Fairy Tail

It's been a week since Freed was kidnapped and Fairy Tail had halted everything. Everyone in the guild was focused on finding the missing mage and everyone did something to help. If someone messed with one of their own, they're an enemy of Fairy Tail. But if they'd been injured, it's war. And Freed going missing was no different, as soon as they find out who kidnapped him, they were going to strike. When Laxus returned with Evergreen and Bickslow both injured from the fight, right then and there is when it started. But while they were being treated, Makarov noticed there was someone else missing. He asked where Freed was and that's when Laxus dropped the bomb shell.

"Freed was kidnapped."

That one sentence was still fresh in everyone's mind. It played in everyone's head over and over as they tried to find Viper Bite, the guild that was responsible. Makarov had already declared war on Viper Bite and everyone was in agreement. Evergreen and Bickslow were more than ready to go to fight, wanting to heal as soon as possible. Guild members brought out all the maps Fairy Tail had in their library and were busy trying to find where Viper Bite could be. Erza was busy trying to contact Jellal to see if he had heard of a guild called Viper Bite. Everyone did something to help. All but one...

Laxus just stayed out of everyone's way. He sat at the bar with a pint of beer in front of him. He felt…so guilty. He couldn't do anything to save Freed. He couldn't move, he couldn't jump, he couldn't attack…nothing. And Freed was gone because of his motion sickness overpowering him.

"L-L-La...Laxus."

The last words Freed said before Nightshade put him under the sleep spell. That whole scene played in his head. Watching Freed fall to the ground, being kicked in his gut and being placed under a spell.

"Master does not have any use for you. He only wants Freed Justine and another mage. Enjoy your deep slumbers. You will be awaken once the Master is ready to see you."

"WHER-WHERE ARE YOU TAK-TAKING HIM!"

"To Viper Bite."

Frustrated, Laxus took a gulp of his drink. This whole week has just been pure hell for the Lighting Dragon Slayer. He couldn't do anything! Couldn't sleep, eat or even talk without something to remind him of the missing greenette.

"Are you just going to sit there and drown in booze or help us find him?" A voice asked. Laxus growled as took another sip of his drink. Makarov looked up to his Grandson, seeing the guilt and frustration in his eyes along with the lack of sleep. The master closed his eyes and took a sip of his own drink.

"Every bit of information we can get will help be one step closer to finding Viper Bite and rescuing him, Laxus. You understand that right?" Only Evergreen and Bickslow had given all the information they were able to give them and still, Laxus hadn't even given them one bit of a clue.

"You already know everything!" Laxus snapped. The Master sighed and put his drink down, turning to Laxus.

"But you were awake the whole time so there has to be something that will help us, Laxus."

"You fucking know everything already! He was kidnapped by someone named Nightshade and he's at a guild called Viper Bite. You know what he looks like and what those other fuckers look like! WHAT ELSE COULD THERE POSSIBLY BE THAT COULD HELP US TO FIND FREED?!" Laxus screamed, causing everyone to stop and look over to the dragon slayer who now stood up. Sparks came off the frustrated mage and his face was just filled with anger. Makarov just starred at the towering mage. He closed his eyes.

"There is still some information you can give us." The Master calmly said.

"WHAT ELSE COULD BE THERE!"

"Laxus calm down!" Erza shouted as he looked over to her. "Master is correct. There is some information that you can give us."

"OH! AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE?!"

"Their magic. Any spells they used, either you've heard it or not, that can help us." Erza said calmly as Laxus went from huffing with anger to a calm expression. The other members watched as he did and turn away from everyone.

"… I've never seen some of the spells Nightshade used." Laxus mumbled so only Makarov could hear. The Master gave a nod.

"What were the called?"

"They were all dark magic based I can tell you that. Wall of Darkness, Protection Dark Shield and…this one really did it. Knocked Freed out after one time. It was called Absorbed Power Release." Laxus explained as the others nodded, Mirajane writing them down.

"Hmm… Absorbed Power Released is what knocked Freed down, Laxus?" Mirajane asked as Laxus gave a nod.

