Chapati smiled. "The Daimatou Enbu has finally reached the middle portion of the competition, here on the third day."
"What kind of fierce events will we be able to see today?" Yajima wondered.
"Today's guest is Lahar-san of the Magic Council." Chapati introduced the third judge.
Lahar smiled. "It's been a while."
"Lahar-san... your position is Captain of the Custody Enforcement Unit, correct?"
"Indeed." Lahar nodded. "Any impropriety in the games will not be allowed."
In the stands, Doranbolt sighed. "Lahar, you... dragging me here along like that..." He glanced at the Fairy Tail teams and smiled wistfully.
"The third day's competition is Pandemonium!" Chapati announced. "There will be one participant from each guild!"
"I will go." Erza decided.
Cana smirked. "I'll go for B team."
Laxus frowned. "What happened to Mystogan?"
Juvia looked around. "He's not here..."
"Since the guest judge is a Magic Council member, he prefers to stay hidden, right?" Cana observed.
Mira nodded. "That's true..."
"If Er-chan is coming out, then let me go too, Kagura-chan!" Milliana begged.
"Go ahead."
"We're in front of a Council member." The gold-armored man warned Obra. "Don't do anything unnecessary."
Hibiki smiled. "I'll be going from Pegasus."
"I'll go." Orga decided. "I'll turn everyone into black lightning chili."
Minerva sweatdropped. "You don't even know what kind of competition it is."
Chelia gaped. "Jura-san is coming out?"
"Obaba's orders..." Lyon smirked. "Can't be helped."
"Mhm." Jura stepped forward. "Leave it to me. I'll not lose this time"
"Yesterday was my day off... my apologies." Matou bowed to the participants. "Now I'll explain the rules of Pandemonium."
Quatro Puppy's Novally watched in awe as a huge castle formed in the arena. "Wild..."
"The temple where evil monsters dwell..." Matou grinned. "Pandemonium."
Jura frowned. "Where's the monsters dwell... you say?"
"Yup. That's the setting." Matou explained. "Within the temple there are 100 monsters. Well, they're actually magical tools that we've created. They won't attack anyone in the audience, so relax."
"Anyway, the monsters are divided into five levels of power: D, C, B, A, and S. 50 D-levels, 30 C, 15 B, 4 A, and 1 S-level. Incidentally, in regards to the strength that D-class monsters have..."
A magical screen showed everyone a metallic horse-like monster tearing up a hallway and easily breaking walls.
"Ones like that, and even stronger ones than that... the place where 100 of them are lurking around, that is Pandemonium. As the class goes up, please note that the battle power goes up exponentially." Matou warned them. "The S-class monster has such strength that even one of the 10 Wizard Saints cannot be guaranteed to defeat it." Jura frowned at that.
"In order, each of you will take turns selecting a number of monsters to fight with. This is called your 'challenge right'. For example, if one person chooses '3', then three monsters will appear inside the temple. If one succeeds in defeating those three, then that competitor gets three points and the next challenger declares their 'challenge right' from the remaining 97. This will continue until either there are no monsters left, or no competitors can continue fighting. At that point, the competition will end."
Milliana nodded. "It's like a counting game, right?"
"Exactly. Situational judgment becomes quite important." Matou agreed. "However, like I said before, the monsters have ranks. No matter what number of monsters you choose with your challenge right, the monsters will appear randomly."
"In other words, some sort of strategy is needed to avoid getting the S-class monster." Hibiki observed.
"If it's random, that sort of strategy won't work." Orga scoffed.
"No..." Hibiki smiled. "With probability theory, and my Archive... a strategy will work to some extent."
"Points are given for defeated monsters, with no regard to the monster's rank. Once you've entered the temple, you will be unable to leave until you've won."
"What happens if you go down inside the temple?" Cana asked Matou.
"Then the number of points you've earned up until then will stay as it is." Matou clarified for her. "The number of victories that turn will be counted as zero, and you'll leave like that. And with that..." He held out a box with sticks. "Please draw your lots, everyone."
Erza glanced at her stick. "Number 1."
"You're lucky." Cana grinned, waving her 'Number 8' stick. "It'll go back to being your turn the most."
