After his conversation with Roubaul ended, Ben went to the meeting place. He went on foot to inhale the fresh air and calm himself down. Everything happened so suddenly and he needed to organize his feelings before meeting up with the girls.
"I need to hide it from the girls for now. If it hit me this harder, then it will hit them even harder. They need to focus on this job, so they shouldn't find out about this yet." Ben told himself as he walked along.
Sometime later, he finally arrived at the meeting place and was his usual self now. But the sight of this place caused him to raise an eyebrow. He saw the front door of the villa broken and a man was lying unconscious in front of the building.
"What happened here?" Ben asked himself as he checked on the man.
He was surprised to see the man's face because he knew the guy.
"Jura Neekis, one of the 10 Wizard Saints. Did someone beat him? But there's no trace of a battle except the broken door. Was it a sneak attack?" Ben questioned out loud while looking around.
"Wait! Where are my sisters?" He asked in realization as he didn't see anyone else there.
Ben spread his magic sense and detected someone inside the villa. He entered it and found a short man with injuries on his body. Ben didn't know who he was but he still took him out and placed him next to Jura.
"M-men. Who are you?" The short man asked.
"I'm Ben from Cait Shelter, sorry for being late. Can you explain to me what happened here?" Ben asked while treating the man.
-Earlier-
While Ben was talking to Roubaul, the meeting was underway. The first ones to arrive were members of Blue Pegasus because this was their master's villa.
Then the members of Fairy Tail arrived next. It consisted of 5 mages and a cat. They are Mira, Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Happy. Makarov wasn't sending Mira because she had taken a job. But she came on her own after finding out they were working with Cait Shelter. She just wanted to see Ben.
As for the job, she forced Elfman to complete it with the Thunder Legion and none of them dared to refuse. She had been very selfish since she dated Ben. He might be a bad influence on her.
The Trimen of Blue Pegasus immediately began to show off and treat the girls like hosts. But then they stopped when Ichiya ordered them to do so. It seemed Ichiya had a better personality, but he was even stranger than the 3 and made the girls uncomfortable.
Sometime later, the Lamia Scale mages arrived. Surprisingly, it was Lyon and Sherry, who fought the Fairy Tail mages on Galuna Island. The situation became tense but then it stopped when Jura appeared.
Everyone knew him as he is one of the Ten Wizard Saints and they respect him so they stop. Now they just need to wait for the last guild, Cait Shelter. They were wondering how many people will come from Cait Shelter.
"They only sent 2 people, less than Lamia Scale." Ichiya said as he was hanging off Erza's spear.
"2? They must be very strong." Lucy exclaimed in shock.
"Is he one of them?" Erza asked.
"He?" Natsu asked.
"Yes, I heard he is being sent too." Ichiya said.
"Hoh, so he will be coming too, huh? I've never seen him in person, so I am curious." Jura noted.
Ichiya, Erza and Jura were talking about Ben because he is rather famous among the high-ranked mages. The others didn't know him though and they were confused while Mira just smiled from the side without saying anything.
Suddenly someone ran outside and then entered the villa. Then the person fell after tripping on the flat floor. It was Wendy who left Bella and Carla behind because she was too excited to meet the members of the other guilds.
"Wendy-chan!" Mira exclaimed with excitement as she approached Wendy and gave her a hug.
"Mira-san!" Wendy happily cried out.
Wendy hadn't seen Mira in a long time and only saw her through lacrima when Ben called her. But she recognized her easily and so did someone else who flew very fast from outside the building. Bella saw a glimpse of Mira's hair and knew it was her.
So Bella immediately grabbed Carla and flew into the building. She calls for Mira happily and threw Carla to Wendy before she hugged Mira. This made Carla angry, but Bella ignored it and continued hugging Mira.
The others were left confused and they ask Mira about it. So she told them Wendy and the cats were mages from Cait Shelter. The sight of 2 cats made them like Cat Shelter instead of Cait Shelter though.
"Where's Ben?" Mira asked.
"Master called for him earlier, so he told us to go first because the meeting has almost started." Wendy answered.
"Ben?" Lucy asked.
"Cait Shelter's ace, he's quite famous among high-ranked mages. He's a Dragon Slayer just like Natsu." Erza filled her in.
"A Dragon Slayer, huh? I want to fight him." Natsu grinned.
The Fairy Tail can only sigh after hearing this and didn't say a word. They were tired of having to tell him not to pick a fight with someone every time he heard about them. Although they all knew he was curious about Ben because they were as well.
"U-um, Ben nii-san said that we can start without him because it might take a while for him to get here. He will just follow the plan." Wendy stammered.
The others agreed because all four guilds were now present. They would tell Ben about the plan after he got here. Ichiya was about to tell them what the plan was, but he needed to go to the bathroom first.
After Ichiya's business was finished, the Trimen informed the others about the Oracion Seis's target Nirvana and it's members. They had 6 members who were capable of destroying a guild. So they need to be careful with this job.
They planned to use their number advantage to defeat the Oracion Seis. They'll also use Blue Pegasus' Magic Bomber: Christina to destroy the enemy's base. They were even authorized to kill members of the Oracion Seis because this was an extremely dangerous guild.
Their discussion came to an end and Natsu immediately ran off by himself. He wanted to defeat the enemies by himself and didn't even bother to listen to the plan. The other sigh and made their move as well, but Jura and Ichiya remained behind.
Ichiya suddenly called out to Jura and inquired about his strength compared to Makarov. Of course, Jura said he was far below Makarov, which relieved Ichiya. The confused Jura was then attacked by Ichiya's magic.
Jura was unprepared for it and fell under Ichiya's magic. It turned this wasn't the real Ichiya, they were a pair of Celestial Spirits that transformed into him, Gemini. The Celestial Mage also revealed herself after leaving a defeated Ichiya in the bathroom.
-Present-
"So they've found out about our plan, huh? This is not good." Ben muttered after hearing Ichiya's explanation.
"Yes, now I am worried about the others." Ichiya said.
BOOM*
There was an explosion in the forest. It alerted them and also woke Jura up. Ben remained silent and immediately ran to the source of the explosion because he was worried about his sisters.
