Natsu shot awake, entering a sitting position. "What the...?! Where?!" He looked around, noticing that first he was on a rather comfortable bed, and there an unconscious Happy right beside him. Actually, the exceed was sound asleep. "Happy..." Natsu used his hand to nudge the exceed, waking his fellow partner up.

"Mrhph...Fish..." Happy grumbled in his sleep while stirring. Eventually, he woke up, sitting up while rubbing his eyes, looking around. "Huh...? Natsu? Where are we?"

"I don't know..." Natsu replied as he hopped from the bed, oddly feeling 100% despite the lost bout with Ace. "But I do know I've never felt better than I do right now!"

"Same!" Happy said in agreement. "I feel great, like I could eat 10 fish in a row!"

"You already do that." Natsu replied with a raised brow.

"Without stopping!" Happy added after a brief pause. His head then turned to scan the room they were in; it seemed like an infirmary, filled with multiple beds. "What's that?" Happy asked while pointing to a strange device that was letting out a low hum.

"I dunno..." Natsu replied while bringing his arm up, fire covering his fist. "But I'm gonna break it." Natsu then stepped forward to the machine and drew his arm back, throwing it forward at a great speed, breaking the machine with a single punch. The humming noise stopped and the machine began to spark periodically. "That'll teach whoever is here!"

"Hm...?" Happy's ears perked up upon hearing voices not too far off. He turned and pointed to the door. "I hear people over there."

"Let's check it out then," Natsu said while walking towards the door Happy pointed towards. Once reaching the door, Natsu opened it and walked out of the room. He still heard voices, and they seemed to be coming from above the flight of stairs. He and Happy walked up the stairs, eventually reaching another door. Once opening it, they walked into what seemed to be a meeting room, computers on and around the walls, and a giant table (lacrima projector) in the center. Not only this, but around the table were Lucy, Erza, Gray, Juvia, Gajeel, Lily, Wendy, Cynthia, Lucy, Mirajane, Luke, Takeru, Selene, Aira, Leon, Trinity, Rylo, and Flynn. "Eh..?"

"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed with a smile on her face. "You're awake!"

"Took 'im long enough..." Gajeel said while scratching the back of his head.

"Everyone's here...?" Natsu blinked a few times before walking in the room and took a spot next to Lucy.

"Ace got us all by surprise..." Aira replied to Natsu while crossing her arms.

"He had trouble with Selene and I, though," Luke said with a somewhat proud smirk.

"He couldn't break these diamonds." Selene smirked alongside Luke.

"But that Stealth Laser is a bitch though..." Luke grunted.

"Isn't it a bit weird that everyone has not a scratch on them?" Mirajane asked while looking around at everyone. "Ace did do battle with you all, yes?"

"He's strong, that's for sure." Trinity replied. "But, I had other reasons for taking him on then whatever it is you guys are here for."

"That so?" Rylo inquired.

"Yes, it is," Trinity responded.

"I see you're all here and awake." Ace said as he appeared in the room via elevator from the end of the table in his regular appearance.

"There's the bastard!" Gray shouted while clenching his fist, ready to attack.

"Whoa, whoa, down ice boy!" Ace said while placing his arms in front of him, gesturing for Gray to cool down. "I said your members were safe and sound and look, I was right, wasn't I?"

"You don't really have too much room to talk to us so casually..." Cynthia growled while placing her hands on the table, glaring towards Ace.

"You've yet to explain what you've brought us all here for." Carla said while crossing her arms. "It better be a good reason, too.

"I do have a reason for bringing you all here!" Ace exclaimed with a grin. "Allow me to formally introduce myself! B. A. C. Eos, codename: Black Ace, at your service! But please, call me Ace!"

"You sure talk to us so casually after what you did..." Flynn scoffed while crossing his arms, tapping his foot on the ground because he wasn't good at sitting still for so long.

"And I'm just about to get to my reasoning for that, so hold your horses, speed boy!" Ace replied while giving a nod.

"If we don't like your reasoning can we beat you to an inch of your life?" Takeru asked while raising a brow, annoyed tone of voice conveying his mood.

"You can try," Ace merely replied with a cocky tone. He then cleared his throat before speaking. "I wanted to talk to you all about the guild known as Dealer."

"Dealer?" Erza raised a brow in interest, keeping wary of Ace while placing her hands on the table. "What about them? Explain who you are, first."

