In the peaceful town of Clover, the Guild Masters's Conference continued with none of them knowing of the danger not too far away. Makarov himself was enjoying the food and drink as he was catching up with Bob the Master of Blue Pegasus.
"I'm jealous, Maky." Bob said. "Your wizards are so full of life, and they're such cutie pies." He chuckled as he said this while placing his hand on his stubble covered cheek.
"I hear you've got a girl who gave some big shot quite the spanking." Bob continued.
"Oh, you must be talking about Lucy." Makarov said as he held up his chicken leg. "Yeah, she's our newest recruit, and she's got a great body, especially around the chest region."
Some of the Guild Masters listening looked at Makarov with wide eyes or sweat-dropped since they were used to the tiny man's—uh, slightly lecherous ways.
"Oh, so naughty." Bob said covering his flushed face as he turned away.
Makarov chuckled before taking a long swing of his ale, which nearly finished off his umpteenth mug of the day.
"I wouldn't be joking around if I were you, Makarov." Goldmine said from another table as he picked up a kabob.
Makarov turned towards his fellow Guild Master as Goldmine studied his kabob.
"Your wizards maybe spirited, but you gotta admit they go overboard sometimes." He said as he turned towards Makarov to wave his kabob at the elderly man. "Some of the council members are worried that Fairy Tail's going to end up destroying an entire city ones of these days. Can't say I blame them. Especially considering how little Vivi took out a large chunk of Crocus during one of her jobs."
It was true. Vivi had been after a wizard that had been evading the Royal Army for ages, and the chase took her to the capital of Fiore itself. Let's just say the chase ended with a fight when she finally managed to corner the dark wizard, and well, Vivi isn't known for quick and easy fights. Makarov just snorted since he remembers all the trouble he had to go through to get Vivi to the Council just to apologize in person. It had been a hassle, and he had been more annoyed with the Council than with Vivi.
"Tch, let those blowhards worry!" Makarov said. "What do I care? They're just jealous my wizards are hot!"
Goldmine sweat-dropped though wasn't surprised. Makarov was a little more than tipsy at this point. He probably wouldn't have said that if he was a bit more sober. Actually, he probably would have.
"Maky, you shouldn't talk about your little wizards that way." Bob lightly chided. "You're such a scoundrel."
Makarov then turned his head as one of the messenger birds came flying in his direction while calling out his name.
"I have a letter from Ms. Mirajane, sir." The bird said while dropping the letter into Makarov's hand.
As Makarov thanked the little creature, he activated the letter with a holographic-like image of Mirajane appearing over the letter. Many of the Guild Masters gathered to stare as they took in the white-haired girl's beauty.
"Hi, Master," Her image said. "I'm glad you made it to the conference safe and sound."
Makarov grinned while looking around to see almost all the Guild Masters had come over to stare at Mirajane's lovely appearance.
"See?" He asked in a gloating town. "This Honey is our poster girl—Mirajane. Grab some eye candy, boys."
As the male Guild Masters gave a whistle, the few female masters rolled their eyes from where they stood. Such dirty old men.
"That's Mirajane?" Goldmine asked looking shocked. "She sure has matured."
Makarov nodded his head in agreement though that could be said about most of his girls. All of them had come to the guild so tiny and cute, but when they grew up, they sure grew up to be hot and mature.
"Oh, Master, you're not going to believe what happened!" Mirajane continued on with her letter. "It might be the greatest thing in the history of Fairy Tail!"
The image of Mirajane spread out her arms in excitement as Makarov's brow quirked curiously.
"Really?" He murmured wondering what happened.
"Erza, Natsu, Vivi, and Gray have all teamed up together!" Mirajane explain.
Makarov felt his old heart stop for a second as the blood in his veins froze. Did… did he hear her right?
"An amazing combination, huh?" Mirajane asked. "In fact, I think they've formed the strongest team Fairy Tail has ever seen! Sorry to bother you, but I just had to send you a quick note to tell you the exciting news."
However, the news she found so exciting had Makarov certain his heart might give out.
"Not those four." Makarov whimpered as Mirajane bid him a farewell.
He just dropped his arms with the letter falling to the table completely forgotten about.
"What's wrong, Maky?" Bob asked curiously.
"I guess the council has a good reason to be worried, huh?" Goldmine asked while knowing exactly what was wrong.
Makarov just fell backwards onto the table while not believing this could be happening. Vivi and Natsu weren't even technically supposed to go on jobs together anymore. But now they've formed a team with Gray and Erza of all people. How did this come to pass? All four of them together really could destroy an entire city. This was bad. He just has to hope he could make it home before the four of them could cause trouble. Little did he know, it was already too late, but he'd learn soon enough.
***
Vivi sat on top of the Magic Mobile while putting her feet on the bar in front of her, so she was able to keep herself from falling off. Gray had decided to stay inside of the magic mobile after this mishap of falling off because of Natsu. Vivi then reached forward to grab a hold of the front as Erza hit a hill sending them flying. They landed on the ground roughly with Vivi almost falling off.
"Cool it, Erza!" Vivi snapped. "You're driving too recklessly! Besides, with the magic power you're giving out, you'll make yourself pace out!"
Despite feeling exhausted, Erza gave a chuckle as she continued to press onward.
"Oh, Vivi, is that concern I hear?" Erza teased.
Vivi scoffed as she crossed her arms over her chest. It seemed the lack of magic in her body was going to Erza's head. She's becoming delusional.
"I think you've lost some of the oxygen to your head, Erza." Vivi said. "You're starting to hear things."
Erza chuckled with a grin on her face, but she didn't give heed to Vivi's warning. She just kept going down the dirt road. Vivi shrugged, guessing she'd just have to cover for Erza if she did use too much magic. Something then caught Vivi's attention.
"Hey, Erza, stop for a moment." Vivi said.
Erza stopped as Vivi leaned over to look down into the canyon below them where a small train station sat.
"Why'd we stop?" Lucy asked sticking her head out the window.
Happy popped his head out as well as Erza looked to see what had caught Vivi's attention. Below them citizens were speaking with some soldiers that had shown up. They were all talking about dark guild punks and a man with a scythe.
"It looks like the Eisenwald guild took over the train." Vivi said.
"I can understand cars and boats, but why would they want to high jack a train?" Lucy asked.
"It doesn't seem like a very good choice for getaways since it can only follow the track." Happy added.
Vivi hummed in agreement before she decided to slide into the magic mobile with the others. She sat herself across from Gray who was in his underwear—no shocker there. As she ignored Gray's half nakedness, Vivi looked sympathetically at Natsu who had his head resting on the seat beside Gray.
"Yes, that's true, but they are quite fast." Erza said as Vivi moved out of her seat.
Vivi gently lifted Natsu's head up before placing it into her lap, so she could stroke his head. Hopefully this would help him.
"Then I guess it's up to us to figure out where those Eisenwald guys are going in such a big hurry and why." Gray said.
"You're naked, Gray!" Lucy snapped.
"Oh, am I?" He glanced glancing down at himself.
Vivi shook her head at Gray while wishing he'd just learn to keep his clothes on.
"The military's already been called into action, so it should only be a matter of time before somebody catches them." Lucy said.
"I hope that's the case, Lucy." Erza said then started up the magic mobile again.
Vivi frowned thoughtfully. Truly she didn't want any of the military catching up to Eisenwald. The second they heard the Lullaby they'd all drop dead. Only wizards had a chance of getting the Lullaby back. Sure, if they hear it then they'd die too, but Vivi was already coming up with a plan that just might work.