Next day Lucy woke up and looked at her alarm, her eyes widened; they were supposed to be at the stadium in twenty minutes. Jumping quickly out of her bed, she started getting dressed while shouting for her friends to wake up. One by one, her friends started running around and getting ready for the day. The only one who was still sleeping was Natsu. The dragon slayer didn't even flinch when Lucy tried to wake him up. Erza saw this and got very pissed; not only they were going to be late, but Natsu refused to wake up. She summoned two swords, pointed them at the pink haired mages neck and yelled that if the dragon slayer didn't woke up right now she would make sure he never did. Nobody managed to catch a glimpse of Natsu getting out of bed and getting ready, until they saw him panting while leaning on the doorframe. Erza's swords disappeared and everybody sprinted towards the stadium.
When they arrived, they were all out of breath from running. They went at their balcony and noticed that they had two minutes to spare, before the games started. Erza then began apologizing that it was her fault that they were late and asked to be punched, as punishment. Lucy managed to stop Natsu and Gray who were eager to punch the red haired and reassured her friend that it wasn't her fault.
The announcer then asked for a participant from each guild to assemble. Erza, Cana, Orga, Hibiki, Novally, Millianna and Obra gathered and Mato explained the rules of the game Pandemonium. He explained that the monsters inside are classed from D to S. Each competitor will go in one by one and fight a number of monsters for points. They will select how many monsters they want to fight each time. If they lose their previous victories will still be counted but the current round will not. The game will continue until all 100 monsters are defeated or everyone runs out of magic power. After that they draw a stick and Erza had to compete first. She challenged all the monsters, much to everyone's shock. When she entered the monsters nest she immediately came face to face with the dangerous monsters. As they attacked, Erza reequipped and managed to slash numerous D-class monsters, causing them to disintegrate. While standing on top of a pillar, Erza landed another hit at several monsters and managed to take them out. Her unbelievable strength made everyone at the crowd and the guilds to watch closely every move she made. As a fire monster attacked, Erza quickly changed to her Flame Empress Armor, with a sword from her Sea Empress Armor, which allowed her to destroy it, along with some C-class monsters who tried to attack her. She was then attacked by a monster she initially mistook for the S-class. Erza quickly defeated the beast. However, she was then thrown into a wall by another one. Despite this, she fought back and effectively destroyed half the monsters in Pandemonium. She was then again attacked by more monsters, which she demolished with relative ease until she was smashed into a wall. Erza dodged a lot of blasts of magic coming from the monsters and countered them, effectively killing all of them. She was then attacked by an A-class monster, which punched her into the ground. However, Titania had reequipped into her Adamantine Armor, and managed unconsciously to throw the monster out of the building. She then defeated a C-class monster, revealing that only 4 monsters remained unharmed. Erza charged at the last A-class monster and defeated it along with two B-class monsters. When she came face to face with the one and only S-class monster, she had a hard time defeating it mostly because she was weakened from her previous encounters. Now standing at the entrance of the building, her guild cheering loudly, she proudly raises her sword in victory. The members of the other guilds were looking at her dumbfounded and some got scared from her powers. Her teammates went and congratulated her and then took her for a check-up.
After that in order to determine the other competitors rank they brought a Magic Power Founder. The participants must attack the MPF and it will record and display their level of power. Again Fairy Tail managed to shock everybody when Cana broke the devise when she used Fairy Glitter, provided from the First master, and earned eight points for her team. Jura came second earning six points. Then Sabertooth, Mermaid Heel, Quatro Puppy, Blue Pegasus and last Raven Tail each of them earned four, three, two, one and zero points respectively.
Then the battle part started with Millianna from Mermaid Heel against Semas from Quatro Puppy. The battle was sort and the cat- like girl won. Then Rufus from Sabertooth won against Eve from Blue Pegasus. As the Trimens wailed for Eve's loss, Ichiya claimed that they still have a secret weapon: the bunny suited member.