"Right, right..." Ace nodded, taking a step back. "As you can probably guess by my code name, I was a member of Dealer."

"Was?" Lucy tilted her head at the wording. "So you quit? Or did they release you?"

"I quit." Ace replied. "I couldn't keep up what they were carrying out, so I decided to leave and go against it a few months ago. I tried to bring a few others with me but they didn't go for it."

"What do you want to talk about those assholes for?" Natsu asked with a scowl.

"I fought you all to see if you were ready to face Dealer for real. That, and after watching the performance of the Black Phoenix Tournament. I couldn't exactly pick fights with all your members, so I only choose those who weren't too much trouble to get to and who are strong." Ace responded to Natsu's question.

"What was so wrong about knocking on the door politely?" Lucy said with a stale expression.

"Do you trust the last two people who ended up doing that?" Ace said to Lucy with a sort of rhetorical tone.

"Well..." Lucy started, her gaze averting to the ground.

"We're all ears then, Ace..." Mirajane nodded. "Please start."

"Very well." Ace nodded in response to Mirajane, gesturing to the lacrima projection screen. "Everyone, turn your attention to the screen please." On the screen, the first person to show up was Spade Magnes.

"That's...Spade Magnes, right?" Juvia asked. "Juvia remembers him being especially creepy..."

"That's right," Ace said. "Spade Magnes, lightning mage. He also uses gravity, missile, and magnet magic. Spade was formerly a scientist at the BoMD, but an accident caused him to quit."

"Would that accident involve his odd colors?" Aira asked after raising her hand.

"Pretty much," Ace replied. "Spade is moderately strong, though he mainly acts as the scientist, creating things way before anyone else would get to them. This makes my mission of keeping up with Dealer a little difficult because I'm not familiar with any new technology they may have...That's why King had a sort of preference for him. I can't tell you too much about his past before the BoMD, because I don't know. He's rather tight lipped about it."

"So he's a smart guy who can fight, basically," Gajeel scoffed, waving a hand dismissively. "If Laxus can beat him, he won't be a problem in the long run."

"That's one way to think of it..." Ace said before moving onto the next; Club Strong. "Club Strong..." Ace sighed heavily, pacing back and forth. "Strong...Strong...Strong...how do I explain this...Strong is..."

"An idiot?" Erza stated bluntly.

"Yes!" Ace said while snapping his fingers and pointed to Erza. "An idiot! But, he's a strong idiot...he can level a building in one swing."

"With one swing?!" Leon's eyes lit up with admiration. "He must be really strong!"

"Hence the name," Ace chuckled a bit at Leon's response. "Strong is an interesting one. Born right here in Fiore, but his immense strength appealed to King. He's too much of an idiot to really explain his past well, but just know that Strong and his club are extremely dangerous."

"This information would've been much more useful sooner..." Rylo said while adjusting his top hat.

"They acted faster than I thought they would..." Ace replied before moving onto the next; Diamond Ice. "Diamond...it's safe to say that she's the weakest of these three. However...she has a lot of potential to become the strongest."

"She's the one who trapped Juvia..." Juvia said with a slight scowl.

"Please..." Selene let out a scoff and waved a dismissive hand towards Ace's statement. "She was child's play, I could've eaten her if I wanted to."

"I would pay to see that, actually." Ace said to Selene with a slight grin. Before continuing, he pulled out a generic brand snack bar and began to chew on it obnoxiously loud.

"...Must you eat so loudly?" Luke asked while groaning.

"Huh?" Ace blinked before realizing that. "Oh, she kept mentioning I do that..."

"She?" Mirajane asked.

"My assistant. She's working on something at the moment but she'll be here before you guys leave." Ace replied. "Anyway, back to Diamond. Diamond was born in the country of Iceberg. She was abandon by her parent because she was always sick as a child. But as you can see she endured the weather and has untapped potential that could be a threat should she find a way to release it."

"I'll still make dinner out of her," Selene said while rolling her eyes.

"Next up..." Ace said while the image switched to Queen Tia. His gaze on her lingered for a bit, before continuing on."Queen Tia."

"We've had quite a few encounters with her..." Lucy said while letting out a sigh.

"Tia, as you may be aware of, is an S class mage of Dealer, meaning she's one of their strongest members. She is not someone to be taken lightly." Ace said in a serious tone.

"No way!" Natsu said with a grin. "Gray and I had her on the ropes!"

"Yeah!" Gray shouted in agreement.

