Author's note: Ok, this is going to be a Thanksgivings Day special Two-shot. I'll explain the whole meaning of it at the end but I wanted to keep this a two-shot. I hope you all enjoy it.

I don't own Fairy Tail

The Battle Of The Fairies

Levy walked into Fairy Tail like any other day; with a smile on her face and a book in her hands. She looked around the guild, hoping to find Gajeel and Lily. Maybe they could go on a mission today? But Levy noticed something different; a huge crowd was forming around the large stage. Was it time for S-class trials? No, S-class trials were next month and not only that they decided not to go to Tenrou Island this year due to the last S-class trials. Not only that, this year's trial was moved to an earlier time. And Mira wasn't set to perform until later today either.

Levy walked over to the crowd and blended in.

"Levy-chan!" a feminite voice suddenly said. Levy looked and an immediate smile appeared on her face.

"Lu-chan!" she said "How are you this morning?"

"Very well thank you!" Lucy said with a smile "But what's going on over here?"

"I don't know." Suddenly, Gajeel Redfox, the Iron Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail walked over to the tiny script mage along with Lily.

"Oi, shortstack." he said "What's going on?" That is what Levy keeps trying to figure out; what was going on? If it wasn't S-Class Trials, if it wasn't Mira or Gajeel performing then... No way, it couldn't be!

"I can't believe it!" Levy said with realization "They're allowing it this year?!"

"What the hell are you talking about Shrimp?" Before Levy could answer, the curtains opened and standing on the stage from left to right, were Laxus, Master Makarov, Erza and Mira Jane.

"Attention Fairy Tail," Makarov announced "Today, I would like to announce the beginning of The Battle of The Fairies!" The crowd cheered when the announcement was made.

"Alright!" Natsu screamed "'Bout time they brought it back!"

"Battle of the Fairies?" Lucy asked "What's that?"

"It's an event Fairy Tail use to hold every year around Thanksgiving." Happy explained.

"Finally, A reason for me to beat up Salamander." Gajeel said while cracking his knuckles.

"It doesn't involve fighting." Happy explained "It's an all out no fighting competition charity event. We have four teams that go head to head in a week long competition. At the ending of that week, we hold an event where the teams go head to head in games. The winning team will get to go head-to head with the other winning teams from different guilds in Battle of The Guilds."

"No fighting?!" Gajeel screamed "C'mon this sucks!"

"But it's for a great cause!" Levy replied.

"Wait," Lucy suddenly said "Natsu said they were bringing it back, why did they cancel it?"

"It got canceled because the last team that won apparently didn't deserve it and it caused a pretty nasty riot between the crowds who were cheering the teams on." Happy explained.

"Yeah I remember that." said Cana "About one-hundred and twenty people were sent to the hospital. Three were pronounced dead and five were going to stay comatose the rest of their lives." Lucy looked at Cana shocked; it couldn't have been that bad!

"But the event is always for a good cause." Levy explained "They have supporters of teams and the teams bring in canned goods which go to local food shelters for families who can't afford a meal."

"Competition you say?" Gajeel smirked "Sounds interesting to me. Gihihihihi."

"Now!" Makarov announced "After speaking with our S-class wizards, we have decided who this year's team captains for Battle of The Fairies will be!" he pulled up a list with four names on it "For this year's Red Team, the captain will be Natsu Dragneel."

"Alright!" Natsu screamed "My time to shine!"

"For the Green Team, Freed Justine."

"I am honored to lead this year's Green Team." Freed said with a respective bow.

"For the Orange Team, Gajeel Redfox!"

"Me?" Gajeel questioned "Gihihihi, can't wait to kick Salamander's ass!"

"And finally for the Yellow Team...Elfman Strauss!"

"I will lead the Yellow Team with Manliness!" he screamed.

"Ok, now will all team captains come to the stage and they must pick out four people. However you cannot pick out an S-class wizard because they will be this year's judges. " Immediately, the captains began to pick out their team mates.

Natsu picked Lucy, Happy, Wendy, and Gray. Gajeel picked Levy, Lily, Juvia and unfortunately, Jet. Freed picked Bixlow, EverGreen, Droy and Romeo. Elfman naturally chose Lissana but also Cana, Alzack and Bisca. With the teams picked, the crowd began to cheer.

