Welcome... to Fairy Tail Dragons! This story shall take place during the Grand Magic Games! Read the summary for a bit more details, or the end notes! Hope you enjoy this, read, review, and spread the word! Pairings will be announced at the end of this chapter. Let's start!
"Let's go for No. 1 of Fiore! Team Fairy Tail! Go to the Grand Magic Games!"
That had been the plan when Fairy Tail signed up for the magic games. Team Natsu had been ready to head to the beach when...
"Urg... Don't feel good."
Natsu was lying on his bed, feeling weird. He wasn't ill, but rather it felt like his body was burning up. There was some unquenchable heat inside his body, and he had no idea what was happening. It made his body feel extremely uncomfortable and it wasn't just him either. Shortly after he was admitted in the guild's infirmary, Gajeel came down with the same problem, followed by Laxus. All three of them were clueless as to why this was happening.
"So, can you tell?"
Makarov was sitting on a chair, worried about all three. They were major heavy hitters of the guild, and to have all three of them down for the count was worrying. So much that he practically forced Gildarts to come back to watch over the guild for him while he took the three to Porlyuscia. Wendy came along, as she not only was a healer, but she had something common with all three. She was also a Dragon Slayer. The rest of Team Natsu went off to train, as they couldn't afford to dally. Laxus commanded his team to do the same.
"Hmm, so far, my tests show they are all quite healthy. Not the flu for sure. Can't find any viral or bacterial growth in their body that could be causing this," replied Porlyuscia.
"Everyone..." frowned Wendy, filled with worry.
"What has me concerned is that the fact they all have in common is that they are Dragon Slayers," commented Porlyuscia, "Wendy, is there something about that magic in males that needs to be said?"
"I don't know," said Wendy, looking down, "Grandeeney never mentioned anything about this."
"Is there anything we cand do?" asked Makarov.
"Well, I did notice one thing," grunted Porlyscia.
"What?" asked both.
"..."
"Porlyscia?"
"... Their hormones are all over the place. It's like... they're in heat, like an animal mating season."
"WHAT!?" shouted Makarov.
"That's why I needed to ask Wendy," replied Porluyscia dryly, "Did your dragon cover anything about this?"
"... Not that I can think of," thought Wendy, "Grandeeney didn't mention anything about this."
"Then how did Laxus get infected with this?" huffed Makarov, "He's not exactly a Dragon Slayer like you guys, taught by a dragon. Plus, there should be an age thing going on with this? Laxus clearly passed through that."
"It could be due to Natsu and Gajeel," theorized Porlyuscia, "When they went into it, it affected Laxus's Dragon Lacrima and forced him into the same state."
"Great. How do we get them out of it?" asked Makarov, "Because if you say take them to a brothel to screw it out, I'm going to disagree."
"I WASN'T GOING TO SUGGEST THAT!" screeched Porlyuscia, smacking him on the head.
"Nor should you," said Wendy seriously, "Although I don't know about the whole heat thing, I do know Grandeeney drove into me that we choose one mate for life. And that mate would be the only one that we would... get close with."
"Ok, so how do we know which?" asked Makarov, nursing the bump on his head.
"It should be instinctual," replied Wendy, "Someone close to us. Or someone we admire a lot. And that the feeling is returned."
"So Natsu's could be Lucy," mused Makarov.
"No," replied Wendy firmly, "If she was Natsu's, he would be fiercely protective of her. When team Natsu came to see Natsu lying in his hammock and feeling ill, Natsu would've knocked out Gray, the nearest male, and claimed his territory. Dragons are rather territorial, and that also transfers to us."
"What about you?" asked Makarov, "Got anyone you want to claim?"
Wendy blushed but looked away, not giving him any clues.
"Hmm, wasn't Natsu and Lisanna quite close?" pondered Porlyuscia.
"Hello! I heard Natsu was sick."
Lisanna showed up just as Porlyuscia mentioned her. She and her sister had come to see if they could help.
