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To say she was confused was an understatement. Takara was downright lost. What the hell did they mean twin sister? Nashi had never mentioned having a twin sister. Well, now that she thought about it she never really spoke about her family before, so maybe it was true. Now that she looked closer, she could see what Jason said was true. This girls face was much more full and healthy, and her hair was longer and looked well kept. Well, at least she looked just as confused as Takara felt.

"C-Can someone explain what's happening?" The twin asked weakly, looking towards Drake for help. Drake sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"I didn't really know how to explain it, but here goes." He said. "Takara, I might have neglected to mention Nashi's sister, Luna. Luna, this is Takara and Jason. They're escaped prisoners from the prison." Luna's eyes lit up at this, and she looked back at Takara with renewed interest.

"Did you see my sister in there?!" She asked incredulously. "Is she okay?!"

"S-She was, last time I saw her yes." Takara replied, trying to keep up with the conversation as she processed what was happening. "I don't know about now, though."

"What does that mean?" Luna asked, confused.

"Means she was supposed to escape with them, but got left behind." Drake said. He didn't do well in hiding the venom in his voice. Luna's gaze hardened at this, but she tried her best to hide it.

"I see," she said. "But she was okay, right?"

"Yes, she was." Takara said. "If we hurry, we can save her."

"Easier said than done," Jason added under his breath. Well, obviously. But that was the case for damn near everything she tried to do. Luna seemed incredibly upset by the news that Nashi had been left behind, but Takara couldn't blame her. She'd be livid too.

"Well, what now?" Luna asked. "The others are still out looking for leads. They're all over the place right now."

"Which is why I gave them that communication lacrima," Drake replied. "Remember? You kept asking me why I had them made."

"Ah I see," Luna said. "Too let them know if anything's happened."

"Exactly," Drake said. "Listen, you two sit tight. I'm going to go find Laxus and make sure he's in the know about what we're doing." With this Drake walked off, leaving Takara and Jason with Elise and Luna.

"I'm sorry," Takara said immediately.

"For?" Luna asked. The look on her face was so much like Nashi's it made her heart hurt.

"For leaving her behind," Takara replied. "I-I didn't want to, but it we didn't-"

"They would have died had they stayed to try and save her." Elise said, a sad smile on her face. "Somehow she managed to sacrifice herself again while she was gone."

"Hm," Luna said, looking down at the ground. The pinkette had gone quiet now that it had been revealed her sister wasn't here, and it made Takara feel even worse. "Excuse me, you guys, but I need to go and sit down. Okay?"

"Okay," Takara said, the trio watching her walk off to be by herself.

"Is she...Alright?" Jason asked as they watched her sit down and put her head in her hands.

"She'll be okay," Elise assured, although she didn't look to certain herself. "She just needs time to calm down." Takara hoped that was true. Knowing that Nashi had a twin sister that was waiting for her back home made this whole ordeal even worse.

The three of them stood in silence before Takara could see Drake coming back, this time a tall well-built blonde man following him.

"Here they are, Laxus." He said, gesturing to the man in question. Laxus stood over them and watched her and Jason quietly, not saying a word for a moment or two.

"Drake tells me you two have escaped the prison we've been looking for," he said.

"Yes, that's true." Jason said.

"Do you think you can get us back inside?" Jason looked over at Takara at this, not sure what to say. Granted, she had no idea either.

"It's possible," Jason replied. "But from what I've heard, the people you have out searching won't find anything. Trust me on that." Laxus nodded at this.

"I've heard," he said, "I plan on calling them back now that we have a solid lead. You two best not be lying to us."

"We aren't," Takara replied. Laxus nodded at this before he turned, going back to wherever Drake had found him.

"Now what?" Elise asked.

"We'll have to wait for everyone to come back," Drake said. "Which seeing as we were all home a little while ago, means they can't possibly be that far. Might take a few days though."

"Don't we have to call them back?" Takara asked. "You mentioned a communication lacrima." Drake nodded.

"I did," he said. "Laxus will do most of that. I only grabbed a specific one."

"Which one?" Elise asked.

"Which one do you think?" Drake asked. This seemed to be all Elise needed, but Takara was still lost. What was he doing? Drake lifted the lacrima to his mouth and pressed a button on the side.

"Tetsu, come in." He said, making Takara's eyes widen. "Katsuchi, Azzie, come in. You guys there?"

"Drake-sama, it's good to hear your voice!" A feminine voice came back. "Was there something you needed?"

"You too, Azzie. And yeah," Drake said, "you three need to come back ASAP."

"And why is that?" Azzie asked. "Is something the matter?"

"Quite the opposite, actually." Drake said as Takara's heart threatened to leap from her chest. "We've got a massive lead. We're calling everyone back." There was a scuffle on the other end of the line at this, before it seemed the lacrima was in new hands.

A lead?!" A male voice asked, making Takara's breath hitch. Was it him? Was it her brother?

"You heard me, Katsuchi," Drake said. "A lead. Get back home, now."

"We're on it." Katsuchi replied.

