A/N: Hello guys! wiErD here... Got chapter 21 ready and done.
Sorry for the late update... Had too many things to do and before I even knew it, I can't touch my stories as well. I've been swapping my time on both stories in order to update once in awhile.
Well as expected, it would be a matter of time for someone to flame this story because of the odd pairing. Just to remind, I'm not that affected in any way because I know how this story plays out and I can tell that reader never even bothered to look at the first chapter and read along the way as he had no idea of what he is talking about. A shame really... If you have an open mind then you would know how to appreciate it and that you will know that there's a timeskip in this.
That's just really proves that you're a bad reader. Or maybe even more worse than that I suppose.
Disclaimer: I never own FT or any of its elements. Hiro Mashima owns them.
- Evil Intentions -
The second day of the games is still going under way despite the commotion that happened earlier in the last event during the Duel. None of the spectators nor the crowd are aware of what happened earlier during the last fight between Sting and Natsu since the lacrima-visions were abruptly interrupted in the middle of the battle.
With reasons unknown, the match already ended and resulted to an unfinished battle between two dragonslayers, much to the crowd's disappointment. At least, that's what the organizers announced after the fight.
They cannot reveal the truth of a mage running amok with his powers during an event. It would undoubtedly start an uproar or panic all over the arena and the best way to avert the disaster is to seal the truth in mere false words in order for the games to continue.
Nevertheless, the scores and the points are distributed to the teams during the last match and the games are still on their course throughout the day as spectators and other people continued to deafened Domus Flau with their roars and cheers for their respective teams in the process.
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Situated in Fairy Tail's infirmary was the whole A team, in addition of the two Exceeds and Porlyusica who has been their medical advisor for this year's games. All of them were all standing in great worry beside the bed where Natsu was seen to be resting within it. A few minutes has already passed after the whole incident circling around him and Sting back at the event. Everyone is on the edge at the moment, especially Wendy who had been worried for his well-being for quite some time as her gaze never left his resting figure one bit.
Happy was slightly tearing up as he turned to look at his partner in great concern. Never in his life would see him conflicted like this. I mean, he's Natsu. He always gets away with everything with a proud grin in every fight he gotten himself into. However, this unprecedented situation got him really exhausted and tired from it.
The atmosphere was gloomy as if the liveliness of the boisterous guild was never there. All of them were all wearing worried expressions as they have nothing else to do towards the situation.
It was then, a knock soon came from the doors as several heads from the group turned in to look and eventually saw Master and some of the B Team members coming straight right in. It seems all of them were worried as well since it involved someone in their family and guild.
Erza could only make a silent nod as Makarov slowly waded himself towards the resting pinkette and eventually tried to observe his current state.
"How is he?" He soon asked without leaving his gaze towards him.
"He wasn't physically injured, seeing that he handled himself easily in the last fight but the incident wore his mental state out. He only needs some rest if he wanted to recover quickly." Porlyusica explained before moving in towards them and stood amongst the group with a complicated expression.
"Just what in the world happened to him?" Gray tried to ask but Lucy lightly nudged his arm, urging him to refrain from asking anymore questions.
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"I know there's a lot of things concerning about Natsu right now but I want to take things slowly if we were going to get through all this." Makarov soon spoke in which caused the others to simply nod in response as he began to turn towards the bluenette who had been sitting right beside the dragonslayer for quite some time.
"... The games are still continuing and we cannot avoid to miss our presence towards the other teams or we'll be disqualified. Natsu participated in the last contest so he'll be given the time to rest without substituting him." He continued.
"Is he going to be okay?" Mira asked in worry.
"I don't know... Everything will be up to him. We can only hope and wait." Despite his reassurance towards his brats, their sullen faces didn't change one bit, seeing that the pinkette was really having a tough time.
Eventually, Erza had to take up the initiative and decided to break the silence atmosphere between them. After calling all the other participating members back to the arena, she soon turned towards Wendy who wasn't moving at her position as if she didn't want to leave him and tried to stay right beside him throughout the day, waiting for him to wake up.
She was about to try and convince her to come along until Makarov shot off a disapproving nod and decided to take things from here. Only Porlyusica remained inside the infirmary together with the two as Erza simply nodded to her master and went on ahead to watch the rest of the games itself.
On the other hand, Wendy simply waited patiently as she sat near his side, hoping that he would somehow recover quickly but it seems like his forbidden power really wore him out mentally.
She didn't know much of where it came from but she could only assume that it formed in his negative emotions that bottled up inside him. She was surprised that even he would eventually hide such emotions. Natsu tried so hard to conceal them from her, hoping that she wouldn't have to worry about him but right now, everything was completely revealed and she could only wonder how much he is still suffering until now.
Just recalling the events that happened to him simply made her heart heavy for some reason.
Makarov could see the uncertainty in her eyes as her body slightly trembled for some unknown reason.
