you to go anywhere for the time being," Mirajane looked apologetically towards Gray. "The reason is confidential. I can't tell you now."

Gray knew Mirajane was referring to him. It's confidential so he cannot know. And he won't pry too much if he wasn't needed, though he did feel curious about it. He bowed a bit before excusing himself. He can talk to Juvia later. Guild matters come first. Walking to another side of the guild, he joined Natsu, Lucy and Happy, getting into another brawl just after a few minutes of his arrival.

Unfortunately, Gray didn't get the chance to see Juvia after that. When he left that day, Juvia was led to Master's office. Gray wasn't sure why but he did notice the Master hold quite a few secrets with the ex-Phantom Lord's members, mostly Gajeel. He couldn't quite put his hands on it, but they were enemies – not that Gray mind, they are his nakama now but still it seems like Master trusted the ex-enemies too much. And later the next day, Juvia never appeared at the guild.

After a week long wait, his team set off for their mission. Enduring a few hours of Natsu's horrible motion sickness before arriving at the Oak Town, they settle in a hotel before planning to start tomorrow. They spent the day walking around separately, having their day before the big event.

The next morning, they departed to the said mountain before sun rise. Moving almost in stealth which proven hard enough with Natsu always trying to jump out, they separated into two teams as planned. Okay, maybe Erza, Natsu and Happy are a better team now seeing how difficult to control Natsu's desire to jump out recklessly. Seriously that slanty eyes bastard. Gray rolled his eyes, crouching to the south with Lucy, Wendy and Carla in tow.

Reaching the entrance, Lucy summoned Virgo to open a path for them to the underground, knowing there was two Black Urchins members guarding the door. It's not like they won't win them but Gray thought it's wise not to attract attention yet. Lucy and Wendy agreed.

As they made their way in, they carefully walked downstairs, heading further into the ground. Gray concluded this underground building looked a lot like a labyrinth. There are too many sideways that it's really easy for anyone to get lost. If it wasn't for the map Jellal gave them, they might won't make it. In fact, whenever they reached any place that looked awfully familiar, Gray thought the actually had been going in circles, coming back to the place they were before. But when they keep on arriving at a different places, Gray started to think that some places might just be designed in a very similar way to confuse enemies.

Erza, Natsu and Happy reached down to a level that Erza assumed at the level 25th below the ground. They had defeated a lot of Black Urchins guild members at that point, bodies lying unconsciously behind them. Erza looked around.

"Oi, Erza, are we there yet?" Natsu asked rather too loudly.

"It's weird," Erza said. "According to Jellal this was supposed to be the last floor. But I cannot see anything, let alone their leader." She took a few more steps ahead, looking around the room. "And why didn't we meet Gray, Lucy, Wendy and Carla yet?"

"Ah, Erza, look! Another door!" Natsu cheered, opening another door he found and dashed inside.

"Natsu, wait!" Erza ran after him. She noticed Natsu was leading her into yet another pathway which confused her. Was the 25th floor not the lowest floor? And where was Lucy, Wendy, Carla and Gray? Aren't their ways supposed to merge at the 25th floor?

Erza tried to remember the path she went with Natsu and Happy just in case anything happen. They reached yet another room when Natsu pushed another door to it. Stepping inside, they realized it was empty, more cave-like than the other rooms they went to. There are stones extending from the floor reaching the ceiling, acting almost like pillars. The rocky floor made it hard for them to move around. Natsu and Happy was happily exploring the ground, searching for more possible doors behind the rocks.

It was then that Erza noticed a lump of magical power speeding towards Natsu and Happy's direction. Her senses heightened and she dashed towards her nakama. "Natsu! Happy! Dodge!"

"Huh?" Natsu and Happy cluelessly turned towards Erza.

Thousand of fine needles suddenly shot out towards Natsu and Happy. They almost thought they didn't have time to dodge, trying to pull off a defense, but Erza had stepped in front of them, requipping to her Adamantine Armor as she shielded the massive attack. The needles dropped unceremoniously on the floor, Happy and Natsu were wide eyed while Erza put down her shield.

