The Rise of a Warrior: Fairy Tail

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Luke Drako, S-class wizard of the Fairy Tail guild, the true Lightning Dragon Slayer, student and son of the Lightning dragon Kaminari. This is his story. The story of a Dragon Slayer trying to find his place in the world, and make one hell of a strong team along the way. And with any luck, he just might win the heart of a certain brunette card mage. OC x Cana. Read and review.

20. Oracion Seis I

I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited or followed this story since I updated it.

Altajir95: Yep, I had fun with this one, and I'm glad to see you enjoyed it.

Ragnas Bredvolts: Well, I can tell that you had a lot of fun with this one. I never thought you would be so endeared to the young and cocky Luke from the flashback portion of this chapter, and yet here we are. But anyway, I'm glad you liked this chapter, the Happy origin, young Luke and his interactions with young Laxus, the potion disaster, and the moments had between Luke and Cana. Also, nice ranking of your top 10 Fairy Tail arcs. For me, it's actually pretty close between Tenrous Island and Grand Magic Games. Overall I'm glad you enjoyed it, and you have a nice day as well.

Guest: Come again?

Guest: I'm glad to see you enjoyed the story, but since I had finished the first season, I wanted to take the time to work on some of my other stories, such as DBZ Next Generation, but now that I've reached a suitable stopping point for that one, I'm getting back to this story, at least to cover the second season.

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A few weeks had gone by since the Harvest Festival, and now that preparations were out of the way, the normal routine had resumed for our heroes.

But now a new threat was about to arise, and our heroes would be in for their most difficult challenge yet.

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Rain was pouring down over the skies of Mount Ivor.

Luke stood in front of Elfman, the form of the latter being battered and covered in wounds and various bruises, while Luke himself only had a few scratches across his body "I think it's safe to say I've spent too long keeping the training wheels on your training regimen, from here on out the gloves are off and the sword comes out." he drew his sword Raiden from its sheath, the blade crackling with electricity "Now I want you to come at me as hard as you can."

"Right! Beast Arm: Iron Bull!" with a mighty roar, Elfman coated both of his arms in iron armor and dropped into a combat stance.

"You've got a lot of physical power, that much I'm already aware of, but there's another weakness, and unless you can find a way to overcome it you won't last long against any heavy hitters on the level of wizards like the Element Four. If you end up going down then chances are the rest of the guild won't be far behind. I'm going to show you your weakness first hand." his body began crackling with electricity "Now come at me."

"Right!" and so the two of them charged at each other in an explosive collision, with Elfman firing off a barrage of iron enhanced punches at full speed.

Luke dodged and blocked every blow being thrown at him, but a surprise kick to the side of the head sent him tumbling backwards, but then he blitzed behind Elfman and attempted to slash at him with Raiden.

Elfman blocked the blow from Raiden with one of his iron arms and aimed another kick.

"Lightning Dragon Heavenward Halberd!" Luke leapt over the attack and quickly fired off a large halberd made up of lightning magic.

Elfman quickly scrambled out of the way of the spell, leaving it to blow a large chunk out of the mountain behind him, as well as leaving him stunned by the damage left behind 'What the hell, where did he learn a spell that manly?'

"I told you before that I was taking the gloves off. Dragon Sword Style: Thunder Perimeter: First Stage!" Luke blitzed around Elfman and drove his sword into the ground in four different points, creating four electrical pillars around Elfman "Hey come on man, don't tell me that's all you can bring to the party. Don't blame me when you end up getting turned into steak."

"Dammit, I knew you were packing some manly levels of magic power but this is completely unreal!"

"You know just as well as everyone else does that I spent a year and a half training with the most powerful mage on the continent to get strong enough to protect you guys, and in the process I gained a level of power surpassing multiple Wizard Saints. Dragon Sword Style: Thunder Perimeter: Second Stage!" the four points of the Thunder Perimeter fired four simultaneous streams of electricity that connected in the center, guiding down a massive blast of lightning that struck Elfman in an instant.

When the smoke cleared, Elfman was lying on the ground, charred and unconscious.

Luke knelt down in front of Elfman's unconscious form "Alright that's enough Elfman, it's over now. You've got a lot of power and potential, that much I already know, but what concerns me is that you might lack the qualities necessary in a true warrior. If there's a chance to win then you have to be sure to close the deal, and you have to have as much brain as you do brawn. This isn't the first time this has come up. Anyone who knows about you, reputation or otherwise, knows that along with preaching about being a real man, you believe that all you need to solve a problem are two strong fists. Not only is that a narrow minded way to look at a fight, but it's also leading to another feeling that overcomes many: arrogance. So many people struggle for so long to push themselves to the limit that when they do, they end up enjoying it too much and lose sight of what's important. Instead of using their power for the right reasons, their arrogance end up leading them to their downfall. Just look at what happened to Jose, his arrogance was a big part of what led to our war against Phantom Lord in the first place. If you succumb to that again then you're sure to lose no matter how powerful you may be. You have to be more than just a man, you have to be a warrior. No matter who your opponent might be, you have to fight with everything you've got."

"You realize that he can't hear you." a new voice pointed out dryly.

"I'm hoping that his subconscious mind will absorb what I'm telling him."

"That sounds like a lot of bullshit."

"This coming from a complete disappointment of a man who still somehow made his way to being the top ranked Wizard Saint."

"...Touche." God Serena promptly shot him a smirk.

"How did you find me anyway?"

"I followed the gigantic hole in the mountain." he jerked a thumb at the hole in question.

"...Oh yeah."

"Sounds like training the Take Over guy is going pretty well."

"Better than when I first started training with you." Luke slung Elfman over his shoulder as they started walking their way away from the mountain "So just out of curiosity, do you have any idea what's up with the Magic Council these days?"

"Well I haven't been in contact with any of those old blowhards in a good long while, but after that little prick with the blue hair, whatever the hell his name was."

"You're talking about Jellal."

"Oh yeah right, anyway after he and Ultear, I'm pretty sure she was his mistress, pretty much raised all sorts of hell at least a few members ended up leaving the council entirely. I don't really care about gossip, but lately I have heard a few rumors here and there about a plan to reform the Magic Council being in the works."

"Well hopefully they'll be more competent and less biased than the last ones, their actions and poor judgement caused all sorts of hell for my guild. But from what I've heard Yajima did stand his ground against firing the Etherion on the Tower of Heaven right until the very end, and apparently he was the only one who suspected Jellal, or Siegrain, and Ultear before they actually went through with firing Etherion. The old man has conviction if nothing else."

"He's one of the few decent people to ever have a seat on the council, and apparently now he's opened up a restaurant in Hargeon."

"Yeah I know, Cana and the others took on a job request down there. Hey by the way, did you ever get a seat on the council?"

"I was offered a few times but politics really isn't my thing, I'll stick with honing my Dragon Slayer Magic to the best of my ability."

"One of the smarter things I've ever heard you say."

"Along with this. Chances are that regardless of the direction they go, the new council will be a lot different compared to the original, Yajima isn't going to be there. He took a lax attitude towards the crap your guild has pulled in the past, but now he isn't going to be there to protect you guys, so make sure they don't test the new council's patience like a bunch of morons."

"I'll be sure to keep that in mind, plus I wouldn't be surprised if they try some underhanded tactics to get the guild disbanded. Plus even with Jellal out of the picture, Ultear is still hiding out there somewhere, along with Noah. Who knows where they may be hiding."

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Meanwhile, on an ominous airship flying who knows where…

"The ominous airship in question belongs to the dark guild known as Grimoire Heart."

Noah was floating above the floor of the airship using levitation magic, and he looked up from the book he was reading "Looks like the Oracion Seis are actually deciding to do something, and here I thought they dropped off the face of Ishgar like Tartaros did. So what are you thinking Grand Hancho, how are we gonna go about this?"

The Grand Hancho in question, a dark mage covered in shadows by the name of Hades, sat on his throne and pondered the question "For the time being we shall allow them to do as they please, surely those on the other side have no intention of standing by, and in the confusion that will ensue as a result of their clash, we will take the opportunity to locate the remaining keys required for Lord Zeref's seal, and if fortune should truly smile on us then perhaps some of our rivals may be eliminated in the process as well."

"You mean Fairy Tail, as in the only guild with wizards strong enough to go toe to toe with the Seven Kin of Purgatory?" he was met with only a dark grin "Take my advice and be careful, if you let down your guard then chances are they just might end up taking you down too."

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The next day came, and the atmosphere in Fairy Tail was uncharacteristically serious.

Lucy looked up at a chart being drawn in mid air by Reedus "What the heck is all of this?"

"That's a chart listing out the dark guilds stationed throughout Fiore, I asked Reedus to draw it up earlier." Luke told her "I just didn't realize that there were still so many around."

"What brought this on?"

"Unfortunately they've been a lot more active lately, which means that we'll need to strengthen our relationships with some of the other guilds."