"Are you scared?"
"Eh?" Wendy said in confusion before looking at the small old man sitting beside her.
"Are you scared of what might happen to him?"
There was a slight pause as her eyes drooped a little before looking back towards the resting pinkette in front of her.
"Yes... I just- don't know what to do... I wanted to help him but even in this situation, I can't do anything but helplessly watch." She replied.
"Sometimes things are really just beyond our control and that even friends can't do anything to help each other... It's a natural thing. We don't know what the future holds and that we may encounter things that might even hurt our comrades in the process."
"But I just can't stand here and waited for it to happen... ... I- I almost lost him." There was a quiver at the tone of her voice as if it was threatening to cry. Wendy winced as her memory of him losing out of control flashed right before her eyes.
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"You like him, don't you?" Makarov slightly smiled while looking at the bluenette in wonder. At the same time, her thoughts about the incident quickly disappeared and immediately picked up the words that Master had just said to her.
Of course, that statement eventually got her surprised all of a sudden, seeing that he somehow brought up a sensitive topic in their conversation. A slight blush went inside her cheeks as if she was trying to suppress her embarrassment.
"I-I-I was- That's... umm!-" She stuttered in response but Makarov smiled in content towards her before reaching out to her hands and held them to his to reassure her. His fatherly side always comes around whenever one of his brats is troubled.
Well, I guess even a guild master can be a father to his guildmates. It was a surreal relationship of him between his brats but the feelings were all the same and he always wanted what's best for his children.
"That's alright, Wendy... ... It's not wrong to care or worry someone deeply, especially when they're hurt... It shows of how much they're really important for us. And I know that when the times comes for him to seek help, you'll be the first one to rush to his side as you two share a special bond between each other..." He smiled despite noticing the complicated expression on the bluenette's face and decided to continue.
"... I may not know what's going on around him but I knew that you'll be the one who will understand him the most when it matters so I'll entrust him to you, alright?"
There is truth behind his words as he knew the two of them dearly. Despite Natsu's overwhelming power, he still had his inner turmoils and Wendy is the only one who would always guide him right back on the path.
The incident between them earlier is proof of that and he believes that the two of them would be facing a lot more problems like this in the future. He just wanted to give them the amount of support that a parent would always be. After all, they're still his brats no matter how much time has passed.
True enough, his words of encouragement somehow rekindled her hope and determination as Wendy slightly smiled faintly towards her Master with sincerity.
"Thank you, Master." She spoke with a renewed gaze.
"Good... You should go back with the others. We'll take it from here. We still aren't done in our goal and Natsu wants you to do the same, right?"
"Yes... Well then, I'll leave him to your care, Master." She rested her worries for now as she headed towards the door but not before casting one last glance to the pinkette one more time before finally leaving.
Makarov could only smile inwardly to himself as he watch her disappear from the room, leaving only him and Porlyusica alone as they tended to their duties.
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"Quite unusual for you to act like this in front of them." The medical advisor mused.
"Well, I may be old but I still have a heart of a loving parent that still cares for his children whenever they feel hurt or troubled." He replied with a nonchalant attitude.
"Those two... ... will eventually be facing a lot of problems in the future." There was a slight frown on her lips as she thought about the bluenette.
"I know... ... And I think that this is just the start of everything... I just hope that everyone would pull through like they've always been... I fear that something ominous might happen in the near future."
He stopped to look at the resting pinkette beside him and simply closed his eyes in content, hoping that this feeling might not be true of what he would've expected.
Day two is still ongoing and the recent contacts he had with Jellal for infiltrating the games hasn't been that easy for him as well. Aside from the goal of winning the games, the threat of Zeref's magic in the area causing him to worry about the safety of his guild. He knew that Zeref is not the kind of person he should be messing with and that having him close to Fairy Tail will bring misfortunes that would soon affect his brats as well.
At the very least, he must do something before that happens.
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Back at Domus Flau...
Wendy eventually made it to the arena without any problems as her body was already back in shape. Her ears immediately caught up all the cheers and voices of the fans around the stadium as the events pushes on. However, due to the mysterious incident circling around Natsu and the other participants, the course of the game plans had come to an abrupt halt as the crowd was simply treated with funny commentaries in order to keep them occupied.
The rest of the group soon noticed her arrival as they all ran up to her and greeted her with joy.
"Wendy!" Lucy spoke in relief as she reached for a momentary hug between the two of them as Wendy happily accepted the embrace until they let go of each other and looked to the others as well.
"I'm see that you're doing okay... How's your injuries?" Erza turned in to ask.
"I'm fine... Porlyusica-san fixed me back in shape." She reassured.
"I see... I'm glad."
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"How's Natsu?" Gray suddenly joined in the conversation as their faces drooped for a moment until Wendy continued.
"He's still recovering from the fight... It's nothing serious... Just mental stress."