"I was thinking this competition would all come down to the luck of the draw..." Erza mused, walking towards the temple.
"The luck of the draw?" Matou repeated, confused. "No... how should I put this? It's a game where maintaining your pace and situational awareness are more important than the order of battle..."
"No..." Erza smiled. "With this, it's no longer a game."
"Eh?"
"All 100 will be my opponents." Erza declared. "My challenge right will be 'hundred'."
Matou's jaw dropped. "That's... that's impossible! It's not set up so that one person could possibly defeat them all!"
"I don't care."
Inside the building, Erza announces her challenge to 100 monsters, which prompts numerous monsters to appear. As they attack, Erza Requips to her Heaven's Wheel Armor and slashes numerous D-class monsters, causing them to disintegrate.
Standing on top of a nearby pillar, Erza activates Blumenblatt and destroys several more, to the surprise of the audience and the announcers. As Romeo wonders whether she wanted to destroy them all, Makarov and Mavis state that what she attempts to do is measure the abilities and defensive capabilities of each monster.
Erza then Requips into her Black Wing Armor and attacks, with Pantherlily noting her attack power to have improved. As a fire-breathing monster attacks, Erza quickly changes to her Flame Empress Armor, protecting herself from the attack with a sword from her Sea Empress Armor and allowing her destroy some attacking C-class monsters. As she is further attacked by more monsters, Erza's counterattacks result in explosions around the area due to her use of a dual-sword technique of fire and water. As she is hurt by the damage, she is attacked by a monster she initially mistakes for the S-class monster.
Changing into her Sea Empress Armor and using a lightning-based attack, Erza quickly defeats the beast. However, she is then thrown into the wall. Despite this, Erza Requips to her Flight Armor equipped with the Bastard Sword and fights back, effectively destroying half the monsters in Pandemonium by doing so. As Erza begins tiring after, she is attacked by more monsters, which she destroys with relative ease until she is smashed into a wall. As more monsters join the fray, Erza dodges their blasts of Magic and counters with Lightning, creating explosions in the building and destroying them.
However, Erza is then attacked by an A-class monster, which seemingly punches her into the ground. However, Erza is revealed to have Requipped into her Adamantine Armor, using its defensive properties to destroy the arm of the attacking monster, which she subsequently throws out of the building. Changing into her Giants Armor, Erza pursues a small monster but is attacked by several larger ones, which she dispatches easily. Another A-class monster then approaches but, Requipping into her Morning Star Armor, Erza easily defeats it.
Requipping into her Giant's Armor to dispatch numerous more monsters which attack, Erza defeats the beasts before using her Lightning Empress Armor to deal with more attackers. Utilizing her Robe of Yuen, Erza defeats a C-class monster before changing to her Purgatory Armor and subsequently back to her Heart Kreuz Armor, revealing that only 4 monsters remain. Erza charges at the last A-class monster which comes down on her with a two-hand smash, which Erza blocks before changing into her training clothes and Benizakura to destroy the monster. As two B-class monsters attack, Erza jumps into the air and destroys one, using its body as a platform from which to attack the other.
With only the S-class monster left, Erza looks up at a small eye-like monster, thinking it to be said opponent. Bringing forth two swords and relieving Benizakura, Erza watches the small creature create a burst of Magic. Mato explains that when the S-class monster is the only one left, its power triples. The battle moves into the arena, with the now-large S-Class monster attempting to crush a weakened Erza with its foot. Kicking her across the arena, the monster kicks Erza once more, which she avoids by getting into the air and slashing the hands of the monster, destroying them.
"The Daimatou Enbu, Day 3: Pandemonium." Levy narrated as she wrote down what she was seeing. "I think I'll never forget the events of this day. As she becomes covered with wounds, the fairy that should have fallen to earth dances... here is Titania."
The Fairy Tail contingent cheered when Erza cleaved the S-calls monster in half.
"Almost like... a scarlet flower, blooming fully with pride." Levy finished.
Erza walked slowly out of the collapsing castle and raised her sword, giving a proud shout to the audience.
"Un... un... unbelievable!" Chapati shouted. "Somehow... by a single person... all 100 monsters have been defeated! Is this the true strength of the guild said to be the strongest seven years ago?"
