I'm so sorry it took me this long to update, but my finals are coming up and I just can't concentrate on the story. But anyway, here's the next chapter. Don't forget to review as that really boosts my confidence and makes me want to write more. Hope you enjoy this chapter :).


Lucy leaned against the tree as she tried to compose herself. The little 'incident' with Natsu had taken place around half an hour ago. When they exited the tomb and began walking to god knows where, there was silence, though a comfortable one. A while after they began their journey, Natsu instructed Lucy to wait here while he went to look for some water.

She leaned against a tree and sighed, now was not the time, it was their second day and it was around noon. She had no time whatsoever to think about boys, she was better off thinking about winning, succeeding, and saving the guild.


"Cana!"

A vein popped out of Cana Alberona's head, "No!" she said as she continued walking.

"But I'm hungry!" whined Romeo.

She topped walking, causing the boy to come to a halt. "Okay then…" she smiled, "Who's eating who first?" she cackled.

Romeo laughed nervously, "I just lost my appetite"

Cana sighed and continued walking, Romeo followed suit.

"Out of all of the people I could've gotten stuck with why'd it have to be a crazy phsyco…" he mumbled.

Cana turned around, her eyebrow twitching.

Romeo began running as fast as he could in the next two seconds.

Cana sighed and took one of her cards out and threw it in Romeo's direction, it wasn't long before it came back and she caught it.

"Let me out!" yelled the paer version of Romeo

Can looked from side to side as if considering, and then said: "No."

He was silent for a while…

And so was she…

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO? LET ME OUT DAMMIT!"

"Say sorry first."

"What? No!"

"For the love of…" sighed Cana. "Out of ALL of the people I could've ended up with, why did it have to be this brat. Why not Mira or Laxus or Erza or Lucy…dammit I would've even settled for Happy rather than you!"

"Just let me out woman!" He yelled.

Cana twitched again but snapped her fingers, resulting in Romeo's release.

"You witch…" he said.

"You want me to kill you kid?" she yelled.

"Not if I kill you first!"

"I miss the guild!" she sobbed.

"So do I!"

Romeo ran into Cana's arms and she hugged him, both of them sobbing.

"Cana?"

She sniffed, "Yeah?"

"I'm still hungry."

Silence

"You have three seconds to run."


"Oi! Lucy."

"Huh? What what?" said the young Heartfillia as she turned her head from left to right. Her gaze turned towards the smiling face of Natsu Dragneel, this caused her to smile as well.

"Hey!" he said and ruffled her hair.

"Natsu, stop it!" she giggled.

He gave her his hand and helped her up.

"I was only gone for like fifteen minutes and you fell asleep, c'mon, this place isn't that boring."

She laughed and rubbed her for head, "I guess I got lost in thought."

"Anyway…here," he said and handed her a large leaf filled with water. She took it gratefully and pressed the tip of the leaf to her lips. The sensation of the cool water running down her throat felt like heaven, and she almost frowned when it finished.

"Who do you think he is?" asked Natsu as Lucy threw the leaf on the ground.

"What do you mean?" she asked him.

"The person behind all of this,"

Lucy fell to her knees, clutching her for head.

"Lucy? Lucy, oh my god are you okay?" he said and bent down, rubbing her shoulder.

She moaned and pulled her hair.

"Lucy…stop it! What the hell's wrong with you?"

After a few minutes, Lucy retracted her hands from her hair and laughed.


"Maybe Erza will win the game and save Fairy Tail." said Cana.

"That's highly possible…except it's also not."

Cana groaned, "Thanks for going all negative."

Romeo stopped and sat down on the grass, "I can't go on…too tired."

Cana folder her arms and made a small 'tsk' sound, "Don't be such a wimp."

"You're the one who isn't feeding me!"

"Well what do you want me to feed you with? The only thing I have is my fist, and if you're hungry enough I'll even give you seconds."

