So finally after 2 months i managed to get another chapter out. First of all, i apologize for the long wait. I had finals week and then working when i wasnt studying, and then to top it off i got sick right afterwards, so i was not spending time righting this. I started writing this chapter a week ago, and though it is not completely as i would like it, i felt like i couldnt keep you all waiting any longer. I will not promise when the next chapter will be out, but hopefully i can get it out a little faster. Im also sorry that this chapter is relatively short, but if i make the next chapter as i plan to, that one should make up for this one being short. So moving on, please enjoy and leave some reviews so i can make things better.
The following morning, the third day of the grand magic games was set to take place. Mikoto went with the rest of fairy tail team A to stand in there section, waiting for the games to start. She looked over the crowd and the other contestants. The crowd was yelling in excitement, cheering on teams. Unlike in the previous timeline, some of the crowd were cheering for fairy tail, a change for the better in Mikotos opinion.
Her gaze then moved onto the other contestants, noticing the look of content in the Sabertooth members eyes, as if they already expected to win this. She saw determination in the eyes of Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, and Mermaid Heel members, all looking to prove themselves in todays matches.
Raven Tail had a different look to their eyes however, they were watching the members of fairy tail, hatred and displeasure in their eyes, as if the mere existence of fairy tail annoyed them. Mikoto also noticed the dullness in the eyes of flare though, noticing the injuries on her body. Those were not given to her by Lucy, which meant that she was punished for almost losing to lucy the other day.
Its sad that a master of a guild would do that to someone because of them almost failing. Im so glad that neither makarov or Raiden are like that, my life would have been even harder if that was the case.
Mikotos thoughts were interrupted when the judges began to speak.
"Welcome everyone to the third day of the Grand Magic Games!" Chapati Lola exclaims, causing a swell of excitement to fill the air from the crowd.
Yajima then speaks, "Today the guest judge will be Jason, a reporter from Sorcerer Magazine!" Introducing the guest judge.
"This is so Coooooooooool!" Jason exclaims simply, gaining a small laugh from the crowd from his obvious excitement.
Chapati Lola then speaks again, "Today Mato is on break so i will be acting as the referee, so to the contestants, i shall be keeping a close eye on you all. So can each team pick their representative for the mystery event."
Mikoto stayed silent while her team picked, with them eventually choosing Natsu. Team B picked Gajeel, who seemed more interesting in fighting Natsu than anything else. The other teams picked the same members that they did in the previous timeline, so for that Mikoto was thankful. She was now certain that the event would remain the same as well. She looked over to where the other members of fairy tail that were not competing were standing, catching eyes with Touma. They shared a smile, and a quick shake of the head, knowing what is to come. Makarov caught the glance, and muttered out loud, "What do those two know? What are they hiding from us?" Mavis heard the remarks and looked over at him.
"Hopefully nothing too important." Mavis commented.
Thats when Yajima announced what the mystery event was going to be, which was named Chariot. The event was basically a race on top of moving chariots, starting from the outskirts of the city and ending at the arena. If the contestants fall off, they are disqualified, with points being awarded by who reaches the arena in what place. The fairy tail members groaned, realizing the predicament they were now in. They sent in natsu and Gajeel, in a race on top of a moving vehicle.
"Oh no…" Mavis whispers, dread in her voice.
"Why did they not warn us! Now we have surely lost this and will still be in last place!" Makarov exclaims, grabbing at his hair. Suddenly he noticed Mikoto staring right at him, an unreadable emotion in her eyes. A voice sounded behind him, drawing both his and Mavis's attention.
"We didnt need to warn you about this. The result of this match does not depend on winning the event, but of natsus personality, and will to help his guild is whats important here. He will be the key to our victory in the days to come, the very things he does in this event are the key to it all. Besides, if we were to use someone else, matchups needed in the future will not be possible. Best to have let to move on its own in this case," Touma says, explaining their reasoning.
"You two are holding back alot more than you are letting on, i hope your right about all of this," Makarov says, turning back to the arena. Already the contestants had been transported to the starting point, and then the event started. Immediately all three dragon slayers were left behind as the other contestants rushed forward, using magic in any way possible to get an edge in the race. Eventually, after a long battle for first, Bacchus reaches the finish line first, with in order, Kurohebi, Risley, Yuka, and Ichiya following him. That left only the dragon slayers, who were still pitifully stuck on the starting chariot as it slowly reached the end. The crowd was curious that the three of them could be so weak, when finally Yajima explains that all dragon slayers have a crippling weakness, motion sickness.
"It seems like thats common trait to all dragon slayers, even the third generation ones," Erza commented, thinking.
