SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 11 out, this is Chapter 12 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 12: Reborn Oración Seis Appears!

"Them!" Natsu glared.

"Oracion Seis!" Lucy gaped.

"Don't they seem really different?" Gray inquired.

"It looks like the members are different too." Erza agreed.

"Three in a row." Jackpot grinned, running his slots. "It really is Oracion Seis. No, the reborn Oracion Seis. I'm very glad to make your acquaintance."

"Reborn Oracion Seis?" Team Natsu echoed.

"That's right." Midnight confirmed. "Yes, indeed. We're the reborn Oracion Seis. Please remember me henceforth as Brain II."

"What are you talking about?" Natsu snapped. "'The Second'? You bastards jut come strolling in… what do you want?"

"I just have one wish." Brain II replied. "To carry out my father's will. To destroy everything that has a form."

"You're still talking about that nonsense?" Erza retorted.

"Legion, Fairy Tail…" Brain II continued. "Your mission is now over."

"What the devil is that?" Dan gaped as the 'Oracion Seis' markings glowed on the clock's surface.

"Dan, don't let them get it." Byro warned.

"Alright." Dan readied for battle. "Understood."

"You gotta be kidding." Natsu snapped. "That's our line."

"Stay out of the way!" Dan barked, as he and Byro charged at the enemy.

"The maggots are swamping." Brain II snorted.

"I'll knock that right back at you!" Dan raised his shield, Brain II releasing his Mercury Crystal- powered 'Dark Rando' attack.

"That shield didn't repel it?" Coco gaped, the attack going through.

"Back off!" Byro instructed. "To me, all forms of magic…" he was cut off when Brain II blasted him and Natsu with another 'Dark Rando'.

"What happened to his magic nullifying?" Gray was confused.

"What was that?" even Erza was puzzled.

"It refracted the range of Byro's magic and attacked simultaneously." Jackpot explained. "The power of the Mercury Crystal is truly marvelous! That's why he's called Brain-sama!"

"Carla, do you feel it?" Wendy asked.

"Yes, extraordinary, menacing magic power." The white Exceed agreed.

"Ownership of the 'Infinity Clock' is determined by the mage that carves his seal on it." Brain II added. "Therefore, just now," he teleported onto the clock. "This clock has become our property."

"What a pleasant sound." Angel gushed, the clock droning.

"Hey, suddenly coming out of nowhere and snatching it away is cowardly!" Lucy retorted.

"People of the darkness like us aren't even permitted to touch this clock." Angel shrugged. "So that's why we gathered you."

"We were used…" Lucy breathed. "Then why on earth…" she turned to Michelle. "Did my father…"

"Shut the hell up!" Natsu barked, letting loose a 'Fire Dragon Roar', which Erigor blocked with his wind.

"Wind…" Erigor droned. "Nothing is as gentle as that. It's a storm." His hood was blown back. "A storm is coming."

"You're…" Natsu recognized the wind mage.

"My name is Grim Reaper." Erigor added.

"Brain, how long are we going to waste time here?" Cobra was not amused.

"We have a grand aim, don't we?" Angel reminded.

"I know," Brain II replied. "But there's Fairy Tail. I can't forget the humiliation from seven years ago. Play with them a bit, Cobra, Racer." He powered the two up with the Mercury Crystal in his hand.

"They're coming!" Erza droned on her armour. "Engage!" she gave the order.

"Yeah!" both Natsu and Gray charged.

"What was that just now?" Happy gaped, Racer taking out the three elemental mages. "I couldn't see anything."

"It's like another person altogether." Mercury agreed, Gray and Erza skidded to a stop. "In both speed and power."

"What happened to his 'Slow Magic'?" Erza questioned.

"I don't think he's using it here." Gray remarked.

"Yo." Cobra appeared behind Wendy and Carla. "It's been a long time, shrine maiden of the sky and cat. There's something I want to ask you. What," he started, reading both females' minds. "You don't know the answer? Then begone!"

"I can't move…" Wendy winced.

"What is this overpowering feeling?" Carla wondered.

"Wait, Cobra!" Natsu roared. "Your opponent is me."

"As always, your voice is abrasive." Cobra snorted, blasting Natsu and everyone else off with his 'Sound Wall'.

"What was that?" Carla gaped, the group knocked onto the ground.

"The sound became an incredible wall of pressure." Ami winced, the shockwave knocking her out of her transformation.

"I can hear your despair," Cobra taunted. "Be destroyed by your own voice."

"Slow…" Racer tsked, taking out Elfman.

"A gale force wind from the fore," Erigor faced off against Erza and Gray. "Becomes a tornado." Blasting both mages off with his whirlwind.

"The difference in power between us is obvious." Angel taunted.

"Wasting time." Cobra agreed.

"Fairy Tail is weak." Erigor added.

"Let's get going." Brain II pressed.

"Return it…" Ami hissed, getting to her feet despite her injuries. "Give my Mercury Crystal back!"

"Oh, you mean this?" Brain II taunted, showing off the watery sphere. "You'll have to get it back yourself, that is, if you can. Angel, get rid of them."

"Understood." Angel smirked.