"Fairy Tail A's Erza Scarlet dominates!" He cheered. "A massive victory that brooks no complaints! This huge applause has yet to stop!"
Yajima leaned back in his seat. "I give up..."
Lahar sighed. "I don't have any words..."
Doranbolt pressed his hands to his eyes, trembling.
Cana took a drink from her bottle. "There's no way to top her, huh..."
Milliana grinned. "As expected, Er-chan's the strongest!"
Hibiki shook his head. "That's Ichiya-san's girlfriend for you."
"Whoever who seeing this, must be afraid to be her boyfriend…" Novally forced out.
Jura nodded. "Magnificent.
"I don't like this." Orga scowled while Obra said nothing.
"Interesting..." Minerva smirked. "So they're really not just talk...Fairy Tail"
"Erza Scarlet." Kagura frowned. "That one knows Jellal well..."
"Pandemonium has been completely suppressed!" Chapati announced. "Fairy Tail A earns 10 Points!"
"Er... discussion has concluded that the remaining seven teams must finish establishing a rank order." Matou told the other participants. "It's a little anticlimactic, but we've prepared a simple game." He motioned to a machine with a hovering orb over it.
"What's that?"
"The Magic Power Finder, in short MPF".
"A device that measure magic power" Jura said.
"That's right, when this device is struck with magical power, that power is shown as a number. Those numbers will be used to determine a ranking."
"A simple comparison of power, huh... that probably leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage." Hibiki slung an arm around Cana. "By the way, Cana-san, are you free tonight?"
"I'm free, but... well..." Cana hesitated. "I might only be able to manage one barrel."
"You drink too much."
Novally tipped a large stack of empty barrels over. "That's a bit of an understatement..."
"That drunker" Gajeel grumbled
"This is not good." Laxus sighed.
"Cana-san!" Juvia called. "The competition's not over yet!"
"We'll continue with the order that was previously given." Matou told everyone.
"Then it starts with me!" Milliana threw her cloak off. "Here I go! Kitten Blast!"
An pink spiraling rope smashed into the MPF and a large '365' lit up.
"365" The crowd seem confused.
"We don't know if that number is high or not, without a basis for comparison." Chapati realized.
"Hmm..."
"That device is also used in our Rune Knights training." Lahar clarified. "That's a high number. It's at a level sufficient to become a squad captain."
Novally groaned as he walked away from a screen showing '124'.
Hibiki adjusted his tie. "It's my turn."
Eve frowned. "This is rather tough for Hibiki, who's not a power-based mage."
Ren nodded. "If only I had gone out..."
"Believe in your friend, you guys!" Ichiya told them.
"Ahhh..." Hibiki shuffled away from his '95'. "What a world..."
"This is what we get for believing in him..."
"Men..."
"Ahahaha!" Cana laughed and ruffled his hair as he hugged her around the middle. "Shall your Nee-san comfort you tonight?"
"Next up is Raven Tail's Obra!" Chapati drew everyone's attention to the blue man.
A weird black creature jumped out from under Obra's cloak and tackled the MPF, which lit up at '4'.
"This is somewhat unfortunate, but... there are no do-overs." Matou sighed, unaware that Cana stole his hat and was dancing in it.
"What are you doing, Obra?" Flare yelled. "Are you stupid?"
"Silence, Flare. His magic can't be shown in front of people." The gold-armored man chided her.
"He's a guy that has to be forced to get serious..." Nulpudding added.
Kurohebi chuckled.
"Orga's stepping in!" Chapati announced as Orga warmed himself up. "The applause is amazing!"
Orga flung his arms forward. "120mm Black Lightning Cannon!"
The score on the MPF jumped to 3825. Orga smirked and walked away from it, satisfied.
"Heh, ten times of my score?!" Milliana exclaimed.
"Well..." Chapati started. "We look forward to seeing if Jura, one of the 10 Wizard Saints, can surpass this number."
"Is it alright if I do this seriously?"
"Of course."
Jura pressed his hands together and focused. "Rumbling Mt. Fuji!"
A huge column of energy shot out of the ground and engulfed the entire machine, causing it to light up at '8544'.