"Master is with him, right? I suppose he would be alright from now on..." Erza said.
"Yeah..." The bluenette answered with a dispirited frown. Everyone knew of what she was currently feeling and decided to keep it to themselves for now since they were still in the middle of a game event.
Hoping to change the depressing atmosphere between them, Wendy turned her attention back to the results of the game as of now.
"So how's the rankings holding up?"
"Well, without having to come up with a conclusion to the event earlier, the organizers just placed out the recent recordings of the scores and added them right out to the teams... Thanks to Natsu, we already have our first score." Erza pointed over to the lacrima-visioned ranking system before them as Wendy peered over to it and saw the current rankings of team as of now.
Sabertooth - 20 + 8 = 28
Raven Tail - 18 + 3 = 21
Lamia Scale - 11 + 4 =15
Blue Pegasus - 14 + 1 =15
Fairy Tail A Team - 0 + 10 = 10
Quatro Cerberus - 2 + 6 = 8
Fairy Tail B Team - 6 + 0 = 6
(Participant withdrawn from match.)
Mermaid Heel - 3 + 2 = 5
"Eh? Mira-san and the others never got a point?" Wendy asked after seeing no addition of points over to the other Fairy Tail team as Erza could only sweatdrop at the question before trying to answer.
"Apparently, one of the members withdrew from the match and thus, the score was nullified, resulting to a zero score for them." She explained before casting a glance to the other team who still had their horrified expression of the sudden turn of events, except for Cana who had been already replaced as a reserved member of the team to take Mystogan's place while still wearing the same laid-back yet drunken attitude.
"Aaahhh." Wendy drawled in realization.
"Even so, the event has already ended and the participants were already preparing for the matches to come so let's watch until then."
Wendy nodded at her suggestion and it was then, the crowd became louder once again as the course of the Grand Magic Games resumed once again.
Above the audience was the commentary section as Lola, Yajima and Jason continue to their conversations and opinions about the impending game events transpiring right now.
"Welcome back... It appears that something had went wrong with the lacrima-visions earlier so the rest of the event was not shown to us yet. However, the organizers managed to sort out the final standings and distributed the score as of now. Without further ado, let's get it on with the matches against teams!" Lola announced.
"I'm looking forward to it..." Yajima added.
"Cooooool!" Jason commented his usual trademark.
"As what the rules applied to the previous battles yesterday, there will be a roulette to determine each match to be single or tag team. First of our list is Raven Tail's Kurohebi against Quatro Cerberus' Nobarly in a single battle drawn out in the roulette..."
As the announcement of the contenders have been called, both Kurohebi and Nobarly moved into the center of the arena as the two faced each other with serious faces as the latter began his usual shouting theme of his guild.
"WILD FOUR!"
"You're one weird person, aren't you?" Kurohebi spoke in a rather slithery way as his tone is quite similar that of a snake itself.
"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO IS WEIRD! WILD!" Nobarly shouted in determination.
Despite their bickering against each other, everyone simply took notice of the impending fight, especially Fairy Tail since one of the members of Raven Tail is participating. Aside from their underhanded tactics, they still needed to confirm every each one of their members' strength in order to analyze a plan to counter it once they get to fight against each other once again.
"It's them again, huh? I'd wager they'd be using some kind of dirty tricks also on this one." Gray narrowed his eyes in irritation.
"No matter what actions they do, we should observe and try to examine their powers... If there is a magic canceler among them, then there's no doubt that there are others which also goes on the same magnitude as the one who cheated on both Lucy and Wendy on the first day." Erza added as she crossed her shoulders to watch the fight.
Everyone nodded as they all focused their gazes towards the match. Wendy simply clutched her arms tightly out of uneasiness as she began to watch the fight. Even though it's not a big deal but something about Raven Tail makes her feel uncomfortable. It's like they were plotting something aside from cheating their way against them.
No matter what that is, she hoped that they would stop them before they could complete whatever motives they had in store for this event.
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As the two contenders readied themselves, the pumpkin mascot eventually appeared to the center and briefly explained the rules of the match. and in just after a few more seconds, the match had finally started as Nobarly tried to attack Kurohebi with fists and punches in which he easily dodged as if he was not trying at all.
"WILD!" Nobarly continued to shout and his relentless assaults on the Raven Tail who doesn't even bring out any magic in him, seeing that he find his opponent to be quite weak.
"You're useless..." And in a split-second, Kurohebi grabbed his fists together and simply made a sharp twist that soon jolted the mage into a large surge of pain before his body twisted in suit to where he twisted it.
Falling down to the ground, Nobarly could only cry manly tears as his hands were merely twisted in opposite directions which now caused him to be immobile as Kurohebi stood before him with a blank expression.
"You're too weak..."
