Alright guys, I've decided to put the remaining battles in this one chapter because the battles are fairly short compared to the last 2. So yea. I was actually going to post this chapter yesterday night and give a 3 chapter update, but my parents told me to stop^^' So yea... enjoy!
Minutes before, Akari was walking through the streets in Crocus. Bored out of her mind. She was silently yelling at Rufus for casting the spell and she wasn't too happy that Natsu wasn't in the games. Seeing as he was a fire dragon slayer. Which made her sigh in boredom.
That was when she could see lightning not too far from her position and was slightly hoping that it was Laxus or Ogra. But if it was Laxus and if Lucy saw her on the lacrima screen, the red head might be looking at teleportation to another location so that none of the Fairy Tail members were lost.
"Man, once Hotaru shows up, I'm giving her a great beating since she's stopping me from fighting any of the fairies here." Akari complained.
Once Akari arrived at the scene, she was surprised not only to see Laxus and Ogra but Jura too. She immediately got excited and was glad that she found a god slayer, a dragon slayer and a wizard saint to battle. But, she knew she was way out of Jura's league and decided to fight Ogra.
Laxus soon noticed Akari's presence and soon turned around. Ogra and Jura following his gaze to see the cloaked god slayer smirking at her find.
"Well look what I found... an opponent to whoop their ass with." Akari said.
"Hey! Watch you tongue, girly." Ogra said.
Akari - hating the name Ogra just called her - lit her fist in her black fire and smirked. "You talk tough for a guy with long turquoise hair. Almost reminds me of my brother."
"What did you call me!?" Ogra asked.
"What do you want Akari?" Laxus asked annoyed.
"Akari?" Jura asked. "Ah. You must be the fire god slayer of Light's Darkness correct?"
"That's right and I have a suggestion." The red head said. "I battle cocky boy number 4 over here and you 2 can fight each other. Whoever stands as the winner shall fight the other."
"Cocky boy!?" Ogra asked Akari just stuck out her tongue at him.
Jura and Laxus glanced at each other, smirked and nodded toward Akari. The fire god slayer giving a thumbs up in return and turned her opponent. Ogra had an annoyed look on his face while Akari cracked her knuckles and couldn't wait to use that insult about Ogra's hair in front of Kano one day.
"Hey... I wanted dibs on the wizard saint." Ogra said.
"Beat a fellow god slayer first and if Jura beats Laxus then you can fight him without delay." Akari said as she lit her fist on fire. "Sadly, I think Laxus will win this one."
"What?"
"Jura is powerful I give you that, however after Tenrou Island, I think Laxus has enough wits and stubbornness to defeat him with no problem."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Laxus said.
"She seems quite confident." Jura added.
"Trust me, the girl has her own fair share of strength and stubbornness." Laxus replied. "As do I."
Jura smirked as he and Laxus got into battle position. "Good. Give me all you've got."
Akari on the other hand just yawned as she pretended to listen to Ogra's annoying taunting. The saber going on about who's stronger; fire or lightning. It was really pointless to try and taunt the twin sister of Kano who practically taunts someone in every spar of training or battle.
"You can walk away." Ogra said. "C'mon girly, you don't really want to fight me now. After all, you're just a girl."
With that taunt, Akari couldn't help but be angered. She hated being stereotyped about not wanting to fight just because she's a girl. That's what Kano always said to her anyway during spars and it would always tick her off. However, once Ogra said that, he just dug his grave.
"Oh... I don't wanna fight you just 'cause I'm a girl huh?" Akari asked with a devilish smile.
Ogra immediately shut up as flames began to surround Akari's body and she seemed ready to kill. Laxus and Jura looking at each other and both mentally noted never to use that insult on Akari if one of them was the victor. Even they knew that Akari was going to use her anger to win the battle.
Somewhere else in Crocus on the other hand, Kano was running but soon stopped and had a shiver crawl up his spine. He turned around and caught sight of the lacrima screen which he could see Ogra taunting Akari and used the worse taunt to ever put on the girl. Kano then prayed for Ogra to be alive by the end before running off.
In the Fairy Tail's booth, all of them had sweat dropped. Fully reminding themselves how scary the girls of Light's Darkness can be and that they are a force to be reckoned with. Though, some of the girls in the fairies' booth were cheering for Akari, like Mira, Levy, Cana and Laki.
"Are all the girls in Light's Darkness scary when angered?" Romeo asked.
"Well, there is Lucy and she's scary in her own way." Makarov said.
"At least they have Wendy, Yuki and Lisanna." Lily added.
