Next morning Gray came in the room with Erza and Elfman. After partying and drinking all night almost every member of the guild had slept at the bar. They weren't an exception. Gray then noticed that only Lucy's bed was occupied. He then got closer and noticed Natsu and Lucy sleeping happily, with Happy next to them. "Not as dense as we thought, are you Natsu?" He thought. They waited five minutes and then Natsu woke up first and saw his team members looking his way. Erza had a deadly aura around her that said you will regret if you touched her without permission, Gray was smirking like a foul and Elfman wasn't sure on how to react. Natsu tried to move but Lucy almost woke up and said:

"Natsu stay the others are drunken."

"Lucy, you might want to open your eyes." Natsu said a little nervously because Erza had summoned a sword and had started polishing it. Lucy opened her eyes and saw her friends. She immediately got up and had a blush on her face.

"Good morning guys!" She stuttered.

"Good morning to you to Lucy." Erza said too calmly for the mages preferences. "I was wondering Lucy if you knew that Natsu was sleeping next to you. I know that you don't want Natsu sleeping on your bed and he must learn not to intrude a girl's personal space." Titania said while pointing the sharpened sword towards Natsu's throat.

"No, Erza calm down. I let him sleep on my bed." Lucy replied and blushed because Gray was behind Erza making kisses and gestures with his hands.

"Ok, I see then let's get ready and go to the stadium." The re-equip mage suggested and then everyone began getting ready. Lucy took a shower followed by Natsu. The other three and Happy went to take breakfast. Lucy had already put on her clothes and went to put on her shoes, when she found herself pinned on the bed with Natsu sitting on her. He had pinned her hands over her head with his left arm and he was sitting at a safe place where Lucy won't be able to kick him and started tickling her. Of course she tried to escape but her efforts were wasted. Her boyfriend knew where she was more ticklish and when he tickled her neck she couldn't hold more and burst out laughing.

"Punishment time." Natsu said imitating Virgo.

Gray's POV

Erza sent me to bring Lucy and Natsu because they were late and we had to leave. I was very irritated because Lyon came and tried to convince Juvia to be his girlfriend, even though she already refused his offer. I don't know if he is just trying to piss me off or he truly likes her. I don't know why I can't stand Lyon near her. Maybe it is because he is from another guild. It's pretty oblivious though that she will always be stuck with me. Nevertheless, what matters now is that I have to drag Natsu and Lucy to the stadium. What took them so long? What if they are doing something? This is going to be perfect. First they sleep happily at the same bed and now they are late for breakfast? Something's going on between in them. I saw how they look at each other when we are at the guild and I caught them plenty of times just staring at each other. Then yesterday they act all lovey-dovey. Anyway, I reached our room and kicked the door open only to freeze from the sight of Natsu pinning Lucy on the bed. They also froze when I kicked the door and that gave me the opportunity to follow Natsu's hand which was hovering over Lucy's sides. What they were doing before I arrive?

Nobody's POV

"I knew that something was going on between you. Flame brain you have a lot of explanations to give." Gray said while pointing at his friends who were now sitting on the bed.

"Natsu was just tickling me. We aren't a co…" Lucy began, but was cut off by Natsu who started explaining truthfully and quickly at his friend their relationship.

"We are a couple for almost two years. Except from you only Happy and her spirits know. We got together after Erza said goodbye to her friends from the Tower of Heaven. After you all left to go back at the hotel I stayed with Lucy and she started telling me about the constellations while we sat on the sand. Then I thought that this was the perfect time for me to confess and I turned around and looked at her and she looked at me and then I told her that I love her but she didn't answered and I panicked but then she kissed me and then I asked her out. We made a bet yesterday and if I win it tomorrow morning the whole guilds will know." Natsu said and looked at Lucy lovingly. The latter smiled because she remembered the shock she went through when she realized that Natsu was confessing his feelings. When they were at the beach she couldn't believe that the man she loves returned her feelings and did the first thing she could think of and kissed him. After the kiss Natsu asked her out and she said yes. Up until now she never regretted loving him.

"We wanted it to be a surprise for the guild but then Edolas, Nirvana, and Acnologia and we weren't able to announce it. We were going to do it after the S-Class exams but then you know we froze in time. Now we made the bet to decide whether we will announce it after the games or tomorrow." Lucy finished for him with a smile. Gray was a little shocked that his suspicions were confirmed but got over it quickly and a tiny smile appeared on his face.

