"Now, let the next match… BEGIN!"

Nagisa's gaze instantly sharpened as she stared at Erza, who did the same in turn. The atmosphere in the arena abruptly intensified.

"O-oh my! It looks as though our two battlers are dueling it out through glares! If looks could kill, this would definitely be one case!"

"In the arena we have two immensely strong female mages," Yajima added. "I personally feel as though the battle could go either way. I'm not too sure about the bet, on the other hand."

"A bet on cheesecake! Coool!"

Nagisa summoned a black trumpet with red polka dots. In response, Erza summoned two swords in hand. As one, they charged.

The clang of metal against steel signified the start of the battle. Nagisa lept back and blew into her trumpet, a resounding shockwave arching out.

Erza rolled forward. "Requip! Black Wing armor!" she cried as she swung her swords.

Nagisa ducked under and rolled out of the way.

Erza narrowed her eyes. I'm not letting you go! She flung a sword.

"Scudo!" A bright flash and the sword was deflected by a bubble shield. The girl narrowed her eyes at Erza. A building pressure shook the ground.

Erza's eyes widened as she jumped, using her wings to propel her even higher in the air. It was a good thing she did.

"Dolce Assalto!" A large trumpet opened up in the ground and blasted out a wide variety of sweets and cheese. A chain reaction of BOOMs rang out.

After the explosions had ceased, Erza spun into a flip and slammed her sword down.

Nagisa held up her trumpet and a clang rang out once again. The two broke apart and circled around the arena, mini dust-clouds left in their wake.

Nagisa swiped her arm and a stream of bubbles raced toward Erza.

She dodged and charged at Nagisa as the bubbles exploded. "Requip!" she called out. "Heaven's Wheel armor!" Her sword clashed against Nagisa's weapon once again. Only this time, she had the upper hand.

Nagisa's eyes widened as she saw a handful of swords materialize in the air. "Scudo!"

The resulting shockwave sent both Erza and her swords flying back.

The younger girl slouched forward as she tried to catch her breath from the fierce exchange. Erza on the other hand, didn't look very worn out at all.

"It looks as though the first assault is over! Mr. Yajima, what are your thoughts on the battle so far?"

"Hm, well, it's obvious that Fairy Tail's Erza seems to have the upper hand," he began. "She seems to have much more stamina and experience than young Nagisa, although she's certainly putting up quite the fight."

"Coool!"

Nagisa narrowed her eyes. "You're really strong." She flexed her open hand and clenched it into a fist. "That's why I'll try my hardest to win!" White aura surrounded her arm, growing larger and larger until it was the shape of a large crystal. With a flash, a sugar crystal shield formed around her arm. She lifted her trumpet closer to her mouth. "Come at me!"

"Of course!" Erza readied her swords and charged at her, swords swinging and attempting to cut through her shield.

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Sayaka growled under her breath as she twisted around to look at the explosion behind her.

"A kidnapping?" Homura muttered, heightened senses working overtime to try and make out who the kidnapped people were.

"Why aren't we going up there?" Sayaka demanded.

"Isn't it simple?" Madoka said. "I believe a certain Fire Dragon Slayer is on his way to rescue them. Fairy Tail's got it all under control, so there's no need to interfere. For now, focus on the battle in front of us. It wouldn't do to be distracted from supporting Nagisa, now will it?"

"Of course," Sayaka replied. She cupped her hands around her mouth and cheered, "You can do it, Nagisa!"

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"Count on me!" the girl grunted as she ducked under Erza's strikes and blocked with her sugar shield. Surprisingly, it held, and Nagisa was able to blow into her trumpet.

Bubbles? Erza gasped before a chain of explosions sent her flying back and slamming into the wall. She regained her bearings quickly and dodged another stream of bubbles. So she can blow those explosive bubbles out of her trumpet, among other things. Ranged combat it was. She summoned more swords and sent them flying at Nagisa. "Dance, my blades!"