"Yeah…it did." Laxus answered as Mirajane opened a book and began to search. "I've never heard of it."

"There are many spells that are still unknown. This is one of them." Makarov explained.

"It's not in the dark spell book…so it has to be new." Mirajane explained a few minutes later.

"That bastard said when he put that shield up, he said absorbed and that's how it happened." Laxus explained, making a fist as he remembers that part.

"So it absorbs whatever is being thrown at them, huh?" Makarov asked as Laxus gave a nod. "Hmm and you said Freed was knocked out by that?"

"He used Reflect and it was used against him. First time I've seen his own magic be used against him." Laxus said as he sighed.

"Laxus?" A voice came. Laxus didn't bother to turn around, not wanting to deal with anyone.

"What?"

"You…you left this." The voice answered. He looked over his shoulder and saw Lucy. He looked to see what was in her hands, seeing it was the handle of Freed's sword. He turned around and took it, looking at it. The only thing of Freed's that was left, what they left behind. Laxus turned back around and sighed.

"…thanks." He whispered only enough for her to hear and no one else. She gave a nod.

"You're welcome….we'll find him. Don't worry." Lucy said as she walked away to go help. Makarov looked at the handle, it was Freed's. He could recognize that sword handle from the Fairy Tail symbol on it.

"Freed is strong. He will be fine, Laxus." Makarov said as he took a sip. Laxus looked at his Grandfather.

"I know he is…but I can't but-"

"Oh? Is someone worried?"

"I'm concerned for his safety, old man." Laxus said as Makarov chuckled.

"I know you are, my boy." He said as he put his pint down and looked toward the door. "We all are." 'Freed, where ever you are…be safe. We're coming to bring you home where you belong.'

Laxus looked down at the handle and sighed. 'We better safe you idiot… Bickslow and Evergreen need their captain. I just hope you're safe.'

"Is there anything else you should let us know?" Makarov asked as he looked up from his pint. Laxus didn't say anything as he began to think. Was there anything else?

"Master does not have any use for you. He only wants Freed Justine and another mage."

"Wait…there is. They weren't just going after Freed. He said they were going after him and another mage." Laxus remembered. Makarov looked up with a conceded look on his face.

"Another mage? Did they say-"

"Huh? We have a request?" Mirajane asked as she was handed it. Makarov looked over, confused.

"I thought we said we weren't accepting requests anymore." Makarov said as he jumped down and walked over to the white-haired mage.

"It's a request for Laxus, Bickslow and Evergreen." Erza read as Makarov stopped in his tracks, looking very suspicious.

"Just Laxus, Bickslow and Evergreen?" He asked as the two mages nodded, Mirajane handing him the paper.

'HEY LAXUS! Help us out please! PS! Bring Evergreen and Bickslow too! Their help will be needed too! Reward: 750,000J'

"This sounds very suspicious." Makarov said as he finished reading it. Laxus took the request and read it.

"Laxus, I think it's best that you don't-"

"We're taking this." Laxus cut his Grandfather off.

"Laxus! Listen to me boy!" Makarov shouted as Laxus turned his head. "I have a bad feeling about this request and we need you here for when we find a location!"

"And I've got a feeling myself. Something's telling me we might get a clue. I'm going." Laxus said as he turned back around. "Oi! You two up for a job?"

"Huh?!" Evergreen asked as her and Bickslow looked up from their maps.

"Did you just ask us if we were up for a job?" Bickslow asked, sound very confused.

"A job? A job? A job?" The Babies repeated as Laxus gave a nod.

"Laxus, our captain is missing! We can't just start going on jobs a week after he vanished!" Evergreen protested. Bickslow nodding in agreement.

"Look, there's something suspicious about the request. It's asking for the three of us, not once mentioning Freed. I've got a feeling that we're going to get a clue while on this job." Laxus explained as the two looked up in shock. The two looked at each other and then back to Laxus, giving him a nod.

"Oi good. Now come on."

