Matisuki's fists hadn't missed their mark. Yet what he didn't realize was that Acedia got in the way of killing his target, Avar, so he killed that demon instead. Soon, other demons began to swarm in on him as he begins destroying them one by one. However, once they were gone, he can see Sam crawling over to the now crushed and mangled corpse that remained. He realizes that the two were in fact brothers, Sam and Jack, and that they seemed to have been taken over by the demons against their will and power. As he watches the two from a distance, he realizes what he has done. Sure, these are demons yes, but they were using innocent bodies to do their bidding. Now he kills that one brother, causing the grief of the other. In fact, this scene looked almost exactly as what happened to his father! Not only as he relived that dream in a nightmare, but now HE, Matisuki Kiryuin, became equivalent to that demon who had killed his father. Now Sam was PISSED and his anger was now equal to that of Matisuki towards his father's death. The boy glares at the S-Class Warrior and threatens to kill him. Sam then transforms into his pure demon form, as it took over the boy. A pillar of shadows made Matisuki fly off the window and crashes into another building. As he struggles to get up, he finds a woman in the building where he was, looking at him. Matisuki felt slightly embarassed, but manages to make a slight chuckle. "Sorry to interrupt your beauty sleep mam'..." he says to her politely. Yet now was not the time to be talking with girls! Soon he can see the charging demon coming right at him! The S-Class warrior gets up and clashes hands with the demon as he struggles to stand his ground. His kaijirian hands began to bulge in adrenaline as he uses all of his strength. There was nothing more that he could do to save the boy from within the darkness as he realizes what he must do. He needed to KILL that demon... with whatever means necessary. He then looks at the woman below and barks out. "MAM!" he groans as he struggles to keep the demon away, "GO! I'LL HOLD HIM OFF!" Kuro was caught almost off guard as Ira charged at him, almost striking at him with his fist of glowing energy. He jumps onto a taller building as he continues firing more ice blasts at the attacker. However, it wasn't easy to get a good solid hit on him. His movements were insanely quick, up-most precise, and immensely powerful, having the ability to apparently predict his moves. Kuro was slightly familiar to that magic. This was going to be quite a battle indeed...

"We're here in Clover Town. Akira is here and---" Before he could continued what to say to Kyuuten, Akira glomped him. "Mamba-nyan!" He was caught off guard, Kira asked Mamba where is her big brother; Mamba got no idea where. His stalking skills aren't that outrageous as only Julian of Lunar Wolf is a competition to him in stalking. "Archive Magic: Download Stream!" Kira uses archive magic and downloaded endurance tenfold on Mamba and Kyuuten. "Kyuuten, that reminds me. I got a present for you." She uses her archive magic and downloaded two spells in his brain, Altairis. "Don't ever use Altairis unless you're in a big pinch.You already have Grand Chariot and is a good spell to take out multiple enemies.Altaris.... It uses a lot of magic power so be careful." The Harpy's Wing Starbird receives a power up from Maitsuki's little sister. "I can't do much than support you guys from the back and download! So get going!" Kira makes her move. "Archive Magic: Trojan Virus!" She downloaded a paralyzing spell on Invidia, it is a weak spell but it should buy enough time for them to save whoever is in the fray. "I'm alright. My armor is temporarily gone however. It's about time I get serious." Gwen finally strips like she always does; The viper bolt guild mark is seen her right breast. "You're that Gravity Mage from Lunar Wolf, aren't ya." Gwen regains her eyesight after such sting. "Questions later. We need to beat that thing. Slow it down with your magic. Maitsuki...." She paused for a while. "SMASH!" She said aloud as he makes his move. Gwen turns her attention to the demon and taunts him. "What's wrong. Scarred by your loss and felt nightmare for the first time? Ironic for a demin who puts people into nightmares. A fitting death, hoist by his own petard like a bug crushed by a giant and staked by an exorcist. To think such loss makes you whiny swine of greed consuming souls and showing your true colors." Gwen jumps. "Ice Make: Aconitum Ferox!" Gwen erupts icy and stinging ice tendrils of flowers and vines from the ground; Which will encase Avar with spikes. "I'm not done yet... ICE MAKE: Cold Marijuana!!" Gwen summons an ice plant which releases a cold steam. "Guys, attack it while you can." "Of course. Of course. Aria why don't you spin the bottle. It's getting boring around here." He said.

