" ": You talking

' ': You thinking

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Your POV:

*A week has passed since the harvest festival came to a close. The town has finally returned to its ordinary relaxed atmosphere. Naturally, the excommunication of Laxus from the guild came as something of a shock to everyone. And SOME of us are still quite whiny about it...*

Natsu: IT JUST AIN'T RIGHT, OLD MAN !!! WHY'D YOU HAVE TO DRIVE LAXUS AWAY, HUH ?!!

Mew: And there he goes again...

Natsu: He's still one of our comrades !! That doesn't change just 'cause we got into a fight !!

"Natsu, I don't think you understand the difference between fighting and 'Actively trying to murder us all'..."

Natsu: I still need to have a rematch with him !!! This time, I'll make sure I'm strong enough to take him down !!

"CUT IT OUT ALREADY !!!"

Natsu: Eep... ?

"Do you really think he drove Laxus away because he wanted to ?"

Natsu: But still...

*This certainly isn't the first time this exchange has happened. As for the master, he even tried to take responsibility for his grandson's actions and step down from his position. Everybody tried to convince him otherwise, but...*

Freed: Please, do not try to punish Laxus any more than you already have. If he were to learn that you had forsaken your position on his account...

*In the end, it was a single comment from Freed (Who seems to have decide to shave his head from regrets) that made the master give up on this idea. Speaking of Freed, him and the other members of the Raijin guard seem to have begun, slowly but surely, to come to terms and open up to the rest of us. Keyword being slowly...*

Evergreen: You can draw a picture of me if you like. No, I will not pose nude, however, so don't bother asking.

Reedus: ... ... ...

Bickslow: So howzit goin' between you and Loki ?

Happy: It's goin' well~~

"It'll be a while, before everything go back to normal..."

Mew: Shouldn't you be worried about something else ? Or rather, someone else ?

Erza: Mystogan...

Mew: Wasn't she like that since Fantasia ended ?

"I know, but... You know, after spending billions of years by my own, I'm afraid my social skills may have rusted quite a bit... And my human part isn't much more reliable..."

Mew: Just try something, the point is to get her out of her spleen, that's it.

"Well, if anything, there's that new cake shop that just opened nearby and- Erza, you're drooling on my shoulder right now."

Erza: Oh ? Um, sorry, I just heard about cake, and...

Mirajane: Sorry for interrupting, but I'm afraid your little date will have to wait. The master explicitly asked for everyone to be present, he as an announcement to make

"An announcement ? What could it possible be ?"

Mirajane: I think it was about-

???: the oracion seis ?

???: So they're going to make their move... How will you respond to this ? Master Hades.

*dark Guild Grimoire heart, Ultear*

Hades: Ignore them. If they try to start something, the lawful folks will hardly be able to ignore it. We should take that opportunity to advance our search for the keys to Zeref's seal. Let us hope that they succeed in eliminating a few of the guilds that stand in our way.

Ultear: Fairy Tail, for instance ?

Mew: What exactly is this ?

Mirajane: We've come up with an organization chart of the dark guilds.

Reedus: It was me that drew it...

"Chart ? I thought they only acted on their own... So what is that for ?"

Mirajane: they seem to be awfully active recently. So we need to work on strengthening inter-guild relations.

Elfman: What's that big circle for ?

Juvia: Ah, Juvia knows that. That's the most powerful force amongst all the dark guilds: The Balam alliance. It's a massive force made up of three individual dark guilds. Each of these has a number of lesser guilds under its control, and thus the three of them keep the underworld in check.

Lucy: Ahh ! "Eisenwald" !!

Erza: That's right... The guild Erigor belonged to...

Gray: So that guild was under the control of these "Oracion seis"...

"So was Ghoul Spirit, the dark guild the Raijin guard annihilated..."

Mew: Look a little lower...

"Yeah, those are the ones we trampled over, what about it ?"

Mew: All under Oracion Seis' control...

"Oh."

Juvia: All the guilds that Juvia and Gajeel destroyed when we were part of Phantom Lord were under the Oracion Seis as well~ !

Gray: Don't say that stuff with a smile...

Lucy: Ahhh... I hope they're not mad at us...

"They have to be at least a little pissed of. But from that to declare an open attack on us, there's quite a big step."

Mage: Ahh, don't worry about that. I mean, there's supposed to be just 6 of them anyway ! How small can a guild can get, right ?

Mirajane: But that "Tiny guild of six", is supporting a third of the underworld.

Makarov: About those Oracion Seis... We're going to take them down !!

Everyone: *La gaspation*

Natsu: *Munch* *Munch*

Mirajane: Oh ! Welcome back, master !

Lucy: What kind of reaction is that ?!!

Erza: So, master... What exactly is this about ?

Makarov: At the last regular meeting, the Oracion Seis came up on the agenda. Seems they're up to something. So it was decided that this development cannot be ignored, and so a guild must be sent to eliminate them.

Gray: And you just had to draw the losing card as usual, huh ?

Juvia: Fairy Tail is taking up that responsibility ?

Makarov: Not quite... The enemy is simply too large for that. If we went alone, then we would eventually end up as the sole target of the Balam alliance's wrath;.

Makarov: As such... We're going to be forming an alliance of our own. Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Cait Shelter. Each of these guilds is to select a number of members, and those members will join forces to defeat the enemy.

Mew: The heck is that... ?

Natsu: We can handle those guys alone !! hell, I can handle those guys alone !!

"And what will you do when the other two guilds decide to gang up on you, exactly ? It's called 'long-term consequences', genius."

Lucy: Wait... Hold on a second... we're dealing with just six people, right ? What kind of monsters are they... ?!

Mew: Imagine fighting 6 Erzas or 6 Y/ns at the same time.

Cobra: I hear it... the sound of the light crumbling... To nothing.

Racer: Don't get ahead of yourself, Cobra. Well, not that speed is a bad thing...

Cobra: This is where the magic we're looking for is hidden, Racer.

Hot-eye: The magic that will bring forth darkness and utterly eliminate the light...

Angel: Nirvana.

Midnight: ... ...

Brain: That legendary magic, is finally ours.

Racer: You sure we should be getting our hopes up so high ? Is this "Nirvana" really all that ?

Brain: Observe. The land itself is beginning to die, simply from having Nirvana in its vicinity.