I'd like to say that was just the beginning to winning events and a major victory for Fairy Tail, but that was the one highlight, and the only highlight so far for the first three days of GMG x789. It's day four and the first three days have been painful to go through.
Last year, neither Bisca or Alzack participated and they had an event with gun magic. This year Jet didn't participate, and they had a race on the third day. A race! They do this on purpose! I think we were all tearing our hair out. Warren participated in that one, and yes, we came in dead last. So far, I haven't had any match ups with anybody, and neither has Rogue, and none of the other guilds have dragon slayers, aside from me.
That stupid announcer's voice is giving me headaches every single day.
And yesterday the first event involved a fun house, and we had to find each other with all these magically moving distorted mirrors. I did well in that at least. I even got Master Macao to smile, which is something at least.
Sting's been completely unavailable at night. Oh, well. I can't blame him for playing it safe, but it's disappointing. He must be enjoying himself. Sabertooth is sweeping everything with Lamia Scale somewhat close behind and Blue Pegasus third. He was in the first day's event, and It was kind of humiliating for Hibiki. Sting had him down in less than 10 minutes. It was also a bit awkward because I'm friends with Hibiki, but Sting's the boyfriend, so of course I was cheering him on.
Then I was in the fun house event, and I was doing great, but he certainly wasn't cheering me on. He'd have repercussions if he did. I can't have the same expectations.
Bisca, Laki, Kinana and I did a girl's night last night which was fun at least. We went to a bathhouse, and then we went out for dinner. Might as well enjoy all the different restaurants while we're here. Bisca's kind of annoyed at Sting on my behalf, and she was vocal at the restaurant.
"I don't know why you're not more upset that Sting's ignoring you."
"Well, his guild master made it a rule that nobody can associate with other guilds during the games."
"I don't care. You're his girlfriend. That should count for something. I'm still annoyed that he didn't cheer you on."
"Well, he did have to cheer for Rufus. And you don't know his guild master, Bisca. He's a real piece of work."
"Well maybe this angel with a shotgun should get involved." She really liked that song. But I can't have her get involved. I's not worth it and she's a mother, hello. It's nice just to hear her say it though.
'It's okay. No need. Sting and I will get together after the games. After Sabertooth finishes first. Again."
"It's not over until it's over," Laki pipes up.
"And you haven't fought anyone yet, Alexa." Kinana is so sweet.
"Yeah. And I know exactly who I want to fight." And so does Bisca, and also Lyon, but he told me earlier he thought that would be a bad idea. Party pooper.
"Who?" Laki asks.
"I'll tell you if you if I end up fighting him." Laki's easy going and doesn't press, and Bisca just winks.
And here we are waiting for the first match up on day four.
And it's Rogue. Versus Alexa Dreyar. Well, well, Mr. Cheney. It appears I get two birthdays this year.
That loser can't resist getting a dig in.
"Oh nice. I get to go against the imposter dragon slayer singer. Today's my lucky day." And all said in that ridiculous monotone voice.
He is going down. I surprise him by using Ice Make: Prison. I know it's not going to do anything to a guy who can turn into a shadow, but it's the the symbolism that I'm after.
And crap this is not going as well as I'd like. That Shadow Dragon Slash was more than a bit painful. Maybe the prison idea wasn't such a good idea. It gave him too much time.
And unlike the shadow thief, my little knowledge of illusion magic is going to get me nowhere. It's not even worth it. The one thing I'm not doing is giving up though. "Ice Dragon Roar!" Which is kind of not doing the trick. So why don't you take an "Ice Dragon Slayer Axe Mobs!" That's one of my best. Axes are flying towards Rogue, and something's got to get him. And it does, but not nearly as successfully as they do in my dream scenarios.
And he's just not stopping. The guy is good. I'm trying to work on my plan of surprise and I'm just not surprising him. Right when I was hoping maybe for a draw he screams, "Shadow Dragon's Waxwing Flash!"
