Okay, here is chapter seven, and like I told you all I am not doing the training scene, though I may put in a few flash backs later, haven't decided yet.

I also want to warn anyone who may not like yaoi (Guy with Guy) that now is where I will get into the pairing and yes it will be Yaoi, but I also will tell you that after I have them together that the yaoi moments will be few and possibly far between. But if you absolutely do not like guys being with another guy then I suggest you do not read this anymore.

Still do not own Fairy Tail

Not much to say right now other than that so let us get on with the story.

(Three months later one week before the games, Fairy Tail guild hall)

"Where is team A, they wouldn't skip these games would they" Makarov thought as he watched his guild prepare to head for Crocus. It has been three months and they haven't heard anything from any members he had assigned to team A except for the backup Elfman, Makarov wasn't worried at first because he knew Natsu probably took them somewhere to train for the three months, but now they were about to head to crocus and he hasn't seen them.

Soon the guild was prepared and heading out, Makarov left a note on the guild doors so that if the team shows up they would know to hurry the hell up and meet them at the hotel in Crocus before the games started.

(Crocus)

The guild all filed out of the train and all headed to the hotel they rented, the entire time they walked the streets they all heard comments about how most people believed their guild weak, and how some guild Named Sabertooth was so much better than Fairy Tail ever was. Makarov ordered his guild to remain silent and not to fight with the people who made those comments and they quietly obeyed him.

As soon as their hotel came into sight the entire guild froze at who was standing in front of it.

"Where the hell have you guys been" Makarov yelled at the group that was waiting for them.

"We were training" Gray said with a grin.

"We missed you guys by about five minutes, you guys were already gone when we arrived at the guild today" Natsu said.

"How the hell did you guys get here before us then" Makarov asked.

"I used a teleportation spell" Natsu answered, "Oh have you heard how people talk about Fairy Tail" Natsu asked.

"Yeah, but we will prove them all wrong, there is no way we can lose this year" Makarov said with a grin.

"Yeah, and if we do not get first I will leave" Natsu said with a serious tone that had most the guild staring at him in shock.

"Oi, why the hell would you leave" Gajeel yelled.

"I said it before, I refuse to be in a weak guild" Natsu said plainly.

"We will win these games" Gray said with a slight growl to his tone as he looked at Natsu with a determined look, "So don't you dare think about leaving yet" Gray added, Natsu looked at Gray and smirked before nodding.

The Guild looked between the ice mage and the fire dragon with slightly confused looks, something was different between these two but no one could place it.

"Alright" Natsu said as his smirk faded and he looked at Makarov, "Who is the other team" Natsu asked.

"I was going to announce them when we all reached our hotel" Makarov said, they then all entered the hotel and got checked in, The entire hotel was rented out just for Fairy Tail members, before anyone could leave to go claim any rooms Makarov called for their attention and had Levy read the main rules for the games.

"Now that we know the main rules I will announce team B so that both teams will know who they need to be roomed with" Makarov said. "As you know Team A is Natsu, Gray, Laxus, Gajeel, and Wendy with Elfman as back up. Team B is Erza Scarlet, Mirajane Strauss, Lucy, Juvia Lockser, and Yoso Kisetsu with Mystogan as backup" Makarov listed, now there were many different reactions to the listed people mainly over two of the mentioned people.

"Why are we being teamed up with Yoso, We will have to sleep in the same room as him, what if he is a pervert" Mira argued.

"Ha, Yoso a pervert" Natsu laughed earning the attention of the guild, "Yoso only ever had eyes for one person, like all dragons and slayers Yoso can only fall in love once, so I think you guys are safe from the threat of him being a pervert" Natsu explained.

"Yoso has a girlfriend?" Mira said with a confused look.

"No, I never had a girlfriend" Yoso said, "Or a boyfriend" he added when he saw the demon girl about to ask, "The one I loved rejected me, I don't want to talk about it" Yoso explained with a slightly guarded look.

"Anyway, Makarov I though Mystogan was in Edolas and wouldn't be coming back, did he return in these three months we were gone" Natsu asked to change the subject from Yoso.

"No, Jellal is going to pass off as Mystogan so he can investigate some strange magic that appears during the games every year" Makarov explained.

"Oh, that makes sense" Natsu said with a small nod.

"Now that the teams are announced everyone go settle into a room, the teams rooms are labeled, once you settle in you can go explore the city but the teams must be back by Midnight, it is the rules" Makarov said and the members started to go claim their rooms. Team A soon found their room and entered to see it was like a small house like room that was quite large, six beds, a coffee counter with a small food fridge, a large dresser with a lacrama TV on top, a door that lead to the bathroom, a decent size table with six chairs around it, and a glass sliding door that lead to a outside balcony.

"Hmm, Not bad for a hotel room" Natsu said as he went to sit on a bed closest to the glass doors. Gray layed on the bed next to Natsus with a content sigh.

"It sure beats sleeping in that damn place you took us" Gray said earning an agreeing murmur from Laxus, Gajeel, and Wendy, and a confused look from Elfman who was standing nervously by the door and watched as the rest claimed their own beds. Elfman felt slightly out of place among this team, but they were all relaxed.

"Aw come on, it wasn't that bad" Natsu said with a laugh to his tone.

"Wasn't that bad, we couldn't sleep without being on our toes at night" Gajeel growled.

"The only time we were safe was during the day when training" Laxus added, "And even then you were the monster that tormented us"

"I think the night monsters were good practice for the skills I taught you all, especially you Gray" Natsu said.

"But we never got a good night of rest the entire time we were there" Wendy said, she then yawned.

"Well now we are back and we can all rest" Natsu said as he layed down and closed his eyes.

"Yep" Gajeel said as he layed down on the bed next to Gray with Wendy laying on the next bed and Laxus on the next to last bed.