"Sand Rebellion!" In an instant, Nobarly was simply launched into the air with large patches of sand that damaged him from all places and eventually knocked him out in the process, thus ending the round in just a few minutes without any real fight.
"A-And the winner! Kurohebi! It was a one-sided match! Raven Tail receives 10 points while Quatro Cerberus receives a 0 point in the match. He's a strong one!"
"Indeed..."
"Cooool...!"
Despite with all the result coming in, Erza and the others still haven't gotten a clue of what their powers really were but the type of spell that Kurohebi used just now got them all curious.
"Isn't that Max's magic?" Gray asked.
"It's Mimicry magic." Erza deduced.
"Mimicry?"
"That's right... It's a unique magic capable of copying other's magic on the user's calibre. It's quite sure a troublesome magic."
"So the moment he used the magic, he used it to copy someone's magic in just a blink of an eye?" Gray asked.
"Perhaps to almost anyone he could observe... I'm not yet sure about the extent of his magic, seeing that he can copy anyone's magic that easily... All we can do is to prepare ourselves once we face him in the future." Erza gritted her teeth.
"Right..." Gray nodded along with the rest of the others.
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"And now, moving on to our next match... We'll have a tag team match for the first time of this day. Let's have it for Elfman Strauss and Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tail A vs Chelia Blendy and Lyon Vastia from Lamia Scale!"
As soon as the teams were announced on the next fight, fans roared loudly inside the arena once again as two respective guilds were called yet again to the center of the ring to fight once more. Since the fight with Mystogan and Jura ended into a draw, people were expecting another full-out attack between rival guilds once again.
On the other hand, Elfman could only blink his eyes for a moment as he had to confirm his name being announced just now.
"Me?"
Erza and the others looked at him with anticipation as they all nodded in response before leaving a set of words of encouragement to the bulky mage.
"It seems like it... Come on, we can't have the other team waiting around. You said that you wanted to prove your strength, right? Now is the best chance for you to show it to everyone." The scarlet knight spoke in reassurance.
"Good luck you two..." Both Lucy and Wendy spoke.
"Sure, leave it to us!" Gray smiled wide in determination.
After a few moments, the two eventually went down to the arena as Elfman and Gray stood side by side with each other until they made it from the entrance and faced themselves again towards a thousand of people cheering down on them from all sides along with the opposing team.
They soon managed to see the other team as they neared towards the center and it didn't take long until they saw Lyon and some rather petite pink-haired girl beside him as his partner for this battle.
"A girl?" Elfman asked doubtfully. It was not long until they both finally stopped on their tracks and took a brief moment to observe at one another as Lyon began to speak to start the conversation.
"Looks like we're here again, Gray..."
"Seems like it..."
"Just so you know, I'm not holding back this time... The last game isn't suited for my taste to go all out." He smirked.
"Then why the hell did you sign up in that event in the first place?!" Gray sweatdropped.
"Do I need to answer for that? Of course, it's too see my beloved Juvia." He blushed before gesturing a hand towards the direction where the water mage together with her team were situated.
"Oi! Keep your hands away from my guildmates, dumb face!" Gray felt a tick mark rushing out from his veins once more.
"Muuoo... Let's focus on the match, Lyon-sama!" The mysterious pink-haired girl soon butted in with his cheeks puffed in irritation.
"So who's the girl...?" Gray soon changed the topic and turned his attention on the girl.
"This is Chelia Blendy... Sherry's cousin. She's the newest member to join as a representative for our guild because of her powers." Lyon explained.
"This girl is powerful?" Elfman asked curiously.
"I wouldn't underestimated her if I were you... This is a warning from your fellow opponent, Fairy Tail... Best to remember that." Lyon continued with a serious expression which only made the other two to tense up from his warning.
While all the three boys were already getting serious, Chelia on the other hand, simply wore a lighthearted expression as she smiled only towards her companion without gazing away from anything.
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Meanwhile, Wendy and the others continued to observe the match-up and also felt confused at the appearance of the mysterious girl together with Lyon. This is their first time seeing a new member from Lamia Scale to ever send out in the Grand Magic Games.
"A girl?" Lucy spoke with confounded surprise at the combatants before her.
"From what I hear, her name is Chelia Blendy... Quite related to Sherry Blendy... The one we encountered during the battle against Oracion Seis..." Erza reminded.
"Oh yeah... I wonder what kind of power is she holding?" Before the celestial mage could return back to watch, she noticed Wendy from the side thinking about something as her attention is not directly focused on the fight as if she was simply staring into open space with a deep thought.
"Wendy?" Hoping to snap the bluenette out from her trance, Lucy called out in worry.
Fortunately, she managed to get herself back to reality as she looked at Lucy with a surprised look.
"O-Oh, sorry... I was just thinking of something..."
"The match is starting... Erza wanted us to observe the match if we ever need in defeating the other teams..."
"Yeah... I'm sorry." Wendy apologized and simply stared right back at the match to observe.
