The final chapter of this story arc is up. Plenty more stories will be waiting for you. I finished my finals last week, so I'm off for about two weeks. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy! And please review.

Several guards were patrolling the halls, minding their own business, but then Kagura suddenly appeared before them and smacked both of them in their pressure points. The guards fell to the floor and Spiral and the others started to drag them away and take their uniforms. Jason and Kagura had put on the uniforms and hid the undressed guards in a nearby room.

"This should help us move through the area much more smoothly." Jason stated as he placed the face-covering helmet on. "The rest of you should pretend like you're still captured."

Kagura placed iron shackles on the other wizards and even Flora. "If we come across any other guards, we'll tell them we were ordered to escort you."

After everyone was ready to go, Jason and Kagura guided them through the various corridors. It seemed like no other guards were around until they came across the area that Flora escaped from.

"Hey, what are they doin' out?" One of the guards sitting at the table turned to them, clearly drunk.

"We were ordered to escort the younger prisoners to a new location." Jason answered. "Chancellor's orders."

The guards all looked at them for several seconds.

"… Eh, all right." The guards went back to their little card game.

After reclaiming their weapons and belongings, the group continued making their way through the prison until they came across an incredibly spacious and wide hallway with a large, red-painted and golden-rimmed door at the end of it.

"This must be the place." Jason said. "Athene must be inside."

Jason moved to open the door, but a pair of large, armored men fell down from the ceiling and Jason was knocked back by the shockwave of their entrance.

"You won't get away that easily! Right, Smog?" The man in green armor on the right boasted. He was very rotund and carried a large spear.

"Yes, Orin. You'll have to get through both of us before you can see the Chancellor!" The man in red armor on the left guffawed. He was just as fat as the other guy, but he carried a large hammer instead.

"We don't have a lot of time, so let's split into two groups of three and take them both on." Jason ordered. "Kagura, Sakura, you're with me. Spiral, Static, Aura, Karina, you take on the other guy."

Spiral, Static, Aura and Karina faced off against Orin while Jason, Kagura and Sakura faced off against Smog.

"Hammer of Gaia: Boulder Crash!" Smog shouted as he swung his hammer down on Jason, but he quickly got out of the way.

Kagura then used her Gravity Change magic on the hammer to keep Smog from picking it up.

"Forest Dragon Roar!" Sakura shot a massive breath attack at Smog.

"Hammer of Gaia: Spike!" An earth spike grew out from the end of the hammer that was touching the ground, causing it to be shot up into the air while Smog was still holding onto it. He then swung the hammer in front of Sakura's attack and deflected it toward the wall to his right.

"He broke my Gravity Change THAT easily?" Kagura said surprised, even though she didn't look like she was that surprised.

"This is going to be one hell of a fight." Jason gritted his teeth.

In the other fight, Orin thrust his spear forward and released a stream of water at Spiral.

"Spear of Pontus: Piercing River!"

Spiral charged right into the path of the water stream and used a magical shot of Sound Magic to match with the vibrations of the water to hold it back.

"Static, now!" Spiral shouted.

Static charged up electricity in the palms of his hands. "Lightning Spear!"

Static shot a spear of lightning at the stream of water which conducted the electricity. Orin stopped the water stream and backed off to prevent himself from being electrocuted. Just as Orin finished moving back, Karina appeared behind him with her Speed Talons activated.

"Claw Magic: Searing Raptor!" Karina shouted as her left hand was covered in red magic shaped like hooked claws.

Karina slashed Orin's back, leaving a massive red wound on his back from both the magic and the blood.

Aura held up her scythe and charged it with magic energy. "Flower Scythe: Dahlia Cross!" She swung her scythe and two sharp series of white flower petals came out from it.

The blades of petals struck Orin and actually pierced through his armor.

"Gah!" Orin groaned in pain.

"Hammer of Gaia: Sand Eruption!" Smog slammed his hammer into the ground and an eruption of sand occurred from underneath Jason, Kagura and Sakura.

