"Worthless, the lot of them," Ruika said with a sigh as she shook her head.

"What happened?" Rugal asked as he took a puff from his cigarette.

"Grimoire Heart is all but defeated. Even their might "ace" has gone down, to someone from a no name guild anyway," Ruika replied. "Their failure doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Reviving them was a complete waste of time."

"Didn't think it was possible to fuck up more than Tobias…" Kiora said in a sarcastically amazed voice.

"Gee, thanks…" Tobias sighed slightly, knowing he would never get used to the abuse he receives daily.

"Actually, things are playing out quite nicely," Daityas said with a slight, devious smirk.

"Eh?" Maggie crossed her arms, looking over at Daityas with a quizzical expression. "Their failure is good?"

"Let's not look at their failure," Daityas replied. "I'll be sure to handle that later."

"Sora doesn't understand…" The pinkette tilted her head in confusion.

"Ah…I'll explain when the time is right…" Daityas nodded.

"So…where'd the old nutter go?" Maggie asked as she looked around. "He mumbled somethin' about revenge then took off…"

"He went to pay his old guild a visit, from what I heard," Daityas replied, a slight smirk appearing on his face. "And I gave him a little gift as well. It's no fun coming back to life with the same old strength, don't you think? I decided to up his power...and that old man has plenty to spare."

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"W-What on earth happened here?!" Cynthia slid over to Asuka, Alzack, and Bisca, all heavily injured. Cynthia scooped Asuka in her arms, feeling an older sister impulse to protect the little girl taking over her body. "A-Asuka…."

"Who did this…!?" Lucy looked around; unsure on whom she wanted to help first. Everyone, including the three S class mages, and Makarov were all injured.

Wendy immediately ran over to Carla, who was stayed at the guild, and placed her hands over her faithful Exceed, her palms emitting a sea-green light as she healed Carla to the best of her ability. "Everyone's so injured…"

"Erza! Mira! Laxus! Gramps!" Natsu ran over to the four his voice filled with worry, but his expression threatening, especially towards who it was who did this. "What happened!?"

"He's back…N-Natsu…" Erza said somewhat weakly.

"Who's ba-…" Natsu started, but he answered his own question when he got a vaguely familiar scent enter his nostrils, but he immediately recognized it. "Hades…"

{Flash back}

"What are you doing here?" Makarov asked, hopping from the bar counted and over to Hades, a dark glare on his face. "Your troop has fallen again, "Hades"," Makarov started. "You have no business here."

"Fairy Tail defeated Grimoire Heart due to a series of unforeseen circumstances…" Hades started as he stared down at Makarov. "And listen here, boy…I am here to ensure that such coincidences don't happen again."

"Are you threatening my children?" Makarov asked he started to release his magical pressure.

"Boy, you know I don't do threats. I give promises…" Hades uncrossed his arms, and without another word, threw his hands forward, creating a white chain of magic that latched onto Makarov. Before Makarov had a chance to respond, he found that he was slammed into the wall by Hades. This prompted the other members to jump in immediately.

"Master!" Bisca and Alzack were the first ones to jump in, after making sure Asuka ran off to a safe place, they pulled out their celestial pistols, and began to open fire on Hades.

"I dance with magic, fools," Hades pointed his hands forward in the shape of pistols, and then started to fire purple bullets of magic, essentially spraying bullets everywhere without much magic consumption as the bullets struck everyone, sending them all back.

After getting with more than enough bullets, Laxus made a charge by morphing into a bolt of lightning, then traveled towards Hades within seconds, landing a roaring electric uppercut to Hades' chin, sending Hades stumbling back, but it was the force that did so. Hades himself really wasn't damaged by the attack. "You wanna go again, old man?" Laxus said in a low, threatening tone as electricity started to dance wildly around his body.

"Kanso!" A heavenly light surrounded Erza's body as she requipped into her simplest armor; the cloth around her chest, the pants, and only two swords in her arms. As she did this, Mirajane changed into her second strongest demon takeover; Halphas with Makarov in the front.