"Flame Brain, I think of Lucy as my little sister. Like a good big brother am going to tell you something. Make her cry and you will not live to say sorry." He said while emitting a deadly aura that could rival Erza's but then turned to Lucy with a happier one and said. "Lucy may Mavis keep you sane after so much exposure at Flame Breath. Also Erza sent me to inform you that you are late and we are leaving." Gray said and turned to leave followed by Natsu and Lucy. When they arrived at the reception Erza started yelling that they were late and that they should leave immediately in order to be on time.

They headed to the stadium and a lot of people were gathered again. Then they announced the name of today's game, "Chariot" and the participating teams were asked to choose a representative. Bacchus, Kurohebi, Risley, Yuka, Ichiya, Natsu, Gajeel and Sting were chosen by their respective teams to participate. Then the rules of the game were announced. The participants were to race on top of interconnected chariots and reach the goal without falling. The game starts and everybody immediately race towards their goal except from three dragon slayers with motion sickens who struggle to run properly. In the lead group, Yuka uses his Wave Boost to try and take the first place while, at the same time, attacking those behind him. However, Risley employs her Gravity Change to dodge the attack while Ichiya uses one of his perfumes to overtake him. Seeing his opponents taking the event seriously, Bacchus decides to do the same and stomps on the chariot, destroying it and causing those connected to it to be tossed into the air. Yuka, Ichiya and Risley lose their balance and try to regain it while Bacchus overtakes them. Bacchus then proceeds to overtake Kurohebi and win the event, earning his team ten points. Kurohebi then finishes as well followed by Risley, Yuka and Ichiya who earned their teams eight, six, four and three points, respectively. Far away from the finish line Natsu, Gajeel and Sting are still racing.

"I'm going forward!" Natsu yelled. Although he felt like hell he made a bet and he will win it.

"They look pathetic… Even though they can't summon any strength, they're still taking it so seriously." Sting thought and then yelled "Fine… I'll give it to you; this victory. We'll continue to win after this. Just 1 or 2 measly points, we can do without."

"Don't go crying about that 1 point later, you Baldie." Gajeel responded harshly and then continued walking on the moving hell.

"Can I ask you one think?" Sting questioned. "Why did you guys enter the games? This would have been unthinkable for the Fairy Tail of the past… Worrying about the strength of the guild, or worldly things like this. The Fairy Tail that I know does things at its own pace without worrying about how others might think."

"It's for our comrades. For seven years they were always waiting for us. No matter how tough it was, no matter how sad, even if they were made fools of, they endured and endured and protected the guild. For our comrades we'll show you the proof that Fairy Tail has kept going." Natsu shouted the last part so everyone could hear. Every one of his comrades started crying. Then at his team balcony Lucy stood up and raised her right hand with her Fairy Tail insignia her fingers closed except from her thumb and index finger. Everybody at Fairy Tail followed her action with tears in their eyes. "Also last night I made a bet with Lucy and I don't want to lose it." He added in his mind. Then he and Gajeel managed to make it to the finish line. The first earned two points and the second one.

Meanwhile Lucy had rushed towards Natsu. When she reached him she decided to take him to the infirmary so he can relax. She was concerned for Wendy as well but when she asked she was told that she had made a good recovery. At some point she went back to the balcony of her team. When she arrived she saw that Kurohebi from Raven Tail was fighting against Toby Horhorta from Lamia Scale. As soon as the match begins Kurohebi receives the upper-hand and Toby praises his strength and his name but Kurohebi states that it isn't his real name. This angers Toby who then request from Kurohebi to tell him his real name if he wins, while if the other mage wins, Toby will reveal his "super-secret." Toby is promptly defeated and as requested reveals his secret, that he can't find his other sock, stunning the audience. Kurohebi points out Toby's sock, which is actually hanging around his neck causing Toby to cry in happiness. The Raven Tail representative then grabs the sock and tears it, much to the amusement of his team-mates, the Raven Tail Mage stating that the more precious something is to someone, the more he wants to destroy it. The next battle is between Bacchus of Quatro Cerberus and Elfman of Fairy Tail A. Bacchus decides to make things interesting by requesting his opponent's sisters if he were to win, infuriating Elfman. The battle has started, with Elfman being thoroughly hammered. After Elfman is struck down again, he struggles up again and states the term for his wager, if he wins, Quatro Cerberus is to be renamed Quatro Puppy for the rest of the tournament, something that shocked the rest of Team Quatro Cerberus. Bacchus accepts, and decides to take things seriously. Elfman transforms again as Bacchus advances, and in an instant, the Drunken Falcon lands several blows. However, he notices that now his hands are damaged. He turns to see Elfman with his new transformation covered in spiked scales. Elfman challenges Bacchus' palms with his own body to see who will break first. Bacchus accepts the challenge and attacks the Lizard man, while Elfman merely endures. They then both fall to their knees in exhaustion. Bacchus then stands, and after acknowledging Elfman's strength he collapses giving Team Fairy Tail A ten points.