For the third battle of the day Laxus was chosen against Alexei a member of his father guild.
The battle starts with Alexei surprisingly giving a hard time at Laxus. However what nobody sees is that the real competitors were just standing in the middle of the battlefield and the others fighting are just illusions. Laxus demands to know what's going on and Alexei states that he created this in order to talk to him in private. Laxus doesn't like this and prepares an attack, but stops when the rest of the Raven Tail members show up to back up their leader. Alexei then reveals that he is Ivan Dreyar and wants to know where Lumen Histoire is. Laxus doesn't know anything considering Lumen Histoire and states that even if he did know, he wouldn't reveal anything about it. Claiming that he'll take them all on, Ivan and the rest prepare to attack. Ivan begins the attack, but Laxus surprises all there by powerfully managing to defeat all four of Ivan's guild members without receiving any damage. Seeing this Ivan tries to stop him by saying that he is his father, something that disgusts Laxus, who proudly states that Fairy Tail is his family. He then punches his father and at the same time breaks the illusion, revealing to the stadium what really happened, shocking and confusing everyone present. The Blond dragon slayer was standing unscathed in the middle of the battle field, while all the members of their rival's guild team were scattered on the different directions on the stadium, badly beaten up. Ravel Tail was disqualified and the rune knights took them away.
The last battle of the day was Wendy against Shelia from Lamia Scale. The two mages were both filled with determination and Wendy was ready to fight for her guild. As the girls exchange blows, everyone could see that Sherria had the upper hand. Wendy then unleashes a very powerful, secret, technique that manages to make Sherria fall. When the announcer was ready to declare Wendy as the winner, the God slayer stood up. Everyone except her guild was shocked to see that all her injuries were healed. Shelia told Wendy to give up but the young dragon slayer replied that she didn't want her pity and that the fact that she is still standing means that she is prepared to fight on behalf of her guild. The god slayer then prepared her next powerful attack but Wendy made her miss by increasing her opponent's magical power. Then they both charged at each other and fought with all their strength until the time run out and the match end in a draw. Each team earned five points and then Shelia healed Wendy wounds and they decided to become friends.
From the stands, Doranbolt watched the fight with a worried expression, though he wasn't as tense as Jellal. The blue haired mage, when he sensed Sherria's magic, he thought that it was connected to Zeref and went at the stadium to find that he was mistaken. However, Doranbolt spotted him, and, wondering what Mystogan could possibly be doing in Earth Land. Jellal was almost caught, by the magic council, while trying to catch the source of the magic power that has similarities with Zerefs. Luckily, Yajima-san was there and managed to cover him, but what he didn't know was that he was spotted by Milianna and Kagura from Mermaid Heel.
The results were announced and everyone head back home:
Fairy Tail B 40 points
Sabertooth 34 points
Mermaid Heel 32 points
Fairy Tail A 27 points
Lamia Scale 21 points
Blue Pegasus 18 points
Quatro Puppy 14 points
Elsewhere, Makarov and Laxus sit together near a fountain, when the latter inquires about the Lumen Histoire and how Ivan stated that it was "Fairy Tail's darkness". When Makarov seems reluctant to answer, Mavis comes forth and claims that it is the opposite, but it is a secret that only the Guild Master can know about. Laxus says he understands and he doesn't ask more. His grandfather then states that Precht, a former guild master, must be the one to tell Ivan. With this stated, Mavis starts crying, saying that it was her fault. Laxus and Makarov panic and the latter order his grandson to comfort the crying girl.
Meanwhile, the guild was having a party for their victories at a bar except Evergreen and Elfman who were at the infirmary. Gray was stripping, Juvia was squealing at the sight of him, Cana was drinking, Erza was eating her cake, Lucy, Levi and Wendy were talking and Natsu was surfing on top of wine barrels followed by Gray and Erza.
