Well i managed to get the chapter out roughly around when i had hoped i could do it. So its a longer one, well at least longer than the last couple of chapters. This chapter sets up a pretty big event in the next chapter, one that will probably take me more than one week to flush out. Also there will not be an ending song in this chapter for reasons you will soon find out. So please tell me how you feel about this chapter, especially how you feel about what i set up at the end of it. So on that note, please enjoy the chapter, leave a review, and have a good day.
It was the morning of the day that the preliminary rounds of the grand magic games was to take place, and the Members of Fairy Tail were just arriving in the capital city of Crocus. The sights were amazing, as most of them had never been to the capital before, it was all new to them. They spent some time exploring the city before eventually getting to the inn they were going to stay at.
"So Erza, since you were the one to read all the rules, can you tell us some that we might need to know for today?" Mikoto asks, setting herself up at one of the many beds in the room.
"Well most of the rules pertain to the actual matches. First of all the tournament will be over a period of 6 days, with today being considered a preliminary round. Its designed to whittle down the teams competing in the 6 days to only 8 teams. The first day is pretty light, with it only being the ceremonies and then the rest of that day will be members of the competing guilds challenging each other for minor point gains. After that each event is unknown." Erza states.
"Anything else we need to know?" Lucy asks.
"The only other rule is that for each night of the tournament, all competing members of the guild must be back in their rooms by midnight," Erza adds.
Mikoto pouts slightly and says, "well thats no fun, i was looking forward to staying up at the bars late." This gets the others to look at her in shock but Mikotos response is one of laughter at their shocked faces.
"Wow! Did you really believe me just then? Hell no i would not do that, im not into going to bars and drinking the night away. Besides i dont drink anything with alcohol, it doesnt go well for me." Mikoto manages to get out through her laughter.
"Well we still have plenty of daylight left, so lets go out and have some fun around the city. We can all meet up back here at 11 to make sure that nobody is missing." Lucy says. The rest agree and exit the inn to go looking around the city. Natsu, Happy and Lucy stayed together and after a little bit they came across a scene in the city. A crowd of people were clustered around what sounded like a fight. Natsu pushed his way through the crowd and now stood face two face with two members of the sabertooth guild. And this wasnt just any two members of the Sabertooth guild, it was the twin dragons, Sting and Rogue. Once they notice who it was that just barged in, they immediately begin to taunt Natsu and Fairy Tail. They kept saying that they were stronger than him, that they killed dragons before, and that they would have beaten Acnologia if they had faced him. They were about to start a fight with Natsu, when suddenly the air was filled with an electric charge, and the sound of electricity crackling could be heard behind them. They turn around to see what was causing it, and they watched as the crowd parted to reveal a very pissed off Mikoto.
"Who the hell are you little girl?" Sting asks in mild curiousity.
"My name is Mikoto misaka, arguably the strongest member of the fairy tail guild." Mikoto replies coldly, turning to reveal her guild mark.
"Really!? You, the strongest member of that pathetic guild? Wow they really are weak!" Sting taunts. What he doesnt realize is that he just pushed Mikoto over the edge.
Nobody mocks Fairy tail infront of me!
With Incredible speed she charged forward and slammed Sting into the ground so hard it causes a crater. Electricity flowed into the air around her as she held him down, preventing Rogue from getting close to defend his companion.
"Just because you are a third generation dragon slayer does not make you stronger than everyone else. Also just because you killed a sickly, dieing dragon, does not make you more of a dragon slayer than Natsu or Gajeel, or Wendy. In fact, they are the only currently alive Dragon slayers who fought a dragon that could actually fight back!" Mikoto taunted, her rage filling her voice.
"Yeah but they were so easily defeated by it," Rogue said as Sting could barely speak.
"Yeah and so what about it? Acnologia is the strongest creature on this each, far stronger than you could ever imagine. And Natsu and the other dragon slayers didnt lose to him, I did." Mikoto corrects. She gets off of Sting and backs up, her attitude suddenly changing at the mention of those unfortunate events.
"You fought Acnologia!" Sting exclaims in shock.
"Yes i did, and i lost horribly. Even though i had become a triple element dragon slayer, i was unable to even wound him, that's how powerful he is," Mikoto admits.
"Then you must be super weak. I admit your first strike took me by surprise, but hearing this i think you are far weaker than i am." Sting exclaims, his confidence returning.