In the meantime, Natsu woke up to find a strange scent on the infirmary and Wendy, Porlyusica and Charle missing. After following his nose and finding a group of men making off with the three, he hastily defeats them to save the trio. The kidnappers are taken into custody, but not before claiming that Raven Tail were the one who requested them to retrieve "the girl from the sick bay." Porlyusica, Wendy and Carla believe that they weren't the intended target, and that it was actually supposed to be Lucy. This is proven to be correct when later Arcadios, chief of the Cherry Blossom Holy Knight Squadron in the Royal Kingdom of Fiore, meets the ones responsible, angry that his plan failed and wanting to capture Lucy for Zeref's Eclipse Plan. This left Natsu very angry and worried for Lucy. They returned to they infirmary and found every member of the team and the Raijinshuu all over a beaten Elfman. After confirming that everything would be fine and after Natsu informed them about the incident that occurred they returned to the balcony to find Mirajane fighting Jenny from Blue Pegasus. Their battle was turned into a swimsuit contest with a very hot bet, the loser has to pose naked for the magazine Sorcerer Weekly. After a while girls from other guilds decide to participate and Lucy found herself in a wedding dress. Somewhere at the stadium Gray was fighting Lyon because of Juvia. Lisanna approached Natsu and remind him about when they were young and she had suggested that she could be his wife when they grew, he then replied telling her that he has already found the one and he is not willing marrying anybody else. Lisanna was happy for her friend even though she didn't know who that special person might be she had some suspicions. Lucy was waiting out of the commotion for Natsu when she felt a pair of hands picking her up bridal style. When she turns she finds Loke who suggests the two of them grab the chance and head to a church when suddenly they bump into somebody and the spirit disappears. Lucy fell on the ground on top of Natsu who blushed at the image of her with a wedding dress. She also blushed at the sight of him with a white tux and his big scarf around his neck. They got up and then sat next to each other smiling. After a while they heard the announcer calling of the competition and instructed the members of the guilds to go back except from Mira and Jenny. They returned to their balcony and then the match escalated pretty quickly. The competitors transformed at their strongest forms. Mira easily won earning ten points for her team. Meanwhile, elsewhere, Fiore's Minister of Defense, Darton confronts Arcadios and inquires why he's after a Celestial Spirit Mage prematurely, to which Arcadios reveals that the "Plan" has already reached its final stage, and that he would be willing to sacrifice Lucy for the sake of the "Eclipse". Then Kagura and Yukino were decided to battle. Entering the field, Yukino inquires if they can make a bet, in which the two women choose to bet their lives. Kagura agrees and the battle commences with Yukino employing her Celestial Spirit Magic to take Kagura out, however the latter continuously evades the attacks. Seeing this Yukino summons Ophiuchus, the 13th key, but Kagura with her sword Archenemy slices up the giant snake and then without even drawing her blade she defeats Yukino too. This earns 10 points for Team Mermaid Heel and Yukino's life is put in Kagura's hands. This upsets and shocks the members of Team Sabertooth. However, Arcadios is seen trembling with excitement at the revelation of a second Celestial Spirit Mage in the games. The fight ended with the loss of the second mage. The second day finished and the results were displayed.

Raven Tail 26 points

Fairy Tail B 22 points

Sabertooth 20 points

Mermaid Heel 19 points

Blue Pegasus 17 points

Fairy Tail A and Quatro Puppy 12 points

Lamia Scale 10 points

Every member of Fairy Tail went to celebrate. This time the ones missing were Elfman and the Raijinshuu. As Natsu, Lucy and Wendy were returning from the party they spotted Yukino waiting outside their lodging. Yukino wanted to give Lucy her keys but she declined the offer telling her that she doesn't want to break the bonds with her spirits. Then she was followed outside by Natsu who apologized because he thought she was a bad person. Yukino was so touched by the move that she ended crying and telling everything that the master of Sabertooth made her do, like stripping in front of her guild mates and removing on her own her mark. The dragon slayer now very angry and irritated about the guilds behavior took off and went to teach them a lesson on how to treat your comrades.

