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3rd POV
After Raventail was removed from the arena, Mato quickly hurried to bring the energy of the crowd back up by displaying the scores.
Fairy Tail B- 41 pts
Crime Sorciere- 34 pts
Sabertooth- 29 pts
Lamia Scale- 26 pts
Fairy Tail A- 26 pts
Mermaid Heel- 19 pts
Quatro Puppy- 12 pts
Raven Tail-Disqualified
"With only two days left in our competition, Fairy Tail B has the lead, but no one is out of this race yet!" Mato announced, but his cheer was wasted on the 7 remaining teams, all of which were disgusted with the actions of Raven Tail.
The arena emptied quickly as each team went back to their inns to discuss the day's action. Crime Sorciere was no exception, Harry rushed his team back to meet with Jellal and Sirius.
"What do you have for us?" Harry asked as soon as the room was secured by runes, Ultear relaxing in a lazy chair at the head of a long table.
"Princess Hisui personally arranged one of the matches today, Sabertooth vs Fairy Tail." Sirius started, his dog form stealthy enough to get into the royal palace itself.
"Which begs the question why, if they wanted Saber too win, the would have picked a stronger member, and if they wanted Fairy Tail to lose, Erza was exhausted and Lucy can't fight seriously against any guy." Meredy pointed out.
"Both Yukino and Lucy are Celestial mages, same as the princess. It could be she wanted who was the strongest celestial mage." Ultear added, but the groups voice of reason countered that.
"We know the Royal family has been researching into the twelve zodiac keys, Yukino was even called forth to demonstrate her summons a few years ago to see if her two spirits could bring news of the ten lost on Tenrou." Hermione stated, her encyclopedic brain moving hundreds of miles an hour. "It was all passed off as the Princess's interest in the magic, but this is something more."
"Between the two of them, all twelve golden zodiac keys are present, Jellal, do you know of any dark magic revolving around them?" Meredy asked the former expert on ancient evil magic and Jellal nodded.
"It didn't have a name, but there were rumors that there existed a weapon that could only be activated by the combined power of the spirits, there was no description however, just that the last celestial mage who activated died from the strain." Jellal told the group, his voice monotone.
"Which means that both Lucy and Yukino are targets, for their keys and their ability. Whatever Zeref is planning could revolve around those two, Sirius, follow Yukino, disable any attackers against her, your dog form should be able to watch over her within the Sabertooth inn. I'll send a quick message to Natsu and Lisanna, they'll keep an eye on Lucy." Harry said, pulling out a message lacrima and sent a quick message off to his friends. Sirius just nodded and slunk away in his grim form.
After that the meeting broke up and the guild simply enjoyed themselves, making small talk and comments on the matches. It was when Sirius barged back into the room that things got serious again.
"Sabertooth threw Yukino out for her fight, I searched for her through the streets, but she vanished." he told them, out of breath. The whole guild scowled. The first move had been made.
POV switch
That night, the Sabertooth guild was called to assembly in the lobby of their inn. The master of Sabertooth, Jiemma, had moved his large throne from their guildhall and into the hotel lobby, despite protests from the staff.
"We are LOSING!" Jiemma shouted at his collected mages, his face set in a twisted frown. "Not only do we have less points than a new nobody guild and a group of cheaters, but we're losing to FAIRY TAIL!"
As he shouted, his magic aura flared, giving off a sickening feel to everyone in his guild. "I will not permit this to continue any longer. Yukino, step forward." Jiemma growled and the nervous and exhausted spirit mage limped forward, her cloak still ripped from the earlier fight.
"After countless hours of practice alongside your spirits, years of time spent expanding your magic container to cast Urano Metria, wasted! You are a disgrace, and I hereby banish you from my guild." Silence rang through the hotel at his proclamation. Yukino knew what that meant and silently stripped, brandishing her guildmark for Jiemma to wipe away.
"Leave and never return, you only have enemies here." Jiemma spat at Yukino, who clutched her keys like a life-line and began the long walk to the door, forcing her face to remain stoic.
"I think we'll be keeping those, consider it your payment for all the time we put into you." a woman's voice rang through the silent hall, sulty but cruel. As it spoke, Yukino's keys vanished from her hands and reappeared on the floor in front of Jiemma.