Despite her eagerness to watch for the sake of the team, she still couldn't stop thinking about the things that Natsu had said to her when he was not entirely into himself back at the event. Even knowing much of his unknown power for the last few years, she still haven't gotten the full knowledge behind its nature. And from what she had just saw just now is just proof of that.
Wendy winced after remembering some words that he said to her while she was trying to calm him down.
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'I'm not him!'
That one thought bothered her ever since that incident. What is he trying to say at that time? What does he mean by that?
She didn't know. But she knew that something was going on surrounding Natsu's power that causes him to utter those words. She couldn't even tell if she was talking to the real him either at that time.
All she could do is worry.
Then again, she wanted to help him for as much as she can in order to relieve of his troubles. Thinking back of her Master's advice, she must prepare herself to whatever problems that should arise from Natsu and be there for him when it matters the most.
She's not gonna let him deal his problem alone. She wanted to be there for him. That's all that matters.
After finally thinking her resolve, Wendy returned her attention back to the games together with everyone.
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On the other hand, the four contenders began their battle stances as the pumpkin mascot went between them and simply left a few words before starting the match.
"As what the rules applied to all previous matches, your job is to defeat your opponent until they're unable to fight anymore. Time limit will be 30 minutes... The fight starts now!"
And with that, a large gong was sounded off from the distance as the match finally started, urging the four to use their respective magics and prepared to fight.
"Let's go, Elfman!"
"Yeah!"
"Ice-Make: Lance!"
"Beast Soul: Weretiger!" Changing into his magic, Elfman takes into a form of a massive, anthropomorphous creature, similar that of a leopard as his skin contained spots all over his body, accompanied by yellow furs.
Both of them rushed at the same time as Lyon and Chelia took notice of their initial strike.
"Let's show them what we're really made of..."
"Right behind you, Lyon-sama."
At the same time, both team players of Lamia Scale made their move as they closed their distance towards the other two who simply sidestepped on opposite sides as Elfman and Gray circled the two and not long before the latter released his spell towards Lyon without a second thought.
"Heh, like that would hit me..."
"Ice Make: Snow Eagle!" Clasping his hands together, Lyon released a series of ice-molded eagles to intercept with the incoming lances aimed towards him.
"Elfman... NOW!" Gray suddenly shouted as Elfman zoomed past Chelia in an effort to reach the preoccupied ice mage and tried to deliver a swift hook towards him.
Lyon instantly noticed the incoming attack as he gritted his teeth in frustration before canceling his spell at the moment and had to evade both Elfman and the lances drawn from the other side.
"Tch, you're aiming at me?" Lyon hissed as he sprinted away as Elfman continued his pursuit on the ice mage until Gray managed to sneak past behind him and tried for a spell once more.
"Got you now!"
"What the-
"Haaaaaaaahhh!"
With Elfman closing on him and Gray appearing behind him, Lyon let down his guard as he was left completely defenseless against the two, causing him to only raise his hands up to his face and defend him from the incoming attacks.
"Ice Make: Hammer!" Molding his magic to create a ice hammer, Gray proceeded to swing it down towards Lyon in full speed while Elfman about to strike him with his sharp claws.
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FWOOSH*
Before they could even land a blow on that mage, a large black torrent of wind soon surrounded Lyon, completely protecting him and inevitably shattered Gray's hammer and sent him and Elfman away in amazing distances before crashing down to the ground once again as they were left shocked at the sudden turn of events.
"W-What the hell?" Gray slightly winced in pain as the wind somehow inflicted scratches all over his body.
"I can't let anyone touch Lyon-sama..." It was then, both of them darted over to Chelia who had the same black winds swirling around her hands.
Lyon smirked as he looked at the pink-haired girl with a relieved expression, seeing that she saved him from the two just now. Casting a glance towards the baffled duo before them, Lyon stood up to recompose himself.
"I already told you before, right? Don't underestimate her..."
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Back at the stadium, Erza and the others were also left shocked as they found Chelia's magic to be quite bizarre and somehow strong for some reason. She easily sent back Gray and Elfman away with just a flick of a finger as the black winds around her hands created a massive torrent that served as a shield for Lyon to be protected from any physical attacks coming into contact to him.
"What was that magic just now? Gray and Elfman were easily held back?!" Lucy stuttered in disbelief.
"That magic... ... There's no doubt about it." Wendy realized the same magic she saw back at Tenrou Island when she and Natsu were fighting one certain mage who happens to have the same nature of the magic she currently have.
"Godslayer..." She blurted out as Erza and Lucy looked at her in surprise.
"Godslayer? As in God Slaying Magic?" Lucy tried to confirm but Wendy could only nod in response.
"I kind of recognized the nature of her magic because Natsu and I happen to encounter someone with the same magic a long time ago."