Akari then closed her eyes, building up her magic energy as she did so. Laxus and Jura then moved away knowing what was about to happen was the wrath of a young girl who was very very furious. Jura learned his lesson to never make a girl angry from his guild master and Laxus learned from Mira, the she-devil herself.
Ogra then began to charge up his own energy, and planned to blast it on Akari full on if she didn't move. But yet, Ogra wondered what the girl was doing. She was clearly crazy after getting all mad like that and then just closing her eyes as fire surrounded her. Of course, he didn't know her actual abilities and plans.
As Akari was stuck in her sleep like state, Laxus took off his jacket as Jura just stood in his place, smiling at the blonde dragon slayer. Then, lightning surrounded Laxus as he dashed for Jura. The wizard saint then clapped his hands together and in the last second, made Laxus face plant the ground.
(Sorry... I'm just repeating events again with these battles aren't I?)
Making Fairy Tail's eyes widened and Makarov began to doubt that Laxus had a chance of winning at all. Light's Darkness though, watched entertained as they knew Akari planned to take Ogra out in one powerful blow. Which of course will shock Sabertooth even more and they couldn't wait for those reactions.
But then, when Laxus seemed to have been defeated, lightning surrounded the blonde as he stood right back up. Shocking Jura, literally. Laxus got up immediately with determination burning through his eyes as he punched Jura right at the jaw line before the wizard saint could react.
Jura then made a platform appear from under Laxus and the blonde jumped from it as he shot an attack using his slayer magic and then Jura made walls of earth block the attack. Laxus then dashed straight for Jura, trying to punch him as the wizard saint blocked and attempted to attack again.
Laxus continued to dadge the earth pillars that Jura created and then attempted to land a hit on the Lamia Scale member but failed as Jura made him hit the ground yet again. But then Laxus countered as he finally landed a hit on Jura's face. The wizard saint starting to enjoy the battle.
Ogra soon forgot about Akari and then watched in lonesome as Jura and Laxus went hand to hand combat. Both landing as much attacks on the other as possible. Soon, Akari had reached her limit and the girl was soon surrounded by very heated black flames.
She took Ogra's distraction to her advantage and then got ready to attack. "Fire God's... Bellow!"
Ogra then got hit in the back and he fell face first into the ground. Before he could even recover ang get back up, he turned around to see a dark aura surround Akari and the girl had a Cheshire cat grin mixed in with her devilish expression. Which made Ogra have a shiver go up his spine.
"Am I still girly to you!?" Akari asked in pure malice.
Akari continued to attack Ogra with all her power, giving him no time to recover for any of her attacks "Fire God's Scythe!" She chanted.
Ogra then finally got a chance to attack and he was going to use his lightning canon to beat Akari. But when he released the attack, Akari wasn't there anymore. Ogra looked around for the girl, but then sensed something above him. When the saber looked up, Akari was just above him. Diving down for one final attack.
"Fire God's... Flame Body Drill!"
Laxus and Jura stopped fighting for a minute so they wouldn't get caught up in the blast and dodged as a medium sized explosion occurred. A dust cloud appeared as Jura and Laxus awaited to see the victor, even though it was clear who it was and with no doubt Akari pumped her fist in the air as she had won.
Laxus and Jura smirked as Akari crouched down to poke Ogra's arm. When he didn't move, Akari could only laugh. "Serves you right for taunting me like that." She said. "You're definitely like my brother in that sense."
Akari the leaned against the wall, smirking at Laxus and Jura. The 2 men took this as a sign that she was getting tired of waiting for one of them to lose. Laxus and Jura nodded at each other as they began to fight it out all over again. They kept this up until Laxus got ready for one final attack.
"Dragon Slayer's Secret Arts... Roaring Thunder!"
The attack hit Jura head on and the wizard saint was soon out of commission as he fell down with a smile on his face. The crowd went wild as Laxus panted exhausted from the battle and the wounds from the hand to hand combat. But, he gained 5 points and Akari gained 1 point. Making Light's Darkness in second place ahead of Sabertooth.
Laxus was about to turn to Akari, who he was going to fight next, but a golden glow surrounded her and Akari moved her head frantically clearly looking for something. "Aw c'mon Lucy! Not now!" She whined as she disappeared.
"There you have it folks! Akari had just beaten Ogra and Laxus beat the wizard saint Jura!" Chapati cheered. "However, Akari seemed to have disappeared!"
"It seems that Light's Darkness doesn't intend to fight any Fairy Tail members." Yajima noted. "I wonder why."
It was now sunset and Kano was walking through Crocus, watching the lacrima screen as Akari earned their team a point. He sweat dropped when he heard Akari compare him to Ogra and Kano couldn't help but feel offended that he was anything like the saber.