"Daddy! I miss dad! And I miss Mira's cooking, and I miss watching Natsu and Gray's fights. I miss the guild!" mewled Romeo.

"Out of all of the people…"

"Hey Cana?"

"Yeah? What da ya want?"

"Who do you think the guy is? I mean the man behind all of this."

She raised her eyebrows, "Remember Two?"

"The crazy bastard that was after us?"

"Yeah…well he kept muttering something about a Master…"


Lucy giggled hysterically as she recalled Eleven's words…

'Ask the Game Master…that is, if you can find out who he is.'

She giggled again when her mind came across the last words Eleven had spoken before she vanished…

'Master…'

And she literally snorted when she remembered the blood imprints that the reptile had left behind…

'The Gama Master love's his tricks."

It was so obvious…so pathetically obvious that it was almost sad.

"Snap out of it Lucy!"

She stopped and began to take heavy breaths.

"Why the hell were you laughing like that?"

"Because I'm an utter disgrace to the Heartfillia family for not figuring it out sooner, because it was obvious, and because he knows I know."

"What? What the hell are you talking about?"

"Everything always comes back to him…"


"He was all like, the Master is god here or he sees all. One time he said something about not knowing his identity."

"Where was I?"

"Unconscious, cause you're a wimp and you can't take that dipshits hits."

"Shut up."

"Anyway," said Cana as she smacked her fists together, "If I could just figure out who that 'Master' is I'd be able to smack him until he frees the Master and lets us go."

Romeo stared at her glumly, "That wouldn't work."


"The object of the game…" said Lucy.

Natsu stared at her.

"Or at least part of the objective…"


Levy Mcgarden stared deeply into the eyes of Gajeel Redfox, "The biggest mystery of the Game…"

Gajeel stared at her, not daring to even bat an eye, he needed to know.

"Who is he?" she said.

It didn't sound like a question…more of a statement, as if she was implying that that one secrecy, as if that one confidential piece of information was the difference between the life and death. Which in this case, it was.


"Who is the Game Master? The brains behind the operation, the sealed leader, the man who at this very moment is amused…he is amused by the fact that I have figured this out. He was entertained by my frustration of not knowing the answer, something which still frustrates me and still causes him to laugh." Lucy stood up and clenched her fists, "The man, who at this very moment, is sitting on a chair in front of a screen and laughing his ass of, he's smiling, and all while watching us suffer."

Natsu stared at Lucy in disbelief. Was this really her? She seemed fierce as the wind blew in her hair and she stared at the sky. Even though her eyes were staring at nothing, her anger was looking dead straight into the heart of one man. He felt nothing but pure admiration for her at that moment.

"It's his identity. We won't get any further into this game until we figure out who the laughing man behind the chair is. When he said that every Atmosphere had a finish line, he was lying. We all have only one finish line, and it's him!"

Lucy took a deep breath, "Nastu…I want him dead."

He stood up and grabbed her hand and pressend it against his cheek.

"We'll win, I give you my word."

She used her thumb to trace circles around his cheek, "And I swear as well. No more slacking off, we're both going to win."

He kissed her for head, and his gaze drifted towards the sky. There was a peculiar cloud that intersected the sky, I was long…and it was shining.

"Lucy?"

"Yeah"

"The sky…the sky's cracking."


Hope you enjoyed it! i know it's not my best but i wanted to clear part of the mystery as to how to beat the game. Anyway, a couple of you guys wanted me to use the POV for other characters, and i know you guys meant Gruvia and more of GaLe and stuff but i thought it would be cool if i explored the other characters. I'm not 100% sure if i will add GaLe, Gruvia etc as a recurring POV (tbh i'm not sure if i'll write in their POV's at all) cause i don't really know what to write about those couples. For me, those couple are JUST there, cuz it's abvious that they will be cannon, and when they have a moment i don'treally care. The only other couple's i do care about in FT are Zervis and Lyon x Meredy. But anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to review! :)