"Who's there? Get out!" Erza called.

A black haired man appeared from behind a stone pillar. A few more long fine needles stuck in between his fingers. Erza squinted at him. The guild mark of Black Urchins clearly embedded on his right arm. His black hair were messily disarrayed, reaching the base of his neck. His deep dark blue eyes were matching the dark blue outfit he was wearing. He's handsome. Erza give him that. But she isn't one to be infatuated with stuff like that.

"Who are you? The guild master?" she urged.

"I don't see the need for me to answer that," the man smirked, his fingers playing with the double edged needles. Erza wasn't sure what type of needles those were. "Especially to the intruders," he added.

Erza requipped into her Purgatory Armor as Natsu went to his fighting stance. "Then we'll just take you out."

Erza and Natsu started to dash towards him. Natsu's fist was burning with fire, ready for a massive attack. But just as they strike their attack, the black-haired guy disappeared, leaving them hitting into nothingness. It was merely seconds before they realized the guy was standing behind them, body glowing in golden scarlet.

"Thousand needles!" and as the name indicates, thousand needles came smashing towards them from the glowing body. Erza couldn't really pin point the source.

Erza would have dodge the attack, or slash the needles away, but they were too fast and too many. Erza and Natsu managed to jump out of the way but a few still managed to scratch them. They landed at the opposite direction. Erza glanced into Natsu's eyes. Both came to an understanding that being close to each other isn't really wise against this guy. He's fast. Perhaps even faster than Jet.

"Happy, are you okay?" Natsu asked, just in case.

"Aye!" Happy answered, flying to Natsu's side. He was quite far from Natsu and Erza to be hit by the needles. "Natsu, you're injured!" Happy pointed to the four needles penetrating Natsu's right shin.

"It's nothing," Natsu dismissed his friend. "Just a few at a non fatal site, nothing I cannot manage."

Natsu noticed Erza had requipped into her Flight Armor. If this guy wanted a speed match, she can give him one.

"Gray, stop!" Lucy cried out, effectively putting Gray's run into a sudden halt.

"What?" he turned to the girls.

"We've been here before. Don't you think we've been going in circles?" Lucy was panting quite hard, a little too exhausted with their adventure. Wendy wasn't any different either.

Gray looked around. True, he did feel like they had arrived at this place for almost six times already. But the room before was completely different, and the enemies were everywhere. Gray rubbed his chin, trying to figure out what the hell had happened.

"I think we're lost," Carla landed on her feet, also scanning the areas around her.

"Could it be that this room has more than two doors that lead us to the different rooms we were at?" Gray thought loudly.

"From the looks of it, I don't think so. We clearly only saw two doors, one from where we came in, and another one where we walked out. But we seem to arrive at different room every time," Carla rolled her eyes in her bitchy mode.

Gray pursed his lips, trying to make a sense out of their situation. If Phantom Lord was any indication, Gray learnt that a guild could be of any form. Their guild was probably the simplest guild ever. It could probably be that Black Urchins guild was coated with magic itself that made the doors seem invisible. That was a possibility.

In that case, magic can be nullified with magic. Gray clasped his right fist on his left palm, successfully created a blue magic circle. "Ice make: Lance!" he shot a few ice lances out, attacking every corner of the room's wall. It crushed against it, cracking the walls hard.

"Gray?" Lucy gasped in shock. "What are you doing?"

Retrieving his magic, Gray looked around. The walls were intact, but a few stones crumbling down, no signs on magic enveloping it. "I was thinking we were trapped in a magical illusion that unable us to see the other doors. But it seems that I was wrong."

"Let's calm down. If I remember correctly, there are a few roads that Jellal did not connect well," Lucy said.

"He did say he got lost himself sometimes," Wendy agreed.

It was a bit hard to think that Jellal got lost. He is a smart, cunning and resourceful guy. He fooled the entire Magic Council for god damn sake! And right now he wasn't even alone. He has his nakama. Gray knew something is not right with this guild. He took a deep breath, ready to continue their journey. "Anyway, let's just find a way. If this guild isn't coated with magic, we ought to find a way down somehow."