"Tch... Dammit. It's so fucking annoying to have to deal with this shit after just completing a job." Oram sucked his teeth as he turned to face the demon. Apparently one had indeed been killed off. Well, that was more or less a fitting end for a demon. Still though this Vyper mage was... Wait. Did she just give him an order? "What the fuck gives you the idea that I'll take order's from you?" He asked annoyed just before she stripped. He blinked a few times. Two things came to his mind. First, he was right about her being the Vyper girl, named Gwen. The guild mark on her breast was evidence of that. The second thing was... Weird... "That's new." He spoke shaking off the moment as he placed his hands into his pockets. He didn't mind leaving the heavy lifting to the big Vyper guy. And the girl seemed eager enough to handle it as well. Really with the arrival of the other guild mages he could have sneaked off. However, this was just too interesting. And he knew Alec would let him have it if he didn't stay and lend a hand in this mess. So that was just what he'd be doing. He didn't have anything better to do anyway. Though he could have done without the Vyper Exhibitionist giving him orders. "Gravity Fall." He said as he held up his right hand, his fingers spread apart as he walked forward. The gravity around the demon Avar, would soon begin to increase greatly. This probably wouldn't cause too much damage, but it'd sure begin to slow the little fuck down. Poor bastard. He used speed. That meant, a mage like Oram, someone who could take that speed away, was likely to be his worst nightmare.

Once again Kyuuten found himself being moved elsewhere in an instant. Black Mamba began to explain the situation until enigma that was this helmeted wizard was glomped by a cheery girl. Kyuuten chuckled. No matter the situation a little light heartedness was always welcome. Before he could ask for an introduction he felt the familiar sensation of Archive magic being used on him. "Wait how do you know my-?" This girl wasted no time and downloaded more into him. This time a new spell. Pyrrha often used Archive to quickly relay information to him but she wasn't proficient enough to imbue new magic. "Altairis? Well, that could cause a problem..." Kyuuten's master didn't teach him Altairis because he didn't think he was ready. When he caught him trying to practice it without his permission...it wasn't a pleasant experience to say the least. "Hehe, there's no way he'd find out I learned without his approval..." He tried to assure himself with a hopeful gulp. Elsewhere... A towering man of unbelievable size was in the middle of ordering a meal fit for a man of his stature and musculature. At this rate the restaurant was gonna have to close early. As he continued to list off his order he was struck with a sudden feeling. "Oh that boy..." Whirling around his shirt shredded off just from the flex of his muscles and sparkles surrounded him spectacularly. "I hope he has prepared himself for the consequences!" "I'm sorry sir but you cannot be shirtless in here...you're making the other customers uncomfortable. Me too..." Back in Clover Town... "Thanks for the buff~" He told Akira as he drew his sword the blade coating in blue flames. "I'll draw her attention, you get the other out of there?" He suggested to Mamba his body starting to glow with Meteor.

Lover's telepathy, sure, Piper thought to herself, rolling her eyes as the group was teleported to Clover town. Though her vision was a bit blurry due to the proximity, she quickly realized that she had the wrong gun to handle the demonic hounds. "Requip!" she shouted, a magic circle appearing over each hand. The sniper rifle vanished in a flash of light and a new weapon appeared in her hands. One of the hounds was now dangerously close, already lunging at her with its jaws wide open. "Armor Piercing!" A green magic circle appeared at the muzzle of the gun, pointed directly at the incoming beast. The very second the magic circle disappeared a volley of green magical bullets sprayed forth from the weapon, tearing the demon beast that was immediately in front of Piper into bloody shreds. Without letting off the trigger, Piper began rotating her aim to give the other demon beasts their fair share of the devastation. In just a few seconds the last of the demon beasts in the area were defeated. "These things are ass-ugly," Piper commented, giving one of the corpses a light kick. She looked over to the others, making sure they were okay. Aiden seemed to have been bit once, but Nigel saved him. Of course. "I can feel them too," Piper informed Nigel. "I'm getting to a good distance and killing the sons of bitches myself. You can just distract them a bit for me and I'll make the killshots." Piper took off at a run, notably faster than her earlier adventure. Only she wasn't running toward either the demons. In fact she seemed to be running away. The pink-haired woman in her pajamas seemed confused by Matisuki. Whether it was his appearance or what he said, one could not tell simply by looking. "I need... to leave?" she repeated, pushing some more debris out of her way. Where was once the wall and door leading into the hotel room was only rubble, so there was no point in brushing it all aside. Hana carefully stepped onto the pile and walked out into the sunlight. From her new vantage point she could see the damage done to Cedar Town. Her expression notably changed, appearing to have a slight anger upon it. "This..." Her eyes shifted, spotting and identifying Gwen and Oram before finding the Etherious demon that was attacking Matisuki. "Is unacceptable." Hana watched Gwen start an offensive on Avar, calling out for everyone to attack it. Granted the Ice Mage probably didn't know Hana was there yet, but she still did a service. "My laziness... became the cause of pain and suffering," Hana noted to herself. She held her left hand out, a pink magic circle appearing and spawning an ornate white, sheathed katana. "I must right this wrong." Her right hand reached across and latched firmly on the katana's hilt. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Senbonzakura..."

