Gathering Shadows

(Insert Music: Fairy Tail-Dark Guild)

Skies of Fiore, Unknown Location

In the shadows of a gigantic airship, a man sat within the shadows. The moonlight illuminating the room he was in revealing everything, but his face to the person in front of him.

"Master." A feminine voice spoke. The female bowed to the master who nodded.

"Rise, my child." The man spoke with an elderly voice. Ultear rose up, revealing her form. She was no longer dressed in her Magic Council disguise, but rather she was in a rather revealing white dress that was patterned with tiger stripes which revealed her back. On her back, in dark red, a symbol which was made up of two jagged lines. Intersecting with the two lines were two arcs, one arc intersecting with one line, which curved to look like a makeshift heart, two small spikes jutting out of each arc. Around her wrists were golden bracelets and she wore a pair of black high heel shoes. Her hair was tied up into two tails which rested on each shoulder. Her deep brown eyes looking at her master with that ever present hint of mischief.

"Master, I come to bring you news of a potential...candidates...for our guild." Ultear informed the master. The Master nodded.

"Speak...you have my attention." The Master spoke. Ultear nodded before retrieving the Wanted poster for Naruto and Kurama. She walked up to the master and handed him the paper. The Master read it over and released a dark chuckle.

"The Ogonna Fuujin...he would make a fine addition to Grimoire Heart."

"He would indeed...Master Hades." Ultear bowed.

"The time of his resurrection draws near, my child. Return to your post within the Magic Council and keep an eye on them as you were supposed to, but when we find him, I will have you go with Zancrow and Azuma to reel him into our cause. If he declines...you have my permission to use excessive force, but not enough to kill him."

"Yes, Master Hades." Ultear turned and performed a Requip, changing back into her Magic Council uniform before she left the Grimoire Heart Airship as a magic seal teleported her back to the building.

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Woodsea, Fiore-Unknown Location

Racer, Hoteye and Cobra were sitting amongst themselves within their guild house. Their Master, Brain, sat in his throne, stroking the skull tipped cane he always carried with him. Midnight was sitting in a corner, sleeping atop his magic carpet. Suddenly, the sound of running met their ears, except for Midnight's since he was asleep. Angel panted as she clutched a rolled up piece of paper in her hands. She looked up, fear evident in her eyes.

"Angel, what's wrong?" Cobra asked as Cuberos slithered across the Listening Magic user's arm. Racer and Hoteye joined their surrogate siblings and helped her sit down.

"What's that in your hand?" Racer asked. Angel clutched the paper tighter before tears lined her eyes. She clutched her stomach...a place where the most terrifying mage she had ever met in all her life, had nearly ended said life. She unfurled the paper and showed her fellow Oracion Seis members the picture on the Wanted poster. Their eyes widened at what they saw and read.

"Who is this?" Hoteye asked, "I don't remember him, yes?"

"He looks...kind of familiar though." Racer commented.

"You know now that you mention it..." Cobra and Cuberos narrowed their eyes as they continued to stare at the picture. Angel couldn't hold in her outbursts anymore.

"IT'S HIM YOU IDIOTS!" They all looked at Angel. Brain raised an eyebrow as he watched his guild members and managed to watch as Midnight had awaken slightly, Angel's voice was very loud when she made it.

"Who?" The Distortion Magic user asked. They all looked to see Midnight levitate on his magic carpet, over to them. Angel raised a trembling finger and pointed at the image of the blonde, masked man.

"The one who nearly...seven years ago, the one from that incident." She reminded them. The other four members of Oracion Seis stared harder at the picture and then they all gaped in fear, clutching certain parts of their bodies where the Dragonslayer of the Apocalypse and fire using kitsune had hurt them enough to make them remember their rampage. Racer clutched his knee from where Naruto had nearly shattered it and where Kurama had nearly torn it off, Hoteye held his thighs from where Naruto had stabbed him with his Kaze no Yaiba, Angel held her stomach from where Naruto had slammed an Energy Make: Rasendangan into it, Cobra stroked Cuberos' skull while unconsciously clutching an area of his back from when Naruto had nearly killed him with an Energy Make: Oodama Rasengan andMidnight clutched his arms from when Naruto had removed them from his sockets and also touched his ribs from when Kurama had nearly broken them after sending him flying away.

Brain watched the younger members and stood up. He walked over to them and took the paper of Angel's hands and stared at it.

"Who or what are these things...that makes you so frightful...especially you, Midnight?" Brain asked as he tapped his staff on the ground.

"They were like demons." Cobra shuddered as held Cuberos close.

"Nearly killed us all in one fell swoop, yes." Hoteye murmured.

"Master...remember that mission. Seven years ago, you asked us to bring back Wendy, the Sky Dragonslayer in order to utilize her magic and allow us to use it to strengthen our own." Brain nodded.

"Yes and it ended in utter failure with all of you in near death states. You were lucky enough to even survive." Brain frowned as he tapped the cane on the ground. "Why do you bring it up, Angel?" Angel gulped as she pointed at the images of Naruto and Kurama.

"Well...M-M-Master...th-they were the cause of our f-failure. The Ogonna Fuujin and the Fire Fox." Brain's eyes widened as he suddenly felt his 'old blood' beginning to boil as he read the part about Naruto and Kurama destroying an entire guild by themselves. The tattooed Dark Guild Master chuckled darkly as an insane looking grin appeared on his dark skinned face.

'I must...acquire this man and the beast. With them...the goal will be realized and Oracion Seis will rule all!.'

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