Gritting her teeth, Nagisa either backflipped away or blocked with her shield, bubble trumpet poised and ready to strike. A note blared out into the sky, and bubbles shot out toward Erza.

"Requip! Morning Star armor!" She pointed her two swords at Nagisa. "Photon Slicer!"

An energy blast fired forward. Her opponent screeched as the attack hit, sending her flying and sizzling as she landed on the ground. Her sugar shield had shattered on impact, leaving just Nagisa and her bubble trumpet.

The girl groaned as she slowly rolled over and pushed herself up. She gazed at Erza, multi-colored eyes glimmering with resolve.

"You're really, really strong," she began. "But can you survive this?!" Her eyes turned completely white as magical pressure began building around her. Erza was forced to brace herself against the howling winds.

"Take Over: Witch Soul!" Nagisa cried as she began to glow. She spread her hands across her head as she transformed, making it so that no one could see her face.

"BEBE!" she finished, throwing her arms apart in a flourish. Her former outfit was gone, vanished without a trace. In place of that was a dark brown shirt with long sleeves and a dark brown skirt. Over her shirt was a pale brown vest buttoned up with two dark buttons. Pink stockings covered her legs and she was wearing white flats over them. A black and red polka dotted muffler was wrapped around her neck. Two giant pink bows tied up her pigtails. What was most striking was her face, with skin completely white and twin yellow colored cheeks. Her eyes- once strange and unique- had turned completely striking and otherworldly; both eyes had a mix of different colors while clearly looking different from each other. Erza could only stare as her opponent turned those eyes upon her.

In a flash, Nagisa appeared in front of her and bit down on her arm.

Erza let out a screech of pain as her fangs bore clean through. She flung her arm out and kicked her off, feeling the sting of teeth rip through her arm. As she gripped her arm, she could feel it stiffen before going limp.

"Oh my! It looks as though Nagisa has finally decided to bring out the big guns! This is undoubtedly the power that has earned her the title 'Candy Witch'! Mr. Yajima, your thoughts?"

"Her Take Over: Witch Soul is certainly strong," Yajima began. "I myself have never seen this specific form being used, which will likely be a disadvantage to our Fairy Tail competitor. After all, we have absolutely no idea what Nagisa's power is or its capabilities."

"So cooool!"

"My arm… I can't move it…!" Erza hissed. Not even the slightest twitch of her fingers would register.

"Allow me to enlighten you," Nagisa began as she circled her. "Bebe allows me to completely sever anything that I bite down on if I so choose to. 'Course, I won't do that in a competition like this, but it does allow me to temporarily sever the nerves connecting to that limb. It may be temporary, but you aren't going to be using it for the duration of this match."

This girl is clever, Erza realized. She made a big show of transforming to her Witch Soul form, then took me by surprise and immobilized my arm. She gritted her teeth as she continued her thought process. I can still use my shoulder, but my right arm is virtually deadweight. She swung her one good arm at Nagisa and aimed her sword. "But the match is not over yet!"

Five consecutive energy blasts fired at her. Nagisa summoned a serving dish out of nowhere and caught all five projectiles within. "I couldn't agree more!" She chucked it at Erza, who dodged before the silver dish promptly exploded.

"Requip! Lightning Empress armor!" She nearly froze in shock as her entire lower right arm was left completely bare, her spear appearing in her left hand instead of her disabled right.

So she blocked all magic to my right hand as well, she grimaced. She gave an experimental twirl before shifting into a combat stance. I may not be as skilled with my left hand as my right, but this should be enough to knock her out.

With a roar, she charged straight at Nagisa, spear crackling with blue lightning. The girl leaped sky-high, flipped in midair, and opened her fangs wide. Erza batted her away with the shaft of her spear.

This arm is messing with my balance, she hissed internally.

Nagisa neatly landed in a crouching position before rushing her again.

Erza did almost everything she could think of to prevent any of her deadly bites from landing. Lightning shields sparked to life and her spear crackled as she prodded her away.