"I know your future sting, i also know yours Rogue. You both die to a single strike from Acnologia. You had tried everything, but none of your attacks did anything. You died helpless against the black dragon of the Apocalypse," Mikoto reveals. With that she turns and walks away. The twin dragons turn to continue taunting Natsu, when they realize that he and Lucy were gone as well.
Once a safe distance from the sabertooth members, Mikoto meets back up with Natsu, Lucy and Happy.
"What was that all about!?" Lucy exclaims, confused by Mikotos previous actions.
"First of all i will never accept people insulting my friends and Fairy Tail. Also, their cockiness will get them killed, and i was trying to teach them that." Mikoto explains.
"But you told them their future!" Lucy yells.
"Yeah, so what? Its going to change so it doesnt matter now. Speaking of changing events, i have to go and do something," Mikoto remembers and takes off. She runs towards the castle, knowing that Wendy and Carla were there, about to be attacked. As she ran she summoned in her bow and a normal arrow. She jumped up onto the hedgerows and looked around, finally spotting Wendy and Carla, who were walking around and exploring. She looked around, trying to spot the creature that would attack them, when finally she spots it on a light pole. Just as Mikoto was about to fire, the creature leaped at Wendy and Carla. Mikoto fired quickly, using her esper ability to guide the arrow straight into the creature's head. The arrow pierced all the way through its head, killing it instantly, and before it could even begin to drain any of Wendys magic. As the creature drops dead to the ground, Wendy and Carla see Mikoto leaping down to join them.
"Mikoto! What is that thing? Did you kill it?" Wendy asks, fear creeping into her voice.
"That thing, is dead now. It was the pet of a member of Raven Tail named Obra. It was sent here to drain you two of your magic," Mikoto explains
"How despicable!" Carla exclaims disgusted at the thought of it happening.
Wendys reaction was different, though expected. She hugged Mikoto fiercely, exclaiming, "Thanks so much Mikoto, you saved us!"
"Dont thank me just yet, i have to hold you here for now," Mikoto states.
"What do you mean?" Carla asks.
"We all need to stay here for now, at least long enough for Elfman to take wendys place during the preliminaries tonight. Dont get me wrong, i want you to hold you spot on the team, but elfman needs to join in order for certain things to happen," Mikoto explains.
"Well if its what you say needs to happen, then i trust you Mikoto." Wendy says, putting all her trust into her friend. They wait till the sound of the preliminaries starts up, and then they start to work their way back to the inn. They come across Lisanna, who they explain the situation to. From there they meet up with the rest of the guild, and watch as the fairy Tail team makes it to the last qualifying place, just like Mikoto needed them too.
"So raven Tail tried to take out two of our members?" Makarov asks Mikoto before she was about to leave for the room.
"Yes they did, but their pet is dead now, so they will be wanting revenge," Mikoto states.
"Do you plan to counter them?" Makarov asks.
"Yes i do have a plan, and it is going to be great," Mikoto responds. With that she says good night to the guild and Touma, and headed up to the room to sleep.
The next morning the opening ceremonies for the games started. First came the introduction of the games itself, its rules, and then came the introduction of the judges. After that was an introduction to the teams, with Natsus team being shocked to find out that Makarov had managed to get another team into the tournament consisting of Laxus, Juvia, Gajeel, Mirajane, and Mystogan with Cana as the reserve member. This caused a little debate between the competitors, as well as the judges, who eventually decided that it was okay, since the rules were changed and did not say that it was not permitted.
"Now onto something fun to kickstart the games. This year we decided to do something different for the first day. First of all, a little performance will be held to get the crowd engaged and ready for the main events!" Chapati Lola, one of the judges exclaimed.
"The person that will be performing actually applied to do the performance, and since she is a member of one of the competing guilds, we decided to let her do it," Yajima adds.
Lahar, a magic council official and judge for the first day, announces, "Please welcome Mikoto Misaka of the Fairy Tail guild as she plans to give us all one hell of a performance!"
It must have sucked for him to say that, after all the last time we met i had just humiliated him! Mikoto thought as she ran onto the stadium floor. She ran out to the center of the stadium, while the other competitors went to the outskirts to watch. Mikoto was wearing a simple outfit. It consisted of a slightly torn black shirt, with an unbutton leather vest, and a pair of shorts that showed off her Fairy Tail guild mark. On her head she wore a headset that was connected into the speakers of the stadium.
