Last Time:

''What the hell are you? Why are you here? Who was that girl? Who is that you're fighting with, this Zeref guy? And finally, why did you kill the hollows?'' Renji asked a bit rudely.
''As I already said, we're mages, Abarai-san. Gray already said that we didn't know that they were hollows and as you saw we didn't know the illusion ma... demon.'' Neli corrected herself on that last word. They were asking about Zeref, so they'll eventually would know that there are demons.
''It's better if you hear our story first'' Makarov said.
This is going to be a long night.

''A long time ago, mages existed beside the shinigami to help them get a better understanding of the human world, as they lived their lives there…'' Makarov started telling the story, only to interrupted by Renji.

''Stop! We don't know anything about it! It's not in the records! You're lying'' he shouted.

''At least let him finish. Then you can shout all you want!''Laxus raised his voice a little. He didn't want to be here, but he had to if something happened to Makarov.

Renji didn't like Laxus raising his tone and they started to throw insults at each other. It almost went down to a fight, when Renji pulled out his zanpakuto. This is where Rouge and Toshiro stepped in to stop those two.

''If we're done, then let him continue'' Neli coldly stated and gestured for Makarov to continue.

''As I was saying earlier, the mages helped the shinigami get a better understanding of humans. It went like that for a few decades and then a war between the shinigami and the mages started. By it's end all of the mages were either dead or badly wounded. The ones who survived decided to hide themselves and bared hatred for the Shinigami, but not all. For example: my ancestors. As they suspected the shinigami deleted all records about us. The cause of this war that somebody killed a shinigami captain and portrayed it as a mage did'' Makarov explained.

''The mage who did it… Can you guess?'' Laxus added with a smirk, but he didn't really mean it.

''Laxus… It was Zeref, who killed the captain'' Makarov stated in a serious tone. The shinigami looked at him in shock. Well, who would blame them, since that person mentioned Zeref.

''Zeref's the only mage that is immortal. The others are just like humans. We die of old age and such'' Rouge said, making thing a bit clearer. But the mages were grim expressions. They didn't want to remember him.

''And that answers two of your questions, Abarai-kun. The next one is probably, why we're here. Since there is so little of mages in this world, I decided to bring them all together. It was a good idea, because some of the kids were orphans and some were ignored and abused by their parents because of their power. Sometimes, not only parents. Here they learn to make good use and control their power. Also, they find friends, comfort and most important a new family. They are from different countries as you can see, for example, me and my grandson Laxus are from Russia, Neli and Rouge here are from the States and so on'' Makarov said and the shinigami just nodded.

''Now about the girl… We don't know her ourselves. If she said that she has a message from Zeref then she might be working for him. Almost everyone, who works under Zeref, are demons, but there are a few exceptions. So we can't definitely say that the girl we saw was a Demon. We seen some and from the looks of it they don't use regular magic. They called it curses, I believe'' Rouge explained a little.

''Oi, Gramps. There is a question that has been bothering me too. How did you get the info, that those monsters were demons?'' Laxus asked out of nowhere and everybody turned to face him, then Makarov.

''Hm… If I remember correctly… Someone left a note on my desk once that the demons would appear near the academy. When I read it they did appear and I quickly took them out'' Makarov explained and scratched the back of his head. Everyone sweatdroped at the old man.

'Is he serious!?' was what everyone thought.

'That someone... Could it be Angel...' Neli thought grimly.

''Getting back on the topic. Is there anything else you want to know?'' Makarov asked, looking at the shinigami.

''Not at the moment. But if we need something then we'll ask you'' Toshiro stated.

''As you wish'' Makarov agreed, ''Could someone see that they get to where they're staying safe''

Makarov asked and turned around to the mages. Laxus was definitely out of the question. He was already gone, so the siblings had to see the shinigami's off.

~A little while later~ At Urahara's~

They all got back safe and without encountering any Hollows. The walk was quite awkward, but everyone had to bare with it. When they got back, they told the rest about what Makarov told them and Toshiro went to explain everything to the other captains.

''So that what he told us. We still don't know if this is true or not'' Toshiro explained talking to the other captains.

''This is quite interesting. I better be going now. I need to investigate this'' Kurotsushi said, smiling creepy, and left the room.

''If I remember correctly, then the previous captain-commander of the Gottei told me some strange rumors about humans having powers equal to a Shinigami but I didn't consider that important at that time. But now, if what he said is true, then we maybe have a problem. Toshiro-taichou, how many are there?'' said captain-commander Yamamoto.

''Makarov-san said, that he gathered all the mages he could find in his school, so that's how many there are'' Toshiro answered.

''I see. For now observe them and don't do anything rush. But if they threaten your safety, then be quick to act''

''Yes, captain-commander''

''You are dismissed for now'' and with that the transmission was over. Toshiro sighted and went to tell everything to his companions, who were listening to the conversation behind the door.

Once Toshiro opened the door, everyone went back to their seats and pretended like nothing happened.

''I know you listened to the whole conversation, so I'm not going to explain it'' Toshiro stated and the others nodded.

It was a peaceful evening but everything was going to change soon.

~At Zeref's Place~

''Soon, soon. The plan will be put to action and those Death Gods will be put to rest! And if those mages stand in my way, we will eliminate them as well. Right, Angelina?'' Zeref said and turned his head to look at the said mage.

''Of course, Zeref-sama'' Angel said and grinned.

'What am I doing?...' Angel thought as she witnessed the Demons emerging from the shadows of the Dark mages liar.

So after a year I finaly wrote a chapter... So here you are... See you in the next chapter!

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