"Yeah it sucks. I used to not be affected by it, but i guess it was going to happen someday," Wendy says, grimacing at watching her fellow dragon slayers deal with their motion sickness.
The crowd listens in as Sting begins to question the Fairy Tail dragon slayers, asking why they continue to try and push on despite their motion sickness. Natsu replies by making a speech, Stating that he is doing it for his Guildmates and Friends, who waited patiently and suffered for seven long years for them to return. Gajeel adds in a small statement, and the two dragon slayers push forward. The crowd and the fairy Tail members watching begin to cry, as Natsus words touched them. Sting, in disgust at the explanation, drops out, believing one point won't make a difference. Natsu pushes forward grabbing 6th place and Gajeel grabbing second place for 2 points and 1 point respectively. As the Event edded, Lucy carried Natsu to the infirmary and then later rejoined her team to hear the first match being called out. The first match was to be Toby from Lamia Scale and Kurohebi from Raven Tail.
Mikoto suddenly hears Lucy say, "What did they do to Her?"
Mikoto follows Lucys gaze, noticing that Lucy is seeing how injured Flare is.
"It depressing I know, but for now it is none of our business. Believe me, they will get whats coming to them, for everything they did, not just abusing a teammate," Mikoto states. Though her words did not ease the trouble in Lucy's thoughts, they got her to refocus on the match that was taking place.
Kurohebi seemed to have the advantage, easily handling tobys attacks. Suddenly Toby started going off about how Kurohebis name, and when Kurohebi stated it was not his real name, this infuriated Toby, allowing him to get a strike in. He then offered a deal, that if he won the match, Kurohebi would have to tell him his real name, and if Kurohebi wins, Toby would tell him his super secret. Kurohebi accepts this deal, and with this now supplying him with some extra motivation, swiftly defeats Toby. When pressed to reveal his secret, Toby states that he lost his other sock. The crowd and Kurohebi are stunned by this, as the sock in question is tied to Tobys neck. Kurohebi points it out, causing Toby to cry in happiness. But when Kurohebi reaches his hand down, presumably to help Toby to his feet, he instead grabs at the sock and tears it apart, much to the surprise and disdain of the crowd and the watching wizards.
"The more precious something is to someone, the more I want to destroy it," Kurohebi states before turning and walking away.
As the crowd continues to talk about what happened, The next match is announced. Its Bacchus vs Elfman. Once one the arena and the match starts Bacchus decides to make a proposition. He states a wish to keep with the betting done in the previous match. The bet is that if he wins, he gets Elfman's sisters. Elfmans reply is to transform and attack. Though this does not end well, as Elfman tries Transformation after transformation, but Bacchus thoroughly beats him down.
"This is bad," Erza states simply.
"How so?" Gray asks, looking for an answer.
"Bacchus is very strong, though not in the way you might think. His magic is simple, Focusing his magical energy into his palms for his strikes. His real strength is his mastery of the Martial Arts," Erza explains.
"So its like a seasoned fighter going up against a novice then?" Lucy asks, realizing just how much trouble Elfman is in.
"Yes but that's not it. He hasn't even had a sip of Alcohol yet, and his moves become more erratic and unpredictable once he is drunk," Erza adds in.
Elfman stands up after being knocked down again, transforming back to his normal self.
While struggling for breath, he manages to get out, "What do I get if I win?"
Bacchus is stunned and simply asks, "What did you say?"
You heard me, What do I get If i win?" Elfman repeats.
"Your getting ahead of yourself there. But I will amuse you, anything you ask for," Bacchus replies, a smug look on his face.
"Then If I win, Quatro Cerberus must be called Quatro Puppy for the rest of the tournament." Elfman states. While Bacchus accepts the deal, he and the crowd were laughing, while the Fairy Tail Members could only shake their heads. Of Course Elfman would do something like that.
Bacchus leans down, and then chugs all of the Alcohol in the container he brought with him, basically going to full power. He charges forward, while Elfman transforms. Bacchus connects a series of punched, a first seeming pleased, when suddenly he leaps back clutching his hands in pain. Elfman's transformation is revealed to be a Lizardman, a being with with sharp, and strong scales covering its entire body, a nightmare for a hand to hand combatant. Elfman challenges Bacchus, asking which will break first, Bacchus's hands, or Elfmans body. Bacchus replies by leaping forward, launching a never ending series of punches and kicks.
After a couple Minutes of this, they both collapse to the ground, with Elfman dropping out of his transformation. Bacchus stands up saying "Elfman, your Wild," Then collapses to the ground, giving Elfman the victory. He is taken to the infirmary by the Thunder legion, with Wendy taking his place on the Team.
