AUTHOR'S NOTES:

hey there guys! so this is like my second fanfic crossover and all so I really apologize if there are any mistakes in my grammer. English is like a second language. although I do admit that I am no good at my first. Well putting that aside, please enjoy this fanfic about Hakkenden and fairy tail.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakkenden: Tohou no Ibbun or Fairy tail. All rights reserve to Hiro Mashima and Abe Mitsyuki

"WHAT!" the reincarnated 6 dog warriors all said
in unison at Shino's sudden news. A month has passed since the whole Tamazuza incident. Not only was Shino still desperately finding for Souske's bead, but they were just informed about a 9th bead. Now the 18 year old stuck in a 13 year old body had another mission in his hands.

"What do you mean there is a 9th bead? I thought that there were only eight" Kobungo yelled in frustration. Clearly he didn't want to get dragged by Shino's adventures that would usually end up as bad news to him.

Shino began to explain of what exactly happened this morning.

"Oi. Satomi. What is the problem this time?" Shino yawned. Rio Satomi had apparently disturbed his beauty sleep.

Satomi Rio still wore his usual calm and level headed expression that he always wore. Come to think of it, Shino wasn't really sure if he ever saw Rio angry. He was so stoic. If an earthquake would hit them, Satomi would probably still remain calm and would continue to lecture Shino up until midnight. "I have another mission for you." Satomi said. "I knew it" Shino managed to mutter softly.

"Ne. What is it this time? I'm still tracking Ao down you know. Another time wasting mission would probably slow me down."

"I want you to halt your search for Souske's shadow for now. By any chance, did your gem mysteriously glowed? "

Shino raised an eyebrow. "Ehhh...so what if it glows magically. I thought that it was normal for it glow around like that"

"The last time it glowed was when Shinobu almost died right?" Shino nodded. But what does that have to do with anything? He stuffed his hand unto his back pocket and took out a red ball like gem with the word Devotion inscribed in it. "Now that you mentioned it, Rio,The gem glowed 2 days ago. At first I thought that one us got injured badly or died but when I went on to check, everyone was fine." Satomi nodded.

"I see. So if my hunch is correct then. It's here" he said, with a bit of fluster in his tone.

Shino furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "What was this guy hiding this time?" Shino thought.

"Shino, from what I've told you. There were only 8 beads. It seems that I might have left out the story a little bit. You see, the truth is there is an extra bead."

Shino didn't look surprised at all. Instead he was annoyed that he was going to go all the trouble with finding another bead again.

"Long ago, originally, there were 9 warriors of Fusehime. However, there was something off about the 9th warrior. He was different. The 9th was considered sickly and frail. But for some reason, he was the strongest of them all and the one with most power. And then one day, the 9th mysteriously disappeared without a trace. He failed to fight against Tamazuza. And when Fusehime created the beads, she added the 9th's. The bead too vanished and went to its owner. Because of the utter confusion, the people decided to erase the 9th warrior. Since then only a few people including the 4 sacred families know the whole legend"

"So what happened to the 9th?" Shino asked. His interest perked up when he heard the words sick and frail but strong.

Rio shook his head, "No one knows. But Fusehime promised that whenever the all the 9 beads are gathered, she will grant all of them another chance to wish for anything. Shino, I want you to find the 9th bead and make sure that Souske's shadow doesn't get a hold of it. "

"Hai."

"So that's what happened" Shino then banged his head unto the table. A black, depressed aura surrounded him.

The remaining 7 sweat drop.

"Cheer up, Shino. I'm sure you'll find the 9th bead eventually. I mean look at us, you've managed to find the beads and its owners pretty easily. It seems that everything you need would just come to you by sheer coincidence." Genpachi, the military shotacon said, trying to cheer Shino up.

"Still don't you find it weird that the 9th just vanished?" Keno said his palm on his chin. "And how come that he was the one with most power? Wasn't he frail and weak?"

"How the hell should I know about that? That was all that Satomi told me." "sheesh...he's such a pain in the ass." Shino muttered. But now that he thought about it, this was probably going to become a major problem in their hands.

How was it? reviews are very much appreciated. Oh and P.S. the Fairy tail crossover will be revealed in later chapters.