"W-W-What it that !" Cynthia widened her eyes, hands gripped her head to proceed the greateness of Crocus.

"What I expected" Erza closed her eyes, she wanted to see Cyjthia's reaction to the first really big city she had the occasion to see..

"Her behavior is totally different from before" Aura was genuinely amazed and a bit frightened. Since it's a long trip between Crocus and Magnolia, they made it by wagon. During the trip, the little elf in disguise was seeing a Cynthia allmost as pale as Shalltear, making faint grunts and all white eyes, almost immobile, same for Natsu. If she would be honest, this scene was quite funny with CZ who patted her and Wendyall the way, that would be a fun anecdote to tell the others. And now, since she touched the saint earth, she came back to life and could contemplate the sight before her.

"So, what do you think about this ?" Mira asked the tomboyish blonde, eager to see her reaction too.

"That's...big, I think" Aura tried to mae the impression of being impressed, but compared tot he Great Tomb Of Nazarick, nothing seems to be impressive.

"Aw" Mira was disapointed about her reponse, maybe there was even bigger cities where she came from, who know.

"Tgat's good to see Crocus again, it brings me back memory" Natsu smiled while seeing the city before him"

"It's true that I wasn't expecting to come back after a while" Gray agreed, arms crossed.

"The sun starts to set. Let's go to the hotel to get some rest, the others must wait us and the fights don't resume before tomorrow" Erza commanded. As they made their way, Aura sensed someone who is hiding nearby. She turned her head to se a familiar figure in a bush, a figure all in blue. Isn't she the water mage who always stick on the nudist ? Why is she here ? Wasn't she supposed to be here before us ? Shaking her head and ignoring Juvia's strange behavior, she called Erza. "Can I go before returning ?"

"Where do you must go ?" Wendy asked, tilting her head.

"Just want to take a walk. I won't take long"

"Accorded, but don't take too long, we must get ready for the future fights" Erza said.

"Understood !" Aura's voice echoed through the streets as she went away.

"Wendy, Wendy, can we go for a walk too ?" Cynthia jumped excitely, holding Wendy's arm tightly.

"B-But it's getting late, and we-" Wendy tried to persuade her, but it was not availed.

"Pleasepleaseplease-"

"Alright, just stop this !" Carla puddled her temples. The noise the ravenette was causing was too much for her. "Let's accompagned her, Wendy. She is the kind to get lost even in a straight line"

"Hey! You're mean!" Cynthia pouted, which secretely amused Carla, and melt Shizu mentally.

With that, Wendy, constrainted in a sense, went to another random direction Cynthia decided to take.

"Children are really something" Lucy stated, smiling."They can't stay in place"

"They are full of energy. That's good" Erza nodded.

"Aaah, Crocus. It's been such a long time" Luke extended his arms, eyes closed, taking a long breath. It changed from the snowy mountain where White Eclipse was localised.

"I'm not even sure when was the last time we went here" Aira put a finger on her chin, trying to remember.

"I'm so glad ! I'm impatient to finally come here, right sis ?" Nami twirled on herself, looking at Taya with excited eyes, who rolled her eyes, uninterested.

"This is the perfect opportunity to show everyone who is truly the best" Reve said cockily as usual with a wide grin.

"Agree, I miss seeing the GMG so much, it's been too long" Heather said, alittle impatient.

"Didn't you participate at these GMG ?" Yuri asked, fixing her glasses.

"Not really, it's not our thing" Takeru replied.

"Aren't you nervous about that, pipsqueak ? To fight with all these people watching you, ready to judge the least of your actions ?" Reve used this moment to tease Mare who, as planned, began to shiver just by imaginating this situation, which amused the gunslinger a lot.

"Reve really like this little dude, isn't it ?" Cygnus remarked, lifting a brow.

"It's true that I rarely see him like that" Waiston admitted.

"Personally, I don't see the difference" Selene tilted her head, trying to figure it out what it could be.

"..." Now that his coworkers talked about this, Zalen was now thinking about Reve's way of acting. Him and Zalen knew each other for a long time since White Eclipse. And while he was like that to everyone, only people like him could notice a slight difference.

