The vote is in! Simon along with his sister will be joining Fairy Tail after Tenrou Island. Now there will be a new poll up asking who Harry will be fighting in this arc. Please Vote on that as soon as you can. Brain is not going to be an option, however. I believe him to still be too powerful for Harry to handle.

I just realized that I made a mistake. I thought that the Balam alliance was referring to Natsu's team and the other guilds that joined together, not the three dark guilds. I forgot about that detail, so I'll make sure to fix that when I get to it, which will be as I'm writing this, so by the time you read this, it will already be fixed. ;)


53

Team Fairy Zeal are all in a carriage making their way to their meeting place which is at one of Blue Pegasus' bases. They were all chatting with one another, but Natsu was too busy groaning on the floor in pain and sickness to be doing any talking; in fact he looked ready to jump out the window.

Erza decided to take pity on the dragon slayer by telling the driver to stop. They were going to stretch their legs before continuing; although, Erza had stopped the ride for another reason.

"Harry, I want you to show me what you remember from my teachings," said Erza.

Harry was surprised that she's asking this now, but pulled the sword out of its sheath strapped to his back nonetheless. He showed her his stance and swings. They were perfect in Erza's opinion.

"Good, good. I see that you have been practicing. Now before I give you more lessons on sword fighting, we're going to start on learning how to re-quip." Erza gave him the instructions on how to open up a dimensional riffed with his magic and place an object into it. She decided to have Harry use a rock for this in case he was unable to open it again. It took a few tries, but Erza was a great teacher – even if she is a bit of a slave driver.

Harry was able to equip the rock at will, now he has to do the same thing with his sword. He did this a few times and was able to get the hang of it.

"Alright, we'll stop for now. We need to get moving again," said Erza as she rounded up the rest of their team and got back into the carriage.

()()()

When their ride stopped again for the night, Erza taught Harry more on sword fighting. They were using their real swords and not the wooden ones. Erza made sure that Harry was use to wielding his blade before she started sparing with him. It was a light sparing, but both of them agreed that Harry most likely won't be ready to use it in the next upcoming fight. He might if he has too, but if the enemy has a sword of their own he's going to be in a bit of trouble.

They would train every day till they made it to the meeting place. Once they got there, Natsu was relieved and so was everyone else, but for a different reason than the pink-haired mage. They go into the building, but when they entered they don't see anyone.

"Where…is everyone? We can't be the first ones here, right?" asked Lucy.

{No we're not. I sense four other life forces up those stairs,} said Fawkes while using his beak to point at the steps that are in front of them.

Harry looks up and just in time to see three of those that Fawkes felt come down. When they stopped at the bottom of the stairs, a spot light beamed down on them, drawing the attention of the rest of Team Fairy Zeal.

"Ladies and gentlemen of Fairy Tail, it is a pleasure to finally meet you. We're the delegation of Blue Pegasus…the Trimens," the three men have said while taking turns.

The man with blond hair is the first to introduce himself, "My name is Hibiki Lates."

The other blond of the group, but younger and with shorter hair went next. "I'm Eve Tearm."

The last of the three, a man with dark skin and hair that shows a cooler demeanor introduced himself, "And I'm Ren Akatsuki."

Lucy couldn't help but stare at the three men. "They're so cool," she said, but when she looked over to their two male team members, Natsu and Gray, she added, "Unlike our guys!" Gray was seen in only his underpants while Natsu is still recovering from their ride.

Harry tilted his head and with an innocent smile asked, "What about Fawkes and I?"

Lucy turns back to him. "You are the only normal one out of every guy in our guild, Harry. As for Fawkes, he's a cheeky bird."

{She's not wrong about me, as for you being normal…} Fawkes started with his eyes lit up with glee, but Harry gave him a glare.

"What, are you trying to say that I'm not normal?" asked Harry quietly so only Fawkes, and maybe Natsu could hear him. Fawkes gave him a look that clearly said: what do you think?

All of a sudden, Harry took notice that the girls of the group got taken away by the three men and treating them like they are hosts.

"Do I even want to know what's going on over there?" Harry asked while watching the men hit on the Erza and Lucy, making them uncomfortable.

{I don't think we do…} said Fawkes with a sweat drop.