"Hello Citizens of Fiore! As Lahar so kindly announced, my name is Mikoto Misaka of Fairy Tail. Im here to do a little performance for all of you. First though i request one thing from all of you. Whether or not you are going to support Fairy Tail, or one of the other guilds in this tournament, please keep this performance seperate, i want you to enjoy it to the best of your ability, and hopefully my performance is good enough to allow that to happen." Mikoto announces. At her words she sees some people loosening up, as if they were planning on booing her no matter what, but now their not. She also looks over to the members of her guild, noticing all the comforting looks they were giving her. Her gaze moved to Touma, and the look of pride on his face was enough to give Mikoto the courage she needed to continue through it.
So Mikoto continues, "Now i have kept you waiting long enough, so lets get this started!" She instantly activated her summoning magic to summon a stage underneath her. Then she summoned in 6 other people, all with a slightly different outfit then Mikotos own. They all took their positions on the stage, and then the music started.
(the performance is going to be Dreamcatchers dance and song to Lucky strike so if you want to see what it looks like, watch a youtube video on it)
The song that started playing was Lucky Strike and Mikoto and her summons started to dance and sing away at it. The dance itself was amazing, especially given that Mikoto was singing and dancing all while controlling the movements of her summons at the same time. Between the combined 7 of the dancers/singers, they each moved to their exact dance, singing at just the right times and making just the right movements when needed. The crowd erupted, amazed by this show of talent along with amazing control over one's magic. Eventually the song ended, with Mikoto finishing up the dance and then desumming the other people. The crowd thought that meant it was over, but that is far from the case when it involves Mikoto. Her next performance she was doing alone, with a song she has never sang before.
Mikoto begins to sing as the music starts, "It's alright, get ready for the night"
"Of your life"
She keeps her tone happy as she continues,"Stars will shine so bright"
"They say, we're dancin' the stress away"
She pauses slightly before stressing the words, "Hey Hey"
She begins to dance as the beat picks up slightly, "This beat gets underneath your feet"
"Right now"
"Together we will meet"
"This place will blow your mind away"
Again another pause and stress, "Hey Hey"
She picks it up even more, with her tone and dancing, "Welcome to the club now!"
"Gonna pump it up now!"
"This is an emergency!"
"Music is my galaxy!"
"Welcome to the club now! Everybody up now!"
"We've got it goin' on!"
"Till the break of dawn!"
"Welcome to the club now!"
"Gonna pump it up now!"
"This is an emergency!"
"Music is my galaxy!"
"Welcome to the club now!"
"Everybody's up now!"
"We've got it goin' on!"
"Till the break of dawn!"
"So put the record on, on, on, on, on!"
There was a pause in the singing as the song kept beating to sound like "O-O-O-O-On!"
"So put the record on!"
There was a pause in the singing as the song kept beating to sound like "O-O-O-O-On!"
"P-P-P-Put the record o-o-o-o-on!"
Another long pause in the singing as the beat kept going. The crowd was getting involved as well, as one by one they got up and started dancing to the beat.
"To the club now!"
Another pause as mikoto and the crowd danced to the song.
The beat slows down and Mikoto begins to stress the sentences while keeping her voice in an exciting tone, "Right now, we're standin' here in line"
"Open up the door Mr. Frankenstein"
"Cuz we're here to dance the night away"
She stresses these words even more so, even hearing some of the crowd singing it with her, "Hey Hey"
"Welcome to the club now!"
"Gonna pump it up now!"
"This is an emergency!"
"Music is my galaxy!"
"Welcome to the club now! Everybody up now!"
"We've got it goin' on!"
"Till the break of dawn!"
"Welcome to the club now!"
"Gonna pump it up now!"
"This is an emergency!"
"Music is my galaxy!"
"Welcome to the club now!"
"Everybody's up now!"
"We've got it goin' on!"
"Till the break of dawn!"
"So put the record on, on, on, on, on!"
There was a pause in the singing as the song kept beating to sound like "O-O-O-O-On!"
"So put the record on!"
There was a pause in the singing as the song kept beating to sound like "O-O-O-O-On!"
"Operator!"
Background singing, in a very quick but energetic voice could be heard, though it wasnt Mikoto saying any of it directly. She had pre recorded her self singing the lines to make the performance easier.
Mikoto sings "To the club now!"
There was a pause in the singing as the song kept beating to sound like "O-O-O-O-On!"
"JUMP!"
There was a pause in the singing as the song kept beating to sound like "O-O-O-O-On!"
"To the club now!"
There was a pause in the singing as the song kept beating to sound like "O-O-O-O-On!"