"Lisanna! Mirajane! What are you two still doing here? Where is your brother? Weren't you headed to the mountains to train with Cana?" asked Makarov.
"Well, since Laxus couldn't train with his teammates, Evergreen dragged Elfman as a replacement," shrugged Mirajane as she went to check on Laxus, "Cana decided to train a bit with her father, as he was forcefully dragged back, for some bonding time."
"We heard Natsu and the others fell ill, so we wanted to help," stated Lisanna as she walked over to Natsu, putting her forehead to his, "Wow, he's burning up. I know he's a Fire Dragon Slayer, but that can't be normal."
'Please get well,' thought Lisanna mentally, 'There's still so much we need to do and talk. I didn't get to see you for two years, and before we could reconnect, we went unconscious for another seven. Get well for me and Happy. Get well for your wife and son.'
BA-BUMP!
Natsu opened his eyes and stared at Lisanna. The two of them gazed into each eyes, and Lisanna could clearly see something sprouting forth inside him.
"Natsu...," said Lisanna slowly, not sure what was happening, "Are you-!?"
She didn't get to finish as Natsu grabbed her and pulled her down for a forceful but passionate kiss. Lisanna struggled for a second before falling prey to her feelings and returned it.
"NATSU! THAT'S MY-!" started Mirajane before she felt someone grab her hand. She looked down to see Laxus awake, and with the same eyes. Before she knew what was happening, Laxus pulled her into his bed and hugged her for a bit.
"Sorry," grunted Laxus, "Having a hard time controlling this."
"I thought were keeping this a secret!" whispered Mirajane, embarrassed at being hugged in public.
"WHATTT!?" shouted Makarov, pointing at the two, "When? Where? HOW DID I NOT NOTICE!?"
He got a swift slap to the head by Porlyuscia for being too loud.
"It's been an on and off relationship," explained Laxus, trying to keep his calm, "We get together, we break it off, then we get together again. Hard to explain, really. This she-devil always manages to pull me back in. Even while I was exiled, she managed to keep in contact with me. It's kinda why I knew what was going on back on Tenrou Island and that Fairy Tail was in trouble."
Mirajane giggled as she shifted, pressing her chest against his.
"Don't do that," hissed Laxus, "You're making it harder.
"Mmm, what if I want us to have an audience?" giggled Mirajane.
"Not in my office!" screeched Poryluscia, and with practiced ease, she chucked them all out of her home.
All of them laid out on the floor, a bit stunned at what just happened. Lisanna was still attached on to Natsu, who was blushing that she had lost control. Natsu had the same reaction, though he was still wishing to taste the sweet nectar that was Lisanna's lips.
"Grouchy hag," mumbled Makarov, earning a hit to the head from an object thrown by Poryluscia, "Are you brats all right? Natsu, Laxus, Mira, Lisanna, Wendy, Gajeel?"
They all replied except for Gajeel, causing them all to look over to him. He was sweating, looking down at the young maiden trapped under his body. When he had been tossed, he had slammed into someone that had arrived to find him. Levy was trapped under him.
"Don't stare at me too much," blushed Levy, looking away. She had come back from the beach after she heard Gajeel was sick, abandoning Jet and Droy.
Gajeel didn't seem to hear her before suddenly picking her up fireman style and dashed off. Levy sputtered and kicked her legs fruitlessly in the air as Gajeel disappeared from view.
"OY BRAT! That's kidnapping!" shouted Makarov, ready to chase after Gajeel and Levy.
"Don't worry," giggled Wendy, "Although Gajeel's found his chosen one, we don't do anything our mates don't want us to do. Gajeel knows this instinctual and will respect Levy's space. Although he's probably embarrassed and wants a private location."
"Grrr, brats making trouble," growled Makarov before turning to Natsu and Laxus, ready to lecture them. Natsu shot off with Lisanna bridal style towards another direction, and Laxus disappeared in a bolt of lightning, taking Mirajane with him.