"Now," Makarov continued "Everyone is allowed to get involved. Everyone can bring as many canned goods as possible but must tell Mira and Kinana what team these are being donated too in order to get points. All the canned goods will be going to the local food shelter as you all know. Another event fans can get involved in is Find the Fairy. I hidden somewhere in this guild the Fairy Tail Insignia. Whoever finds it must come over to me, or one of the judges and tell them which team they are supporting in order to get points for that team. We will also be selling spirit squares which are one point for every ten you buy, and a costume contest where the teams must come up with their own costumes and themes. These points will count for the final showdown. Teams, you are to gather up together over the week and plan out your lip syncing routines. Now, let The Battle of The Fairies...begin!" With those words said; the crowd broke into the largest cheers on the planet.

"We're gonna win this!" Gajeel said to his team "We're gonna kick Salamander's team's ass!"

"Pfft!" Happy replied "Good luck with that! The Red Team won for four years straight!"

"Erza was the captain back in the old days." Natsu explained "And now, I'm captain and we're gonna win!"

"Keep dreaming moron." Gajeel huffed "There's a bigger chance the other teams are gonna win. Titania isn't part of your team anymore." Natsu suddenly realized that Gajeel was right, Erza wasn't there to back them up anymore.

"How about we team captains make it interesting." Gajeel replied. A grin appeared on Natsu's mouth.

"Let's hear it." he said. Over-hearing this, Freed and Elfman walk over to Natsu and Gajeel and decided to get in on the deal.

"Ok," Gajeel began "The teams who lose must get the winning team's faces tattooed on their body." They all looked at Gajeel shocked; is he seriously willing to go through with that?

"Deal." Natsu said and shook the other guys' hands.

"Gajeel." Levy said while pulling him over "Are you sure about this?"

"Yeah," Gajeel shrugged "we can win this."

"I don't want a new tattoo!" Jet replied "And why did you choose me for this anyway?"

"Well," Gajeel replied "I really don't like you but I chose you cause I feel we can use your magic to win this crap."

"You dick."

"Looks like we don't have a choice." PantherLily replied "It seems to me the events that are going to matter most is the costume contest, canned goods, the Spirit Squares, Finding the Fairy and the lip sync contest. If we don't win those we're screwed."

"So from this day forth, we're gonna work hard and win Battle of the Fairies!" Levy said with as much determination as possible. Gajeel gave her a smile and the team stacked hands.

For the next week, the competition began on a high note. The teams were literally at each other's throats just to get to the top. The amount of canned goods was unbelievable; Mira and Kinana donated unused rooms in the guild to keep the cans stored but the amount that was pouring in was unbelievable! Mira went to add a few cans for the Red Team and got caught in an avalanche of canned goods! She was in the infirmary with bruises for the rest of the day.

Spirit Squares were passed around the guild and so far, it seemed The Yellow Team was in the lead. But after one generous person got back from a job with a lot of unnecessary cash, The Red Team was suddenly in the lead with five points. Gajeel was on the verge of ripping those Spirit Squares to shreds but Levy calmed him down and explained that if he did it, it would lead to an automatic disqualification.

The Find the Fairy was probably one of the most difficult out of all the competitions. Wherever The Master hid it, it was a pretty good spot. Romeo found it and got two points for The Green Team. Natsu wasn't too thrilled with this and tried to take the credit but Lucy had to hold him back and Erza threatened to disqualify him.

The day the Costume Contest occurred it was quite interesting, The four teams had to pick a theme and make their costumes by hand. The Green Team dressed up as Death Note. Freed dressed as Light Yagami, Bixlow was L, EverGreen as Misa Amane and Romeo was Ryuuk.

The Yellow Team for some reason dressed up as people from Attack On Titan (Elfman's idea), Elfman was Eren, Lisanna was Mikasa, Alzack as Armin, Cana as Annie, and Bisca as Sasha.

The Orange team decided to dress as Naruto, Gajeel dressed as Sauske, Jet as Naruto, Levy as Sakura, Juvia as Hinata and Lily was the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. So far, The Orange team was dressed as the best costumes but that was until everyone saw The Red Teams' costumes.