The next match is Mirajane vs Jenny from Blue Pegasus. Though this match does not go nearly as intended, as a special rule allows it to be turned into a Swimsuit contest, with each contestant using their transformation magic to gains points based off the themes of the round. A couple of the rounds involve the female members of the other teams, along with one round Involved a male and female pair, which Mikoto forced Touma to take part in, despite his discomfort, and her own. This involvement was only ended when Lamia Scales master tried to join in, stopping it at once. The last Round is Battle forms, and Jenny believed she could win if she played this right. So she makes a bet with Mirajane, that the loser has to appear in sorcerer Weekly nude. Now firmly believing she has won, as the crowd erupts she transforms into her battle form, but is then one shotted by Mirajane in her Satan Soul: Sitri form, making Jenny the loser because of the rules of the match.
The last match of the Day is Yukino from Sabertooth versus Kagura from Mermaid Heel. Right off the bat Yukino looks confidant, Making the bet that the loser owes the victor their life. The match is an intense one, with neither getting the upper hand as Yukino reveals she is a celestial spirit mage as she opens 2 zodiac keys. Kagura manages to defeat both of the spirits, forcing Yukino to summon in the previously mysterious 13th key, much to the shock and Excitement of Lucy. Even with the introduction of this mysterious 13th zodiac, Yukino was overpowered and Defeated by Kagura, giving the match to Kagura. Despite their previous deal, Kagura spares Yukino's life, telling her that she now owes her in return. With that, the end of today's games was concluded, with the judges making some small hints towards what will be going on the next day. The teams leave the area, and instead of the whole guild meeting at a bar, Makarov decided to let everyone do their own thing for this night. This leaves Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Wendy, Carla, Mikoto and Touma.
"So, what do you guys want to do?" Lucy asks, looking around at her friends.
"I'm starving! Let's get something to eat!" Natsu exclaims, rubbing his stomach.
"Aye Sir!" Happy yells out in agreement.
"You know, I have to agree with the Tomcat for once." Carla states. The others also agree, and the group heads over to a close by restaurant to get some food. Once in the restaurant, the group orders their food and waits for it to arrive.
"So, another day is over, and the next is about to begin. Tomorrow's going to be interesting, thats for sure." Mikoto states, leaning back in her chair.
"So you know what happens tomorrow then dont you?" Wendy asks, already knowing the answer, given the slight smile she had.
"Yes I do, some I hope don't happen, while some I want to happen, though given how today went, I dont think im going to give any more information," Mikoto replies, returning the smile.
The group continues some minor conversations, until they get their food of course. Natsu and Happy quickly eat there's, almost over eating in the process. The others did not eat so fast, but they still manage to not spend too much time at the restaurant. After finishing their meals, the group pays and begins a walk back to the Honey Bone. Yet on the way, they recognize Yukino standing outside of the doors. Something immediately felt off when they approached her. They let her inside to talk, though natsu and Happy were a little rude about it all.
"Take these, i have no need for them anymore," Yukino states, attempting to hand lucy her zodiac keys.
"No I can't, those are yours," Lucy replies in shock. Yukino explains that she was planning on giving them to lucy at the end of the games any ways, but now that she is no longer participating, she doesn't need them. Yukino then repeats a strange prophecy, which Lucy questions what it means. Lucy then refuses to take the keys again, stating she doesn't want to break the bonds between yukino and her spirits. With this, Yukino leaves with a farewell and a hope to meet again.
"Somethings wrong, something going through Yukino's head," Lucy states once Yukino's left. Before she could say anything else, Natsu and Happy take off. Mikoto looked at Touma, the both of them already knowing what was going to happen.
"I'm going to go walk around the town, I won't be too long so don't worry about me," Mikoto says, her voice sounding normally as she wavesd her hands in goodbye as she walks out the door as well.
So it's beginning finally. Now is the time to start having an impact. To change the future, i must act, I must be prepared to give it my all, for the future of my friends, and for my honor, i will no longer fail. The next couple of days are critical, and I will make sure of that.
as a head up, the song below is not related heavily to the story, just a song i feel is a good song so i decided to put it in here.
You're a good soldier
Choosing your battles
Pick yourself up
And dust yourself off
Get back in the saddle
You're on the front line
Everyone's watching
You know it's serious
We're getting closer
This isn't over
The pressure's on
You feel it
But you got it all
Believe it
When you fall get up, oh oh
If you fall get up, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
'Cause this is Africa
Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
Listen to your God
This is our motto
Your time to shine
Don't wait in line
Y vamos por todo
People are raising
Their expectations
Go on and feed them
This is your moment
No hesitation
Today's your day
I feel it
You paved the way
Believe it
If you get down get up, oh oh
When you get down get up, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa a a
Tsamina mina, eh eh
Waka waka, eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa
