Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, if I did, Erza and Jellal would have a child…
With Fairy Tail
"Wow! Look at all these contestants! How are we ever going to manage all of them?" A blonde haired mage said.
"Don't worry Luce! If any one of them gets out of control, I'll just beat the hell out of them!" A pink haired obnoxious boy said.
"Baka! You can't do that or we'll probably get sued!" A black haired boy said… with no clothes on.
"Gray-sama! You're so strong! Juvia will hold Natsu down so he won't make any stupid mistakes!" The water mage said while holding on to Gray's arm.
"Eh? So annoying…"
Gray and Juvia share a complicated relationship. Everyone knows Juvia has feelings for Gray, but they don't know what's going on in the young stripper boy's head. But deep inside, they know that Gray has some type of feelings for Juvia, but he won't ever show it.
"Shut up you guys, will you?! I was eating my cake in peace while you guys interrupted my peace! Anybody want to pay?"
Want to take a guess on who that is? You guessed it, it's the infamous Erza Scarlet!
"N-no thanks! E-Erza…" all four of them said at the same time.
Erza sighed and said "I hope you all remember why Makarov is making us host this. He doesn't even care about the cost but he'll do anything to make this happen. So just remember why he's doing this…"
"Yeah, and I think it's a great idea! But hopefully, it'll work somehow…" Lucy said the last part quietly.
All of them wanted this to work. Because if it did, it could possibly change all of humanity and the way they think.
Erza sighed, "We're gonna have to think of what to do with each round."
This was going to be quite tiresome for all of them.
When Lucy was looking through the contestants, she was surprised to see so many guilds, many of them were familiar but some of them, she has never even seen before.
"Look at all these guilds! They look so strong and powerful, this year's Magical Games will be quite exciting!"
"Juvia wants to know some of the guilds, can you say some of them?
"Yeah! There's Sabertooth, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, Crime Sorcière-
"What?! C-Crime Sorcière?" Erza asked quickly.
"Yeah… why?" When Lucy asked, she instantly knew. It was Jellal.
"I-I'm going to take a walk in town, don't bother following me or else."
Whenever the topic was Jellal, Erza would never be able to think straight. She admitted that she still had feelings for him, but when Jellal rejected her, that was that. There won't be any regrets.
"E-Erza!"
"Leave her, she'll come back later," Gray said it coldly. He wanted to help her, but whenever it comes to Jellal, Erza would always be… careless.
"Name the rest of the guilds," Natsu said as he watched Erza walk out of the guild. "Just be careful, kay?" Natsu knew Erza was able to handle herself, but whenever she's thinking about Jellal, she could get a bit reckless.
"Sure… there are so many though, but some of them are the Akatsuki, Night Raid, Soul Eater, Fatestay Night, Tokyo Ghoul, Bleach… wow, these guilds are incredible!" Lucy said excitedly.
(A/N: Yes, these are the names of some anime, they just sounded really cool and the names sound like they could be guild names as well)
"Heh, we're still the best though! We weren't called Fiore's strongest guild for no reason!" Natsu said out loud.
"What's with all the loud noise?" Two female mages asked.
"You guys are back! Come on, Wendy, Lisanna!" Lucy said with a bright smile on her face.
With all the stress that's been going on with the guild ever since they announced they were going to host the games, it wouldn't hurt to take a job once in a while.
All the paperwork had to be sorted, nearly hundreds of guilds have joined and each and every one of them had to be checked to see if they were valid guilds. They also had to do some research on the anonymous guilds and see who their masters were and to make sure no master was participating. It was hard work, and there were many arguments here and there, but Fairy Tail, like always, managed through the worst of times.
Wendy and Lisanna sighed, they didn't look too happy, they looked rather tired but it was understandable. "I can't believe we actually survived, huh Wendy."
"Lisanna! Wendy! You guys are back! Thank goodness!"
"Mira-nee! I've missed you!"
Lisanna and Mirajane went into an embrace. It was good to be back.
"What's up kiddo! How did the mission go?" Natsu asked Wendy.
"Tiresome, but we managed to get our reward. How're the games coming along? Where's Erza?" As Wendy asked more questions, she was starting to get more worried. In fact, what exactly did happen when she left.
"Whoa, slow down there. You just came back from your 'almost a month' mission and you're already asking about the guild? Go get some rest and we'll explain everything later." Gray said with a gentle smile.
Wendy has surely grown. She hasn't cried, she hasn't whined, and she has become more independent and has more confidence in herself.
Wendy smiled, "Arigatou, Gray, but I actually have some things to talk about myself."
Gray looked at Wendy carefully, "I see… alright, we'll answer your questions."
Gray, Lucy, Natsu, Juvia, Mirajane, Wendy, and Lisanna all formed a circle. Lucy began. She said,
"We have many guilds join this year's games. Nearly one hundred and fifty-"
"Are we familiar with any of them?" Lisanna asked quickly.
