After witnessing Orihime's magic, Lucy asked her to do something for her. Nagato had absolutely no movement in his left arm and it was all bandaged up. It pained Lucy to see her oldest son like that. Perhaps Orihime's magic could heal it.

"Are you sure about this?" Nagato said.

"The least I can do is try." Orihime said.

"You'll do fine, Orihime. We've seen what your magic can do." Ichigo said with her four new friends and Nagato's family gathered around to see this.

"Please, just try." Lucy begged. Nagato lifted his arm and placed it against the counter for Orihime to try and fix up. Orihime held out her arms and her hairpins lit up. The orange dome surrounded Nagato's arm and began to heal it.

"Wow! It feels like the warm sun." Nagato said as he could feel the warm and pleasurable feeling he felt against his arm. All of them waited around, but Nagato wasn't really feeling anything. "Um…my arm doesn't really feel that much different."

"Orihime, is there a problem?" Natsu asked. Orihime was trying, but nothing was working and she couldn't hold it out anymore.

"Orihime, what's the matter?" Rukia said.

"Nagato, how long has your arm been like this?" Orihime said.

"About three years." Nagato said. Orihime looked like she was disappointed with herself after hearing that and that's just how she was feeling.

"I'm sorry. I can't help you." Orihime said with a hint of sadness. "I don't know if it's because of my magic or if I'm just not strong enough, but I can't heal anything unless it's been a month or less."

"Oh, I see." Lucy said since she was disappointed her son couldn't have his arm back.

"I'm sorry." Orihime said.

"Don't be so hard on yourself." Nagato said as he stood up. "It's fine, really. I've gotten use to my arm being like this."

"At least you tried." Rukia said, but this wasn't making Orihime feel any better.

"So is her magic really something to be impressed by?" Renji asked since he never saw it for himself.

"It sure is, but it seems it has its limits like any other magic." Ichigo said. "No one knows what kind of magic it is. Orihime said that even she doesn't know."

"Even she doesn't know what kind of magic she has?" Chad said.

"That's certainly strange." Renji said. "Anyway, we better get ready. Uryu is coming back to the guild. He should be here at any moment."

"Yay." Ichigo faked cheer.

"Who is this Uryu?" Orihime said.

"Uryu is a member of Fairy Tail." Rukia said. "He's actually one of the handful of people in this guild that doesn't engage in the roughhousing that goes on around here. On top of that, he and Ichigo don't really get along that well."

"He just acts like he knows everything and I get the impression that he thinks he's superior to me." Ichigo said. All of them were talking about this guy, but they heard the guild doors open. They all looked and was met with Uryu. He had raven-colored hair and was dressed in all white clothes that looked a little fancy with a small cape hanging around his shoulders and gloves. He wore glasses and carried a bow over his right shoulder with his guild mark blue and right under the palm of his right hand that was mostly covered.

"Uryu, you're back!" Gray acknowledge.

"Yes. Where is Master Erza? I wish to speak with her." Uryu said.

"Sorry, but she isn't here. There's a guild master meeting happening out of town and she had to attend." Lucy said.

"I see." Uryu said. Uryu just left it at that and went over to Ichigo and his friends. "Ichigo, you seem to be doing well despite what you eat."

"Yeah. You seem to be doing well yourself." Ichigo said.

"So what made you come back? Did you already deal with those bandits from that job you took already?" Renji said.

"Yes and no. The reason I came back is because I need a little help with something." Uryu said.

"You of all people need help?" Ichigo said with him finding this amusing as he tried to hide his smile.

"You can mock me all you want at another time. Are you going to help me or not?" Uryu said.

"This sounds like too good of an opportunity to pass up. You can count me in." Ichigo said.

"Good. It might be best that the rest of you come as well." Uryu said to the others. "I'm dealing with a powerful foe that it's going to take more than just me and Ichigo to beat."

"You got it." Renji said and Chad nodded to the agreement as well.

"He's asking for my help? Does he not even see that I'm standing right here?" Orihime questioned.

"I'm sure it's nothing personal or anything, but it might be best if you come along." Rukia said. "You might not have been able to help Nagato's arm, but you can help us now."

"Alright." Orihime agreed. She didn't know what was going on, but she can't deny herself from wanting to help her friends. Ichigo and his friends got their stuff together and when they did, they headed for the station.

"Our train will be leaving in a couple minutes." Uryu said.

"Where are we heading?" Orihime asked.

"A place called Protea Town." Uryu said, but it was only then that he realized that Orihime was with them. "I'm sorry. Where are my manners? I haven't introduced myself. My name is Uryu Ishida." He said as he held out his hand and Orihime took it.

"I'm Orihime Inoue. I'm new to Fairy Tail."

"I hope it's alright if she comes. Her magic will be a big help to us." Rukia said.

"The more the merrier." Uryu said.

"Let's go. Let's get this show on the road." Ichigo called out as all of them hopped on the train and were preparing themselves for this enemy that Uryu needs help for them to defeat.

…..