Elfman still stood by the door watching the five as they all layed down, he wondered where they all went for the last few months.

"Are you just going to stand there, or are you going to lay down or go explore" Elfman jumped at Natsu actually talking to him, "What ever you do, be quiet"

"I'm gonna go explore the city" Elfman said as he left the room, leaving the four dragon slayers and ice mage to sleep peacefully for the first time in three months... but to them was actually year.

(Team B room)

Team B room was set up exactly the same as team A room. When the team entered Yoso instantly ran an layed on the bed closest to the glass doors.

"Oh my god, I almost forgot how nice an actual bed can be" Yoso said as he layed his head on the pillow with a satisfied sigh. Mystogan sat on a bed closest to the door. Mira and the other girls watched Yoso closely as they set their things down at their chosen beds.

"Where have you guys been the past three months" Erza asked Yoso.

"In a special training area Ryuu took us to" Yoso said.

"What is this place like, you seem exhausted" Erza asked.

"A huge forest like area where time flows differently, the three months here was actually a year for us where every night we had to fight off monsters that wanted to kill us" Yoso said before yawning.

"Why would he take you all there" Lucy asked.

"You will see why during the games, how much our little group has improved" Yoso said then closed his eyes to sleep.

Mira watched Yoso with narrowed eyes for a while until she was sure he was asleep, she then decided to go explore the city.

(11 pm, The Next Day)

"I can't believe they are still asleep" Elfman said as he entered the lobby where most the guild was except a certain six people, who were still laying in bed asleep since they first fell asleep around twenty four hours ago.

"Yoso is still out too" Mira said with a small frown.

"Can you blame them, Yoso said to them they haven't had a good nights sleep in a year" Lucy said.

"A year? They were only gone for three months" Elfman said confused.

"Natsu took them somewhere that time flows differently" Mira said.

"How did he do that" Elfman asked.

"How should we know, he does things we can never do" Mira said with a frown.

"Should we wake them soon" Juvia asked, "Juvia wants to talk to Gray-sama" Juvia added.

"If they are not awake by Noon tomorrow then we will try to wake them" Erza said, Elfman and Juvia nodded.

(The Next morning)

Natsu was awakened by someone poking his face, his first instinct was to lash out at what ever it was but when he caught the scent of Gray he just opened his eyes and stared at the ice mage.

"Good, you are awake, we slept for almost two days, lets go get something to eat and then explore this city while we can" Gray said, Natsu sat up and looked around, he and Gray were the last ones in the room.

"What time is it" Natsu asked as he stretched his arms.

"It is ten in the morning" Gray said, "The others already left to go get Breakfast"

Natsu got up and got ready, then he and Gray headed out to the lobby to eat then explore the city, but as soon as they reached the lobby Gray was tackled by a blue blur.

"Gray-Sama, Juvia is so happy you are awake" Juvia cried as she clung to the struggling Ice mage.

"Juvia, get off me" Gray yelled, but Juvia didn't listen, After a full minute of watching Juvia cling to Gray Natsu growled and grabbed the back of Juvias blue sweater and lifted her off Gray who sighed in relief.

"Gray told you to get off of him" Natsu growled causing shivers to run through the water woman. Natsu then dropped Juvia on the ground and turned offering a hand to help Gray off the ground, everyone watched in surprise when Gray accepted the offered hand with a smile.

"Thanks Ryuu" Gray said shocking the rest of the guild except the other dragon slayers by the fact was calling Natsu by his true name.

"You and I both know you could have gotten out of her hold easily" Natsu said.

"I didn't want to hurt her" Gray said.

"Whatever" Natsu said as he headed for the kitchen, followed closely by Gray.

The guild members stared at the kitchen doors where the two men went.

"What the hell happened to those two, why are they so friendly with each other" Cana asked.

"They became close while we were training" Yoso said as he drank out of a blood bottle.

"Now they barely ever leave each others sides" Laxus said, "Don't know why though, they were still arguing and being rival like, then we got separated for a while, when we found them they were the best of friends, but of course we almost never leave their sides either"

"How long were you guys separated" Erza asked.

"A little over a month where we were" Gajeel answered.

"How did you guys get separated" Levy asked.

"We were ambushed by a few very strong monsters in the middle of the night" Wendy said, "We got split up in the confusion"

"I knew that man wouldn't take care of you" Carla said with a growl to her voice.

"Natsu took very good care of us, and taught us lots of things" Wendy said with a defensive tone when defending her teacher.

"Salamander was surprisingly protective of us while we were training" Gajeel said with a frown.

"That protectiveness got on my nerves" Laxus growled.

Nobody said anymore when Natsu and Gray came back from the kitchen with a couple plates of food and sat down at the table the dragon slayers were already sitting at. They quietly ate before mentioning they were going to explore the city and left the hotel.

(In the City)

Natsu looked all over at the many decorations and people all over the City streets, It always amazed him how much places can change over time that he hasn't seen them. The Beautiful City of Crocus was no exception, as the many changes in the past seven years was a lot to take in. The city was bigger than he remembered and the buildings and designs were far more fancy than they use to be.

"It's almost like being in a dream, seeing all these changes after seven years an only feeling like you have been gone for around one year" Gray commented.

"Maybe to you, I'm use to leaving areas and returning many years later to see large changes" Natsu said with a slight grin.

"Well you are about five hundred years old right, I'm not surprised changes don't affect you" Gray said while also smirking teasingly at Natsu. They talked and teased while they walked, but froze when they turned a corner to see a large crowd cheering and yelling 'FIGHT' over and over again.

"This looks interesting" Natsu said as he began to make his way through the crowd to see what was happening with Gray following closely.

When they reached the center of the crowd they saw a young man with short spiky blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a white vest with fur edges and a blue undershirt, black and white pants and black boots, he was grinning while beating a man who has obviously lost the fight.

