Here's the next chapter, guys! I hope you all enjoy!

On the Bladed Foxes' airship, Blaise was walking through the corridors as she made her way to the main deck. Several grunts had appeared to apprehend her.

"Is this all they've got?" Blaise muttered to herself as she took up a fighting stance with her rapier. "Phoenix Gust!"

With a thrust of her rapier, a gust of fiery winds erupted from the tip of the blade and burned all of the grunts that were in her way. After they all fell to the ground, she continued to make her way to the command deck.

"I just hope the others are doing all right." Blaise said to herself.

Back on the ground in front of the guild hall, while the other Phoenix Dawn wizards were keeping the grunts at bay, Azusa was busy fighting against Obsidian Duke. In terms of swordplay, both of them were equally matched.

"Hm, I'm surprised even with your petite stature that you're able to swing that sword around in that armor with very little effort." Obsidian said. "Could it be the work of magic rings?"

Azusa didn't respond to his comment at all.

"No matter." He said as he plunged his large sword straight into the ground. "Igneous Crush!"

A river of black rocks rolled along the ground and headed toward Azusa with tremendous force.

"Earth Guard!" Azusa shouted as a brown magic shield appeared in front of her.

The black rocks hit the barrier and bounced right off of it.

"Fire Sword!" Azusa's greatsword became surrounded in flames and she swung it, sending the flames directly toward Obsidian.

Obsidian simply held up his sword and it had absorbed all of the flames.

"How did you do that?" Azusa asked.

"The blade of my sword is made out of a rock known as obsidian, an igneous rock." Obsidian stated. "Igneous rocks are formed by the cooling of magma and lava. Make it the blade of a magic sword and it can absorb any fire based attack."

"Rrgh, Dispel Augment!" Azusa said as the flames around her sword disappeared.

"Igneous Flame!" Obsidian swung his large blade and a gust of fire came out heading right for Azusa.

"Dispel Guard!" Azusa shouted as she rolled away from the attack and her Earth Guard vanished.

"Hmm…" Obsidian muttered to himself.

The flame struck the side of the guild hall and Azusa quickly turned around.

"Water Sword!" Azusa's blade became surrounded in water.

She plunged her greatsword into the ground and a geyser appeared where the fire was. The water from the geyser had put out the flames and it seemed like the guild hall was only slightly charred in one spot.

"Whew…" Azusa sighed with relief.

Suddenly, Obsidian was behind Azusa and he swung his large sword right into her side. Though her armor didn't break, the force of the blow still caused her to cough up a little blood as she was sent flying a little above the ground for a few meters and she hit the ground hard.

"My sword…" Azusa said as she coughed.

Her greatsword was still embedded in the ground where Obsidian was as he picked it up.

"I have no use for this weapon." Obsidian said as he threw the greatsword onto the ground and raised his own sword up.

"No!" Azusa shouted. "Don't! Stop!"

"What are you getting so emotional for?" Obsidian asked before giving off a devilish smirk. "It's just a sword."

He thrust his sword down and broke the blade of Azusa's greatsword in two. She could feel the reality of what just happened start to sink in and tears started to fall down her face.

"Hic... Hic…" Azusa sniffed as she started to cry.

(Azusa's Flashback)

A few months ago in the town of Acalypha, Azusa was in her fairly nice home and was packing things as if she was going somewhere for a while.

"Are you sure you want to go join a guild?" A man's voice spoke up from behind Azusa.

She turned around to see a man with short violet hair walk up to her.

"Yes, Dad." Azusa answered. "I was told… if I go to Roseshade and join the guild there, then I can meet him."

"I'm only asking because your mother worries about you." He said. "I'm confident you'll make it as a wizard no problem. I mean, you may look like your mother, but deep down you're more like your old man." He said as he pointed his thumb toward himself.

Azusa smiled and giggled. "Yeah, I promise I'll be fine."

"I'm just relieved that with those rings you're able to wear that armor and carry my old sword without any problems."

"I promse I'll take good care of them."

(End Flashback)

Azusa started to clench her fists tighter and tighter.

Sakura and Hikari were running through the streets of the city. Thankfully, only a few buildings were slightly damaged and the streets were littered with the unconscious bodies of Bladed Foxes grunts.

"It seems like everyone's been evacuated!" Hikari said.

"Good, that means we won't have to hold back!" Sakura said.

"Can you at least TRY not to destroy anything?" Flora asked.

They continued running until they saw Jason and Aqua.

"Jason! Aqua!" Hikari called to them.

Jason and Aqua turned around to see the two girls running up to them.

"Thank goodness you're both okay." Hikari said.

"Ditto." Jason said. "Have the Bladed Foxes given you any trouble?"

"A little, but we took him down no problem." Sakura said.

"He said he was a member of the Hexagon Swords." Flora said.

"Good." Aqua said. "If me, Jason, Haru and you took out one of the Hexagon Swords, that means there are only two more of them left."

"Yeah, one other and the Guild Master himself." Jason nodded.

"All right, where do we find the Guild Master?" Sakura asked as she slammed her fists together, obviously eager to fight.

"Have you forgotten we just got done with a fight?" Flora questioned.

"I agree." Hikari sighed from exhaustion. "I used too much magic energy during that last fight."

"So did I." Aqua said.

"Then I guess I'm going to kick this guy's ass myself." Sakura said as she was about to run in the direction of the airship.

"Even if you get on that thing, a moving vehicle…" Jason pointed out.

"… Maybe Master Blaise is already working on it." Sakura said as she nervously rubbed the back of her head.

"I hope so." Jason said as he looked at the airship.