"What a fierce exchange! You can barely see what's going on! Even though Erza has her arm disabled, she still manages to block all of Nagisa's fearsome attacks!"

"Only a few minutes are left on the clock! Who'll win this coool battle?!"

Nagisa was panting heavily now as the two fighters broke away. Her Witch Soul transformation faded as her face and outfit returned to normal.

What is she planning? Erza thought to herself. The fingers on her right arm twitched.

"Scoppio… Sonata!" A minefield of bubbles burst out of the ground and floated in the air. Erza's eyes widened at the multitude of bubbles as her fists clenched together. A giant trumpet constructed itself in front of Nagisa, the mouthpiece resting mere centimeters away from her.

"Requip! Adamantine Armor!" Erza shouted. She felt the familiar weight of the shields rest upon her arms…

My arm! Without a second to lose, she slammed both shields together and braced herself.

A note blared into the sky as Nagisa blew into the trumpet. A chain of explosions burst in the arena as all of the bubbles detonated, bangs ringing in the air. As the debris and dust faded, Nagisa gave a start as she saw a large shield protecting Erza from any harm.

"Wha-"

"Requip! Purgatory armor!" Then Erza was upon her, large spiked club in hand.

Once she shifted out of her Witch Soul transformation, the effects of her bite faded! she thought to herself as she swung her weapon with all of her might.

Nagisa cried out as she was slammed with the full force of the Purgatory armor. She smashed into the wall, dust flying in her wake. The girl grunted as she fell, but did not get up.

"And that's game! Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail has earned ten points for Fairy Tail A!" There was a resounding cheer in the crowd, but by far the largest were the Fairy Tail members, who roared with happiness.

"You sure showed her, Erza!"

"Amazing!"

"Great job, worthy of a man!"

Erza smiled as she walked over to where Nagisa had fallen. "Great match."

"Thanks," Nagisa huffed as she struggled to get up, one eye screwed shut. "Same here!"

Erza gave her a hand and pulled her upright. "Your abilities truly are interesting."

"You too! I thought for sure that you would be finished after Scoppio Sonata, but you barely took any damage! Not only that, but you figured out Bebe's flaw so quickly!" Her eyes were shining as she said this, apparently unbothered by the numerous scrapes and bruises on her body.

Erza chuckled as she looked at the young girl. "You owe me some strawberry cheesecake."

"Of course! I never go back on my word, especially when it's cheesecake!" The two smiled at each other as the crowd cheered in the background.

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Jellal watched the battle with a frown. That Witch Soul Takeover… I could see that Nagisa was only using a tiny fraction of its full power. But why? Is it because… His gaze sharpened. Is it because she wanted to hide the dark magic that was lurking underneath? Or perhaps… she isn't able to control that much dark magic? His eyes furrowed together. The dark magic I sensed from the members of Magia is the exact same magic power that radiated from her Witch Soul transformation… does that mean that all of Team Magia has a Witch Soul form? But most importantly, what kind of ties does a Witch Soul transformation have with Zeref and black magic?

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Homura frowned to herself as she processed what had happened mere moments ago. Someone is targeting Fairy Tail… perhaps it's Raven Tail? No, that's not right. They clearly have a different plan. While a kidnapping would aggravate Fairy Tail, the members that they chose for that kidnapping were clearly incompetent. They could have easily sent someone more powerful, but instead they chose people who were clearly inferior. Not only that, but they have that man who can suck out other people's magic. So, who else would want to kidnap someone?

She blinked as Kyoko elbowed her. "Why so serious? So Nagisa lost, big deal! We just have to beat them later!"

"That wasn't what I was thinking about. While we're on the topic, you did great out there, Nagisa."

"Ah, you really think so?!"

"Erza is known as the strongest female mage in Fairy Tail. To have stood against her for so long is a feat in and of itself."

"Ehehe, thank you, Homura!"

"Homura's right, you did great," Mami added with a smile. "I wonder what the next match will be like?"