The older blond, Hibiki if Harry remembers correctly, came over to him. "You know, you could have been a member of our guild," he said to Harry. "With that charming black hair and those doe-like emeralds you call eyes, you would have made a wonderful host."

"Um…" Harry was starting to understand a little of what the girls were feeling. "Thanks for the complement, but I'm quite happy with the guild I'm in. Besides, I'm not that kind of guy."

Hibiki sighed is slight disappointment, but understood. "It was worth a shot. You should at the very least try out for modeling. I'm sure you would be great at it."

Harry was no longer feeling so freaked out. "I'll… think about it…" he said, but he wasn't really going to do as he said. He has no interest in that sort of thing.

"My friends, that's quite enough of that, don't you think?" a sickly sweet voice said from the stairs. The voice for some reason made Harry feel a shiver go down his spine, and not in a good way.

'Why am I thinking of a pink toad?' Harry wondered thoughtfully.

"Ichiya?" Erza asked in disbelief.

"It has been a while, my dear Erza," said the man now known as Ichiya.

"To think that you would be participating in this fight," she said quivering, but that had to be Harry's imagination, right?

{No, she is shaking,} said Fawkes, and they soon find out why. That man stepped into the light showing his face. It was not at all what they thought that deep, smooth, sweet voice would come from. Harry thought that the man would look like the other three, but it would seem that his face is more like that of a box.

"I have longed to see you too, my honey! Worry not! Ichiya is here for you!" the charming man said.

"MY HONEY?!" Lucy, Happy, and Harry all cried out while Fawkes screeched while flapping his wings so as to not fall off of Harry's shoulder.

"We're sorry, we didn't know that you were the lover of Ichiya," the three other men of Blue Pegasus said as one.

"I DENY EVERYTHING!" Erza shouted forcefully. They all ignored it.

"I heard all about you people, Erza and Lucy along with three others and two animals," said Ichiya, who then turned to Lucy and started to…sniff her? He did some weird spin and said, "Ah, what a wonderful perfume."

Lucy quickly hid behind Harry. "Okay, now I'm really creeped out," she said while peeking out from behind Harry's arm.

"Oh," Ichiya said when he noticed Harry for the very first time. "Thank you for being the lovely ladies, you boys may run along home now," he said, but Harry was about done with this guy.

"How about I just silence you? That way you might not get an even worse hex," Harry said with a tick mark forming on his head.

"A fight?! I'm in!" Natsu called out joyfully.

"That's enough! We are not here to fight each other!" Erza ordered them the stand down, but Harry started to really want to hex Ichiya when he started sniffing Erza from behind.

"Erza…your perfume is as wonderful as always," he said, which earned him a kick from Erza to his head, sending him flying toward the door leading outside, but before he could even hit the double doors, Ichiya's head got covered in ice by the person who just stepped through.

"Interesting way of greeting us," said the man that froze Ichiya's head. Harry took a closer look and saw that it was someone he hasn't seen since his second demon of Zeref's.

"Lyon?" Gray asked in surprise.

"Gray?!" Lyon appeared to be more shocked at seeing his old friend and rival. Lyon recovered quickly and threw Ichiya away toward them, making Gray and Lucy jump out of the line of fire. "Well, you did it first right?" Lyon asked, referring to Ichiya being thrown at him first.

Ren, Eve, and Hibiki were not too happy with what is being done to their leader, and just asked all the men to leave again.

"Oh, we're not all men," a female voice said shortly followed by the carpet moving like a snake that went after Lucy. Lucy jumped out of the way, and realized that the magic was familiar. When the carpet moved out of the way, Harry and the rest saw that the person in control of the piece of rug was Sherry.

{She looks different from the last time we saw her,} said Fawkes.

{I have to agree,} said Harry. {She appears to have changed. Grown up a little, I'd say.}

{Yes, but let's think of our self-preservation. It would seem that everyone is about to have a full on fight in a minute, and I don't think we'll be enough to stop it.} Harry looked forward again to see that everyone was throwing dark looks at each other. Harry had to agree with the phoenix. He moved away and headed for the door so he could run out when they started.

Just as everything was about to go down, the doors open again and a mage that Harry can tell is powerful is standing right behind him.

