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Lucy POV
"And for the second event of day two, we will have a series of battles! These will be one-on-one fights against each other. You can lose in three ways: being unable to continue fighting, giving up and timing out, though in the last one, it will be deemed a draw. And, the first contestant is a lady from Raven Tail. Flare! She will be fighting against...Lucy Heartfilia from Sabertooth!"
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"M-me?" I was shocked. I was going to fight someone. And first up, as well. What if I lost? Master would be so angry... I then strengthened my resolve. I had to win. No. Matter. What. I began to walk forward, and saw a red-head also stepping forward. Her hair was really long...how pretty, wonder what shampoo she used...I blinked. Lucy, this is so not the time. Then I got closer and saw her face. Her expression was... to put it simply, scary. It was slightly crazed, and she looked like she wanted to drag me down into hell. Oh gee, that's not freaky at all. I bit my lip, then tried to be surreptitious about wiping my sweaty palms on my top. Pumpkin head spoke up.
"And let the match...begin!"
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I observed Flare for a second. What magic could she use? As soon as that thought formed, her hair literally flew at me. Huh? I just managed to dodge it before it twisted and headed towards my back. I knew I wouldn't be able to dodge it in time, so I made a blackhole in front of the hair coming at me and Flare's face. It hit her hard, and she fell backwards. I snapped my blackhole shut before the hair had a chance to retract, and to my astonishment it got cut where the blackhole closed. I'd never really thought about what would happen if an object was still in the blackhole when the blackhole shut. Well, I guess I knew now. "My hair!" Flare screeched. "B-blondie, I thought you were a Celestial Spirit User." In answer, I held out one of my keys.
"Gate of the bull, I open thee, Taurus!" Taurus appeared, swinging his axe. It hit her in the gut.
"Gah!" I closed Taurus' gate. My heart was beating wildly. I ran over to Flare (who was still sitting on the ground) and punched her in the face. She fell backwards, but her hair cushioned her fall. Before I could do anything, it sprung forward and hit my stomach. I grunted. It hurt a lot. I could feel the blood running down my side. Nevertheless, I continued to fight.
"Gate of the lion, I open thee, Leo!" Loke appeared. "Gate of the maiden, I open thee, Virgo!" Virgo appeared.
"Do you wish to punish me, Hime-sama?"
"What? Of course not Virgo! I need you to go underground and attack Flare from underneath when I say."
"As you wish, Hime-sama." In a cloud of dust, Virgo dissapeared underground. I could feel the draining of my magic, but I ignored it.
"Please distract her, Loke."
"But of course, my princess." With that Loke lunged at Flare. He tried to punch her, but her hair blocked it. In turn, it attacked him, but he dodged backwards. He used his ring magic, and it managed to get past her hair's defences. I bit my lip. Then, I yelled.
"Virgo!" Virgo flew up from the ground, straight and stiff. She was going really fast. Her head collided with Flare's stomach, and Flare coughed. I could almost see a sparkle in Virgo's eye.
"Sneak attack. Type: Head-butt on enemy. Result: Successful. Shall I be punished now?" I looked at Virgo.
"No! But thank you very much Virgo." She bowed and dissappeared. I cautiously walked over to Flare. Then I gasped as I felt something wrap around my ankle and yank me off my feet. I looked down. Virgo wasn't the only one to have hidden underground; Flare's hair had burrowed underground as well. I cried out as it pulled sharply and I felt my ankle twist. It stung a lot.
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I looked over at Flare. She was slowly rising to her feet, though she was having some difficulty. She looked like a nightmare. Hair strung over her face, blood and bruises, crazed expression. It was then that I decided to end this. Though, I still had some other things I could do, I thought I'd save it for later. Creating a black hole, I ran through it and came out about a metre away. Then I closed it. This cut Flare's hair, and it loosened from around my foot then fell to the ground. Next, I created a black hole in front of me and Flare. Putting all of my strength into one attack, I punched through the blackhole, and my hand came out the other one, hitting Flare in the face. She fell backwards and didn't get back up. I stood there, panting. After shutting my blackholes, I heard Pumpkin-head yell something. "And the winner: Lucy Heartfilia from Sabertooth!"
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I looked up, and it took a few seconds for that sentence to hit home. I'd won. Yay! I grinned and let out a whoop, then trudged over to Sabertooth. Some medics came to patch me up. They wanted to take me to the medical room, but I refused. I wanted to stay here, with all of my friends. Everyone congratulated me, some more enthusiastic then others. I got tackled by Fro and Lector. In spite of their small sizes, they were quite strong when they wanted to be. "Owww." I said, after I landed on my butt. Nevertheless, I hugged them, a huge grin on my face. I'd done it. I'd won, and that was the first step in becoming much stronger. I was very gratefull for the three months of training I'd had before the Games though; I'd most certainly have lost without them. A hand reached down and hoisted me off of the ground.
"Good job, Lucy-chan." I looked and saw Sting, smiling coolly at me. I beamed.
"Thanks! I can't believe I did it though, I'm so happy!" He laughed lightly and ruffled my hair. He looked like he was about to say something, but Fro and Lector interrupted.
"Wow, Lucy-chan, Fro thinks that you were amazing! Fro wishes that Fro could do that too!" I pat her head.
"Thanks Fro!"
"You were pretty cool out there Lucy-chan. You kicked butt!" I thanked Lector. Then I remembered Sting and turned around.
"Oh, I'm sorry, was there something else you were going to say?" He looked a bit torn, then seemed to make a decision.
"No...nothing..."
Finished! Once again, thank you all so much for the faves, follows and reviews. I just need to ask, with the romance, am I going too fast, too slow, or what? I don't really know, so yeah... tell me if I need to speed it up or something. Bye!
