I decided to do Lucy's match with Flare differently than in the anime! Looks like Timcanpy really likes Lucy! ^_^


Allen was relived that both Fairy Tail teams managed to get second place on their own even though Link helped them when Rufus did that unexpected attack, not mention took care of Raven Tail's Nulpudding preventing him from attacking both Gray and Juvia. Speaking of which.

"Oi Allen," Lavi nudged Allen, "That Nulpudding guy's glaring at us."

"I can see that Lavi." Allen sighed looking over at the Raven Tail booth and sure enough the purple skinned wizard was glaring right at them, well more like it was directed at Link instead of them.

"I think he's staring at Link." Lenalee said giving Link a worried look.

"Don't worry," He assured her, "If he tries something I can handle it."

"Who would worry about you?" Kanda scoffed.

Link smiled, "I appreciate your support Kanda Yu."

"I'm not supporting you, watch dog." Kanda countered.

Lenalee sighed, "No more fighting please."

Allen's eyes then trailed over to Sabertooth and saw both Rufus and Sting glaring in their direction, "Um…Link?"

"What is it?"

"I think you made an enemy of Rufus from Sabertooth," Allen looked over at him, "He's glaring at you too."

"I can sense his glare without even having to look at him. It does not bother me in the slightest." Link told him.

"Yeah I figured it wouldn't." Allen sweat-dropped.

Lavi folded his arms resting them down on the stone pavement, "But still this is surprising. We're in first place, Fairy Tail's in second, and Sabertooth in third."

Lenalee smiled, "I'm just glad they didn't get last place, and did you hear the people when Gray and Juvia came out? The audience cheered instead of booed."

"There was still some booing but it wasn't as bad as before, so everything's going well for them." Lavi grinned.

"Let's just hope it stays that way," Allen said a little unsure, "Raven Tail is still targeting them and might try to target us too after we kind of humiliated them during the Hidden Event."

"We did no such thing." Link stated.

"Right…we didn't you did." Lavi gave him a look.

"Who cares about those ravens," Kanda said seemingly bored with the conversation, "I'm eager to cut one of them down."

"Doesn't surprise me," Marie stated then looked at Krory who was standing next to him, "Which one of them tried to attack Wendy and Carla again?"

Krory narrowed his eyes at the blue haired member of Raven Tail, "That one. It has that strange little animal on its shoulder."

"It?" Marie questioned.

"I believe that the blue haired member may be a puppet and not an actual person." Krory told him.

"A puppet?!" Miranda gasped.

Marie put one hand on his red headphones and focused on the blue haired member of Raven Tail, "I think I'm starting to understand what you mean now."

"Then one of their team members is really…" Miranda started.

"A puppet," Marie confirmed, "I can't hear a heartbeat at all."

"I thought so." Krory said.

Marie went over to Allen's group getting the white haired boys attention, "Marie-san, what's wrong?"

"Raven Tail's member the one with the little creature on its shoulder is a puppet," Marie informed them, "Its not a real person."

"What?!" Allen with alarm.

"A puppet huh? These guys got a purple dude that uses needles in his body, and some puppet dude. I'm pretty sure that's against the rules." Lavi said.

"Should we tell one of the organizers?" Lenalee questioned.

"There's no point," Kanda said, "Those damn ravens will try to counteract what we say."

"So…what do we do?" Lenalee wondered worriedly.

"We do nothing," Link said taking them by surprise, "Fairy Tail won't let them do as they please while in the games, but even so," he smirked, "That doesn't mean we still can't interfere with their plans."

Lavi grinned at him, "I'm liking this new you two-dots."

Link simply closed his eyes with a smile.

Allen closed his eyes, 'Link's right. Fairy Tail won't let them do whatever they want…and neither will we!'

Kanda looked at Marie, "You plan on staying over here or something?"

"For a little while," Marie frowned, "I have a bad feeling about the battle portion for the first day."

"What do you mean?" Lenalee asked.


"The event "Hidden" already has everyone excited, but now its time to get to the battle portions of the first day! Our very first battle of the day will take place between Fairy Tail Team A's Lucy Heartfilia against Raven Tail's Flare Corona!" Chapati announced.


