"This is gonna suck," Gajeel muttered, rolling his shoulders. Juvia shrugged, her messy blue hair thrown in a high ponytail.

"We've done worse. Remember Vixen Claw?" She asked. Both Dragon Slayers shuddered at the memory of the guild they took down with the rest of Element 4.

It'd been a day since they sent Monmo to warn the Fairies- luckily Jose didn't really care, he'd always hated the cat. It was night, and the guild was luckily empty.

"We're just wrecking the building, right?" Juvia asked, flexing her fingers. Gajeel nodded, both their stomachs churning. They were stood on a nearby rooftop, watching as the last person, a white haired woman, left the guild.

"Let's break some shit," Gajeel muttered and the two took off.

"Huh," Juvia tilted her head to the side, studying the now destroyed building. "Did we go overboard, Gajeel?"

The older man shrugged. "We did, but this is barely anything to the Black Steel Knight and the Queen of the Tides,"

"Juvia hates those names," She rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest as she broke back into her old habit. It used to be something she did often, when she was very young, but now it only happened when she was feeling intense emotion.

"C'mon, Rainwoman," Gajeel jerked his head and the two jumped from rooftop to rooftop, set on returning to their own guild.

Suddenly, Juvia stopped, almost falling off the roof. The bluenette's eyes snapped every which way, trying to match the scent to a place or a person or- something.

"-don't you stay with Mirajane- she's in your pack or something, right? Or room with one of the other girls from Fairy Hills?" A boy with orange hair asked the petite woman.

She shrugged. "I was, but Mira's with her brother. Besides, we've been friends since childhood. And it's my pride, Jet. We're dragons- not wolves,"

"Oh my gods," Juvia whispered, a hand slamming over her mouth. "It's my sister, it's her, oh gods- oh gods," Gajeel looked her in the eyes, his stomach churning.

"We have to," Gajeel said softly, feeling something in his lower abdomen pull him towards the petite bluenette.

Levy snapped her head up to the rooftop, heart pounding.

"Levy?" Belletokia asked. The woman turned, just in time to see two figures drop from the rooftops.

"I'm sorry," The woman choked, tears in her eyes. The man simply got to work, refusing to meet anyone's eyes.

"Princess Juvia! Gajeel!" Monmo exclaimed, about to fly forward when a rod of iron stopped him.

"Juvi?" Levy whispered. The younger woman squeezed her eyes shut, refusing to look at Levy.

"Water Slicer!"

"How did the mission go?" Jose asked when they returned. Gajeel gave him a wicked grin while Juvia remained stone-faced.

"The building's barely standing- simply a warning," He choked on the next words, but covered it expertly. "We decided to leave them a little present,"

"Drip-drip, drop," Juvia said, emotionless, "They stand no chance. Drip-drip, drop,"

"Don't' go any closer," Natsu growled, quickly moving to keep Sting and Rogue away from the tree. They were still very young, but if they got close enough to see it then they would smell it.

"Natsu?" Sting asked, confused. Rogue peered around Natsu's shoulder when he saw Makarov let out an intense wave of magic power. Frosch's gasp was muffled by Lector's paw over its mouth, the two Exceeds keeping their partners in the dark.

When Team Natsu had returned from the Galuna Island incident, Mirajane had immediately caught them up on everything that had happened- and only Lucy and Happy were able to stop Natsu from storming Phantom Lord then and there to save his brother.

Sting and Rogue had just arrived back from a mission with Laxus, who had left them at the previous stop to join a Raijinshuu mission, and Natsu knew he had to keep them in the dark about Gajeel- and Levy's sister.

"Sting, Rogue," Mirajane knelt before the two, both immediately snapping to attention. "I need you two, Lector, and Frosch to go to the East Forest and ask for Porlyusica's help. Can you do that for me?" She asked.

"What happened?" Rogue asked softly, just as confused as his brother. Mirajane looked at the two of them.

"Fairy Tail's preparing for battle. Quickly now, go!" She ushered them away, before pulling Frosch and Lector down to speak to them. "Keep them away from the battle, at all costs," She said softly before the quartet ran off.

"Mira?" Natsu asked softly. The white haired woman ran a hand through his hair affectionately and the younger boy nodded, expression grim.

Gajeel was sitting up in the rafters when the doors (and wall) blew up. The Iron Dragon Slayer had already heard them from miles away, so he wasn't surprised to see Fairy Tail bust down the doors for revenge. He knew the guild had a- less intense- pack bond similar to the Dragon Slayers, and Makarov would want to avenge his children.

He swallowed thickly, thinking about what he and- no, what he had done. He said they had to, he caused the worst of the injuries, he crucified them, he painted the Phantom Lord symbol on her abdomen.

Her…

Something about her just drew him in. It was intoxicating, but she was so- so- Indescribable. Unimaginable.

And when he smelt his brothers on her- his younger brothers, and his oldest one it just-

It was like home.

The nineteen year old smirked as he watched his younger brother fight. The kid had really grown, his fighting was better than when he'd last seen him. Then again, the last time their whole family had been together was seven years ago.

He winced when he saw their master crash through the floor. Aria had always been a pain in the ass- guy gave Gajeel the creeps. All the Element 4 did- especially Juvia, her body was made out of fucking water. How the hell does that even work?

He shook his head, deciding to focus on what Aria was saying.

Mistake. The supposed strongest of the Element 4 was going on about how sad it was, what happened to the Fairy Tail guild master.

"Rainwoman get the job done?" He grunted, raising his voice to catch Natsu's attention. Gajeel internally smirked when the emerald-eyed teen glanced up at them.

"Yes. The girl known as Lucy Heartfilia is being held at our headquarters," Aria answered, in his normally booming voice. Gajeel grinned when he saw Natsu's eyes narrow into slits- the girl was probably his mate and the idiot hadn't even noticed.

"Gihi," He said in reply as Aria vanished them away from the- now destroyed- building.