Everyday...he was becoming stronger. It was to the point where the Phoenix struggled to voice himself within the mind of the young Savannian. It was as if the bird was caged at this point. Bennu was becoming Jeremiah and Jeremiah was becoming it. It The two weren't battling for control anymore. Still, without that voice guiding him he felt a little too free if that made sense. Miah was so used to having someone there to tell him when he made a mistake that without that someone tasks seemed harder. However, he wouldn't dare complain. God knows how long he's hoped for the day to come where he could rest at night without the fear of his power unleashing. Was his ability even magical? It seemed a bit more supernatural.

Without a word the young mage pushed open the guild doors with ease. By now he was well known in the guild. One, because of their lacking numbers and two because he was on top of his shit. Quickly he was rising whatever ranks Phantom Lord had. After entering the hall his eyes shifted from side to side, scanning the hall as his guild mates watched him. It was safe to say that not many people fucked with him because not many were on his level in this guild. This simple fact was a good thing either. Jeremiah still had a long long way to go before he could match up to other mages. Shura was still ahead of him and Fairy Tail still had mages that were above him in power. Soon he'd crush them all though.

"Where are they?"

A phantom pointed towards the top level. That was the only thing he truly needed to see. Quickly he walked upstairs and made his way down the hall and stopped when he heard a bit of talking. It was nothing more than coincidence that his name was mentioned. That was his queue to open the doors and walk in. His clothes were ripped but only a few marks remained on his body. Them dark jobs man, they sure are action-packed. As he entered he saw hardly anybody besides the current guild master...and... somebody new?

"Who's this?" was the first thing he asked. He didn't even bother to acknowledge the girl until Shura told him why she was here. In fact, he didn't even look at her after noticing her. All his attention was on the man as he took his seat at the far end of the table.

Shura motioned towards the woman and so Jeremiah would look. Her skin toned nearly matched his, but from first glance the two seemed to be totally different. Shawty did have some swag, he couldn't lie. A nod was all she would get as he analyzed her, his eyes lowering to her breasts. Needless to say she was beautiful, but he'd come across so many beautiful women that her appearance hardly fazed him. Bodak. Related to Chi. Fair enough. She was an assistant to put it in simpler terms. Fodder really...that was until she proved herself to be useful. Jeremiah turned to face Shura again, who seemed to be more serious now than the last time the two spoke. It was a shame really. How was this guild going to be strong if they lacked valuable mages?

Shura said that there needed to be some rules set in stone. According to him Blue Pegasus were their only allies, and Grimoire Heart their only threat. It was rather ironic that a dark guild had beef with another dark guild while also having a positive relationship with a light guild. He remained silent. His eyes glued onto the man as words continued to flow from his mouth. Shura said that he was next in line, and he would train him to become the next leader of Phantom Lord. Jeremiah remained nonchalant. He would have it no other way. He didn't waste his time doing nothing all day like many of the members of this guild, he worked every day to become stronger, wiser, and more aware.

From that point he knew that somewhere after Jeremiah spoke with Shura, the man made it official that he was the guild master. About a month ago Jeremiah would have attempted to battle that, but he couldn't. Shura was up next for more than enough reasons, Jeremiah would just have to wait his turn. Shura even said it straight up, right then that he was the guild master. The way he said it normally would have ticked Jeremiah, but Shura already knew what it was. If anything this was teasing, he knew Jeremiah was a hothead. When Shura gave Jeremiah the okay to speak, the young mage would sit back and close his eyes.

"Grimoire Heart...our only threat? What a joke. Nobody as of now is a threat to us. Nobody is even thinkin' about us." He snickered lightly.

The Savannian opened his lids, revealing the gold marbles of eyes and looked at the two Phantoms in the room. "This is backwards. Sure, Grimoire Heart slaughtered the previous Guild Master - or at least the useful one anyway - but let's not act like we don't need them. If Grimoire Heart is gone do you think we'll be able to move forward with our plans? Blue Pegasus will easily turn on us, and all the other light guilds will combine their forces to stop anything we attempt to do..." Jeremiah stopped there. He left an open space to see if either of the two knew where he was getting at.

Grimoire Heart had a plan and whatever it was involved the destruction of the powers. Guild masters were their targets so far. With Etherion having been their first target it only made sense that they planned on attacking the council next. Jeremiah wasn't suggesting that they become allies with Grimoire Heart, but they could use them.

"With the "Grimoire shits" in the picture, nobody is paying attention to Phantom Lord...it's the perfect opportunity for us to play it smooth and let them do the dirty work. For now we'll appear to be allies with the light guilds, while also taking the Knights down. That way, even if we do happen to kill a rune or two Grimoire can take the blame. Grimoire." There was more to say, but he didn't wanna go on and on. He ain't really like talking much.

Jeremiah raised an eyebrow. Was Shura thinking? If he was, he wasn't a very smart man. He suggested that the guild help the next guild to be attacked, specifically with fighting Grimoire Hearts Ark. There was no way in hell he was putting his life on the line for a reason like that. Bodak stated her points, starting off by reminding them that there were people on their side in the Knights and Blue Pegasus. She agreed with Shura after, causing Miah to wonder if anybody really listened.

"Tch. All the guilds have been attacked. Since Grimoire already struck every guild, I'm going to assume that the next target is...the Council. The Rune Knights, most likely... and if that's the case we don't need to help anything."

Jeremiah motioned his hand in a circle, showing the two other Phantoms that he specifically meant them. "We let them fight, let them take each other out, then we come in last minute and create the illusion that we're helping. It's important for us to lay low and more importantly for us NOT to risk our lives so early." Which was true. All Phantoms really needed to do was move slick. Like snakes. They shouldn't actually take Grimoire Heart on head on instead do it from the shadows. But Shura was the Guild master, so whatever he said the rest of the guild would follow, Jeremiah would need to take a little longer to decide if he would do as the current master said.

