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"Take that Natsu!" Gray yelled out.

"Heh, is that all you got? Take this!" Natsu said. The two started spewing hot and cold air, and were really disturbing other vendors.

Wendy shyly poked her head in. "Uh, guys? Isn't this to extreme for a water gun game?" They didn't hear. She sighed and went back to standing next to Lucy, who was watching in shock.

"Hey, when is it my turn to play?!" Gajeel said.

"After I win!" Natsu and Gray said simultaneously. Gajeel began tugging at Gray's shirt in attempts to pull him off the chair for a turn. Gray, finally being done with Gajeel's antics punched him backwards and causing Gajeel to crash into the scarlet haired teen standing behind them. Gajeel and Gray looked at Erza, her radiating anger was about to burst.

"S-Sorry! Please don't hurt us!" Everyone cried out.

"Why are you acting like such kids!" She landed a few good punches on everyone's heads. Mini tears formed in their eyes.

"I didn't even do anything..." Wendy said, with a little lump on her head.

"Yeah, why did you hurt us too?!" Lucy cried out.

Erza turned around. "Sorry, I got carried away!" She laughed and brushed it off.

"Hey, how about we play another game, something less dangerous?" Wendy suggested.

"All games are dangerous if Natsu and Gray are around." Lucy added quietly, making Wendy giggle.

"Alright then, where to?" Erza said firmly.

"Psst." A voice whipsered. "Hey roudy group, over here!" They turned their heads, a young albino man in a top hat, and cloak, was calling them over. "Try my booth! No one came all day, and if you were to play, I am sure I can grab some very needed attention."

"I'm in! What game is it?!" Natsu said. He walked forward before he was pulled back by Lucy.

"Can we trust this guy? I mean, he is literally in all black in an alleyway."

"If he tries to pull a fast one, leave it up to me to stop him, okay?" Natsu walked forwards once again, with the group following behind.

"So what game is this?" Gray asked.

"A target game! If you are able to hit your targets you win this coupon for an all you can eat buffet!" The stranger replied.

"I'm first! I'm first!" Natsu said, waving his hand in the air like a child.

Gajeel pushed Natsu away. "It's my turn to play a game, you have been hogging it all this time."

"Easy fellas' three people can play this game. See, three targets." The man said, hands pointing to the three red and white targets. "I'll just pick who plays...Hmm, Pinkie, Metal head, aaannddd, that little blue haired girl."

"M-me?!" Wendy said.

"Yes! You!" He replied with a bright smile on his face.

"Go on Wendy, you deserve a game once in a while too." Erza said, pushing Wendy forward to play.

"B-but I-"

"Don't fret little lady, I am confident you will do fine!" The man said. "Here is the knife, you aim for the middle dot." He handed the other two knifes to Gajeel and Natsu. He stepped to the side. "You have two tries, okay! Do your best!"

"Natsu, prepare to lose." Gajeel said.

"As if." He replied. The two gave it their all, and threw the knifes. Wendy throwing her own knife shortly after. They looked at the targets and sighed.

"Aw, too bad! You missed!" The man said. The rage began to bubble up, Natsu and Gajeel grumbled in anger.

"HAHAHAHA. How did you miss? That was easy!" Gray laughed. Lucy and Erza hit him on the head. "Wendy, you did great."

"Don't worry, you have one more try." He stood to the side.

"Hey, what about the knifes aren't you-" Gajeel said, before getting interrupted.

"Now, please..." The man said with a smile. His red eyes glowed in the shaded area from his bangs.

"Erza, something isn't right." Lucy whipsered.

"Hit your targets." As soon as he said that, Erza, Lucy and Gray went flying up into the sky, being carried by a strong wind.

"What the hell?!" Gray said.

"Fire dragons... BRILLIANT FLAME!" They turned their heads. Gray and Erza pulled out shields as fast as possible and pulled Lucy in behind their defense. The impact of the fire ball and the shields sent them downwards. They were falling down fast, the fire slightly burned them despite having shields. The fire was intense, the lingering heat still burned.

"What's going on?!" Lucy cried out. She looked down, sharp swords were right below them.

"Gray, make something!" Erza commanded. Gray nodded, he made an Ice sort of hammock to stop them mid way.

"What the hell got in to you guys." Gray said. Lucy looked up, Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy were on a higher up building staring down. No response.

"Whatever you three are playing at, it isn't funny. Stop this at once." Erza said.

"Like we have to listen to you?"Wendy said.

"You aren't some queen." Gajeel said.

"Lets' end this quickly, shall we?" Natsu said. He looked down with a twisted smile. Fire radiated from his body.

"Ice make lance!" Gray summoned his spell, the ice lances quickly heading towards the dragon slayers. They didn't budge. Gray's, Lucy's and Erza's eyes widened, the lances made a direct hit with their bodies and impaled them in Gajeels leg, Natsu's shoulder and Wendy's arm. Gray shocked, made the ice disspear.

"Why didn't they dodge?" Lucy whispred, trying to piece things together.

"Do you think we care what happens now?" Wendy said.

"We don't even feel this pain." Gajeel added.

"We are just puppets right now, it doesn't matter what happens to a puppet's body, does it?" Natsu said.

"What are you talking about?! You could die, you are losing blood fast!" Lucy cried.

"We are taking you back to the guild." Erza said. She summoned a sword.

"Be careful, they aren't afraid to take blows from any of us."

"I know, we just got to knock them out before they lose to much blood."

"How, do you have any plans?" Gray asked Erza, who looked straight into Natsu's eyes.

"Iron dragons-" Gajeel began.

"ERZA!" Gray yelled.

"Now!" Erza commanded. On her word, three exceeds head butted the three dragon slayers.

"What the?" Natsu said. The dragon slayers turned around. The exceeds looked at their friends, who looked ready to kill them at any second.

"Oh- you are going to regret doing that..." Wendy said. The dragon slayers took a step forwards, when something hard and heavy hit them in the head. Knocking them out.

"That was easy, I guess?" Lucy looked at their bodies. "It doesn't matter now, let's get them back. Happy, Carla, Lily carry them back to the guild. Asap."

"Good timing you got here. How did you know when to attack?" Gray asked the exceeds.

"Erza used sign language." Lily said. "We came after you three took impact by Natsu. She told us to stay back, and wait for her command."

"We will meet you there. Thank you for helping." Erza said, with gratitude. The three exceeds took off, with their dragon slayers wrapped in their tails.

"Why do you think this happened?" Gray asked.

"It was probably that strange man." She peeked down to the booth, he was long gone. "I knew something was up. This is my fault, really."

"What magic was he using?" Erza asked.

"Probably some sort of puppet magic..." Lucy said. "We can figure this out later, we have our own injuries to be looked at back at the guild."

I know, this was hella rushed. HELLA. In future chapters, I will smooth it out, I am horrible at writing the exposition. HORRIBLE I SAY! HORRIBLE!