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"Heh," chuckles Lucy as she leaves the tunnel with a grumbling Laxus behind her. She smiles at Levy upon exiting, glad to see her passed as well. When she turned to see the dumbfounded expressions of the other members, she just laughs and shrugs. "I got stronger."

Natsu was staring at her deep in thought. He had yet to defeat Laxus; he knew that the S-Class had to hold back but still. He hadn't even got to see any of her battle.

"Well then," says Makarov, bringing attention to him, "That brings Part 1 of the Trials to a close! The passing participants are…"

Natsu Dragneel

Gray Fullbuster

Cana Alberona

Gajeel Redfox

Levy McGarden

Lucy Heartfilia

"Now on to Part 2!"

After a slight pause, he continues, "The 2nd part tests your strategy skills. So you must find the best way to navigate through a course that has been made up for you all to pass through." He gives a small glance to Lucy and Levy. Both girls blink once before grinning in understanding.

Partners are not against the rules.

"Alright, if you would please?" asks Makarov to the person controlling the actions of the arena.

The eliminated participants are then transported out of the arena and into the stands along with the S-Class mages, Makarov, and Gildarts. The remaining participants are then transported into a training-like battle ground. One bag appears before each participant which a few of them open to examine the contents. Gray just lightly scans through it while Gajeel and Natsu ignore it completely. Cana attempts to be thorough but gives up and prepares for the round to start.

Meanwhile Lucy and Levy gathered behind them quietly and had gathered up their supplies together. In the supplies were various things which they had judged unimportant, but one scrap of paper stood out. It was an incomplete map, and when they put their pieces together they matched together showing more of the arena ground.

"Alright, it will be your job to navigate through the course as quickly as possible. The first four to the end will pass on! There are many barriers so good luck!" yells out Makarov.

"Start!"

Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and Cana charge forward and each is quickly hindered with an obstacle. Each of them are caught inside some runes which give them instructions that they must perform to exit.

Meanwhile, Lucy and Levy had quietly gathered all the scraps from the left behind bags. The spectators watched as the two girls placed the scraps together and attached them together with magic. Several gave confused expressions towards their actions but others, like Rufus who realized the importance of the scraps and what they did, were giving small smiles of approval.

Once the papers were together, they looked at each other with gleeful eyes. It told them where each trap was placed and how to avoid them.

Finally the two began their trek across the field, glancing at the map to check their positions regarding traps. The others were still charging ahead through all the traps, hurriedly completing each task given to them.

"Lu-chan, this is really easy," chuckles Levy as she looks at the map.

"Heh, well that's because we actually looked at the supplies given to use," Lucy agrees with a chuckle of her own.

"True." They were both now ahead of the others at the halfway mark. "But you think that they would have figured it out by now."

2/3 of the way across "Nah, Natsu is too dense and Gajeel and Gray are too headstrong. Then Cana I think is already wasted."

¾ "True, who do you think the others who will make it will be?"

Finish "I'm not sure, probably Natsu for one."

"Congratulations!" came a voice from behind them which causes them to jump, "You have passed through the course in first and second. Both girls look down, just now realizing they had passed the finish line.

"Oh," Lucy starts.

"Really?" finishes Levy.

After a brief pause both start to laugh uncontrollably.

"I didn't even realize," laughs Lucy. Levy nods her head in agreement.

They soon regain their composure and they look at Makarov who had appeared behind them.

"You two get to move on," says Master grinning proudly at them, "I'm expecting great things!"

On the battlefield, the other competitors had only made it to the halfway point and they looked up to stare at the girls in shock. They hadn't even noticed them passing them.

Cana, who had been falling behind, just sighed and sat in her current rune. "I'm done," she calls out, "Just pull me out."

Cana is then transported to the balcony where she immediately pulls out a beer from somewhere and begins drinking.

"Gihi, I'm not gonna lose to you idiots," says Gajeel as he pushes himself forward.

"I'm not losing to you either Metal Head, Ice Princess!" roars Natsu as he launches forward in a small safe streak.

"What was that Flame Brain?" yells Gray.

Suddenly, Gray is caught in a rune trap where a fake Juvia appears. Gray looks at the runes horrified as they spell out 'kiss her'. "Oh hell," he mutters with a faint blush. In the stands, you can see Mira with a devilish gleam in her eyes.

Meanwhile, Natsu and Gajeel had pushed farther ahead and were neck and neck for third. As they neared the finish, both continued to yell insults as they ran for third. There was only one more rune trap for each of them.

Natsu's and Gajeel's came up with the exact same question and as their eyes grew wide, Gajeel's in horror and Natsu's in surprise, you could hear Mira laugh in the stands.

"Who do you like?"

Everyone in the stands leaned forward in interest as the awaited for them to answer. Gray was still faced with his Juvia rune, so both dragonslayers would definitely win once answering this.

"WHAT THE HELL KIND OF QUESTION IS THIS?" yells Gajeel.

"It's mine," says Mira with a devilish smile. She holds up a little device, "And I am the judge of your answer, so don't try to whisper it."

Gajeel gulps and turns back to stare at the letters. "You aren't gonna say it to anyone right?" he asks her.

Mira mimes sealing her lips and smiles, "I won't say a word to anyone else, mage's promise."

"Tch," Gajeel mutters before whispering a name as quietly as possible. "Demon," he mutters afterwards as the runes around him disappear. Mira was smiling happily up in the stands, pleased with what she had heard.

Meanwhile, Natsu was still looking at the question curiously. "Ah, I don't know what to answer with. I like everyone in the guild; they're my family after all."

A few people sweat drop. He doesn't get it… they think to themselves.

"It means someone who you hold higher in your heart in regard of feelings for them," says Makarov patiently.

Happy flies down and somehow clears any misunderstandings by rolling his tongue saying, "You liiiiiike her."

Natsu's mouth forms a small 'o' of surprise. Lucy just watches as Natsu's face changes as he discovers what the question is asking. Levy was still looking at Gajeel curiously, who had a very faint pink tint to his cheeks. Rogue, up in the stands, was curious as to what Gajeel had said but he was also interested in Natsu's answer. Sting was laughing as Natsu's face had started heating up slightly.

"Wh-who I like," asks Natsu in a small voice.

"Yep!" cheers Mira.

"I can't help but feel sorry for him," mutters Gajeel, "This question is from the devil…"

Levy looks at Gajeel in surprise, he felt sorry for Natsu? She then thinks of what she would do if she was asked that question. Her eyes widen as her face heats up. "Oh," she says to herself. "That is a question from the devil." She begins to mutter to herself.

"Ehhh!"

Natsu was struggling to answer the question, as he didn't want to say it out loud at all, even in a whisper. But he had to pass this test before Ice Princess. He also opts to whisper the name as softly as possible and the runes around him fall. Up in the stands, Mira was grinning happily but also looked as if she had noticed something interesting.

"Oh this last part should be interesting," she chuckles to herself.

And this chapter is finished! I wonder who they said? I bet everyone can tell from Mira's reaction, ne?

Gajeel: You and Mira are a demons...

Me: What was that? *smiles sweetly*

Gajeel: N-nothing! Nothing at all!

Me: I thought so! :) Now I wonder who it is you like now hmm?

Hope you all enjoyed! Bye for now! Please inform me of any errors you might see so that I can go back and fix them! I hope to see you all again soon!