"I don't think you had her on the ropes exactly..." Ace said while pondering the thought. "Did you use lightning?"

"That's right!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Ah, that's it. You see...Tia's body is susceptible to lightning. When she was a child, she was stricken by a magical bolt of lightning. She almost died because of it, and as a result, she can't take lightning attacks. It doesn't really help that she's a water mage either." Ace explained.

"Does that explain why she seemed to be so pissy all the time?" Lily asked.

"Pissy?" Ace blinked a few times, looking at Lily with a quizzical expression. "Tia's actually quite calm, given a few outbursts here and there."

"I think there's a huge misconception about Tia here..." Lucy somewhat grumbled. But she could also tell there was a hint of compassion within Tia, somewhere... "Either way..."

"She's dangerous. But...if anything," The image then shifted to Jack. "Jack is more dangerous if put under the right conditions."

"Jack? Dangerous?" Cynthia tilted her head a bit, eventually shaking it. "He's more annoying than anything, but he didn't seem too dangerous aside from the obvious S class strength."

"That's because Tia restrains him," Ace replied. "Let me ask you a question, those of Fairy Tail. When was the last time you saw Jack and Tia?"

"At Lisanna's funeral…" Mirajane replied. "Both of them…"

"Exactly," Ace said with a nod. "Tia and Jack are connected by the hip. Without Tia, who knows how long Jack would go without flying off the handle. Jack's magic is quite unique. He specializes in Wicked Flame magic."

"I couldn't eat his flames from what I remember…" Natsu growled somewhat from annoyance at the memory.

"Yeah, his flames are quite different than regular flames. I don't think it's possible for any fire mage to consume them," Ace said. "They also have the ability to drain the magic of those they touch."

"Sounds like a hassle…" Luke sighed.

"It can be rather annoying, especially because they don't extinguish like normal flames. They won't stop burning away at the magic in your body until it's bone dry. But considering Jack's strength, chances are you've already lost the fight if you let even an ember touch you." Ace continued. "But, as for the backstories of Tia and Jack. Their parents were killed about two years ago, and King found them and took an interest in them. As you can tell, they are quite the dangerous pair. Tia is dangerous, but Jack is even more dangerous without Tia around to restrain him. Remember that…"

"Noted…" Erza nodded.

"Now, onto the next…" Ace said as the image switched from Jack to Heartless. Lucy and Luke's eyes immediately narrowed once spotting the pinked haired demon.

"Heartless…" Lucy said with a hateful tone.

"I see you're already familiar with her…" Ace said while crossing his arms. "I'm taking that as a bad signal…"

"She took Taurus and Gemini from me…" Lucy said with a groan.

"She did…? I see…" Ace pondered the thought for a moment before continuing. "Anyway…Heartless is arguably the most dangerous member of Dealer. And that's saying a lot considering how Jack, Tia, and Joker can be sometimes…"

"Isn't she a demon…?" Wendy chimed in with her question. "That Daigo guy said she was…"

"Ah, Daigo…her servant." Ace shrugged before continuing. "Yes, Heartless is a demon. She traded her heart for her enchantment, Magic Cards. If I had to guess, Daigo is more than likely a physical manifestation of her enchantment. Or curse...whatever you wanna call it. He is independant from Heartless, so getting rid of her wouldn't take him out of the picture."

"Humans…" Trinity let out a quiet sigh before listening to Ace again.

"Heartless' Magic Cards are extremely dangerous. With these, Heartless can take over the minds of those weaker than her. Breaking her control is near impossible…" Ace explained.

"She used that to control Heather…" Luke mumbled.

"That's not entirely true…!" Lucy blurted out, causing Ace to turn in her direction. "When Taurus and Gemini were injured, I was able to call out to them…but she called them back before I could save them…"

"I'll certainly keep that in mind…" Ace nodded to Lucy before continuing. "Not only is her enchantment dangerous, but she is quite strong physically too…"

"Ugh…don't remind me…" Luke said while rubbing his cheek, the exact spot Heartless' heel struck him. "One hit…not my best moment…"

"Not much else is known about Heartless before she joined Dealer, unfortunately…" Ace sighed. Now, the image switched to the probably infamous member of Dealer; Joker. "Now…Red Joker…Joker is the most violent member of Dealer without a doubt…"

"This is a monster eat monster world…" Mirajane mumbled, her fist clenching at the memory of Joker eradicating Lisanna.