Bristlebane looked around at the destroyed town they had appeared in. His eyes had barely registered the prescene of enemies when they were suddenly under attack by hounds from all directions. He quickly drew his golden sword from one his coat pockets and the sword tore through one of the hounds leaving it in pieces. His eyes take a glazed over look as they rapidly analzyed the movements of the hounds leaping through the air, his sword weaving a shining pattern of protective metal, the intensive training he had undertaken since he recieved the sword self-evident.

Yuuka Takenaka - Gardner of the four seasons Seeing the mass of beasts Yuuka quickly got ready she had several methods to use but this might take all of them she thought. "Bloom" she said softly as held a seed in her hand that quickly became a rose styled sword. Holding it in her hand lightly she tried to stab at a beast only for another to strike her back but she quickly stopped that with a wall of vines from a nearby garden. Taking up a fencing stance she quickly released strikes against the beast in front of her. Though she had to stop midway to block strikes from more beasts. "This is starting to annoy me" she said quietly as she faced a pack of them. Using her parasol she stabbed the point into the ground to summon a multiple flowers creating a garden on the street. Using the roots of the plants to bind her enemy she quickly said words of a heritage she tried to hide she was sort of ashamed of what she was capable of considering their less than stellar rep at times. "WOOD DRAGONS HIDDEN TECHNIQUE: FOREST RUINATION" she yelled as a green magic circle formed around her parasol before slamming it down at the ground again creating a large tree to form and strike the pack in the center before forming a giant tree with them bound in the roots of it. Collapsing to a knee she took a few deep breaths. Before standing up again with her parasol as a aid using her best dragon slayer art took a lot out of her. Stabbing her parasol to the tree the wood started to splinter before shattering damaging the pack greatly in the process. "that's one group down" she said before noticing that they were still standing though with what can be considering the giant skewers in them.

Vanu Ashton Vanu was looking from an alleyway and saw that the cloaked guy was fighting against that Fairy Tail fanboy. This could work out well for her. It would be a tricky and probably risky gamble, but she didn't care for that, she just wanted that guy dead. She put 6 of her souls into daggers, the seventh was in the hovering piece of wood she was sitting on since she couldn't stand up that well at the moment. She then reached behind her head and took off her eyepatch, but kept her right eye closed. This time the guy wouldn't get her by surprise. She then whispered: "Ok guys let's do the dance of death." She sent out 5 of her daggers and kept the final floating underneath her cloak. If the cloaked guy came close to her she would snare him with her right eye and instantly pierce his heart, even those that could resist her eye power were at least stunned for the first few seconds. She sent her 5 daggers towards the fight between the cloaked guy and the fanboy. She hated that she would be working together with that justice guy, but she wanted to win so she did it anyway. Her daggers were flying at high speeds towards the cloaked guy and would continuously circle him and attack every opening and blind spot they found. Sometimes even feigning an attack to give another dagger an opportunity. Though this time Vanu kept an eye out for any suspicious movement so she could retract her daggers right away in case he tried to detroy them again. "Come on fanboy give me some good openings to use."

Sable Rhodroth - Wretched One Cedar Town was a wreck. Cynthia, bloodied and crying. And all he could feel was rage as he knelt down in front of her. He gripped the point of her chin with knelt fingers and pulled her gaze onto him, a stale grimace was on his lips as he stared off towards faraway noise and magic. He looked down at her and softened his expression, a fresh wave of heat rushed his back with sound of explosions's echo. "Its okay, Cyn. I'll make them pay a hundred fold for each tear that fell from your eyes," he told her, standing to his feet. He started to walk towards the danger, the urge to fight felt like it was burning a hole through his gut but something pulled him back. With great effort on his part, he sat on the floor cross-legged. "I'm not sure how powerful you're feeling right now," he admitted, hands gripping his knees tightly. "So I'll stay until you can defend yourself. I'll protect ya for now... partner. And stop crying so much, I hate seeing ya like that." He rubbed his crimson hair nervously.

Collaboration! Raichukkina!

CONCLUSION!

Ira's charge was halted as Kuro's attack came towards him, a hand slammed into the ground bringing forth an erupting wave of flame to meet the beam, the ice attacks, and Vanu's daggers, holding them back if not flat-out plowing through them and charging on towards Kuro. Ira ran around through the flames, intending to strike down Kuro with a fist coated in red lightning. However, his charge would never make it to Kuroku as a hooded figure suddenly appeared between them, twin swords clashing with the demon's fists. "Leave him to me!" A woman's voice said as she held back the demon's attack, "You get the people to safety!" The woman pushed Ira back and charged after him, obviously intending to end the fight quickly. The lightning protected Ira's fist from being cut, but as he was pushed back, his eyes never left the figure's blades. As the figure charged at him with her blades, a clang would ring out throughout the area. In Ira's hands were a pair of dual katanas, summoned through re-quip on pure instinct by Ira. The blade were a dark blue and had a soft ripple-like pattern travelled down the blade. Upon seeing them, Kuro would feel a since of familarity, though he'd be unable to place it. Ira would push the rival swordsman back, then would charge himself, slashing at her with a frenzied barrage of strikes, each one lacking a single wasted movementand not leaving a songle exploitable opening. Half-way thrpugh the fight, the blades would began to take on a red glow aa Ira imbued the weaoon's with his energy, increasing both their range, by a small margin, and cutting power. The mysterious woman didn't move as her swords matched the demon's speed. Their battle became a raging clash of steel as each side tried to find an opening to exploit. It was obvious they were at a stalemate, four blades moving faster than the eye could follow. The hooded man observed how his comrade is battling the demon. With a simple swipe of his hand everything around them froze in a massive area of effect. The man seems to be a familiar person. "Demons are my responsibility to handle. Get out of this town now or you'll suffer more heavy injuries." He told Ira. The man's magic seems to react against demons, it is like cryptonite that stings their souls.