It was then that the god slayer twin could see a fight happening nearby. Kano carefully sneaked up on whoever was battling and saw that it was Gajeel and Rogue. The iron slayer already finishing Rogue off and Kano knew that he couldn't risk having to battle a fairy when Hotaru could be anywhere.
Kano watched a little longer and then once Gajeel was done and Frosch came to help Rogue, Kano left the scene in search for a different opponent. That was when he could hear another battle happening. But when he arrived at the scene, who couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Well, lookie here." He said as he saw Lyon and Sherria argue. "Am I interrupting something?"
"Hey Kano." Gray greeted.
The god slayer turned to see Juvia and Gray with wounds all over their body and could tell right away that Juvia and Sherria probably had a ladies fight not too long ago.
"Man, you guys look like you need some help." Kano joked. "Wanna team up?"
"Us team up with you?" Juvia asked.
"Yeah. I kind of want to get at least a point for my team anyway." Kano said. "You can get the 1 point from Lyon."
"That seems unfair, don't ya think?" Gray replied.
"Meh. If anything, I'm not supposed to fight ya or else Lucy and Akari would kill me." Kano reasoned. "So what do you say? A water god slayer, an ice mage and a water mage seems good to me."
Gray and Juvia glanced at each other and then to Lyon and Sherria, who were still arguing and seemed to have forgotten about their presence and didn't realize that Kano was with them. With that in mind, Gray and Juvia smirked. Then, nodded at Kano.
"Juvia agrees that will be a good match." Juvia said.
"Great." Kano added as he went behind between Gray and Juvia.
"We found their weakness too." Gray added.
"Oh? What would that be?" Kano asked.
"When it comes to teamwork, we got the advantage." He replied.
"Tenrou Island certainly helped us with that combination huh?" Juvia asked.
"I definitely agree with you guys on that one." Kano said smirking.
"Here we go!" All 3 mages said as water, ice and mist surrounded them.
Lyon and Sherria finally noticed and they couldn't believe that they were too busy arguing. Lyon tried to get Sherria's attention to attack, but the girl was at a loss of words as she was amazed by the beauty of the attack. Lyon tried to snap her out of it, but Sherria was clearly out of it.
"Water Nebula!"
"Ice Geyser!"
"Water God's Water Ice Canon!"
A cyclone of water and ice then made their way for Lyon and Sherria. Kano's attack going straight for the Lamia Scale members. Lyon and Sherria were soon too late to dodge and both were sent flying into the air. Gray and Juvia's attack hit Lyon while Kano's hit Sherria. Making both teams gain 1 point.
People in the crowd were now chanting Fairy Tail and Light's Darkness' name, seeing as both guilds hadn't lost a single member during the entire tournament. However there was still one other guild in the game that still had a high chance to win against both guilds.
Sting had been hiding during the games the entire time and if he were to somehow beat both guilds, Sabertooth would win and take the top spot. Fairy Tail in second and Light's Darkness in third. Once he heard that Lamia Scale was out, Sting took this as his chance to beat the wounded fairies and Light's Darkness.
Kano soon disappeared thanks to Gemini and once that was done, the celestial spirit ran out of energy and went back to the spirit world. Night fell and Sting shot a burst of light into the air. Signaling the fairies and Light's Darkness to meet him at that location.
The crowd watched as Team Fairy Tail made their way to where Sting was. Either limping, had trouble walking or just badly wounded. However, they continued to walk despite their injuries and still met up with Sting where he awaited. Standing tall and facing him head on.
"Now there's a sight. It's weird being surrounded by heroes from my childhood really isn't all that grand." Sting said.
"Enough chit chat." Gajeel said. "We didn't come here to make pals."
"We'll fight you one on one." Gray added. "Pick somebody."
Sting then shrugged as he grinned. "Why not all at once? With those injuries, one on one would be boring."
Juvia then let Gray stand on his own as she narrowed her eyes. "Do not underestimate us. Ask your teammates."
"Wouldn't dream of it. I'm trying to treat you with the respect you deserve." Sting replied. "That's why I'll destroy you all together. I've been waiting for this moment, I'll show you how strong I've become! I'll do it for Lector!"
"Oh yeah?' Gray asked.
"You wanna fight us all by yourself? Are you serious?" Laxus asked too.
"Of course I am. I'm more than a match for you." Sting replied. "Losing Lector brought me pain. But it also granted me new power. For Lector, for my best friend, I'm going to beat you all!"
"Very well, if you're sure to see this to the very end, we'll give you the fight you want." Erza spoke up.
"That's what I'm talking about." Sting said.
