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"The winners of today's competition portion are . . ."

Minerva's eyes narrowed, Laxus' body tensed but Lea seemed relaxed. She already knew who the winners were, anyway. She was just surprised that the other two hadn't noticed it sooner. They were right there with her. But in a way, she couldn't blame them.

"Sabertooth's Minerva and Fairy Tail A's Laxus Dreyar!"

The crowd cheered, but some of them seemed a bit shock and disappointed.

Lea sighed. "I knew it . . ."

"The winners both get 10 points while Fairy Tail B's Lea Heartphilia gets 8 points!"

The race then continued on with Jura getting third place after he sent Kyouko and Kagura flying with his magic just when they neared the finish line. Ichiya took this chance as well and while they were down, he got fourth place. Kagura didn't waste any more time getting up and she got fifth place with Kyouko getting sixth. The last place went to Bacchus who was unconscious for a bit too long.

Here was the current standings.

1. Fairy Tail A - 43 pts.

1. Fairy Tail B - 43 pts.

3. Sabertooth - 36 pts.

4. Mermaid Heel - 23 pts.

5. Blue Pegasus - 22 pts.

6. Lamia Scale - 17 pts.

7. Cerberus - 12 -pts.

8. Typhoon Ceto - 6 pts.

Once it was announced, everyone went back to their places on the stands.

"What happened back there, Nee-sama?" Lucas asked once they met up with each other. "We were all so sure that you'd be one of the winners."

"Sorry guys. I guess it's because I hesitated." she sighed.

"Hesitated?" Lucy asked. "What did you have to hesitate about?"

"Well, I was thinking about the points we'll get . . ." she explained, thinking back at her last-moment thinking. "And I realized that even if I don't win we'll still remain first."

"But it's better for us to keep winning until the end, isn't it?" Joan asked.

"Yeah, I only realized it just now." she sighed. "I guess if you hesitate even for just a bit, you'll still lose."

There was a silence before Lea sighed. "Well, sorry about that . . ."

"Nah, it's alright." Jade waved it off. "As long as it doesn't happen again, I guess it's okay."

"Sorry . . ."

"Like I said, don't worry about it. In any case, these idiots are partly at fault, anyway." Jade soffed at Lucas and Joan.

"Oi! What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Lucas glared at his sister.

"Exactly what I said!"

"Hey, if there's anyone to blame then it should be this idiot!" he said, pointing at Joan.

"What did you say, brat!"

"Don't call me a brat! You're only 2 years older than me!"

"Calm down, guys . . ." Lucy sweat dropped at their antics.

"Yeah. For now, let's focus on the tournament and taking the lead." Lea told them.

"We're still on the lead." Joan scoffed.

"Alright! Now for today's battle portion! We're going to do things differently once again, to make things more interesting. We will still be having tag battles, two on two. But this time, the two mages who are going to tag team are from different teams!"

"Eh?" all mages from the guilds yelled in shock, but the audience was cheering and were looking forward to it.

"That's right! Two participants on each team will be working with mages from the other teams. If a team were to win, both guilds on the winning team will be receiving five points!"

"Which means that at most, a team can only earn up to 10 points in the battle portion today." Lea concluded. "But only earning up to 5 points is more than likely top happen."

"Yeah. I mean, won't it be tough?" Joan asked. "I mean, there's a chance that one of us might work together with . . ."

They all glanced at a certain team with horrified expressions.

'Sabertooth . . .' they all thought, their eyes shadowed while they started sweating nervously.

"But if you think about it, we might have trouble teaming up with the other teams." Joan said and they started thinking about it.

'The members of Lamia Scale seem to be very difficult to handle. Like that man, Jura-san, for example. He's one of the Ten Mage Saints. He'll most likely get too full of himself and might go all out. If that happens, I'll get hurt too.' Lea thought. 'The other members like Lyon Bastia and Chelia Blendy may also be a bit over-confident. And being too self-confident might cost us the match. Meanwhile the other two men, Yuka Suzuki and Toby Horhorta, seem quite weak. They'll most likely be a burden.'

'The guys from that guild, Blue Pegasus are a bunch of perverts. That match from the first day just proves it. How can I even fight properly when I'm teaming up with perverts? It's unimaginable!' Jade thought. 'And that woman seems like a problem too. She sounds like she's way too full of herself! And she's not the brightest one, either. I mean, just who the hell wears heels on a race? What had she been thinking? Although she seems strong, I can't possibly work with someone like her.'

'There is absolutely no way I'm working with those bastards from Typhoon Ceto!' Joan thought. 'If possible, I want to beat them all for costing me the race! Especially that Mahiru girl. Just who the hell does she think she is? Using a cheap trick on me . . . Not only that. Their members seem way too weird! A bunch of oddballs, especially that woman, Kyouko.'

'Mermaid Heel's an all-female guild. And from what I've observed so far, they're not the nicest ones either. No matter how I look at it, it'll be a problem if I somehow ended up teaming up with even one of them. They could be worse than my older sisters!' Lucas thought. 'Millianna and Risley act kind of weird. Beth seems way to carefree. Arianna is way too full of herself. And I just can't imagine working with Kagura . . . Let's just hope that I won't be so unlucky today.'