Magnolia Town

Ira reflexes just barely saved him from getting seriously injured, as instead of getting frozen, the ice had hit a giant stone sword that demon had re-quipped in response to the attack. However, he didn't escape it completely, as it had caught his mask. The metal cracked apart and fell off of his face. The hood fell down, revealing a mane of blue hair that hell down around a familiar face, for Kuro at least. Ira glared at the hooded figure with Julian's face, the rage in his eyes intensifying. He looked like he was about to attack, but he suddenly stopped, as if commanded to do so. Instead, he reached into his cloak and threw out a small, dark red lacrima. It glowed brightly twice in rapid succession before it let off a huge explosion of magical energy. When it dissapated, Ira would be gone and at the center of the crater would be the Demon's Maw guild seal, as well as a little message engraved underneath it. "I hope you enjoyed the little bit of chaos we managed to sow in your day, and expect more of it in the future." Gray and Erza The hooded man is revealed to be an adult Gray Fullbuster as he takes off the hood. "You really should have let me wipe out every demon all at once and not hold me back. Ever since Tartarus died 14 years ago. More of this punks have been appearing. Demon's Maw and The Nine Demon Masks. There's more to come. Erza, we're going to the Basilisk Island. I have a disciple to meet but before that I have to purify Clover, Cedar, and Magnolia from the curses that fell upon them. That is the purpose of Devil Slaying Magic and that reminds me, you have someone to visit. Why don't you see that person?." Not only that, Erza is also involed. She replied. ???? The hooded man tilted his head as Ajax left, as if listening to someone. Getting up, he walked around the group, hands folded as he seemed to be in deep thought. "Well gentlemen. . . . . Boom." He said simply, spreading out his arms to toss out a dark red lacrima, which flashed once. The resulting explosion would decimate the room and probably damage a good portion of the guild hall as well. Afterwards, the man would be gone and a crater would be left in the room. In the crater was the Demon's maw seal, and two words. "I lied." Before any relief could be had, an enormous explosion could be heard from acrossthe city. 4 huge beams of energy had come from nowhere and crashed into the city, leaving the entire western portion of the city to be a smoking crater, the guild seal once again right in the middle of it. Man Li, Chuck Norris, and Liem used FORTIFICATION MAGIC: Absolute Fortification to protect every people in Crocus and protect everyone from the damage. Along with that they used Formation of the Four Sun Gods A defensive magic that creates golden gates of heavens and a chariot that absorbs the damage. It was nothing to him, the effect of that explosion as he manages to have his nullification magic on. Even though the masters fortified him. "Hmph! Ajax, Greg. Afterwards we need to report to the Magic Council and Etherion needs to be fired on these bastards. Whether you like it or not.

Cedar Town

Avar was eager to finish the man who killed his brother, and the icy bitch who'd just mocked it, but that'd have to be on another day, he was too outnumbered."TCH...You may have won the battle, Gwen Sniegow. I'll take you on and your friends another time. NO, I will END YOU THE NEXT TIME WE MEET!". Focusing his energies to the maximum, he jumped straight to Celebres Quinque, fleeing the town in the blink of an eye, leaving behind a Dark red lacrima that blinked once before exploding. In the crater that would follow was the seal and message, exactly the same as Ira's. She and a few others at their defense to protect themselves from that impact. Gwen used Arching Exorcist Armor to redirect the curse through the sky. Which destroyed her armor in the process. "Is everyone alright?"