"Leave, now," Makarov said in a low, threatening tone as Hades merely stood there with a smirk.

Hades had no response. Instead, he made a few hand motions, creating an Amaterasu formation around the four wizards. "You seem to forget…"

"Move!" Laxus shouted, but the formation already activated, and a black and sphere coated the four wizards, though Laxus managed to escape by turning into a ball of lightning. It was the same formula as last time; the one that drained people of magic and took away all power in their limbs. It was successful, because as soon as the smoke cleared, the three wizards were down, and as soon as Laxus landed, he fell to a knee, and then collapsed. The rest…well, that can be seen by the current state of Fairy Tail.

{End flashback}

Hours later, everyone seemed to be fine, but the group who only returned was still seething. "Who is Hades?" Cynthia asked as she glanced around at all the members, feeling glad they weren't killed.

"The master of Grimoire Heart," Makarov replied solemnly, feeling like a failure due to being unable to protect his children from Hades' assault. "He was also Fairy Tail's second guild master in the past…"

"T-The second guild master!?" Cynthia's eyes widened slightly. "Then that means…"

"I passed my will to him…" Mavis said sadly.

"F-First Master!?" Laxus, along with the others, said in surprise.

"D-Did you know…?" Cynthia started as she stared at Mavis.

"I didn't think he would fall into the darkness…this situation is all my fault…" Mavis started before turning her back, attempting to hide her tears.

"L-Laxus! Do something!" Makarov flailed.

"Do what, old man!?" Laxus replied as Mavis started to cry.

"I didn't mean to make her cry!" Cynthia flailed in a classic anime fashion until Mavis eventually calmed down.

"He wants another ass beating, huh?" Natsu crossed his arms, looking towards the front doors. "I'll be more than happy to remind him how Fairy Tail does things."

"Natsu…" Erza sat up slowly, but she found she couldn't stand, so she sat back down.

"He's dangerous, Natsu…" Makarov said.

"He's not going alone," Gray started.

"Yeah, we're coming with you, Natsu-san!" Wendy nodded.

"If Gray-sama goes, Juvia does too!" Juvia replied.

"You're not keeping me out of the action this time," Gajeel said with a stern nod.

"I'm going too!" Lucy shouted.

"And me!" Cynthia nodded. "If Wendy goes, I go, so let's go!"

"Do you even know where he is…?" Carla asked.

"UH…" Lucy stopped to think.

"I can smell him," Natsu replied, sprinting out the front doors immediately.

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"You look like you've taken a beating, gunslinger," Taya said with a teasing smirk as she bandaged Reve up.

"Ultear was a little harder than I expected, but she still wasn't a problem, right, Zalen?" Reve said.

"Oh yeah…you did great, Reve!" Zalen nodded a few times.

"Count yourself lucky," Cygnus said with a scoffed, also bandaged up along with Reve, Waiston, Takeru, Kairi, Skye, Selene, and Aira. "You didn't get ambushed…"

"Ah, you'll get Bluenote next time!" Nami said cheerfully.

"Yeah…" Cygnus nodded slowly. "By the way…where's Heather and Luke? Are they still out?"

"They've been gone for a while…" Selene said quietly. "You don't think they lost, do you?"

"Of course not," Reve replied with a scoff. "They're White Eclipse. I bet they're just taking their sweet time coming back…heheh…"

Takeru was half listening to the conversation at hand, but then his eyes narrowed as he gazed at the front door. "You feel that…?"

"Magic energy…higher than anything I've ever felt before…" Kairi said in almost an eerie tone. "I don't like it…"

"White Eclipse…hm…" Hades stood just outside the White Eclipse guild, looking the building over. "This is the guild that's bested Fairy Tail? Doesn't look like much."

"I recommend you keep your comments about your guild to yourself, human," Adamantine said as he walked forward.

"And you are?" Hades asked in a demanding tone.

"Adamantine," Adam replied as he cut his eyes towards Hades. "And unless you're willing to become my next snack, I recommend you leave."