"Does anyone else want to challenge me" the blonde yelled to the crowd with a grin as he looked over everyone, but he froze and the grin was wiped off his face when he caught sight of Natsu, but it quickly became a bigger grin than before, "Oh, so it seems the rumors are true, Salamander might be in the games this year" the blonde said as he stepped closer to Natsu, the crowd backed away leaving Gray and Natsu standing in front of the blonde. A black haired man with red eyes and black and gold robes walked up to stand beside the blonde.

"Who are you two" Natsu asked with a bored tone.

"You haven't heard of us" The blonde asked in slight shock, "I'm Sting, and this is my partner Rogue, we are Sabertooths twin dragons" Sting said with a cocky grin.

"Never heard of ya" Both Natsu and Gray said with emotionless faces. Sting stared at the two with a shocked expression but it quickly went back to cocky.

"It doesn't matter if you heard of us, I will still surpass you Salamander" Sting said. Natsu and Gray stared at Sting for a minute before they both started to laugh.

"What makes you think you can surpass me" Natsu asked while also keeping in mind that people outside Fairy Tail do not know who he really is yet.

"Because Rogue and I are true dragon slayers" Sting said while raising a hand coated in some kind of light magic.

"Under what grounds do you label yourself that" Natsu asked.

"We both killed the very dragons that taught us, that made us true dragon slayers" Sting said.

"You actually killed your dragons" Natsu asked as he took a closer look at the two as well as measured their magic levels.

"Yes" Sting said, Natsu grinned.

"Well I look forward to testing both of your skills in the games, I will be the judge on of you are true dragon slayers or not" Natsu said and his grin got bigger showing his sharpened K9 teeth, "But be prepared, I'm not just what I seem to be" he added before turning and leaving, the crowd parted to let him pass.

"Well, you two have somehow grabbed his interest" Gray said with a grin as he turned and quickly walked away to catch up to Natsu, Leaving the twin dragons to watch them leave in slight confusion.

"He doesn't seem as cheerful as his reputation says he should be" Rogue said once the two Fairy Tail mages were gone and the crowd started to leave.

"That doesn't change the fact that I will surpass him, I made a promise after all" Sting said with a smile.

(With Natsu and Gray)

"So, you seem interested in those two" Gray said as they were walking back to the hotel.

"They believe they killed their dragons, but they obviously did not, if they did their magic would be more potent and they would be stronger, the things I read from their magic was the same as the other dragon slayers before training" Natsu said.

"So they lied" Gray said.

"Yes and no, they honestly believe they killed their dragons" Natsu said with a frown.

"If they didn't then why do they think they did" Gray asked.

"Maybe when the dragons left in x777 the dragons put a memory spell on them so that they wouldn't go looking for them" Natsu suggested.

"That would make sense" Gray agreed.

"No matter, I still want to see their skills" Natsu said with a grin.

"Do you think they are good" Gray asked.

"I won't be able to tell without seeing their skills" Natsu said, "And depending on their skills is what will help me decide if they are worth my time or not"

"Wait, you can't be saying you are thinking about teaching them too" Gray asked.

"Relax, Weather I decide to do anything is my choice, however just like the others I would only train them in their dragon magic" Natsu said with a grin, "Are you jealous I may find a new favorite student" Natsu added as a tease and he watched from the corner of his eyes as Gray actually blushed.

"No" Gray answered causing Natsu to chuckle inside.

The rest of the walk back to the hotel was in a comfortable silence. When they entered the hotel it was almost night time and most of the guild was drinking in the lobby. Yoso was the first to notice their return and walked over to them with a drunken smile.

"H-Hey Ryuuu" He slurred. Natsus eyebrow rose at the sight of Yoso drunk.

"Yoso, how much alcohol did you drink" Natsu asked, Yoso smiled as he thought for a long moment.

"I don't know" Yoso said.

"The bastard beat Cana in a drinking contest" Laxus said as he walked over.

"Did he now" Natsu said as he looked at Yoso, "So about eight barrels of Alcohol" Natsu guessed.

"He actually beat Cana" Gray asked.

"Yep" Laxus said with a nod.

"And he is still standing" Gray asked.

"Not only standing, but still talking and having mostly coherent conversations" Laxus said with a smirk.

"Mostly is the key word in that sentence" Natsu sighed, "Yoso, time to stop drinking or we will have a repeat of last time I saw you drunk"

"Alriiight, Buzz kill" Yoso sighed.

"I'm gonna go get some food then head up to our room" Natsu said then walked away. Yoso walked away with a grin following Natsu to the kitchen.

"So is teachers pet gonna make a move soon" Laxus said with a teasing smirk. Gray stared at Laxus for a moment with narrowed eyes.

"I should have known when I told you that you would take every chance to tease me" Gray growled.

"Dam right I will" Laxus said with a laugh.

"I don't even know if teacher likes me like that" Gray sighed.

"Wont know unless you try" Laxus said with a grin.

"I am trying" Gray sighed.

(Kitchen)

"It is so obvious that ice boy likes you so why haven't you claimed him yet" Yoso said with a cheeky grin. Natsu was making himself a plate of pasta, he looked over at the question and grinned.

"It's fun to watch him try to win me over when he already has, of course he doesn't know he has, but it is still fun" Natsu said.

"Any normal dragon that had their love interest all over them like that would have claimed them already" Yoso said.

"But I am not any ordinary dragon, for one we are hybrids, two I have two different dragons blood in me" Natsu said, "Now stop bothering me and let me do things my own way" he said as he left the kitchen and headed for his room.

On his way through the lobby he noticed his team was sitting together with Levy and Erza, but Gray wasn't there, he didn't think anything of it and continued up the stairs to the top floor was where team A room was located, up here the noise from the lobby was muffled and barely able to be heard.

