Chapter 14
In a wide open white space a little girl walked out into the middle of the screen.
"Hello! Remember me! I'm Tora, one of the youngest members of Phoenix Talon and Shinju's best friend and sister!" Tora explained as she came out on screen. "I'm here to tell you all what you missed. Two battles have happened so far, the first battle was between Fairy Tail's Team B water women, Juvia, and the cat lady, Millianna, from Mermaid Heel. The winner was Juvia I believe it had something to do with cats not liking water, because of Juvia's win Fairy Tail Team B is ending the day 13 with points and Mermaid Heel is ending today with zero points.
"The second battle was between the bad boy from Blue Pegasus, Ren, and the doggy man from Lamia Scale, Toby. The winner was Blue Pegasus, I think it had to do with the fact that Ren said he couldn't lose in front of his annoying wife, Sherry, or something along those lines." Tora said as she held her chin in thought. "Since Blue Pegasus won they ended today with 18 points and Lamia Scale ended today with only one point."
"Now it's time for the next battle."
Floating in the middle of the arena was a screen split into two, with a handle on the left side. The machine was called the Randomizer.
"Now it's time to pick our third battle for today." Mata announced as he went up to the screen and pulled the lever. Images appeared on the screen flickering through the guild symbols of Sabertooth, Serpents Fang, Fairy Tail and Phoenix Talon. Everyone watched in anticipation, waiting for the two guilds to be picked. Slowly the image on the right stopped on the guild symbol of Sabertooth, before the one on the left slowly came to a stop on Phoenix Talon.
"Yay we get to finally go!" Shinju yelled to her team mates happily.
"No we don't it hasn't finished." Hikaru said pointing to the field. Slowly Shinju looked down towards the field and realized that the screen had only stopped on their guild symbol for a second, before flickering over to the guild symbol of Serpents Fang.
"Oh come on!" Shinju shouted, before falling backwards off the wall and onto the ground. "Now we have to wait again." Shinju grumbled, dejectedly, from the floor.
"Get up." Chinami mumbled as she turned her face away from the wall and down to Shinju. "You can wait."
"You're really mean Chinami." Shinju whispered as she sat back on the half-wall.
"I heard that." Chinami said causing Shinju to sweatdrop.
"It looks like the two guilds for this battle are Sabertooth and Serpents fang, KABOO!" Mato yelled, excitedly.
"Now it's time to pick the opponents from each team." Mato announced as he jumped up and pulled the lever again. Images of each Sabertooth's Team members flickered on the right screen. The screen's images slowed down before stopping on the face of Rufus.
"No way, it looks like Rufus is fighting again today." Chapati announced from the commenters booth. Mato jumped up and pulled the lever another time and everyone looked as the screen on the left slowed down and stopped on the face of Noir.
"It looks like Serpents Fang's member Noir is going to be facing off against Rufus." Flare said through her microphone.
"You better win." Michio mumbled to Noir as she passed.
"Shut up I'm not one of your little lackey's. You don't control me or tell me what to do, so just be quiet." Noir hissed at him before jumping over the half wall and landing in the arena.
"Safire you said Noir was your sister correct?" Emiko said, turning to look at a still shaken Safire. All she did was nod in response to the guild master's question.
"What kind of magic does she use?" Emiko asked placing her hand on the girl's shoulder.
"… I-I don't know exactly. Last time I saw her she could use phasing magic. It took her years to learn magic as simple as phasing magic, but once she mastered it she tried learning more difficult magic."
"What was the more difficult magic?"
"I don't know she… s-she ran away before I ever found out." Safire whispered as she ducked her head down, so no one could see the tears forming in her eyes. Beside her Haine reached out and rubbed her back trying to calm her down.
"It's okay child, we don't have to talk about it anymore. Calm down you're worrying use." Emiko said.
"I-I'm sorry." Safire mumbled as she reached up and rubbed the tears from her eyes.
Back on the field Rufus and Noir faced each other.
"You use Memory Make Magic right?" Noir asked Rufus.
"Yes, why?" Rufus said slowly.
"Memory Make Magic uses the mind to manipulate memories and create different forms of attacks and illusions. To use Memory Make you have to have a strong mind. It is similar to my magic in that way, I use Reflector Magic which allows me to twist and distort almost anything. Similar to yours I have to have a strong mind. For this battle it won't be a battle of strength but a battle of the minds; who has the stronger mind and who has the more creativity." Noir explained.
"It would seem so. I will remember your magic." Rufus said with a smirk as he tipped his hat forward.
"Damn it." Chinami mumbled.
"What's wrong?" Hikaru asked looking at her curiously.
"I won't be able to follow what's going on in this battle."
"What do you mean?" Yumi questioned, all Chinami did in response was huff and turn her head away from everyone.
"Maybe I should explain." Taki said causing everyone to look over towards her. "Chinami is more aware of the things around her since one of her senses is gone. Since Chinami controls water her adopted Dragon mother, Amaya, taught her to be aware of all water around her, which includes moisture in the air. Since Chinami can sense moisture in the air she can tell when something disturbing the moisture, aka moving, letting her 'see' things. It's why she not always running into furniture and people in the guild hall.
"Ya we know but why can't she see what's going on in this fight?" Shinju deadpanned.
"… I can tell the movements of Rufus and Noir but I can't see the movements of their illusions. Since their illusions have no physical form and aren't solid, they don't cause disturbances in the air's moisture, therefore I can't 'see' where they are or what they're doing." Chinami explained. "It's also why I wouldn't have done well with the last competition; I would have kept running into clones."
"So what if there's no moisture in the air?" Hikaru asked.
"Then I wouldn't have been able to tell where anything is. For example if I was against a mage who uses fire I wouldn't be able to tell their movement."
"Is that why you don't like fire?" Kukika asked.