"STUPID BRATS!" shouted Makarov, "LET ME FINISH FIRST! DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID OR SOMETHING YOU'LL REGRET!"
"Don't worry, master," said Wendy, trying to calm him down, "Although it's true that they are feeling... amorous, they won't force themselves on them unless they... want to. Plus, marking a mate doesn't actually involve the final act."
"That doesn't relieve me in the slightest," deadpanned Makarov.
"Gajeel! Put me down!" shouted Levy as Gajeel kept running, blushing crimson right now.
Suddenly, Gajeel finally stopped at some trees and a makeshift house, dropping her there. Levy looked around and figured that this was where Gajeel was living.
"Gajeel," whispered Levy, now figuring out Gajeel had been living out rough, "Are you alright?"
Gajeel groaned, pushing Levy away and bashing his head into some trees.
"Gajeel!"
"Don't!" growled Gajeel, "It's... getting harder to fight it."
"Fight what?"
"My instincts!"
Levy hesitated for a bit before asking, "What instincts?"
"GRR... I can't help but want you! To protect you!" shouted Gajeel, now punching the trees furiously, without using his magic, "But I can't! Not after what I did to you..."
Levy froze for a bit before blushing. Being honest, she was terrified of Gajeel, but had also been falling for him. Terrified when he first harmed her, but later, he showed much repentance for it. Then, she remembered when he swore he'd protect her, to never leave his side unless it was needed. Her memory flashed back to Tenrou Island, where Gajeel protected her. Taking a deep breath, she made her decision. She walked over to Gajeel, who was still kneeling and focusing on the tree and hugged him from behind, wrapping her arms around his neck like a lover.
"Then don't," whispered Levy, "I trust you. You would never hurt me ever again. That you would always protect me. Didn't you promise me that? To always stay by your side so you would protect me?"
Gajeel froze as he felt the loving embrace from Levy. It felt some warm, so relaxing. He slowly turned around to stare at Levy in the face, asking if she really wanted it with his eyes. Levy slowly nodded before going down to kiss him on the lips. Gajeel eagerly returned it with ferocity and emotions that he did not know he had.
Natsu finally stopped, allowing Lisanna to see where he had taken her. They were at the small hut that they had made when they were children, where they raised took care of Happy in his egg. Where they acted as a family. And in front of that hut was a grave that Natsu had made when he heard that Lisanna had died. Natsu had made it in compliance with Lisanna's wish for him to make a grave for her if she ever died, and made it face the sunset so she could see it every day.
"Never again. Not for a long time."
With a breath, he spat fire and burned the grave stone, incinerating it to nothing.
"I won't lose you ever again. I promise you, I'll always find you."
"Natsu...," whispered Lisanna, feeling awed by his statement and very emotional. She lifted her head up and kissed Natsu on the cheek, shaking him out of his little trance. Natsu smiled and gave her another chaste kiss on the lips.
"Okaeri*," whispered Natsu as he pulled back, putting his forehead to hers.
"Tadaima*" whispered Lisanna back, a stray tear leaking from her eyes, "I'm really back home this time. Home with my Natsu."
"God dammit, woman, you really know how to pull me back in."
Laxus had transported them to his personal house, out in the forest, away from everyone. It was the perfect spot for their secret meetings.
"It's not my fault you can't escape me," whispered Mirajane, "Speaking of which, what was with that attitude when Phantom Lord attacked and I called you for help!? You freaking pig!"
"Alright, alright, I'm sorry," apologized Laxus as Mirajane was childishly pounding his head, "But I really couldn't get back while my team and I was still on the S-rank mission. We were in a cave, trying to recover while hiding from a herd of rather magic-resistant monsters. One of them hit me with some sort of substance that turned my filter off."
"Then you should've started with that," scolded Mirajane, "We would've understood. Mystogan started off with that, so we didn't push him. Gildarts... well that's self-explanatory."
