Naruto and the others had finally made it back to Magnolia after completing their S-Class mission.

"We're finally back in Magnolia!" Natsu cheered.

"It's good to be back, I think I'll take the day off today." Gray said as he began to deviate from the group. At least until Erza grabbed him by the back of his collar.

"Thought you could get away? Or did you forget you have punishment that awaits you?" Erza questioned and Gray started to sweat an abnormal amount.

"If Master makes us do THAT again I don't know if I'll survive it!" Happy cried in fear.

"Can someone just tell me what this punishment is?" Lucy asked.

"Don't worry about it Lucy. I'll talk to the old guy for us. He loves me." Natsu said with a reassuring grin.

"Don't think you can talk your way out of this one Natsu." Erza smirked as she put her hand on his shoulder. That reassuring grin turned into an extremely nervous smile as sweat began dripping off his body the same way Gray's did.

"NOOOOO I DON'T WANNA DIE!" Natsu cried out as Erza dragged him away.

"Oh crap, I don't know if I can survive THAT again!" Gray bellowed.

"CAN SOMEONE JUST TELL ME WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT?" Lucy shouted.

"I'd tell you but we don't know either." Naruto said.

"Whatever it is, it's probably extremely embarrassing." Sasuke added.

They walked through the city and everyone was receiving strange looks from the citizens. They whispered amongst each other as if something terrible happened.

"What's up with them?" Naruto asked.

"They look... Scared?" Gray mused.

"The last time the town was like this was when Lisanna died." Erza said.

"Something's happened to the guild hall!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Come on let's move!" Natsu said as they started to run towards their precious guild hall. Once they got there, they were frozen by what had become of the guild hall.

"What are those things? Iron poles?" Naruto wondered.

"Who the hell did this to our guild?" Natsu growled, as he balled up his fist and began shaking in anger.

"It was Phantom... They got us good." A voice said from behind them. They turned to see that it was Mirajane who looked devastated. They entered building and went downstairs to the basement where all the members of Fairy Tail nested their broken spirits.

"Oh welcome back kiddies. How'd the job go?" Makarov asked with slurred speech.

"What are you guys all just sitting around down here for? Phantom destroyed our guild hall!" Natsu yelled.

"I already told everyone here, we're not going to go to war over a destroyed building!" Makarov said with authority.

"Master, this is a dire situation. I believe we should take some sort of action." Erza said.

"For what? The jerks attacked when no one was here... Is that really something to get so worked up about?" Makarov said as he chugged another mug of beer.

"No one was here?" Erza asked.

"They attacked during the night after everyone had already gone home." Mira answered.

"Those phantom jerks. How could they do this to our guild hall..." Jet grumbled.

"Wanna go take them out?" Droy asked.

"Our relationship with Phantom was never friendly, but they've never attacked us like this." Max said.

"We'll take job requests down here until the upstairs is repaired and that's that." Makarov said.

Natsu punched and destroyed the request board gathering everyone's attention.

"Uh-uh! Ain't gonna happen gramps! I ain't gonna be satisfied until we crush those jerks!" Natsu yelled defiantly.

"Natsu! That's enough out of you!" Makarov yelled as he stretched his arm out and slapped Lucy on her butt.

"And you spank me because?..." Lucy sighed.

"Master, keep your hands to yourself." Mirajane scolded and the former laughed drunkenly. He hopped off of the counter and began walking away.

"Where are you going!?" Natsu exclaimed.

"Don't get your panties in a wad! I'm going to take a leak." He answered.

"I don't get why he's being like this." Natsu said.

"Believe me, the Master is just as upset as we are. But for the sake of the guild he doesn't want to attack because the magic council forbids wars between guilds even dark guilds." Mira said.

"Regardless, now isn't the time to be relax. They might attack us again!" Naruto exclaimed.

"I agree, this probably wasn't just some random attack. Either way, if Makarov told us to wait then we have to wait." Sasuke added.

"We should attack them at night too." Natsu said to Gray who were having a conversation with themselves.

"No. We should attack them during the day so they remember our faces." Gray said.

"What do you two think you're talking about over there?" Lucy questioned angrily.

Bonk!Bonk!

"We're sorry..."

"It could have been a prank also. It's not so uncommon for reckless wizards to destroy something." Erza suggested as she looked over towards Natsu and Gray with death stares. The latter two cowered in fear as they held one another.

"Either way, it's safe to assume this may not be the last attack." Naruto said.

"I'll stay behind tonight at the guild." Sasuke announced.

"You will? But why?" Levy asked.

"If there's something in the guild hall that they want, it would be childs play to come back at night to take it. Especially if they think we're not using the building because it's destroyed." Sasuke answered and she nodded her head, understanding his logic.

"Everyone travel in pairs tonight. Please do not be home alone tonight for safety precautions." Mirajane announced.

Later that evening, Lucy was heading home to her apartment with Plue.

"I've heard that Phantom and Fairy Tail have had their fair share of scuffles in the past but I didn't think I'd be involved with them so soon. I hope we don't go to war..." Lucy said as the man boating in the canal called out to her telling her to be careful as he always does.