'I hope I don't have to team up with the other members of Fairy Tail. Anybody's okay as long as it's not them!' Lucy thought. 'Erza, Natsu and Gray . . . I don't think I can act normally around them yet. Let alone fight properly. And if it's Laxus or Mirajane, I'll just end up in their way and I'll look useless again.'

After their thoughts, Lucas then spoke up as if he somehow managed to read his sisters' minds.

"Well then, how about Quatro Cerberus?" he asked. The four girls blinked then they all glanced at the participants of the said guild.

"Woah! Wild!" they cried.

"You bet! Boys, it's going to be a wild day!" Bacchus laughed.

"No way." Jade deadpanned.

"We can try." Joan told her.

"Not a chance. They're much too barbaric." Lea said.

Lucy sighed. "Geez, even though our teamwork is perfect. I guess we just don't stand a chance when it comes to getting along with others."

"You got that right . . ." Lucas sighed.

"Don't worry, we'll make it through. I'm sure of it." Lea said, turning her back towards them and looking at the battle field. "Just leave it . . ."

"Oh?" they asked, slightly impressed at their sister's confidence.

". . . to luck." she finished, making them fall on the floor comically.

"Can you stop relying on luck? It's bound to run out, you know!" Lucas scolded her.

"What are you talking about, Lucas?" Lea scoffed. "Look, there's no point in worrying anyway. It's not like we have a choice on whoever we team up with."

"She has a point . . ." Jade sighed. "Well whatever."

"Geez . . . you're all way too carefree." Lucas muttered but decided to let it be.

Meanwhile, at the other Fairy Tail team's side . . .

"Alright! No one better lose!" Natsu yelled.

"That's not the issue here, you idiot!" Gray, along with Erza, hit him on the head.

"That's right. Having some teamwork was hard when it was just us, but now we have to work with the other guilds." Mira sighed.

"So? It's fine as long as they don't get in our way." the fire mage scoffed.

"Aren't you worried that we might have to fight with those guys from Sabertooth?" Laxus asked, and there was a silence.

"Crap! You're right!" Natsu cried.

"You only realized our situation now?" Gray yelled.

For the first match, there were Mermaid Hee's Arianna Web and Blue Pegasus' Ren Akatsuki vs. Typhoon Ceto's Kyouko and Quatro Cerberus' War Cry. In the end, Typhoon Ceto and Quatro Cerberus won because Arianna and Ren refused to work together. And at the end of the match, they continued arguing about the other being in the way.

"You see?" Erza said. "We might end up like that. But we can't afford losing!"

"You have a point . . . but what can we do?" Gray asked.

"Just keep in mind; no matter who you have to team up with, you must work together with him!" Erza told them wit hher eyes shining. "It doesn't matter if that person's from Sabertooth or whatever. Winning. Comes First!"

"What is it with out guild and the determination to win . . ?" Gray asked. "In any case, that goes without saying, right?"

"I know. But there are others who are too stubborn and might cause unnecessary trouble." Once Erza said that, all eyes turned to Natsu who just stared back at them, confused.

"E-eh? Wh-what?"

"Now, for the next round . . . we have Lamia Scale's Jura! He'll be working together with Mermaid Heel's Kagura!"

The two then made their way to the battle field.

"Let's forget about before and work together." Jura nodded politely, but Kagura just frowned at him.

"Their opponents will be . . . Fairy Tail A's Laxus Dreyar!"

"Heh, so I'm going against that guy again, huh?" Laxus smirked.

"Go beat that guy's ass like last year!" Natsu yelled.

"Hopefully, you partner will be able to keep up with Kagura." Erza added.

"Hmph. Just because you managed to defeat me the year before doesn't mean that you can beat me again." Jura scoffed.

"You wanna bet?" the lightning mage continued to smirk.

"Woah! It looks like it will be an interesting match! Well then, let's see who Laxus will be fighting with . . ."

"Whoever he is, he better not get in my way . . ." Laxus muttered.

"It's none other than Fairy Tail B's Lea Heartphilia!"

"Eh?" Lea blinked.

"L-Lea-san?" Erza, along with her team mates', eyes widened.

"Hmph, a formidable and worthy opponent." Kagura said simply.

"Alright, I'll make up for what happened earlier." Lea nodded in determination.

"Go get 'em, Nee-san!" Joan cheered.

"Hm? Lucy's eldest sister . . ?" Laxus asked, watching her come nearer.

"Well then, judging by the reactions of Erza and the others, it looks like your at par with Jura-san." Lea said.

"Yeah, I beat him on a fight last year." Laxus replied.

"Like I said, there's a low chance that something like that's going to happen again." Jura said.

"Well then, I'm leaving him to you. I'll take care of Kagura." Lea said, and Laxus just nodded.

'I-I'm being ignored?' Jura thought in shock.

'That's good. If it's true that this man was able to defeat Jura-san before, then I can trust that he'll be able to do it again.' Lea thought. 'If worse comes to worst, then I'll just have to finish Kagura off quickly, and then just give him a hand.'

"Will they be alright . . ?" Mira asked.

