Meanwhile...
I'm sure this was the place. A major disturbance in this area's leylines... any kind of disturbance doesn't happen, so a massive one like this... what could it be. It's times like these where I wish Aegis was still around he thought as he tapped his foot on the ground impatiently in the very same place that Heero and Serene had disappeared from. He noticed an imprint in the grass in the shape of a rectangle, there must've been a heavy box here or something... but where could it have gone?. Another question presented itself, fantastic. The members of Fairy Tail had said that Heero and Serene were off to the forest to open a portal to Edolas, but that was crazy. The amount of magical power and preparation that required was immense, far too long for Heero to do in an afternoon... not without the help of a forbidden... no... he didn't...
Shutting his eyes tightly and putting his forehead in his palm, Zenshin was able to piece together what happened. Heero more than likely found a forbidden spell book and used it to attempt to open a portal. The book didn't go with them, though, looks like it was up to him and the blade master to go and rescue their fellow saint. "Leonard, it looks like Heero screwed up the spell. Check the brush over there for a big book, it should be pretty noticeable. I'll check around the lake." he told his companion on this journey. With that, he walked over towards the lake, searching the bushes that lined the border of the body of water with little luck, no book. What he could hear, though, was a faint humming sound, a droning that was coming from nearby.
Zenshin looked to his left and to his right, no book, but the humming grew louder when he turned his head towards the lake. You've got to be kidding me... how did a heavy, forbidden spell book get into the bottom of a lake.... "Don't bother Leonard! I know where it is! Just wait around the runes in the ground, it shouldn't take too long to retrieve!" he exclaimed as he jumped into the water, swimming towards the center before diving down. The lake was so dirty and murky that he almost missed the book, but thanks to the humming noise as well as the faint, purple aura around the book, he was able to get it on his first dive.
He quickly swam up and out of the lake, catching his breath as he put the book down and conjured a large beach towel to dry himself off, wouldn't want to catch a cold. Dismissing the towel after he was done with it, he opened the book and found the portal spell Heero mistook for a portal to Edolas spell. Dammit Heero... read the names of forbidden spells before you use them... Just because it has a diagram of a portal doesn't mean it's the kind you want he thought with a cynical expression, thinking that Heero must have mistaken it in this way. "As much as I don't enjoy dabbling in dark arts, if we want Heero and Serene back, we need to perform this spell..." he said, legitimately weighing the losses for a second.
No! If I can do something about it, I will. We have to get those two back! he thought, quickly snapping out of that mentality. As he read Anima, he was glad that Heero had already carved out these runes, otherwise it would've taken hours to go there. Upon reading the final page of the spell, his face turned grim. "Says here that we need to combine magical energies with an exceed... that's unfortunate. There's also no substitute. I was really hoping I wouldn't have to exert myself before getting to this 'alternate universe' that Anima promises. Oh well, I guess it's a good time to test my magic to its fullest" he told Leonard, upset at the fact that he didn't have an exceed. "Prepare yourself Leonard. This could get uncomfortable for both of us"
Zenshin took advantage of the scale and damage that Heero's screw up with the dark spell caused. It had actually weakened the leylines in this area enough for him to actually pass through, given enough effort. He was able to 'tear' open a door into the other universe in this weakened area, but not to the same place, unfortunately. "When I say go, run into the light" he informed Leonard, not wanting to keep the door open longer than he had to. In a snap of his fingers, a square doorway of light opened itself in the epicenter of the runic circles, "Go!" he called out to the blade master. After he made it through, Zenshin ran through as well. Then, white.
When he awoke, his vision was blurred, but quickly came back to him as his right eye focused on the ceiling of the building he was in. It actually seemed quite familiar... wait a second... "My guild?" he said quietly, not noticing the group of people crowding around him. "YOUR guild?! Who the fuck do you think you are and why do you have our mark?!" This was the diction of a man, but the sound came out of a woman's mouth. Zenshin slowly stood up, taking a look at his surroundings. Yep, this was definitely Sabertooth, but it wasn't his guild. It was a much more active, stronger, guild than the one he ran. This must be a parallel universe... interesting he thought as he was stared down by just about everyone in the room. That's when he locked eyes with a blonde haired man, a mage with the same resolve on his face as a dragon slayer. "Could you tell me how to get to Fairy Tail?" he asked, assuming that's where Heero would have to be. He already knew the way in his world, but this was different, maybe the town was in a different place to. All he could do now what wait and hope they didn't all attack at once.