"So what about the big circle in the middle then?" asked Gajeel.

"That one refers to the Big Three."

"You mean the big three from My Hero Academia?"

"...Not dignifying that. The Big Three in this case refer to the Baram Alliance, the three most powerful and dangerous dark guilds in the kingdom. The major players in that alliance are the Oracion Seis, Grimoire Heart, and Tartaros. All of them are powerful in their own right, but put them together they're the most dangerous force in the guild underworld. Each one of them has a number of lesser guilds that they control and make them carry out the dirty work they don't give enough of a damn to do themselves. But there's still one on the chart that's independent of the rest of them, that being the one called Raven Tail."

"Huh, I don't think I've ever heard of them."

"They mostly stick to the shadows and make sure to cover the tracks of any dirty work they actually do, not much is known about them though. Anyway, I'm sure you recognize Eisenwald up there."

"Oh yeah, you bet I do."

"Not surprising, that's the one that Erigor and Kageyama were part of. We faced off against them not long after you first joined Fairy Tail."

"So what does that mean then?" asked Gray "Does that mean Eisenwald was just some kind of sub guild that worked under this Oracion Seis?"

"That about sums it up, yeah. I bet a lot of people will recognize at least a few of the names up here, some of them even used to be legitimate guilds. Ghoul Spirit used to be up here, but they got taken out by the Thunder Legion about a year ago."

Gajeel nodded "Yeah, and me and Juvia took out a couple of dark guilds under the Oracion Seis back when we were still part of Phantom Lord."

"Yeah, and I took out as few of them myself when I was away training over the past year and a half. Some of them I did at the request of the Magic Council, at least it took them off the back of the guild."

"Sounds pretty creepy." Lucy shuddered slightly "Hey quick question you guys, do you think they'll take it out on us?"

"Not likely, at least not if we don't provoke them into attacking us, which is actually pretty likely now that I think about it."

"Well what should we expect from them, are they as big as Phantom Lord was?"

"Not by a long shot but they're way more dangerous, there are only six wizards in the Oracion Seis but they make up one of the most powerful guilds out there."

"Speaking of the Oracion Seis…" that was when Makarov made himself known "Word has already been passed down, they must be destroyed at any cost." this left most of those present stunned.

"Oh hey Master, you're back early. I guess things went well at the conference. But in all seriousness, what do you mean we have to destroy the Oracion Seis?"

"The recent activity of the Oracion Seis was the focus of much discussion at the conference, they pose an urgent threat and we can no longer afford to ignore them, and such they must be dealt with immediately. We will take them down before we can harm any of our fellow guilds we are sworn to protect."

"Meaning what exactly? We might be reckless, but there's no way even we would be insane enough to try and take on a dark guild of the Balam Alliance by ourselves."

"Precisely, this enemy is far more powerful than any other threat we've faced before, and to fight them alone would be far too dangerous. Our attack would surely incure the wratch of the entire Balam Alliance in no time."

"So what is our plan then?"

"The plan is that Fairy Tail is going to be part of a coalition of magic guilds."

"As in an alliance with multiple guilds. Makes sense."

"Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale and Cait Shelter, these four guilds will select members to represent them in the Allied Force. We shall join together and work as one for the sake of bringing down the enemy."

"I can imagine that some of us are more than confident in our ability to handle a threat like that on our own, shut up Natsu." he pointed at a certain Fire Dragon Slayer to shut him up "At least the council can't accuse us of not thinking of the long-term consequences this way."

"Wait hang on a second you guys." Lucy backed away nervously "We're only talking about six people here right, I mean are they really all that scary?"

"Let me put it this way, you know how scary Jellal was?"

"Yeah."

"Imagine six people on that level, all of them pure evil."

"...Oh crap."

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Meanwhile, with the dark guild in question…

The members of the Oracion Seis stood overlooking the edge of a cliff, looking down at the Worth Woodsea while discussing something known as Nirvana, a source of magic power that was said to turn light into complete and total darkness.

The magic was so powerful that it had already begun killing all of the life surrounding it.

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By this point, the team acting as part of the coalition had already been selected.

Lucy seemed rather nervous "I don't know about you guys, but I have a really bad feeling about this mission, and for that matter why am I even here? I'm not all that strong, it's not like I'm going to be of much help to you guys anyway."

"Hey come on, don't be like that. Just because you can't snap a boulder in half with your bare hands doesn't mean you're not a valuable part of this team. Besides, at least unlike someone you don't need to hang out the edge of the cart like a certain someone." he pointed over towards where Natsu was hanging his head out of the cart, trying not to hurl "Look the fact is that if the Master didn't have faith in us then we wouldn't even be on this mission, so that means we have some high expectations to live up to."

"Yeah I know, I get what you're saying but Cana, Gajeel and Juvia are better fighters."

"Cana and Juvia went off on some other job, and I think Gajeel had to take care of something else that the Master asked him to do."

"I… don't… care…" Natsu promptly slumped to the ground in comical agony "I just… wanna… get there… "

"So do the rest of us, and one ride in a carriage won't kill you."

"I beg… to differ…"

"You and none of the rest of us."

Lucy let out a sigh "I don't know, it just seems like we're always the ones getting picked for stuff like this."

"Just think of it as an honor, today is the first joint operation we do involving other guilds in our alliances so the most important thing right now is that we make sure that we start off the mission on a positive note."

"Hey guys check it out, the rendezvous spot!" Bolt pointed to the building in front of them "And is it just me or does it look like a strip club?"

"You realize that building belongs to the Master of Blue Pegasus."

"Yeah I know."

"...Just checking."

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It didn't take long for the others to disembark from the carriage and make their way inside.

Lucy cringed as she looked around "Well that's just great, another creepy old mansion."

"It's the second home of Bob, the Master of the Blue Pegasus guild." Luke told her "And if you guys are cringing or shuddering at all while you're trying to picture him I honestly don't blame you, just don't show it in front of him. The guy may have his quirks like everyone else in this guild, but he's still worthy of respect. Sort of."

Natsu let out a groan as he tried not to hurl "Just tell me when we get there…"

"We've been there for about 10 minutes."

"Yes, they've arrived at last!" three simultaneous voices echoed throughout the building "Hey hey hey hey, hello and welcome noble wizards of Fairy Tail!" a spotlight started shining from who knows where, revealing three annoying guys in suits "We're so glad you came to join us on this day, we are the elite crew of the Blue Pegasus guild, the Trimens. Hundred Nights Hibiki, Holy Night Eve and Still Night Ren."

Lucy actually found herself blushing at the display "The Trimens of Blue Pegasus, oh wow that's so cool. Those guys are like the hottest wizards around right now. Hibiki Laytis is always near the top of Sorcerer Weekly's most eligible wizard's bachelor list, he's been in the top three for the last few months!"

"Would you look at those guys!" Gray on the other hand was freaking out, while Natsu was just slumped against a wall "I feel totally underdressed!"

"...And they are not on the list."

And then Hibiki and the other members of the Trimen started doing their thing, but they chose the wrong target "I've heard tales of your beauty and they ring true, it honors us to be in your presence Miss Titania, please come with us." yep they chose to try and woo Erza, and they even brought in a couch from who knows where try and flatter her "Would you like to freshen up, or maybe something to eat?"

"No." was all she said.

"Ah but there is cake, would you like some?"

"No thank you."

"We insist."

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Lucy was less than impressed with what she was seeing "For crying out loud, what the heck is the deal with these guys?"

"Please miss, have a seat." that was when Ren sudenly popped up next to Lucy and wrapped an arm around her waist "Oh wow, you're almost too cute."

"Uh… I am?" she started blushing.

Luke and Gray were less than impressed by what they were seeing "Well it's official, there's quirky, there's Fairy Tail, and then there's these guys."

"Wait I missed something… who are they…?" Natsu muttered.

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Erza was still trying to be diplomatic with the rest of the Trimen "It's a pleasure to meet a future ally, I look forward to when we can start working together."

"You're so beautiful…" Eve started blushing, which left Erza taken aback "It's almost unreal, is this some sort of dream?"

"Uh…"

"I hope not, because I've always admired you."

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Ren slipped Lucy a drink while trying to act like a tsundere "Here, you can have it if you want but it's not like I made it for you or anything."

Lucy was somehow even less impressed than before 'Now he's trying to be coy?!'

Hibiki and the rest of the Trimen promptly regrouped to finish their womanizing act "Well you ladies must be exhausted, feel free to spend the night. We don't mind."

"Uh…"

"Calm yourselves men, that's more than enough." a new voice stopped them in their tracks "You must be sure to give these ladies some breathing room."

'Woah, that voice is silky smooth.'

Ren and the other members of the Trimen were quick to stand at attention "Yes Ichiya sir, we await your command!"