"Let me explain, I was quite concerned with this, but the amount of guilds that we're unfamiliar with… are more than a half," Lucy said with concern in her voice.
"T-That's so many! What if they rebel? What if it turns into a death match?" Lisanna said horrified.
"Then Fairy Taill will just have to kick some ass!" Natsu said with a huge smile on his face.
Lucy smiled at him, that was always the solution to everything… according to Natsu.
"What he said, and as with Erza, she'll be back. She just took a stroll in town," Gray said with a blank face. He wasn't worried about Erza, he was just worried of what she would be thinking of.
"Erza! You're back!" Lucy said as she quickly ran to her. "Wendy and Lisanna just came back too! Come on, we're discussing about the games right now!"
"Welcome back, Lisanna, Wendy," Erza said with a gentle smile on her face.
As Erza came to join their discussion, Gray quickly asked, "What was it that you wanted to tell us before? Wendy?"
"That's right," Wendy took a glance at Lisanna and nodded. "While Lisanna and I were coming back from our mission in town, we were walking and the windows were open in this room. I wasn't sure, but I'm pretty sure they said they were going to destroy all the guilds. When the lights went off in town, I was only able to take a quick look inside, and I saw the most ferocious pair of red eyes."
"They were terrifying," Wendy and Lisanna said at the same time.
Erza closed her eyes for a minute and opened them and she spoke, "It's true, I saw warning posters all over town while I was walking, nobody knows their motive, and for all we know, they could have possibly disguised themselves so they could participate in the games, everyone must be aware."
"No way! Then everyone could be in danger!" Lucy said wide eyed.
"That's true, but actually, I have an idea to reduce the amount of guilds to only five guilds," Erza said with pride. As the others waited for her answer, the other guild members came in.
"Elfman-niichan! You're back too!" Mirajane and Lisanna ran over to Elfman and they embraced each other like they haven't seen each other for years.
"Welcome back, Bisca, Alzack, and Asuka!" Natsu with a smile on his face. It was always great to have the other members back.
"Levy! You're back! Gajeel too…" Lucy ran up to Levy and she they started discussing everything that has happened.
Many of the guild members were assigned to watch other guilds around Fiore and analyze their magic. This year's games won't get interrupted!
"Has the master returned?" The others who returned asked.
Lucy looked down… "No, he hasn't."
Just a week ago, the master said he had some unfinished business to do and he left the planning of the games up to the guild members. He hasn't returned since then.
All of the guild members were worried, the master was getting old and they were just concerned for his health, but they knew he was strong enough to handle himself.
"That's right, what was the idea that you had to reduce the amount of guilds?" Gray was curious about this. He knew the first who would ever come up with something like this would be Erza.
"A writing test," Erza said with a huge smirk on her face.
"A what?!" All of the guild members shouted.
"But that's so boring! We should at least have them all battle each other!" Gajeel and Natsu yelled out disappointedly.
Levy and Lucy sighed, of course they were the ones who wanted to watch other people fight.
"OWWW! Why'd you hit us Erza?" Natsu cried out loud.
"Let me explain! This will be a test to see how well you know your guild members," Erza's smirk grew.
"I think I know where going along with this!" Levy shouted excitedly.
"I'm still confused, but go no Erza!" Mirajane said embarrassingly as she blushed.
"There will be five rooms for each guild members because only five members are participating for each guild. We will give them a five questioned test, a very simple test-
"Each question has a certain amount of points… right?" Levy smirked, she knew exactly where this was going along.
"Correct! And the goal is to add up to a certain number."
"I see! So the first question could be worth zero points, then the second question could be five points, third could be ten points, fourth will be fifteen points, and fifth question would be twenty points!" Lucy finally understood the objective of this round.
"The certain number would be thirty points, if anyone goes above or below that number, they will be disqualified," Erza said proudly.
"Ooooooh! That's a great idea! Then we could see how well each guild member knows the other guild member!" Mirajane said excitedly.
While the other Fairy Tail members started to process this information… Natsu and Gajeel were still struggling to understand.
"Come on Erza! Just a battle royale is so much more simpler!" Natsu whined.
"No! We're going with my plan and that's that, any… rejections? Natsu?" Erza whispered in Natsu's ear.
"N-No Erza! I'm good! I'll go along with your plan!" Natsu said quickly before he gets toasted by Erza's hands.
"Good," Erza smirked.
"Hopefully we'll reduce the amount of guilds to five. If not, we'll try something else for the remaining guilds," Gray said as Juvia held on to him.
"Gray-sama is so smart! Please marry Juvia!"
Gray only sighed.
"Ummm, how many weeks until the games?" Lucy asked worriedly.
"In one week," a certain man said.
"M-MAKAROV?!" The guild members yelled out all together.
Hope you guys liked this chapter! In the next chapter, we might finally get to see some reunions with the guild members! Stay tuned until next time!
I hope everyone knows that the test is part of the Naruto Shippuden chunin exams, just for your information!