Clover Town

The meeting of the guild masters took place in a small town known as Clover Town. Erza was already there and she was placing sweets on her plate since she had a ridiculous sweet tooth.

"Oh my, all of this looks scrumptious." Erza said as she took delight in them.

"I see you're still hold a strong craving for sweets." Erza was met with a tan and attractive woman with blonde hair. She wore jeans with heels and wore a white shirt with a few buttons undone and the sleeves rolled up and wore a black sleeveless blouse over it.

"Tier Harribel, it's great to see you again." This attractive young woman might seem like the master of a guild called Mermaid Heel, but is actually the master of the Blue Pegasus guild.

"I must say, it's great to see the both you lovely ladies." Both of them were met with a man that wore a straw hat with a flowery kimono over himself. He had brown hair in a ponytail with some facial hair and carried a piece of grain in his mouth.

"Shunsui Kyoraku." Erza stated. This gentleman is Shunsui Kyoraku and he is the master of a guild known as Cherry Sakura. The three of them were close acquaintances. The three sat down together and were catching up. "A shame that Lyon, Kagura, and Sting couldn't come and join us."

"Yes, but there is a matter that I would like to discuss." Tier said. "It's about the dark guilds. Some have been active lately."

"I've been hearing some news about this as well." Shunsui said. "In fact, I've heard that some dark guilds are actually allying themselves with one and another. That has happened in many years."

"Yes. Not since THEY were form." Erza said as was beginning to grow cautious.

…

The Train

Ichigo and this team that was recently formed was on the train and heading for Protea Town.

"Hey, Uryu, since we're helping you out on this job, do you think you can tell us what is going on?" Renji said.

"Renji's right. We need to know what's going on if we're going to help you." Ichigo said.

"Very well." Uryu said. "The job I was going to take originally involved handling some bandits, but it turns out they were actually working with a dark guild."

"A dark guild? What's that?" Orihime asked.

"Allow me to explain." Rukia volunteered. "There are actually two kinds of guilds. There's light and legal guilds. That's what Fairy Tail is. We take jobs to help people with our magic, as well as guilds like merchant or treasure hunting guilds, but there are rules and laws set by the Magic Council we must oblige by. However, dark guilds are different. They feel that they should use their magic however they want and don't follow them. That mostly consists of thugs and criminals."

"I never knew there were so many kinds of guilds." Orihime said.

"So what dark guild are we going against?" Chad asked.

"One called Black Talon." Uryu said. "Their motto is that "like the birds of prey, they will strike at their prey." Their strongest member is a man named Korodo. He uses Shadow Magic. That's why I wanted you to come, Ichigo. Since you devour shadows, defeating this enemy should be easy for you."

"So that's why you wanted me to come." Ichigo said as he felt a little shot down since that's the only reasons Uryu wanted him to come.

"So you really eat shadows?" Orihime asked.

"Don't you remember when we first met? I was able to eat someone's darkness magic." Ichigo said. Orhime thought back to Onibus and she remembered that's just what he did.

"Oh yeah." Orihime said.

"As long as I'm a shadowy area or any place dark, I can eat that stuff and get stronger since I'm a Night Spirit Slayer." Ichigo said. "Slayers like me can eat their own element except for what he produce."

"Yes and that will be our advantage over them." Uryu said. "If we can defeat this Korodo, it shouldn't be that hard to take down some low lives like the rest of the guild."

"So we defeat Korodo and this guild will go down. That will be done." Ichigo said as he was confident.

…

Black Talon

Black Talon was a small dark guild with its guildhall out in a dark and creepy part of the woods. It wasn't that far outside Protea Town. However, most of them were starting grow concern.

"I heard Fairy Tail is coming."

"That's the strongest guild in all of Fiore."

"Can we really stand up to something like them?"

"What are you all getting so worked up apart? Get your panties untwisted." The one who spoke was Korodo. He had long, straight black hair. He was dressed in all black with a shirt, pants, shoes, and a jacket that went straight down to his ankles. He also wore a silver cross necklace around his neck.

"Korodo?" All of them had their attention on him and wondered why he wasn't worried at all.

"The problem with legal guilds like Fairy Tail is that they follow those dumb rules that good for nothing council set up." Korodo said. "We do not follow rules. We do as we please."

"I don't know. Fairy Tail has a destructive reputation." Korodo looked down at the one who said it and actually struck the man with his own shadow.

"I'll show you those fairy insects are nothing compared to us." Korodo declared. "We'll rip off those wings and crush those fairies when they die with all those guild masters." The first and real enemy Ichigo and his friends will fight. Can they really take down an entire dark guild on their own?

….

Orihime: Ichigo, how come Chad hardly talks?

Ichigo: I don't know. Maybe he's a gentle giant.

Orihime: What about Renji? What's his story?

Ichigo: You mean other than the fact that he's hot headed? You'll just have to see for yourself what these two are capable of.

Ichigo: Next time: Lash and Fists

Orihime: I can't wait. I want to know more about everyone in Fairy Tail.