Allen, Lavi, and Lenalee tensed.

"So that's what you meant." Link said.

"Its suspicious if you ask me," Lavi narrowed his eye at Raven Tail's team, "Having them battle on the very first day? And against Fairy Tail? This was planned."

"I bet it was them," Allen frowned, "This match won't be a fair one, I can feel it."

Kanda tuned to Link "Oi, You got any information on that creepy woman?"

Link brought out his mini book, "Flare Corona, eye color red, hair color red, magic is "Hair Magic, also known as "Crimson Hair Magic."

"You can even use your hair to fight with?" Lavi couldn't help but feel exhausted, "This place is just full of surprises."

"Crimson Hair Magic," can you explain that Link?" Allen asked.

"It is simply a different variation of using "Hair Magic." The user can also manipulate the length of the hair by will and also use it to attack the opponent." Link explained.

"She can do all that will her hair?" Lenalee gasped.

"This Ivan guy gathered a bunch of weirdo's into his guild." Lavi said.

"No arguments there." Allen agreed.

Lenalee looked down seeing both contestants enter the arena, "I wonder if Lucy will be alright?"

"Even without my assistance during the event of the first day Gray Fullbuster would have been able to handle Nulpudding with no problems at all," Link told the girl, "According to my calculations Lucy Heartfilia has much more fighting experience and is much more skilled than Flare Corona. She will end up winning the match, that is if Raven Tail doesn't try anything however such a thing might end up happening anyway."

Lavi smiled, "Yeah, but this proves Fairy Tail's stronger than Raven Tail. I mean did you see what Gray did after Nulpudding was teleported to a different but still close enough for him to attack? That was freaking awesome!"

"Ice-Make Magic," Link spoke, "It is his primary magic it is also known as "Molding Magic," for it allows the user to mold their magic into any creation they want and use that creation on their opponents, and remember we have a Lightning-Make Magic user in out guild as well."

Allen and Lavi face palmed, that's right they forgot they did have one in their guild. They also have a god slayer too.

Kanda snorted "Morons."

They didn't even retort back this time.


Natsu cheered his partner on, "Lucy show her just how strong you've become!"

"If you win it'll keep us in the running!" Erza called out.

"You can do it Lucy-san!" Wendy cheered.

"Show her that Fairy Tail never backs down!" Gray encouraged.

Lucy smiled at her friends words of encouragement then glared at her opponent, 'Raven Tail…these are the guys that kept attacking both Gray and Juvia during the first event. If Lenalee-chan and Allen's friend Link hadn't kept going after him then Gray and Juvia would have been constant targets. I won't let them get way with this! I will win! For my guild! For Fairy Tail!'

Pantherlily crossed his arms, "That's a dangerous look in her eyes."

"Yeah, she's all fired up!" Happy agreed with the black cat.

"Its because she knows she's going up against a member of Ivan's guild," Makarov told them with a scowl, "Show no mercy Lucy, you hear?!"

Lucy didn't bother to acknowledge that comment and simply kept her focus on Flare, who still had that creepy smile on her face.

Mavis was staring down unnervingly at Raven Tail, "What's wrong First master?"

Mavis kept her eyes on them, "I can't help but wonder…just is Raven Tail's goal? What are they trying to achieve?"

"They wanna humiliate us that's what!" Makarov cried.

She then turned her attention towards Ivan, "Let's hope that's all and nothing else…"

Romeo grinned, "I'm not worried! Because we've got them looking out for us!"

"Them who?" Macao looked at his son.

"Those guys from Archangels!" he grinned, "Its obvious their on our side!"

"Yeah, but this isn't like the event," Wakaba smoked on his pipe, "They can't do anything during the battle part of the games. If they do then they'll be disqualified."

"He's right." Jet agreed.

Mavis smiled, "I wouldn't worry about it."

Levy looked at her, "Why do you say that?"

"I can feel it…their keeping a close eye on them." She pointed making them look over at Archangels seeing them stare down Raven Tail, "I have faith in them."