"If there is Dragon Slaying Magic for dragons, then God Slaying Magic is for-" Lucy tried to finish but Wendy answered for her.
"That's right... for slaying gods. It'a a Lost Magic as well."
"In any case, the odds will be against the two of them from now on. They're now facing a formidable opponent." Erza continued as she scans the ongoing battle again with a serious look.
There's nothing for them to do at the moment other than observing the fight and cheer on them to win this through even if all odds are against them.
'What will you do now, Gray... Elfman?'
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Back at the arena, Gray and Elfman struggled on their knees as they took a significant amount of damage coming from the pink-haired girl just now. Who would've thought that a girl like her would actually possess such a tremendous magic?
Nevertheless, it would seem like this would be a tough battle for them.
"What kind of magic is that by the way, huh?" Gray asked in a disgruntled tone.
"It is as you can see... It's God Slaying Magic... Sky God Slaying Magic to be exact."
"Sky? She uses the same magic as Wendy...?" Gray asked shockingly.
"I knew of that girl's powers to be related to dragons but Chelia's magic exceeds far more than a measly dragonslayer." Lyon spoke with pride which only made the two to grit their teeth in frustration.
"Heh, are you underestimating her?"
"Not in that way... It's just speculation of how different magics different from one another."
"Wait till you get to see her fighting again but in the meantime, I'll be kicking your ass, Lyon." The raven-haired mage began clasping his hands yet again as cold mist slowly surrounds his body.
"Hmph, we'll see about that... Chelia, we're taking them down." Lyon called onto his companion who nodded in response before summoning yet again her black winds around her hands.
"Are you ready to do this, Elfman?" Gray asked the bulky mage beside him.
"What kind of a man I would be if I back out in such a fight? No matter what kind of opponents we face, I'll face them like a true man!" He shouted in defiance.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
And in just like that, the two sides prepared again to fight once more as both teams began to resume their fight against each other without wasting any time to rest. Cheers and shouts reverberated through the arena as the fight ensued before them with a spectacular scene of fighting prowess between mages.
"That's a natural reaction for them since Chelia could easily deflect all their attacks with her magic... Taking out one member at a time will probably work best for Fairy Tail. Then again, that doesn't mean Chelia isn't going to stand by and watch. It's a risk to be taken that she will protect her teammate every time those two try for a tag team duel against Lyon."
"That's a pretty good observation there, Yajima-san."
"Their fights are so Coool!"
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Elfman and Gray stood their ground against their seemingly powerful opponents as they were able to hold them back for too long but that doesn't mean that they're winning the fight. Despite their desperate attempts to break the stalemate, Lyon and Chelia were able to come up with the same power and skill to hold them back down from winning.
And not only that, with Chelia overwhelming power, the two are having a hard time dealing multiple strikes against her since she had her regeneration abilities to recover from her injuries. At the same time, she uses it to also recover Lyon from his wounds as well, making her a problem for the two.
Minutes passed and the fight had began to enter to its last minutes as the exhausted duo of Fairy Tail desperately tries to win against Lamia Scale with their sheer strength and stamina to continue fighting.
Lyon and Chelia didn't sustain any injuries but also experienced slight strains and fatigues after fighting for quite some time now.
Gray and Lyon once again have engaged themselves into a single battle as Elfman was left preoccupied with Chelia who soon tried to send a series of wind spells at the bulky man without stopping in order to prevent him from going after the ice mage.
"I'm sorry but I won't let you pass..." Chelia warned as she began to inhale air into her lungs and began to gather huge amounts of air into her mouth and not before long she pointed her gaze at the Take-Over mage with determination. Wendy eventually took notice of the impending spell as she widened her eyes in surprise.
"Elfman! Dodge it!"
"Sky God's Bellow!" In an instant, a large vortex of black wind soared out from the mage's mouth as it ravaged on its path towards Elfman in fast speeds that left him completely shocked as he was forced to only raise his hands in defense but not long before he was sent away despite his enormous body built size.
Elfman grunted in pain as he struggled to get on his knees before looking back at the God Slayer with a grunted look.
"Oh, you're still standing? I'm impressed that you're able to withstand that spell just now... Not everyone cane take the full force of it." Chelia remarked.
"It will take even more of that to take me down, midget." Elfman replied.
"I'm not a midget!" Chelia puffed her cheeks in irritation. "Well, it seems I have to use that."
After saying that, Chelia subsequently lifts her hands in the sky, gathering more, thinner streams of air around her. Black air soon generated from her very arms, appearing in the form of stylized feathers, which rapidly grow in numbers until it condenses into an elongated mass before her with her hands. Four heavenly wings composed of black air are shown protruding from the part focused around her body, while the entire structure is surrounded by thin, spiraling currents of the very same wind, scattering some of the feathers around.