Sabertooth

The Sabertooth guild was in a much similar situation like Fairy Tail. It's been a week since Rufus was kidnapped and they too halted everything. Sting made sure the whole town knew they would stop taking request until their missing comrade had returned safe and sound. Everyone in the guild was just as focused as the Fairy Tail mages. Sting made it very clear as soon as he became Master, things were going to change. Unlike Jiemma who would not care what so ever if someone went missing or was hurt, Sting cared. When the doors busted open, nearly taking the doors off their hinges, and Orga shouted to the WHOLE GUILD…

"RUFUS' BEEN KIDNAPPED!"

Sting declared war right then and there. There was no way in hell he was going to allow someone to step all over Sabertooth like that. When the members managed to calm Orga down, the questions began and research started. Sting declared that they were going to war against Viper bite. Orga was more than ready to fight Viper Bite, he was ready for murder. Most of the Sabertooth members were spread out in three rooms: The library, the basement and the lobby. Some members searched for maps that could help them find Viper Bite, members also searched for any type of record about Viper Bite in the basement and those in the lobby either were working on the maps or reading the records that had been brought out.

Rogue and Yukino helped in the basement for the records, Minerva and Dobengal helped in the library while Sting and Orga helped in the lobby. Orga pinpointed where the kidnapping had happened and now they were guessing at this point on where Viper Bite could be.

"These are the last of the records." Rogue announced as him and Yukino brought out the last few boxes. Sting and Orga looking up and giving a nod.

"Any luck on a possible location?" Rogue asked as him and Yukino walked over.

"No, not even close." Sting sighed as he scratched the back of his head. Orga groaned in frustration and smashed his fist into the table, making a hole in the top. "OI! I just had that fixed last week!"

"I don't fucking care right now Sting! I'm more concerned about Rufus than some table! A table can be replaced but a human can't!" Orga growled, sparks starting to come off.

"Orga-sama, we know. We're doing everything we can to find him. Please calm down." Yukino said as Orga growled as the sparks stopped but his frustrated just grew and grew, rubbing his face. He's never felt his frustrated before in his life.

"Alright, here are the last of the maps for that location." Minerva said as she and Dobengal brought over the last of the maps and books.

"Okay good, anything will help." Sting said as Rogue and Yukino opened the books.

"Orga, is there any chance you happen to know what kind of spells this Thorn used?" Dobengal asked as Orga gave a nod as he turned back around.

"Yeah I do. Can't forget them." Orga groaned as he remembered the spells. Remembering hearing Rufus' screams.

"What are they? We can probably base that off by the spells and maybe be able to guess where the guild location could be." Dobengal asked.

"First off, them fuckers used Ani-Magic on me! Still pissed off about that!" Orga growled, still angry that the mages used Ani-Magic on him so he couldn't help Rufus. "But uh that Thorn guy used Dark Fire Ball, Protection Dark Shield, some spell that could find a weakness and oh this one REALLY pissed me off! Some spell called Absorbed Power Release."

"They sound to be dark magic based. Sounds like a dark guild." Rogue said as he closed his eyes.

"What's that Absorbed Power Release? I've never heard of it." Lector asked.

"I don't know but it was crazy as hell."

"Explain." Minerva curiously said.

"Every single thing Rufus hit him with, he absorbed it and used it against him." Orga explained.

"Like Rufus' Memory Magic?" Frosch asked as Orga shook his head.

"No, he said it wasn't." Orga said as he sighed.

"Orga-sama?" Yukino asked. It was VERY rare to see Orga like this. Seeing him frustrated was rare and so hopeless.

"… I can't get the sound of his screams out of my head. They won't go away." Orga groaned. "And I couldn't do anything because those fuckers took my strength, my magic, everything away so I couldn't help him. Why couldn't it had been me! Why him!"