But before anything else, shadows loomed over Sting and the fairies. Sting's eyes widened as he saw the rest of Light's Darkness on one of the rooftops and they jumped down, placing a hand on each of the fairies' shoulders. They all smiled and Sting made eye contact with Future Lucy who had her hood on, though he didn't know it wasn't actually Lucy.
"This isn't the way to go Sting." Future Lucy spoke. "Pain can bring you power... but it in return for that power, it brings you heartache."
Sting's eyes widened for that moment as he remembered the story Lucy had told him and Rogue about her fallout with Fairy Tail and how she nearly died because of it. The dragon slayer didn't move and all he could do was listen to what Future Lucy had to say.
"You shouldn't let that control your path anymore." Future Lucy continued. "Lector isn't dead, so all you have to do is stand up for what belongs to you and fight fairly for it."
"No... I can't. I have to beat you all to get Lector back!" Sting argued.
Akari, Kano, Akame, Yuki and Future Lucy all glanced at each other and nodded. They all knew that this decision was the right thing to do. They had talked about it with the rest of the guild the night they stayed at Fairy Tail's inn and all agreed that if something like this happened, it would be best to take that action. Even Lucy agreed.
"We of Light's Darkness' guild, forfeit the tournament entirely." Akari said.
The crowd, Team Fairy Tail and Sting's eyes widened at the words. They wondered why they would say that when they were still in second place. Plus, everyone knew that Light's Darkness - especially Lucy - wanted to fight Fairy Tail after all and that's why everyone thought they kept vanishing. So they could easily have no distractions.
"We refused to fight Fairy Tail in this tournament because Lucy's intentions and resolve has changed." Kano explained.
"Once we and Fairy Tail were the only guild standing, we would forfeit so Fairy Tail would take the winning prize and title of the strongest guild in Fiore." Akame added.
"Now... it's up to you to decide." Yuki said.
"Will you fight for Lector back?" Akari asked.
"Or will you continue to be controlled by Minerva's manipulative ways and forever cower in fear?" Future Lucy asked.
Sting was frozen for awhile, but then shook his head. Reminding himself that Lector was counting on him and that he had to now just beat Fairy Tail and put them in second place and Light's Darkness in third place. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before calming down.
"No! I need to get Lector back!" Sting said. "Prepare to see the true power of a dragon slayer!"
A white aura surrounded Sting as he got ready to attack. He smirked and then looked at the fairies and Light's Darkness. But when he did, his eyes widened. All 10 mages stood proud and tall as they narrowed their eyes. They said nothing as they awaited his attack and Sting looked at each of their determined eyes.
He then made eye contact with Future Lucy and he couldn't help but remember the scolding he'd got from Lucy earlier.
(Flashback)
"But... this is your battle to fight, not mine."
"Not everything goes your way, you hear me!?"
"It's about time you and the rest of Sabertooth stand up to what's yours and fight for it!"
"Your guild lives in luxury and appear strong to the public. When really, it's a sad and feared guild!"
(End of Flashback)
Sting's aura then disappeared and no one said anything as he began to hesitate. Future Lucy could tell he was thinking about the scolding Lucy was doing that she'd heard not to far from her hiding place. Future Lucy couldn't help but smile at this event.
She wasn't there in her Grand Magic Games since she was still in the palace and she was glad that she could see a slightly altered version of the tournament. This made Future Lucy hold Aquarius' key tighter and do the Fairy Tail sign under her cloak and knew what Sting was going to do next.
Sting began to sweat and tremble as he saw the serious determined eyes on Light's Darkness and Fairy Tail. He continued to try and move, but nothing happened and his body refused to move any further than it already was. The dragon slayer tried to pull himself together, but it was pointless.
Natsu and Happy watched from above and just smiled as they watched Sting take a step and he could smell the salty scent of tears coming from where the rest of Fairy Tail was. Even though Natsu would have loved to fight in that instant, he knew that it was probably better just continue flying with Happy and watch the event.
Before Sting could make one more step, he fell to his knees and looked to the ground in complete defeat. "I can't do it. I can't beat you." He said. "I surrender."
The crowd's eyes widened at the action and Light's Darkness smiled proudly. Future Lucy loosened her grip on her broken Aquarius key and stopped doing the Fairy Tail sign under the cloak. Fairy Tail gained one more point and they finished in first place as Light's Darkness finished in second and Sabertooth in third.
The crowd began to cheer and Natsu nodded at Happy. The blue exceed began to descend and dropped Natsu near the ground, the fire dragon slayer then fell on top of Kano and Gray. Both boys turning around and then looking at Natsu with an annoyed expression.