Natsu entered the room to see Gray laying in his bed reading the ice book he gave him for training. Natsu closed the door and went to sit on his own bed and eat his food. When he finished his pasta he used magic to put the plate on the coffee table to be carried back to the kitchen later, he took his scarf off and folded it neatly before placing it on his bedside table. He then had his hand engulfed in black mist and when it faded one of his black blood bottles was grasped in his hand.

Gray watched from the corner of his eye as Natsu took a drink from the black bottle, a small drop of blood escaped and ran down the vampires chin. For a moment Gray wondered what exactly the red substance taste like, and soon he didn't realize he was staring, or that Natsu was watching him stare with amusement.

Natsu watched as Gray got off his bed, he was still staring at Natsu with a trance like gaze. Gray moved closer till he was practically face to face with Natsu. Natsu stayed completely still from both slight confusion at what has gotten into the ice mage and from excitement to see what the ice boy was going to do... but his eyes opened wide when Gray leaned forward and licked the trail of blood that ran down his chin.

But Natsu did not move away from the small testing licks Gray was doing to taste test the blood, instead he closed his eyes and enjoyed the the feeling of Grays tongue lapping at his skin. Suddenly Gray realized what he was doing and pulled away quickly only to be stopped by Natsus hand grabbing lightly at the back of Grays head.

Gray was scared when he felt Natsu grab him and hold him from moving away, he looked at Natsu only to see the dragons eyes closed.

"Two things" Natsu said with his eyes still closed, "One, you may have a blood fetish that is just now starting to surface" Natsu said with a small chuckle, "And two, I can't hold back anymore" He then pulled Gray back in till their lips were connected. Grays eyes widened in surprise before they closed and he kissed back... but soon air became a need and they slowly parted and opened their eyes to stare at each other.

"What just happened" Gray asked.

"Well, you suddenly came over here and started to lick the trail of blood from my face, and I couldn't hold back anymore, Gray I want you as my mate, I have since Christmas when we were caught under that mistletoe, that was where I realized my feelings for you." Natsu said, "The reason I keep saving Fairy Tail and the reason why I even went against my brother was because of you, I want to protect you, I want for you to be mine" Natsu said with devotion.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me this sooner" Gray asked in shock.

"For one I wanted to make sure you at least had some feelings for me first, after all dragons and slayers only have one chance to fall in love and only one chance to get the one they love to agree to to be their mate or they will feel depression for the rest of their lives" Natsu said.

"But Yoso seems perfectly fine, didn't he say he got rejected" Gray asked.

"Yoso is able to hide his sadness well, but just because he has depression sometimes does not mean he can not feel other emotions too or can't be happy at times" Natsu said with a slight frown at the thought of his fellow hybrids depression problems.

"I've been trying to get you to fall for me ever since the group was separated during the training trip, but you never acted on it, why didn't you if you have wanted me ever since Christmas" Gray asked.

"Well, I thought it was funny to watch you trying to win me over so I held myself back from trying to claim you, but I can't anymore" Natsu said, "So I have one question for you now" Natsu said as he gazed into Grays eyes with complete seriousness mixed with a loving emotion, "Will you be my mate Gray" Natsu asked.

"Of course, isn't that obvious" Gray said with a smirk. Then Natsu pulled Gray into another kiss, but this one was different, more passionate, and Gray felt some sort of magic flow through him and was able to catch a glimpse of the edge of a magic circle form on the skin where Natsus neck and shoulder meet before he closed his eyes and melted into the amazing kiss. Natsus tongue brushed against Grays lips asking for entrance and when Gray opened Natsu happily explored the cold mouth of his new Icy mate. But yet again Air was needed for life so they pulled apart.

Natsu instantly looked to Grays neck to see a symbol of a black flame on the skin where his neck and shoulder meet on his left side. Natsu smiled at the mark that now claimed Gray as his.

"Perfect" Natsu said with a smile.

Gray instantly noticed the symbol of a icy snowflake on the left side of Natsus neck where it met his shoulder.

"Natsu what is that" Gray asked as he touched the mark on Natsus neck.

"That is a mark that marks me as your mate, you have a mark too, but yours is a black flame" Natsu explained.

"That is pretty cool" Gray said as he smiled at the mark on Natsus neck.

"Yep, Now you are stuck with me" Natsu said as he pulled Gray into the bed to lay beside him, "And I am going to get some sleep now" Natsu added as he wrapped his arms around Gray and buried his nose into the ice mages neck to smell his sent before closing his eyes.

"Sleep does sound good" Gray said as he raised one hand and used magic to cover themselves with the beds blanket before moving a little closer to Natsu and closing his eyes for sleep as well.

(Later that night)

The rest of team A and Elfman headed up to their room for the night because they had to be in their rooms by Midnight according to the rules of the grand magic games. Elfman was pretty much wasted from drinking and was being helped up to the room by a slightly mad iron dragon slayer. Wendy watched Gajeel with a smile and lightly laughed every time Gajeel complained to Elfman for him to at least try to walk a little. Laxus was just ignoring them.

When Laxus opened the door to their room he instantly froze in the doorway an stared at the sight that greeted him.

"Oi Sparky, why you stop" Gajeel growled as he pushed himself and Elfman past the lightning slayer, but he too froze when he noticed why Laxus froze in the first place.

Wendy squeezed in and looked at what everyone was looking at, but instead of freezing like the others she smiled and went to lay in her own bed.

"Why the hell is Ice boy in Salamanders bed" Gajeel asked as he threw a passed out Elfman onto his own bed, not carefully either.

"I'm not sure, but it seems Salamander doesn't mind by the way he is holding onto the ice boy" Laxus said with a slight smirk, "Finally" Laxus thought.