Clover Town

As Trisanna and Yuuka played with her children, Luxuria took the time to plant a few seeds around the Guildmaster meeting hall. Once that was done, she took a look at what had been going on. 'Oh, we have guests. I bet Invidia's thrilled about it, but she's in over her head right now. I'm going to have to hear her complain all the way back huh.' The corruption demon sighed as she leaped off her beast onto the giant tree, the entire thing turning black and wretched as she got near it. "Grand Rebirth!" She exclaimed with a flair of her hands, the bark underneath her cracking open as a swarm of even more monsters burst forth, over a hundred by the looks of it, and charge at all the guild mages in order to cover the demon's escape. They were similar in form to the hounds, but made from blackened gnarled wood and dripping with corrosive black sap. If Yuuka tried to eat oneof them, she'd get a mouth of Luxuria corrupting Curse and likely be transformed into a monster herself. Luxuria's flying beast would swoop in one Invidia's battle, taking advantage of her momentary paralysis to take her away. It went back around to pick up Luxuria,who knocked Invidia out with a chop to the neck to silence her complaints before they started. "Well, it's been fun, truly, but. . . .. .Boom." She finished simply as several of the wood monsters began to blow near the mage groups before exploding. The guildmasters meeting hall, however, went up in a huge explosion, and again left in the crater was the Demon's Maw seal, again with the same message. Luxuria and Invidia were nowhere to be seen after the series of explosions, not even a dot on the horizon. Kyou is playing chess with her top notched Magus Hunter. Receiving the news in a flash from the Rune Knight Patrol Unit. She is displeased with the news yet calm. "Stacy. Checkmate. I guess it's time for you to take action." Next Arc will be written by Renny and Kal-El with the respective people; j8cob, Shiho, Raijin and me for provision.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Kal-El and Renny are now appointed as Co-GMs for the third arc.

Trisana Trisana saw the wood monsters coming and pulled out her deck again. "Tarot Magic! Misfortune!" She yelled, drawing one card and revealing it just before the explosions started. As the smoke cleared around Trisana and those near her, a glowing golden bubble became visible, as did the card in her hand. Moon - The moon card creates a shield around the caster's immediate area, protecting them from damage. "Whew," she said, letting the shield and her physical boost drop. "That was close. Glad I drew a good card there." She quickly searched for Nicholas and found him a ways off. Running to him, she gathered him in a bear hug and swung him around. "We did it!" She yelled joyfully, still spinning, "We beat them!" Cynthia Cynthia reached up to Sable's hand and squeezed it lightly, a weak smile on her face. "I'm glad I'm in good hands," She said softly. Her own magic was already going to work on the wound, purifying the curse that had caused it to open again. Soon enough she would be back to normal, but for now she was having trouble even staying awake.

Nigel had just started heading towards the demon's direction when he was ambushed by a couple of demonic hounds. These hounds though, were not the same as those from before. They seemed to be made from charcoal-black wood and dripping with some kind of corrosive liquid. The hounds attacked Nigel from both sides, their eyes seeking nothing but blood. Nigel dodged one of them as it bounced at him and shot the other with an ethernano beam at point-blank range, erasing the top part of its body. I don't have time for these, they are just distractio- BOOM. The hound that remained had kept following him and had exploded, something that took Nigel by surprice. The explosion sent Nigel flying high, and as all things, he too eventually fell back down to the ground. Nigel heard the sound of more explosions as he fell... Starting emergency reboot... . . 25% complete, life support systems up . . 50% complete, commencing self-regenration protocol . . 75% complete, self-regeneration complete . . 100% complete, motor functions up, all systems up Nigel opened his eyes, the sky above him had a dark blue color. Ugh, what happened here... Nigel thought as he got up from the ground. He looked around for any familiar faces but it seemed he was alone. So much for forming a team... Nigel sighed. They really needed to get their guild building restored. It would act as a morale boost to the members and hopefully, bring everyone a little closer together. Nigel brought up his displays and much to his dismay, the demons had succeded in their plan to destroy the guildmaster's meeting hall, Great, just great was all Nigel could think and to add to that, the demons were long gone, taking their chance and escaping the town amidst all the chaos and explosions. Nigel closed his displays frustrated and made his way back to the center of the town, hoping to meet up with everyone else. "All that for NOTHING" he let out and shot a beam at a nearby building, destroying it. "Damn dark guilds..." he mumbled.