"Trash, a worthless magic for a useless mage." he spat, stomping on the keys and kicking them away. Unseen by anyone but Rogue, Frosch scooped them up and stored them under its hood.
That was the last straw for the distraught Yukino, who fled the hotel, tears falling freely down her face.
From the shadow behind Jiemma's throne, a tall stately woman with slanted eyes, skin a deep cream matching Jiemma, and dressed in a deep blue evening gown.
"Minerva will be taking her place on the team, at this point, she's the only one besides Sting and Rufus who hasn't let me down." Jiemma said, sending a glare at Rogue and Orga. Both young men shifted uncomfortably under his stern gaze.
"Tomorrow, I expect us to take the lead, if not I will punish those who fail. Dismissed." Jiemma waved his hand and the guild scattered. Only Sting and Minerva were left in the vast lobby.
"I got a little sneak peek at tomorrow's matches, be prepared, both you and Rogue, you two finally get the match you dreamed of." Minerva told the White dragon slayer who grinned wickedly and went up to the room he shared with Rogue and their exceeds, tomorrow was going to be a big day, a day of dragons clashing.
While Sting daydreamed of his match the next day, Rogue and Frosch slipped out a side door and vanished into the night. It took only minutes for the shadow dragon slayer to find Yukino hiding in an alley, sobbing.
"Jiemma went too far this time, it was obvious the Fairy has been training just as you have, she simply outnumbered you." Rogue comforted his close friend, handing her a small bag filled with clothes and a few jewel.
Yukino quickly put on a fresh t-shirt and shorts then grabbed Rogue in a tight hug, crying into his shoulder.
"Fro thinks these will make it better!" the little exceed piped up, holding up Yukino's keys. Yukino held the keys carefully and pulled them into her chest, her tears falling harder now.
"Thank you, both of you." she said softly as Rogue gently held her. "I don't know what I'm going to do now though…" Yukino trailed off, finally letting go of Rogue.
"Sting will soon notice I went missing, if you need help, I should be able to sneak off between the event and matches tomorrow, I'll look for you then." Rogue told his friend and with that, he vanished off into the night.
Yukino took a few minutes to calm herself before she left the alley, clutching her keys tightly. She had only got a few steps though when a large shadow passed over her.
"Rogue?" Yukino asked, that was her last word before a fist collided with the back of her head and everything went black. Yukino Aguria was spirited away into the night, with her keys.
Next day
"Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to the second to last day of the Grand Magic Games!" Mato announced, the crowd roared in excitement, the misconduct of Raven Tail the day before forgotten.
"For today's game, we will have the Naval Battle!" Mato announced, his pumpkin head bouncing as he got the crowd into it. "Will the representatives from all eight teams please come down!"
Minerva staked down to the field dressed in a moderate but still attractive one piece bathing suit, the other guilds watched carefully as the ace of Saber Tooth took her place.
"Finally, a good opportunity to show off my new bikini!" Mira cheered and threw herself into the arena, girls from the other guilds following her. The competitors wound up being Hermione of Crime Sorciere, Sherria from Lamia, Risley of Mermaid Heel, Juvia and Mira from the two Fairy Tail teams, Minerva for Saber and Rocker with two bloody tissues stuffed up his nose for Quatro Puppy, a goofy smile plastered across his face.
"Watch me Gray-sama, Juvia will win for you!" Juvia called to crush, who just buried his head in his hands.
"The rules are simple." Mato explained, a giant bubble of water forming above the arena floor. "The seven competitors will be placed in the sphere of water above, then they will fight with the goal of knocking each other out of the bubble. The longer you last, the more points your team will get. But there is one exception. When there are only two competitors left, a five minute timer will start. If one of the remaining two competitors is knocked out in that time, their team will get no points. Now if everyone is ready, BEGIN!"
And with that, the seven mages were levitated into the large bubble and they took off, using magic to propel themselves through the magic water.
"You know Gray, Juvia has a good chance of winning this one, her magic gives her a distinct advantage." Erza told the ice mage as they watched Juvia knock the already Rocker from the bubble, making him the first eliminated.
"I know that, but I'm worried about the Saber mage, she looks more vicious than the rest of their team put together." Gray admitted as the watched Minerva punch her way through a stone barrier created by Hermione of Crime Sorciere and send her flying from the bubble.