"I don't know." Erza sighed. "I mean, I can't even imagine those two working together."

"Alright then, Battle . . .START!"

Laxus immediately tackled Jura and the two of them engaged in a fearsome battle, much similar to last year. Meanwhile, Kagura did the same to Lea. But with only one arm, she easily blocked the sheathed sword.

"Why don't you unsheath it?" she asked.

"I don't need to." Kagura replied simply before sending a kick while still holding the sword. Lea still managed to block that it and then pushed her back. But once she did, Kagura came running back to her.

"Tch." Lea summoned her wings and used her enhanced speed to dodge Kagura's attacks.

"Are your wings the only type of magic you can use?" Kagura asked.

"No, but I believe it's the only type of magic I need." Lea said, and using her enhanced speed, she got behind her opponent and tried to kick her on the back. But Kagura was quick enough to block it with her sword.

"Need I remind you that you're going against me, an expert swords-woman along with a mage saint? You shouldn't be taking us lightly, you know." Kagura said, hitting Lea with her sword causing her to hit the ground, hard. Since her wings were very sensitive, it disappeared once her back made impact with the ground.

"Oh, trust me." Lea said, trying to get back up. "You wouldn't like me when I'm serious."

"The only reason you won against Mierva that one time is because you were faster than her. But rest assured, you can't be faster than me." the Mermaid Heel mage pointed her sword threateningly at Lea while she lay on the ground.

"Lea-san!" Erza cried.

"Nee-san!" Joan and Jade cried.

"Ooh. Could today be the day of Lea's defeat on the hands of Mermaid Heel's one and only Kagura? If that happens, Laxus will be facing two opponents alone. If that happens, their defeat will be inevitable."

"Tsk. What is she doing?" Laxus muttered to himself.

"Where are you looking at?" Jura asked, punching Laxus on his face and slamming him to the ground.

"Both Lea and Laxus are down!"

"This is bad." Charle muttered.

"You can do it, Laxus!" Freed yelled.

"Get up and beat that old geezer up!" Evergreen added.

"C'mon, Laxus!" Bixlow cried.

"Nee-san!" Jade cried out.

"Don't hold back! Give it your all!" Lucas yelled.

"You can do it!" Joan cheered.

"Tsk." Lea read the current situation and realized her brother may be right. She sighed. To think that it'll come to this. Well, she supposed that she shouldn't underestimate others.

"Well then, if you'll be so kind as to . . ." Lea trailed off, and there was a sudden gunshot that was heard, silencing everyone in the arena. "get this sword off of my face."

Lea glared at Kagura, looking scarier than Erza. She had a golden gun on one hand, pointing at Kagura's face, which had a a long scratch on her cheek, which was probably caused by the bullet. Kagura, like everyone else, was shocked.

"Wh-where did you . . ?" Lea didn't give her a chance to finish her sentence and slapped her sword away with her free hand. It landed a few meters away from them, and before Kagura could even think of getting it back, Lea whipped her leg to her opponents feet, making her fall to the ground.

After doing a chinese get-up and pointing her gun at Kagura.

"Well now, seems like the tables have turned." she smirked, making Kagura glare at her. "I told you, you wouldn't like me when I get serious."

Lea's attention was caught when she heard a crash, and whipped her head around to see the two men who were fighting. Laxus was back on his feet and was keeping up with Jura's attacks, to her relief. But Kagura had used this distraction to kick her hand, sending the gun high up into the air. While Lea was distracted by this, Kagura took this chance to run and get her sword. Unfortunately, there was no way Lea was going to let her do that. Just when Kagura was about to get her hands on her sword, it was shot away by Lea.

Kagura glared at her opponent, and her eyes widened when she saw that she was holding a golden gun, but it wasn't the same gun she was holding earlier. Because she stretched her hand out to the side and caught the gun that was thrown to the air by Kagura earlier.

"Just where did you get those . . ?" Kagura asked, and Lea only smirked in reply. She stretched her arms out while still holding both of the golden guns. The guns suddenly started glowing and changed shape, and in its places were two golden swords. The audience were in shock and cheered in amazement.

"As confusing as it sounds, my magic is the ability to control my magic. A form of celestial magic that is also considered as lost magic." Lea said. "To explain it more clearly, I just solidify the magic in my body and forge it into weapons. You can say it's very similar to Creation Magic, but there's a difference."

"And what exactly is the difference?" Kagura asked.

"It doesn't really matter for now, does it?" Lea smirked, resting one of the swords on her shoulder. "The important thing right now is that I'm going all out, and so should you. Although I doubt you'll be able to do it without your sword."

"Hmph, you should know better than to underestimate me." Kagura said, preparing herself while glancing at her sword that was a long distance away from her. It'll be hard to get it back.

"Well then, show me what you've got." Lea said.

"This battle is just getting started . . ." Kagura said.

I will explain in later chapters how Creation magic is different from Lea's magic. Although I will tell you that her magic kind of reminds me of Erza's requip magic.

I'm still taking suggestions, by the way. Who do you guys want to see team up and who are they going to fight with? Don't bother for the fourth day, though. I decided to just skip that one.

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