"What?"
"Old-man that's wack"
"In other word unsurprising" Lucy said.
"This... this is a new record for the MPF!" Chapati shouted. "The title of Wizard Saint isn't just for show!"
"Amazing..." Makarov mumbled. "He'd be a match even for Gildarts..."
Mavis smiled. "Yeah, but we have Lucy and don't forget that the one carrying Gildarts' blood is right there."
"The last challenger is Fairy Tail B's Cana Alberona!" Chapati observed. "It must be tough to follow up Jura... let's have her try her best!"
"She's totally sloshed, isn't she?"
"Even if she weren't drunk, it'd be tough for her to get four digits..."
"Let's aim for high three digits... third place." Lily said."but why'd see striping?"
Cana smirked and tossed her shirt away, revealing the Fairy Glitter marking on her arm. "Well then... I'm going to strike!"
"D….don't tel me Makarov stammered.
"I lent it to her especially for this." Mavis got starry-eyed. "In order to win."
Makarov's jaw dropped.
"Gather! river of light that guides fairies!" Cana chanted. "Shine! To destroy the fangs of evil! Fairy Glitter!" The resulting explosion was enough to send her flying.
That Cana? Raven Tail's Master Ivan leaned forward, intrigued. One of the three great Fairy Magics...
The smoke cleared to reveal a large '9999' hovering over a broken machine.
"W-what is this..." Chapati stammered. "The MPF is broken...it's been maxed out... just what is this guild?" He steeled himself. "It's a one-two finish for the competition portion! Nobody can stop Fairy Tail now!"
"That's right! We're unstoppable!" Cana shouted to the audience. "We're Fairy Tail, after all!"
The audience burst into cheers.
"The current ranking is as follows!" Chapati gestured towards a display. "Sabertooth is still in the lead, with both Fairy Tail's team now in second and third place! Well done!"
1. Sabertooth – 34 Pts.
2. Fairy Tail A – 33 Pts.
3. Fairy Tail B – 31 Pts.
4. Raven Tail – 26 Pts.
5. Mermaid Heel – 22 Pts.
6. Lamia Scale – 16 Pts.
7. Quatro Puppy – 14 Pts.
8. Blue Pegasus – 8 Pts.
"Alexei-sama." Nulpudding walked up to the gold-armored man and handed him a piece of paper. "Here are the match-ups for the battle portion."
"These pairings..." Alexei sounded amused. "The administration is quite creative."
He turned to the other four. "Shall we begin? For the sake of our true objective."
"Finally, the time has come." He observed. "Let's go."
"Let's begin the first match between Mermaid Heel's Milliana Vs Quatro Puppy Semmes" Chapati announced.
Time skip
"The battle is over" Chapati announced."The winner is Mermaid Heel's Milliana!" Chapati went on."The second match, Eve Tearm from Blue Pegasus vs Rufus Lohr from Sabertooth.
"White Fang!"
Rufus smirked, impressed. "I'm memorizing that magic." He decided, jumping over Eve's tornado of snow.
"Memory Make..." Rufus pressed his fingers to his head. "Karma of the Burning Fields!"
A huge burst of fire and lava smashed into Eve, taking him down with severe burns.
"The match is over!" Chapati announced. "Eve put up a valiant effort but to no avail. The victor – Sabertooth's Rufus! Strong as expected!"
"How could Eve lose like that..." Ren scowled. "Shit!"
Hibiki sighed. "He really tried his best..."
"Be at ease, like a flower's perfume." Ichiya told them. "We still have a secret weapon."
He motioned to a figure dressed in a rabbit costume.
"We have a secret weapon." He announced. "It's very important, so I said it a second time."
"In any case, who could it be?" Hibiki wondered. "If even we weren't told about it..."
"It has to be someone from our guild, though." Ren observed. "Otherwise, it would be against the rules."
"Next up, let's start the third match!" Matou shouted. "Fairy Tail B's Laxus Dreyar... vs Raven Tail's Alexei!"
"Lahar-kun, you brought along some people from your until, right?" Yajima asked.
"Yes." Lahar nodded. "Regulations and such."