"You have no idea who you're dealing with." Ami growled, her magical aura flaring up as she flickered between his human self and her Queen form. "You have stolen what does not belong to you; a power you can never fathom, and yet, you deem yourself capable of using it. Return to me, Mercury Crystal." She whispered a command and the said gem flew towards its rightful mistress.

"Angel, what are you waiting for?" Brain II demanded. "Get rid of them!"

"The cost is 30…" Angel summoned her coins. "Maiden who walks with the Celestial Spirits, I was a child then. But now, as my name implies, I am an angel. You think your Spirits can stand up against an angel? I'll show you some beautiful Angel Magic. But before that, people will grovel before me, despair and sacrifice their own lives. Look at the power that comes from the light of my own name! I summon the angel that calls forth victory: Barakiel! Protect the seal and seal away this burial ground!"

"An angel you may be," Queen Isis summoned her Polaris Crystal. "But can you defeat a Goddess? Polaris Mercury Power!" she countered with her crystal's power.

"Men!" Natsu awoke to Ichiya hovering over him.

"Natsu, you regained consciousness"! Happy beamed.

"Where are we?" Natsu asked.

"Blue Pegasus." Happy supplied.

"Did you remember my parfum?" Ichiya posed.

"You saved me?" Natsu blinked. "Where's everyone?"

"Worry not." Ichiya assured. "They're all just sleeping. No one is seriously injured, so we're just letting them rest up a bit."

"Oh my!" Master Bob gushed. "Natsu is up, too?"

"Jeez, how long are you gonna sleep?" Gray deathpanned.

"You better give your thanks to them, too." Erza added.

"This is incredible, you know?" Lucy recalled. "Ichiya was the one who saved us from under all that wreckage."

"I see." Natsu noted. "Thanks."

"We're comrades who fought together." Ichiya replied. "I need no thanks."

"There are so many good men here." Master Bob beamed. "Such a waste for them to mix up with the women. I was looking after you, Gray." He flitted over to the ice mage.

"I'm grateful, Master Bob." Erza nodded.

"You lied down right next to him, right?" Happy popped up.

"Don't tell me that!" Gray went into meltdown mode.

"What happened to the Trimens?" Ami made her appearance, still in her Queen form.

"Hibiki and the others are in a different land for a different matter." Ichiya replied.

"Where's Lyon?" Gray thought to ask.

"Ichiya dropped him off at Lamia Scale." Erza supplied.

"And Legion?" Natsu asked.

"I didn't see anyone there but you folks." Ichiya replied.

"I see." Isis nodded, taking a seat beside Gray. "Though we could have done without the posing."

"Harsh." Gray joked, Ichiya taking a fatal stab to the heart, metaphorically of course. "So, when are you changing back?" he looked at the Queen.

"I have no idea." Isis admitted.

"I have also heard of Oracion Seis' resurrection." Ichiya composed himself. "You have my support."

"I know we can rely on you." Erza nodded.

"Huh, where's Michelle?" Lucy wondered.

"She said she was going out to get some fresh air a little while ago." Gray replied.

"I see…" Lucy breathed, re-reading the 'Key of the Starry Sky' once more. "We were wrong."

"What did you say?" Erza was puzzled.

"I understand." Lucy declared. "Now I understand. It meant we mustn't collect them. I'm telling you! We weren't supposed to collect them. That's what the message in this book meant. The pieces of the clock… we weren't supposed to collect them."

"So, that's what Angel was talking about." Ami realized, having reverted back. "They were waiting for us to collect them?"

"So it seems." Carla agreed. "That image was a warning."

"I tried to figure it out and got cocky…" Lucy sobbed. "I'm sorry."

"It sounds like the outcome was truly bitter." Ichiya noted, Ami wrapping Lucy in a comforting hug.

"Too bitter." Lucy wailed. "I just know that something bad is going to happen."

"Well, your father did beat about the bush." Natsu stated.

"Yeah, right?" Happy agreed. "He was roundabout what that anagram or whatever."

"At least it was too difficult for someone I know." Carla shrugged.

"All he had to do was tell us not to collect them." Gray piped in.

"There are some people who get a fever from thinking about something too much." Erza added.

"Maybe my magic powers up with that fever." Natsu quipped.

"Lucy's laughing." Happy joked, Lucy cracking a smile.

"Well, after all, you're all weird." Lucy replied.

"What would be the point of brooding?" Natsu shrugged.

"Are you all trying to cheer me up?" Lucy giggled.

"You really think that's likely?" Natsu looked away.

"At this rate, it'll probably rain tomorrow, too." Gray grinned.

"What's that?" Natsu went into 'eternal-rival' mode. "You looking for a fight?"

"See, you were trying to cheer her up." Gray glared.

"If you're going to fight, take it outside!" Master Bob roared. "But don't fight for my sake!" he hugged the two boys.

"It ain't for your sake!" Gray exclaimed, trying to get out of the Guild Master's embrace.

"Gray's going to need lots of TLC after this is over." Ami giggled.

"This is the Fairy Tail I know and love." Lucy sweatdropped.

"Everyone makes mistakes." Ichiya advised. "But then, you recover. Look at all your friends you have here who adore you. It would be difficult for anything to change that. If you keep that in mind, you should be able to get back on your feet any number of times."

"Right." Lucy nodded.

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