Chapter 9 Tournament

Levy's POV:

I sat in my regular seat for my class. The first semester went by really fast. Every semester we get our schedules change. I have a couple classes with Lucy and one of them is battle class. I sat next to her while she was fixing her make-up in a hand mirror. Gajeel sat in the way back and next to him was Natsu. I couldn't quite tell what they were saying, but by their faces I knew they were arguing about something stupid. I pulled out a book and began to read. It's called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." As I think about it more and more, Hogwarts is kinda like Fairy Tail University. Just as I was pondering my thoughts Gildarts entered the room and I set my book down under my desk.

"Hello brats!" He said is a teasing way. He held a big poster but the blank side was facing all of the class. "Today," Gildarts started. "You will be putting all of your skills to the test. Some may fail and some may triumph in victory!" He turned the poster around and set it on a canvas. In big bold letters at the top it read, "TORNAMENT" Oh man! What if I have to fight Laxus and Erza. Or even Mira? The thought of it made me cringe in my seat. I looked closer and I was able to see the entire board. Let me see... I scanned the board to find my opponent. Once I saw who it was I was shocked. I had to fight Lucy! I looked at her and she was sweating and looked almost as shocked as I was. Well, I don't know how shocked I look but I bet I looked really shocked.

Gildarts looked at the board and then put his hand to his chin like he was thinking. "Let's see." He said with a stern look. "Let's have Lucy Heartfilia and Levy McGarden fight first." Gildarts' mood suddenly changed as he said those words. Lucy got up slowly and I followed. She moved to the left side of the ring as I moved to the right. I wasn't going to lose! People need to stop thinking that I'm a weakling! Gildarts raised a flag up in the air and began to speak. "Fighters ready? Three… two… one… FIGHT!" Lucy instantly pulled out one of her keys. "Open, gate of the scorpion, Scorpio!" Scorpio suddenly appeared and asked what to do. Lucy pointed at me and he began to fire. He shot several rounds. Most of them I was able to dodge or get away from. But one cut my headband right off along with some of my hair.

"Solid Script, Shield! Solid Script, Stone!" I yelled. The shield landed in front of me and the stone landed on Scorpio. He quickly vanished a while after. I let the shield down and I already had a plan in my head to win. I came running at Lucy and she summoned another spirit. "Open, gate of the ram, Aries!" Aries came into view and she was begging her regular shy and anti-social self. I couldn't quite hear what spell she yelled but all of a sudden a big pink cloud came into view. I went around it and snuck up on Lucy with a kick in the shin. She fell to the floor and Aries disappeared. I grabbed her keys of her belt and threw them out of the arena. Her and I both knew that I had won. I was sweating and Lucy was holding her shin in pain. "Lucy?" I asked. Just as she looked up at me I heard Gildarts clapping. He went over to the poster and drew a line through Lucy's name and then wrote mine in the next spot.

"Well done Levy. You used your opponent's greatest weakness to your advantage." Said Gildarts walking over to the arena. "Now, you two ladies head on out of the arena and go back to your seats." I nodded and looked down at Lucy. I extended my hand and she took it with a smile on her face. I helped her up and we made our way back to our seats as instructed. I took another look at the poster to see who would be fighting next. Gajeel and Bixlow. That will be interesting to see. WAIT! If Gajeel wins, I'll have to fight him, again. And if Bixlow wins, I'll have to fight, him. I kinda hope that Gajeel wins because I know his weakness.

Gajeel's POV:

I already knew I was going to win this fight. I bet money on it with Salamander. He's fighting Freed and I get to fight the other scumbag from the Thunder Legion. Gildarts called out my name and Bixlow's name. Sometimes I even wonder if that's his real name.I stepped into the arena on the right and Bixlow took the left. Gildarts did the same thing for the last fight. "FIGHT!" He yelled swinging the flag like a da** crazy person. "Let's go babies!" yelled Bixlow with his tongue hanging out of his mouth, as usual. I dodged all the weird dolls and Bixlow looked surprised. "Iron Dragon, Roar!" I yelled. The attack hit Bixlow and ripped off parts of his mask. Oh ya, I can't let him hypnotize me.

Bixlow came charging back riding on his dolls. He pointed to the one on the end and it left the group and rammed right into my gut. "Da** it!" I yelled in frustration. "Iron Dragon, Iron Fist!" I yelled. My iron hand hit Bixlow right in the face. "Iron Dragon, Sword!" I yelled even louder. I hit him in the gut and he fell to the ground. I waited for a while and Bixlow never stood up. "Well, Gajeel," started Gildarts. "You've won."