A village erupted in black flames that towered high into the sky. In the center, Zancrow let out a psychotic laughter that rang through the sound of the burning flames, mentally scarring those who managed to survive the surprise assault. "HAHAHAHA! THIS IS GREAT! I MISSED THIS!"
"HEY, YOU! STOP!" A group of Councilmen ran towards Zancrow, all holding staffs with a verity of magics, excluding fire, of course.
"Ah, the Council! It's been too long, hasn't it!" Zancrow grinned, holding one arm out as black flames surrounded it; within seconds, a large, black scythe formed in Zancrow's hands, causing the Councilmen to take a few steps back at the deadly weapon. "Yes, that's right! Fear the being before you! The Flame God Slayer! I'll enjoy burning you to ashes!" And with that, Zancrow gripped his scythe with both hands, and swung it vertically at the Councilmen, knocking away and severely burning nearly the entire troop. Zancrow grinned at the screams of the Councilmen as they flew back; but he grinned even more at the trail of destruction he left behind him. "AHAHAHA!"
"That's enough!" Second Captain Oden shouted, a dark glare painted over his expression as he looked towards Zancrow. "This has gone on long enough, Zancrow of Grimore Heart! Turn yourself in quietly, otherwise I'm going to have to use force, and considering the type of mage you are, you won't like that."
"Oh, is that so?" Zancrow said with a smirk, allowing his scythe to vanish. "You obviously know nothing about the Flames of a god!" Zancrow then swiped his hand, releasing black flames that traveled forward, covering Odin like a cloud.
"You clearly don't know anything about oxygen manipulation…" Odin said with a smirk, starting to inhale the oxygen around him. However, the flames around him did not extinguish; instead, they remained burning, causing Odin to let out a cough. "What!?"
"Like I told you!" Zancrow said with a large, toothy smirk. "The Flames of a God are not to be underestimated!" Zancrow let out a quick laugh before he clapped his hands down, unleashing mouth shaped attack of black flames at the covered Odin, striking him directly. When Odin fell, his body was covered in severe burn marks. "HIYAHAHAHA!" Zancrow laughed once more, the same, psychotic laughed that had its talent for scarring anyone who managed to survive the Flame God Slayer's wrath.
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"Flame God Slayer?" Diana looked on at Zancrow's destruction with obvious interest. "I thought he died seven years ago…"
"It appears he's been brought back to life…" Blake said. "But by whom, is the question…"
"It appears we've found another player to add to the game…he's quite powerful…I'd like to see how he'll fair against the Sky God Slayer…" Diana said while tapping her foot.
"In due time, dear," Blake said with a smirk. "Until then, let's see how this current game plays out…"
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From the roof of Silent Sanctum, Ultear, Jikan, and Aloysius watched as the tower of black flames rose into the sky. "I know those flames…" Ultear said with a slight smirk.
"Oh, do you know…?" Jikan looked over at Ultear whilst raising a brow, awaiting her response.
"Of course," Ultear responded. "Zancrow, the Flame God Slayer of Grimore Heart."
"A former companion of yours, then?" Aloysius asked.
"One might say that, yes," Ultear replied with a nod. "I'm surprised he's alive…he was killed seven years ago by Zeref himself. That's what Meredy told me, anyways."
"It appears Grimore Heart has returned…" Jikan said.
"What does this mean for us?" Aloysius asked.
"I suspect a different dark guild has something to do with this," Jikan replied. "I suppose the only thing we can do now is just wait and see how this turns out. Grimore Heart; terrorizing Fiore. I wonder if they'll be able to shake off the seven year rust…"
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Though bandaged, Jellal and Meredy were watching from afar as the tower of flames appeared, causing Meredy to gasp. "T-Those flames…!"
"I've never seen flames like those before…" Jellal said as he watched the flames intently.
"Z-Zancrow…! He's alive…!" Meredy said in a low tone.
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Lisanna bursts through the doors of Fairy Tail, waving a newspaper around in her hand. "I-It's true…! It's all true…!"
"What's true, Lisanna?" Mirajane asked with a worried look.
"First Master was right…! Grimore Heart has returned…!" Lisanna said, causing everyone to gasp audibly from the news.
"How do you know?!" Lucy asked, hoping that Lisanna merely read or saw something incorrectly.
"Here!" Lisanna opened up the newspaper in her hands, showing the entire guild the article of Zancrow burning an entire village with relative ease.
"Zancrow…" Natsu's voice had a low growl to it, remembering the Flame God Slayer with no trouble.
"It says here that he even took out a member of the Council!" Lisanna continued!"
"That is not Manly!" Elfman shouted. "A Man would do something about this…!"
"Are we going to face off against Grimore Heart again, Master…?" Mirajane asked Makarov, who was sitting cross legged on the bar, his arms folded and his eyes closed as he thought about the situation.
"Come on, Gramps!" Natsu said while pounding his fist into a table. "We're a lot stronger than we were seven years ago! We can take them!"
"Plus, we have Laxus here this time around," Freed said, gesturing over to the mighty lightning dragon slayer.
"And me!" Cynthia said, clearly showing confidence in her abilities.
"You brats are serious about this, huh?" Makarov asked, his eyes still closed, but he could feel the determination coming from his children to take down Grimore Heart once again. Makarov opened his eyes slowly, and then gave a nod. "Alright, we will face Grimore Heart once more. We cannot risk them bringing anymore harm to the people of Fiore."
"That's what I'm talking about!" Natsu jumped into the air with a grin.
"Gihehe…sounds like things are going to get interesting…" Gajeel said with a smirk.
"How are we going to decide who goes where though…?" Wendy asked. "They're all around Fiore…"
"Leave that to me," Cana said with a smirk, drawing her famous deck of cards from her pocket. She then walked over to the map of Fiore, "Everyone gather around," Cana demanded, and everyone did. "The best thing to do is to go in groups, though I don't think everyone will get picked, so bear with me here," Cana nodded, allowing her magic to do that talking as she hurled several cards at the map of Fiore, all landing face down on multiple locations of the map. "Let's see who's first…" Cana walked over to the two cards that were on the mountain range. "Hm…Cynthia, Wendy, you get the mountain range in the southwest…"
"Wendy and I? Awesome…!" Cynthia nodded, looking over towards Wendy. "Let's do our best!"
"Right!" Wendy gave a determined nod.
"Next…" Cana pulled off another card that was in the dead center of the Wass Forest. "Juvia, Gray, you get the forest."
"OH THIS IS WONDEFUL! JUVIA HAS BEEN PAIRED UP WITH GRAY-SAMA HER LIFE IS COMPLETE!" Juvia's eyes instantly filled with hearts.
"I'm starting to think that may have been a bad call…" Gray said quietly to himself.
Cana then took the two cards facing the northern mountains; not quite near White Eclipse, however. "Bickslow, Freed, and Evergreen, you two have the mountains, though I'm not entirely sure that's such a good one…"
"Ah, The Rajinshu will handle whoever lies there with no trouble," Freed said with a nod.
"Hehaha, my babies will be sure to do their fair share of work!" Bickslow said with a grin.
"We won't let you down, Laxus!" Evergreen said with a stern nod.
"Excellent. I expect nothing less of victory from you three, understand?" Laxus asked.
"Yes, Laxus! The Rajinshu nodded.
"And next…" Cana pulled off the next two cards that were in the middle of a city. "Natsu, Lucy, Gajeel, Happy, and Patherlily, you get the city
"The Magic Council, aye?" Natsu grinned. "I'm all fired up."
"Is that everyone?" Romeo asked.
"Even if I was picked or not, I wouldn't go," Laxus said. "In case any of those Grimore Heart idiots decide to come here, I'll give them a reason to stay away."
"I agree," Erza said. "I have faith you all will be able to handle things on your part, and if need be, I will come in an assist."
"Oh, that reminds me!" Cana handed the groups a distress card. "If you get into trouble, use this!"
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"Alright, listen up!" Reve said as he walked back and forth, looking towards the White Eclispe members present. "It appears that Grimore Heart has made their return…"
"You mean that guild that took on Fairy Tail seven years ago?" Luke asked.
"That's right, Cloud," Reve said with a nod. "And, it seems as though they've decided it was okay to go and cause havoc separately."
"So…does that make our job easier, or harder?" Waiston asked while crossing his arms.
"Easier," Reve said with a smirk. "We'll pick 'em off, one by one, no problem."
"Sounds like something you'd come up with," Said Jack Royal, the drunk of White Eclipse, and one of its original members.
"Going alone would be crazy though…" Selene said while crossing her arms. "I've heard how powerful they are…"
"Well, it's not the complete 7 Kin of Purgatory," Reve said. "More like…four…plus that one they call their ace; Bluenote Stinger. You can leave him to me."
"Are you sure about that, Nii-san?" Skye asked.
"I'm positive. I'll even have Zalen as backup, right?" Reve looked over towards Zalen, who gave a determined nod. "As for who's going, we'll only need a limited about of people, just in case they decide to get smart and attack here."
"So, who's going?" Tayakata asked.
"Easy," Reve replied. Me, Zalen, Luke, Heather, Aira, Selena, Takeru, Skye, Cygnus, Kairi, and Waiston; rounds off so you can all choose your own partners. Well, aside from Cygnus.
"Gee, thanks," Cygnus said while rolling his eyes.
Heather turned to Kairi, a smirk appearing on her face. But before she could ask the angelic mage to partner up, Skye tackled Kairi to the ground. "Nee-chan!" Skye said in a happy tone. "Let's be partners!"
"GAH!" Kairi fell back into the snow as Skye tackled her. When she looked up, she realized that she couldn't really say no to Skye, so she just gave a nod. "Sure."
"SELEEEENNNEE!" Aira immediately grabbed Selene's hand, dragging her down the mountain.
"AIRA?!" Selene, who was planning on asking Takeru to partner up, was caught off guard by Aira's sudden decision to drag Selene along, but she had no say in the matter as the excited wind mage dragged her down the mountain.
"Yo, Tak!" Waiston said while holding a hand up high. "You wanna go?"
"Heh…sure…" Takeru gave a slight smirk as he and Waiston traveled down the mountain.