"Do me a favour, too." Drake said as he met Takara's eyes, who just watched him without a word. "Tetsu, you there?" There was another transfer of the device.

"What's up, Drake?" A third voice said, making Takara's stomach churn violently. That was him! "Need something?"

"Yeah," Drake replied, "but not right now. Just get your asses home, and fast."

"Why did you ask to talk to me if you weren't gonna-" Tetsu's voice was cut off as another scuffle happened, Azzie's voice coming back.

"We've already turned around, Drake-sama," she said. "We'll be home in a few days."

"Good to hear from you," Drake said, cutting the connection as he lowered his hand.

Takara knew everyone was staring at her now, but she couldn't find the words. Were they looking for confirmation? Did they want her to say it was him? It had been years since she'd seen him ,she couldn't verify...

And yet, something in her stomach told her it was him. Her gut was telling her it was him.

"Was that him?" Jason asked her. She managed to shrug.

"I don't know," she replied weakly. "I haven't seen him since he was little."

"What was your story again?" Elise asked. Takara spoke of how Tetsu had been taken from her and her parents at a young age by someone who claimed to work with The Olympians. Drake nodded at this.

"Story checks out with what Tetsu's told us."

"What did he tell you?" Takara asked, curious.

"He said that he'd grown up in the guild he was apart of, called Devil Advocate. They were a sub-guild of The Olympians, if you were curious. From what they remembered, they said they'd been abandoned and saved by the master, Kronos."

"Abandoned?!" Takara demanded, her voice more shrill than she had anticipated. "How could he say that?! He wasn't abandoned!"

"Relax, Kronos was a liar through and through." Elise said to calm her, "he probably told them that so they wouldn't resist him, make them think he was a friend."

"And where's that bastard now?" Takara demanded, wanting a piece of Kronos for herself.

"Rotting in prison for the rest of his unnatural life," Drake replied. Takara found little solace in that. "We dealt with them a while ago."

"Seems like a lifetime ago," Elise said wistfully. Drake nodded. For just a moment there, they both looked way too tired and old for their age. As if, for just that moment, the world weighed down on them heavily. Just like that, though, it changed.

"I'll set you guys up in a hotel in town," Drake said as he moved for the door. "Come with me, I'll show it to you." Jason followed after him quickly, but Takara paused to wave to Elise as she left. Following after them, the trio left the guild and made for a hotel. Meanwhile, Takara's head was filled with questions that she didn't know the answer to. What was Tetsu going to look like? Did he even remember her? Was the lies Kronos fed them going to make him mad at her? What would she say if he was mad?

This whole thing was too much to handle.

After setting them up in there hotel Drake left, telling them he had other business to attend to. Takara quickly fell into her bed to nap, needing to relax a little before she exploded from stress. She woke up hours later, the night already descending on Magnolia thanks to the season. Jason was no where to be found when she woke up, which disturbed her somewhat, but she could ask later. As if he'd answer her genuinely.

Getting up and leaving, Takara walked through the quiet, snow filled streets deep in thought. She thought back on everything that had happened in the past week or so, trying to make sense of it all. Never in a million years did she think she'd ever been in this position, much less actually out of Tartarus. The snow had such a different cold to it than the prison did. It was cold, surely, but it was somehow a warmer, more welcoming cold than the bone chilling cold of the prison. She couldn't explain if she tried, honestly.

Reaching a bridge over the river than winded through the city, Takara's eyes widened. Leaning over the bridge, presumably deep in thought as well, was Luna. The similarities in their face was still too much for Takara to bear, immediately feeling guilty. Still, there was no way to avoid her anymore.

"Hey," she greeted as she walked onto the bridge, Luna jumping as she did so.

"Oh, uh, hi." She said weakly, smiling. "You're Takara, right?"

"Yeah, that's me," Takara replied with a weak laugh as she scratched her head. God, this was already so awkward! "And you're Luna, right?" The girl nodded.

"That's me," she said with a small smile. There was an incredibly awkward silence between them before Luna coughed. "I-I'm sorry, I'm not good with small talk with people I don't know..."

"It's fine," Takara replied as she looked down at the frozen river. "I'm surprised you even spoke to me."

"Why's that?" Luna asked, as if she didn't know. Takara stared down at the river as she contemplated her words, not really sure what to say.

"I'm sorry," she finally said, figuring it was better to get it out of the way quickly. "About your sister. I'm sorry I couldn't save her."

"What? Oh, my sister. Right." Luna was quiet for a moment before she let out a weak laugh. "It's okay. I don't really remember her anyway, so it's not like I have much to be mad about."

"You don't remember your own sister?" Takara asked, Luna shaking her head. "Why not?" Luna took her own turn to stare down at the river, before she looked back at Takara.

"My sister and I both were present at the battle with The Olympians over a year ago," she said. "They destroyed us. They took Nashi captive, but...They left me for dead. When I woke up, I didn't remember anything." It was then Takara saw a deep sadness in Luna's eyes. "I don't really remember who she was, or what she liked and disliked...I didn't even remember her name." She buried her face into the scarf around her neck. "I couldn't remember anything."