"Oi Orga, Rufus is strong. Remember, when the former master was still in control, he only allowed the strong ones in and he did hand pick Rufus to take part in the Grand Magic Games. He'll be okay. Besides, if it had been you, image how worried he'd be about you." Sting said as Orga sighed. Sting was right. Rufus was strong and if it had been Orga that was in his place, Rufus would be worried sick. But Orga's just as worried as Rufus would be. The Lighting God Slayer grabbed the Memory Mage's hat and held it closes. The only thing left of Rufus after the battle. The others just looked at each other, really not knowing what to say about this situation. A guild member walked up with a piece of paper and handed it to Rogue. He took it and thanked the mange, thinking it was a record they missed. But as soon as he read it…

"Sting."

"Yo."

"Didn't you announce to the town that we weren't taking requests?" Rogue asked as Sting blinked and gave a nod.

"Uh yeah. Milady was with me when I made the announcement." Sting answered as Minerva gave a nod.

"He did. Why do you ask Rogue?" She asked as Rogue flipped the paper around, revealing a job request.

"We just received this." The Shadow Dragon Slayer said as Sting snatched the request out of his hand and read it.

'TWIN DRAGONS! Help us out please! PS! Bring Orga, Minerva and Yukino too! Their help will be needed too! Reward: 1,000,000J'

"What the hell is this?" Sting asked as Minerva took it and read it, the other three looking over her shoulder to read it. Right away, Minerva got a bad feeling.

"This sounds fishy."

"Did anyone notice they didn't mention Rufus-sama?" Yukino asked as Orga gave a nod. The Lighting God Slayer starred at the paper.

'Why do I have this feeling that if we go, we'll find a clue about where Rufus could be.' Orga thought as he clenched the hat tighter.

"What should we do, Sting-sama?" The Celestial Mage asked as Sting scratched the back of his head.

"Ehhh I think we shouldn't-"

"I'm taking it." Orga cute in as the others looked toward Orga who took the request.

"Orga, we aren't taking it. Rufus is missing and we need to focus on that." The Guild Master said as Orga look right in his eyes.

"If none of you are going to take it, then I will. I've got this strong feeling, and I mean STRONG feeling that if we go, we'll get a clue on where Rufus could be. And that would lead us to Viper Bite." Orga explained. "I'll do anything to bring him back."

"Do you really believe there might be a chance we'll get a clue?" Rogue asked as Orga gave a nod. "Well Sting…you're the guild master."

"If you really believe that, then we'll take it. But if we do, I'm kicking your ass." Sting said as he got up. Orga was already by the door.

"THEN HURRY UP! WE'RE LOSING TIME!"

"SLOW DOWN!" Minerva screamed back as they followed her.

"Dobengal, watch the guild and keep researching." Sting said as Dobengal gave a nod, bowing to Sting.

"We will continue to search, Sting. Good luck." Dobengal said as Sting gave a nod and went to catch up with the group.

A Few Hours Later…

After walking for what seemed like forever, they finally arrived to an open field that was surrounded by trees and flowers. Laxus, Evergreen and Bickslow walked out of the forest and looked around. The request had said Kkochgwa Baem was where the client was going to meet them. The three looked around, not seeing anyone.

"Guess he ain't here yet." Bickslow guessed as they kept looking around.

"Has anyone ever been here?" Evergreen asked as Laxus shook his head.

"I haven't. This is my first time hearing about this place." Laxus admitted as he looked at the request. 'Please meet me at Kkochgwa Baem to go over the job details. If I am not there, my two sons will be there to greet you both.'

"So does anyone have the slightest clue what the hell Kkcochgwa Bean mean?" Bickslow asked.

"First off, it's Kkochgwa Baem. And to answer your question, I think it's supposed to mean Flower and something else." Evergreen corrected him as seith mage laughed.

"Who cares. As soon as the client or these sons of his get here and the details, the sooner we'll find the clue to find Freed." Laxus said as the other two gave a nod. Pappa heard something that caught the doll's attention.

"What was that?"

"What was that? What was that?" The other four spirits asked as Bickslow turned around.

"What's up you five?" He asked the Babies as he heard the noise too. "Okay what's over here."

"Bickslow, don't wander off too far." Evergreen warned him as Bickslow waved her off as he walked over to the noise. Evergreen just shook her head. "Idiot."