As the party winds down, Levy suggests going at Water Park, called Ruyzetsu Land. Everyone agrees and goes to get ready. When they arrive, the group splits up. Natsu rides a small train and immediately gets sick. The Exceeds along with Gajeel and Levy decide to visit the aquarium. Lisanna was talking with Mirajane about Elfman, who they thought, was at the infirmary but, in reality he was hiding with Evergreen, behind an artificial rock.
"I definitely don't want them to find out that the two of us came here alone." Elfman stated.
"If they found, it will be bad!" Evergreen added.
"Hey, you wanted to come here in the first place!" Elfman told Evergreen.
"Don't be stupid! It's just for a change of mood! Don't think anything weird." The caramel-haired woman said and blushed, because in reality she wanted to spend some time alone with Elfman. The two were oblivious to the fact that Freed and Bickslow were watching them closely.
While relaxing, Lucy was approached by Flare. The Blond-haired woman took some steps back, while the red-haired explained that she wasn't arrested; only interrogated. After Lucy asked her what she was doing there, she apologized and walked away. Lucy was stunned from Flare's apology, but in the end she smiled.
Somewhere else, Juvia was trying to convince Gray to go with her on the "Love Slider", a water slide where you have to hug the other person and slide together, but he refused and suddenly Lyon appeared and said that he will go in his stead. Gray, for some odd reason, got angry and the two started arguing. Juvia was excited because she thought that Gray loved her and didn't want Lyon to have her.
Mira was talking with Lisanna, when Jenny appeared and removed her top as revenge for the battle the day before. Mira countered by removing Jenny's bottom, causing Macao and Wakaba a nosebleed.
At another part of the park, Lucy and Erza were trying to sunbath but the Trimens with Ichiya didn't let them enjoy their little break. Erza soon got pissed and started scolding the Trimens. She told Hibiki that he doesn't put enough effort, after seeing his performance with the MPF, reminded Ren that he has Sherry, Sherria's cousin, and she scolded Eve for being here, even though he was wounded. When it was Ichiya's turn she immediately turned and told Lucy to leave, but he pleaded to be scold. When they turned to leave Lucy noticed Makarov, a bored Laxus and a hyperactive Mavis sitting by the pool.
When Erza tried to escape from Ichiya she spotted Jellal, with Mystogan's mask, in the pool.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I was following a magic source and ended up here." He replied, but in reality he only wanted to spend some time with her.
"You stand out way too much." She said and went into the water.
"I know, but it's better than having the magic council on my tail." He answered and shrugged his shoulders. They kept talking and swimming for a while, when suddenly Jellal saw a flying Ichiya coming their way. He just manages to save her, before Ichiya flies head-first into her.
But, how Ichiya end up flying across the water park? Well, five minutes ago, after he finished eating with Natsu, they began running around the park. At some point he slipped and crashed with Natsu who was sent flying somewhere else, while he flew towards Erza.
Natsu, on the other hand, was sent flying towards Lyon and Gray, who were on top of the "Love Slider" and they are pushed down it together. In order to stop hugging each other they freeze the pool, but Natsu got angry and tried to unfreeze it, but as a result the water park exploded. At the end of the day a bill was sent to Fairy Tail.
But why Lucy and Natsu think that they forgot to do something?
Author's note
I wanted to thank everybody for your reviews, especially the ones that give me advices on how to improve my story.
The Sassy Sylveon: I'm really thankful for your advices. I would have updated earlier but, I didn't understand the review with the dialogue and I had to ask my english teacher to explain it. Please if you see anyhting wrong let me know.
Guest 1: I forgot to explainthat in my story, the events happen longer. I wanted Natsu and Lucy to be together longer in order to know each other better and to have time to find out what they feel for the other person.
Guest 2: Why did you have to use the word starting with f... , to point out that I don't use proper punctuation and I obviously haven't ever heard of the apostrophe? I would have enjoyed your review, If you used more appropriate language.
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