"Is something matters, Zalen ?" Luke asked.

"No, it's nothing" Zalen replied.

"Anyway, we should go, the dusk is almost there" Nami said, heading forward.

"She is right, the others must already be there" Takeru nodded "We should hurry". As he said that, he noticed Arcturus looking aside."Arc ?"

"Go ahead, I'll join you"

"Arc, I know you, and I'm never gonna leave if something trouble you" Takeru replied firmly, leaving Arc on a sight.

"It's something you won't understand, and something I'm not sure myself" Arc explained.

"I don't care about that. I come with you"

"Then one thing, hide yourself when I'll say it. Don't question it"

"...Okay" Takeru accepted while following his blindfolded friend.

"Finally a little calm" Aura stretched her shoulders, standing on a rooftop. While she appreciated her stay at Fairy Tail, the constant noise they made and the rowdy ambiance could start to annoy her. "I wonder how CZ can support that for so long...I hope the other guild where Mare and Yuri are is not like that" She smiled upon imaginating Mare in her place "Yep, it wouldn't suit him" She looked around her, especially up, where two larges figures were seen, the castle and their next destination: the Domus Flau. "So, it's there. I'm sure I can go take a look" With that, she jumped swiftly from roof to roof without making a sound.

Too bad I can't see how the rest of Nazarick is doing, that really sucks. I can't even contact by lady, it makes me sick! Can't I just-wait ! Aura just realised that she is alone at night, without anyone noticing her, and, as a non magic-caster, she possessed some [Messages] scromms into her inventory. She wasted no time and picked one of them.

"Sure they won't scold me, right ? I just want to have news about them" Shen exhaled, stressed about... she didn't know why.

"Okay, I go. [Mess-]" She was interrupted when she sensed something, or rather someone nearby. Her ranger's instincs acted instantly, crouching, put away the scroll and closed her eyes. As a Dark Elf, and by extension, a humanoïd race, she didn't have the skill [Night Vision] but as a high level ranger, she have an impressive olfactoy system, kinda like Natsu or Gajeel, but unfortunately, not as precise.

I smell one. It's not unfamiliar, but I don't recognise them. How did he found me ? Did they follow me ? Also, he is not human. In her current position, Aura waited, but whoever was chasing her didn't move, so she decided to make the first move. She used her skills to make her camouflage and went down to the ground. Then, she took her whip and ran in the presence's direction. They didn't move still, so she used this opportunity to bend her legs before jumping high in the air. As she was about to attack by wiping her weapon, a strange pitch black ball. By reflex, Aura, put her arm in front of her face and took the hit, obstructing her view. Once she could see again, she noticed that the figure was gone, and was in fact running away.

This put a smile on Aura's face "Is that a challenge ? [Summon: Itsama]" In a instant, the gigantic lizard appeared, looking at its master with one of its eye, waiting for orders.

"Go catch them, and be discret. We don't want humans to see us" Aura ordored. Itzama actived its natural ability to camouflaged itself, with Aura who was on its back. "May the hunt begin !"

[A few moments ago]

"Arc, I'm starting to get worried" Takeru said, anxious about his comrade not letting him know. "Say something"

"You come only because you insisted, now be quiet, I'm in focus"

Takeru grumbled internally. Arc, whom he know since a long time, may not be the most communical guy amongst the guild, but he acted very strangely since a moment ago, and he didn't like that.

"That's it, I can feel her" Arc said, breaking the awkward silence.

"Her ?" Takeru wondered, Is Arc is after a girl ? It's so out of the character. He tried to look whenever that person could be, but found nothing in particular, especially since it was at night." But, where is she ?"

"Focus, Takeru, she's there"Arc pointed at a directin, which Takeru tried again to look, he squinted his eyes and then, a petite figure began to morph. "I...I see someone, but I can't tell who is she ?"

"We will find out soon enough. Hide yourself, I'll have to see her face to face"

.

"Isn't she a new girl in Fairy Tail" Takeru, inside Arc's shadow asked, mostly to himself when he saw who that figure was : Aura, if he remembered well. "What's so strange about her ?"