The young woman dived to the ground, a look of anticipation across her face. The weapon in her hand now as the same sniper rifle as before. "Now I can show these guys what fear is like," she said to herself. Piper was far in the distance from Clover town now, laying prone on a hill overlooking it. As she began to look over the city, her wicked grin began to fade. "Where the fuck did they go...?" After a few seconds where she couldn't even find any of the beasts running around she realized what happened. "The little shits ran away! Cowards!" The rifle in her hand vanished as she picked herself up and took a deep breath. After crossing her arms and tapping her foot a moment, the young woman let out a shout of anger before marching violently back towards the town. It took a moment, but Piper arrived back in town and made her way to the others. "You assholes couldn't distract them for one minute? The fuckers got away and we've got nothing to prove for it now," Piper began complaining, crossing her arms over her chest and looking away from everyone. She wasn't even going to justify them with eye contact. The young woman relaxed out of her stance as Avar fled Cedar Town. She only tensed up again as the explosion occurred nearby, but Gwen deflected it. Hana began to look disappointed now, letting out a sigh. With a surprisingly graceful leap, she landed softly on the ground nearby the Vypers and Harpies. "I am sorry," she to them, bowing her head in respect. "I let this town fall into chaos... while I was sleeping. This will bring dishonor to not only myself but Lamia Scale." She drew the sword and went down to her knees, setting the sheathe on the ground and holding the hilt in both hands. "I must pay for this," she said rather simply, before holding her arms out and pointing the blade at herself. Specifically her midsection. "I am too lazy... If I had woken up at a decent time... Those horrible people wouldn't have hurt this town." Though tears began forming in her eyes, the potentially suicidal woman actually appeared rather comical considering her state of disarray. The council member came rushing back from the restroom, only to find that the mysterious person had managed to escape and caused a small explosion in the process. "..." Though his expression didn't change any, anger radiated from the large man. An intense magical pressure also came from Ajax, something which would probably paralyze others in the room if it wasn't for the fact the others were also powerful men. "You could've captured him, Alec..." Ajax said, but he stopped his berating with only that one sentence. The council member closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "We do need to report this. Demon's Maw, as I expected. I had thought we destroyed that Dark Guild, but yet it is haunting us now." The intense magical pressure disappeared as Ajax calmed himself. The untrained or oblivious wouldn't have even noticed he was mad in the first place, but mages would've certainly felt it. "... I cannot go straight back to Era. I have several mages to initiate as Magus Hunters. That will take several days, possibly a week. But Greg... You can tell the Council on my behalf that I expect they will strike again during the ISE..."

Aiden Aiden had been dealing with some of the wood beasts when the explosions went up and the demons had escaped. Piper started yelling at them, and Nigel added to the collateral damage by blowing up a building in frustration. Aiden just looked around, at all the devastation, all the carnage, and made a promise to himself to never let some thing like this happen again. More than anything, he couldn't wait to begin his job as a Magus Hunter. Looking down at the symbol engraved in the crater that used to be the guildmaster's meeting hall, engraving the seal he saw into his mind. 'I don't know who you are, but I will find you and stop you from ever doing anything like this again.' Walking back to the group, he approached the mages who had been facing off against the demon's before they had gotten here. One of the girl's swinging around a younger looking boy in celebration. Aiden didn't have the desire to tell her that this was a loss, plain and simple, even if the enemy had fled. They had gotten what they'd came for, mindless slaughter, destruction and chaos on a large scale, and destruction of the master's meeting hall. So he put on a smile, and cleared his throat, trying to get their attention. "Hello there, my name is Aiden Cross, and I'd like to thank you for holding off the demon's until we arrived and preventing further casulties." Aiden's eyes turned towards the girl that seemed to have been caught in the cross fire, but didn't bare ay major injuries from it. Hopefully, the Council would be able to help her and any other survives return to their daily lives as soon as possible. Julian What happened during the 1 Hour time skip Julian had been walking back to the guild hall, planning all the ways he'd make Master Alec regret the shame he had put him through. 'I wonder, how many laxatives does it take to kill someone, probably ten times less than what I'm going to put in that bastards food tonight. That'll teach him to turn me into a fucking towel, who even does shit like that?!?!?' Julian thought angrily, unaware of a presence following him until it was too late. He turned around katana in hand only to be met with a flash of light. When his vision returned, he found himself in some sort of Cavern, in front of him a hooded figure with a lacrima in hand, probably what transported them here in the first place. Julian assumed a combat stance, waiting for the figure to make a move. The figure smiled, reaching up to pull back the hood that hid his face, putting away the lacrima as he did so. "Why hello Julian, my name is Drasinian, and you're going to be working for me from now on." The man smiled as he reached into his robes, seeming to wait for Julian's next move. Julian said nothing, instead choosing to transform into a raging whirlpool of water and charge his captor, re-quiping around 50 swords he had stored in his re-quip space. "Whirling Devil's Sprial!" He called as he charged, the blades rotating at an insane speed as he did so. But Drasinian didn't move an inch as the whirlpool approached him. choosing to merely hold out his hand. Just as he was about to get hit however, he flicked it upwards, speaking the name of his spell as he did so. "Fallen Judgement". A Mass of darkness, ringed by golden light, blasted upwards, disrupting the attack and actually hurting Julian as it seemed to force him to reform, causing him to fall painfully to the ground. As he cringed, Drasinian walked over to were he was standing, pulling out a small golden vial as he did so. "No need to tell me your sins, I know them well enough. YOu name shall be Ira, and you shall be the blade that shall strike down my enemies and pave my path to glory." The man grinned a mad grin as he broke the seal on the vial, letting out the black smoke inside "Now rise again, Ira, and strike down my foes. I have a job for you."

