Status Update:
Oración Seis remaining members - 5 in total; Angel and Midnight have been defeated
Allied Forces remaining members - 10 in total; Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Erza have been defeated

The story continues . . .

There was nothing but silence as you and Cobra (along with Cubellios) walked through the forest.

You didn't particularly want to talk about the fact that you two had almost kissed. And you're glad that he didn't bring it up.

Cobra, on the other hand, was deep in thought. Did you not like him? Did you hate him? You probably thought he was a creep now. Had he ruined his chances of ever being in a relationship with you? He figured that his well-hidden secret was probably out now, you probably knew that he had feelings for you now.

Despite that, you and Cobra were still on the same team. You had to work together.

You stopped walking, causing Cobra to stop as well. He opened his mouth to ask you why you stopped, but you spoke instead.

"There's some sort of magical presence here." You mumbled, mainly to yourself but Cobra heard you.

He didn't hear anybody approaching or spying. He looked around the area, but didn't see anybody.

Just trees, bushes, and grass.

Your eyebrows furrowed in concentration. Is someone there? Or is this the golden apple's presence that I'm sensing? Your thoughts were interrupted when something hit you on the head.

Groaning, you rub the spot of your head that had been hit and looked up.

Just a tree.

Then you looked down. And next to your feet laid a golden apple.

The golden apple.

The target of the Oración Seis and the single thing the dark guild needed to enact their plan.

You bent over to pick it up and held it in your hand.

"Found it." You smirked triumphantly.

"So that's the golden apple?" Cobra mumbled, staring at the fruit in your hand.

"We should get this to Brain." You said. "He'll want to start the summoning as quickly as possible."

Cobra just nodded and you started walking again, the maroon haired male following behind you.

"Hibiki, did you get that?" Ren whispered from behind a tree.

"Yeah, I'm looking it up now." Hibiki answered, searching through the Archives. "Golden Apple . . Golden Apple . ." He mumbled to himself.

"I wonder who they plan on summoning." Jura thought aloud.

"Whoever it is, it can't be good." Gray stated.

Most of the remaining Allied Forces were gathered. They "just so happened" to come across Toxin and Cobra and hid in order to hear their conversation.

"By the way, Hibiki." Lyon spoke up. "Where's the little girl?"

Hibiki looked over his shoulder. "You mean Wendy?" Lyon nodded. "Well . ."

"Wendy, are you alright?" Hibiki asked as Wendy's eyes slowly opened.

"Y-Yes." She answered.

"Thank goodness." Carla sighed. "You had me worried, Wendy."

"I'm sorry."

"Well, let's get moving and see if we can meet up with some people from our team." Hibiki suggested.

He helped Wendy stand up and the three of them began walking deeper into the forest. It was only until they saw bodies on the ground, that they stopped.

"Natsu-san!" Wendy gasped, running over to his body.

"Happy and Lucy too." Hibiki commented.

Happy, Natsu, and Lucy were now extremely pale and their chests raised and fell slowly, like a tortoise. Their hearts were minutes away from giving out.

Wendy held her hands out over Natsu's body, using her magic in hopes of healing him.

"Hibiki-san, please try and find everyone else." Wendy requested. "I will stay and heal Natsu-san, Happy, and Lucy-san."

"A-Are you sure?" Hibiki hesitated.

"Yes." She nodded. "I'll be fine."

". . . soooo that's kind of what happened." Hibiki laughed nervously.

"You shouldn't have left her by herself." Ichiya twirled, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Well, she's not by herself. She's with Natsu." The blond grinned.

"Um, shouldn't we follow them?" Eve asked, pointing in the direction that you and Cobra left in.

"Are you kidding!" Jura exclaimed. "That's suicidal! If it were just Cobra, then yes. But Toxin is there too!"

"Is she really that strong?" Gray grunted.

"You can go chase after her if you want to find out." Jura retorted.

How stupid, Cobra growled in his head. I hope they know that I can hear them.

"I found it!" Hibiki shouted in success.

"Shhhhhhh!" Everyone shushed the excited blond.

"What are you thinking?" Ren growled. "Be quiet, they're still within hearing distance."

"S-Sorry,"Hibiki whispered. "but I found it, the golden apple. Its full name is The Golden Apple of Discord and it's the symbol of the Greek goddess Eris."

"So their plan is to summon a god?" Sherry concluded, yet still confused. "What for?"

"W-Well," Hibiki stuttered nervously. "Eris is the goddess of chaos, strife, and discord."

"So in other words . . ." Jura mumbled.

"If Eris is summoned, chaos will erupt all over the world." Hibiki stated. "Everyone will fight each other for no reason and end up killing each other."

"That's definitely not good." Ren groaned.

"You're right." Jura nodded. "It will be a complete massacre of our world as we know it."

"There's only one thing we can do." Lyon sighed.

"Yeah," Gray smirked. "kick the Oración Seis into next week! Are you with me?"

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A/N: *sigh* Spring Break is over for me and I'll have to go back to school tomorrow. That sadly means that I won't be able to update as often :(