"I came back later didn't I?" replied Laxus, earning a demonic glare for Mirajane, "Sorry. Wrong choice of words."
"So what are we going to tell the master?" asked Mirajane as she cuddled into Laxus.
"... Gramps will probably be pissed and happy," sighed Laxus, "Happy that I have someone, pissed that it's someone who he views as a daughter."
"Master views all of us as his children," giggled Mirajane.
"Yes, but I know for a fact he looks after you a bit more."
"Well then," laughed Mirajane as she suddenly pushed Laxus onto the bed, sitting on his chest, "How about this demon show you what to do?"
"Damn woman, you really know how to push my buttons," growled Laxus as Mirajane leaned down to kiss him.
The three male Dragon Slayers made out with their mates, enjoying the comfort and mood when finally, as one, they acted on instinct and bit down on their mate's shoulder. Each girl moaned in pain and pleasure as they felt each Dragon Slayer's magic going in them, mixing with their own. As each one of them released their love bite, the bite marks healed, leaving no trace of it. But the magic had already combined into the girl's powers, unknowingly bringing their magic in a different and new direction. After such an act, the couples all relaxed and cuddled with each other for the rest of the day.
"So, is there something I should know?"
Makarov was glaring at the three new couples, who stood in front of him. Each Dragon Slayer was holding his girlfriend's hand, though Gajeel was looking away, as if not paying attention.
"Nothing happened, Gramps," grunted Laxus, each one nodding in agreement.
"So no great grand kids that I should be expecting?"
"NO!" shouted all of them, causing Gildarts, who was sitting at the bar, to laugh.
"Natsu! You sure you didn't go any further? Perhaps to re-ignite your old love spark with Lisanna?"
"Father! Natsu and the others aren't like you, you lecherous old pervert," shouted Cana, all while grabbing her barrel of alcohol to drink.
"Anyways," waved off Makarov, "We need you all to prepare for the Grand Magic Games."
"Grand Magic games?" asked Gildarts with interest.
"That's right, you left before ever head about this," snapped Makarov before going off to explain what he knew about it. Emphasizing especially on the prize money which was 30 million Jewels. After finishing, Gildart's eyes were flashing Jewel signs.
"ALRIGHT LET'S WIN THIS!" shouted Gildarts in excitement, already forgetting about his note about having them bring Fairy Tail to being number one without his help, "Dragon Slayers, with me. I'm going to train your asses to death!"
Natsu, Laxus, and Gajeel gulped but were also excited about it. This was the man who was... no is the Ace of Fairy Tail. They were about to walk through hell and back from his training, though, they were sure.
"Umm, can I come?" asked Wendy, "I was going to go back to the beach to train, but after using the Communication Lacrima, Jet and Droy said Lucy and the others disappeared. Something about trouble in the Celestial Spirit World."
"Sure, little lady," chuckled Gildarts, "Mira, Lisanna, Levy, you guys coming with?"
The three of them looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
"I wanna go with Natsu-Nii to train!"
Romeo came tumbling forward, despite Macao's attempt to restrain him.
"Romeo! You're too young to go training with them," scolded Macao.
"But Wendy's the same age as me, and she's going!" retaliated Romeo, "Even if I don't make it on the team, I still want to help out! I want to get stronger!"
Macao could only sigh and apologize to Gildarts and was about to drag him away when Gildarts stopped him. He kneeled down and looked Romeo directly in the eye.
"You sure you want to do this? My training is going to be hell. I'm going to train everyone so hard that the definition of what you thought was hell is like a walk in the park."
As if to emphasize, Gildarts let his magic flow out, forcing Romeo to shiver in fear. However, Romeo resolutely looked back at Gildarts, even though his whole body was shaking, and nodded.
"Great!" grinned Gildarts, and the atmosphere changed back to normal, "Pack your bag, we're heading out to one of my old stomping grounds. Master, we'll be back in time for the games."
The next day, the group left, composed of Gildarts, Cana, the Dragon Slayers, three mates, and Romeo left to train. The Exceeds Happy, Carla, and Panther Lily had accompanied team Natsu to the beach to train.
Three months later
"Dammit, where's that knucklehead!?"
Gray was sitting in a room at the inn they had been assigned, along with Juvia, Lucy, Erza, and Elfman. Makarov had his decision about the members that they would bsentng to participate, as he hadn't heard from Gildarts and the others yet, who had yet to return. They had wasted three months thanks to the dam Spirit party, and was lucky that Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy had come to help, giving them access to their second origin. Elfman himself had gone through hellish training with Evergreen.
"Juvia isn't worried as long as Gray-sama is with me!" cheered Juvia, trying to hug Gray as usual.
"I wonder what happened to them," pondered Lucy as she was reading through the rules.
"Wherever they are, I'm sure they're safe," said Erza with confidence, although inside she was a bit worried. The three Exceeds had suddenly disappeared as soon as they entered Crocus, stating they had something to do.
"It's not manly to not show up!" declared Elfman, fuming at what had happened earlier today. He had encountered Sting and Rogue, who blew him off before asking to pass a message to Natsu and Gajeel. That those two were weak, and they were the true Dragon Slayers. Elfman didn't take it kindly that they were basically dissing Fairy Tail.
"It's almost 12:00," reminded Lucy as she looked back at the time.
Suddenly, the bells rang and a hologram of a man with a pumpkin head revealed himself, announcing that they would be doing a preliminary event to knock off every team except for the first 8 teams to make it through. Many were surprised at this, as they would be knocking off 105 other teams out of 113. The first 8 would earn the right to head into the official events.
The whole grounds of the city of Crocus transformed, and in the air spawned out the Sky Labyrinth. Pathways from different inns was created directly leading them to the Sky Labyrinth. Finally, the last warning was that anything goes as long as the team reached the goal, including loss of life.
"Let's Go!" shouted Gray, charging up the stairs with the rest of them.
"It's the start... of our path to being number One!" declared Erza.
The others agreed and charged forward.
In another inn, five shadowy figures were already inside the labyrinth, racing through it.
"Thank heavens your girlfriend reads the latest rule book thoroughly. Didn't think this two team thing was available."
"Gehehehe, she's mine."
"Wonder if any other team thought about it. You sure you want to do this?"
"... Will Wendy be alright?"
"Jii-chan and the others are taking care of her right now. Poryluscia also came to help her. We'll get whoever harmed her, and make them pay! I'm all fired up!"
"Let's break through!"
"... By the way, are you sure we're supposed to do this?"
'What do you mean? A straight line is the fastest path to victory!"
The questioner looked back at the path they had taken. The supposed walls that blocked the path were crumbling down. The leader stated that they needed to take the best path, and that meant crashing through the walls than taking the supposed pathways given.
"I don't think the organizers had you in mind when they planned this," deadpanned the questioner before casting some spells. They would trap anyone trying to take their path.
"Their problem, not ours."
In the span of about five minutes, they arrived at the goal.
"Wow, you're first, kabo!" said the pumpkin head judge, who's name was Mato, "You're definitely not from Sabertooth. What team are you from?"
"We are..."
Ten minutes later, Erza and the other finally reached the goal, looking proud before finding out that they were 8th place, barely scraping through. Perhaps they had a little too much fun beating up other guilds.
The next morning arrived, and the Colosseum was packed to the brim with people cheering on their favorite guilds. Sabertooth fans could be seen almost everywhere, as Sabertooth had been the winner the past games, taking the title as the number one guild of Fiore. However, many were also excited as Lamia Scale, who were always defaulted as number two, had Jura Neekis participating the tournament this time. In the past, he never did so as to make it fair, as he was the 5th strongest member of the Ten Saint Wizards. Overwhelming firepower, he felt, would make the games unfair. However, a certain return of a guild made him eager to participate.