"Bastard…." Natsu grit his teeth, clenching his hand into a tight fist. "I'll pay him back, I swear…"

"You two did very well against Joker…" Ace said with a serious tone.

"What do you mean very well?" Natsu asked with a slight sneer; he couldn't tell if Ace was being sarcastic or not.

"Exactly what I mean. Joker is very powerful, but you two did an excellent job combating him." Ace replied.

"But we couldn't beat him!" Mirajane shouted, causing everyone in the room to turn to her. "He killed Lisanna and I wasn't even strong enough to avenge her…"

"Don't beat yourself up about it…" Ace said. "To be honest…Joker probably isn't something you can handle right now."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Natsu immediately jumped onto the table, his body lit in flames as he stared down Ace.

"I said Joker isn't something you can handle right now," Ace repeated while staring into Natsu's eyes. After a few second stare down, Natsu returned to his spot and Ace continued. "I might be able to pull something off against him. We both used to be SS class mage."

"That explains a lot about your strength…" Cynthia huffed.

"Any way…" Ace coughed. "Joker is a special case…as if he wasn't strong enough already, Joker-"

Before Ace could finish, Lisanna walked into the room, her face in a clipboard. "Ace, I keep looking over this data you sent him and…" Lisanna looked up, realizing that she walked right into the meeting; not only that, but the expression of those in Fairy Tail became shocked.

"…Surprise!" Ace exclaimed with a slightly nervous laugh.

"LISANNA!?" The members of Fairy Tail shouted before jumping onto the takeover mage, bombarding her with all sorts of questions.

Takeru raised a brow at the sight of Lisanna, clearly questioning her existence. "I thought she was dead?"

"That's what I heard too…" Flynn tilted his head in confusion.

"She smells very much alive…" Leon said with a nod.

Mirajane held Lisanna in the tightest embrace humanly possible, tears welling up in her eyes, "L-Lisanna…! I-I thought….I thought Joker killed you!"

"Ssh…" Lisanna whispered while rubbing Mirajane's back gently. "It's okay, Mira-nee…I'm just fine…"

"But how..?" Lucy asked. "And why have you been hiding for so long!? And working with Ace!?

"Allow me to explain…And why do I feel like taking some sort of offense to that…?" Ace said while shaking his head. "Anyway…"

{Flash back}

The scene cuts right to the moment where Joker unleashed his Dread Laser onto the helpless Lisanna. It seemed as though the youngest Strauss Sibling was down for the count once again, but that wasn't the case. Before the Dread Laser could completely vaporize Lisanna, a figure sped through the Dread Laser and snagged the snow-haired mage. The result made it seem as though Joker had indeed killed Lisanna. Off in the distance, Ace stood with a heavily injured Lisanna in his arms, watching the bout of Mirajane and Natsu vs. Joker. "They've acted faster than I thought…" Ace mumbled to himself as he watched the battle, his interest starting to rise a bit as he noticed Natsu and Mirajane's will to fight coming from their will to fight for Lisanna. "But…this is interesting…their will to avenge her is driving them…perhaps…they have a chance at facing off against them…"

{Cut to a day later}

Lisanna's eyes popped open, sitting up with a loud gasp. She looked around, her body covered bandages. "W-What…?!" She began to panic slightly as the last memory in her mind replayed. "Natsu…? Mira-nee? Lucy…? Happy…?"

The door to the infirmary opened, and Ace walked in, a bit surprised. "Ah…you're finally awake…"

"W-Who are you!?" Lisanna asked with widened eyes.

"Whoa, whoa, calm down…" Ace said while speaking in a soft tone. "I'm not here to hurt you. I'm a friend. My name is B. A. C. Eos. But, call me Ace for short."

"What do you want with me…?" Lisanna asked, clearly still wary of the male before her.

"I see your guild has dealt with my former guild, Dealer…" Ace started.

"Ah! Fairy Tail! Are they okay?!" Lisanna blurted out, staring at Ace while desperately waiting for a response.

Ace merely gave a calm nod. "Yes, Fairy Tail is just fine. However, they seem to believe you're dead…"

"What?!" Lisanna attempted to move, but her injuries prevented this. "Agh…"

"Calm down…" Ace said before sitting down. "This is actually good…I have a plan in mind to help take down Dealer, but it will require your assistance to prove my hypothesis."

"Why should I trust you?" Lisanna immediately asked.