"Erza my dear…"

Erza found herself pretty much shaking in terror 'Oh dear lord no, not him…'

"It's been far too long Miss Scarlet."

"A long time yes, I must admit that I never expected to see you here."

As it turns out, the voice belong to the little troll doll that is Ichiya, the so called ace of the Blue Pegasus guild, and he wasted no time in attempting to woo Erza "Oh how I've missed you my sweet honey, but there's no need for you to cry, for I am here now." this left Erza pretty much petrified in fear.

Luke was less than impressed, and he just let out a sigh 'To think, all that was needed to leave the great Erza Scarlet speechless, was a little troll doll.'

Ichiya wasted no time in sliding his way down the stairs atop the railing "A surprise!"

"A surprise!" the Trimens promptly echoed him.

"A reunion!"

"A reunion!"

"Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes!"

"We didn't know she was your girlfriend Mr Ichiya!" the Trimens promptly bowed to her.

'Wait, he said what now?!' it took all of Erza's strength to not lose it and tear into them, as easy and satisfying as it would've been.

"We beg you to forgive us for our rudeness."

"Now wait a minute Ichiya, such a thing is not true and you know that all too well!"

"Focus you fools!" Ichiya promptly rounded on the Trimens as well "Don't forget we have work to do!"

"Yes boss, sorry boss!" the Trimens quickly got to work stuffing away their romantic setting used to seduce women.

"So now they're going with boss huh?" Lucy glanced over at Luke "Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's like the third thing they've called him."

"You might as well get used to it, they're always like this." Luke told her flatly "If there's one thing they're consistent with, it's being inconsistent."

Ichiya didn't miss a beat as he continued doing his thing in front of Erza and Lucy "It would seem that fate has brought us together. Miss Erza, Miss Lucy, the other three not so much." and then he promptly started sniffing them "Such sweet parfum, truly nagnificent!"

"For the record, parfum is just another word for scent."

"He's really creeping me out." Lucy muttered.

"Yeah, he has that effect on people. I'm pretty sure it's a trend for Blue Pegasus, though I'm pretty sure Erza feels it worse than you do. But that aside, creepy as hell or not he is a pretty talented wizard, and he's considered the ace of the Blue Pegasus guild for a reason." Luke then turned his attention to the Trimens and Ichiya "But in all seriousness guys, I advise you to keep your hands off these ladies. You understand?"

"I understand you very well, now take your leave." Ichiya told him flatly.

"I'm not leaving, you already know that damn well."

"Thanks for dropping by, now take your leave." the Trimens seemed to ignore him.

"In case you had forgotten Ichiya, the reason we're here at all is for the sake of some serious business."

"Yeah I'm with him." Gray spoke up "Besides, can these playboy wannabes even fight in the first place?"

"Ichiya yes, in case of the others it's more debatable."

"I heard fight, where's the fight?!" Natsu promptly bolted upright "If someone's fighting then I call first dibs!"

"Okay this is about as appealing as Teen Titans Go is to anyone who has decent taste, will everyone just calm down."

"Sniff sniff, my honey…" Ichiya was quickly drawn to Erza and starte sniffing her, and yes it's as creepy as it sounds "Your sweet parfum, it still drives me as crazy as it ever did."

"And Erza in 3… 2… 1…"

"You stay far away from me!" Erza promptly punched him away, sending him flying towards the door.

"Remember how she does things Ichiya, she may be a woman of beauty but that beauty is matched only by her iron fist and steel blades. Also Erza, 7/10 on the right hook."

That was when a certain someone stopped Ichiya by catching him by the head and encasing said head in ice magic "You dare to greet us with this flying buffoon? Lamia Scale deserves more respect than that, we insist on that."

"Whether we were involved or not, you would've been met with him anyway. Also, you should've seen this coming. Hey Gray check it out, it's your senpai."

"What the hell do you-" Gray whipped around and he and Lyon exchanged icy glares as their eyes locked on each other "So it's you."

"So you went and joined a guild after all, Lamia Scale is a pretty good choice too."

"Considering it leads to this tomfoolery…" Lyon promptly tossed the frozen Ichiya into a nearby wall "That is somewhat debatable."

"You could've joined Blue Pegasus too. Speaking of which, is it just you or did Lamia Scale send anyone else?"

"There are two others, they should be in any moment now."

"Speaking of which, what the hell is wrong with you!" Gray promptly rounded on Lyon in anger.

"In case you had failed to notice Gray, he was the one who attacked me."

"Actually Erza was the one who threw him." Luke pointed out.

"Regardless, I saw the circumstances of that and he brought it on himself."

Ren and the other Trimens were quick to round on Lyon "Hey watch it pal, that's our leader you're screwing with! As far as we're concerned, you and your pals should just turn around and go home right now."

"Unfortunately, considering what is at stake, that is a risk none of us can afford." that was when another figure calmly stepped through the doorway, this figure being young man about 15 years of age, with shaggy blonde hair and deep blue eyes, and the Lamia Scale guild mark on his right bicep, clad in a simply green t shirt and a pair of short pants, and he bowed to them "I am Xian Lee of the Lamia Scale guild, I am honored to be among you."

"Oh hell yeah, I say fight me so let's go!" Natsu started radiating flames, with everyone else shooting a bunch of dirty looks at each other, when…

"That's enough." Luke promptly shut them up with a quick surge of his own magic power, his body crackling with electricity "In case you guys forgot, easy as it might be with a certain group of people here, we're actually here on business so now's not the time for screwing around."

"The young man speaks the truth." this was when another figure stepped forth, this one being a bald man with oval shaped eyebrows and a cane in hand "The main reason we've come together was to destroy the Oracion Seis, and for this cause we must work together as one. This is not the time for us to be fighting amongst ourselves."

"I have to admit, you were one face I definitely wasn't expecting. Iron Rock Jura, one of the Ten Wizard Saints and the ace of the Lamia Scale guild." Luke stepped forward and promptly held out his hand "It's an honor to meet someone of such stature."

"Rest assured Luke Drako, the honored is all mine." Jura gladly shook it "I have heard of your many exploits over the recent months, you have made quite a name for yourself. Word of your power and courage have spread throughout the kingdom, especially following your triump over the master of Phantom Lord."

"There's a difference between surpassing a Wizard Saint and actually being a Wizard Saint, and you've got me beat there. Besides, with you here it makes sense why Lamia Scale only needed to send three."

"Speaking of such matters, have representatives from all four allied guilds arrived yet?"

"So far just the three of us, we're still missing the members from Cait Shelter."

"I see, so we must still wait for their member then. From what I've heard, they only intend to send one member."

"Just one member to join us? One would think they'd be more cautious, either they're heavily underestimating the enemy we're facing here or they're just that confident in the wizard they're sending."

"One cannot know until this member arrives."

"Yeah I guess you're right." this was followed by a thud that came from a little girl with blue hair tripping and falling face first on the carpet "Okay, 200 Jewel says that this girl is the one they sent. Anyone wanna make bets?"

"Ow…" the girl picked herself up and dusted herself off, blushing slightly "Hi, I… I'm so sorry I got here as late as I did. I came here to represent the Cait Shelter guild in our alliance. My name is Wendy Marvell, it's nice to meet all of you."

"...Yep I was right, 200 Jewel guys so pay up." Luke looked around at the others but didn't receive any replies "Yeah that figures. Still though, Wendy… Why does that name sound so familiar?' he glanced over at Natsu, and saw how deep in thought he looked 'From the looks of it, I'd say he's thinking the same thing I am.'

Jura on the other hand, he didn't seem to even bat an eye "Now then, since all of us are present we can finally begin."

'It figures he's not even fazed by this. Still though, one would think that the people from Cait Shelter would be nuts to let a little kid like her come alone, but something about her seems both different and kind of familiar at the same time.'

"I don't know about this." Lucy muttered "I mean they just sent a little kid to a mission like this all on her own?"

"She isn't alone you Gaudy Trollop, it isn't wise for you to jump to conclusions like that so easily." this was when another figure came into the building, a small pompous looking white cat similar to Happy and Bolt, the former looking starstruck and the latter looking considerably less than impressed.

Luke studied the cat for a few seconds 'Huh, and here I thought Bolt and Happy were the only talking cats, at least from what I've seen so far.'

Wendy was quick to recognize the cat in question "Oh Carla, you followed me here?"

"Of course I did." Carla let out a scoff "You're far too young to be travelling unaccompanied child."

Luke glanced over to see the Trimens attempting to woo Carla with poses "You guys really don't have any standards do you?"

Happy on the other hand was lovestruck, and in one of the dumbest ways possible "Bolt I swear to god, I will give you every fish I have if you tell that vision of beauty and purity I haven't been neutered yet!"

"Keep your hands off me or you will be." Bolt told him flatly 'I wonder though, would it be right to give him a taste of his own medicine? Oh what the hell do I care? You looove her."

"That's my shtick copycat!"