Makarov agreed with her. He still couldn't figure why they were helping them, but it's obvious they have good intentions. He was still surprised they created their own guild, and even more surprised when he saw them enter the field not anticipating them to join the games but they did, and so far they only want to have a fair fight, unlike Raven Tail. They could be doing this because his guild took care of them and they wanted to return the favor to them somehow.

Natsu grinned over at them, "Allen and Lavi's guild is strong! I wanna see them fight today!"

"Me too!" Wendy agreed.

"They just might," Erza told them, "They've gotten popular lately, even more popular that Sabertooth so it wouldn't surprise me to see them fight on the first day of the games."

"I kinda wanna see who they go up against," Gray admitted, "Its probably gonna be against either of the guilds or us."

"If it is then we won't hold back!" Natsu grinned.

"And neither will they." Erza stated.

"If we do have to fight against each other I hope we have a fair fight." A voice said from behind them making them all jump. Turing around they say it was the bald haired red headphone-wearing guy from Archangels.

"Dude! You scared me!" Natsu had a hand to his chest breathing in and out.

Marie looked apologetic, "My apologies, I wasn't trying to scare you."

"Hey your that guy," Gray tried to remember what his name was, "Marie right?"

Marie smiled, "Noise Marie, it's a pleasure to meet you again after three months."

"You too Marie-san!" Wendy smiled at the large man, "Um, Marie-san?"

"Yes?"

"Um, if its alright with you I'd like to ask a question about your um…" Wendy started.

The rest of Fairy Tail watched the exchange and knew that he wouldn't try to harm Wendy but they were curious as to why he was with them.

Marie smiled gently, "Yes I am blind."

"You are?" Natsu gasped.

He kept his smile in place, "I lost my sight in an unfortunate accident but my hearing is very accurate. For example I am able to hear people's heartbeats and can tell if they are telling the truth or not."

"Seriously? That's kind of cool." Gray complimented.

"Thank you for the compliment." Marie smiled.

Erza decided to ask the question she really wanted to ask, "Is there a reason your over here and not with your team?"

He took no offense to that question, "I guess you can say I'm being cautious." Before she could ask what he meant by that he walked over to Bisca, Alzack, and their daughter Asuka, "Pardon me, but would it be alright if I sit next to your daughter?"

"Sure go ahead." Bisca smiled.

Marie bowed politely to her and sat next to the little girl who smiled up at him, "Hi!" she greeted cutely.

"Hello." Marie smiled.

Levy smiled, "Marie reminds me of the friendly giant."

Mavis smiled cheerfully, "I agree."

Marie concentrated down on the arena where Lucy and Flare were about to battle, 'The match is about to start.'


"Both of you step forward," Mato told them and they did, "This whole arena is your battlefield. Your time limit is 30 minutes."

Flare looked at Lucy with crazy eyes, "B-blondie."

Lucy wasn't disturbed by it and kept her determined look, "I won't lose."

"If you knock out your opponent you win 10 points if you get a draw 5 points, and if you lose 0 points," Mato explained.

The gong sounded.

"Let the first match…BEGIN!" Mato rang out getting off the field quickly.

Lucy whipped out a golden key quickly, "Gate of the Golden Bull, I open thee, Taurus!" out came a humanoid bull holding a giant axe.

Taurus wasted no time in swinging his axe at Flare who dodged out of the way.


"That's amazing!" Allen complimented.

Lenalee smiled "Her magic is Celestial Spirit magic. She can summon the twelve zodiacs with the golden keys. She told me when we were at the beach."

Link nodded, "Celestial Spirit magic is considered rare nowadays, because there are so few of Celestial mages left."

"And Lucy just happens to be one of them." Lavi looked down at the arena.


"Oh wow! Celestial Spirit magic, and one of the 12 zodiacs to boot!" Chapati announced.

Lucy whipped out another one, 'If she's going to keep on dodging Taurus's attacks then I'll have to stop her in her tracks.' She thought, "Gate of the Scorpion, I open thee, Scorpio!" a dark skinned male with a wild hairstyle appeared.

"We are! Let's rock!"