"Look out for Raven Tail." Yajima warned him. "If there is any impropriety, stop the match immediately."
Makarov scowled. "Warren."
"Understood." The telepath pressed two fingers to his temple. "HQ here. Biska, can you hear me?"
Bisca eyed Ivan through her rifle scope. "No movement from Master Ivan, over."
"Understood. Team Raijinshuu and Lisanna, how's things on your end?"
"Raijinshuu and Lisanna here. No suspicious movements from Raven Tail's current location." Lisanna lowered her binoculars and smirked. "We won't let things go like on the first day, little Ravens."
"Just try to injure Laxus' pride." Freed growled. "We, the Raijinshuu, cannot make guarantees on your lives."
"Ever says she'd like to go back to where Elfman is." Bixlow cackled. "Requesting permission, over."
"I didn't say that!"
"Ivan..." Makarov sighed. "I won't allow your cowardly tactics a second time."
Mavis giggled, causing Makarov to turn to her. "Is something the matter, First?"
"No, nothing at all." Mavis gave a serene smile. "You'll do anything to protect your friends. I'm enjoying the situation a little. It's splendid... the ultimate form of the guild that I've hoped for is now right before my eyes."
Laxus frowned as the match started. "From my old man's guild, huh... who are you-" Alexei surged forward and slammed an armored arm into Laxus' face, knocking him back. Everyone seem shocked at this.
Laxus grit his teeth. "This guy..." He groaned in pain when Alexei kicked him into the air, before blasting him with a bright sphere of energy.
"Laxus…"
"You're kidding right?" Gajeel said.
"He's getting trashed"
"Come on Laxus, kick his ass" Natsu shouted at him."Kick his dirty armor"
"Something's wrong here?" Erza whispered as she lokked at the hooded woman beside her.
"It's just illusions" Lucy explained.
"What do you mean Lucy-san?" Wendy asked.
"Like I said, it's just illusions" Lucy replied.
"Should we tell the committee?" Gray asked.
"No"
"Why?"
"Laxus can handle himself" She smiled."Just believed in him"
"I hope you're right Luce"
"These are raging attacks from Alexei!" Chapati shouted as the beat-down continued, much to Fairy Tail's collective shock. "Laxus can't lift a finger!"
Laxus frowned as the copy of him that everyone was watching collapsed at his feet. "What's the meaning of this?"
"It's a kind of illusion magic." Alexei explained. "The others around us can't see or hear us. Right now, they're watching illusions fighting. Well done, right? Not a single person caught on. The spectators are watching as that Laxus is unable to even lift a finger." Alexei glanced at the panicking Fairy Tail mages.
"It seems you're admired even in the guild. I wonder what your friends are feeling right now as they watch this."
"I don't understand your intentions at all." Laxus sighed. "What's the point of winning with an illusion?"
"Exactly. Our aim is not victory." Alexei told him. "This illusion is just a smokescreen. Since it's an illusion, we can change the results however we want. Depending on our discussion, I can even let you win."
"There's nothing to discuss." Laxus shrugged his coat off and began gathering lightning. "This has nothing to do with illusions. Right here, right now, I'll dispose of the real you and put an end to this."
"That's impossible." Flare giggled as the rest of Alexei's team joined the man.
"Reality sure is cruel." Nulpudding added.
"Even you wouldn't be able to simultaneously defeat all of Raven Tail's elite. And another thing..." Alexei reached for his helmet and took it off, revealing himself to be Master Ivan. "You should know of my strength, right? Stupid son."
"I figured it was something like this." Laxus scowled. "Shitty pops."
"Makarov would die before he opened his mouth, and I don't wanna bother with that pathetic girl." Ivan observed. "But you're different. Let's have you tell us, shall we? The location of Lumen Histoire."
Laxus frowned. "What are you talking about?"
"You don't have to pretend." Ivan chuckled. "Makarov must have told you."
"I really don't know..."
"No, you must know." Ivan insisted.
Laxus crossed his arms. "Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."
"Are you saying you'd pass on a victory, even under these hopeless circumstances?" Ivan spread his arms, gesturing to the four backing him up. "If you won't accept the conditions, then... just having your illusion lose won't be enough."