"You can only use a shtick so much before you run it into the fucking ground."

"Whatever, I don't look anywhere near as creepy as you do when I do it!"

"Yes you do." Luke told him dryly.

"I'm really sorry everyone…" Wendy spoke up, blushing shyly "I know I'm probably not what you were expecting, I know I'm a lot smaller and younger than most of you and I may not be much of a fighter, but I do know how to use all kinds of support magic, so please… Please let me join the group, I would be so embarrassed if you sent me home!" this left most of those present taken aback.

Carla was quick to scold Wendy for this "Honestly, you'll never gain their respect if you can't show any confidence child."

"I'm sorry Carla."

"I swear, you'll drive me to catnip."

"I'm sorry but I just can't help it!"

"Don't mind them Wendy, they're just a little caught off guard but they don't have any problems with you." Luke got down on one knee in front of her and gave a small smile "We're more than happy to have you on board as part of our team, so no need to worry."

"Oh wow, you're Luke from Fairy Tail right? I can't believe it's really you!"

"Let me guess, you heard of me because I defeated a Wizard Saint right? I'm not bragging, but that's sort of become the default for me these days and frankly, it gets kind of annoying after awhile. Rest assured, people in our guild aren't the arrogant type, whether it be me or someone like Erza, or Titania or whatever you want to call her."

"Oh wow, your guild sounds amazing…"

"I doubt Cait Shelter is anything to scoff at either, you must really be something if you're the only one they sent." Luke glanced over to see Bolt brooding in the corner "Hey what's up with you? I thought you'd be diving into a bucket of chicken wings by now."

"That's not all I do." Bolt grumbled.

"You keep them in my nightstand, along with your certain stash of brownies."

"Alright alright fine, I don't know what it is but something about the white cat is rubbing me the wrong way."

"Is that it? Come on man, don't be like that. I know she seems kind of stuck up but she can't be that bad. Besides, if Wendy is okay with her then that should say something."

"Does that count for the Blue Pegasus jackasses too?"

"In what regard?"

As it turns out, Hibiki was already making a move on Wendy "Tell me lovely young lady, would you please come with me?"

"...On one hand, that's considerably creepy on multiple levels. On the other hand, depending on how old Hibiki is, that could make him a pedophile." Luke glanced over at Jura and Ichiya "I'm guessing you guys sensed it too?"

"Indeed, the parfum coming from that girl is quite unique." Ichiya noted "She is no ordinary child."

"Uh huh. Jura, care to share your thoughts?"

"Ichiya speaks the truth, the girl is far from ordinary." Jura noted "I sensed that about her as soon as she arrived, the type of magic power she possesses is somehow different from our own, and yet similar to yours."

"Meaning what exactly, you think that girl is a Dragon Slayer like me and Natsu?"

"I would yet to rule out such a possibility."

"Makes sense, and from the look of it I'd say Erza noticed that too."

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Meanwhile, with the newcomer and the three idiots…

Wendy was less than pleased and more than nervous about her new situation "Excuse me, but what's happening right now?"

"It's simply, we're pampering a princess." as it turns out, Eve and the rest of the Trimens were wasting no time in making their moves on Wendy "Considering a girl with as much beauty as you possess it's only fitting, so would you like to freshen up?"

"Please help me!"

"Honestly child, just what do you expect me to do?" Carla let out a scoff.

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Luke glanced over to see Natsu still having that constipated thinking look on his face "Okay what's up, you've got that look you have when you sprain a brain muscle."

"It's so weird." Natsu mutered "I feel like I've heard that little girl's name before, but I don't know where."

"Yeah I know, I have that feeling too. Give it a rest though, it's honestly kind of painful watching you like that."

"Hey Luke, can you remember her for me?"

"...Watching you think is one thing, trying to understand how you think is even more painful that facing off against Jose." on that note, Luke and Natsu both glanced over at Wendy across the room and received a bright smile.

"So you got anything yet?"

"Think of it yourself, it'll be good to exercise the muscles in your brain since you don't use them very often, if ever."

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Carla was quick to scold Wendy for what she was doing "Honestly Wendy, it's not very ladylike to smile at strange men."

"But Carla it's not like that, I was just being friendly…" Wendy protested.

And then the Trimens started doing their thing "So how about it cutie, do you like your men brash or proper? You're just the cutest, so we could go either way really."

"Enough!" Ichiya promptly shut them up in his own disturbing fashion "I told you three all of these people have come here on business, now clean this place up at once!"

"Yes dear master, we'll do so right away!" they set to work on that.

"Man…" and cue another creepy pose.

Luke just looked on and let out a sigh 'Add that to the probably never ending list of things they call him, they might not be that bright but if there's one thing they're consistent at it's being inconsistent.'

"Okay, now that all of the parties involved in this mission are present, I do believe it's about time for us to get this mission underway."

"I agree, as long as you don't intend to do so using any interpretive dancing or flashy posing of any kind."

"Now then, our first order of business is determining the location of the Oracion Seis! And we'll do so right after I make a letter of the alphabet." and so he scampered off.

"Okay, I think I speak for everyone when I say that that's way too much information, and the fact that his possy is applauding him for it makes it way worse."

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It took a few minutes before Ichiya came back and picked up where he had left off "Oh yes, that's much better. Now then, please be sure to pay close attention. To the North of here lies the Worth Woodsea, where the ancients had once sealed away a powerful force, a magic known only as Nirvana!" he said this while posing dramatically.

'As serious as this situation is, he makes it seem so nonchalant with the posing.' Luke glanced around at the others and gauged their reactions 'From the looks of it, I doubt any of them would know what this Nirvana is either. Now that I think about it, I think God Serena might have mentioned it once before didn't he? Even he didn't know much about it other than its name, and it's apparently destructive in nature. I guess that makes sense why the Oracion Seis want it as badly as it seems.'

"We assume that to be their reasons for travelling to the Worth Woodsea, as they are desperate to get their hands on such powerful magic. In order to prevent this from happening… we must destroy the Oracion Seis!" he and the Trimens started posing again.

'I'm not sure what's more unsettling, the fact that they're still posing even now or the fact that it's starting to grow on me. Well either way I know we have the advantage over them in terms of sheer numbers, but these guys are one of the heads of the Balam Alliance, so we definitely can't underestimate them."

"You've got that right, we may very well be in over our heads." Hibiki snapped his fingers and summoned a holographic screen and keyboard in the air next to him.

'That's archive magic huh, looks like these guys are more capable than they were letting on beforehand.'

"Using Archive magic, we were able to store away information such as this." Hibiki pulled up some photographs "Some images we have of the enemy, don't ask how we got them. First up is the snake wizard, he goes by the name of Cobra."

"Beady eyes and evil grin, the classic sign that this guy is going to be trouble." Luke glanced over at Natsu and Gray "I know all too well what that's like."

"Next up we have a wizard who, based on his name, likely uses some form of magic that enhances his speed. He's called Racer."

"Racer huh? Looks pretty shady." Gray and Lyon shared a look "I don't know what it is, but I don't like the looks of this guy."

"Then there's a wizard who's proven himself to be willing to wipe out an entire military unit, at least if the price is right. He's known as Divine Eyes Hoteye."

'That guy kills for money? Sounds a lot like the guys from the Trinity Raven or other dark guilds that take on assassination requests, really makes me blood boil.' Luke gritted his teeth.

"Next up we've got the lady of the group, she's proven time and time again that she's as vicious as she is gorgeous. This is Angel."

"Beautiful but deadly huh? Kind of reminds me of Black Widow.'

"The next member is such a mystery that all we know about him is his name, and he goes by the name of Midnight."

"Sounds like an interesting name, does it have some kind of relation to his magic power?"

"We can't say for certain at the moment. Finally, we have the master of the Oracion Seis, he calls himself Brain. There you have it, alone they can wipe out entire guilds and together they're all but unstoppable. We have 13 to their 6, but that's our only real advantage."

"That's encouraging." note the sarcasm in his tone.

"Yeah hi, quick question." Lucy quickly raised a hand "I'm not sure if anyone else will agree with this, but can I go home and not die today? No offense to any of you guys, but I'd rather not get killed."

"Please my comrade, cast away your fears as long as we are one." Xian put a comforting gentle hand on Lucy's shoulder "Rest assured that there is far more to this operation than simple mortal combat. I detest violence myself, but I bear it by keeping that in mind. We fight not to shed the blood of others, but to protect those they seek to hurt."

"Woah… At least you've got charm to you."

"Everything I have I've achieved through years of hard work and meditation in order to balance my chi, or what you may refer to as magic."

"Hard work and dedication huh? I like this one." Luke commented.

"The peaceful young man speaks the truth my friends." Ichiya started posing again "Rest very assured that there is more to our situation than mortal combat. With your help, perhaps we'll be able to find the enemy's stronghold."

"Stronghold huh, so you guys haven't had any luck?"