"Enough!" The tall man demanded. "This is no time to be fighting among ourselves. We are here to form an alliance."

"Where did you come from?" Harry said, unable to hold it back.

The man looked down and saw him. "Oh, sorry, I didn't see you there. I was making sure that there was no one watching us while we made our plans before coming. I didn't think that a fight was about to break out," the man said.

"Jura…?" Harry heard Lyon say, shocking him that someone was smart enough to think of sending one of the ten wizard saints.

"Yes, well…" Harry started, "a lot of us are either hot headed, battle hungry, or is just too different to get along without someone who can keep them in line."

"Who side are you on, Harry?!" Natsu called out from behind him.

"It is okay. I'm just glad to see that not everyone didn't want to get into the middle of a fight they should not." Jura looked around the room. "I'm guessing everyone from Blue Pegasus, and Fairy Tail are here. Now we're just waiting for Cait Shelter."

"Does anyone know how many they're sending, and who?" Lyon asked.

Harry and Jura made their way closer to the rest of their group. "They are only sending one mage."

"One mage?!" Harry, Sherry, and Lucy all shouted in shock.

"They must be powerful if they are only sending just one of them," Natsu said.

{Harry someone just came in,} Fawkes pointed out. Harry turned around and saw a young girl with long blue hair come in, but then trip. Her little surprised yell made everyone turn just as she fell and hit the floor. {That had to hurt…} Fawkes said after flinching.

Harry walked up to the girl and helped her up. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, sorry I'm late," she said shyly.

"It's okay, everyone else just got here too."

"Anyway, I'm Wendy from Cait Shelter," the blue-haired girl said. "I'm please to be working with you."

Harry along with everyone else were shocked that they only sent a little girl. "They only sent you? But you're a child," Harry said.

"She is not alone," a stuck up, female voice said from behind Wendy. Harry looked and saw a white cat that must be the same breed as Happy, who seems to have developed a crush.

"Oh, Carla! You came after all," said Wendy happily.

"May I ask what kind of magic you have?" Harry asked.

"I use sky magic. It's not all that good for fighting, but I do know a lot of support magic!" Wendy answered.

{That is a great thing to have on the team. Sky magic is also a branch of healing magic,} explained Fawkes.

Harry nodded his thanks to both Wendy and Fawkes. "Well then welcome to the team. When it comes to fighting, hide someplace safe so you can use your magic to support the rest of us if need be," Harry said with a smile, but it would seem that the white cat name Carla isn't too happy with this whole thing, but he heard that she was glad that he was agreeable.

Erza also agrees with Harry, accepting her as part of the team. When Harry saw that the Hibiki, Ren, and Eve tried to get close to Wendy, he got hit with a wave of protectiveness. "Rictusempra!" he called out hitting each one of them with the tickling charm, making them all fall onto the ground in fits of laughter.

"Make it stop! Make it stop!" They all shouted while laughing their heads off and holding their sides and face due to the pain. Harry lifted the charm after another second went by.

"Don't touch her, and I won't have to do it again," he threatened. "Or cast something worse."

"Well, at least someone else is willing to protect you from idiots," Carla said while sticking her nose up. Harry couldn't help but thing that she is like Draco in some way.

"I think we should move this along. We need to start planning on what to do with the Oracion Seis," Harry said, and the other quickly agreed.

TBC


Well, Harry can Re-quip. That's a good thing, right?

It's a short chapter, but I feel very lazy this week. Next week, we'll have them planning their attack and meeting the Oracion Seis. I don't know if I'll go farther than that in the chapter or if Harry will show you his little secret.

Harry: I really want to know what you're thinking.

Enj/Dark: I know, but I'm not saying anything.

Voldy: You made it seem the tickling charm was like a crucio.

Enj/Dark: That goes to show how much power Harry put into it.

Harry: Isn't there a hex that is the same?

Enj/Dark: It says there is, but there is not really any difference, so I'm not going to bother with that one.

Natsu: What does it feel like?

Harry: Like someone took a feather and is using it on you.

Zeref: That's got to suck, because you can't seem to get away from it until the caster lifts it.

Enj/Dark: Yup! Now then… Voldemort, it's your turn.

Voldy: Pleasssssse review… *.*

Natsu: HA! He made a sour face! XD