Secrets Can Kill, chapter 37!

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Previously:

"Yay," she said with a laugh, gripping the edge of the slide with one hand. "That was fun, but Juvia may have kicked my wound." I looked to her stomach, but there was no bandages. No sign of a wound.

She caught my stare and grinned sheepishly. "Mira's magic. She made the bandages blend in with my skin tone."

I nodded along, and then glanced at the slide. I saw Levy and Gajeel sliding together, Erza and "Jellal", Evergreen and Elfman. Natsu and Lucy seemed to have been stuck together.

"Whoa," Nicole whispered after a moment. As we hung side by side, she grinned at me. "Drop?"

"Drop," I confirmed, and we dropped like stones together into the rest of the slide.

Tightly wrapping my arms around her, I felt my cheeks heat up. She was squeezing her eyes shut, and trying to control her motion sickness. I squeezed her tighter.

Then we bumped into Lyon and Juvia.

"Ice brat!" Lyon spat. "Ruining my moment!"

"Oh, yeah?" I countered. "Well, eat this!"

And this resulted in everything being frozen, then everything being destroyed because of Natsu. Typical.

But when we landed, Nicole was still clutched tightly in my arms, sighing in relief at the idea of no more movement.

Chapter 37: Grand Magic Games, Day 4

Normal POV

The morning after Ryetsu Land flew by quickly.

The next event was held inside a water sphere. Lucy quickly volunteered, which relieved Nicole, because she honestly did not want to be in a bathing suit again. Lucy did really well- Aquarius was a big help, but Juvia was there too. Gray shrunk down in the stands when Juvia proclaimed her love for him. Lyon was shaking in fury.

Milo of Twilight Ogre was the first one pushed out of the sphere. Then, Rocker from Quatro Ceburus. Risley Law of Mermaid Heel, Jenny Realight of Blue Pegasus, and Chelia Blendy of Lamia Scale followed. Juvia, becoming distracted by her love for Gray-sama, fell out of the ring as well.

The final standoff was Lucy against Minerva of Sabertooth. Apparently, Yukino had been kicked out of Sabertooth for her failure (and Natsu had beat up several members in the process) and now Minerva was taking her place. The battle was brutal- Lucy was helpless and Minerva tortured her inside the water sphere. When Lucy finally fell out of the water, Natsu leaped out of the stands to catch her.

Gray, Erza, and Nicole al huddled around Lucy. "Come on, Lucy, Lucy, wake up!" Gray hissed through his teeth.

"Lucy!" Nicole whispered urgently. "Let's get her to Wendy!"

"No need! I'm here!" The tiny Sky Dragon Slayer ran out onto the playing field and quickly began to focus her energy on Lucy.

"I'll help too!" Chelia Blendy, whom it turns out also had healing qualities, and was good friends with Wendy. They both quickly set to work.

Erza glared down the members of Sabertooth. "You. Are messing with the wrong guild."

When it looked like a fight would ensue, Mato pushed himself in between the two teams. "Now, now, um, go to your seats, kabo!" Reluctantly, the two guilds sat down in the stands, awaiting that moment where they could fight each other once and for all.

1: Sabertooth: 44 points

2: Fairy Tail B: 36 points

3: Fairy Tail A: 35 points

4: Mermaid Heel: 38 points

5: Twilight Ogre: 31 points

6: Lamia Scale: 28 points

7: Blue Pegasus: 22 points

8: Quatro Puppy: 16 points

"On we go, to the doubles matches!" Chapati cheered with excitement. "If you take a look at our standings, it seems Lamia Scale has fallen behind." To this, Jura simply smirked, and Lyon cracked his knuckles. "In the lead by a good 8 points, Sabertooth looks ready to take the title once more! But both Fairy Tail teams are catching up. What could this mean for the outcome of the games?

"First up, by audience request, Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki and… the rabbit…. against Rocker and Bacchus Groh from Quatro Puppy!"

Both teams headed into the sandy arena. In a moment's shock, the rabbit revealed itself to be Nichiya, the exceed from Edolas. However, Nichiya was out quickly, causing Ichiya to take his parfum of strength, walloping Bacchus and Rocker. This earned Blue Pegasus ten points.

"Next up, we have Lamia Scale's Lyon Vastia and Chelia Blendy against Twilight Ogre's Thibault and Corinbolt!"

After a drawling ten minute match, in which Chelia revealed she was the Sky God Slayer, Lamia Scale beat the Twilight Ogre rookies, earning themselves ten points for their team.

"Third, we have Fairy Tail B's Juvia Lockser and Gajeel Redfox against Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi and Millianna!"

Fairy Tail watched in anticipation as Juvia fought Millianna and Gajeel took on Kagura. They were fairly evenly matched- Gajeel and Juvia had the slight advantage of working together in many previous years. Millianna was out before long, and a strike from Kagura's sheathed sword took out Juvia. Gajeel, growling in frustration, nearly took off the Mermaid Heel leader's head, and she retaliated by slicking downwards. But before the sheathed blade could reach its mark, the whistle blew, symbolizing a tie between the two teams. Gajeel, slightly frustrated with the results, helped a sulky Juvia back to the stands.

"And finally, the match you've all been waiting for!"

Fairy Tail A knew immediately they were going to place them against Sabertooth's twin dragons. This was audience request, after all. Natsu would probably end up facing them, alongside Nicole. Nicole only figured she would go on because the crowd wanted to see how long she'd last against the duo.

"Sabertooth's Twin Dragon Slayer, Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney!"

The crowd cheered wildly.

"Against Fairy Tail A's, Natsu Dragneel and Nicole Emereon!"

Well, they knew it was coming.

As the walked out onto the arena floor, Natsu whispered to Nicole. "You know, you're going to have to use your powers at some point."

Nicole nodded. "I'll take them by surprise at one point, then you pound their faces in while they're shocked."

Natsu Dragneel grinned. "Sounds good!"

And so they went.

Sting and Rogue were waiting for them in the centre of the arena. Nicole glanced briefly at Natsu.

Sting smirked. "Aw, is little baby scared?"

"You'll be the one scared by the time I'm done with you," Nicole snarled. And together, Natsu and Nicole charged.