The next chapter is done, guys! This should conclude the Foxes' Assault Arc! I managed to get the latest volume of the Fairy Tail manga AND finally got Attack on Titan on DVD/Blu-Ray. I hope you all enjoy!

As Spiral stood in front of Blaise, she was left awestruck by Spiral's entrance.

"Spiral, what are you doing here?" Blaise asked.

"I was on my way back from my training with Mom." Spiral answered as he slightly turned his head toward her. "When I saw the town under attack from a distance, I came here as soon as I could."

"This ship is 10 stories high. How did you even get airborne?" Blaise asked.

"… Uuuuhh…" Spiral trailed off as he broke in a nervous sweat. "It's a really long, complicated… embarrassing story."

"Spiral, please head back to the others on the ground." Blaise requested. "I can handle things here."

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that." Spiral said. "I have spent entire month training and this is the perfect opportunity to show you just how far I've come."

"Spiral, he is the Guild Master of the Bladed Foxes." Blaise said. "For all we know, he could almost be as strong as I am."

"Master Blaise… just let me handle this."

Blaise looked at Spiral for several seconds before reaching a decision. "… Very well. But if at any point you are going to lose, I will have no choice but to intervene." She walked over to the corner of the command deck.

"Are you sure you don't need your master's help, boy?" Klaus asked. "You're charging into a fight you can't possibly hope to win."

*Blaise, I know you're worried about me, but you know I can handle myself.* Spiral thought. *I'll prove to you that all that time training paid off!*

(Spiral's Flashback)

It was the start of Spiral's training almost a month ago and he and Yukimaru were in her ice chamber in the mountains near the town of Northdell.

"Mom, before we start my training I should tell you something…" Spiral said. "That incident in Sophia, my Never-Melt Magic was responsible for the deaths of so many people, even though they were all dark wizards. I was overcome with so much grief that I vowed to never use that magic again… but I had to break that vow a couple weeks ago in order to save myself. Even after all that's happened recently, I'm still not sure I want to go through with this training."

"Spiral, when it comes to people like us, taking a life is always unsettling, but we must accept the reality that things like this will happen." Yukimaru said. "I am not telling you that you can kill as you please, but I AM telling you that you need to forgive yourself."

"… Can we start the training tomorrow?" Spiral asked. "I need some time to think."

"Take all the time you need."

(End Flashback)

*I've finally mustered the resolve to forgive myself for my actions that day.* Spiral continued thinking. *And today I'll make amends for what I've done by using my power to help the town and my friends!*

Spiral's eyes turned into an icy blue color and requipped his backhanded sword into his left hand while forming an ice sword in his right hand. He readied to charge toward Klaus and upon lifting his foot off the ground, he used his magic to push his body faster toward Klaus and was about to strike him with his backhanded sword. However, a sharp crescent blade came out of Klaus's arm and he used the blade to block Spiral's strike.

"I use Body Blade Magic." Klaus said with a smirk. "I can form blades anywhere on my body. Like so."

Klaus pointed the palm of his hand toward Spiral's face and a blade came out of it. Spiral flipped back a bit to avoid the blade and readied himself for a counterattack.

"Sonic Alto!" Spiral blasted a sonic scream at Klaus.

Klaus attempted to defend himself, but he was sent flying backward and crashed into the wall of the deck. He didn't seem to be hurt by either the attack or the crash.

"Is that all you got?" Klaus asked.

"I'm just getting started!" Spiral said before swinging his ice sword at the air. "Never-Melt Shuriken!"

Pieces of ice came out of the ice sword and turned into sharp shuriken that were spinning toward Klaus. Klaus formed another crescent blade on his other arm and two more on his shoulders and knees and he started to spin himself around in a circle. As he spun, he was moving toward Spiral and deflecting all the ice shuriken Spiral had sent his way.

"Blade Twister!" Klaus said as he hit Spiral head on.

Spiral was knocked back with several cuts all over his body, but he managed to regain his footing.

"Never-Melt Mallet!"

While Klaus was recovering from his last attack, Spiral had formed an ice mallet right above Klaus's head and slammed the head of the mallet on top of him. When Spiral released the mallet and it disappeared, he could see that Klaus was getting back up to his feet.

"It's time I start getting serious." Klaus said before raising his hands up and extended the blades coming out of his palms.

The blades were extended into the air high enough that they were piercing through the ceiling of the deck.

"Blade Guillotine!"

Klaus threw his arms down and his palm blades were cutting through the metal of the ship like it was butter. As the blades were about to land on Spiral, he held up his hands and a giant cloud of dust appeared just as the blades reached him.

"SPIRAL!" Blaise screamed.

As Blaise looked on at the cloud of smoke, she couldn't help but remember the first time she had met Spiral.

(Blaise's Flashback)

It was July 15, X790 and Blaise was heading back to the Lamia Scale guild after being named by the Magic Council as one of the Ten Wizard Saints. However, as she was almost in town she saw a boy lying face down on the ground unconscious and immediately ran to his side.

"Hey, are you okay?" Blaise asked as she lightly shook him.

She pressed her fingers on his neck to check his pulse.

"… Phew, he's still alive." She said. "I better take him to the guild with me for medical treatment."

Blaise picked up the boy and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, then walked their way toward the Lamia Scale guild hall.