"You always did things in such a convoluted manner... and I know all about how Gramps threw you out..." Laxus slipped into a battle stance. "Bring it, all of you at once. Master's enemies are my enemies, after all."
"It seems you need to be taught a lesson." Ivan chuckled. "About the strength of Raven Tail, the specialized anti-Fairy Tail guild."
Laxus raised an eyebrow. "A specialized anti-Fairy Tail guild?"
Flare nodded. "That's right."
"We've gathered members and mastered techniques to match all of Fairy Tail's weaknesses." Ivan explained.
"Among those, we are the elite four." Kurohebi added.
"Do you intend to go to war with us?" Ivan smirked. "I am well aware of your weaknesses. Shall I release the power that our guild has been accumulating those past seven years?"
"Gramps has thoroughly investigated you." Laxus countered. "Your guild numbers, activities, funds... we know everything that has been going on those last seven years."
"What?"
"It was Gajeel!" Flare realized. "He tricked us!"
Ivan scowled. "So he was a double agent..."
Laxus nodded. "Even though Gramps knew all that, he still didn't make a move on you."
Flashback Start
"Gramps." Laxus glanced at his grandfather. "Is it really alright to leave them like that? You said that he has information that could hurt Fairy Tail, didn't you?"
"It's already been seven years since then." Makarov observed. "There has been no evidence of any leak of that information."
Laxus frowned. "I ain't sure if I buy that."
"There's no doubt about it." Makarov countered. "I'm sure he understands the risks of telling that information to others."
"What that information, anyway?"
"It's better if you don't know. Every guild has their own dirty little secret." Makarov sighed. "Ivan has done no harm to our guild members these last seven years. As long as he doesn't make a move... I have no intention of making things worse."
Flashback End
"Gramps... probably believed in you somewhere in his heart." Laxus told Ivan. "Because you're father and son."
"Silence!" Ivan roared, blasting Laxus with a barrage of paper dolls. "I've lived in the shadows all for this day! All to obtain Lumen Histoire! You thought I didn't want to hurt you those past seven years? I didn't because there's no way the dregs you left behind would know anything! The guild, the city, Tenrou Island, every place connected to the guild... I've searched them all! Even so, I couldn't find it!"
"Where is Lumen Histoire? Where is it?" He demanded. "Tell me! Laxus! Aren't you my son?"
"Laxus" Makarov called him from the stand before raised his hand. Laxus smiled at this
"Obra! Do it!" He snapped. "Take away his magic power! Now is the time to unleash our anti-Fairy Tail magic power!"
Laxus suddenly blurring in front of Obra and knocking him out with a vicious knee to the face.
"Akagami (Red Hair!)" Flare attacked him with her hair but Laxus easily dodge it.
"Needle Blast!" Laxus dodged Nulpudding's attack and scowled, smashing him into the ground.
"This's for Gray"
"I've got you now!" Flare crowed, managing to latch onto Laxus' arm. Laxus turned to her and let loose a Lightning Dragon's Roar and sent her flying.
Ivan paled. "Impossible..."
Laxus sighed when he noticed Kurohebi behind him. "You just don't get it." He muttered, casually throwing an arm out and sending Kurohebi crashing into a wall.
"My elite troops!"
Laxus turned to his dad. "Shitty pops, I ain't got a clue what your goal is, but I'll hold you responsible for hurting my friends!"
"Wait! I'm your father!" Ivan panicked. "We're family! Are you going to hit your own father?"
"My family is Fairy Tail!" Laxus shot back, slamming a fist into Ivan and causing the illusion to fall. "I will crush my family's enemies!"
Chapati leaned forward. "What in the world..."
Makarov paled. "Ivan!"
"Laxus has a twin?"
"No, stupid" Gray told Natsu."Just what Lucy said, it's just illusions"
"Their members..." Lisanna spun to where the rest of Raven Tail's team was, only to see them dissipate. "Thought projections?"
Matou ran up to the defeated five and his jaw dropped. "He's the guild master! Alexei's real identity was Master Ivan!"
"The fight earlier was an illusion?" Chapati wondered. "Anyway, the one standing is Laxus! Game over!"