Laying on Natsus bed was Natsu and Gray both laying on their left side facing the door, the blanket was only covering up to their waists. Natsu had his arms wrapped around Gray in a protective and possessive way and his nose tucked into Grays neck. Grays hands held the arms that were wrapped around him, and his face looked content.

"Never thought Salamander would have a cuddle bone in his body once he revealed who he really is" Gajeel said as he layed in his own bed.

"Well Gray has always been teachers favorite, maybe he would make an exception" Laxus said as he laid down.

"I don't know" Gajeel said then closed his eyes to sleep.

"I think it is nice for Natsu-San to care about someone" Wendy said happily, "He is always so mean at times, maybe Gray-San can change that"

"Maybe you are right Little Sky" Laxus said with a smile, "Lets get some rest tomorrow is the last day before the games start"

(The next morning)

Gray and Natsu were the last of their team to wake up, Natsu was currently in the shower and Gray decided to go get some breakfast. Gray entered the lobby and was instantly tackled to the ground by the one person he was hoping to avoid for a while.

"Gray-Sama, Juvia wants to know if Gray-Sama and Juvia can go to this nice restaurant Juvia found yesterday" Juvia said as she was still clinging to Gray.

"Juvia, get off me" Gray growled, and unlike last time he actually put effort into getting her off while also trying not to hurt her, after a moment they were both standing facing each other, that was when Juvia gasped and pointed to Gray neck.

"When did Gray-Sama get a tattoo" Juvia asked, the only ones who heard her ask this were the dragon slayers who all looked over and instantly noticed the black flame mark on his neck, Gajeels jaw dropped at the sight, Laxus and Yoso only smirked and Wendy blushed with a smile.

"Listen Juvia, I need to tell you something that I should have told you a long time ago" Gray said but paused when he saw the hearts in Juvias eyes.

"Is Gray-Sama confessing his love to Juvia" Juvia said happily causing Gray and the Dragon slayers to sweat-drop.

"No, Juvia" Gray said and shook her to get her to focus again, "I do not like you like that" Gray said seriously.

Juvia stared at Gray for a moment before narrowing her eyes.

"Do you like Love-Rival" Juvia asked referring to Lucy.

"What, No, Lucy is like a sister to me" Gray said after he realized who she was talking about.

"Then Gray-Sama should like Juvia" Juvia said with a smile. Suddenly Juvia and Gray heard a low growling coming from behind Gray and Gray felt the familiar heat as a arm wrapped around his shoulders.

"Mine" Natsu growled and Juvia stared at Natsu in confusion before she realized what he meant.

"Natsu-San is new Love-Rival" Juvia said in a jealous anger.

"No Juvia, There is no rivalry in this, I love Natsu and will always be with him" Gray said. Juvia glanced between the two of them for a few moments before a tear made its way to her eyes and she turned around and ran out the hotel. In the next minute there were yells coming from the streets about a flood appearing out of nowhere as well as rain.

"She took it better than I thought she would" Gray sighed.

"What did you think she would have done" Natsu asked.

"I don't know, try to kill you I guess" Gray said.

"Maybe she would have tried if I was still acting like a childish idiot" Natsu said with a grin.

"Maybe" Gray agreed.

"OI" Gray and Natsu looked over to see Gajeel staring at them, his yell grabbed the attention of the rest of the guild that was in the lobby, "When the hell did you two become mates" Gajeel asked causing the entire guild to look at Gray and Natsu in shock.

"They what" Mira asked in shock and anger.

"Last night, though all I did was claim him" Natsu said with an actual happy smile that shocked most the guild.

"What gives you the right to claim Gray" Mira yelled in anger, she still doesn't trust Natsu at all and doesn't want Gray to possibly be hurt, not to mention with Gray and Natsu being together all her plans to get Gray with Juvia are in vain now.

"The fact I am a dragon with only one shot at finding a mate, my love interest has been Gray for a while now, and Gray liked me back so I claimed him" Natsu explained easily with Gray nodding.

"About time Ryuu, I was thinking you were never going to make a move on the boy" Yoso said with a small laugh, but when Natsu looked at his fellow hybrid he saw the hidden sadness in his eyes.

"Actually, I wasn't going to make a move, Gray made the first move" Natsu said with a grin causing many people to stare at the Ice mage in slight shock.

"This is going to take some explaining" Gray sighed as he went to sit at a table while Natsu went to the kitchen to grab them something to eat.

(Night time, almost midnight)

"Looks like the rain finally ended" Laxus stated as he walked in from the balcony.

"I feel sorry for hurting her feelings" Gray sighed, he was sitting on his own bed.

"I wonder if she is okay" Gajeel said with a frown.

"Is the iron dragon admitting to being worried about someone" Natsu asked, he was currently on his bed writing some things in a notebook.

"Worrying for others is man" Elfman said.

"Elfman, If you say man in this room one more time I will burn your lips off of your face" Natsu growled looking up from his writing. Elfman shivered from the evil look Natsu gave and went to sit on his bed and be quiet.

"I've known her longer than you guys have, the only way the rain could stop was to either knock her out or make her really happy, or drain her of all her magic, we always opted to knocking her out when we really didn't want to see rain because hardly anyone in phantom could make her actually happy" Gajeel said then sighed as he layed in his bed.

"The water woman will be fine, The girls probably managed to cheer her up" Natsu said without looking back up from his writing.

"Maybe" Gajeel sighed.

The room was silent for a while until everyone heard a loud bang from outside.

"What was that" Gray asked.

Before anyone could answer a loud voice came from outside.

"Attention all teams entering the grand magic games" a loud voice called.

The team looked to the balcony and went out to see a large image of a pumpkin man in the sky smiling.