"We've looked everywhere, but that's pretty much the case." Hibiki told him "Anywhere here's the deal, they have to have a temporary base in the Worth Woodsea, and once we've located it our plan is to gather the Oracion Seis inside."

"And how do we plan on doing that?"

"We beat them up and drag their asses inside!" Natsu let out a fiery roar.

"Leave it to you to get too excited about this, so anyway what's the next part of our plan?"

"Observe from above my friends!" Ichiya pointed upwards dramatically "Once we do locate and gather the enemy, we shall grant them a one way ticket to oblivion courtesy of Christina, the majestic pride of the Blue Pegasus guild!"

"Wait a second, as in the magic bomber itself? I thought that thing was just a myth."

"Is that really necessary though?" asked Lucy "I mean there are only six of these guys."

"That just proves how strong the enemy is, don't underestimate them or you may end up getting yourself killed."

Jura nodded "The young man speaks the truth, and remember this: Under no circumstances should any of you ever engage the enemy in solo combat. The best chance we have is to separate them, and then devote two wizards to each fight."

"Agreed, no one try to play the hero and go solo, Natsu and Gray I mean you two." Luke glanced over to see Lucy and Wendy both shaking in terror 'And we already have two of them cracking under the pressure.'

Carla was quick to scold them for their behavior, at least in her eyes "Honestly, would the two of you stop acting like children?"

"You do realize that one of them actually is a child right?" he was met with a scoff "I'll take that as a yes."

"Oh hell to the yeah, I've got a fire raging in my belly now!" on that note, Natsu promptly bolted out of the building at full speed "Time to hunt me some demons, ready or not here I come!"

"Who here wants to bet he has no idea where he's going?" he was met with various hands "Yeah that's what I was expecting."

"It's what we've come to expect from him." Erza let out a sigh "Always acting as if he doesn't have a thought in his head."

"One can only wonder about his mental state on days like this, anyone else wanna bet he didn't even hear the plan?"

"50 Jewel says he didn't." Bolt flew up onto Luke's shoulder "Wanna bet otherwise?"

"You mean so you can try and sucker me out of my money, we all know he didn't hear a word of the plan. He never does."

"True as that might be, we don't have time to watch him make a fool of himself. We have work to do." Erza pointed out.

"Yeah that's true, if we're gonna play catchup with him then we'd better get moving now."

"Agreed, so no whining everyone. We have a job to do, so let's carry it out!" so Erza, Gray and most of those present took off in the direction Natsu had disappeared into.

Xian and Lyon looked on for a moment "It would see you were correct Lyon, their levels of stamina do indeed appear to be quite infectious."

"Which raises the question, are you ready?" asked Lyon.

"I am if it means protecting those I hold dear, and keeping a promise I made, though I do hope we'll be able to avoid shedding any blood." and so they took off after the others.

"Wait a moment, we need to stick together!" and yet Jura went pretty much unheard.

Luke on the other hand, he noticed that Wendy was hesitating and he put a comforting hand on her shoulder "Hey there's no need to get nervous, just keep your cool and you'll do fine."

"Pull yourself together child!" Carla was less sympathetic and more dragging Wendy after the others "Honestly, you'll drive me to catnip one of these days!"

"...Yeah I feel like it's gonna be one of those days." Luke promptly dashed after them 'Is it a bad sign that I'm only 19 and I already feel like I'm getting too old for this crap?'

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Now alone with Jura in front of the Blue Pegasus building, Ichiya took the opportunity to question Jura about his power as a member of the Ten Wizard Saints, only to be met with the answer that despite his ranking, he doesn't even come close to Makarov.

Satisfied with his answer, Ichiya promptly stopped Jura in his tracks with a perfume used to sap one's will to fight, and another one that left Jura in agonizing pain.

With Jura taken out of commission, Ichiya suddenly separated into two entities revealed to be under the control of Angel of the Oracion Seis, now aware of the Allied Force's plan.

So yes, Luke was right when he said it would be one of those days.

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Meanwhile, with the others…

"Hell yeah, I'm fired up now!" Natsu was racing far ahead of most of the others "Demons here I come, prepare to get burned!"

"For crying out loud you idiot, would it kill you to wait just once?" Luke and the others were tailing close behind him.

"Not a chance in hell, no way you're getting all the glory this time!"

"That's an order Natsu, you can't rush into this one alone!" Erza told him.

"Hey what's the matter Erza, are you afraid I might actually show you up this time?"

"Say what?!" and then Erza promptly scared the every loving crap out of Natsu "Stop moving your feet right now!"

"Hey take it easy, I was just kidding around!" and yet Natsu stopped too late, as in he had already gone over the cliff and promptly fell into the Worth Woodsea below them.

"Natsu!"

"Well that's a start, at least he stopped moving his feet." Gray pointed out.

"Honestly, if he's not dead then I'll kill him."

"You realize how counterproductive that is right?" Luke pointed out, earning only a look "Yeah, just making sure."

"Are all of your comrades in Fairy Tail like this?" asked Xian.

"Pretty much yeah, though he's worse than most of them in that regard. It's got its ups and downs, it kind of varies depending on the circumstances. Speaking of which, are you guys sure it's okay that we went so far ahead of Lucy and the others?"

"It's not like she's alone, she has the Trimens and the cats with her, and Wendy is there as well. I suppose you sensed something within her as well."

"Yeah I did, and so did Ichiya and Jura for that matter. If I had to guess, I would say that girl is probably a Dragon Slayer."

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By this point, Natsu was still running ahead of the others through the Worth Woodsea, now sporting a massive bump on his head "Oh god my head is killing me, and what the hell is with this forest? It has a pretty funky smell to it."

"Yeah I know how you feel, something definitely isn't right." Luke rushed up alongside him, with Erza and the others not far behind "The further we go into this forest, the more I get this feeling that it's kind of unsettling. Whatever happens, we all need to keep our guards up."

"Speak for yourselves, I was wondering when the hell you guys were finally going to catch up with me."

"You're unwell on so many levels, it's not even that funny anymore. Okay it's kind of funny at certain times, but this isn't one of them." they looked up as a large shadow suddenly began looming over the two of them, which caused Natsu and Gray to crash into each other, but lucky for the others Luke put a stop to it "Yeah listen guys, I think I speak for everyone when I say that no one wants to deal with that right now. But in all seriousness, look up." so they did, to see the majestic ship flying overhead "That would be the magic bomber herself, Christina of the Blue Pegasus guild."

"I totally want one of those!"

"So does pretty much everyone else, it definitely lives up to the hype. Add that to the list of reasons why Blue Pegasus is a force to be reckoned with, at least depending on whether or not they get the whole playboy thing under control. Anyway let's focus on the task at hand you guys, we have work to do. For the time being, we need to split up and start searching for their temporary base."

"I call dibs on flying the bomber thing!"

"And I speak for everyone when I say this, not on your fucking life Natsu." this was followed by a sudden series of explosions that ended up blowing Christina right out of the sky, leaving it to detonate in the Worth Woodsea before them "And I also speak for everyone when I say, that's not a good sign." Luke sniffed the area, and his gaze hardened as he drew his sword "Guys get ready, looks to me like we've got company."

"Everyone stay fiery."

"It's stay frosty- You know what screw it, it's not worth arguing with you. The magic power and a Dragon Slayer's nose don't lie, it's definitely them. The Oracion Seis."

Sure enough, from within a sphere of darkness emerged Brain and the others, looking down on the alliance with nothing but disdain "Such lowly maggots swarming together, unfortunately for you two of your companions aren't going to be joining you anytime soon. Angel has already disposed of them with ease."

"You really expect us to believe that you took down a Wizard Saint so easily. Yet they seem so confident, so either they're bluffing or they used some sort of underhanded tactic to get him while his guard was down.'

"He's trying to rationalize how we took the bald one down." Cobra gave a smirk "I can hear it in his head and his voice."

"I say the quicker we wrap this up the better." Racer noted "Just hang tight, I'll run you over so fast it'll make your head spin."

"Money determines strength in this world. Oh yeah, if you save but a penny today then it shall become a vast fortune in the future, and therefore-" Hoteye was promptly cut off by Racer.

"For crying out loud Hoteye, enough with the preaching already.

Luke glanced over at Midnight, only to find him snoring away 'Well like a wise man once said, it's always the quiet ones. I have to admit though, I didn't expect you to show yourselves to us so soon."

Brain simply let out a chuckle "We have no need to hide ourselves from lowly maggots like all of you."

"If you came to the trouble of coming to us then that makes it all the easier!" on that note, Natsu and Gray promptly charged at the group at full speed and without thinking.

"Take them down."

"Yes sir. Motor!" Racer blitzed between Natsu and Gray, and in a single move he dealt both of them simultaneous swift yet hard kicks to the stomach, causing them to cough up blood and sending them both tumbling across the ground.