"Juvia will be fine, she would have won her match against Raven if it weren't for them cheating and now she's in here element. Trust her." Gajeel said, his voice in its usual flat biting tone, but they could all feel the faith the dragon slayer had in his sister figure.
The battle in the sphere was heating up now as Juvia and Sherria clashed spells. Juvia using the water from all around her and Sherria pulling in air from the outside to negate her spells. Mira had yet to use her Satan soul, but was instead darting around Risley as she tried to use her gravity magic to push her from the water. Minerva was floating near the top of the bubble watching the others with a precise eye.
"Juvia will not allow herself to be defeated in her own element, not even to a slayer." Juvia cried as she channeled more water around her, creating a whirlpool around Sherria. Sherria tried to escape through the top of the spiral of water, but Mira landed a kick on the Sky God slayer as she avoided Risley, keeping her trapped.
"Water Cyclone!" Juvia called, completing her spell on a much larger scale than usual due to the water all around her. Sherria was immediately sent flying form the bubble and the others all struggled to dodge, even Minerva. While she was recovering from the spinning, Mira landed a Elfman style punch to Risley's jaw, sending her out of the bubble, only leaving the two Fairy Tail mages and Minerva.
"Looks like it's just us now, time to step things up a notch." Mira said, a devious smile crossing her usually serene face.
"Just the two fairies, just as planned." Minerva said, a hungry smile flashing across her face as she glared at the winded Juvia and smiling Mira. "Let's start by evening out the number a bit."
With a simple wave of her hands Mira vanished from her spot in the bubble and landed rough on the ground.
"With only two competitors left, the five minute timer will begin!" Mato called and a timer formed above the bubble where Juvia and Minerva were facing down.
"Well, it seems Saber knows just as much as we do, and they've planned for it." Harry said, watching Minerva carefully.
"Yes, more favoritism by the Royal Family and endorsed by the Magic Council, I'm willing to bet they tipped off Saber to the merge, and the rules for this game mean they can show off their strength over a Fairy Tail mage, while still giving them no points." Meredy agreed, handing Hermione a towel as she rejoined her teammates.
"We'll see, if she gets cocky, Juvia will outlast the time limit, meaning both get second place points." Neville reminded them as Luna kicked her feet over the railing and smiled.
"She'll lose, but Minerva won't win." the bright eyed blonde said, her gaze never leaving the Guildmaster seats, where only she could see the calculating face of Mavis Vermillion.
"Juvia will defeat you, and prove her strength as a Fairy Tail mage!" Juvia challenged Minerva, who smiled condescendingly down at the water mage.
"How, if I can take one of your S-class mages in seconds how much of a chance do you stand." Minerva taunted.
"Mira is stronger than Juvia, but Juvia is strongest in the water, Sierra!" Juvia cried and her entire body turned into a mass of loosely defined water that shot forward at Minerva.
The Saber mage casually raised her hand and prepared to redirect the water mage from the ring, but Juvia disassembled herself before the Minerva's magic could land and landed a flurry of blows on the shocked Saber mage, gradually pushing her nearer to the edge of the bubble.
"Juvia will not lose!" Juvia declared, becoming the water all around Minerva, keeping her from targeting her with a teleportation spell like she did Mira.
"Well, it would seem I underestimated you puny Fairy." Minerva spat a glob of blood from her mouth, the only sign that Juvia had hit her at all being a split lip. "But you fall here, it's a little trick I picked up from one of your former guild mates." Minerva raised her hands and cast her spell as the timer hit two minutes left.
"Drain!" Minerva chanted, pulling Juvia's magic from the water, forcing her to reform, her skin a pale green from all the magic she had lost.
"That's the spell Aria used on Makarov, isn't it?" Gray asked Gajeel, who nodded as he watched Juvia go limp in the bubble and begin to sink slightly.
"It is, and it seals the match for Saber." Gajeel grunted.
"You're not going anywhere yet girl, I'm not done with you yet." Minerva spat and quickly appeared next to Juvia, landing a vicious kick to her back. All the Fairy Tail mages were forced to watch as once again Juvia was helpless against an opponent who had drained her magic, leaving the water mage at their mercy.