However, Jason used his magic to absorb the sand into his Zephyr Magic.

"Zephyr Sandstorm!" Jason hurled the sandy whirlwind back at Smog and hit him with the barrage of wind and sand.

Smog fell to his knees, as well as Orin.

"Smog, I think it's time we finally use it." Orin said.

"I agree." Smog replied as the two got to their feet. "We've never fought an opponent strong enough to force us to use this."

The two tapped the tip of their weapons together.

"Unison Raid: Mud Wave!"

A tidal wave of mud formed in front of them and Sakura jumped in front of it.

"I've got this!" Sakura shouted as she raised her arms and surrounded them in cherry blossom petals. "Forest Dragon Wing Attack!"

With two long wings of cherry blossom petals, Sakura parted the wave in two and dissipated them.

"… Was that all you got?" Sakura smirked.

Both Orin and Smog were shocked that their attack was stopped so easily.

"Here's a real Unison Raid!" Spiral shouted as he and Static jumped into the air and joined their magic together.

"Thundering Storm!" Spiral and Static mixed their Sound and Lightning Magic and used it to blast Orin into unconsciousness.

"Orin!" Smog shouted.

"We're not done yet!" Jason shouted as Kagura charged at Smog with her sword. He complimented her with a blast of his Zephyr Magic, which surrounded her sword in wind.

"Zephyr Slashing Form!"

Kagura had slashed Smog multiple times without leaving a single cut on his body, but still caused him to fall to the ground unconscious alongside Orin.

"That takes care of them." Spiral said. "All that's left is Athene himself."

Static kicked the right part of the door open, but due to its size and weight it only moved a few inches, but Static quickly turned into a bolt of lightning and went inside the room. The others opened the door and followed him. When they managed to get in, they could see that Static was grasping the back of Athene's head and bashing his forehead against his desk.

"Confess!" Static demanded as he bashed Athene's head against the desk again.

This time, blood started to fall down Athene's face.

"Force them to drop all the charges on us and we'll let you live!" Static continued yelling at him.

"I'd rather die than let that secret get out!" Athene refused.

"That can be arranged!" Static said as he started bashing his head against the desk again.

"We need him alive in order to clear our names." Jason told Static before walking forward to the front of the desk. He looked to a magic microphone and smirked. "Spiral, could you do me a favor?"

"Huh?" Spiral reacted and looked at the microphone. "… Oh, I see…" He smirked as well. He then walked up to Athene and placed his index and middle finger of one hand on Athene's throat and placed the fingers on his other hand on his own throat.

The guards were all mobilizing after realizing that the captive wizards had escaped. However, a voice rang throughout the halls of the prison.

"This is Chancellor Athenes with an important announcement." Athene's voice spoke through a magic PA system. "I can't keep this secret hidden any longer. The Secret Thief Karina and the wizards captured with her are all innocent. The truth is that they are responsible for letting that secret get out and didn't want it revealed… until now."

Back in the Chancellor's room, Athenes was tied to his chair while Spiral was speaking into the magic microphone with Athenes's voice.

"Nearly 20 years ago, I conducted a series of inhumane experiments and countless people have lost their lives, both literally and figuratively." Spiral continued speaking in Athenes' voice. "All those years of guilt have finally gotten to me, and I wish to repent for my sins. I am waiting in my office for you all to arrest me. I promise not to resist."

Spiral turned off the magic PA system and placed his fingers on his throat again.

"That should take care of it." Spiral said in his normal voice.

"To be honest, I wasn't sure if you could sound like someone else, but I had to take a gamble and try it." Jason stated. "Glad it all worked out. We should probably get out of here before the guards get here. Even though we've cleared our names, it wouldn't matter if they found us with the 'former chancellor' tied up."

The wizards left through the window and escaped the area.

They had stopped at the train station, though Sakura wasn't happy about the idea of riding another train.

"Do we really have to ride that thing again?" Sakura whined. "I can't take moving vehicles!"