The next thing I know, I'm in the infirmary. No. I didn't just lose to Rogue. Nobody's here which is good, because I'm feeling pathetic and I want to cry. I was supposed to win that one. I didn't even get a chance to use my new move. I suck. No. I don't suck. Rogue's a strong wizard, and I underestimated him. It could happen to anyone, and the fact that it was Rogue that got me doesn't have to hurt just because I can't stand his guts and I wish he would just go away somewhere. It doesn't matter. I'm better than that. Oh, forget it. Yes, it does matter. I suck, and Rogue beat me, and I want him to move somewhere far away like Iceberg or the Pergrande Kingdom.
Then Porlyusica comes in and starts yelling at me for being stupid and is mumbling to herself about humans. This woman is always doing that. I think it's her idea of fun. I told her once when she was ranting about stupid humans that she is also human, and she just looked at me with this surprised look as if to say "so?" Well right now, I'm sort of with her on a particular human. I can't believe Rogue beat me.
And is Sting going to visit me? No. He isn't, because of Jiemma's stupid ban.
And I'm just so weak. That's why I couldn't beat him. Ivan was right.
No. He was wrong. Suddenly I'm hearing Gray in my head. "Cut the crap, Alexa," and I can't help but smile. I miss him so much. What would Gray do? What would Laxus do? Maybe he'd smile at me and say, "Get up, short stuff." They wouldn't let this get them down, that's for sure. And it's going to be embarrassing next time I see Sting, Rogue or Lector, but I'll handle it, and I'm a work in progress just like they are.
Then Bisca showed up with a fruit shake, hugs, and sisterly comfort and told me the match up lated twenty-four minutes, so not bad actually. Six more minutes and it would have been a draw. Master Macao also came in and noted how long the match lasted.
Lyon came by to tell me what I missed. Julia versus Ichiya. That sounds like an interesting battle. Too bad I missed it. She won, because he was too busy going on about her seductive parfum. Jura's not the jealous type, but I still wonder what his reaction to that was.
Lyon is wonderful, but sometimes he gets into an a 'I told you so' sort of mood and that's where he was today.
"I told you that fighting with Rogue would be bad news. You have too much hate for him. Hate makes you weak."
"I thought emotions strengthened you?"
"Positive strong emotions, but not the negativity of pure hatred. This has always been my experience." And probably because Julia lectured him about it once. Okay, I'm not being fair. And Lyon has been one of my best friends for a while now, and he's definitely had his own experiences with hatred he's learned from. I really should just listen to him, but I'm too angry at Rogue. "If you think about it, when you've been upset, and it's helped you in a battle, it's really because you were fighting for someone or something, and not because of hatred."
"You're right. He's not worth hating either."
"Exactly. He's not worth it. And next time you'll get him. And your fight lasted 24 minutes you know. It was close." Okay so now I've been told that four times, but it sounds nice and he's given me that winning smile of his. I'm so lucky to have such wonderful friends.
And Sting isn't going to visit me, because he can't, and I just can't expect this from him. It's not fair of me.
Except he does. After it's gotten dark, Lector sneaks him in through an open window. Lector leaves soon afterward, saying he'll return in a couple of hours.
"Hey." And there he is, with that gruff voice of his, and he's looking more gorgeous every time I see him.
"You're here! You came!"
"Yeah. I snuck out. Look. I know Rogue and you don't see to eye to eye, but we don't have to let that get in the way of… you know."
And how I've missed him. I've missed his lips and his breath and his hair and his smell and his smirk and just him. I'm not even going to ask about Rogue, and how much he's celebrated since beating me. How does Rogue celebrate anyway? I can just see him with a party hat saying "yey" in a monotone.
"Did you know that your match was 24 minutes long? That's close to a draw." Yeah, I know, but why tell him that?
"It was? It was so hard to get anything to stick with him."
"Well, that's Rogue isn't it. When he's a shadow you can't do anything. Anyway. Enough about Rogue."
"Yes. Enough about Rogue." And for the rest of the time we concentrated on a lot more pleasant things.