"Natsu, Gray!" and then Lucy whipped around but found her facing what looked like an identical copy of herself "What the hell?!"

"Surprise!" the second Lucy started whipping the first.

"Why the hell am I whipping myself, what the hell is going on?!" Lucy was met only with a sadistic smirk from Angel.

"Come Lyon, we cannot allow any blood to be shed!" so Xian promptly charged into the fray next, with Lyon right behind him.

"I see you!" Hoteye unleashed his own magic power, liquifying the ground "Oh yeah! You can forget about love, tranquility and balance, for money is all that you need! Money is all that you need in the world!"

'What is this, it seems as if he's able to liquify the ground! And for that matter, how dare he say that balance and tranquility are unimportant! They're the literal key to my Chi being able to bolster my physical attacks!'

Luke's eyes darted from one member of the Oracion Seis to another, his mind racing 'Speed and power to back it up, and from the looks of it they've got some variety in the types of magic they use, so I can't let my guard down.' he whipped around and drew his sword Raiden just in the nick of time.

"Motor!" using his magic power to enhance his speed, Racer blitzed through the Trimens with ease, then blitzed behind Luke and attempted to deal him a speed enhanced kick, only for it to be blocked by the flat end of his blade "What the hell?"

"Your speed is impressive I'm not going to deny that, but it doesn't mean anything if I know where you're going to strike."

"That doesn't matter if I'm too fast for you to catch!" Racer blitzed around and attempted to attack Luke again, until…

"Lightning Dragon Heavenward Halberd!" in a few mere seconds, Luke had managed to strike Racer with a halberd made of lightning magic, piercing him through the shoulder and blowing him backwards a great distance 'Dammit, I barely had enough time to form the spell itself, so I couldn't charge it up anymore than that.'

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Meanwhile, with Erza…

"Requip: Heaven's Wheel!" in a flash, Erza requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor and promptly attacked Cobra with a barrage of steel clad swords "Now dance my swords, pierce and rend!"

"Well now, that's pretty impressive." and yet with a few simple moves, Cobra promptly sidestepped her attacks with ease "But not good enough."

'He's able to dodge them so easily, how can he read my attacks?' Erza whipped around just in time to block an attack from Racer 'This one is fast, but his attacks are predictable. Requip, flight armor!" she promptly requipped into her flight armor and started aiming at Racer with a fierce barrage of slashes from her twin swords.

"Oh yeah, now that's more like it." Racer dodged every attack with ease "I always have had a thing for fast women."

"Just give me a moment, you'll see just how fast I can really be!"

"Maybe, but it doesn't matter Titania, since I can hear your every move." Cobra suddenly blitzed behind Erza and dealt her a powerful kick to the stomach "You might as well give up while you still can."

'So he is reading my attacks, but how?'

"You're looking confused, I'm guessing you're having trouble figuring it out. I told you before, I hear everything."

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Meanwhile…

"Oh come on!" Natsu on the other hand, he was focused on where Midnight was sleeping on a floating carpet "Are you fucking kidding me?! Quit snoring your head off and put up your stupid fists already!" he was met only with snoring "Oh that's it, wakey wakey assclown! Fire Dragon Roar!" he breathed out a stream of flames, only for it to go around Midnight without even touching him "What the hell?! You've gotta be kidding me, he should be barbecued right now but he's just snoring his head off!"

"I'd be careful if I were you." Racer suddenly blitzed behind Natsu and dealt him a swift barrage of attacks too fast for him to defend himself "If you wake him up then it's gonna end up being your worst nightmare."

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"Ice Make: Lance!" Gray prepared to unleash an Ice Make spell, only to whip around and find an identical copy of himself standing behind him "What the hell?!"

"Ditto!" the copy promptly attacked Gray using his own Ice Make spell, sending him tumbling backwards.

'Dammit!'

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"Ice Make: Eagle!" Lyon attacked Hoteye by unleashing a rapid barrage of eagles made from his Ice Make magic, with Xian charging in with his body glowing gold and preparing a knife hand attack.

"Oh yeah, money will triumph over all!" Hoteye quickly countered their attacks using a spell of his own.

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'Well this is as pathetic as I was expecting from the likes of them.' Brain watched the various battles unfolding, far from impressed, with the exception of two cases: Luke weaving his way around Racer's attacks, and Erza relentlessly slashing at Cobra 'I see, so those two are the famous wizards of the Fairy Tail guild, the Queen of the Fairies herself Titania, and the Dragon Slayer who defeated a Wizard Saint, Luke Drako. Quite impressive actually.'

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Cobra stopped Erza from launching another strike by grabbing the blades of her swords with his bare hands "You know I can hear all of it, to me it's like a symphony. Your muscles contracting, every breath that you take in, and every thought that's racing through your head." he then proceeded to back up his claim by reading the thoughts in question "What the hell, you mean you were there too?"

"You left yourself wide open! Lightning Dragon Talon!" Luke blitzed in front of Cobra and sent him flying with a lightning enhanced kick.

"Now's my chance!" Erza charged towards Cobra to deal him a follow up attack, when…

"I see you up there, oh yeah!" Hoteye manipulated the ground and sent Erza flying high into the air.

"I've got her!" Racer quickly followed up with an uppercut kick to Erza's jaw "For crying out loud Cobra, would it kill you to pick up the pace?"

"Way ahead of you, Cubellios do your thing!" Cobra quickly sent forward his snake "You might be fast, but that won't save you from what Cubellios has in store for you."

"Erza get down!" Luke dealt Erza a kick soft enough to not injure her, but still hard enough to blow her to the ground, leaving him to get bitten by Cubellios in her place.

"Not the one I was aiming for, but that will work for me I guess. Enjoy writhing in agony until you're claimed by death."

"Luke! Damn you, I swear you're going to pay for that! Requip!" Erza slashed into her Black Wing Armor, gritting her teeth as her mind was racing 'Dammit, I'm outnumbered six to one and the others are all down. I can't fight the enemy off and protect all of them at the same time, so what do I do?'

"Such a pathetic display, prepare for the embrace of oblivion! Dark Rondo!" Brain held out his staff and summoned a magic circle.

'This magic power, it's so strong and yet so dark. The others can't move, Luke is poisoned, what do I do?'

"And now this ends!" Brain was about to cast the spell, only to stop when he saw Wendy hiding behind a rock with Bolt, Happy and Carla 'It can't be…'

"Hey Brain, what the hell are you doing?" asked Cobra "You gonna cast the spell and take them out or what?"

"It's her… Wendy…"

"What, you know that girl or something?"

"There's no doubt about it, that's Wendy, the Maiden of the Sky herself."

'Maiden of the Sky?' Erza's frown deepened as her gaze hardened 'Their leader claims that he knows Wendy and calls her the Maiden of the Sky, what's going on here?'

"To think we would simply stumble upon her here of all places, it would seem that we've made quite a find my friends. Go forth and claim our target!" he summoned a spell from a Magic Circle and used it to grab Wendy.

"You're not getting away with this!" Erza charged at Brain at full speed, only to find Cobra in her way, along with Racer "Get out of my way, if I have to tear through you both then I will do so without hesitation!"

"Where the hell… do you get… the right…?" Luke struggled to get back to his feet and spat out some blood "You attack… an innocent little kid… and strike while we're down… What's fair with that?"

"All is fair in money and war, oh yeah!" Hoteye quickly unleashed his Liquid Ground spell to swallow all of those present.

"Quick Wendy grab my hand!" Carla called out to Wendy, prompting her to reach out and grab a paw, only to find that it was Happy she grabbed instead "You have the wrong cat!" but then both of them were sucked away by Brain through a magic portal "Wendy!"

"Damn you!" Erza quickly sent both Cobra and Racer skidding backwards with two simultaneous attacks and attempted to charge at Brain, only to be sent flying backwards by a blast of magic energy.

"I have no use for the rest of you, now begone! Dark Rondo!" Brain quickly unleashed a Dark Rondo spell from his staff, fully intent on incinerating all of those present.

"Requip!" Erza flashed into her Adamantine Armor with her shields raised 'This armor has incredible defense but it lacks range, I can't shield everyone at once so I'll have to hope that I can move around fast enough to protect all of them.'

"Iron Rock Wall!" fortunately, this was when Jura showed up on the scene and used his Earth Magic to shield everyone present from Brain's Dark Rondo "It seems that I was fortunate enough to make it just in the nick of time."

"You have my gratitude Jura, if not for you then I don't know for certain if I would've been able to protect all of them from that spell."

"Your thanks are not necessary Lady Erza, if anything I should be apologizing for not making it sooner."

"Whatever, you're here now and I say we take them down!" Natsu bolted to his feet, only to find that the Oracion Seis were long gone "Oh you've gotta be kidding me!"

"Face it Natsu, by now they're long gone." Erza told him grimly.

"Why the hell did we let them get away?!"