"... Phantom has a reputation for being just as crazy as Fairy Tail. I honestly thought about joining them before I met Natsu." She added as she began opening up the doors to her apartment. She entered the building and looked towards the door on her right. She looked down and saw no shoes in front of the door. Then she looked towards the door on the left and noticed there weren't any shoes there either.

"I know that Sasuke not going to be here, but Naruto's not home either? I wonder why." She walked up the stairs to the second floor and heard chatting inside.

"I really don't get it..." Lucy grumbled.

"WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS IN MY HOUSE!? GO AWAY!" Lucy shouted as she threw her suitcase right at Natsu's face.

"Mira said that we should travel and sleep in groups tonight. Remember?" Gray asked.

"Oh you're right, she did say something like that." Lucy said as she dropped her keys on her desk and sat on the bed.

"So why'd you have to hit me for?" Natsu asked holding his nose in pain.

"It's because Phantom probably knows where we all live so it's for our best interest that we stay together." Erza said.

"They know where we all live!? How could we ever be safe from them?" Lucy asked weeping anime tears.

"She did say probably didn't she." Gray commented.

"Gaaaah, we should just storm into Phantom and fight them ourselves!" Natsu said loudly in frustration.

"You know we can't do that, if we went to war with Phantom neither side would walk away cleanly." Erza said.

"If that's the case then what the hell did I spend two years training for!?" Natsu yelled.

"I'm confident that if we went to war with Phantom we would annihilate them." Gray said and Erza angrily slammed her palms on the table shaking the tea cups that were set, shocking Lucy and Happy.

"It isn't a matter of whether we can win or not!" She snapped.

"If we fight against Phantom the Magic Council will not just sit still about it! You know that fighting between guilds is forbidden even if it's against dark guilds. Even if we win, the Magic Council could very well force Fairy Tail to disband!" Erza explained. The three of them locked eyes with each other as the tension between the them rose with each passing second.

"So that's what she meant by neither side will walk away cleanly." Lucy thought.

"Everyone needs to calm down. I know we're all angry about what Phantom did, but Erza is right. It's better to just lose the building than to have to lose all of our friends." Lucy said, trying to calm everyone's nerves. Erza took a deep breath and the other two turned their heads away in indifference.

"But I have to ask. Is Phantom really that strong?" Lucy asked.

"They certainly outnumber us that's for sure. Their master is a member of the 10 wizard saints, so he's on par with Master Makarov. They also have a group of elite wizards similar to our S-Class known as the Element 4. Then they have Black Steel Gajeel who I believe is responsible for the destruction of our guild hall. He's known as the iron dragon slayer." Erza explained.

"Iron dragon slayer? I thought Natsu was only one!" Lucy expressed shock at the revelation.

"Pfff he ain't nothing to me." Natsu boasted.

"Now you understand that a struggle between our guilds will lead to lots of unnecessary strife and destruction." Erza said.

"Even so, we all know that there'd be a lot of destruction but let's be honest here." Gray said.

"You both saw Naruto and Sasuke are capable of. They could annihilate all of Phantom by themselves if they chose to. Master and all." He added.

"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked.

"Don't you remember what Sasuke said, back on Galuna?" Gray asked.

"There's no real way to fully measure his power. But if I had to make a guess, he could destroy the planet if he wanted to." Sasuke's words echoed in Lucy's ear as she came to a shocking revelation.

"Then that means..." Lucy started.

"Yes. Master Makarov isn't worried about going to war. He has no doubt, that if Naruto and Sasuke got involved in a war with Phantom, they'd be wiped off the continent. The Council would undoubtedly disband Fairy Tail for throwing off the balance of the magic world. We're just lucky that the council isn't completely aware of their true strength." Erza explained.

"But why would people as strong as they are want to be a part of Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked.

"We're awesome that's why." Natsu smiled.

"Can't argue with that." Gray smirked.

"Aye sir!" Happy cheered.

"Sasuke might be more reserved than others. But they both fit right in." Erza added.

"Speaking of Naruto and Sasuke, I know the latter is at the guild, but where's Naruto? I didn't see his shoes in front of his door." Lucy asked.

"He's not home? He was home when we came in." Gray answered looking puzzled.

"Do you know anything Natsu?" Erza asked and the accused shook his head as he could not talk due to the amount of food in his mouth.

"Did he leave a note on the door or anything?" Erza asked and Lucy denied.

"That's strange, he always lets someone know if he's going out somewhere."

In the Hidden Leaf Village...

Naruto had flashed his way to the Hidden Leaf and was currently making his way towards the Hokage's office. Closing hours had already begun as the streets were starting to become pretty empty. This was good for Naruto especially because he wanted to make it there without any issues today. He's such a legend that it's impossible not to run in to a bunch of people who wanted his autograph or something. Still, he made his way to the building as quickly as possible. He made his way through the front entrance, he walked quickly to the elevator as to avoid anyone recognizing him.

"Normally I don't mind all the attention but now's not really the time..." Naruto thought as he took the elevator to the top floor.

Naruto had always found it astonishing just how much the Hidden Leaf had changed.