"What the hell man!?" They both asked Natsu.
"Hey Happy was the one to drop me on top of you guys!" Natsu protested.
"That's not an excuse!" Kano and Gray shouted again.
Natsu then proceeded to laugh it off before congratulating his team for winning the games and Light's Darkness joined in as well. Proud of the fairies. But it wasn't until Erza realized something that she immediately hit Natsu with the stick she used for balance. But before she could say anything, Millianna came over.
When Sting looked up, his eyes widened as his eyes trailed off to the exceed Millianna was holding. There, Lector was sleeping soundly. No harm done on him whatsoever. Sting continued to stare at Lector as if he wasn't really there and he couldn't believe that the exceed was even there at all.
Lector's eyes opened from his sleep and Sting began to run toward the cat. Lector soon caught sight of Sting and immediately jumped out from Millianna's arms. Both running to each other. Light's Darkness and Fairy Tail smiled as Sting and Lector hugged each other while crying their hearts out.
Once the tender moment was over, Erza then hit Natsu with the wooden stick she used for balance. Natsu then crouched down and then looked turned to Erza with an annoyed face.
"Hey! What did I do, Erza!?"
"Serves him right if you ask me." Both Gray and Kano thought.
"What I'd like to know is why you're here and not with Future Lucy." Erza said menacingly.
Realization soon dawned on Natsu and he soon averted his eyes and then turned to Future Lucy. Natsu also forgot that Mavis had told him his task in front of the rest of his team. But they didn't know the fact that Lucy had switched places with Future Lucy.
"What do you mean Future Lucy?" Sting asked as he stood up with Lector in his arms.
Light's Darkness and Fairy Tail then twitched as they remembered that Sting and Millianna were still present and that they had just said all of that out loud. Future Lucy then walked in the middle of the group and made sure the lacrima screens were off. Once she was sure, she took off her cloak.
"I'm sorry." She said as the fairies, Sting, Lector and Millianna were surprised by the view. "Me and Lucy switched places during the game. I'm Future Lucy."
The time traveler then showed her pink guild mark to confirm it to Fairy Tail and Light's Darkness. Sting's eyes widened and now he was confused, was she the one who scolded him or was it the real Lucy. In that instant, Akari grabbed Natsu by his scarf with a death glare on her face.
"Did you know about this!?"
"I'm sorry!" I'm really sorry!" Natsu apologized.
Suddenly, before anyone else could beat up Natsu, a black portal appeared on one of the rooftops and someone stepped out. Another lacrima screen opening up in the middle of the arena. When Team Fairy Tail, Team Light's Darkness, Sting, Lector, Millianna, Happy and Natsu looked up, they were shocked at the view.
In the arena, the rest of Fairy Tail and Light's Darkness' eyes widened and they all immediately started to head to where the others were in Crocus.
"No! It can't really be..." Makarov murmured.
"I believe your guess is right, sixth master." Mavis said.
"Well... this takes me back to 7 years ago. Don't you agree..." A sinister voice asked. "Light's Darkness. Fairy Tail."
Hotaru stood on the building and she had a smile of pure malice on. But what really shocked the crowd and the guilds, was the fact that Hotaru held something with one hand by the neck and let it hang over the ledge of the rooftop. It was Lucy and she was badly bruised and seemed to have passed out.
"Lucy!" Lisanna, Wendy, Carla, Masahiro, Kuro, Hiro and the rest of the Fairy Tail guild shouted as they met up with the others.
Hotaru looked down and smirked as she spotted Future Lucy. "I finally found you... my other Lucy."
Future Lucy's eyes widened and so did everyone else as Hotaru then threw Lucy to one of the near chimney walls on the roof. Making the guild master wake up and tried to get up. But before Lucy could od anything, she began to cough up blood. Once she was done, she made a death glare go to Hotaru.
"What did you do to her!?" Levy demanded.
"Foolish fairies." Hotaru said as she wiped off Lucy's blood from her hand. "You were looking for me since the night before and yet you didn't check her shadow."
"What!?" Masahiro asked.
"I've heard everything about your little plan, because the entire time, I was hiding in this Lucy's shadow all this time!" Hotaru said as she referred to the blonde guild master.
"Damn you..." Erza growled.
"Now..." Hotaru started to say again. "I believe it's time to surrender... Future Lucy."
Wow. Just wow. Clearly this story is already reaching the final battle and I guess it will be at least 23 chapters before the end. But I kind of want to make an Omake where Lucy goes to Future Lucy's Fairy Tail. Which is the Fairy Tail we know and love. So, I'm going to write the next chapter now! Ja ne~