"Ah…so you are also…" Hades started. "In that case…I might as well get you while you're like this…" Hades then made multiple hand motions, forming an Amaterasu seal around Adam. "I know you dragons are immune to this in your normal forms, but in your human forms…"

"What!?" Adam looked around him, but by the time he realized what was happening, the seal exploded, draining all the power from his limbs and vaporized his magic power Adam fell to his knees, panting heavily. "…How did you…" Hades kept silent, but a sadistic smirk formed on his lips as he pointed his hand out in the shape of a gun, charging a large purple magic sphere on the tip of his fingers. He then unleashed the giant sphere, watching as it collided with Adam; the force shooting him through the guild, catching everyone by surprise.

"Adam!?" Kuro shouted.

"What the hell!?" Michio turned, spotting Hades in the open doorway.

"Who is that…?!" Nami asked.

"Doesn't matter who he is now," Kuro said as his joyous expression turned into a menacing one. "He just attacked out family! That was his first mistake! Fire Make: Hermes!" Kuro clapped his hands together, creating a red magic seal which created wings on his feet. He then lunged towards Hades, rearing his fist back, throwing it when he got close.

"Reckless, just like Makarov and his brood…" Hades sighed slightly, unfazed with Kuro's speed. When Kuro threw his punch, Hades leaned his body to the side, avoiding it. Hades then brought his leg forward, using the momentum of his dodge to slam it into Kuro's gut, sending Kuro flying through a wall.

"Kuro!" Nami shouted as Kuro flew through the wall.

"Someone has to protect the wounded!" Zain shouted.

"I ain't wounded, fuck that…" Reve stepped forward, eying Hades from across the room. "Alright, you don't wanna piss of the rest of this guild, or the old; so I'll make this quick…" Since it had been a few hours, Reve regained enough magic to bring out his magnum, but it only had one shot. One shot was all he needed, because he was Reve. "Bang." Reve clicked the trigger, sending the large bullet hurtling down the main area of White Eclipse and towards Hades.

"The master…ah…" Hades stood calmly as the bullet raced for him and he merely stuck his hand out, creating a purple barrier in front of him as the bullet collided with it. Hades then absorbed the bullet, turning it into a large sphere of darkness magic, and sent it back towards Reve, though the radius of the circle caught a few members as well, which resulted in an explosion that destroyed half the guild. "This is what gave Fairy Tail so much trouble…?"

"I'll show you trouble!" Michio created another illusion of himself, charging Hades immediately. Hades was unamused and creating two chains with grappling hooks in hand, wrapping them around both Michios and swung then around wildly, before releasing them.

"This isn't good…" Taya mumbled as a dark vector appeared which subsequently attempted to land a punch on the seemingly invincible Hades. But, Taya's attack failed as Hades merely dodged it, firing off an Explosive and Piercing Shot at Taya and Nami. "Shit…!" A black dome appeared over Taya and Nami to protect them, but the bullet pierced right through, and exploded, sending the two sisters flying back.

"I'll just have a word with your master…" Hades started as he walked inside the guild, but before he could get too far, Sidney kicked him in the face, sending him staggering back outside. "Hm?"

"Someone without a guild mark walking in here and destroying the place. The only person who gets more pissed off than me when this happens is Calium; and you don't want him to come out, so I'll take care of you instead," Sidney said as he crossed his arms.

"Foolish…" Hades fired off a bullet with his fingers towards Sidney to test him, but a magic circle appeared, running through Sidney as he went entirely transparent, and the bullet flew past him. "Ghost Magic? That's rare…"

"Resurrection: Frankenstein," Sidney placed his foot on the snow covered ground as a magic circle appeared, and out from it came a fifty foot cliché looking Frankenstein. The Frankenstein raised its arm, and then brought it down on Hades.

Hades, unfazed by the giant monstrosity, merely launched two chains from his hands, latching them onto the Frankenstein, and using his amazing strength to swing the Frankenstein around before slamming it elsewhere on the mountain, causing a miniature tremor, and the Frankenstein to vanish. "Anything else?"