Other mages soon took notice of the sudden change of the godslayer's powers as Erza and the others noticed the intensity of the spell she was currently having right now. Even the members such as Jura from Lamia Scale widened his eyes in disbelief after seeing the spell generated by Chelia.
"You fool! Are you going to kill your opponent?!"
With all warnings started to form from the sidelines, Elfman could only watch helplessly as the spell finally completed itself while he was still trying to recover from his sore injuries. At this rate, he's never going to hold up much longer and that spell seemed to be a killer move.
Forcing a split decision to turn himself towards his magic, Elfman began to use his Take-Over once again.
"Beast Arm: Jet Black Sword!" Elfman transformed his arms into a pair large of metal plates and sharp claws, that he copied from Rustyrose back at Tenrou Island. From what he learned from it, the claw is capable of cutting through everything in a single slash, however he does not plan on attacking right now. Within moments as Chelia launches her spell, Elfman struck his clawed arms to the ground before looking back at the girl with a renewed gaze.
"Fine... Come at me with all you've got... And we'll see who's tougher..." Elfman challenged as Chelia looked at him in surprise but recomposed herself afterwards before launching her secret move towards him. Everyone was just shocked at his sudden declaration as if they thought that Elfman was looking for a death wish.
"If that's what you want then I'll end this..."
"God Slayer's Secret Art: Heavenly Gathering of Clouds!" Chanting her spell, Chelia flings her arms on his direction as the mass condensed black air swept towards him in binding speeds, causing Elfman to take-over for a split second until it collided to him just moments after it was thrown and caused a large blast force that soon kicked up huge pockets of dust into the air, obscuring half of the stadium as fans were left shocked at the sheer tremendous force of the spell just now.
Erza and the others immediately felt worried as they lost sight of the Strauss mage from the fight. The smokescreen went up for a few moments before finally settling down, slowly giving the onlookers the aftermath of the battle.
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It was then all eyes soon darted over a silhouette figure standing at the middle of the area in which everyone was left surprised to see Elfman standing on his own after taking a full hit from the sky godslayer's magic just now.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS? ELFMAN WAS STILL STANDING AFTER TAKING A FULL HIT FROM CHELIA'S SECRET MOVE JUST NOW! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?"
With some fans and spectators still confused on what just happened, the rest of the participants observed at the sudden change of Elfman's body as they saw multiple spikes and scales covering him from head to toe which would seemed like the reason why he survived that attack just now, in addition to his hands clawed to the ground to strengthen his footing.
"Beast Soul: Lizardman!"
"W-What?" Chelia stuttered in disbelief.
"What just happened?" Lyon stammered at the unbelievable sight.
"I forgot to tell you this before but Elfman isn't the kind of guy who likes to go down that easily... Don't underestimate him too much, Lyon." Gray smirked as he broke away from the struggle between them and returned into a series of ice mage battle against each other.
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On the other hand, everyone began to examine of what just happened.
"That form... What is that?" Lucy asked at the new take-over Elfman just did right now.
"Lizardman... From what I can tell, Elfman donned that form in order to boost his seemingly powerful defense together with the help of his Partial Take-Over on his arms to boost his footing before taking the spell. He thought that instead of dodging the enemy's attack, he wanted to exhaust them by throwing as much spells as they can on him. Quite a unusual strategy but this finally sets them back to a stalemate between Lyon and Chelia who had little defense on their own, unlike Elfman who can do both offense and defense sufficiently with Gray." Erza analyzed.
"Amazing." Lucy remarked.
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Going back on the two combatants, Elfman retracted back his claws from the ground and looked back at the shocked godslayer with a determined expression.
"It seems like it's my turn to attack now..." He dashed towards her as he prepared his claws in which caused her to leap away in a distance as Elfman stretched his claws to attack the girl only to miss in just a few meters away from her until he diverted his attention towards Lyon once again.
"Gray! Now!"
"Yeah!"
With both males nodding at their attack phase, Gray began to clasp his hands once again and prepared his own spell towards Lyon.
"Ice Make: Ice Cannon!" Shooting a burst of ice from his ice-molded bazooka, Gray locked his target at Lyon who tried to summon an Ice wall to block but not long before Elfman came rushing towards him and stretched his claws that easily broke through the shield and successfully inflicted damage to the ice mage as a result.
"W-What the? I-Impossible-"
"My claw can cut through anything... Don't take too lightly on these arms of mine...!" After sending him skidding away from him, Lyon failed to notice Gray leaping out from above the bulky man as he initiated his spell once again to continue his attack.
"Ice Make: Cold Excalibur!" Molding his ice into a great sword, Gray dashed straight towards Lyon in full speeds after getting a boost fro Elfman by thrusting his arms on his legs to gain momentum and flew right towards him in just a matter of seconds before slashing him in one strike that only made Lyon to scream in pain before ice shards erupted from where the slash was done and instantly knocked out the mage in the process.