"Welcome to the Grand magic elimination round, this is where we will take all of the teams and reduce them to eight that will participate in the actual games that start tomorrow" The pumpkin said, Suddenly the team except Elfman was engulfed in a bright light and when they could see again they were in a weird area, "You were just teleported to a starting point of what we call Labyrinth, the point is to be one of the first eight teams to reach the end at the center of this maze, good luck and hope to see you at the games." then the pumpkin disappeared.

Team A stood there for a moment to figure out what just happened, after a moment Natsu was the first to take action.

"Wendy use your tracking abilities to try and find a path to the center of this maze, and hurry, you are our lead" Natsu said causing the rest of the group to become focused.

"Yes, Natsu-San" Wendy said and closed her eyes before letting out a burst of wind, after a minute her eyes snapped open, "This way" Wendy said as she started to head off in a run followed closely by the rest of her team.

(with Team B)

"Dammit, Juvia never came back" Erza cursed, "We need to find her"

"But what about the games" Lucy asked.

"We need to find Juvia" Erza insisted, "she never came back, she is part of our team, she should be here"

"Listen Erza, I know you want to find Juvia, but right now we have to focus on beating this elimination round so we can stay in the games" Yoso said, "This is why we have Mystogan, so in case someone can't be there then he can in their place"

"You just don't care" Mira growled, "Juvia would have came back, you are a heartless monster like Natsu, you don't care unless it effects you personally"

Erza watched as Mira yelled that at Yoso, and for the first time since meeting the Night dragon she saw sadness flash in his eyes.

"Mira" Erza said trying to get the white haired demon to stop, but she kept going on about how Yoso didn't care, about how Natsu didn't care, and Erza watched as Yoso just stood there and took it all with a saddened look

"I'm not surprised that person rejected you, and I am pissed that Gray didn't reject Natsu" Mira growled.

At that Erza noticed anger flood Yosos eyes and she was about to grab Mira when Yoso grabbed onto Miras shoulders and got into her face with his teeth bared in a viscous snarl that shut Mira up and had the entire team freeze.

"I don't care if you call me Heartless and say I don't care about others, because that use to be true, so very true. I don't care if you call Ryuu a heartless monster either because that is still mostly true even if he is changing" Yoso growled, "But never ever say you wish for a dragons love to be rejected or rub in the fact a dragon was rejected" Yoso said as his grip on Mira tightened, but even though he was growling...his eyes were full of pain that shocked the entire team, but mostly Mira.

"A dragon only gets one chance to find love, and one chance to get that love to love them back, and if they are rejected they face the rest of their lives battling constant depression and a pain so bad that it makes me want to scream every day" Yoso said, "I am damn happy Gray accepted Ryuu, because then Ryuu would have left and probably gone back to being the Shadow assassin and then he wouldn't hold back on destroying the guild anymore...I would have to follow him, and I don't want to go back to being the monster I once was."

"I like it here at Fairy Tail, the place has helped me feel happy again for the first time in four hundred years, yes my pain is still there but it is bearable now. And you are wrong when you said I don't care that water woman is missing, I do care but we have to focus on this game so that when we do find her she wont be upset that she was the reason we lost" Yoso said, he now had a small tear in his eye that he refused to let fall, He let go of Mira when she didn't respond and turned around and breathed a bit to calm down.

"Now lets find the center and at least qualify for the real games" Yoso said as he began to sniff the air.

"Why are you sniffing the air" Lucy asked.

"I am trying to find Ryuus scent" Yoso said.

"Why, are we trying to find him, shouldn't we be trying to find the center" Erza asked.

"I am trying to find Ryuu because I know for a fact that his team has probably already found a way to the center" Yoso said as he started to run being followed by the rest of his team.

"How do you know that" Mira asked.

"Because their team has Little Sky on it, and she is able to find anything when she puts her mind to it" Yoso said with a small smile, "Trust me for once in your life, the faster we find the center, the faster we can go look for Juvia" Yoso said earning nods from his team.

(After the event)

Team B made it in through the Elimination round by the skin of their teeth, but they were sure team A made it because it was their scent and Yosos dragon nose that guided them to the end, when they were told they passed they were magically teleported back to their Hotel room where they saw Juvia laying in her bed asleep.

"When our team made it through and returned, the guild told us Juvia never returned, so we went to look for her, luckily we found her but she had most of her magic drained, the old hag said Juvia will not be able to take part in the games for a while" Gajeel told them before leaving team B room and returning to his own teams room.

Yoso watched the girls go check up on Juvia for a moment before he sighed and went to take a nice cold shower to get his mind off of things. Mira was the only one to see the sad look as he entered the restroom.

(Next Day)

"HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST DAY OF THE GRAND MAGIC GAMES" the pumpkin man yelled to the audience. Thousands of people crowded in the arena stands cheering excitedly about the games beginning of the games. "We have an exciting games this year coming"

"Alright, it is time to introduce the eight teams that passed the elimination round" the pumpkin said and the crowd cheered.

"In eighth place, Fairy Tail!" Team B walked into the arena, but the crowds did not cheer, instead they heard many comments about Fairy Tail being weak and how their guild would not win...this greatly angered the girls and the guild who was watching from the box stands designated to Fairy Tail.

"I do not think we are really liked here" Yoso sighed.

"Well they will cheer for us once we finally win this thing" Erza said.

"I wonder what place the others had" Lucy said.

"Don't know, we have to wait and see" Yoso said with a grin

"In seventh place, Quarto Cerberus" Pumpkin said and the crowd cheered as the five guys entered the arena, but the only one worth mentioning was the guy casually drinking.

"WILD FOUR" the Cerberus team yelled

"In sixth place we have the very popular, Blue Pegasus" the crowd cheered even louder as the Trimen and Ichiya as well as a large blue bunny man walked into the arena. As soon as they saw the Fairy Tail group Ichiya ran up to Flirt with Erza and the Trimen tried to flirt with Lucy, and Mira.. Mystogan Glared at Ichiya for a moment before smacking the short old pervert away with one of his staffs.

"In fifth place the lovely ladies guild, Mermaid Heel" the crowd cheered as a group of five ladies walked into the arena, the only two that really stood out were the black haired girl with the sword and the girl who styled herself to look somewhat cat like.

"In fourth place we have a relatively new guild, Raven Tail" the pumpkin said, five darkly dressed people walked into the arena, Makarov tensed at the sight of his sons guild...a guild he was sure was a dark guild.

"In third place, Lamia Scale" a team of five walked into the arena, the only one in the group that caught Yosos attention was the white haired man who gave off a magic signature similar to Grays.

"In second place...whats this, Sabertooth came in second" the pumpkin said in shock, the audience sounded shocked too but they cheered when the team entered the arena. Instantly Yosos attention locked on Sting and Rogue, he felt the dragon magic they had and smiled a little at the fact they were definitely going to get the attention of Ryuu.

"Now the team that got first place in the elimination round, FAIRY TAIL...wait what" the pumpkin said as he reread the name, "It appears both fairy tail teams made it through the elimination round"

Team A walked into the arena with no cheers routing them on, the pumpkin ran to check the rules while all the teams mingled and got to know each other.

"So you guys really are alive" the white haired Lamia mage said as he walked over to Gray.

"yep, get ready to lose Lyon because we will win these games" Gray said with a grin.

"You seem different from the last time I saw you" Lyon said as he looked over Gray.

"I got a lot stronger" Gray said with a grin.

"So did I" Lyon said with a grin, "I will not lose to you again Gray"

"We'll see about that" Gray said with a challenging smile.

"Hey Fairy Tail" the Fairy Tail mages looked over to the Raven Tail team to see them grinning at them, "Did you like our little present" the guy wearing a cape asked as his monkey thing acted like a fainted girl.

Gajeel growled at the Raven tail team, "You were the ones who drained Juvias magic" he growled causing the rest of the Fairy Tail mages to stare at Raven Tail in anger... except Natsu who was looking over their team with calculating eyes.

The Raven tail team just laughed at the fairies anger witch caused the fairies except Natsu and Yoso to charge at the Raven team...but freeze when a wall of red flames appeared between the Fairies and the Ravens. The fairies looked over to Natsu causing everyone else to look at the fire mage. Natsu stood still with a hand held out in a point that he used to create the wall.

"As much as I would like to watch you all indulge in your anger and punish them for Juvia, I must remind you all that we are in the games and we might get disqualified if we attack them now" Natsu said. Everyone who met Natsu before stared at the pink haired mage with shocked looks. The angry Fairy Tail mages calmed down and walked away from the Raven group, and Natsu released his hold of his fire wall causing it to dissolve, "We will get them back during the games" Natsu added while staring at the Ravens.

"You sure seemed to have matured since I last saw you Natsu" the wizard saint Jura said with a smile.

"You have no idea" Natsu said with a grin.

"Okay everyone, I spoke with the judges and they say it is not against the rules to have two teams if they both rightfully made it through the elimination round, so both Fairy Tail teams will participate." the pumpkin said, but the crowd just booed. "Now every day of the games there will be a mystery event where each team selects a person to participate, however details will not be given until it is time to take part. After each event there will be a battle event where two people will be chosen at random to fight each other for their guild."

"on the fourth day there will be tag team battle instead of a regular battle, and the last day there will be an event where each and every person from each team will participate" pumpkin said causing the audience to cheer even louder than before, Natsu tensed at how loud the cheers were and covered his ears with an annoyed look that his team and a few others noticed.

"Are you okay" Gray asked while rubbing Natsus back to calm the hybrids annoyance, he could feel the annoyance slowly easing at his touch through their mate bond.

"I'm fine, just hate the noise" Natsu growled, "But I will get use to it" He added.

Lyon saw how Gray was acting with Natsu and it slightly made him want to pull Gray away.

"But for now, it is time for the first event of the Grand Magic Games, HIDDEN, will each team chose one person to participate and then go to your designated balconies" Pumpkin said.

"By the name it is pretty obvious this game involves hiding, if I am guessing correctly they also have people searching too, I believe Wendy should take this one" Natsu said with a smile.

"Hai Natsu-San" Wendy said with a smile.

It was decided that Wendy from Fairy Tail A, Rufus Lore from Sabertooth, Nullpudding from Raven, Lyon from Lamia, Eve from Pegasus, Beth from Mermaid, Jager from Cerberus, and Mira from Fairy Tail B were the ones to take part in the first event, all the other people went up to their designated viewing balconies to watch.

The arena was engulfed in a bright light and when it faded a make-shift town was in the Arena and all the participants were scattered throughout it.

"Now the game is simple, find another participant and hit them to gain a point, but if you are hit you lose a point" Pumpkin said, then suddenly there were many projection dummies of each participant all over the arena too, "but there are also fakes of everyone that if you hit you will also lose a point" Pumpkin added.

"Now let the games begin" Pumpkin yelled before he vanished from the Arena.

"I have no doubt Little Sky will win this" Natsu said with a smile.

"Yeah, her tracking and mastery of her wind is perfect for this" Laxus said with a grin.

"Lets just hope she doesn't get hit" Gajeel said.

"No if someone found her they wouldn't be able to sneak attack her, and her wind attacks will hit them before they even have a chance" Natsu said.

In the arena Wendy was standing very still with her eyes closed, she realized that the dummies did not block wind currents so her normal wind detection would be enough for her. After a while of standing still she felt movement heading her way so she silently sent out a gust of wind that weaved through the dummies and hit Eve causing him to vanish and be moved to a different area of the town.

"And the first point goes to Fairy Tail team A, for Wendys flawless wind attack on Eve" Pumpkins voice rang out to the crowd.

