Chapter 51
Day 3! The chapter you've all waited for, huh? Well, we'll see if Lucy'll battle in this chapter or not… :3
Thank you DesolationDeath for your support with this story!
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Disclaimer: Well, I've actually been preoccupied watching Once Upon a Time recently, so I haven't asked Slowpoke…. Basically what I'm trying to say is that he is still the sole owner of Fairy Tail.
Day 3~
Acnologia's P.O.V
My eyes shot open, I looked up at a dark, wooden roof. I groaned and moved a hand to my eyes, rubbing them sleepily. I knew I'd had a nightmare, but I just couldn't remember what it was about. All I knew was that it had had quite the impact on me, I could still feel the fear lingering in me.
I heard a soft moan and felt someone putting their head on my chest, pushing themselves closer to me. I looked down at the silver top of hair and smiled. I moved the hand from my eyes and down to her head to caress it gently.
I heard and felt the slow breathing so close to me, and with every breath of air, the fear I'd felt disappeared as if it had never even been there in the first place. I reached down and kissed her hair. Oh, what would I do without this girl?
I began rubbing her arm, trying to wake her up. I betted it was about time for us to get to the Games, if we wanted to be there before they started without us. "Time to wake up, my angel." I whispered to her.
She moved around just a little more, but her breathing quickened a little, signaling her awakening. She sighed and moved her arm around my stomach. "Hmm…" She said sleepily. "I still don't understand why you chose that nickname…" She mumbled.
I smiled and stroke her hair again. "Because you bring peace to my chaos, you cast light on my shadows, you sweep down and tame my inner demons with your loving and forgiving heart." I told her.
She moved her head and looked up at me with those, big, beautiful, brown eyes of hers. And with furrowed eyebrows. "Your inner demons?" She asked me confusedly. "I there something you forgot to tell me?" She asked me. As she spoke, her expression gradually changed to a hurt one.
I shook my head at her. "No, just the good old urge to kill Summer and any other male who dares to touch you." I said with a grin. Well, actually I wanted to kill the Magic Council and the people keeping my dad locked up too, but you know… It would kinda ruin the mood we had going on.
She smiled widely up at me, then nuzzled into my arms. "Well, I'm glad I can." She said and reached up to give me a quick kiss. She sat up on the bed and started to get off the bed. "But it's about time we get u-" I cut her off by reaching out and grabbing her, pulling her down on the bed again and kissing her. More passionately this time.
I felt her smile into the kiss, before she relaxed half on top of me and kissed me back. But we were interrupted by a cough on the other side of the room. "You know. It's great that you like each other and all." Gajeel commented. Probably from his bed. "But I can smell you're getting hot and bothered all the way over here." He said with disgust lacing his voice.
Lucy pulled back from the kiss, rested her forehead on mine and giggled sweetly. I, on the other hand, couldn't keep a growl down. Why did every Iron Bastard keep coming after me like this? Both the kid and the father.
She gave me a last quick kiss, then got up on her feet and towards our bag, where we kept our clothes. She picked some and went to the bathroom. I sighed and drew on arm up to my forehead. "Asshole." I told him.
A single 'Gihi' could be heard from the Dragon Slayer and I heard him get off his bed as well. "Whatever, let's get these people up already." He said with a grin and went for the door to the outside.
I followed him with my eyes as he made his way to the exit. "What are you going to do, idiot?" I asked him suspiciously. He seemed awfully suspicious, walking towards the door with that kind of grin.
He just laughed again, but instead of reaching out to the handle of the door, he flipped the switch and turned the lights on. "WAKEY WAKEY!" He then proceeded to yell at the top of his lungs. His voice was so loud it rang in my head.
I heard a loud groan from the bed next to mine and after only a second, Lightning shot from that bed and hit Gajeel before anyone could do anything, electrocuting the Iron Dragon Slayer. Not only that, a beam of Water also hit him, the two attacks blended and powered up just before it hit him.
I snickered. He deserved that after blowing my ears up.
A while later, at the Games~
Lucy's P.O.V
"The Grand Magic Games have finally entered the middle of the competition, here on the third day." Chapati said, thereby starting the third day of the Games.