Sidney didn't show it, but he was slightly surprised that Hades was able to even lift the creation with such an old body. "Hm…" Sidney clapped his hands together, but before he could decide what to do, two chains wrapped around his body, constricting it. The next moment, the chains exploded, and the force sent Sidney hurtling into a boulder.

"S-Sidney…!" Kuro shouted weakly.

Before Sidney could react next, Hades once again formed the Amaterasu seal around Sidney. Not the one he used on Adam, but an equally powerful once. The seal exploded, engulfing Sidney's body; but when the smoke cleared, Sidney was inside a heavily cracked urn, whose lid popped open. The urn shattered after, and Sidney didn't show any signs of external damage, but he knew Hades was no normal mage. Hades was on a completely different level than Sidney, and he knew this. "…"

"Enough," Calium stood behind Hades, his eyes glaring at the former Fairy Tail master. "Sidney, back inside."

"Old man…" Sidney started, but he knew not to argue with Calium so he did what he was told, and went back inside with a noticeable limp.

"So, are you the master?" Hades asked while turning around. "Wait a moment...I know who you are."

"I don't appreciate you barging in here and attacking my brats," Calium said with an evil stare. "You should've stayed dead, Precht."

"Don't worry. When I attacked Fairy Tail, I attacked the Boy too…I was just curious to see if the rumors were true. And frankly, I'm surprised…and disappointed. Makarov's brood isn't strong enough to defeat this…?" Hades sighed slightly.

Growing agitated by Hades' nonchalant attitude, Cailum fired off two beams of darkness and light towards Hades. But Hades responded by holding his hands out, absorbing both beams, and then sent it back towards Calium in the form of pure darkness magic. "What…?" Calium was nearly taken off guard by Hades' trick, but Calium then formed a spiral of white magic in front of him, absorbing the attack completely. The spiral then appeared above Hades, unleashing the very same magic upon him.

"Interesting…" Hades thought to himself as he jumped high into the air, avoiding the magic as it crashed into the ground, shaking the earth slightly. But then, two orbs of Eclipse magic slammed into him, sandwiching him between them.

"Eclipse Slam." Calium pointed his fingers downward. The spheres dropped Hades into the ground violently and exploded. Everyone had to cover their eyes from the massive power spike Calium emitted. Before the smoke could fade, however, Hades attacked.

He then formed two chains, latching them onto Calium's arms, and swung him around in the air for a few seconds, then slammed him back into the ground. He stepped from the smoke, noticeably damaged from just that one attacked.

"M-Master…!" Nami shouted.

"Shit…" Reve groaned slightly. "The only man's body isn't up for that kinda battle…"

Calium lay on the ground for a few minutes before using his staff to support him. The old man was powerful magically, but in terms of strength, he was lacking, for multiple reasons. Mostly because of his age. Even without the seven year gap, he was still much, much older than Hades was. With a clap of his hands, Calium created two towers of darkness on Hades' sides, above, and below him. As Calium did this, Hades moved his hands in a circular motion, creating a sphere of darkness within the space of his hands. "Eclipse Tower!"

"Grimoire LAW!"

And with that, a large explosion shook the entire area.

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Not much time passed as Luke and Heather finally made it back to the mountain trail, hiking up it as always as the thoughts of returning home filled their heads. "We would've been back sooner if we took the train…just so you know…" Luke said.

"I don't like trains, I'd rather walk," Heather nodded.

"Yeah, yeah…" Luke shrugged slightly. "Either way, I think we've earned the right to sleep for a wee-…" Before Luke could finish his sentence, he and Heather saw the same thing at the exact same time. White Eclipse was in shambles. But Calium was still the one left standing...

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Hades sat in his chair in the Grimoire Heart Airship in an undisclosed, yet open location, waiting. Calium managed to chase him off. The damage dealt to his body was obvious. But seven years ago, such damage would've no doubt killed him. That alone was proof of his newfound strength thanks to Daityas. "The 7 Kin may be down again…and I may not have my heart…but this time, I will show "them" what a true mistake is…"