"Hello everyone! The Annual Magic Festival festival finally starts! The Grand Magic Tournament begins today!"
From the announcer pad, Chapati Lola, a bald announcer wearing a black wig for the day, was introducing himself, Yajima, and the guest announcer for the day, Jenny Realight.
"Okay... the contestants are arriving!" announced Chapati, "Ranking 8th place in the preliminary rounds, can this team reclaim their glory in the old days? Let's welcome... Fairy Tai!"
Erza, Juvia, Lucy, Gray, and Elfman entered into the stage proudly... until the audience started booing at them.
"Despite the fact Fairy Tail always ranked last the past few years," continued Chapati, trying to talk over the booing crowd, "They've managed to pass the preliminary event, ranking them 8th place this year! Will the return of the Tenrou team help them become number one again?"
Lucy began to feel a bit glum from all the booing until Erza told her not to worry. Suddenly, they could hear cheering from one section of the stands. They looked to see the rest of the Fairy Tail guild cheering them on. Then, all of them were shocked to see Mavis, the first guild master, sitting there to cheer them on. Of course, only those with the Fairy Tail insignia could see them, but it certainly shocked them all when she said she got bored staying on Tenrou Island. However, they noticed that there were still a few members missing still.
"Now then, continuing on, in 7th place, the hounds of hell's army, Quarto Cerebus!"
Out from the entrance came out five wild looking ferocious men, looking eager, rowdy, and wild.
"In 6th place, the all female only guild, dancers of the ocean, Mermaid Heel!"
At their entrance, a lot of the male audience became captivated by the beauty of the captain leading them in, followed by 4 other rather cute woman, depending on their tastes.
"Coming up, in 5th place, is the wings that sparkle in the dark, Blue Pegasus!"
The handsome men and a bunny twirled into action before giving their signature pose.
"In 4th place, goddess of love and war, sacred destroyers, Lamia Scale!"
As they entered in, many were whispering, unable to believe that Jura was actually participating this time. The Lamia Scale guild leader was quite unhappy that they had placed fourth, and threaten to spin them if they didn't do better.
"Oh, this is a surprise! A first-time guild made it to the top three. Coming in 3rd place, The Midnight Raider, Raven Tail!"
Fairy Tail members looked especially shocked at this guild, as they had known Raven Tail to be a dark guild. Chapati, however, announced that recently, Raven Tail had been approved to be an official guild recently. Makarov was not pleased to see his son's guild, as he knew Ivan had rather sinister plans. However, he kept his cool after five of his people had to restrain him.
"Fairy Tail," said the leader of the group, looking at Fairy Tail's group, "This little girl is our way of saying hello."
The one with the little black doll transformed into Wendy before miming her passing out.
"You...," growled Gray, "were the ones that hurt her."
They had discovered before going into the games that Wendy had been harmed while she was exploring the city, and that all of her magical power had been exhausted.
"We won't let you get away with this," shouted Lucy as the Fairy Tail team glared at Raven Tail.
They merely waved and chuckled before walking away. At this point, the crowd was wondering who were the two teams left. One of them was obviously Sabertooth, but nobody had any idea which was the second one, as all major teams of the big name guilds had already entered.
"Oooh, this is a surprise. Coming in second place, it's the undefeated, ultimate kings for the past few years, Sabertooth!"
As the Sabertooth members entered, the crowd cheered for them loudly, shaking the Colosseum a bit. Sting looked over to Fairy Tail and frowned the lack of Natsu.
"Guess he got scared," chuckled Sting, ribbing Rogue a bit, "He knows we're the real deal. The true Dragon Slayers. We could've taken Acnologia ourselves."
Rogue just merely nodded his head in reply.
"Wait. My memory does not recall us getting second place ever before," said Rufus, wearing his signature hat and long blonde hair.