"What do we have here?" Bickslow asked as he pushed the bushes aside and saw…a garden snake? "…a garden snake. Really?"

"Really! Really! Really!" The Babies repeated as Bickslow walked back to the other two when they heard voices.

"So what does Kkcochgwa Baem mean?" The voice asked. The three looked in the direction, there was more than three voices.

"Flower and Snake. It's supposed to be a field that has both flowers and snakes." A female voice came. The client was male and had two sons.

"Oi someone's coming!" Laxus growled as sparks came off as the other two got ready.

"Oi…someone's already there." Another voice came as they got closer and closer until…

"Sabertooth?!"

"Fairy Tail!?" The two groups starred at each other blinking. Very confused.

"What the hell are you doing here? We're here for a job!" Sting said as he held the request up. Evergreen held up their request.

"We are too."

"You too?" Yukino asked as the three nodded. Yukino took the request and walked up. "Was the request sent by someone named Jemma Land?" Evergreen looks and gives a nod.

"Yes. Does this mean he sent this to both of our guilds?" The brunette asked.

"It sounds like it." Minerva said. But then, right away, each group noticed something was off. Or…someone was missing. "Wait…isn't there usually another member with you three?"

"Yeah…there is." Laxus said with a sigh and then look at Orga. "Where's the blond?" The Lighting God Slayer didn't say a word for a few minutes but finally did.

"…he was kidnapped a week ago." Orga as the Fairy Tail mages.

"Wait…he was kidnapped too?!" Bickslow asked as the Sabertooth members blinked.

"Freed was also kidnapped a week ago too." Evergreen said as she looked down. "We've been looking for him for a week now."

"Wait a minute. Let me ask you this…was Rufus kidnapped by a guild that goes by the name Viper Bite?" Laxus asked as Orga gave a nod.

"Yeah! We were attacked by someone named Thorn. And…and did he say something about another mage?! What was his name?" Orga eagerly asked.

"Nightshade and yeah he did." Laxus answered as Orga's eyes widen.

"Wait a minute…" Rogue said as things started to become clear.

"Kidnapped a week ago by Viper Bite. Specifically asking for certain members…" Sting said as it clicked in his head. He took the request and stepped forward. "THIS IS A SET-"

Suddenly a glow appeared around the whole field with text appearing. Everyone jumped and Laxus and the other two gasped.

"What the hell are these?!" Rogue asked.

"Runes and not just any runes…" Laxus said as he walked up to them and got a closer look at them. "They're-"

Just then, a whole group of mages suddenly appeared, all warring black cloaks. Cloaks that Orga, Laxus, Evergreen and Bickslow recognized.

"This was a trap the whole time!" Sting growled as the figures only snickered.

"Viper Bite! Where are Rufus and Freed!" Orga barked as the figures said nothing. It was like that for a few minutes. Not moving an inch. Yukino noticed something on the walls of the runes.

"Rules: Until either side has been defeated it is forbidden to exit these runes. That is the rule." Yukino read the runes as the Fairy Tail mages eye's widen.

"THESE ARE FREED'S RUNES!" Bickslow shouted as Sabertooth's eyes widen. They heard a clap, catching everyone's attention. They turned around and saw the cloaked mages had stepped aside and saw two people walking up. Both warring a black outfits but as they got closer and closer…their figures became clearer and clearer.

"No…it can't be!" Laxus exclaimed in disbelief while Evergreen and Bickslow's mouths dropped open. Orga's eyes were widened from the shock, Yukino had covered her mouth, Lector, Minerva and Rogue's mouths dropped open, Frosch hid behind Rogue while Sting glared at the two figures who stopped in the front of the last of the figures.

"No I won't believe it!" Orga started. "RUFUS?! FREED?!"

Freed and Rufus just chuckled and smirked at their former comrades.

Kkochgwa Baem is Korean for Flower and Snake! I learned later while I was making sure this was correct that it's the title of a movie. *Thumbs up*