"I must admit." Kagura said to Jason. "You're a lot more cautious and resourceful than I thought when we first met… You actually kind of remind me of my older brother."

"Thanks for the complement." Jason replied.

*… I think she liiiikes him!* Flora thought.

"The next time we meet, it will be at the Grand Magic Games." Kagura smiled before turning around and leaving. "Those two can go do whatever they want. I'm not concerned about this job anymore."

Jason smiled at Kagura as she walked away and then turned to Static and Karina. "So, what are you two going to do now that you're free?"

Karina had to think about it for a few minutes before she could bring up an answer. "… Maybe we'll join a guild. I mean, constantly going out on missions and discovering more secrets? I'm starting to wonder why I didn't go into the wizarding business in the first place."

"Yeah, why didn't you?" Spiral muttered under his breath. "Anyway, what about you, Static?"

"Karina's the one that gave me my freedom back, so wherever she goes, I'll go." Static answered. "Though I really hope we'll join your guild so we can fight as much as I want." He said with a smirk at Spiral.

That last statement left Karina thinking.

As the Phoenix Dawn wizards boarded the train back to Roseshade, Karina started to walk toward the ticket booth.

"Come on, we better hurry if we're to make our train." Karina simply said to him.

After the train had arrived in Roseshade, the Phoenix Dawn wizards were headed back to the guild hall.

"How come it took so long for us to get back here?" Sakura asked. "That train ride took longer than it should have."

"Our stop was well over an hour ago." Flora pointed out. "We had to wait for you to stop blowing chunks all over the train tracks before we could leave."

"Huh?" Spiral noticed someone approaching them. "Master Blaise, what are you doing here?"

Blaise approached the wizards. "You haven't been the only ones on jobs in this guild. I had to obtain money in order to move our guild hall."

"Wait, you moved the guild hall?" Spiral asked. "How many jobs did you go on anyway?"

"She IS a Wizard Saint, so she must have access to higher paying jobs." Jason surmised. "And to complete them within such a small span of time is a credit to her strength."

"Follow me." Blaise said as she led them further into town.

She had led the younger wizards to a fairly big building. It wasn't the biggest building in town, in fact, it was somewhere in the middle in terms of size, and it wasn't the best looking building either, but it was sufficient to play host to an entire guild of wizards and not make a bad impression on potential guild mates. A sign with the guild's name and emblem emblazoned in red rose above the walkway leading to the guild's entrance.

"At least it looks better than our previous guild hall." Aura said.

"We also gained a few more members while you were away." Blaise added. "Two of them just joined an hour ago."

"We got off the train an hour ago." Jason said. "We must have missed them when we got off the-Wait a minute…"

"Hi, guys!" Karina waved to them, now wearing the Phoenix Dawn guild mark on her waist so the upper half of the mark could be seen while she had pants on and colored pink.

"KARINA!" Spiral, Sakura, Flora, Jason and Aura all yelled in surprise.

Karina and Static were the only other people in the guild hall at this time.

"We decided to join your guild." Karina said. "I mean, it's because of you that we're not being followed by knights anymore. Static and I owe you a lot for all you guys did."

"On top of that…" Static said, now bearing the Phoenix Dawn guild mark on his left forearm and colored black. "I can fight you anytime I want." Static got in front of Spiral with electricity charged in his hands.

"Can it wait until later? I'm tired." Spiral sighed from exhaustion.

"Yes! They have real showers now!" Aura exclaimed as she ran toward the guild hall's shower room.

Everyone else just stared at where Aura went.

"… That was weird." Spiral simply said.

A/N: Quiz Time! Can you guess where I got the name and weapon ideas for Orin and Smog? I'll give you a hint: They're a boss fight in a video game. If you answer right… you get a button! Anyway, this chapter ends the current story arc, but another one is on the horizon. Next chapter I'm going to introduce more OC characters I created for this fanfic. Stay tuned for next time!