"You're right!" gasped Sting, "Who managed to get first place, then?"
The crowd kept cheering until Chapati had to shout, along with Yajima, to remind them their was still one more team they needed to introduce in as the 1st place winners of the preliminary rounds.
"And now... coming in first place... well they've requested that they do something flashy, so please direct your attention to the stadium."
As everyone looked to the center stage, three maidens seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Dressed in fine silk but tight clothing, many males drooled at the sight of their body, while quite a few females admired the body. They had their faces and hair covered, revealing only the eyes. The music started as they mesmerized everyone with their dance, going in sync with each other. One of the dances passed by Sting and winked at him, causing him to blush.
Finally, they stopped at three circles that had been placed much earlier before the teams entered. As one, they tapped the air above the rings before moving away. A pillar of fire, thunder and metal shot forth from each circle, rising far above the stadium before forming dragon heads, roaring in unison before diving down towards the middle. The three dragon heads combined into one and crashed into the center, causing everyone to move back in fear of an explosion. Then, it reformed itself to the Fairy Tail insignia.
"No way?"
"Is that?"
"How?"
As the audience was looking in shock, suddenly, the Fairy Tail insignia had lines all over it, both horizontal and vertical. The insignia blew off to reveal Gildarts, Natus, Laxus, Gajeel, and... Mystogan!?
"There it is!" shouted Chapati, "The first place team, Fairy Tail Team B: Dragons of Destruction!"
"Isn't it illegal to have Laxus and Gildarts in the same team, no wait, to even be participating?" cried Lucy in shock while Gray, Elfman, and Juvia gaping, their pupils white and jaws dropping.
"Mystogan? Can it be?" stuttered Erza, "Jellal?"
The disguised Jellal merely put his his hand to his masked lips, asking her to be quiet.
As the audience and several participants started to question why there was two teams, Chapati kindly explained to them that this year, guilds were allowed to send two teams to participate. The fact that two teams of Fairy Tail managed to make it through a hundred other teams rather a fact that they were members that was strong enough to make it through.
As the crowd was pondering Natsu pointed at the other Fairy Tail team, "Even if we're in the same guild, we're on different teams. We won't hesitate to take you down, just like you won't to us either."
"Suits us just fine, flame brain," grinned Gray.
"Je... Mystogan," whispered Erza as she approached Jellal, "I thought you couldn't get anywhere near these grounds, being a wanted man."
"You have a thoughtful master," whispered Jellal back, "He granted my request as soon as I briefed him about the situation. And back then, I hadn't though of this way when I met you guys to give you the second origin."
"But you're still not part of the guild. You're violating the rules."
"In a sense, Mystogan and I are the same person..."
"Just let it go," grinned Laxus, putting his arms around Jellal, "This is the festival. Plus, remember, Mystogan is a man of few words. Plus, he was a late addition. Our other member was supposed to be Wendy until someone attacked her."
"You mean Raven Tail," piped Elfman, "That's so not manly!"
"So, Raven Tail was the one," said Gildarts calmly, looking at the said guild. One could easily see a vein bulging from his forehead.
Back in the stands, Makarov was apologizing to Mavis about sneaking in Jellal in, just for her to dismiss it, as long as Fairy Tail won.
"Natsu," said Sting, looking at Natsu with clenched fists, excited to fight him.
Rogue was busy staring at Gajeel, who seemed to be ignoring him. Back on the stands, the Exceeds Frosch and Lector was cheering their friends while Lily and Happy were doing the same.
"Yashima, what do you think of this year's team?"
"It's good to be young."
"Umm, that wasn't... Oh well. Let's get on with the events!"
A giant stone tablet came forth from the ground to reveal what events would happen in the next five days. It would have an unknown game and a battle for the first three days, and unknown game and tag battle for the 4th, and something completely unknown for the last day. Chapati began to explain how the point system would work, and how the battle system would work, with the games allowing the team to chose who would come out first, and for battles, the sponsors would choose for them, using the fan's votes as a factor.