"Then again it has been nearly 500 years." Naruto said to himself somberly. He walked through the long white hallway until he got to a red double door with the kanji for 'fire' on it.

"This place doesn't even feel like a Hokage tower." Naruto thought as he placed two knocks on the door. A voice from the other side told him to come in and he opened the door slowly.

When he came inside, he was met with a few familiar faces as the Hokage was not alone in his office tonight. Lily, Naegi, Kirigiri, and Zoudori were all the. Zoudori was the same age as his other two teammates and slightly taller than Naegi. He has black spiky hair that was reminiscent of Minato and wore a dark green track suit with a single black stripe going down the sides. He had light skin and dark brown eyes. He wore the jacket unzipped over his plain white t-shirt and wore black shinobi sandals. His forehead protector was where the name implies and he always keeps a piece of wheat hanging from his mouth.

"Lord Naruto!" Naegi cheered as he jumped on to Naruto bringing them both to the ground.

"Woah, easy there little guy. Could you drop the 'Lord' too, it's not like I'm the Hokage or anything remember?" Naruto smiled and ruffled his hair.

"Yo." Zoudori waved and Kirigiri silently bowed her head in respect.

"What's up Naruto? What brings you here tonight?" Lili asked. Naruto finally managed to get Naegi off of him and stood up.

"I was just about to ask you guys the same thing. How come Wanda-sensei isn't here with them?" Naruto asked.

"She's off duty to pregnancy so I'm filling in as their jonin leader for now." Lily answered.

"I'm thinking about making the change permanent. That is, if you're up to it Lili." Borelle said.

"Sounds like a lot of fun, but I know how much Wanda-san loves them. So I don't want to take this responsibility from her even when she recovers." Lily smiled.

"I miss doing missions with Erza and our old team." Naegi pouted.

"Old team? Erza was a part of your team?" Naruto asked.

"She didn't tell you? I figured she would have by now." Lily said.

"Well a lot has been happening since we returned so it's not like there has been much time for stories." Naruto laughed nervously.

"Yeah... She alone got promoted to Chunin and left us behind." Kirigiri said.

"Oooh, Kirigiri-chan you sure have become more outspoken since I last saw you. Did Erza and Naegi influence you that much?" Naruto asked, sporting the grin of a prankster.

"Sure, whatever you say." Kirigiri answered in her normal monotone voice and Naruto laughed.

"You guys should come and visit Fairy Tail sometime." Naruto said.

"As much as I know you'd like to chat more, I'm certain that you didn't come here just to talk." Borelle said in a professional tone and the kids took it as a sign that they should leave.

"Hey I don't think it's too late, you guys wanna go to the Dango shop?" Naegi offered and they nodded. Once the genin were out of the room, Naruto took a seat on the couch that was in the corner of the room.

"So, what did you need to tell us?" Lili asked and Naruto held his hand out and the book they were investigating appeared in it. He tossed it to Borelle and he caught it with one hand and opened it. He opened the book to the second page and read it.

Two young men, one represented by darkness, the other by light. They defeated the ring leader of the beast's revival, Kaguya, the mother of all chakra.

"What is the meaning of this?" Borelle asked.

"We don't know... But Sasuke figured out that whoever wrote this book had to have been alive between the time of our disappearance and the introduction of magic." Naruto said.

"How did he figure that out?" Lily asked.

"The book has us in it, but the pages are sealed with a formula that only the Rinnegan and Tenseigan can see. Even the mangekyou sharingan can't see it." Naruto said.

"But that doesn't answer my question." Lily said.

"I was just getting to that. We found out today that the real key to unlocking the pages of by destroying the demons of the Book of Zeref." Naruto added and the siblings shared the same shocked expression.

"So you recently slayed a demon from the Book of Zeref then?" Borelle asked and Naruto nodded.

"It was the Tale of Destruction. Deliora. I'm assuming that Lullaby is what caused the first page to be revealed as well." Naruto answered.

"I see. So you and Sasuke must have come to the same conclusion." Lily said.

"Exactly. The writer of this book isn't Old Man Six Paths like we thought. It's-"

"It's an anagram. Roku Shodaim isn't a way of saying 'The First Six'. A The real author of the book is Kuro Madoshi. In other words, The Black Wizard Zeref." Borelle concluded.

Team Shadow Gear which consisted of Levy, Jet and Droy were walking down the dark streets of Magnolia towards Jet's home. Levy lived in Fairy Hills, the female dormitory but she opted out of going there for the night since boys aren't allowed there.

"You could've went home you know." Jet said.

"Yeah, we're just fine being by ourselves." Droy said.

"Are you kidding? I didn't wanna leave my team behind." Levy smiled cheerfully and the other two swooned for her.

"We'll always protect you Levy!" Jet and Droy said simultaneously.

A mysterious figure was watching Shadow Gear from a roof top. He had a menacing grin plastered on his face as he leaped from the roof behind Shadow Gear and landed with a loud thud. He rushed them with what seemed like an iron club.Unable to react quickly enough, the three of them were out cold in an instant.

"This'll get those Fairy Scum's attention."