"Yeah yeah. Everything should be good." Oram said calmly in response to Gwen's question before throwing her the small pile of her clothes from when she had stripped not too long ago. "You shouldn't leave your clothes lying around by the way." His words were likely falling on deaf ears. He had a feeling this girl had a habit of doing this. It wasn't really his place to judge. And then came another female. She was going by this freaking idea that things were her fault and she should take responsibility. Obviously, it wasn't her fault. But this was pretty funny. "Heh... Maybe we should let her do it." He chuckled slightly at the sight before them. Perhaps this was just one of the key differences between a Lunar Wolf and one of the Vypers, or Harpies. Were there any Harpies here? Whatever. "I mean she could always help rebuild and do something productive, but this cowardly way out is pretty funny too." He grinned teasing the girl and unknowingly mocking the Samurai way or whatever the hell it'd be called. Still his demeanor and words, though disrespectful did hold some water. If she wanted to repent for the mistake repent. Fix the honor by rebuilding. Lord knows he wasn't going to. The mind of a supposed samurai was a different thing than another ordinary individual. ----------------------------------------- Nicolas breathed a sigh of relief as Invidia was taken away. "Alright... I'm sorry for falling on you, but at least your oka-AAAAYYY!!!!" His words quickly transition into a surprised shout as Trisana lifted him and began to swing him around. "T-Trisana?! W-what are you... Wait..." He tried to speak, but she was so happy and so not paying attention it was hard to get a word in edgewise. But she was wrong. They hadn't won. In fact, he might have died had the demons not taken off. Not to mention he was in pain due to all the whips he'd received before firing off his spell. To add to this embarrassment was the arrival of an actual guild mage. His name was Aiden Cross"N-no... There's really..." He huffed before managed to wiggle out of Trisana's grip. His face was a dark shade of red, almost close to his hair, or his eyes which held the somewhat strange, compass like pupils. "W-what else would a person do if they were stuck in this kind of mess? R-run?" He was nervous of course. He was still partially shaking. At least his legs were. That was a terrifying experience. "Ah... Wait... I'm sorry. I totally forgot. My name is Nicolas Grimmond. A mage, and hopefully a future member of a guild like you." He spoke more formally, and with less of a stutter as he bowed, though he was still quite nervous. "And... I hope we'll be able to help this young girl. I was just able to stop her from being attack by one of those dog things." He added partially explaining why the girl was even here. It was necessary for a mage to know the details right? Or was he just a little too overwhelmed and over thinking it? Geez... Why had this happened? What were those people... er... Those things... After?

"I failed" Yuuka muttered outloud as she looked at the carnage around the city was in ruins from corrupt forest demons for lack of a better explanation. Collapsing on her knees she couldn't help but hate herself not only was she no help but she allowed the city to get destroyed as well. "This is a disaster but what more can I have done there was nothing more than to try and take a stand" Yuuka muttered again before steeling her resolve. Standing up she grabbed her parasol and started to help repair some of the damages with what little magic she had left using her wood make magic.

Trisana "Whatever," She said, seeing the obvious look of doubt on Nicholas' face, her accent suddenly much thicker. "They blew up building, we saved many lives. Not all, but more than if we had not been here. For me, that is more important. Building can be rebuilt, life cannot be reborn." She pulled her deck out one more time and closed her eyes, focusing hard to pull the right card. Priestess The High Priestess card heals all wounds on the target. "There," She said, pressing the card into Nicholas' chest as the card took effect. "That should be better." She turned to Aiden finally, her speech returning to normal. "And, my name's Trisana."

