Chapter 10 already, though I doubt anyone is actually reading this I'll just continue for as long as it takes.

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Chapter 10:

Explanation of the Rules

The hooded man grinned, now standing in mid-air, armoured arms spread out wide. Floating around the room, he put forth his challenge.

"As you are a very capable guild, it'd be good to test yourself every once in a while, no?" Natsu nodded, his rhetorical question had won him over quite easily.

"I guess," Natsu shrugged, still very cautious. Deep laughter erupted again.

"Yes, glad you agree. Because every now and then you must want to see your true potential, right?" Lucas was skeptical, to him the cloaked figure was a master of deception and persuasion, like a supervillain out of a book.

"You still haven't told us your name," He stated, Grace's head nodding in agreement. He suddenly appeared out of thin air next to the two celestial wizards. He tapped his nose and gave a wide smile.

"D'you really wanna know that?"

"Yeah," Lucy butted in, averting his odd stare to look at the blonde beauty.

"Then I will tell you my name," He slid his arms across the wooden ledge and relaxed.

"My name is," He went on, trying to make as much suspense as he possibly could.

"Onaro Haiteuse, Master of the Weather, Lord of the Skies, the Ocean's.."

"We asked for your name," Laxus shouted, obviously annoyed with Onaro's constant floating and smiling.

"Not a million fucking titles." He could see under his stern look that Laxus was not one to mess with, so he kept clear of ticking him off for the meantime. He smirked, suddenly sitting on the table the dragonslayer was situated at.

"Oh, smart guy, eh?" Onaro examined the dragonslayer head to toe, seeing Laxus was getting visibly more irritated by his presence. He grinned again.

"And, what's your name?"

"Laxus, Laxus Dreyar,"

"A pleasure, Laxus." Onaro held out his hand for a handshake. But Laxus, arms folded, refused to shake hands with the shady man.

"...Fuck off."

"Alrighty then," He agreed, finally using his legs to walk off infront of the guild. All eyes were on him.

"What's this 'challenge' all about?" Jeely questioned, putting the point of Onaro's visit back on track.

"Good question," He pointed out, happy to see a lot of people were up to the task.

"It's of the competition sorts, I will pick a select few people to compete while the rest of you watch and guide them through, basically."

"Sounds shit," Kane taunted, taking another swig of his liquor before lying back on Cana who sat directly behind him.

"Listen, my good man, you'll see this challenge is better than you think it is." Onaro sat staring at the young, rebellious drinker. He made a mental note to keep close eye on both Jeely, Laxus and Kane. He started to explain the rules.

"Well, you see, there are five areas that I have selected, and those I have picked to play the game will be whisked away to different parts of their assigned area," He moved his hands suggestively as he spoke.

"The teams of 4 will work their way through the game areas and eventually meet with the other teams playing the game."

"Of course those competing have to fight their way through each map to reach the others, but as you progress, the opponents will eventually get tougher, the highest ranking being S-Class."

"Can you tell us the assigned teams?" Ezio requested, standing with his counterpart near the two pinkettes.

"They'll be revealed before the game starts," The cloaked villain reasurred, inspecting the red-headed woman standing nearby.

"Go on," Natalie was very interested in this game, seeing how she had the chance to fight an S-class creature, could this be her chance to become an elite mage?

"Right, okay then. The game sounds simple, right? But a game's gotta have rules. There are a few rules, but if you violate one or more of the rules, you'll be sent to a room at the start of assigned area, and your team will have to start again."

"Rule one; no attacking your teammates, this will get you sent back to the starting point, no warnings, no exceptions."

"Rule number two-you can't run away from the area you're in. You must stay within the perimeter at all times unless I say you're allowed to exit."

"Three-You must get through the area with all of your group members, including those from the other team. Disbanding one or more members of a group will take you straight to the room, where, as I said before, will keep you inside until your team arrives to take you."

"And finally, number four. You cannot pass through until you have defeated the bosses, there are five in total, one for each map, and fighting them is a necessity."

He gave a broad smile, seeing how most understood the rules.

"Sounds easy enough," Gray stated, eager for the challenge.

"So, Onaro, what about these teams?" Lucy reminded him of the question Ezio asked before, and without a word from him letters appeared in the air. Lucy read the teams, which were as shown;-

'AREA 1-BARON'S BANE

TEAM 1:

ERZA SCARLET, EZIO SCARLET, JELLAL FERNANDEZ, JELLA FERNANDEZ'

Erza's cheeks went as red as her hair, seeing that Jellal and his counterpart were going to be on the team. Ezio grimaced, he liked the idea of being with Jella but sure as hell, it would be awkward. They read on.

'TEAM 2:

NATSU DRAGNEEL, NATALIE DRAGNEEL, LUCY HEARTPHILIA, LUCAS HEARTPHILIA

AREA 2-FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE

TEAM 1:

GRAY FULLBUSTER, GRACE FULLBUSTER, JUVIA LOCKSER, JUVIAN LOCKSER'

"J-Juvia is with Gray-sama?" She cried, elated. Juvian had already wrapped his arms around his beloveds waist, tears of joy spilling from his eyes. She ignored him and simply kept reading.

' TEAM 2:

ELFMAN STRAUSS, ELFIIE STRAUSS, EVERGREEN, EVERGREEN

AREA 3-HEAVEN'S DIVINE

TEAM 1:

GAJEEL REDFOX, JEELY REDFOX, LEVY McGARDEN, LEVI McGARDEN

TEAM 2:

BIXLOW, BIXY, WENDY MARVEL, WILL MARVEL'

"M-me with Bixlow?" She looked up, then at the two seith mages who were staring back at her.

"Ayayayayah, we're paired again Wendy!" He bent down, patting her head.

' AREA 4-TOWER OF DECEPTION

TEAM 1:

FREED JUSTINE, FREYA JUSTINE, CANA ALBERONA, KANE ALBERONA

TEAM 2:

LAXUS DREYAR, LAXANNA DREYAR, MIRAJANE STRAUSS, MIRAJOHN STRAUSS

AREA 5-HOUSE OF MASTERY

CANNOT BE ACCESSED UNTIL ALL PARTICIPATING TEAMS HAVE REACHED THE SAFE ROOM'

"...Safe room?" Carl muttered, trying to recall Onaro talking about the said topic.

"Ah, didn't I tell you about that?"

"No," Bixlow replied, waiting for another explanation.

"Right. Okay. Basically, once you've finished your area you're sent to the safe room, where you heal and rest and um, wait until all the others arrive I guess." He shrugged apologetically for his terrible explanation, and left the teams to confide.

"We're fighting together, eh?" Kane patted Freed on the shoulder, who only frowned in disgust. Why was he-one of the cleanest men in the guild-paired with one of the most vulgar? He didn't understand, and both he and Freya were disappointed when the writing showed Laxus' name with Mirajane's. There was something between the two S-class mages, it was something he couldn't shake off his mind. Mira walked over to her teammate, blushing slightly.

"So, we're fighting together, eh Laxus?" She said in a sweet tone. Laxanna immediately left the table to leave the two alone.

"Um, yeah.."

"..Sorry if I slow you down, I'll try my hardest!" And with that, she left. Laxus felt heat rushing to his cheeks, did she really think he was that good compared to her?

The spectators watched as the select few were whisked away by green magic.

"So much for goodbye," Macao sighed, seeing the room suddenly got gloomier without the missing members' presence. A large lacrima-vision formed infront of them, with five different areas caught by a filming camera that followed their every move spread across the screen. Here is where the games began.

Does anyone like my game idea? I think it's a neat game and Onaro sounds like a real asshole! Huray huray!