"Well, it's not like I saved your life or anything…" Ace said with a slight, silly grin.

Lisanna paused for a moment before nodding. "Fine…as long as I get to see Mira-nee and Elf-nii again…"

"Don't worry, you should be able to." Ace nodded. "And I'll make sure you're even stronger when you do!"

{End flashback}

"And so we proceeded to watch you over the course of a few weeks," Ace said while chewing on his generic brand snack once again. "We saw the funeral, and the BP tournament; and here we now are."

"All that time…?" Erza let out a sigh before letting off a smile. "It's good to see you're alright, Lisanna. Thank you, Ace."

"Don't worry about it," Ace said with a grin.

"…Can we continue with this little seminar instead of his sentimental stuff…?" Luke asked.

"Luke!" Aira huffed towards the copy mage. "Don't be so rude! You'd be the same way if it was Heather!"

"I…" Luke immediately shut up after Aira's comment, sinking down slowly as he planned to remain silent.

"He's right." Ace said before clearing his throat, the image changing from Joker to the last one; King. "And lastly, the Master of Dealer…King. I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't actually met him."

"We had a nice chat via lacrima screen if that's what you're referring to." Rylo commented.

"He's got the kind of face that I just wanna punch over and over again, without stopping either," Gajeel chuckled a bit. "Gieheh…"

"King is a very powerful and dangerous man, in more ways than one, too," Ace said as he began to pace around the room.

"So excluding combat-wise, what can he do?" Flynn asked.

"King is a very entrepreneurial man…" Ace explained. "In other words, he's quite rich, and he could easily attain a lot of political power with that money."

"I don't care how rich he is!" Natsu shouted, banging his fist on the table. "I wanna show him what happens when you pick a fight with Fairy Tail!"

"Aye!" Happy exclaimed.

"The thing about King is...you're not beating Dealer without going through him. And you're not going through him without getting through Joker, who is undoubtedly the biggest problem of them all." Ace crossed his arms.

"Then I'll crush all of 'em in one punch!" Natsu said, determined.

"Because of King's money, he's easily able to buy anything and everything. He has technology years ahead of what is out now, and it doesn't help that he has Spade, a former top scientist, at his finger tips to build whatever he wants." Ace groaned somewhat after he spoke. "It's gotten to the point where I can't even keep up with their tech, which explains why I was so surprised at the flying card they used to capture you all."

"I think he mentioned something about collecting our magic power…?" Lucy pondered aloud. "Him or someone else…"

"I don't know what that would be about, sadly…" Ace replied. "But, now that we have information about all of Dealer…there's another reason I brought you all together today."

"And what would that be?" Takeru asked. "I've been wondering if you've had another purpose to all of this aside from boring us with nothing but details…"

"Heh, don't worry, Takeru. My proposal is something I think you'll all enjoy." Ace grinned somewhat. "Since you all, aside from Leon and Trinity, have seen what Dealer can do and what they are capable of, my proposal is this. We cannot let Dealer do as they please, don't you agree?"

"I agree!" Aira nodded.

"So, that's why I propose this to you and your respective guilds. Team up with me, and together we can begin operation: CRUSH Dealer!" Ace said with an enthusiastic tone.

"Crush Dealer!?" Natsu grinned at the sound of the name along, pounding his fist into an open palm. "I like that name!"

"Yeah, me too!" Gajeel yelled, giving a toothy grin. "It gets the blood pumping!"

"I gotta agree, I like the sound of that…" Takeru gave a smug grin.

"E-Em…" Lisanna mumbled. "Don't you think that sounds a bit too…excessive, Ace?"

"I don't see a problem with it at all!" Ace replied to Lisanna while finishing off his snack. "Everyone else seems to like it!"

"I like it!" Cynthia exclaimed. 'It's short and straight to the point!"

"Maybe we could go for something a LITTLE less violent…?" Aira suggested.

"…It's no good?" Ace asked while looking around at the others who didn't seem to agree with the name.

"There's no ring to it…" Wendy commented.

Ace let out a heavy sigh at the strong opposition to his suggestion name. "Fine, we can go with something else then! How about operation: Shut Down Dealer?"

"That sounds much better!" Lisanna chimed with a bright smile.

"…I liked "Crush" a lot better…" Natsu frowned at the name change.

"…I was totally right…" Ace scoffed.

"Either way, our mission is now clear!" Lisanna exclaimed.