"This is just unnecessary, when I get my hands on her.." Gray trailed off, his eyes colder than any ice he could summon. Neither Gajeel or Erza said anything as Carla hid Wendy's eyes, they merely grit their teeth and Gajeel bent the railing in his tight grip.
With ten seconds left, Minerva cast the beaten Juvia from the bubble where Mira deftly caught the exhausted mage.
"And the winner is Saber Tooth, for being the last one knocked out, Fairy Tail A will receive no points while the point scale will be pushed for the others!" Mato announced and the new scores flashed across the big screen.
Fairy Tail B- 47 pts
Sabertooth- 39 pts
Crime Sorciere- 36 pts
Lamia Scale- 29 pts
Fairy Tail A- 26 pts
Mermaid Heel- 23 pts
Quatro Puppy- 13 pts
"Before the afternoon matches begin however, we have a problem, we need an even number of teams, which means the two Fairy Tail teams will be combined!" Mato announced and Makarov and the other began to shout their protests. Only Laxus, Lisanna, and surprisingly Natsu held their tongues.
"Third, calm yourself, just agree already." Mavis told Makarov in a shockingly serious tone.
"Fine, we'll combine our teams." Makarov called down to Mato after he calmed down his guild.
"Excellent, thank you master Makarov, the new standings will now be displayed! Your single teams will be finalized before the afternoon matches" the pumpkin headed announcer called and a new series of numbers flashed across the screen.
Sabertooth- 39 pts
Crime Sorciere- 36 pts
Lamia Scale- 29 pts
Fairy Tail- 26 pts
Mermaid Heel- 23 pts
Quatro Puppy- 13 pts
"Going into the afternoon matches, the leader is SABERTOOTH!" Mato cheerily announced as Makarov and the rest of the guild sputtered in rage, they hadn't even been given the average between their two teams.
"Calm down gramps, it's obvious their cheating, and when we win despite that, it'll just proove how much better we are than them." Natsu patted Makarov on his head as both Fairy Tail teams joined with the rest of the guild.
"And here I was thinking you would be more upset we'd just been cheated out of our points." Makarov grumbled to the surprisingly calm dragon slayer.
"We knew this was going to happen last night, Natsu threw a fit before he could get himself under control." Laxus said, flicking said mage in the forehead as he grumbled protests.
"Who told you then, because it's clear after her show that Minerva knew as well." Erza said, watching the two dragonslayers.
"We have some friends who are very good at getting into things that no one else wants them in, that's all." Lisanna said cheerily. "Like we know who to put on out combined team and what the afternoon matches will be, so just kick back and watch master, it'll be a good show."
Makarov grumbled about troublesome brats before letting them go prepare themselves for the afternoon.
Gray went to visit Juvia once again in the infirmary where she was resting. While he was there, he saw Porlyusica bustling around with Wendy and surprisingly Natsu sitting next to the still sleeping and exhausted Lucy, who had been in the infirmary since the day before.
"What are you doing here flame brain, I'd thought you'd be off with Lisanna making faces." Gray taunted but /natsu just laughed and waved him off.
"We'll do that later, just checking on my teammate for now." Natsu waved the ice mage off, who once again had to remind himself that Natsu wasn't the impulsive teen he would often fight with.
"Well she's my teammate too, so I'll stay in here for the matches, Laxus already told me I was the reserve member for our team." Gray offered, and Natsu nodded.
"Thanks Gray, you might want to find some pants before these two wake up though, you know how they both react when you walk around in you boxers." Natsu said with a laugh, leaving the ice mage to panic and try and track down his missing jeans, never noticing the flash of gold Natsu slipped into his pocket.
Wow, that took way longer than I wanted between chapters, this time, the blame falls on writers block, my general dislike for the eclipse gate arc, getting my wisdom teeth out, and easter. The end is in sight and I think I have a way to end the story without pissing too many people off, which is good. I have the rest of the games planned out, but after that it's only a concept, so after the games end there may be a delay before more chapters go up.
This does bring up the question of what to write next though, I'm thinking I'm going to go over one of my Percy Jackson fics and finish it, and finish my 5Ds one before starting something new. I have ideas for bleach, harry potter, fairy tail, percy jackson, naruto and combinations of them all, just not sure what to write yet. Any general ideas and requests to catch my interest would be cool. As always favs and follows are appreciated.
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