"She can summon two of them? That's impressive." Link complimented.

"It is?" Allen questioned.

"Summoning one the 12 zodiac gate keys takes a lot of magic energy," link explained, "The fact that she can summon two at the same time without looking tired or showing an signs of fatigue is quiet impressive."

Lavi smirked, "You did say she's got more battle experience than the red head down there, so I'm not surprised."

"Let's see what she does with two of those spirits of hers." Kanda said.


Marie smiled, "Lucy's strong isn't she?"

Natsu grinned, "You bet! She's gonna kick that creepy chick's butt!"

"That Flare chick doesn't stand a chance against Lucy." Gray smirked.

Marie's eyes narrowed down at the red head, 'That's true, but the look in her eyes…they show fear. And that's a dangerous combination.'


Scorpio got down pointing his tail at Flare, "Sando Basutā (Sand Buster)!"

Flare's hair grew and created a shield preventing the attack from sending her flying.


"She can shape it into a shield?" Lenalee watched.

"Looks like it." Lavi said.


Lucy's eyes narrowed, 'A shield? In that case!' "Taurus use Scorpio's sand!"

Taurus grinned, "Mooo! Perfect!"

Flare didn't seem to like what was about to happen. Taurus used his axe and swung it around moving the sand.

Scorpio grinned, "We are! Go Taurus!"

Taurus jumped towards Flare, "Sajinbu Arudebaran (Sandstorm Axe Aldebaran)!" he created a huge sandstorm which prevented everyone from seeing the match.


Lenalee covered her eyes, "I can't see anything!"

"Me neither!" Allen had his own eyes covered.

Lavi was holding on to his headband, "That's some sandstorm!"

Kanda covered his eyes with his arm, "Dammit! Damn sand!"


The announcers had to cover their own eyes because it reached that far.

"The sand is in my eyes!" Jenny complained.

"This is incredible!" Chapati announced having one eye open, "Opening two gates simultaneously is amazing within itself, but to use a combination attack too?!"

Yajima had a proud smile on his face, "She's improved so much. You can't even compare to what she was like seven years ago."

The sandstorm died down and Flare was sent flying into the air for everyone to see.

Lucy smiled, "Good job you two! You can go back!"

"Moo!" Taurus saluted.

"We are!" Scorpio grinned as they both disappeared in a flash of yellow light.

"Blondie!" she growled her hair moving, "Kamishigure Rōga (Hair Shower: Wolf Fang)!" her hair transformed into a giant wolf.


"Her hair turned into a wolf!" Sherria watched.

"Hair huh?" Yuka said.

"The bountiful hair! That long hair!" Toby yelled.

A tick mark appeared on Jura's head, "Be quiet!" he was sour by the fact that he's bald. It really does bother him.


"Gate of the Crab, I open thee, Cancer!" Lucy summoned Cancer and he cut Flare's wolf hair.

"Nice job Cancer!" Lucy complimented with a smile.

"Cutting hair is one of my specialties." Cancer stated disappearing.

"M-my hair!" Flare got angry but before she could do anything Lucy had her magic whip around the girls wrist lifting her in the air and twirling it around before she slammed her down to the ground making Flare cry out in pain.


"Yeah! That's how you do it! Go Lucy!" Natsu cheered.

"She's really improved." Erza smiled.

"No kidding, didn't think she could do that with her whip." Gray blinked in surprise.

"That was amazing!" Wendy smiled.

Marie was still watching Flare down below not liking the look in her eyes.


Flare got up slowly, "Y-you!" once again before she could do anything Lucy had her whip around the girls ankle and lifted her up in the air again before slamming her down, repeating this a total of three times making every wince.

M-my goodness! Lucy Heartfilia's not holding back at all! Flare Corona has yet to land a single blow on her!" Chapati commented.

"Yes it would seem that Lucy has not only improved magically but physically as well. I'm afraid this is was a one sided battle from the start." Yajima stated.

"That's right, you go girl!" Jenny complimented.


Lavi blinked a few times, "A-amazing…I had no idea she was so strong."

"Me neither, Lucy-san's no pushover that's for sure." Allen said.