Now he was requested to perform a spell? Odd. The man left now only him and Bodak in the room. Soon she revealed that her powers were better than Chi. She was a copy mage, but Jeremiah's magic was too unique and you couldn't copy a soul.

"You won't be able to copy my magic because I'm the vessel of the Phoenix. It's soul is within me. Unless you have a part of The Phoenix's soul within you, then you can't use any of my spells." His voice cold as he glared directly into the woman's eyes. A magic like that... impressive.

The boy was silent. Shura left the room. It should have been obvious by now that Jeremiah had authority issues. It was just part o his personality now to have a clap-back. What him, Shura, and Bodak were saying nearly meant the same thing, however he just wanted it to be known that he wasn't fighting Grimoire Heart up front. He didn't care that they murdered their precious guild master, his enemy was the government only. Bodak seemed slightly annoyed, but in actuality Jeremiah did't give two shits, he wanted details. The bronze girl explained that she simply replicated spells not copied them. Everything made more sense now, and so Miah had no problem giving her what she wanted. The male turned away as she staked her books up realizing that he was probably too angry, too hurt, and too stubborn for his own good. Bennu was a dangerous Takeover. While Takeovers such as demon and god were often deemed much stronger, Bennu himself was probably up to par with them in terms of power.
The beast was dangerous and lusted it for blood.
He thrived off of chaos, destruction and fear.
It would be a shame if Jeremiah lost control.

"Hm." The young Phantom began to morph into something much bigger. The room would be filled with intense flames the moment the process started and it'd only take a full five seconds before the his flame engulfed body would settle down and reveal his new form. Perhaps she could replicate his Phoenix form. The humanoid bird stood tall, glaring at the woman.

"Sometimes I forget what it feels like to use this power."

Jeremiah was only partly himself at this point. It was mostly Bennu who Bodak had been speaking to so it was best if she refrained from saying anything offensive. Something was different though. The Phoenix... he seemed to slowly drown Jeremiah in what seemed to be a pool of flames though Bodak would be able to see none of it. The young Savannian noticed that he began to lose the grip on Bennu, as if the creature had been pushing him deeper into the realm of nonexistence.


No... The relationship Ali had with the Phoenix was a complicated one. He knew that the spirit had been attempting to steal his physical form for some time now, but he'd always manage to fight the Phoenix off...but what was different now? This couldn't actually be happening could it? Not now... not when he was actually progressing in power.

To Bodak, there was a nearly ten foot flaming man-creature in the room but to Jeremiah...there was a monster on the verge of freedom. What are you doing, Bennu?! Miah shouted within his mind. The setting changed and in a second he was within a cage in a dark void. Upon noticing where he was, he began to panic. Banging on the cage with his bare hands, attempting to break it. No! No! No! he shouted angrily. The Phoenix winced, turning his head to the left before placing his hand over his eye. Does it have a name? Bennu turned to glare at the woman with disgust. To Bennu, she was nothing more than vermin asking questions about something totally out of her league. She would die by his hand anyway, he thought, so why not answer her questions? The Beast walked forward slowly.

"I am Bennu the Phoenix, human girl-"

No!!! Jeremiah shouted within his mental cage. Anger and frustration began to build up within him, causing Bennu to wince once more, this time placing to hands over his eyes and falling to his knees. Jeremiah continued to bang the cage. "Stop it you fool!" The Bennu shouted. Suddenly flames  began to emit from his body and quickly they began to create an aura around him. No! No! No!! Jeremiah yelled. He roared in the cage he'd been placed in, causing the flames around Bennu to grow even more. The flames flickered between the colors of red, blue, and orange. I won't let you take my body!!!!!!

"You useless brat!!!!" Bennu roared, his voice resembled 100 eagles, maybe even more. From Within himself, Jeremiah could feel a different energy emerging. Something other than fire... something more pure, yet sinister. The young mage didn't plan on losing himself, not to the Phoenix, not to anyone. He didn't know what it was, but he had not time to acknowledge them. The flames around the Phoenix became white, causing Bennu to look at himself in awe. "Wh-what's happening to me!?!"

The cage that jailed Jeremiah began to break as a white flaming energy emitted from his body, burning them with ease. The white flames around Bennu began to stick to his skin, managing to actually burn him. "Impossible! These... these are-"

"GIVE ME BACK MY BODY!!!!!!!!!!"

The white flames began to cover Bennu's entire body until eventually he was burned away. Within the flames was Jeremiah, his body absorbing every flame that was within the room until there was no more. Even the Phantom himself didn't know what was happening, but when the flames were gone, he was the one that remained on his hands and knees on the floor. Heavily he breathed, white light sparked around his body. What the hell just happened?

Jeremiah breathed heavily as he faced the floor. The woman didn't seem to care about what had happened, not that the Savannian cared too much. She was already irrelevant. She spoke on Bennu, but he didn't pay too much attention. She got what she wanted at least right? The Phantom stood up and simply shook his head. Quickly he would glance at her before simply walking past her and to the door of the room. His head was spinning, and he honestly felt way too sick to even attempt to comprehend. It may have seemed like he was being a jerk, but right now he was actually in way too much pain. He needed to rest if he was going to do anything later on. Samehada only made it worse. The blade was heavy on his back which was unusual despite its size. Without another word the young Phantom left the room. There was no sign of Bennu in him anymore, even when he "released" the mental barrier that usually held the beast spirit. He would have to figure this all out later. For now he needed to go.

"Maybe..." was all he could manage before opening the door and walking out.