The Red team was dressed as The Straw Hat Pirates from One Piece! Natsu was dressed as Luffy, Lucy was Nami, Gray as Zoro, Wendy as Nico and Happy was Chopper. For that, The Red Team won the Costume contest.

The night before The Battle of the Fairies, The Orange team had a meeting at Gajeel's house to talk about the results so far for the Battle of The Fairies.

"This sucks!" Gajeel screamed "We're dead last in the games!"

"We're ahead of The Red Team in the canned goods!" Levy reasoned.

"Yeah, but there kicking our asses!"

"There's only one way we could win." Lily told them "It's if we win tomorrow's games. That's where it all comes down the line. As long as we try to get first place in all the games tomorrow, then we won't have to get the tattoos!"

"But-Juvia wants a tattoo of Gray-sama." Juvia muttered.

"Well I don't want one!" Jet replied "We got to fix the kinks out of the Lip sync routine. If we don't fix it then we're basically screwed."

"Agreed." Lily said "We got to do one more practice round then we have to get ready for tomorrow." With that said, the team stacked hands and headed out to Gajeel's backyard to practice another round of the lip sync routine.

The day of Battle of the Fairies came quicker than The Orange team imagined. According to Makarov, whoever wears the most team colors for any team they support, the team will gain an extra point. That night, in the back rooms of the guild had to be the most tense. The main hall of the guild was transformed into a stadium which was divided into four spaces, one for red, one for yellow, one for green and one for orange.

Levy was wearing an orange headband with an orange shirt, black stretch pants,sneakers with orange laces and orange war paint. Gajeel had an orange headband with and orange shirt that said on the back "Captain", tight black sweatpants and sneakers. His war paint was much more detailed than Levy's, they went across his eyes, under his lower lip, over his cheeks, he was going all out. Juvia's hair had orange streaks in it, she was wearing her hair back in pigtails, an orange short-top, short black stretch pants and a pair of black running sneakers. She also had black warpaint on her cheeks. Lily's fur was dyed orange and he wore a pair of black pants and an orange headband. Apparently, he wasn't thrilled that Levy came up with the idea of dying his fur orange for this. He was just grateful that it was the type of dye to wash off in the shower after one use. Jet was in an orange t-shirt, black basketball shorts and white sneakers.

"Hey Orange Team." Natsu suddenly said "Enjoying your last few hours of being tattoo free?" He was wearing a ripped up red shirt, his white scarf worn as a headband, red war-paint, black pants, and black sneakers. Lucy walked over to Levy in two pig tails with red streaks, a red half top with short black shorts, black sneakers and war paint. Gray had a simmilar outfit to that of Natsu's but without a scarf-headband, Happy's fur was dyed red, and Wendy managed to add a bit of red streaks to her hair which just made her 2x cuter.

"I'm sorry we dragged you into this Levy." Lucy told Levy.

"I'm sorry too." Levy said wryly "I just hope we get a tie so no one has to go through with the bet."

"You know that's not possible." Happy replied while adding a little black headband to his wardrobe "By the way the Orange Team looks, you're definitely getting tattoos by tomorrow."

"Pfft!" Gajeel's voice came "Dream on cat! After tonight, we're definitely gonna win."

"The Yellow team will win with Manliness!" Elfman screamed which Levy noticed that he dyed his hair yellow.

"Nice Try." Freed interrupted "But it's obvious The Green Team will be victorious this year."

"Ok Teams!" Makarov's voice suddenly boomed "Get into position, we're going to be having you announced soon. Follow the order on the poster." Makarov pointed to a poster that was on the wall that would depict who was going first"

" Green Team

Orange Team

Red Team

Yellow Team"

Levy memorized the schedule and smiled. It looked like they were going in alphabetical order and not popularity.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Max's voice boomed "Welcome to Battle of The Fairies!" The crowds cheered when Max made his announcement.

"Let's win this!" Natsu screamed. Gajeel tightened his headband and looked at his team.

"Let's rock. Gihihihi." he chuckled. Levy and her teammates then lined up directly behind the Green Team; it was showtime.