"Has anyone seen Kuro?" Zalen asked as he walked around the main ball of the White Eclipse building.
"I think he went out shopping," Waiston replied, sitting on the couch while chewing on a piece of ice.
"He's been gone for quite a while now..." Taya said while crossing her arms. "If I remember correctly he went out to by food supplies I can use to make dinner."
"I'm sure he'll be back soon!" Nami said cheerfully.
"Perfect," Taya says with a nod, looking around after. She noticed the guild hall was filled with most everyone, minus too people. "Where are Heather and Luke?" Taya asked with a raised brow.
"In Luke's room...still sleeping," Selene says with a slight, mischievous giggle.
"Is that so?" Taya turned to Selene, who simply nodded in response.
"It's almost noon...how can anyone sleep so long...?" Takeru asked while rubbing the back of his head.
"You should ask Taya, she's usually asleep for days at a time," Waiston chuckled, but the next thing he knew, a dark vector took hold of him and threw him off the couch, onto the floor. "Oof!"
"Ha!" Takeru laughed from his special seat near a corner of the room.
"You want one too?" Taya asked with a raised brow.
"I'm good." Takeru replied with a nod.
A few minutes later, Kuro opened the doors of White Eclipse, walking inside with Daityas, a cheerful grin on his face. "Hey, everyone! I'm home, and I brought a friend!"
As soon as Taya and Arc (sensed for Arc to be exact) spotted Daityas, their facial expressions turned from casual to threatening. Arc was so infuriated at the simple scent of Daityas he managed to let out a low growl, but everyone else seemed to be welcoming.
"Who's your friend, Kuro?" Jaxon asked with a raised brow.
"My name is-" Daityas started.
"Kuro...what have you done..." Taya mumbled to herself as she stormed off to her room.
"Ah...Taya..." Daityas said as the raven-haired woman walked off, and she didn't even bother to turn back.
"Well that was rude..." Kuro said while sighing.
"Anyway, my name is Daityas, but you can call me Dait for short," the demon said with a friendly smile, though Arc and Nami weren't buying it.
"Y-You're the one to attacked us!" Nami shouted.
"Eh?" Daityas raised an eyebrow at Nami's accusation. "I don't remember it going down like that..."
"What happened, now?" Reve asked as he stepped forward.
"It appears Taya's little sister is misunderstanding some things," Daityas said with a slight chuckle.
"And what might that be?" Reve asked, crossing his arms as a memory started to play in the back of his head, his suspicions of Dait as high as they could get.
"As I remember, Taya wanted to spar, and since we are both very powerful mages, she didn't want her sister to get hurt, so she sent her away, and we fought, and Taya ended up getting heavily injured," Daityas replied.
"L-Liar!" Nami shouted.
{Flash back}
About three months ago, Nami managed to convince her older sibling to hop out of her and accompany her on a mission. Nami and Taya entered the forest nearby as they headed towards the requested area, when they came across Daityas, which caused the now S class mage of White Eclipse to pull her sister back. "Daityas..." Taya said in a low tone.
"Ah, Taya, it's been awhile, hasn't it?" Daityas asked with a smirk, crossing his arms after.
"Taya...who is he?" Nami asked curiously as she looked to her tense older sibling.
Taya completely ignored Nami for the time being as her focus went to Tartaros' leader. "What do you want...?"
"Oh, I just remembered, you left Tartaros a while back, and I never gave you the farewell ceremony..." Daityas replied as a villainous smirk slowly crawled its way onto his lips.
Upon hearing Daityas' reasoning, Taya immediately formed a dark vector that started to usher Nami off. "Nami, leave, now."
"B-But Taya...!" Nami started to object.
Taya's tone lowered, also turning more threatening. "Nami, I said GO." Nami flinched slightly at her sister's tone, but she nodded, and decided to comply for the time being, fleeing as told. Taya then turned to Dait. "You're not planning on leaving any time soon, are you Daityas?"
"Not until you get your ceremony..." Daityas said with a smirk as the flames of Hell surrounded his hands.
"It's been too long, Daityas..." Taya said as two vectors appeared at her sides.
"Far too long, my dear," Daityas said as he sprinted forward, the fire on his hands turning into demonic claws, which he then used to slash at Taya. However, Taya brought the two vectors at her sides up into a X, protecting her from the slash. A vacant vector then slammed into Dait's gut. Dait looked as though he was going to cough, but instead he began to laugh manically as the flames of Hell started to seep through his teeth. "Hell Fire Demon's Screech!" Daityas then sent the vortex of Hell's flames at Taya, and even though she was unable to dodge, she managed to bring her vectors up as a defense, which managed to absorb most of the damage, but some of the flames slipped past her defenses, and burnt her clothes as a result. This only intrigued the demon as he watched this, he knew Tayakata as a very power member of Tataros during her time there. Now that she had found her sister, did. It make her weak? Daityas wanted to know this, but he confined away, rushing Taya once again as a tail of hell's flames appeared behind him, and he swung it at Taya.
Taya's vectors were too slow to disperse after the last attack, so the tail of hell flames struck her hip, and at that very moment, Taya let out an agonizing scream of pain as the flames burnt through her clothing and easily burning her skin. The S class mage slid across the ground slightly, her hair now uneven along with her breathing, completely off guard from the attack. "S-Shit...!"
"Tell me, Taya...how long has it been since you experienced fear...?" Daityas asked as he grinned widely, showing off his teeth which were quickly beginning to sharpen. Not only this, but the ground started to shake from the immense magical power Daityas was giving off. His skin turned black, and his chest glowed with the flames of hell.