Nullpudding came around the corner when Wendy attacked Eve and decided to attack her since she wasn't facing his way, he snuck up to attack distance and prepared an attack, but at the last moment Wendy ducked and spun around with a kick at his feet that knocked Nullpudding over before he disappeared and another point was added to FT team A.

"And another point to Fairy Tail A" Pumpkin yelled, this time there were cheers from the audience.

"She is doing well" Natsu commented with a smile.

"You taught her well"

Natsu looked over to see Mavis thought projection sitting on the rail watching the event.

"So you showed up after all" Natsu said.

"I wouldn't miss this for anything" Mavis said.

"Well you could have shown up in person" Natsu said.

"Not gonna happen Ryuu" Mavis said as she stuck her tongue out at Natsu like a child. Natsu growled at the projection girl causing her to giggle.

"And a point goes to Raven Tail for Nullpudding for his attack on FT B Mira" pumpkin announced causing Natsu to look at the event again.

The next few minutes Lamia earned two points for attacks on Mermaid and Cerberus, Mermaid earned a point for an attack on Cerberus, Wendy earned another point for an attack on Pegasus, and Raven earned another point for attacking Mira again.

The current points were Wendy in first with 3, Lamia and Raven with 2, Mermaid with 1, Sabertooth Pegasus Cerberus and Mira with 0.

"Hmmm, where is that Sabertooth guy at, I haven't seen him make any moves yet" Natsu said as he scanned the arena for the guy dressed in red.

Down in the event Wendy was searching for her next target, that was when she Noticed Nullpudding sneaking up on Mira again and smiled. She ran up to stand a few feet away from Mira and sent a wind blast at Nullpudding causing him to vanish and add a point to her while also making Raven lose a point.

Mira stared at Wendy then smiled.

"Thanks Wendy" Mira said.

"Your welcome, but this is still a game, and we are on different teams" Wendy said as she blasted Mira earning another point.

Up in the stands team B was mostly shocked except Yoso who was grinning.

"Why did she attack Mira" Erza asked in slight anger.

"Because this is not a team event, Mira and Wendy are on different teams, Wendy understands this so she is only working to get her own team points" Yoso said with a smile.

"She didn't even say sorry like she usually would if she had to do something like that" Erza said with a frown.

"She doesn't do that anymore, she outgrew it during Natsus training" Yoso said, "She no longer acts like a little girl who is scared she will not do good enough, because now she has the confidence in her own abilities and actions, and she knows her limits well"

"I think it is a good thing she is like this now" Mystogan/Jellal said, "She has grown and she is dominating this event so far"

"I guess that is a good thing" Erza sighed.

Over in team A balcony.

"I know it is a game and all, but Mira hasn't got any points so far, did Wendy have to attack her" Gray said with a frown.

"The audience and judges think that Fairy Tail has an advantage with two teams, thinking that the two teams will team up and win together. Wendy just proved that even if we are from the same guild, we will not help or go easy on each other" Natsu said.

"Very good observation Ryuu" Mavis said.

"Shut up Mavis or leave and join the other Fairy Tail groups" Natsu growled. This events time was almost over. Suddenly he tensed, he felt a magic charging up...a strong attack. He looked into the arena again and noticed the red Sabertooth guy standing on top of one of the tall buildings, suddenly seven blasts of light launched from around him and attacked all the other participants at the exact same time right before time ran out.

The game ended with Sabertooth 7, FT A 4, Lamia 3, Mermaid 2, Pegasus 1, Raven Tail with 0, Cerberus with -1, and FT B with -3.

"Sabertooth win first place earning their guild 10 points, Fairy Tail A 8 points, Lamia Scale 6 points, Mermaid 4 points, Blue Pegasus 3 points, Raven Tail 2 points, Quarto Cerberus 1 point, and lastly Fairy Tail B 0 points" Pumpkin announced.

Wendy went up to her teams balcony with a frown.

"good job Wendy" Her team except Natsu said when she got there.

"But it wasn't first" Wendy said with a growl in her tone.

"But you still got second, and I bet if that guy didn't attack like he did then you would have got first place" Gray said.

"Did anybody notice how the Raven Tail guy was only attacking Fairy Tail Teams" Natsu asked earning the attention of his team.

"I saw it too Ryuu, not to mention they attacked Juvia and bragged about it" Mavis said.

"I noticed it too" Gray said, "What I don't get is why they are targeting Fairy Tail"

"And next for the battle arena we have Fairy tail B Lucy VS Raven Tail Flare" Pumpkin announced.

"Oh this should be good" Natsu said with a grin, "Maybe Flare will talk and reveal something while beating up Lucy"

"Natsu" Gray said earning the death mages attention, Gray was glaring at Natsu with narrowed eyes.

"What, I say it like I see it, Lucy usually has someone who saves her ass, most of the time that was me. Her magic power is about the same as yours before training, but she has no strength and barely has control over those spirits of hers. Not to mention she has no confidence in herself causing her spirits attacks to be weakened" Natsu explained, as he explain Gray began to agree with the pink haired death dragon, he was right.

"I see your point, But you should at least try and hope she will win, she is in your guild" Gray reasoned.

"But I am almost sure she will lose" Natsu said.

"But you haven't even seen the Flare girls abilities yet" Wendy said.

"True, but I was able to get a good read on her magic power before the games began today. You know, when most of you tried to attack them for Juvia" Natsu said, "and I still think Flare will win, unless Lucy has made improvements in her fighting style while we were gone, because her magic power is a little less than Flares"

Natsu then decided to sit on the railing like Mavis was, as he watched the two girls enter the arena and the pumpkin guy say they had thirty minutes.

"BEGIN" Pumpkin yelled.

A/N

My oh my, this chapter has gotten so long already, 10k plus words awesome.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this wonderful chapter. Let me know what you think.

Until Next Time