"Heh…Grimore Heart…should be fun…" Cygnus said as he entered a confident sprint down the mountainside just as Zalen and Reve left.
"Welp, guess that leave you and me," Luke said to Heather as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Yeah, yeah," Heather said as she started to lead the way down the mountain trail. "Don't fall behind now, Copy kitty."
Luke blinked a few times at the nickname; it was the first time he'd heard such a thing, actually. "Copy…Kitty…?" He then shook it off as he followed Heather. "That's a new one…"
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"Hold him down!" Lahar shouted to Correl as Kain used powerful open palm strikes to down multiple Council Guards. "Quickly, he's overpowering them!"
"On it!" Correll shouted as a magic circle appeared underneath Kain's feet, weighing the heavy male down to the ground. With a smirk, Correll pulled out the magic sealing cuffs. "Alright, now then..."
"Self-strengthen; mist!" With his Mr. Cursey in his possession, Kain's body turned into a mist, allowing him to escape the gravity's grasp and float into the air; he then returned to normal with a smug grin on his face.
"Bastard...!" Correll growled. Magic circles appeared on Correll's fist as they doubled in size. "I'll take him down!"
"Setting up the runes as we speak!" Lahar said as he began to write runes to trap Kain on the ground.
"Come at me, fatty!" Correll said as he swung a fist at Kain; but to Correll's surprise, Kain was much faster and limber than he expected, which threw him for a loop when Kain landed powerful open palm strikes to Correll's face, causing the blonde haired captain to stumble back. "What the hell?!"
"My self-strengthen has already increased all my power tenfold!" Kain said with a smug grin as he leapt into the air.
"Lahar, the runes!" Correll shouted as he used his gravity to weight Kain down, a smoke cloud appearing from the male's collision into the ground.
"I got it!" A rune barrier then appeared around the smoke cloud, sealing of all magic use. "Got him." Lahar said with a relived sigh. When the smoke cleared, Lahar's eyes widened; the one trapped in the runes was Correll, not Kain. "W-WHAT?!"
"Haha! I've learned from my last mistakes!" Kain grinned as he held up his Mr. Cursey, showing a blonde strand of hair embedded within the top of its head, along with a strand of Kain's hair. "I haven't missed a beat, as I managed to steal one of his hairs, thus using it to change places!"
"You took my hair?!" Correll shouted in surprise.
"Hold on, I'll get you out!" Lahar quickly dispersed the runes, allowing Correll freedom.
"Here's a taste of my move!" Kain took his hair off the doll, then used its power to turn Correll into pure steel. "I learned this from my first loss!" Kain then waved his doll around, sending Correll hurtling towards Lahar uncontrollably.
"C-Correll?!" Lahar's eyes widened at this, and the steel Correll slammed into him, knocking the two out once contact was made.
"Easy!" Kain grinned sadistically before picking the two unconscious captains up, and roughly slammed their heads together, giving them serious head injuries; the Grimoire Heart Member then left to do his own thing once again.
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"Hold him down!" Doranbolt shouted as the Council members rushed towards Bluenote.
"None of you can fly..." Bluenote sounded highly disappointed as the Council guards rushed towards him. Bluenote extended his arms as a white aura surrounded his body. "Fall," He uttered these words, and the gravity in the area increased, causing the Council guards, and even Doranbolt himself to fall to the ground, unable to move. Matters were made worse as the ground began to crack from the immense force of gravity, forcing the mages down into the ground even further, unable to do anything. "You are fast, Council man..." Bluenote said in reference to Doranbolt. "But you can't fly...nor can you outrun gravity..."
"D-Dammit...!" Doranbolt felt his bones beginning to crack as the gravity around him and the other Council members increased. Doranbolt was only a me to stay conscious long enough to see Bluenote simply walking off, and then he passed out after.
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Head Captain Aloy and Gran Doma merely watched from the Magic Council HQ as the other captains suffered defeat from the Grimoire Heart members. "We had to do something...!" Doma said in shock as all the head captains he set fell.
"What is there we can do?" Aloy asked while crossing his arms. "Kemuri isn't present, Odin is down, Correll is down, Lahar and Doranbolt are down. I won't be able to round those villains all up on my own; especially that Bluenote..."
"Dammit..." Doma sighed heavily as he desperately thought of a way to fight Grimoire Heart with such low numbers.
While Doma thought, Aloy left the room, a smirk on his face as he entered his office, takin a seat on his leather chair. He pulled out a lacrima which showed a visual of Jikan, Ultear, and...Aloysius. "Who's behind this?" Aloy asked.
"I believe Tartaros was the one who revived the guild," Jikan replied with a faint smirk.
"We were responsible for the revival of Ultear," Aloysius said with a grin.
"Who is this?" Ultear asked.
"Oh, that's simple..." Aloysius replied. "This is the Head Captain of the Magic Council Guard, Aloy; in other words...my thought projection."
"Thought projection...so he's just like Siegrain..." Ultear said in a not too surprised voice.
"Yes," Aloy nodded. "I'm afraid I must go now, but I will contact you later." Aloy nodded and cut the connection, a large smirk on his face. "And Gran Doma is too stupid to realize..."