Soon, the first line of question marks flipped itself to reveal that the game would be titled "Hidden". The rules would be explained after the participants had been chosen.
As team members were chosen for each guild, the Fairy Tail teams were debating. For Team A, Gray came out as soon as he saw Lyon joining in.
"Hmm. Hidden is the name of the game. Well based on that, we can safely say...," said Gildarts before everyone looked at Natsu, "Natsu won't be a good choice."
"Oh c'mon!" cried Natsu, "I can be sneaky!"
Natsu immediately wrapped his scarf around his head, using it as a mask before yelling, "Nin! Nin!"
"Geheheh, Salamander, you would be the worst choice, as you would expose yourself too easily," laughed Gajeel.
"That being said, Gajeel, you're out, too," said Gildarts.
"Hahahaha," laughed Natsu at the downed Gajeel.
"I can be sneaky!" shouted Gajeel. He was about to tell them about how he managed a sneak attack when he bit down on that, knowing that it had been on Levy. He had regretted that choice.
"Yes, but I don't want to send you out just yet," replied Gildarts, "And knowing me, I'm not a good choice either."
"That's an understatement," said all four, waving their hands in front of them in sync, as they knew how Gildarts tended to walk through buildings instead of avoiding them. He, along with Natsu, was possibly the anti-thesis of being sneaky. Jellal especially because of all the complaints he got while he had worked with the Magic Council.
"And since Mystogan is someone we want to keep a low profile, Laxus, you're going in. Show them what it means to be a Fairy Tail mage."
"You got it, old man," grinned Laxus as he stepped forward.
"Oooh, Laxus-sama!" shouted Freed from the crowd.
"Sweet, my boyfriend's going up."
Mirajane, Lisanna, and Levy joined the rest of the guild on the stand.
"Boyfriend? You mean?"
"Yep. Mira-nee's boyfriend is Laxus," grinned Lisanna, "Just like mine is Natsu. We were the ones dancing just before."
"That means...," started Droy and Jet, looking at Levy.
Levy blushed before nodding, confirming that Gajeel was hers. The two of them fell to the ground, depressed at this news.
The participants gathered before Mato, the judge, who confirmed each participant.
Quarto Cerebus: Yaeger
Mermaid Heel: Beth
Raven Tail: Nulpting
Blue Pegasus: Eve
Sabertooth: Rufus
Lamia Scale: Lyon
Fairy Tail A: Gray
Fairy Tail B: Laxus
Nulpting tried to complain about how unfair it was that Fairy Tail had the advantage, but was shut down when all the other guilds said they had no problem with it at all.
"Alright, let's start to, kabo!" stated Mato, "Field... OPEN!"
Hope you've enjoyed the start of my new story! Come see my other stories, still in progress! Jaune Ryu-Long, the Dragon Contractor, and Big 4 to Hogwarts. Unfortunately, those will take up most of my team for updates, though I promise to update this one within the month. Big 4 might be coming to an end, soon, and this would get more updates.
Originally, this story and History Strongest Disciple Kenichi Time travel story tied, making me debate which one to write. I decided the Fairy Tail Dragons, as my plot for this story isn't as long as the other one. I will only be writing up to the end of the games arc. Anybody who wants to continue it after is welcome to do so.
Pairings... Have already been made. Look down below for this list:
Will happen!
Natsu x Lisanna
Gajeel x Levy
Laxus x Mirajane
Jellal x Erza
Elfman x Evergreen
Romeo x Wendy
Cobra x Kinana (Not very important, lol)
Debatable:
Juvia, Gray, Lyon, Ultear. Honestly, not sure what to do with them. I can potentially see Juvia with Gray or Lyon, and Ultear with Gray or Lyon. I'll think about it or maybe just chuck a poll about it. Lucy... I'll just chuck her somewhere else, as with any other characters.