Azusa was still lying on the ground and she was clenching her fists so tightly that she was starting to create dents in the palm of her gauntlet.

"Why so dramatic over the loss of a weapon?" Obsidian asked. "Did it belong to someone important to you? … Excellent, the suffering will make your death more deliciously tragic."

Azusa got to her knees and slammed her fist into the ground. A massive amount of magic energy was emanating from her body and when she lifted up her face she was showing clear signs of sadness and rage.

"Ooh, looks like I struck a nerve breaking your sword." Obsidian said with a smirk. "Even with all that anger, you don't have a weapon to strike me down with."

A yellow magic circle appeared underneath Azusa.

"Lightning Armor!" Azusa shouted as her armor started to crackle with electricity.

"She's using her armor?!" Obsidian exclaimed.

Azusa charged at Obsidian, screaming at the top of her lungs. Obsidian tried to attack with his sword, but she was moving too fast with the armor's lightning augmentation and she crashed into him. He had received damage not only from the force of the attack, but he was also shocked by the lightning and he was sent hurdling into a group of Bladed Foxes grunts that Karina was trying to fend off.

"… Thanks!" Karina said as she gave Azusa a quick salute before returning to the fight.

Obsidian had gotten up and thrust his sword into the ground. "Igneous…"

A dark red magic circle appeared underneath Azusa.

"ERUPTION!"

An eruption of flames came out of the magic circle and shot straight into the air.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Obsidian laughed hysterically. "Burn in the fires of hell, you stupid little bitch!"

He noticed that the shadow of something was right over his head. He looked up and saw that it was Azusa who had avoided the attack using her enhanced speed with the lightning augmentation.

"Dispel!" Azusa said as the lightning around her armor vanished. "Earth Armor!"

Stones appeared around her armor and she landed on top of Obsidian, creating a large dust cloud that surrounded the entire area. Everyone else looked in their direction and waited for the dust to clear to see who the victor was. After a few seconds of waiting, they could finally see who the winner of the fight was.

"… No way…" Lionel said.

Obsidian lied on the ground unconscious and a somewhat bloody mess as Azusa stood up and panted heavily.

"She did it…" Eden said.

"Obsidian has been defeated?!" One of the remaining grunts shouted.

"No way!" Another grunt shouted. "He never loses!"

"Just how strong are these guys?!"

"Retreat!"

The grunts started to drop their weapons and run away from the guild hall.

"Aqua Vinculum!"

Dozens of streams of water had ensnared all of the grunts and they were all unable to move.

"What the hell is this?!" The grunts shouted.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!" A familiar voice spoke.

Everyone looked over to see that Aqua, who casted the spell, had arrived with Jason, Sakura and Hikari.

"Aqua!" Azusa exclaimed.

"It looks like you've taken care of things here." Jason said.

"Are the townspeople all okay?" Hikari asked.

"None of the Bladed Foxes seem to have gotten through." Static answered as he walked up to Azusa and placed his hand on her shoulder. "And Azusa here just took down a really strong one!"

"I guess that leaves only the Guild Master." Sakura said as she looked up toward the airship.

"Master Blaise is already on the ship to face him." Azusa said. "She should be facing off against the Guild Master as we speak."

"That's good to hear." Aqua said before she fell to her knees from exhaustion.

"Aqua, hold on!" Aura said as she rushed over to Aqua's side. "Let me heal you."

"Hey, have any of you guys seen Haru?" Heart asked.

"Aqua and I met up with her a little while ago." Jason answered. "She needs some time to be alone. I don't know what happened, but she'll tell us eventually." He then turned his attention to the airship. "This will all be over soon…"

Blaise had made her way to the command deck of the airship, where a fairly tall man with grey, spiky hair, a scar across his lip and wearing a red cape with a black shirt and brown pants was waiting for her.

"Your protégés have done well in taking out not only my grunts, but five of the Hexagon Swords." He said.

"I assume you're the last of them?" Blaise asked. "The Guild Master?"

"Indeed." He answered. "I am Klaus Lynx (Age 61), leader of the Bladed Foxes and the Hexagon Swords. And I see even though you've fought off my wizards, you've barely used any magic energy. Your reputation as a Wizard Saint precedes you, Blaise the Phoenix."

"I see you're well informed." Blaise said as she readied herself for battle.

"I've always wondered what it would be like to face off against a Wizard Saint." Klaus said as he cracked his knuckles. "This should be an interesting fight."

As the Phoenix Dawn mages on the ground were tending to the wounded and rounding up the enemy, something had caught Hikari's attention as she looked to the east.

"Hey, guys, what's that?" Hikari asked, pointing at something that was shining in the sky.

Everyone looked at the thing as it got closer to the city and eventually they could make it out as a chunk of ice.

"Is that… a chunk of ice?" Flora asked.

"… Ice…" Hikari muttered. "Could it be…"

Back on the airship, Blaise and Klaus were about to begin their fight.

*I don't know what kind of magic this guy uses.* Blaise thought. *After I see what he can do, I'll use one of my most powerful techniques to finish him quickly.*

CRAASH!

The chunk of ice had crashed into the airship's command deck and a large cloud of smoke had completely engulfed the deck. Blaise shielded her eyes for a moment and when the smoke cleared, she could see a familiar person standing in front of her.

"Spiral…"

Spiral was standing on the command deck and was staring Klaus down.

A/N: And THAT'S the chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it! Some of you thought I was going to have Blaise fight against the Guild Master, but nope, I was saving him for Spiral! I mean, you had to expect that! Do you ever see Makarov take out the main bad guy? … Aside from Phantom Lord? No, you see Natsu kick their asses! Anyway, stay tuned for next time!