"Yeah."
"So you do have weaknesses!" Shinju exclaimed as she pointed towards Chinami.
"Of course I have weaknesses I'm not invincible." Chinami grumbled with an angry vein popping from her forehead. "And you know what happens when I use to much magic energy too fast."
"…Yeah." Shinju mumbled with a shiver.
"Ah, I'm going to go get something to drink." Chinami whispered as she pushed off the half-wall and headed to the exit.
"Do you want me to come with you China-chan?" Sorano asked.
"No I'll be fine."
"Just make sure you get back here before the battle ends, we're facing Fairy Tail Team A next." Hikaru shouted after Chinami.
"I got it." Chinami yelled back as she headed out of the small viewing area.
As she walked down a long corridor Chinami started talking to herself; a habit she did a lot when she was alone. "My blindness is such a nuisance; I can't be any good in a fight against people like Rufus and that Noir girl. Which reminds me Noir kind of smells like Safire, I'll have to ask Safire about it later maybe they know each other. Speaking of smell I wonder why he lied to his team about not knowing who the Dragon Slayer was, maybe he just doesn't remember me."
"So you still talk to yourself when you're alone I thought you would have grown out of that." A male voice said from behind her, causing Chinami to jump. "Ha. I'm glad to see that some things change, I never could sneak up on you before."
"Probably because you could never be quiet. I didn't need enhanced hearing to tell when you were trying to sneak up on me, you were always really loud." Chinami said with a smile as she turned around. Leaning against the wall near her was Sting Eucliffe from Sabertooth.
"I see you're not chubby anymore." Sting chuckled.
"I was never chubby I just had some baby fat." Chinami demanded.
"And when did you lose this so called baby fat?"
"…When I was 14." Chinami mumbled looking away, while Sting laughed.
"See that's not baby fat that's being chubby."
"Shut up at least I didn't have a stupid haircut." Chinami said jokingly.
"You didn't know what my hair looked like." Sting deadpanned.
"You're right. By the way why didn't you tell your guild that I was the Dragon Slayer?"
"I assumed you were hiding your face from the crowd for a reason, so I didn't bother. Besides I don't know how to explain to them that the mysterious Dragon Slayer is my childhood friend."
"Simple you just tell them that your adopted dad and my adopted mom were really close, and we saw each other almost every day while we were being trained."
"I suppose your right, but I'll wait till everyone knows you're the mysterious Dragon Slayer from Phoenix Talon."
"I already have a code name. The mysterious Dragon Slayer of Phoenix Talon; that is a mouth full. And won't your girlfriend get mad at you for not telling her right away."
"Nah Yukino will be fine with it. And how did you know I had a girlfriend?"
"You're famous and a lot of girls are upset you're taken." Chinami explained with smile on her face. "Of course I don't see the appeal, but then again I think of you as a brother and I remember the time when you used to laugh at the word duty."
"If you could see my good looks I think you'd end up falling for me."
"Sorry but you're not my type. I like guys who are more quiet, calm and dark rather than… what you are. And aren't you being a little arrogant."
"Dark and quiet you say?" Sting said in a way that Chinami could hear the shit eating grin he had on his face.
"If you're planning something, don't. By the way you should head back to your team before they start to wonder where you are."
"Fine." Sting grumbled as Chinami walked past him, heading back to her own team. "Chinami." Sting said softly as he grabbed her arm.
"Yeah, what?" Chinami mumbled, just before she felt herself being pulled into a hug.
"It's good to see you. I was afraid I wouldn't see you again." Sting murmured by her ear. Slowly Chinami wrapped her arms around Sting and leaned into the hug before speaking.
"Same here. I missed you Sting-nee." She said, hugging him tighter before letting go. "See you later." Chinami mumbled before walking back to her team's viewing area.
"Hey Chinami how was your walk?" Shinju asked as Chinami walked through the door.
"It was fine. What did I miss?" Chinami asked quietly.
"You just missed the end of the fight. That Noir girl really gave the Memory Dude a real good pounding on but Sabertooth won in the end."
"Really?" So Sabertooth now has 12 points."
"Yep now it's finally our turn. We're against Fairy Tail's Team A! I want to see Chinami fight Dragneel over there."
"I don't I won't stand a chance against a fire mage. I wouldn't be able to see anything." Chinami mumbled facing the back wall again.
"Now it's time for the final match of today. The two guild's fighting each other will be Fairy Tail's Team A against Phoenix Talon." Chapati announced.
"It seems the crowd is excited for this match after Yumi's win earlier." Flare said.
On the field the Randomizer appeared out of nowhere and Mato quickly walked up to it before jumping and pulling down the lever. Images of the members of Fairy Tail's team flickered by before slowly stopping on…
"No way!" Flare shouted through her microphone as the crowd grew deathly silent.
"This may not be good for Phoenix Talon." Chapati yelled, as he stared at the face on the screen.
The member of Fairy Tail's Team A was… Erza Scarlet.
"This may be a problem." Taki said from her spot.
Back on the field Mato quickly jumped up again and pulled the lever. Phoenix Talon and every other person in the arena watched in anticipation as the images started to slow down.
"Please. Please. Please." Shinju said holding her fingers crossed.
Slowly the images on the screen stopped on the face of Shinju Tsukino. What happened next shocked everyone, except for the members of Phoenix Talon, as Shinju screamed.
"YES!" Shinju screamed in happiness, with her arms up in the air, before she placed her hand on the half-wall and jumped to the ground. "This is going to be awesome!" She shouted as she walked into the middle of the field with her hands one fist held above her head.
Phew! Two chapters in one day. Sorry if it sucks, I didn't know how to write the other battles.
So Chinami knew Sting a long time ago. Surprise.
Anyway please comment. I would love to hear your thoughts.
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