Night II of the Games

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After his fight, he had handed off his spot to Wendy, stating that he was far too exausted to continue, before he left for the imfermery. In truth, he had exerted quite the vast amount of magic energy, but nothing that would keep him out of games compeatly.

… Aside from the fact that Bacchus had ended up dislocating his shoulder- Wendy re-set it, then told him that he needed to stretch it out every once and a while- and broke his left arm- wendy fixed the shattered bones, but she did tell him that the break wasn't fully healed- which left his arm in a sling.

He had heard the rumors that a nickname was given to him from by citizens.

Erza was Titania, Natsu was Salemander, Mirajane was the She-Devil, there was also Black-Steel Gajeel[1] and Wendy the Sky Madain. Apparently he had gained the tittles 'the King' and 'The Kahuna' due to what he had said to Sabertooth- not that he minded being called a Kahuna again, he supposed he never really though about how much he really did miss his old life. Though he did wonder where they figured out the name Kahuna. Perhaps there were world parallels after all.

Makarov had congratulated him after his fight, and the gray haired man he had taken up the offer from the master to stay in the infermery for the rest of the day, Persian keeping him company. He had gotten updates from the Lacrima Vision on the games, though he did skip the strange sort of battle involving Mirajane and another model upon hearng that it was to be a modeling contest. He later herd from Wendy later that the battle was one that eventually started getting a bit…. perverted before jumping into a wedding theme? He was glad he missed it, though he did feel a bit bad for the Saber girl who had gone up against Kagura, but there was little he could do about it.

Since the games ended for the day, he had gotten many- and by many, he meant too many- congradulations from the guild- apparently too many of them didn't belive in him so he was glad to have proved them wrong. Unfortunatly, congratulatory actions took too many forms and Erza had given him a bone-crushing hug, which had ended with him gasping for breath against a table as Wendy pat his back and Lucy scolded the scarlet haired knight for nearly killing him and also possibly breaking either one of his arms (again). Lucy had also hugged him, but with less force, Cana smacked him on his back in congratulations and Natsu tried to fight him, to which Laxus smacked Natsu down and Lucy scolded Cana. Lexus himself had congratulated him with a drink, to which he accepted- only to be inurupted by Cana's breasts as she too decided to hug him for "Avenging her loss" from the night before- whatever that meant. Lucy and Mira had to pull her off from the irritated former Kahuna.

In the end, he excused himself from the Bar for a nightly walk.

Walking down the street with Persian by his side, Nanu made his way though the back alleyways, away from the cowds. He knew he had called attention to himself by beating Bacchus, but he honestly could care less due to the annoying deal that Bacchus tried to strike with him. He knew Erza could take care of himself, but he was unsire of Lucy could handle it, so he risked his own health and used a Z-Move as a casting spell insted of channeling it though one of the pokemon.

Persian butt his leg, gaining his attention.

"Ahn?" He looked down at the silver cat, who flicked her tail in the direction of another side alleyway. He shook his head, he knew he could just walk away like he normally would have when he was back in Alola, but it seemed as if Fairy Tail was rubbing off on him. Down the side alley was a hunched and huddled, small figure.

Nanu approached the figure slowly, Persian crouched down to the ground and following him, her whiskers twitching.

"What in the-" he froze, seeing the small form curled up, bloody and bruised. Violet hair was dirtied with the dried blood and mud, Nanu's breath hitched as he stared down at the child he thought he'd never see again.

"Acerola[2]."

LUCY POV

Everyone had been congratulating Nanu for his victory earlier, which to Lucy noted made him far more uncomfortable than normal, especially when Cana had decided to smash his head into her chest when she hugged him for 'avenging' her- Lucy supposed she was still upset from her lost the previous night when the two had drunk.

She smiled slightly, watching the man's retreating back as he and his large cat slipped out of the bar. He deserved some peace and quiet after the events that had just happened. She looked down at her own hands, quiet for a moment as she thought.

Yukino.

That poor girl. Lucy had a feeling that Sabertooth was ruthless, for her to lose brutally with such a large wager at stake, she was bound to be punished heavily for what had happened against Kagura that day.

There was very little Lucy could do for the other celestial mage, it was out of her control after all.

The blonde looked back up at the party for the recent victory and smiled.

x-X-x

It hadn't been too long since she had started talking with Levy and Wendy when the door slammed open. At first no one paid much mind, perhaps Erza was back, or even Mystogon, Lucy doubted it was Nanu, he hardly made a noise when he entered or exited a building.

This only lasted for a split second, though. A voice tore though the cheer and excitement of the party.

"WENDY!"

Heads turned to see their champion of the day at the door, Persian at his side.

Nanu hardly raised his voice to a yell[3], only if he was irritated far beyond his normal level of irritation, but that wasn't the only thing that had caught Lucy off guard.

While it looked awkward and unconformable with only one arm, Nanu held a young girl- possibly younger than Wendy[4]- carefully. Her violet hair was dirty and her dress nothing but tatters, both hair and her dress were stained with both blood and mud. Lucy gasped softly, her hand going to her mouth as both she and Wendy made their way to the gray haired man. The man with hardly any emotion in his eyes now had red orbs filled with worry and fear. Blood was still dripping from several cuts along the girl's small body.

"Please," Nanu's voice was back down to a lower volume, this time only a horse whisper as he adjusted the girl, "Please, Wendy, save her."

The blue haired girl swallowed thickly before she nodded, instantly starting to use her sky dragon slayer magic to heal the girl in the gray-haired man's arms.


A/N: Upon talking it out with a few of my friends from life, I decided that both Grimsley and Acerola will be appearing, but Grimsley will be quite later in the fic. However, need your help. What kind of magic should Acerola use? I don't plan on having her use magic like Nanu's Cards, so I have two other options: she could either be a Ghost-Dragon Slayer (for the sake of the Eclipse Arc) OR she could use magic similar to Jose's SHADE magic, where she can call fourth the souls of the dead. There is also the thught of making her a god-slayer (Death God because REAPER) or the use of other magics. I'm leaning more towards Dragon Slayer, partially because I plan on making Wendy, Acerola, and Sherria really good friends and how epic would a Sky-Ghost unison raid be? But it's up to you all, there will be a poll on my profile too, so you guys can vote! I won't be having one for Grimsley since I already know what sort of shadow magic I want him to use.

Notes:

[1]: Remember that nickname? I'm sad that not many people use it for him...

[2]: I told you guys that she might be appearing

[3]: in my head Nanu rarely yells, sure he raises his voice but never all out yells

[4]: ages are a pure mystery in the Pokemon universe aside from the players and their rivals- there's speculation that while it's more likely that Acerola is 11 (since trial captains are aged 11-19) there's a chance she's younger (like 10 or 9). Wendy has the appearance and mind of a 12 year old (but since the 7 year skip she's technically 19 but meh). Lets not forget that Cyrus is like 27 while Lusamine is over 40. Welcome to Pokemon where no one is sure how age works and what is a timeline.