With all of his might, Matisuki manages to push Avar back and was prepared to battle him to the death. Yet suddenly the demon began to retreat as the rest of the demons in Cedar Town also began to pull back out of the city. The warrior was most utterly confused. Why did they pull back so fast? Something didn't feel too right... "Hey!" he roars as he pounds his chest, "Where are all you pussies running too?! COME BACK AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MA~!" Yet before he could finish, a massive explosion illuminated Cedar Town in a brilliant ball of light. Matisuki covers his face from the light and keeps his ground, shielding himself from the shockwave that rippled through his body as he goes down to one knee. Once the explosion ceased, all he can see was a large crater in the middle of the city (Or wherever it was).. He gets up from his knee and takes a look around the area. Indeed, the town was in total annihilation, a big wreck that would take months to bring back to normal. As he looks around, he begins searching for survivors, until stumbling across Gwen and the others. "OK" he answers Gwen's question as he approaches them. Both Kuro and Vanu's attacks had meant nothing as Ira managed to simply block them with ease. Yet as he was about to hit the WInter Spirit with a fist of deadly red lightning, he suddenly sees a hooded figure come between them, blocking Ira's attack with two swords. He was ordered to run to safety as the voice, confirmed to be a female's, but yet he stayed within the area. He watches the fight from a safe distance, trying to figure out what was going on. Then Ira also revealed two katanas of his own via requip magic. Those blades looked familiar to Kuro's eye. Yet he couldn't put his finger on them. Soon enough, another hooded man came into view and suddenly the woman's swords hit their mark on Ira, shattering the mask that hid the man's face. What Kuro saw next sent shivers down his spines. He saw the face of Julian! The water mage from Lunar Wolf! Kuro then began to feel anger from within his gut and prepares to encounter him FACE TO FACE. Yet without warning, Julian simply vanished, leaving a small dark red lacrima. It then exploded suddenly as Kuro hide behind some debris, shielding himself from the light and shockwave that followed. When the explosion ceased, Kuroku comes out from hiding, only to see a big crater in the middle and the two people. He watches closely as the hooded man takes off his hoodie, revealing the face of... "No! It can't be! The face of..." "GREY FULLBUSTER?!" But that wasn't all. The man then talks to the mysterious woman, revealing her name... "ERZA SCARLET?!" Both of Fairy Tail's most legendary and beloved wizards came to his aid in defeating Julian?! Kuro's mind flashed with memories from the parade long ago, remembering the faces of both Grey and Erza, they being only much younger. He couldn't believe what he was seeing! He then gets up from hiding and just stands there with awe, his mouth open in dumbfounding awe. "I-I don't believe it..." he says to them in awe, trying to keep calm and not fanboy over the two, "O-out of all the people I thought would help me, I...I never dreamed that you guys would come and help me... in the flesh!" Greg had witnessed the unknown figure depart and made a small explosion, covering his face. For only a minute, he just looked at the crater, trying to figure out what happened. He then sees Ajax come out of the restroom, sensing the radiating anger that came out of his soul, despite not looking as if he was angry. Greg faces him once he began to speak. "I shall go to Era immediately." he replies after Ajax told him to go and report the news to the Council. He suddenly teleports out of the room, making his way to the council.

Aiden "I agree, you can only do so much in some situations, so it's best to count what you succedded at, instead of where you failed. A pleasure to meet the both of you, I only wish it were under better circumstances." Aiden stretched a little, wincing a little as he felt the sting from the bite on his leg. It wasn't a deep wound, but it was still a bit of a hinderance to his movements. "But that aside, we should probably go look for any survivors or straggling monsters that maybe around, they could be some who require some medical attention. I hope those cards aren't just one use only." Aiden finished with a chuckle, trying to lighten the mood some what with a slight joke. "And that's an interesting accent you have there, though I can't place it. Where are the two of you from, and how did you come to know each other?" Aiden asked as he made his way towards the town, his senses on high alert for any signs of life. Xavier Xavier looked outside when the fighting was done, glad to see the demon gone. But no sooner had he felt that relief, a bitter shame filled his heart asnhe thought about his actions. He had run away from the fught like a coward and had cried like a baby. How was he going to get stronger if he ran away from tough fights like this. 'I'm not running from another fight ever again. I will not be the weakest link in the chain that is Vyper Bolt. I will get stronger, I will beat Sable, I will beat Revan, and I wuill never allow myself to show such cowardice again.' Xavier rubbed his eyes dry, a new determinationnset in them, a dark fire that burned with a hunger for power that seemed to only grow as time went on. In the depths of his mind, deeper than where even Cassandra, the voice in his head, dwelled, a figure draped in shadow smiled, his grin wide and his red eyes filled with malicious intent, "Soon, I will wake, and then I will give you the power you seek. But for know, you must wait. In time, you shall know who you truly are, and all will crumble under our power."

Somewhere in Margaret Town, Fiore. In a Apartment, not far from the famous Guild: Lamia Scale. A dark hair boy no older than 17 was cooking his lunch. His blue eye transfixed on the pork slices that was frying as he quickly turn it over. "Sage!" a small cry came from atop of his head, a small creature with cat ears and a human face peeked from his black hair, it's green eye looking at him "When is lunch ready?" "........" the boy just looked at her before looking back at the meat that was cooking before he nodded to himself, placing the slices next to the plate filled with Mash potatoes and Vegetables, he turned of the gas and walked over the the dining table before placing the meal down. "Food!" the creature cried before jumping of his head and next to the plate. the Small figure had pink hair "Kei, lunch is ready!" In a instant another cat-like figure came from out of nowhere and jumped next to her "Thanks Mei, thank you Sage!" Kei bowed before grabbing a slice of pork with his little hands. The black haired boy nodded before watching the two Cats-humans eat. His eye slwoly traveled from them towards a flyer. Picking it up he read to contents. Things to do today: -Get to Lamia to see Master Vastia -Talk with Cheila about clothes for Mei and Kei -Train in the forest - Work on 'that' -Train Nodded at his schedule, Sage look the roof before feeling something tug at his fingers. "Sage, if you don't ate with us, Mei will eat your share!" Mei teased, getting the pink haired Nuko angry. "Mei, don't be rude!" Sage shook his head and grabbed his utensil. It was another day for him....or so he though.