Totomaru stood guard in front of the lacrima that powered the Jupiter cannon. It was sure to be the first place those damn Fairies tried to attack. A blue cat carrying a familiar woman landed, a black bird following suit seconds later and transforming into a man who drew a great sword off his back.
"I'm guessing we need to destroy that crystal thing?"
"Yeah," Ruby Rose said, eyes glowing.
"I'll take care of the guy and it, you go deal with whatever it was you wanted.
Totomaru fired flames at one of the three Fairy Queens, only for her to flash around it and up the stairs, "Wai-"
Totomaru was forced to draw his katana as the great sword came swinging for him. Blocking the attack, he cast Orange Fire, watching the man recoil from the stench the flames gave off. Taking the infinitive, he stabbed out with his katana, only for the greatsword to deflect it.
He heard a cry of pain behind him and turned to see Aria, the Air of the Element 4 and their leader, crash into the lacrima, a bruise appearing on his neck as the energy coursed through him, causing him to spasm before collapsing to the ground, unconscious.
Totomaru really wished he could say he was surprised by that, but Fairy Tail had stricter qualifications for their S-Ranked wizards than the equivalent at Phantom Lord. It let Phantom get more high paying jobs done quicker, but it meant Fairy Tail had higher quality, which was biting them in the ass during this war.
Totomaru turned his focus back to his fight as the giant sword came down and nearly split him in two. Then it seemed to bend, until a pair of barrels were aimed directly at Totomaru's chest. No way that was a-
A bang went off, and Totomaru joined his teammate spasming on the ground. The man was honorable enough to wait for Totomaru to stand up before swinging the blunt slab of the blade's side for the wizard. Totomaru blocked with one hand, barely, and formed a ball of iridescent fire in the other hand, drilling it into the man's chest… Only for some sort of barrier to absorb the blow. In his shock, Totomaru let his guard slip and was batted across the room into a wall.
The last thing he saw before blacking out was the man hurl his sword like a javelin into the lacrima, breaking it.
—
Ruby entered Jose's room with tight lips, staring up at the leader of Phantom Lord. He had hooked eyebrows, a fu manchu and black lipstick, wearing a blue noble's outfit.
"So they sent you? What's wrong? Is Makarov feeling under the weather?" he said, smugly. Ruby didn't respond, rushing up the wall and leaping off it and towards him.
"White God's Guillotine!" Jose stopped the attack with one finger covered in sickly purple magical energy, a magical circle at the end of the finger. Ruby grit her teeth and punched at him, "White God's Fist!"
This was stopped just as quickly, and Ruby was thrown back. Landing, she held out her hand, and summoned a White God's Greatsword, lunging around the beam of Darkness Magic to swing it down on Jose's head, only for the Wizard Saint to block it.
"Did you really think that would work?" Jose laughed, "I'm one of the ten strongest wizards in Fiore! You can't hope to beat me alon-"
Jose threw up another circle hurriedly as Qrow came lunging into the room, greatsword clashing with the Wizard Saint's magical shield, "good thing she isn't alone then!"
"Yeah!" Natsu jumped in, flames burning around his first before clashing with another seal. A pulse of energy sent all three flying back, and ghostly shades began to appear around the room. Ruby pulled her leg back and sent out another White God's Guillotine, slashing through the shades as if they were nothing, "And even then, those idiots Gray and Elfman are taking out the other members of your gang of goons!"
"You call them idiots when you challenge me?" Jose laughed, pointing a hand at them as a magical seal appeared, "Dead Wave!"
"White God's Bellow!" The mass of ghosts slammed into Ruby's Bellow, causing an explosion that shook the entire building.
—
If there was one good thing about a childhood as a slave, it gave you pain tolerance on a level most people couldn't believe. As such, within fifteen minutes of absorbing a shot from the Jupiter cannon, Erza was up and preparing a second counterattack. Having requipped into her Heaven's Wheel armor, Erza had taken to the sky and was flying towards Phantom Lord's Guild Hall as fast as she could, Mira right beside her. As an explosion shook the building, they crested to see Jose standing there with a smug smile on his face, Ruby on one knee, in a familiar pose, "You really are weak-"
"White God's," Ruby's eyes glowed as she looked up, "Barrage."
Two dozen magical seals, one on each side of Ruby, appeared like wings wrapping around Jose, beams of light blasting out of them to hit him in every direction. He staggered, and aimed a beam at Ruby's chest. She struggled her way up as he continued to blast her, "Is that the best you got? I felt worse when I was four. Mira, Erza, now! White God's Scythe!"
Erza rushed in, gripping a sword infused with light magic as she did, Mira following with bared claws. They flew through the broken window as Jose whipped around, creating two barriers to block them… Which left him wide open to Qrow and Natsu's fists crashing into either side of his face one after the other, sending him flying into a wall.
"Did we beat him?" Qrow asked, panting and leaning on his greatsword. As if to answer his question, a burst of magical pressure forced them all to their knees. Jose stood up, leveling a hand at the group.
"Disappear," Before the beam he fired could hit them, another magical presence made itself known. Soft and warm and like home. A barrier appeared in front of them, absorbing the blow. Into the room walked a short old man that caused Erza to heave a sigh of relief.
"Jose," Makarov Dreyer said, "What do you think you're doing to my children?"
And then, there was light.