Of course, Yajima, who sat right next to him, also wanted to make his presence known. "What kind of fierce dramas will we be able to see today?" He asked. I smiled, knowing he was trying to do as Chapati, but somehow failing with the frail, kind-grandpa like voice, it just didn't work out well.
Chapati took over for Yajima again. "Today's guest us Lahar-san from the Magic Council." Chapati introduced the man in the white coat, sitting next to Yajima.
"It's been a while." Lahar simply said, as if that was some kind of greeting.
Chapati nodded. "Lahar-san, your position is captain of the custody enforcement, right?" He asked the Magic Council member.
"Indeed." Lahar confirmed. "Any impropriety done in the games will be punished." Lahar reassured the commentator. Somehow, I got the feeling that that man would be busy at some point in these games.
"Well." Chapati said, to regain the attention of the crowd. "The third day's competition is Pandemonium." Chapati said, his voice ringing through the stadium, silencing the crowd, and with a promise of action. "There will be one participant from each guild!" He told us. Yep, just like with any of the other events there'd been held so far.
Pandemonium. It sounded like something where you'd get to fight. Something like that… I wanted to show off what I had learned these past fourteen years, as it was for me. I wanted everyone to know I wasn't the pushover I had once been.
I smiled. "I'll go for Team B." I told my team and looked at them over my shoulder. Juvia and Acnologia might've figured it out, but I was quite sure the two Dragon Slayers hadn't yet. Actually… It was more like I was sure Gajeel hadn't figured it out. Which was good, 'cause he was crazy about fighting. Seriously, I often found myself doubting his sanity when he was fighting someone or something.
My mate smiled to me. "Go for it Lucy, show them what you've learnt." He cheered me on. I nodded at him. Yes, I would show them. I wasn't hiding behind my Spirits anymore.
Laxus smirked at me and nodded with crossed arms. "Beat 'em all up, Blondie." He told me.
I nodded. "I will, they won't be able to walk after I'm done." I reassured him. With a last wink, I jumped over the railing, just as any other of my team mates had done.
"WAIT A MINUTE!" I heard Gajeel yell behind me and giggled. So he finally figured the event out, did he? Well, it was probably thanks to Laxus' comment though.
I looked around to see Erza was also participating in the games. I waved at her and was about to say hi, when a girl with short, caramel hair raised a thumb at the Requip mage. "Don't lose now, Er-chan." She told Erza with a smile.
That girl, I recognized her. And that nickname as well, there was only one person I could remember, who called Erza that way. It was her childhood friend, Millianna, the one who adored cats.
I smiled and went to the two girls as Erza agreed. "Hi, you're Millianna, right?" I asked the cat-like girl. She looked at me with a confused expression, tilting her head a little, as if she really was a cat. I smiled at her and extended my hand for a shake. "I don't know if you can remember me, but I'm Lucy of Fairy Tail." I told her.
Her face brightened up and she nodded quickly. "Yes, I remember you! Lucy, the Spirit mage, right?" She asked me, smiling like a cat. She reached out and quickly shook my hand.
I nodded. "Exactly, that was me." I agreed. "I didn't know you entered a guild?" I said in a questioning manner, to have her explain. If she wanted to, that was.
She smiled widely at me. "Yes! Wally and Sho wouldn't let me have a cat, they were so boring! So I found Mermaid Heel!" She told me. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and her smile faded. "Wait.. You're the one who was…" She trailed off.
I smiled solemnly at her, knowing what she was trying to say. "Yeah, but now's not the time to talk about that." I said. I felt a presence closing in on me from behind. I sighed and smiled. "Hibiki, I wouldn't do that if I was you." I said to the host I knew was standing right behind me, getting ready to do whatever he was planning to do.
I heard the sound of someone dropping their arms to their sides and sighing in defeat, walking away like a dejected puppy. I smiled at the two girls in front of me. Millianna looked at me with a surprised expression. But her eyes showed awe. "You gotta teach me that sometime, Lucy-chan!" She said excitedly.
Erza nodded. "Yes, that ability could come in handy some day." She agreed with a little smile.