"None of you could move, I was more concerned about making sure we didn't sustain any casualties. The odds were stacked against us fighting all of them at once and we know next to nothing about their abilities, they used those facts to their advantage. The Oracion Seis all have incredible levels of power, much more than suggested by the rumors, and there are only six of them."

"Indeed, their power is most impressive." Jura noted "According to Angel, the woman who peered into minds, they know everything about our mission. We're lucky that we've sustained no casualties as of yet."

"What about all of the people inside?"

"No need to worry about any of that." Hibiki waved him off "Christina is equipped with various remote control and autopilot functions, so that eliminates the need for any sort of pilot. We were all going to climb aboard once we were able to locate their base, but as I'm pretty sure everyone here can see, we never made it that far."

"Well at least no one was killed, so that does allow for some relief."

"Indeed." Xian pulled himself and Lyon back to their feet "You never cease to amaze Jura, only you could come out unscathed."

"Don't get the wrong idea, that wasn't the case." Jura told him "In fact, I was barely able to come out alive."

"You're wounded?"

"I'm truly terrified by their power. I hate to admit it, but if it weren't for the pain killer parfum provided by Sir Ichiya, then I would be in utter agony right now."

"Those detestable Oracion Seis!" Ichiya started posing like the Ginyu Force "Instead of facing your foes with honor and courage, you decided to flee from the battlefield like cowards, and that means we win by default!"

"With all due respect Sir Ichiya, that's not how it works."

"Look, we may be battered right now but by no means are any of us beaten. All of you feel free to take a whiff, and allow my pain killer parfum to ease your discomforts." Ichiya quickly released a vile of parfum, freeing those present of the pain they were feeling "There, now do all of you understand the wonders of parfum? Let its wonders free of you the pain that inflicts all of you so dearly."

"Way to go chief, yes chief!" the Trimens started cherring him on.

Gray and Natsu shared a look 'First of all, why does he have to pose like the Ginyu Force in order to give off that stuff? Second of all, by now they have to be calling him different things for the sole purpose of pissing us off. I know this, because it's working.'

"Oh that's just a load of bullshit, those assholes think they can take Wendy and Happy and run off like that?! Well they've got another thing coming!" Natsu's body started radiating flames in his rage and he prepared to charge after them in a blind rage "Hang tight you guys, I'm coming for you!"

"What do you think you're doing you imbecile?!" Carla grabbed Natsu by the back of his scarf and yanked him to the ground, revealing her wings "You mustn't be so reckless, you need to calm down and think this through."

"Okay first of all, you clearly have no experience with people from Fairy Tail." Bolt told her dryly as he floated up next to her "Second of all, looks like you can fly too."

"What, you mean you believed you were the only one who possessed Aera magic? Well if you haven't seen one of your own kind before then I suppose it would be surprising."

"Not really, just an observation."

"...You're both trying to copy Happy aren't you?" was pretty much Natsu's only contribution to their conversation.

"Yeah, one other thing to note about him is that intelligence isn't particulary his fortee. Just think of Goku from Dragon Ball Z Abridged, and then imagine someone even dumber with pink hair, and then you have this guy."

"Duly noted." Carla told him flatly "However I am concerned about Wendy and that other wretched tomcat, this is not a foe to be taken lightly. We cannot face them again until we come with a plan of attack."

"Yeah we know, they're a hell of a lot stronger than they let on. It's like they're Madara Uchiha levels of OP, or actually more like Hidan and Kakuzu when you think about it. Anyway, when you put aside the anime references, we have something else to deal with."

"Oh no guys, don't mind me…" Luke propped himself up against a tree, his right arm glowing an ominous shade of purple as he held it and gritted his teeth despite the pain "Just trying to stop myself from writhing in agony, how are all of you doing?"

"This isn't good." Erza gritted her teeth "The venom from where he was bitten by Cobra's snake, it's starting to spread throughout his body."

"Rest assured my honey, I know fully well what this one needs. All he needs is a little bit of pain killer parfume, aroma increase!" Ichiya dramatically released a considerable amount of his painkiller parfume.

"I'm aware of what you're trying to do Ichiya, that pain killer parfume of yours does far more than just ease pain like the initial one does. It also happens to have a cleansing effect that will help the body of the one it's used on to expel any toxins. Unfortunately, it seems that what he was struck with is a special kind of venom."

"And now it hurts even more…" Luke pulled out a piece of leather and started biting down on it as hard as he could "Not saying it's your parfum, but I'm not saying it isn't…"

"I wouldn't be surprised, but please Luke we need you to hang in there."

"I'm trying… Erza, sorry about this but do you have a belt or something I can use?" he was promptly handed one, which he quickly tied to his arm "Thanks, I'm just gonna have to do this though."

"What are you planning to do Luke?"

"I know this seems extreme, but if getting hit with the magic equivalent of a meteor didn't stop me from protecting you guys, there's no way in hell something like this will either." he tied the belt around his arm even tighter and held out his sword Raiden to her "Erza, there's no one else I would trust to do this. Take this and cut it off, and do it fast before the venom spreads to the rest of my body."

"Luke this is insane, at least give us time to find an antidote!" Gray protested.

"I don't have time for this Gray, if I don't then the venom will spread to the rest of my body and I won't be of any use to any of us."

"But-"

"I understand Luke, if this is what you wish…" Erza raised Luke's sword "If this is what you wish then I won't argue."

"Erza think about this, just put down the sword."

"I've already thought this through, Luke would never suggest this if he wasn't prepared to live with the consequences. You've already seen the power of the enemy we face, we can't afford to lose one our most powerful assets. Besides, if we don't help him then the venom may very well cripple him or worse, and I have no intention of allowing that to happen."

"And you're okay with just maiming him like that?"

"Stop barking at her like an angry dog Gray, just let her do it." Luke let out a growl "If she's gonna do it then she has to before the venom spreads to the rest of my body."

"I don't care, I'm not letting her do it!"

"Gray step out of the way, I won't say it again." Erza raised the sword, steadying herself as she prepared to do the deed.

"I'm not letting this happen, I'm not going to let you be known as the one who maimed Luke of all people. You don't have to do this, we can find a cure."

"Give it a rest Gray, you're not going to change her mind." Lyon told him flatly "Besides, even if you could you don't have any sort of right to interfere if this is what he wants."

"But-"

"Alright Luke, are you ready?" upon receiving a firm nod, Erza brought down the sword to do the deed.

However, the blade was stopped by a flame coated fist, courtesy of Natsu "I know Gray and I don't see eye to eye on a lot of things, but on this one he's right. Neither of us are letting you do this."

"Natsu focus on the bigger picture, right now it may very well be Luke's arm or his life."

"This is going to affect him for the rest of his life, you gonna be okay with that? We're gonna find a way to help him. There's gotta be another way for us to help him."

"Don't be so foolish, we have to be realistic in this situation."

"He is being realistic." Gray told her flatly "Seriously Erza, we thought you of all people would want to find a way."

"Just stop stalling, and do it… before…" that was when Luke finally gave out from the pain and lost consciousness.

"Luke! Dammit this is bad, there's gotta be some antidote we can find for him to stop the venom from spreading or he'll die."

"The answer to that is simple." Carla was quick to get their attention "We need Wendy, she has the powers necessary to save your comrade. This is no time for us to be bickering amongst ourselves. We need to work together to come up with a plan to rescue Wendy, and tomcat that too I suppose, time permitting of course."

"You know something we don't about her." Bolt pointed out flatly "So what then, she has some kind of anti-venom magic?"

"It's far more than something so simple as anti-venom magic, Wendy has the ability to cure fevers, relieve pain and heal most wounds."

"The more I hear about what the girl can do, the more I question why Ichiya needs to be here in the first place, and frankly I doubt I'm the only one who thinks this. But in all seriousness, I thought that healing spells are meant to be lost magic, like Dragon Slayer magic."

"Believe it or not, those actually go hand in hand with Wendy."

"So I'm guessing that has to do with their leader calling her the Maiden of the Sky?"

"At least you're smarter than the other tomcat, you see that little girl happens to be a Dragon Slayer like your companion in pain over there, taught by the Sky Dragon Grandeeny."

"...Huh, I guess that makes four Dragon Slayers I've met aside from Luke."

"Although to be honest, there's really not much more you need to know, but Wendy is the only wizard capable of saving your friend so we need her right now. Unfortunately, for whatever unknown reason it may be the Oracion Seis feel that they need her too."

"So in that case, there's only one thing we can do right now." Erza gripped her fists within her gauntlets "We're going to have to rescue Wendy and Happy, and we'll do it for Luke's sake as well as theirs. Come on everyone, we have work to do, now are you with us?" she was met with various shouts of support, some louder than others 'Please just hang on Luke, I promise we will save you, so just hang in there.'