"In a place where we could not see, he was under attack by five people..." Yajima mused. "The master also participated... no matter how you look at it, it's foul play."
"He crushed all Raven Tail's members by himself!"
"Celestial, Erza, Cana and this….!"
"Fairy Tail's full of monsters!"
"At any rate, the winner is Fairy Tail B's Laxus Dreyar!" Mato announced. "Fairy Tail B gets 10 Points!"
"Ivan." Makarov glared down at his defeated son. "You played a dirty hand."
Mavis stared down at the man unnervingly.
"Laxus..." Ivan choked out. "Today is my loss. But know this much... Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's darkness. Eventually you will come to know... Fairy Tail's true colors." Laxus watched as army soldiers dragged the five Raven Tail mages away.
"We'll meet again. Hehe." The weird black thing that accompanied Obra chuckled, having snuck away. "Fairy Tail. Hehe."
"Raven Tail has been disqualified! Their participation rights have been revoked for the next three years!" Chapati announced. "Well, we made quite a discouraging mood from this announcement, however... we now proceed to the 4th match. This will be today's final fight. Fairy Tail A's Wendy Marvell vs Lamia Scale's Chelia Blendy!"
"I guess they don't know of Chelia's strength." Lyon smirked. "I shall picture Gray's face in shock." Yuuka looked up at the somehow visible thought bubble depicting Juvia.
"You're imagining the wrong person."
"Go out with your all." Jura told her.
"Ok!" Chelia chirped, before running out into the arena and tripping over sand. "Ooof."
"U-um, are you alright?" Wendy running to her but she tripping over the sand too
"it's nice to meet you." She observed, helping the younger girl up.
Chelia smiled. "Yep. You too!"
"What a show of camaraderie!" Chapati cheered. "You men out there, which one are you going to cheer for?"
Lahar sweatdropped. "What are you saying?"
"Gray." Lyon smirked. "Witness Chelia's true strength in astonishment." Gray burst out laughing.
"Wendy had been trained by Celestial. Are you sure Chelia's 'strength' can match Wendy's power?" Gray told him making Lyon paled.
"Wendy will win." Lucy smirked. "Especially since she chose to reveal her ace-in-the-hole in this match."
Wendy closed her eyes."I put all that effort intothat training with Lucy-san, so I've to do my best here" she thought.
"Here I go!" Wendy declared, Chelia nodded.
" Arms,Vernier, Enchant, Tenryuu no Yokugeki(Sky Dragon's Wing Attack)!" expelling a whirlwind of air from her arms to attack Chelia but she managed to dodge it.
"O north wind, became the breath of the god and dash across the land. Tenjin no Boreas(Sky God's Boreas)!" Chelia generates two spiraling black currents, which gathers together in correspondence to one of her open hands. She then extends such hand towards the target, sending the currents, which now have multiplied and taken the shape of a massive whirlwind at Wendy.
"Wendy" Chala exclaimed.
"Black wind"
"She is…"
A huge tornado of black air engulfed everything in front of Chelia.
"You missed." Wendy spoke from behind the girl, before she felt herself get kicked forward. "Try again."
"Amazing..." Chelia breathed. "She's too fast for a focused attack... perhaps an area spell then? Tenjin no Dogo(Sky God's Bellow)!" A huge torrent of energy shot out of her mouth and she spun on the spot rapidly, blasting everything around her as the spell moved with her.
"Nice." Wendy's voice complimented her. "That would hit me, but... Tenryuu no Hoko(Sky Dragon's Roar)!" The beam of blue energy easily tore through Chelia's spell and crashed into the girl, sending her flying.
"You fight in close range, I see." Chelia stood up shakily. "In that chase? Tenjin no Mai(Sky God's Dance)!" A whirl of black air erupted around her, catching Wendy and knocking her up into the air.
"Whoo... not bad at all." Wendy exclaimed. "But you're locked inside it now. Metsuryuu Ougi: Shoha Tenkusen(Secret Dragon Slayer Art: Shattering Light: Sky Drill" While in air Wendy forms a fast wind barrier with her arms spread out, and by moving them in a counter-clockwise direction, causes the barrier to contract inwards towards Chelia who screamed as the blast smashed her into the ground.