Taya knew she wasn't going to win this, as she knew Daityas was too powerful, but she held her hands out as darkened magic seals appeared on her hands, forming two jet black spheres in her palms. "I'll never fear you!" Taya shouted defiantly.
"Hm...perhaps your sister would...or your guild mates?" Daityas chuckled as he pointed a hand down, a red magic circle appearing under the entire area the two were. "I'd advise your sister to take backs a few steps."
Taya grit her teeth, the spheres on her hands growin in size with her anger. "You're not hurting any of them, Dait, and after this, we have no more business!" Taya then looked over her shoulder as she shouted to Nami, who was still in the vicinity. "Namiyaka, get back right now!". Nami complied, walking back as far as she needed to.
Daityas waited for Nami to step back, and as soon as she did, he smirked, chuckling at Taya's words. "Underworld Eruption..." And at that moment, the ground started cracking under Taya, the flames of Hell spewing out slowly, and with a snap of his fingers, Hell's flames erupted on Taya, covering the area equal to that of a town. Taya let out an agonizing scream of pain as the flames easily ripped through her clothing, burning her skin with ease as the flames towered into the sky. Daityas then snapped his fingers, dispersing the flames, aside from those now on Taya's body. "See you again, Taya~" Daityas said as he edgier his demon drive, leaving Taya near lifeless on the ground.
{End flash back}
"Oh, I don't remember it happening like that at all..." Daityas said.
"Liar!" Nami screamed.
"If he really is a dark guild member, show us your guild mark..." Aira suggested.
"Well..." Daityas took off his shirt, revealing his charred body. "I would...but when I left Tartaros myself...the master wasn't so forgiving..."
"O-Oh my..." Aira gasped slightly, and Dait put his shirt back on.
Daityas looked around, his eyes landing in Arc, to which he smirked, but the Darkness Demon Slayer continued to growl. "Not happy to see me, Arc?"
"It's fine for you to go..." Arc said with a low growl.
Daityas didn't really feel like going, but he decided he was done for now, and have a shrug. "Alright, I'll go." Daityas walked out the doors, and Kuro followed behind him.
"I'm sir sorry about that, Dait..." Kuro said with a frown. "I didn't expect it to go like that..."
"Oh, it's fine!" Daityas replied. "Say, Kuro, if you wanted to, you could train with me, ne?"
"Train?! I would love that!" Kuro said excitedly.
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"I wonder who's stronger...Mirajane or Erza..." Cynthia wondered aloud as she looked between the two mages in current conversation.
"It doesn't matter!" Natsu said with a grin. "I'll beat them both one day, watch!"
"You can't even beat me in a one on one," Laxus yawned towards the fire dragon slayer, though this only sparked confidence in Natsu as he wrapped his arm in flames, and lunged towards Laxus with his fist pulled back.
"OH YEAH?!" Natsu shouted as he braved forward, though before he could swing, Laxus met him with an electrified fist, sending Natsu into the nearby wall, in KO.
"I'm not paying for that..." Laxus said as he turned around, putting his headphones back into his ears.
"That's Laxus for you," Freed said with a sense of pride.
"Always with the one shots..." Gajeel shook his head. "I could do better."
"So why did you run when it was your turn?" Laxus asked the iron slayer as he raised a brow curiously.
"Because I-" Gajeel started, and he honestly didn't have a defense for his actions, but luckily for him, the front doors of the guild flew open as Fairy Tail now had guest.
"Hello, Fairy Tail!" A bandaged up Alex yelled excitedly.
"Eh?" Gray turned his head at the visitors. "Who are..." Before Gray could finish, he recognized Daryan. "Oh, it's you."
"Cosmic Star is here!" Daryan smirked, then immediately started scanning the guild...or rather, the mature females in the guild. It was no surprise that Mirajane, Erza, Lucy and Lisanna caught his interest. "Oh, hello, ladies."
"A Man doesn't look at someone's sisters!" Elfman said as he stood up, shooting a glare to Daryan, but the cocky S class mage ignored him.
"Comsic Star?" Gildarts asked as he stood up.
"Oh...I remember you..!" Lucy said as she pointed to Daryan.
"Oh, my lovely blonde flower, how are you?" Daryan asked with hearts in his eyes.
"Daryan, down," Magnus said with a sigh.
"Magnus...? Right?" Wendy asked.
"Ah, nice to see you again," Magnus said with a polite bow.
"Who are your friends?" Wendy asked as he looked towards the other four members.
"Ah, well, that is Yakuza, an ice wizard," Magnus stated. "Over there is Daryan, and that is Alex, our two S class mages, and lastly, we have Gaia, our SS class mage, and the strongest earth mage to walk Fiore."
"SS class mage you say?" Cynthia's ears perked up, and she ran to greet the guest. "Hello, I'm-"
Alex's eyes widened at the sight if Cynthia, and she lunged forward, tackle hugging the girl. "C-Cynthia...!"
"GAH!" Cynthia yelped in surprise as Alex tackled her.
"I-It's been so long!" Alex started to weep into Cynthia's shirt.
"H-Huh...?" Cynthia blinked a few times, then attempted to remember the girl's scent, her eyes widening as a result. "A-Alex!"
"They know each other...?!" Daryan's eyes widened.
"Of course we do...!" Alex said with a wide grin. "Cynthia is my sister!"