At the Lamia Scale guild hall, everyone was waiting for Blaise's arrival with a party already set to celebrate her becoming a Wizard Saint.

"What is taking Blaise so long?!" Guild Master Ooba shouted as she started to spin one of the members of Lamia Scale.

"Sto-o-o-o-o-p spi-i-i-i-nning me!"

"Maybe she got held up by monsters." Yuka said.

"There's no way Blaise-sama would let herself get killed by monsters!" Chelia shouted.

"He wasn't suggesting that!" Toby furiously shouted.

"Blaise-dono is right outside!" Jura said. "Everyone get ready!"

Everyone turned quiet as they saw the doors to the guild hall open up.

"SURPRI-"

Everyone was cut off short by the sight of Blaise carrying the boy around her shoulders.

"Please, get this boy to the infirmary!" Blaise said. "He's incredibly weak right now!"

The boy was lying down on a bed in the Lamia Scale infirmary while Blaise was sitting in a chair next to the bed and Jura, Lyon, Sherry, Yuka, Toby and Chelia.

"Where did you find this boy?" Jura asked.

"I just found him on the outskirts of town." Blaise answered. "He was unconscious so I had to carry him here."

"… Nnn…" A groan was heard.

Everyone in the room turned their attention to the boy as he was beginning to wake up. When the boy was finally awake, it seemed like he was confused about where he was.

"Where… the heck am I?" He asked groggily as he sat up.

"Don't get up." Blaise said, trying to keep him lying down. "You're very weak and malnourished right now. Please, if you live around here we can let your parents know you're okay."

"I… don't have a home…" The boy answered. "And I don't know where my parents are…"

"Are you a wizard?" Blaise asked.

"Mm-hm…" The boy nodded.

"Then you've come to the right place." Lyon said. "If you want, you can join our guild."

"…" The boy didn't respond.

"What's your name?" Chelia asked.

"Spiral. Spiral Yuki." The boy replied.

"Spiral-dono, if you wish to join the guild just let us know." Jura said before proceeding to leave. "We should leave him be for now."

Everyone except for Blaise and Spiral left the room, leaving the two alone.

"You don't have to make a decision now." Blaise told Spiral.

"I don't want to join this guild." Spiral said.

"You could at least think about it a little more. Why do you not want to join?"

"… I'm not sure. I've been to many guilds, but for some reason something inside of me didn't want to join any of them."

"Did somebody rub you the wrong way?"

Spiral shook his head. "No, everyone seemed friendly. I can't really explain it."

"… Well…" Blaise then stood up. "I can't let you keep living without a guild to join."

"Huh?"

"From this day forward, the two of us are forming our own guild." Blaise said as she held out her hand to Spiral. "Those who join our guild will be reborn from the ashes they left behind to face the new day, the wizards… of Phoenix Dawn."

(End Flashback)

As the smoke started to clear, Blaise could see that Spiral had erected a wide ice shield right above his head that managed to block the blades.

"How the hell are you able to block that?!" Klaus screamed. "My blades can pierce through anything!"

"Never-Melt ice isn't like regular ice." Spiral said, sweating from exerting so much magic energy to maintain the ice shield. "The ice I produce with it is only as sturdy as my will!"

The blades suddenly broken apart and Spiral charged toward Klaus as he started to surround himself in ice.

"DIE, YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" Klaus yelled as he retracted his blades and started to shoot daggers from his fingertips.

As the ice formed around Spiral, the daggers bounced off the ice as Spiral continued charging at him.

*I don't have much magic energy left.* Spiral thought. *I need to finish this with one strike!* "Never-Melt…"

The ice around Spiral started to crystallize into a round shape and crashed into Klaus.

"COMET!"

Spiral and Klaus smashed all the way through the hull of the airship and the two were both outside. As Klaus fell to the ground and lose consciousness, Spiral was trying to hang onto the edge of the broken hull.

"Damn…" Spiral said. "I can't hold on much-"

Spiral lost his grip on the hull, but Blaise came in and grabbed him by his wrist.

"I got you!" Blaise said.

As Spiral sighed and smiled, he closed his eyes and relaxed his muscles.

*I'm so proud of you.* Blaise thought. *You've become so strong since we met.*

As the Rune Knights came by to arrest the Bladed Foxes' wizards and several of the Phoenix Dawn wizards were guiding the townspeople back to their homes, Spiral just lied on the ground sleeping while Sakura, Flora, Jason, Hikari, Aqua and Azusa were sitting around him.

"Guess that fight took a lot out of him." Flora said.

"He DID fight the master of a Dark Guild." Jason said. "He should have known it would've taken a lot out of him."

Aqua then turned to see that Azusa was holding the two pieces of her broken greatsword.

"Does that sword mean a lot to you?" Aqua asked.

Azusa looked up at her. "It's my father's. I promised I'd take care of it… but I let him down."

"I don't think so." Aqua said. "I'm sure that as long as you're safe, he doesn't care what happens to his sword. I mean, we can get that sword repaired, can't we? Let's stop at the blacksmith's tomorrow, okay?"

Azusa nodded. "Okay."

"… I wanted to fight the Guild Master." Sakura pouted.

"You're still on that?!" Flora questioned.

A/N: Done! It's almost 3 in the morning by the time I post this! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and stay tuned for the next chapter!