Takara wanted to say something, but felt saying 'I'm sorry' again would make her sound like a parrot.

"That's horrible," she finally decided. Luna nodded quietly.

"It is," she said. "I don't even know if I'm the same person anymore. Am I still who I was before? Has the accident changed me? I just don't know..." Luna put a hand over her eyes at this, and Takara saw tears escape. "I wish Nashi was here..." Takara didn't know Luna very well, but she still wrapped the girl into a hug and did her best to console her.

"It's okay," she told her. "We're going to find a way into that prison, and save your sister. I swear we will." Luna didn't say much, but soon she sniffled out a question.

"What was I-she like?" She asked weakly. "Was she the same way the others spoke about her?" Takara thought back to the few minutes she'd gotten to actually speak with Nashi as a whole person, deciding to opt out of saying she'd been broken mentally and hadn't identified as Nashi for months.

"She's was so incredibly warm," Takara said, thinking back to the actual heat the girl gave off. "Not just her kindness, but just in general. She gave off such a comforting feeling. She was so brave and thoughtful, so much so that even thought I didn't know her long I could tell she was an incredible person." Luna gave a laugh at this.

"Sounds the same as the others," she said. Takara nodded.

"I suppose," she replied, "but let me say this: If you're even only half the woman your sister was, you're an incredible person. It doesn't matter who you might have been before. Don't worry about that, and just focus on now." Luna didn't say much at this, before she pushed out of Takara's hold.

"Thanks for that," she said, wearing a sad smile.

"Don't worry about it," Takara replied with a smile as she tried to be positive. "We'll get her back, don't you worry." Luna nodded, the smile fading somewhat as a far-away look came over her.

"God, I hope so."

It took only three days for everyone out searching to return, save it seemed for Tetsu and his friends. Takara and Jason were introduced to all sorts of people; from parents of Drake and Elise's friends to their actual friends and even others they didn't seem to associate with much. Several people did seem to stick out, though.

Ultear was a kind, black haired woman who barely seemed affected by the news of who they'd escaped. She reassured them that what Nashi did was typical, and that they could make it up to her by saving her.

The redhead Simon seemed to be a somewhat stern, hard-faced warrior from far away, but once he got within range of Drake, Elise and Ultear he seemed to cheer up somewhat. He didn't really take the news of the failed escape well, but he didn't say anything to Takara or Jason. Thank God.

Damien, the older man with white hair seemed to be kind as well, cracking a joke about how Nashi couldn't stop giving herself up. His sister Steph curtly reprimanded him for that, her blonde hair short yet spiky at the tips.

She met other as well, from all of their parents to even Luna and Nashi's parents, but Takara couldn't bare to speak to them. Not after failing their daughter. Besides, they seemed preoccupied with their young son.

"Not see your brother yet?" Jason asked as he walked up to her as she hid in the corner of the guild hall.

"How would I know, I haven't seen him in over a decade," she spat in irritation, though it was her anxiety making her testy. Jason held up his hands in defence.

"Sorry, didn't know you were mad," he said. Takara sighed.

"I'm sorry, it's just a lotto take in." She said as she eyed the door. "Any second now, he might walk in here."

"You're right, so wipe that scowl off of your face already. It's not a good look." Takara did her best to do so, and as she did the doors opened again. She'd expected a trio to walk in, her brothers group, but instead she got one man.

This man was heavy set and huge, towering easy six feet tall. He had dark black hair and a full yet short beard on his face. His clothes were appropriate for the winter weather, wearing a black coat and dark blue jeans.

In his right hand, he carried a massive trident.

"Attention, Fairy Tail!" He shouted, garnering everyone's attention. His mere appearance caused an uproar.

"What the fuck?!" Someone cried.

"How did he get in here?!" Another shouted.

"Hold him down!" Someone said. Only one person took action though.

An explosion of dark red poison came from the center of the guild, and the man held up his trident to block the incoming attack. Covering her face to avoid the blowback from the attacks colliding, Takara looked through it to see Drake had thrown himself at the man, coating in poison and scales covering a good portion of his face. Despite the power rolling off of him in waves, the man's trident easily kept him at bay.

"Well now that's not how you greet an old friend," he said to Drake. Drake only growled at this.

"Go to hell, Poseidon!" He shouted angrily. Poseidon easily forced Drake back and through a table, but the boy easily got back to his feet and prepared another charge. Steph held him back though.

"Don't attack him recklessly, idiot!" She shouted, eyes darting all over. "The other Olympians might be nearby!"

Olympians?!

"Halt your attacks, you children." Poseidon said as he held out a hand. "I do not seek another war."

"That fuck off!" Drake shouted. "Or we'll send you through another satellite!" Poseidon ignored this, slamming the butt of his trident into the floor.

"Listen now. Zeus is dead. Our plans destroyed. All I seek is Hades' head for his betrayal. And from what I know, we now may be able to help each other."

Hm, what is this I've cooked up?! You'll have to wait and see! I hope you all enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!

Chapter 357: Poseidon's Proposal