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"Deep inside the Worth Woodsea, there lies a village that at one point in time was the capital of an ancient civilization. Now our story takes us to where the village had once been worshipped. It is stated that a priestess would enter a certain cave in order to hear the words of the very gods themselves. However, in this day and age the sacred cave in question serves as a hideout for the notorious dark guild, the Oracion Seis."

Sure enough, Brain and the others set down Wendy and Happy in their hideout, where the former revealed his intention to have Wendy use her Sky magic to heal a certain someone, and while the rest of the group didn't understand at first, they quickly came to understand after Nirvana was mentioned.

Preparing for the worst, Brain quickly sent out Cobra, Hoteye and Angel to search for Nirvana, while he sent Racer to fetch the unknown person in question, and once Happy questioned him about Nirvana, he revealed it to be a magic of incredible power, as in it was capable of swapping light for darkness.

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By this point, Erza and the others decided to split up into different groups so they can cover more ground in their search for Wendy and Happy.

The first group consists of Natsu, Gray and Erza of the Fairy Tail guild, along with Carla of the Cait Shelter guild.

The second group consists of Jura, Lyon and Xian of the Lamia Scale guild.

The third group consists of, Ichiya along with ⅔ of the Trimens of the Blue Pegasus guild, Ichiya and Ren. However, Ichiya's sense of direction appears to rival his sense of style, as in they quickly lost him.

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The last few members of the alliance, mainly Lucy, Hibiki and Bolt, had been behind in order to guard Luke from any enemies or other potential threats.

Lucy was growing worried as she watched Luke writing in his sleep "It's getting worse. Come on guys, you have to hurry."

"You know that's not going to help right?" Hibiki pointed out "Instead of sitting around worrying like that, why don't we try and lend them a hand."

"I'm guessing you have a plan on how we do that?" Bolt pulled out a bucket of chicken wings, earning a few looks "What?"

"Putting that aside, I know we don't really consider ourselves a team since our coalition was pretty much thrown together at the last minute, but we need to start thinking that way if we want to have any chance of defeating the Oracion Seis." he pulled up a magic database.

"That's Archive Magic isn't it, that's what you call what you're working on right now."

"Yeah you got that right, it sure comes in handy whenever I need to keep tabs on people. What about you, you don't wanna join the others?"

"Luke is my best friend, he's the one who found me and took me in. I'm standing by his side to the bitter end."

"Makes sense, so Lucy what about you?"

"No, I need to stay with Luke too." Lucy told him "He's the one who brought me into Fairy Tail in the first place, it wouldn't be right to just leave him. Besides it's not like I'd be any help to them anyway, I'm obviously the weakest fighter of the group."

"You're just being modest, I've heard my fair share of rumors about how strong you are. There's the time you beat up 19 Vulcans that stood 10 feet tall, and then there was Fairy Tail's battle against Phantom Lord, where I heard that you knocked out their infamous master Jose with your bare hands, and the time in Acalypha where you single handedly took on a dark guild that had over a thousand members."

"...Okay, clearly you've heard some crazy as hell rumors. There was only one Vulcan, and I wasn't even the one who defeated it, Luke did. He beat Jose too, but he got beat up pretty bad because of it."

"Really?" Hibiki looked down at Luke "Looks like we all underestimated him if he was able to take down a Wizard Saint."

"Yeah. So what about you Hibiki, how come you're not going to join the others?"

"What type of man would I be if I left a lady like you all alone out here?"

"Thanks, I guess you're not as bad as I thought you were. You're definitely a lot nicer of a guy than Sorcerer Weekly made you out to be."

"Good to know. Thanks to my Archive Magic, I can keep track of the others and I can make them aware of our current position too, so that way once they've rescued Wendy and Happy they will be able to locate us and save Luke."

"Oh wow, you really do have all of the bases covered don't you?"

"Well you can thank Master Ichiya for that, I'm just doing what he taught me to do. Anyway here we go, I found Erza's group."

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Meanwhile, with Team Erza…

By this point, Natsu was talking with Carla while running alongside Gray and Erza "So if this girl Wendy really is a Dragon Slayer, then what does she eat for power?"

"She eats air of course, that much should be obvious." Carla let out a scoff.

"So does it taste any good?"

"How should I know, besides it's not like it's any different from breathing. You know the only reason that Wendy applied for this mission in the first place is because she wanted to get the chance to meet you and Luke."

"Why us?"

"Because the two of you are fellow Dragon Slayers just like her, there was something she wanted to ask you two about."

"Did she tell you what it is?"

"She did, apparently the dragon who taught her Dragon Slayer magic mysteriously disappeared 7 years ago, and she was hoping one of you might be able to tell her its whereabouts."

"I need more info, what's the name of her dragon?"

"I believe Wendy referred to her as the Sky Dragon, Grandeeny."

"Grandeeny the Sky Dragon, 7 years ago." and then Natsu hit his face on a low branch and hit the ground with a loud thud "Hold on a second, maybe Luke or Laxus know!"

"Laxus is nothing but a loser, and we don't have a clue where he is." Gray pointed out "Besides we heard before that he's not a real Dragon Slayer remember? And if Luke knew anything then he would've told you right?"

"Both of you be quiet, look at this." Erza and Carla were looking ahead in horror at a patch of black colored woods.

"The trees are all black, what the hell is this?"

"Yeah tell us about it." this was when a bunch of ape-like thugs showed up "Word going around on the street is that all of the black stuff is caused by Nirvana, some kind of magic that's so powerful the planet can't take it. Everything it touches just withers up and dies, just like every date we've ever been on."

"...Are we facing a bunch of monkey guys?"

"Whatever they are, they have us surrounded." Erza pointed out.

"Woah man, this is awesome!" Natsu gave an idiotic grin "Those two guys and all their friends have to be the dumbest pack of monkeys I've ever seen!"

"...I can think of one even worse than them."

"HEY!" one of them immediately started barking at them in a rage "You assclowns are a bunch of members of Fairy Tail aren't you?! You're friends with that blonde chick who ruined our plans in Acalypha, and now you're gonna pay with fires of hell!"

"Still not the angriest simple minded primate I've ever seen." Gray commented dryly.

"You don't wanna go messing with Naked Mummy, after all we're with the Oracion Seis right now. Only mess with us if you guys have a death wish!"

"Naked Mummy huh?"

"Who the hell are those guys?" asked Natsu.

"Are you seriously that stupid? They're the dark guild that Lucy told us about when she went to see her dad the other day."

"This was a trap all along." Erza muttered "We didn't count on having to face more than the initial six wizards."

"I say the more the merrier, all in favor of kicking some monkey ass?"

"As much as I would enjoy putting these primates in their place, keep in mind that we only have so much time to find Wendy and Happy and rescue them before Luke dies from the snake venom he was hit with."

"I know I know, but they were so kind that they were willing to come to us. We'll just beat the crap out of them until they give in and tell us where we can find their base."

"...If we do this then we'll have to hit them hard and hit them fast."

"Good enough for me." Natsu ignited some flames in his hand "Start talking guys, where the hell are you hiding our friends Happy and Wendy?"

The Naked Mummy monkeys let out a bunch of scoffs "You think a little bit of fire is going to scare us? Don't go screwing with Naked Mummy, we're with the Oracion Seis!"

"You idiots already told us that!"

"This is the end of the line for you fairies!" they all started making ape noises.

"Fairy Tail may not be the most subtle, but when you hurt one of our own you incur the wratch of the entire guild!"

Carla on the other hand, she was less than impressed 'I'm beginning to think these Fairy Tail wizards are completely insane, do they honestly think they stand a chance against this entire guild?'

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Of course, the other groups of the alliance (Ren & Eve, Jura's group, and even Ichiya wherever the hell he was), they were all surrounded by enemy forces serving under the Oracion Seis as well.

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By this point, Racer had returned with a coffin in his possession, being commended by Brain for the feat despite taking as long as he did.

With the coffin in his possession, Brain promptly released the chains of it, revealing that inside was none other than Jellal Fernandes himself, whom Wendy had an odd reaction to, as she was reminded by Brain once that Jellal had once saved her life.

A/N:

And thus we get into the real meat of what really is only the second season of my Fairy Tail fic. I'm going to be honest with all of you, I was never really a huge fan of the Oracion Seis arc. I never really thought it was bad, but I just thought it dragged on for longer than it should have, and I just got bored with it after awhile.

Xian Lee is another OC requested by TheCalosInferno, and he's actually one of four requested OCs that I currently plan to include. As for who he's paired with, that will come after the time skip, but I look forward to seeing if any of you can guess who it is.

I decided to have Luke be poisoned by Cobra instead of Erza because, while he is the main character, he doesn't have to be the star all the time. It helps to have a little bit of variety.

For the record, up until I started writing for this arc, I actually forgot how annoying I considered Ichiya and his three lap dogs- I mean the Trimens. No wait, I mean his lap dogs. Well, except for Hibiki that is, he grew on me after awhile.