The sounds of cheers roared loudly once again as the tide of the battle turns in the favor for Fairy Tail as they successfully defeated Lyon, leaving only Chelia as the remaining opponent.
"Lyon Vastia was finally defeated! Fairy Tail is gaining the upperhand! Only Chelia remains! Will Fairy Tail finally break through Lamia Scale?"
"COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!"
"Let's end this!" Gray spoke.
"Yeah!"
For what it seemed like to be their final attack on the remaining opponent, the sound of the bell rang just before they could even fight the godslayer as the time limit eventually runs out in the match, signifying it to be a close draw for Lamia Scale.
"The bell rang! Lamia Scale was saved by the bell! It's a draw once again on two sides! It's unbelievably shocking! Both teams displayed a great fighting prowess in this match. They both received 5 points for making a draw. What a close fight!"
"It was..."
Despite the call, everyone in Fairy Tail drooped their heads a little, seeing the fight ended into a unfortunate draw. It was a stroke of luck for Lamia Scale as they were able to hold out into the last minute.
"So it's a draw?" Wendy spoke.
"We could've won!" Lucy protested.
"That's fine either way... I think those two gave their all in this fight... We should also consider this a victory for us... Elfman and Gray fought well today." Erza smiled despite knowing the result of the battle.
Even with a draw, people began to cheer for Fairy Tail even more as they slowly witnessed each of their team members' powers and skills in battle against other guild teams. Even though the odds were against them, they never backed down one bit and kept going. It was a hard-earned respect from them.
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Going back at the two, Chelia slung Lyon's shoulder over her neck as she carried her injured teammate but not before long they looked at the duo one last time with smiling faces.
"I gotta admit... I was taken by surprise there, you know... I can't believed I lost to you, Gray." Lyon winced.
"Heh, save your loss for later... There's plenty more matches to come up with me facing you again. And at that time, I'll still kick your ass." Gray retorted.
"Same goes to you too. I won't stop till I finally get Juvia."
"Are you still on about that?!"
"Thank you for a spectacular battle... Fairy Tail sure looks strong." Chelia smiled but not long before looking at Elfman with respect. "We're not gonna lost next time."
"Right... You're a man, midget..."
"I'm not a man nor a midget!"
A couple of laughs went through them until Elfman unexpectedly fell to the ground face-forward, shocking the other three in the process. Maybe it's probably he used to much magic and sustained way too many hits than he bargained for.
Whatever it is, Elfman fell like a brick.
On some part of Mercurius...
A shady looking knight is seen walking in the large hallways as the sound of his metal-plated boots cluttered along the silent halls and not long before stumbling in front of a seemingly large structure, obscured entirely in darkness. He stood a moment, adorning its structure before earning a rather eerily smirk forming up from his face as his words alone was heard in empty space.
"The plan to initiate this project has finally bore fruit... This year, Project Eclipse shall commence." The man spoke.
"You seemed rather in high spirits today, Arcadios." Another voice resounded from behind as the knight glanced around his back and met his gaze over a short old man with brown robes which would seemed like a priest in appearance as he turned to speak.
"Why would I be not? The plan is already set in motion. The project will finally begin its first phase for the first time."
"Are you sure about that? Using this project will undoubtedly change the fate of this world as we know it. Are you ready for its consequences?"
"The plan to take the celestial mage from Fairy Tail was failed. We never had the opportunity to take her without anyone knowing." Arcadios changed the topic.
"Of course, it would... That guild is as sharp as a blade tool. Kidnapping one of its members will surely enraged them especially when the Royal Family was behind that plan... I warn you this already, don't make Fairy Tail your enemy."
"It's not a matter of making enemies, it's a matter of obtaining asset. After all, she is required for the Eclipse plan. We'll move to plan B and use the discord between Raven Tail and Fairy Tail to retrieve her at all cost."
"Don't get too careless, Arcadios... I'm never fond of joining in this pointless project of yours."
"All will be fine... Prime Minister... After all, this is all for the benefit of saving the world."
A/N: And that's the wrap of this chapter... For those who wanted to skip the other fights of the games, I'm afraid I can't do that since it will make the others to feel left out during the rest of the story. Although the main characters should be Natsu and Wendy, that doesn't mean I have to exclude the others from their spotlight. Come on, the only difference between them is that the two of them will enter a deeper conflict and more character development than the other at the end of the story.
So basically, I'll have to include everyone to feature here. Wendy will probably have her next fight soon and Natsu also.
There's not much to say on this chapter other than, the lack of Natsu and Wendy's involvement in it but I promise to give them a good appearance on the rest of the chapters. GMG is tricky to write and deviate at the same time. I admit that it's pretty damn hard to write differently from canon.
I'm still writing though... Just way too many things to do in studies and shit.
In any case, I hope you'll wait until then and thank you for your continuous support on this story. I appreciate it a lot. :)
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