Lenalee smiled, "Your doing great Lucy!" she cheered.

Kanda smirked, "Now it's gotten interesting."


Flare sat up slowly then screamed digging her hair into the ground.

Lucy's eyes narrowed, 'She's digging her hair into the ground?'


Marie felt it. He picked Asuka up much to her parents confusion and everyone else's then used his fingers to create his strings to shred her hair until it was nothing more, but he still didn't let go of Asuka.

He walked over to the balcony still holding the little girl and frowned down at Flare who saw that he had the girl safely in his arms.

Lucy looked up as well and saw Marie was holding Asuka and frowning at Flare then she understood what had happened. She was trying to threaten Asuka. She turned back to the red head with anger in her eyes making her flinch, "So that's how it is."

Flare moved back in fear.

"Gate of the Twins, I open thee, Gemini!" two little blue aliens smacked into Flare's face having felt her anger through their gates.

"Gemini you know what to do!"

"Piri Piri!" they both said floating in the air and transforming into Lucy much to the crowd's confusion.

"Why did she have Gemini transform into herself? Your thoughts on this Yajima-san." Chapati asked.

"You'll see." He simply said.

A yellow magic circle appeared below them both and she began to say an incantation.

"Survey the Heavens…"

"Open the Heavens...

All the stars, far and wide..."

Flare found herself surrounded by mini planets, "Wh-what is this?!"


Allen was leaning in closely, "Wow...So many planets…"

"Something good is about to happen," Lavi grinned, "She's about to set things off with a bang."

"Go Lucy!" Lenalee cheered.

Link frowned in Raven Tail's direction sensing something was about to happen, but he didn't have to worry about it because Timcanpy was already on it having disappeared down the hallway.

"Show me thy appearance...

With such shine.

Oh Tetrabiblos..."


Hibiki smiled, "She really has improved. I'm proud of her."

The Trimens agreed with him.


Lucy and Gemini Lucy were now back-to-back concentrating.

I am the ruler of the stars...

Aspect become complete...

Open thy malevolent gate.

Oh 88 Stars of the heaven...

Shine!

Urano Metria!

The audience saw yellow spheres soar through the sky and head right at Flare who froze in fear not able to will herself to move.


Obra was about to sabotage Lucy but the little creature found himself in the mouth of something he didn't even see. It was in the mouth of Timcanpy, the little yellow golem wasn't going to let Raven Tail do anything bad to his new friend.

Marie and Link smiled seeing what the little golem did.


There was a bright light making everyone shield their eyes because of how intense it is. When the light died down they saw Flare was smashed into the wall across from the arena unconscious. There was silence before the crowd went wild with cheers.

"U-UNBELIEVABLE! Flare Corona has been completely defeated by Lucy Heartfilia! That was an amazing spell she just casted wouldn't you agree Yajima-san?!" Chapati asked with excitement.

Yajima smiled, "That spell was very powerful. I'm proud of her growth."

"That was awesome!" Jenny cheered.

"The winner is Fairy Tail Team A's Lucy Heartfilia! Fairy Tail receives 10 points while Raven Tail's Flare Corona receives 0 points! Fairy Tail Team A has gained 18 points on day one, while Raven Tail still remains at 0 points."

Fairy Tail cheered their heads off at Lucy's victory against Flare and Marie gave little Asuka back to her parents, her mother holding her daughter. Before she could ash why Marie was holding her daughter the whole time he walked off back to his team.


Kanda looked at Marie, "Well?"

"Flare was going to threaten Asuka, but I used my strings to shred the hair before it could do anything."

"They would go that far?!" Allen exclaimed.

"Looks like it," Lavi frowned at them, "These guys are starting to get on my nerves."

"Same here." Lenalee agreed.

"We will be sure to report this Bookman when the first day is over." Link stated.

"Hmph," Kanda's grip on Mugen tightened, "I'd rather cut them all down all once than report them."

Lavi sweat-dropped, "You…you just wanna cut something don't you?"


Next Time Dai Matō Enbu: Rev vs. Araña & Orga vs. Warcry!