"..." Arc didn't reply, frowing.

"Ar-" Takeru was interrupted as Arc crouched quickly before remaining absolutely immobile.

"Shh. Don't. Speak" Arc said, sending a chill on Takeru's spine. After a moment of not seeing Aura move, he whispered. "She may have found us".

"Crap ! What are we doing to do ?" Takeru also whispered.

"I wasn't expecting her to find us at a such distance, well, not totally" Arc grunted, saying the last part almost silently.

"Are we really to- wait, I can't see her anymore"

"She will get to find us, prepare yourself, Tak" After a moment, as Arc planned, Aura emerged, whip at hand. "There she is ! Darkness Demon's Ball!" A pitch black orb was forming inside Arc's hand and threw it at the petite blonde before running away. "It won't stop her. You will help me"

"But..."

"Don't question it ! It's not the time !"

"*sniff* Is it me, or another one just appeared ?" Takeru looked behind only for his eyes to widen "Where did that beast come from ! And it's going to catch us !"

"Use your shadows to slow them down !"

"I know, I know ! Shadow Dragon's Spikes !" Trails of shadow morphed into pointy spikes behind them in a attempt to slow down the beast. The said creature noticed it, but its mistress commanded it to run anyway. Unfortunately for the Eclipses guys, it didn't really do anything.

"Damn it ! I will try something ! Shadow Dragon's Transport"

"Takeru, wait !" But too late, Takeru was already under the lizard's shadow.

"Gotcha ! Shadow Dragon's Claw !" Takeru sliced the beast's underbelly, but its scaly skin was harder than he though, and...

"Hey ! Where are you come from ?" Aura, who didn't noticed Takeru's presence until then, found an intruder in...Itsama's shadow ? She made her way by 'climbing' on Itsama and tried to catch Takeru, but failed since he was a shadow at the moment. "Get out of here"

"..." Seeing that he could do nothing to really help, Takeru returned to Arcturus's shadow. Seeing that his friend was here, Black bats like wings appeared on his back and flew away. Seeing this, Aura commanded Itsama to slow down until it stopped.

"You did a great job" She patted its head, which the creature replied by licking her with its overlong tongue. "They were from White Eclipse, but, what are they after ?" Despite thinking, she didn't have any answer, so she decided to go back to the guild, the Domus Flau and the castle could wait, and the others may be suspicious anyway.

Once Arc saw that they were out of danger, he landed on the ground, retracting his wings with Takeru coming out of his shadow.

"Don't tell anyone about this" Was all Arc said before walking at a rather fast pace, leaving a stunned Takeru alone wuth his thoughts.

"That was quite a night. And that girl was quite strong. None of my attacks, and even the one Arc threw didn't do anything. I hope I don't have to fight her in hte next days" With that, Takeru went back to the hotel where the others were wandering where hewas, but all he said was that he went on a walk with Arc. Speaking of the devil, he was still outside, his mind full of thoughts.

That didn't went as planned, but it gave me some clues. If she is what I think she is, then we are screwd. With that in mind, henow have an image of Mare, who looked very similar to Aura. Him too ? I must warn Tayakata and Namiyaka.

"And welcome everyone to the the next part of Fairy Tail vs White Eclipse !" Jason exclaimed happily, with Chapati on his sides, because he wanted to.

"T-This is even more unbelievable !" Cynthia was even more impressed when she entered the Domus Flau, on the tribune, she sttod agape and eyes widened.

"I know, it was the same for me" Wendy giggled at Cynthia's reaction.

"The newests are always fun to watch !" Mavis chuckles. To be honest, she wasn't sure what was the funnier : Cynthia's over exagerated reaction or the total lack of it coming from Shizu, which made a hilarous contrast.

Natsu cracked his knucles, grinning profusely "This even excite me more. Come, Eclipse assholes, we will show you how do Fairy Tail really fight. I'm flaring up !"

"The next match will begin soon, starting with..." Two screens lighted up, one for Fairy Tail, one for White Eclipse, scrolling the portraits at high speed before stopping brutally on two of them.

"Wendy Marvel vs Aira Aeolus !"