Lucy, Wendy and Carla nodded in agreement as they started to follow Gray. But before they can step further, they saw a figure attaching upside down over the ceiling near the door, a woman with a long blonde hair tied in ponytail fallen by gravity. The side of her right cheek and her left hand armlet were carved with the Black Urchins insignia.

"Black Urchins," Gray growled, stepping backwards with his hand extended to the side as if trying to shield his friends. "Step back," he commanded to the girls.

"How long has she been there?" Lucy's surprise was quite obvious with how she shrieked.

"Who knows," Gray answered. "She doesn't seem to move either."

And she doesn't. The woman just stayed there for quite a long time, observing the Fairy Tail mages in front of her. Her blue eyes didn't even blink.

"Is she even a human?" Lucy was shaking a bit.

"Very intelligent," Gray rolled his eyes.

"But she can be a human looking doll-like camera or something!" Lucy tried to reason.

"Feel the magic, Lucy!" Gray exclaimed. The woman, though barely move, had emitted a large amount of magic energy from her being. As if her every pore were pouring magic with the intention to kill. She is not normal. "Besides, who on earth is stupid enough to make a camera looking like a human? It would be found out in no time!" he added, a little bit annoyed at the idea.

Lucy grabbed the keys that were hanging on her hips as Wendy stood in full alert, they knew they are up to a fight any moment from now.

"Oi, you!" Gray called to the woman. "Are you coming down or what? Because you know, we don't have all day to entertain you."

Still. There was no sign of answer from her.

Gray was running out of patience. Yet again, he wasn't a patient man to begin with. "If you're not moving, then we're going," he started to walk towards the door.

But before he can reach it, there was a sudden crash in front of him, making him stopped as he looked up. The woman was right above him, hand holding on to something that was directed down to him. Gray registered the weapon that thrust into the ground right in front of his eyes. It was a spear. A spear magic user? Was it the same magic as Erza? Well she did have this steel covering her breasts as if it was an armor. But it was too exposed to be one. Then again, Erza's armor are mostly exposed too.

"Finally up for some fight?" Gray smirked as he looked up.

The woman's eyes met his. They were lifeless. Gray wasn't even sure if there was any emotion in them. Her lips were sealed in a thin line. Her right hand holding onto her spear firmly, chucking it out of the ground as she landed in front of Gray. Gray reflexively jumped back, giving himself some space between them. It's the law of battle. Never get too close to the enemy unarmed. Except he was never physically armed like this woman anyway, but that's not the point.

"Your name is?" Gray asked out of a manner. If he was going to defeat someone, he better off brag about who he defeated.

The woman looked back at him still emotionless, right hand propping her spear by her side. "Anna the Sigma. And you?"

"So you can talk after all," Gray laughed. "Gray Fullbuster of Fairy Tail. Remember that name as the one who brought you down."

A/N: The name Anna is actually stolen from Anastasia the Glacier, LOL. And her looks is basically alike because she's hot. Just kidding! XD I want her to be as cold as Anastasia the Glacier even though ice isn't her power, except she isn't flirtatious like the original Anastasia. I took out the Glacier and put another name because Glacier symbolizes ice and I don't want her to have similar abilities as Gray. And the guy Erza and Natsu met is actually based of Saizo Kirigakure's look. Of course, like Anna, with different powers. I just want to have their hot looks LOL.

And don't worry, Grayza, Jellal and Juvia will come together soon. Oh anyway, about Jella and Gray's relationship like Raikiri80 said, I actually picture them in two different dimension. They can be sworn enemies, and they can also be the best of friends. I don't know, their personality fits both. Gray is the Sanguine Phlegmatic type of guy, Jellal is a Phlegmatic Melancholy type. These type of personalities just fit for both friends and enemies, depending on circumstances. And for some odd reasons, I like both versions. LOL.
Thank again for all those reviews. They meant a lot. Again, constructive criticisms are always welcomed! :)