"Impossible..." Lyon was pale. "The Sky's ultimate magic... and she's getting tossed around like a rag doll..."
Gray smirked. "Told you so."
"I heard... about you... from Lyon.." Chelia rasped, picking herself up. "That there was someone in Fairy Tail... who used magic similar to mine..."
"Perhaps I'm overdoing it..." Wendy mused, coming to a stop and sighing. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"Not to worry." Chelia smiled as her wounds vanished. "I can keep going." She glanced at Wendy and frowned. "Powerful as you are, I can sense you're holding back. You'll never defeat me that way."
"You're holding back as well." Wendy mused. "I may be more experienced and stronger, but your Sky God's magic should put up at least token resistance against my Sky Dragon's magic."
"Why don't we fight seriously then?" Chelia smirked. "Tenjin no Boreas(Sky God's Boreas)!"
"Tenryuu no Saiga(Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang)." Wendy muttered, knocking the Boreas away with a glowing backhand. "I thought we decided to stop holding back."
Chelia grit her teeth."That actually was my full power... just how much above me is she?"
"Oh well..." Wendy smiled, charging forward. "I'll use this then!" She closed her eyes as wind start came out around her body.
"What's this?" Erza wide eyed as she watched Wendy's body start produced lightning.
"Lightning?"
"What's it Luce?" Natsu asked to his blonde girlfriend.
"It is…."
"Modo Raitenryuu(Lightning Sky Dragon Mode)" Wendy whispered as her body engulfed in wind and lightning. Chelia stared in awe as she sensed Wendy's power.
"Her power is skyrocketing, just how strong are you Wendy?" Chelia thought
"Well then…." Wendy told her. "Let's begin."
Chelia obliged. "Tenjin no Dogo(Sky God's Bellow)!"
"Raitenryuu no Hoko(Lightning Sky Dragon's Roar)!" Wendy shot a giant blast of lightning and wind from her mouth at Chelia's Bellow. Jura frowned when the Roar tore through the Bellow and crashed into Chelia.
"This isn't a fight... it's a beat-down." Jura whispered before stared at Lucy. "Just what kind of training did you gave to her, Lucy?"
Lucy smirked as she noticed Jura stared at her.
"But still, to have come so far... you're truly amazing, Wendy." Lucy said.
"My spell did not heal fatigue... I'm almost out of magic power..." Chelia panted, still standing.
"Wendy! This last attack will be the decisive blow! Metsujin Ougi: Amatsu no Murakumo(Secret God Slayer Art: Heavenly Gathering of Clouds)!" Chelia extending her arms outwards with their palms open and having currents of black air spiral around them.
She subsequently lifts her hands in the sky, gathering more, thinner streams of air around her. Black air is then generated from her very arms, appearing in the form of stylized feathers, which rapidly grow in numbers until she condenses them into an elongated mass before her with her hands.
Such final current grows larger and larger as one of its ending parts wraps around her body and the other is fired towards the target. Four heavenly wings composed of black air are shown protruding from the part focused around Chelia's body, while the entire structure is surrounded by thin, spiraling currents of the very same wind, scattering some of the feathers around as the dark, serpentine mass approached Wendy at high speed.
"Metsuryuu Ougi: Shoha Raikusen(Shattering Light: Lightning Drill)!" The stronger attack swept over the weaker one and crashed into its' user. The victor smiled as she walked over to the loser and pulled her up.
"That was a fun match, Chelia" Wendy observed, helping the younger girl stand. "Well done."
"I'm no match for you, though..." Chelia smiled. "I give up."
"Let' became a friend" Wendy said as she held her arm.
"The winner is Fairy Tail A's Wendy Marvell!" Chapati shouted as the audience burst into cheers. "Fairy Tail A gets 10 Points! And here are the scores!"
1. Sabertooth – 44 Pts.
2. Fairy Tail A – 43 Pts.
3. Fairy Tail B – 41 Pts.
4. Mermaid Heel – 32Pts.
5. Lamia Scale – 16 Pts.
6. QuatroPuppy – 14 Pts.
7. Blue Pegasus – 8 Pts.
8. Raven Tail – disqualified.
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