"Why are we doing this, Reborn?!"

"You're the one who told me that you wanted to get stronger, i'm just helping you out."

Homura was seen running away from Reborn as the tutor was shooting at him continuously. After doing fifty push-ups and one-hundred sit-ups, Reborn instructed (forced) Homura to run around Magnolia. As Homura was running around with Reborn shooting at him, he heard the murmurs of the residents.

"Doesn't he work at Fairy Tail?"

"Is he aware of what happened?"

"I feel bad for him."

The murmuring wasn't good at all. The way the citizens were looking at Homura were almost like they were showing pity. He didn't like this at all. Soon Homura began running faster as he looked behind him.

"Let's hurry, Reborn!!!!!!!"

"He seems to be reacting to things more efficiently than just panicking."

Soon Homura and Reborn ran towards the guild. As this happened, they saw Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Happy standing before the guild. Homura's eyes widen in horror as both him and Natsu asked the same question as they walked towards their guild.

"Who did this?"

"It was Phantom."

As Natsu and Homura turned towards the sound of a woman's voice, they saw Mira in front of them with a sad expression on her face.

"They did us in."

~A few minutes later~

Everyone was now located in the first floor basement of the Fairy Tail guild hall. For the time being, everyone is taking jobs from here whilst the rest of the guild is to be repaired. As Homura and Team Natsu arrived, they saw Makarov sitting down.

"Yo!!!!"

"Mr.Makarov, is now really a time to be so upbeat?"

"What are you talking about Homura? Everything is fine to me."

"I mean, the guild hall is in shambles. I'm glad no one got hurt bu"

Homura stopped mid-sentence as he realized why the master didn't consider it as much as a big deal. While he's upset about the guild being in shambles, he was glad no one in the guild was hurt. Soon Reborn looked towards Mira.

"Was the guild empty when Phantom Lord attacked?"

"Yes, apparently this happened in the middle of the night while the guild was empty."

"I see...Homura come with me."

As Reborn said this, he had Leon turn into some rope and caught Homura with it. While Reborn dragged his student along with him, he reached into his pocket as he pulled out a single case.

"What is it, Reborn?"

"Two things. First I wanted to give you these. Dying Will Pills."

"Dying Will Pills?"

"I had Giannini, a scientist and engineer from Vongola, create these for you. These pills are similar to the Dying Will Bullet, yet slightly less potent. Thus they produce slightly weaker Dying Will Mode. But, with these, you can use your Hyper Dying Will Mode in case i'm not around. You need two in order to enter Hyper Dying Will Mode though."

"Eh? There's only six in total here?"

"These are just the prototypes. Should you use them, report to me about it. Then i'll pass over the info to Giannini and have him make you a stable supply for the future. Now then..."

Soon Reborn lets go of Homura as he was preparing to walk away. While this happened, Homura was confused about something. Reborn said he had two things to tell him. However, the tutor didn't forget this statement as he explained the second subject to talk about.

"Homura....this is your fight, should you be involved."

"What are you talking about, Reborn?"

"Your Family is still pretty banged up from the fight with Mukuro with a few exceptions. I know how much you love this place, so I won't stop you from trying to protect it. Just know that should you do so, you must be prepared to fight with your own hands."

As Reborn said this, he left the guild as Homura stood in silence. While the tutor left, he simply yawned. He needed Homura to gain more experience and to become more independent. Homura had a good reason to fight should something were to occur, so he decided to use this as a chance to help the boy grow.

"This is to prepare you for the role of being a boss, Homura."

As Reborn left the guild, Homura stood in silence as he held the container holding the Dying Will Pills. While he puts the container into his pocket, he looked towards Mira as he felt her place a hand on his shoulder.

"Mira, do you know which individual from Phantom Lord was responsible for this?"

"There is one person who's magic perfectly matches up with the damages to the guild. The Iron Dragon Slayer, Black Steel Gajeel."

~Nighttime~
Homura was heading home after he was done with his work. Mira told him where Lucy lived and she wanted him to ask Lucy if he could sleepover considering he lived quite a distance away.

"I hope Lucy will let me stay the night. But....."

Homura reached into his pocket as he held the container with the dying will pills. He wondered why Reborn gave these to him. Honestly, he was skeptical when Reborn said these were prototypes.

"Well...it's better than getting shot everytime I need to fight. Though since he gave me these, I guess he's saying i'm on my own. Why?! You know I can't do much?! Why do I always have to deal with th-"

"LEVY!!!!!!!"

Homura stopped in his tracks as he heard a few people scream out one of the Fairy Tail member's names. He recognized that the voices belonged to Jet and Droy, Levy's teammates. Soon Homura ran in the direction of where the screams originated, as he rushed there, he held two dying will pills in his hand.

"If Phantom Lord attacked our guild, then there is a chance they may go after the members next. I hope i'm wrong about this."

~At South Gate Park~
"Gihee!!! Is this all you got, Fairy Tail scum?"

Levy, Droy, and Jet were lying on the ground wounded and defeated. Seeing this, Gajeel used his magic to make iron restraints as Levy and her team were now pinned to a tree.

"Well then....I guess it's time I leave one more surpris-"

Before Gajeel could finish his sentence, a flame coated fist punched him away from the tree. However, he was surprised that he didn't sense it coming. Usually he would feel someone's magic power and dodge accordingly, but now wasn't the case.

"So you're the one who caused this damage......"

"Oh. Looks like a kid trying to play hero has showed up."

"I'm not trying to play hero. I'm trying to get payback for what you did to the guild and my friends, Gajeel. Now them....are you ready to repent?"

The Iron Dragon Slayer now makes contact with the boy without magic. With clenched fists and a reason for battle, Homura is ready to fight with his Dying Will against his new enemy.