"Oi, let's all keep in touch, eh?" Ace asked, to which everyone gave a nod. "Excellent! Now, I would send you all home via teleporter…but SOMEONE broke it." Ace cut his eyes to Natsu, who just crossed his arms.

"Not sorry," Natsu replied.

"It's not totaled, so the best I can do is teleport you guys to near your guild towns. Are you alright with that?" Ace asked.

"I can Shadow Travel Luke, Selene, and Aira," Takeru said while waving a hand, and with that, the four White Eclipse members dipped into the shadows due to Takeru.

"Fairy Tail, I'll need you to stay back for a bit. But, Rylo, Flynn, Leon, and Trinity, I'll take care of you right now, follow me." Ace nodded, leading the four to the infirmary where the teleporter was. First Rylo went in, then Flynn, followed by Leon, but Trinity hung back because Ace asked him to. "So…Trinity…I've heard that your brother is on the move."

"Is that so?" Trinity raised a brow. "I guess it can't be helped…Must be too much to expect him to be completely quiet. I'll let you know if anything happens." Trinity said with a nod.

"Likewise." Ace nodded, and sent Trinity to Leon's estimated location. After that, Ace returned to the meeting room. "Good, you guys are still here."

"Why did you want us to stay back?" Carla asked.

"My request, actually." Lisanna said. "I wanted to show you guys how strong I've grow since I've been gone!"

"I've been training her, so I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the results." Ace nodded, gesturing for Fairy Tail to follow. "Come." Ace let the small group of Fairy Tail wizards to a training room filled with practice dummies. Ace walked over to a machine while Fairy Tail stood on the sidelines. "Ready?"

"Yup!" Lisanna nodded and walked into the center of the room, a magic seal appearing over her as she entered her Tigress Takeover. "Let's go!"

"Begin!" Ace pressed a button, and the training session began.

Lisanna was ready, with improved speed; she went from dummy to dummy, slashing them across the chest with her claws. One the dummies swung, but with her reflexes she avoided it before it even came at her, retaliating with a slash. Suddenly, a few lasers were locked onto her. "No problem…Animal Soul: Armadillo!" A bright light appeared around Lisanna as she took the form of an armadillo, now curled into a defensive ball as the lasers released their fire on her. The assault ceased after a few seconds, and Lisanna popped out completely unharmed.

"Whoa…" Lucy clapped her hands together in amazement.

"She's gotten so strong…" Mirajane said while placing a hand on her cheek, giving a proud smile.

It wasn't too long after that Lisanna finished, landing on her feet, returning to normal. She turned to Ace with a grin. "What was my time?!"

"Just under a minute!" Ace replied with a slight grin. "Not bad, not bad! You've certainly improved! When we first started it took her a good 10 minutes."

"Sssh…" Lisanna hushed Ace before walking back to the others. "Well?"

"Not bad, Lisanna-san!" Juvia said while giving an excited smile and nod.

"Thank you, thank you!" Lisanna bowed a bit, giving a slight giggle.

"Thank you for saving my sister, Ace." Mirajane gave Ace a smile towards him. "...I hope you two haven't been doing anything untoward with no supervision, however."

"W-What?!" Lisanna's eyes grew wide, and she shook her head. Her face lit up bright red. "M-Mira-nee!"

Ace coughed, almost choking on his snack from Mira's sudden statement. "N-Not at all! She's just been my assistant in watching you guys...!"

"I'm just making sure." Mirajane kept her eyes closed with her smile. The aura she gave off was mildly frightening; that of an older sister.

Ace cleared his throat, doing his best to bounce back from all of that. "Now, I'll return you all to near Magnolia from here…would be right in the city but…" Ace stared as he once again cut his eyes to Natsu.

"Still not sorry!" Natsu shouted. Once reaching the teleporter, Ace teleported the Fairy Tail mages to the outskirts of Magnolia. After that, the group began walking back to the town.

"It's morning already…?" Gray groaned somewhat as he brought his arm up in front of his eyes to shield them from the sun.

"I'm sure the others are extremely worried about us…" Wendy said while poking her fingers together. "We should hurry back."

Just as the small group of Fairy Tail wizards began to enter the town, Hyde appeared with his group once again (minus Knightwalker for now) and had two more people beside him. Hyde grinned as he watched the wizards enter the town, letting out a chuckle at the same time. "It's about time…" Hyde looked over his shoulder to his crew. "Stage Managers, I believe it's time we begin the production…"