"Shit…" Someone else said behind us. I turned around to see Orga looking at me with a scared expression. "Don't tell me…" He trailed off.
I smiled at him. "Don't worry Orga, I' pretty sure you aren't going against me. Or anyone else for that matter." I reassured him. I'd been told he had been a bit scared of me since the other day..
His scared expression didn't change though. "Y-you… D-don't hurt me." He told me, edging away in fear. I sweat dropped and scratched the back of my head. This could get a bit difficult…
I could see Jura approaching us, laughing a deep laugh. "I can see your actions a few days ago made a big impact, Lucy-dono." He laughed.
I nodded. "Yeah, it would seem so." I agreed. Well.. Rather that, than him thinking I am pathetic, that would be the worst. This I could deal with. Somehow…
I looked around to see who the last to participant were. It seemed it was the one with the high hat, Obra I believed, who came from Raven Tail. From Quatro Cer- no, Puppy, it was Nobarly, the one with the bandana around his head.
Suddenly, Mato appeared in the middle of the field. "Yesterday was my day off.. My apologies." He apologized to us. "Now I'll explain the rules of Pandemonium." He announced.
When he finished speaking, the ground began shaking violently. An enormous magical pressure appeared and filled the arena. It was so big, it was like when a Dragon changed forms. And let me tell you, that was a high magical pressure if anything was. It seemed like a building was rising from the magic. I couldn't help wondering where they got all that magic from.
Millianna looked up at the building with an open mouth and widened eyes, just like the rest of us were. "This is.." She trailed off.
"Amazing." Erza ended off for her. I glanced at the redhead, wondering what she was thinking about all of this. While her expression really was a mixture of surprise and awe, there was also a hint of something else. Like she was considering something, wondering.
I saw a golden computer appear next to me. "Commencing analysis…" Hibiki muttered as he pressed his buttons and analyzed… Something.
Only a moment later, the building was done. In front of me was a big castle of a building. It had several towers, gigantic statues, skull-decorations, fences, walls. All kinds of things. But it seemed dangerous. The aura I got from it, it felt dangerous. Chaotic, actually. But not the way Acnologia's magic felt, this felt different.
Mato gestured to the big building in front of us. "The temple where evil monsters nest…" He said and held a dramatic pause. "Pandemonium." He announced.
It was huge, the castle. I wondered what kind of things we were going to be doing in there. And where in the world they had been able to get enough magic to create this on a whim.
Jura looked towards Mato. "Where monsters nest… You say?" He asked the pumpkin. They had said that, hadn't they? It was probably something about fighting monsters. That should be easy enough, as I was a Dragon after all. They'd feel who was strongest.
Mato nodded. "Yup." He confirmed the Earth mage. "That's the setting. Kabo." He told him. He turned and looked at the magical castle of doom in front of him. "Within the temple there are 100 monsters." 100? That was a little few. "Well… They're called that, but they're magical tools that we've created." He admitted. "They won't attack any of you in the audience or anything like that, so you can relax." He explained.
I looked up at the castle. These monsters, one hundred of them, they were all magically created. I furrowed my eyebrows. This was something that started seven years ago. They had always had so… Extravagant events every year. It was first now I realized how much of it was created with magic. What kind of methods did they use?
I was pulled out of my thoughts as Mato continued his explanation. "The monsters are divided into 5 levels of battle power: D, C, B, A and S." he told us. "The specifics are like this." He told us as a big Lacrima screen appeared in front of us.
It showed a pyramid of small creatures, probably what was supposed to be demons. At the bottom, there were five demons, with the letter 'D' on their foreheads. Next to them as a box that said 'DX50'. In top of those, there was a layer of four demons, this time with C's on their foreheads. In their box, it said there were 30 with them. On top of that, three demons, with B's, there would be 15 of those. In top of them, two A's, which there would be four of. And in the very top, there was a single demon with a crown. That one had an S on its forehead, and the box said there would only be one of those.
In short, there would be 50 D's, 30 C's, 15 B's, 4 A's and one S. And taking everything into consideration, the S demon would probably be the strongest, while the D's were the weakest.