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"Our current match is Fairy Tail B's Mirajane Strauss versus our current Miss Fiore, Jenny Rearlight of Blue Pegasus! Right now, this is a modeling competition with the theme at the moment being "wedding dress"! Pick a partner and let's go!"

"The hell is this?!" Kyoko snapped. "First off, when did this happen?! Second of all, why am I in a dress?!"

"Awwww, does wittle Kyoko not like dwesses?" Sayaka snickered as she poked her cheek.

"Shut up!" Kyoko scowled, her face flushing a bright red. "I thought this was a battle, not a game of dress up! Besides, I'd rather be in a suit! At least I can fight in it!"

"Oh, come on!" the bluenette laughed. "Live a little, won't you? You fight all the time in a skirt, anyway!" With that, she hauled Kyoko off to some far corner of the arena, all while teasing her relentlessly. Mami rolled her eyes at the two's antics as she guided Nagisa down to the arena.

"It may not be battling, but I do think this is quite fun, don't you?"

"Yup!" Nagisa agreed eagerly. "But I know Mami-san enjoys this more than fighting!"

Mami chuckled. "True. That swimsuit competition earlier was exciting, without any of the danger from fighting for your life. Perhaps I should be a modeler…?" she muttered under her breath. Nagisa merely grinned at her and waved at Erza.

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Homura was tentatively making her way down the steps when she was stopped by a bright, cheery voice.

"Homura-chaaan!"

"M-Madoka?!" she yelped, fighting hard to keep the blush off her face.

"The one and only!" She beamed as she cast her golden eyes on her. "You look really beautiful and elegant, Homura-chan!"

"T-thanks…" she murmured, fidgeting with her dress. "A-anyway," she began, trying to save face, "do you want to go down there?"

"Normally I would say yes, but…" She rested her head in the crook of Homura's shoulder. "...I don't mind staying here with you," she smiled.

Homura copied her expression and leaned into her. "Yeah… I might stay up here forever."

"Whoa, Homura's smiling!" a voice cut in. "And she's actually wearing a dress!"

Homura whipped around so fast you could almost hear air whooshing around her. "I could say the same about you, Sakura-san," she intoned, so much ice coated in her voice that it could freeze the entire stadium. Kyoko seemed unaffected, however.

Sayaka came up and slapped the redhead. "Way to kill the mood, idiot!" she groaned. "Sorry, Homura, Madoka. Kyoko's a bitch," she added, ignoring the "hey!" from Kyoko.

Madoka giggled. "Oh no, it's fine, it's fine!" she laughed. "I'm just glad to see that everyone's having fun!"

Homura slipped back into her stoic gaze as she stood up, her outfit flashing back to the one she wore for the majority of the Games. "I have a feeling that all this is going to end fairly soon," she said. "We should return to our seats before the crowd catches up."

"And how do ya know that?"

Homura gave her a look. "Are you seriously asking a magical girl who controls time that question?"

Kyoko shrugged. "Right. That." The foursome made their way to their seats, meeting Mami and Nagisa along the way. Not even a few minutes later, they watched (read: looked away from) the guild master of Lamia Scale crashing the party.

"Now that's a mood killer," Kyoko commented nonchalantly.

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Mirajane and Jenny stood across from each other, having reverted back to their original clothes. The screen projected in the air read, "30 / 30".

"Well, while it's been fun, I think it's about time we end this."

"I couldn't agree more." Jenny smirked as she continued, "Why don't we make our own bet, like the matches before us?"

"Sounds good. What are the stakes?"

"How about whoever loses has to appear nude in the Weekly Sorcerer!"

The effect was instantaneous as audience members around the stadium either got nosebleeds or started blushing madly. Kyoko being one of them.

"The hell kind of bet is that?!" she spat. Sayaka laughed and whacked her over the head.

"Oh, come on! Show a bit of audacity!"

"Show a bit of modesty, you mean!"