With a blast everyone wakes up at the Sabertooth lodging. As Sting and Rogue make their way down the hall, they see Natsu beating up their guild mates, demanding to know where their Master is. Jiemma appeared and demanded to know what Natsu wants. The latter chides him for kicking out Yukino and challenges Jiemma for a duel. The members are shocked that Natsu would even attempt attacking their guild by himself, but Jiemma is unfazed and he sent one of his members to fight the intruder, but Natsu easily knocks him asides. Sting then offers to fight Natsu but Jiemma decides to take on Natsu after all. Before either can get serious though, a woman appears between them, having somehow kept their attacks from hitting each other. She is revealed to be Minerva, and she chides Natsu for his recklessness and she agrees to overlook the incident if Natsu backs down. For added insurance, she suddenly makes Happy appear in her arms, warning Natsu that something could happen to him. Realizing this, Natsu complies and calls off his attack. He took his friend from Minerva and left telling that this is not a way a guild should treat her nakama. Rogue thought that nakama and bonds don't exist in their guild. Sting after the display is even more eager to battle with Natsu. In the meantime, Erza met up with Jellal to discuss about the magic power he had felt during the previous games. As Erza walks back to join her team the hooded girl from Team Mermaid Heel catches up with her and reveals herself to be Millianna, Erza's old friend from the Tower of Heaven, the two hugging and crying at their reunion.

When the Fire Dragon slayer returned to the hotel Lucy was waiting at the main hall worried. She saw him enter and realized that he was holding a crying Happy, his clothes and hair were a little bit dirty and the look in his eyes was full of anger and concern. She hugged him before he could say anything and then they sat at a table at a secluded corner and he told her what he did. Lucy was shocked when she heard about Yukino and irritated about Sabertooth tactics. She also wanted to take revenge for her but she knew that they were lucky that they will oversee Natsu's rampage even though they threatened Happys life. They sat there and Lucy managed to calm him down and Happy stopped crying. Then she suggested going to sleep. He agreed and then they stood up to go to the room and the blonde mage gave him a hot kiss on the lips. Happy on the other hand, left when he saw that they were kissing. Natsu leaned forward to kiss her again when they heard a loud crashing sound coming from the direction of the bar. They went there and saw Erza on the floor with her face planted on a piece of cake. She got up and cleaned her face which now resembles a tomato because she realized that her friends were kissing.

"Erza; how long have you been watching us?" Lucy asked.

"Well, I wanted to eat some cake and I came in when you were talking. I was going to greet you after I got my cake and when I was ready I saw you two kissing and then I was going to leave when a tripped over a bottle and landed on my cake." She answered.

"Erza could you please keep quiet until tomorrow morning? We were going to announce tomorrow that we are a couple." Natsu pleaded.

"Don't worry I won't say anything." Erza reassured them. "Can I ask you something? How long are you together?"

"Almost two years but if we count Tenrou almost nine." Natsu answered

"And why didn't you tell the guild?"

"We wanted to but with all that happened, like Oracion Ceis, and Edolas we couldn't find the perfect time." Lucy responded and leaned on Natsu's shoulder, knowing that the S-class mage will want every detail of the relationship.

"When did you start dating?" Erza asked, while eating a new piece of cake.

"Remember when we said goodbye at your friends from the Tower of Heaven?" Lucy asked and the red-haired mage nodded.

"I stayed behind with Lucy and then asked her out." Natsu added.

"What? How?" Erza almost yelled shocked.

"Well we were doing some star gazing and then I told her that I love her and she kissed me and then I asked her out." Natsu said calmly and looked at his mate who was smiling.

"Does anybody else know?" Titania asked

"My spirits, Happy and Gray learned by accident this morning." The blonde mage answered

"Why they were informed first?" They were ready to answer when a ding was heard and from a purple cloud appeared the leader of the zodiacs.

"I wanted to visit my love, but when I appeared she was kissing Natsu and she didn't realize that I was there. After they pulled away she told him that she loves him and then he asked her out. I was just standing there to see when they will notice me and when they did you should have seen their faces; priceless." He said and then disappeared.

"That's why you were late coming back at the hotel that night?" The red-haired stated and they nodded. Then another question made its way at her mind. "Why were you sleeping so happy at the same bed today?"

"Because we managed to escape from the guild and we were able to act as a couple without anybody noticing." Natsu answered. Titania pleased with the information she gathered stood up to leave.

"Before I leave I want to tell you something. Lucy, if Natsu ever hurts you, don't hesitate to come to me and I will make sure he will never be able to have children." Titania said calmly while summoning all her swords and pointing them at the poor dragon slayer. Lucy nodded nervously in agreement and Erza made her swords disappear. Natsu gulped at the threat because he was sure that she wasn't joking. "Now let's go and sleep. Tomorrow is an important day." She suggested. Her friends nodded in agreement and then they went to their room.