I've been going through my old works and realizing how much I have grown as a writer in other words I used to suck, but I can now say I am at least better than I was before lol. Because of that I have decided to go back and re-edit/rewrite older chapters that I've written adding some necessary exposition and deleting unnecessary words, while still trying to keep as close to the original work as possible. Thank you.

"Mira I need you in the office please," the Master's gruff voice could be heard well over the raucous of the guild hall where Mira was cleaning off tables. She paused in her duties and glanced over at the smaller man and frowned in concern. He was acting off usually the Master would tell her everything that needed to be done for tomorrow at the end of the day. This had to be serious. With her curiosity piqued, Mira walked after Makarov into the office closing the door behind her quickly silencing the roar of their fellow guild mates. The Master moved to sit on top of his desk, and he looked at Mira with a deadpan expression no hint of his customary smile. She was worried. This had to be something dire if it had the master looking at her with such a face.

The Master stared for a few seconds before continuing in his gruff tone, "There's a special S Class mission that I need done by two S Class mages."

At that Mira looked to her left to find Laxus reclining against the wall hidden in the shadows with his arms crossed. For somebody so large he could certainly hide well when he wanted too. Laxus as always looked bored and for all intent and purposes looked as if he couldn't even be bothered to pay attention, but Mira knew that he was listening to every word that was being spoken.

"Why not put it on the board and wait for some of the S Class mages to volunteer?" Whatever this mission was it didn't follow usual protocol and now Mira was starting to feel concern for her guild mates. Something of this magnitude has the Master specifically asking them for a mission and that means it was a great danger to everyone else around. Mira frowned as she watched the Master's frown deepen.

"This mission is… different. I need highly skilled wizards, and I need to be able to trust them completely with such sensitive information. I know I can trust the both of you to keep this private. This mission is to help prevent what could possibly be another attack on Fairy Tail or perhaps worse, Magnolia. I won't let it come down to that, so I need my best mages to go out and take care of it," The Master stared at both of them making his point clear.

Mira peeked over at Laxus and suppressed the surprise she felt threatening to show on her face. Did Master really trust Laxus with such a sensitive mission? Why them of all mages? Gildarts was by far their strongest, and Erza was at least equal to Mira in power. She didn't exactly want to admit it, but probably stronger than her. Mira was still getting her powers back after discovering Lisanna was still alive.

"Why us Master? Wouldn't Gildarts or Erza be a better choice?" She voiced her concerns for the Master.

"I feel your take over magic would be better suited for this mission Mira and I feel that Laxus would be great support for you in this mission. Erza is currently on another mission, and the one I'm giving you now is under a time crunch. It needs to be done well before Erza could get back," Makarov gave Mira a knowing look however and said, "You've come a long way child don't underestimate yourself." He smiled.

"Scared to be alone with me?" The deep voice boomed in the room and Mira glared at Laxus. He didn't miss a step and met her glare with a sneer of his own. This was the first time Laxus had anything to say about this whole debacle and his only words were to taunt her, figures. She scowled and turned back towards the master.

"Do you have the details for the mission?" She couldn't exactly turn down the master when it was a direct order.

"Not much. This mission is coming directly from me. After my meeting with the counsel we've noticed a group of mages with a peculiar magic we have never seen before. It's worrisome the magic seems to be an old forbidden magic, but it's so old we can't be for certain no one's seen it in person in over 500 years. The little information we know is the group's name, Godai, and the number of members. That would be three. I need you both to use your stealth to gather information. However do not confront them, not yet at least. Right now our only concern is gathering information about this dark guild. Are they in fact using forbidden magic? If so are they a threat? We don't need something like this after that whole Tartarus business. The people of Magnolia are already wary of our guild we don't need to give them a reason to kick us out." Makarov was dead serious, something he's not often unless the situation was of utter importance.

Mira turned to Laxus, he didn't look concerned about the dark guild. "Why not have a group of three? Make it an even three on three," She asked him.

"You are not to confront this group, do you hear me? If they attack you run. No excuses. I don't want you guys dealing with them directly and definitely not by yourselves. They are very powerful we know that much. This is strictly an information gathering mission. Do. Not. Confront. Them." He enunciated each word with emphasis on the not. They both nodded their head in acquiesce. Master has never been this serious before. This group must be something to fear if he didn't even want them to confront them.

"When do we leave?" Mira was ready to get this mission over and done with.

"As soon as you two get your stuff together and discuss a plan of action. For now just go back to work in the guild hall. I'll show you the details of their location later tonight." They were dismissed.

Mira walked out first with Laxus behind her. She wasn't exactly excited to be on a mission alone with him but at least she knew he was serious about his loyalty towards the guild.

"Look let's just get the information and get this mission over with as quickly as possible." He told her duly. She turned towards him.

"The least we could be is civil. We don't know how long this will take. We obviously need a lot of information about these guys and we'll probably be stuck together for a while so," She stuck her hand out, "Bygones?" Laxus looked at her hand and then at her face. He was shocked to find it was open and inviting. He never quite noticed how blue her eyes were before. Wait focus on the problem at hand. He looked into her eyes searching for… he didn't quite know what. He took her hand and shook. She had a point. She beamed and turned away from him continuing towards the bar. Was she always this beautiful when she smiled? Laxus scowled and stared at her retreating form. He needed to shut down whatever was going on in his head.

Later after all the work in the guild was done they met with the Master one last time. She wouldn't lie to herself she was looking forward to this mission. After her last one with Erza and everything going to hell this would be a nice change. She was ready.