As the two bickered, Mami sighed, Nagisa blinked confusedly, and Homura secretly rolled her eyes.

Mirajane agreed to the bet, and the commentator immediately shouted out his remarks.

"O-oh my! It looks like an unbelievable wager has been made! Now is the time to see who will win this bet! The final theme… is battle gear!"

Jenny transformed her outfit into a purplish magenta with violet and white accents. "This is my battle gear."

Mirajane narrowed her eyes at her as she smiled. "Then I'll change into mine." A surge of magical power erupted from underneath her, magenta light shining as her hair was blown back by the force. "We went with the flow of the previous matches by making a bet… so maybe it'll be alright to finish this with a little dust-up?" A blinding light overtook her before she transformed completely. She was wearing a white coat with blue accents and a black cape. Jutting out from the sides of her face were two murky yellow horns while her hands had shifted into demonic claws.

"Take Over: Satan Soul," Homura muttered as she analyzed the form.

"I accepted your bet. Now I want you to accept my power." In a flash, Mirajane shot forward and roared past Jenny, completely overtaking her.

"A complete change! In the end, we got ourselves a physical fight!"

"Well, that is the original rule…"

"The winner is Mirajane Strauss!"

"So that's… that's a true Take Over…" Nagisa muttered as she gazed at the young woman with awe. Sayaka gaped at the girl while Kyoko grinned and laughed.

"Now that's more like it!"

"She's OP," Sayaka muttered as she shook her head.

"And Fairy Tail B receives 10 points! This puts them at 20 points!"

Homura pulled out a notebook. "We're in third with 24 points," she said before Sayaka even opened her mouth.

"How did you-?"

"I know you too well," she merely replied.

Meanwhile, Madoka frowned. Something was happening. Someone was planning something. She could feel the air around her hum with anticipation… and perhaps a little dread?

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"Ah, Defense Minister Dalton."

"Don't you dare play dumb with me! Why were you trying to get ahold of a Celestial mage?! Don't you think it's far too early?"

"I want to make a trial run as soon as possible."

"It isn't ready yet!"

"Defense Minister, please keep your voice down. Besides, the project is indeed ready, thanks to the power of the mages this year. It shall now proceed to phase 4, plan B."

"Are you a demon?!"

"For the sake of their king or their country, a man may even become a demon or a god. Weighed against Eclipse, the gateway that will change the world, the life of one girl is exceedingly cheap. Indeed, one might even call it unfair." The man smirked as he walked away. "It is no secret that you are opposed to this project. However, it is too late to even try and stop this."

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"The final match of the day will be Mermaid Heel versus Sabertooth!" The crowd roared at the mere mention of Sabertooth.

Sayaka sighed. "I for one am hoping that Mermaid Heel will win to knock Sabertooth down a peg or two."

"I doubt it'll work like that," Mami said. "But we'll see."

"From Mermaid Heel, Kagura Mikazuchi! From Sabertooth, Yukino Agria!"

"Mermaid Heel's strongest wizard, eh? It'll be interesting to see how this newbie will stack up against her," Kyoko added.

"But she's also a member of the strongest guild," Mami pointed out. "It won't be easy."

"The combatants are set! Now, if we're all ready… let the battle, BEGIN!"

A/N: Question of the day: What did you think of the battle? I tried a different style of editing based off of something I read (cough advancedfictionwriting dot com (how to write a scene cough MRUs cough) cough)

Rewatching the episode(s) that this is based on, I can't help but draw parallels between Mr. Eclipse initiator (cough Arcadios cough) and Kyubey. Hence why I added that sequence, even though it's technically not all that relevant. Also, I just couldn't resist adding that little monolog, considering what's happened to the MGs and what'll happen in the future owo

Also, fluff! Or at least, I tried XD. The Mira vs Jenny match is such a perfect catalyst for all the fluffs hahah. Not sure if I wrote it well though

As for Nagisa's Witch Soul transformation, just imagine her in a Bebe/Charlotte 1st form magical girl outfit XD