Mikoto picks up, singing as the crowd was now fully joined in, her voice filled with the fun and excitement she was experiencing, "Welcome to the club now!"
"Gonna pump it up now!"
"This is an emergency!"
"Music is my galaxy!"
"Welcome to the club now!"
"Everybody's up now!"
"We've got it goin' on!"
"Till the break of dawn!"
"So put the record on!" Mikoto finishes with the singing. The beat continues for a bit until it too ends, along with the dance.
"Well i hoped everyone enjoyed that song!" Mikoto yells out over the speakers. The crowd roared, showing their approval.
"Well dont worry, i got one song left in me, so lets see if you enjoy it just as much." Mikoto yelled out to the approval of the crowd.
She then prepared herself for the next song, another one she had never sang before. This one was when you leave(numa numa).
Once the music started, mikoto began to sing, having her voice fade in with the words, "When you leave my colors fade to gray"
"Numa numa iei, numa numa numa iei"
"Every word of love I used to say"
"Now I paint it everyday,"
She picked up as the song picked up, singing quickly while dancing slightly, "Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha"
"Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha"
She changed the mode of the headset, which then changed her voice to a slight techno as she slowed down a bit, "Hello, Salute, it's me, your babe"
"And I made something that's real"
"To show you how I feel,"
"Hello, Hello, it's me, Alina"
"I will paint my words of love"
"With your name on every wall,"
Now she changed the mode back to normal and sang faster yet again, "When you leave my colors fade to gray."
"Numa numa iei, numa numa numa iei"
"Every word of love I used to say"
"Now I paint it everyday"
"When you leave my colors fade to gray"
"Here my love will stay but all my colors fade away"
"Every word of love I used to say"
"Now I paint it everyday"
She pauses as the next words were said in the background.
[3, 2, 1, GO!]
Then she continued at the quick pace, "Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha"
"Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha"
She slowed down a bit and went back to techno, "I sold my strings, my song, and dreams"
"And I buy some paints to match the colors of my love"
"Hello, Hello, it's me Alina"
"I will paint my words of my love"
"With your name on every wall."
[Bass Jump, Higher]
She returned it to the normal fast pace, "When you leave my colors fade to gray."
"Numa numa iei, numa numa numa iei"
"Every word of love I used to say"
"Now I paint it everyday"
"When you leave my colors fade to gray"
"Hey my love will stay but all my colors fade away"
'Every word of love I used to say"
"Now I paint it everyday"
"Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha"
"Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha"
"Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha"
"Ma-Ya-Hi"
"Ma-Ya-Hu"
"Ma-Ya-Ho"
"Ma-Ya-Ha Ha" Mikoto finishes strongly as the song ends, bringing her dance to an end and bowing to the crowd. The crowd returned the gesture with a tremendous uproar. Letting the uproar die down a bit, Mikoto cancelled her summons, which causes the stage she had been on to diappear. The long amount of time that summon had been around had drained her, though she refused to let anyone know. She still had something planned, and she needed it to happen.
"What an amazing performance folks! As the first time anything like that was ever done for the Grand magic games, i can say it set the bar quiet high for future performances!" Chapati Lola, yelled out in excitement.
"Now onto the second part of today's games," Yajima says, quieting down the crowd.
"The second part of the games is an open challenge. Anyone from any guild can challenge anyone from another guild. The challenge can be any combination, and can even be a challenge spanning multiple guilds. Their will be a total of 5 challenge matches today, with each match giving 5 points to the victor, and no points in a tie or to the loser. So on that note, who would like to make the first challenge?" Chapati Lola asked over the speaker.
Before anyone else could make a challenge, a voice could be heard over the speakers, "Can i make one?" it asked. The crowds attention turned to the one who spoke, who just happened to be Mikoto. She was still standing in the middle of the arena, though the outfit she was wearing had changed. She had used her magic to change her clothes not to her level 6 outfit, but to her old Tokiwadai uniform. Touma was in shock, he had never expected her to wear that uniform again, especially after the things she found out about the school. The rest of the crowd was also confused, but for another reason. Why would this little girl who had just did a marvelous performance, ask if she could challenge someone.
"Of course you are. As explained, anyone can make a challenge to anyone." Yajima confirms.
Mikotos eyes darkened at that and her lips curled into a devious smile. Emotions filled them, and only those close enough to see her eyes could tell what it was. Happiness, Arrogance, determination, mischievousness, and other emotions as well.
"Then I, Mikoto Misaka of Fairy Tail, challenges Everyone!"