Mato continued his explanation as people looked and analyzed the chart on the Lacrima screen. "Incidentally.. In regards to the kind of strength that D-class monsters have…" He said as the screen shifted to a picture of something that looked like the insides of that castle. I was confirmed of this, when I noticed the 'Live' on the top left of the screen.
It showed a hallway that was covered in dust which seemed to have just risen. A silhouette could be seen in the back of the dust clouds. Then, the dust clouds cleared up and the monster, which had been the silhouette stepped closer to the screen. The creature in front of us on the screen looked like it was living steel. The scales it had all over its bodies, lapping over each other, were the silver color of steel, which reflected the light. It was on four feet, it's 'paws' looked like bird's feet, with three claws. It had a long tail, which ended in four spikes, put up in a way that made it similar to its feet. The scales on the tail overlapped each other more than they did over the rest of its body. It didn't seem to have any eyes, but I guessed the two holes on either side of its head were its ears. Maybe it could detect enemies purely by sound?
It growled a little at the screen, standing still for a moment. Then it charged forward, like a missile, and into a statue of an angel in front of it, which stood in front of a wall. It slashed down at the angel when it came within its reach, and stones exploded into every direction.
Well… I could feel in the mood around me that everyone were terrified of this monster's strength. Meanwhile.. I was kinda just.. Disappointed. What that metal-cat just did, a Dragon could do with a single breath. Well, of course this monster hadn't showed its full potential and all, but.. Well, I remained unimpressed. Maybe the S-class was a challenge, I wouldn't know. But I also had to consider that all I had to work with was my Spirits and my Celestial magic. Of course, that was more than enough to beat these things, but it would put a damper on things.
Mato continued his explanation of the Pandemonium event. I was actually getting somewhat hyped to kick some monster ass. "Ones like that and stronger ones than that…" Mato trailed off. "The place where 100 of them are lurking around, that is Pandemonium. Kabo." He told us.
Everyone stayed silent in surprise and fear. The crowd as well as the participants. All I could think of was how they could have managed all this magic at one place in an instant like that.
Mato lifted a finger and continued his explanation. "As the class goes up, please note the battle power goes up exponentially." He quickly warned us. "The S-class monster has strength such that even one of the 10 Wizards Saints can't be guaranteed to defeat it." He told us.
I heard an 'hmm' from the Wizard Saint present beside me. Maybe… It had seemed Acnologia had faced some challenge defeating this guy. And he had been able to use Chaos magic, probably the most dangerous magic of the Dragon magic… Just maybe, I would face some troubles against the S-class, in the very least.
Once again, Mato continued his explanation of the rules. "In order, each of you will take turns selecting a number of monsters to fight with. This is called your 'challenge right'." He explained. "For example, if one chooses '3', then 3 monsters will appear within the temple." He said. "If one succeeds in defeating the 3, that competitor gets 3 points." He told us. "Then the next competitor may exercise their 'challenge right' amongst the remaining 97 monsters." He told us.
Right, so that would continue until there were no more monsters and the one with most points would win. So, you would be lucky if you got lower class monsters, while you would be unlucky if you got the higher class ones, since they all only gave one point each.
Of course, Mato explained to us, what I had just figured out. "This will continue until all 100 monster have been slain or everyone's magical power is completely emptied out, at which point the competition will end." Mate explained.
I looked up at the castle, where the faint sound of roars and growls could be heard. "It's like a counting game, huh?" I asked the pumpkin.
Mato nodded. "Exactly." He agreed. "Situational judgment becomes quite important." He told us. "However, like I said before, the monsters have ranks." He repeated again. "So be it 1 monster or five monsters that you choose with your 'challenge right', it's a system where the monsters appear randomly." He told me.
As I thought… And apparently also what someone else thought. "In other words.. Some sort of battle strategy to avoid drawing the S-rank monster is necessary, huh?" Hibiki said with two fingers to his forehead.
Orga shook his head. "If it's random, then that sort of strategy wouldn't work." He commented on Hibiki's words.
Hibiki smiled at the big God Slayer. "No." He told him off. "With probability, theory and my Archive, a strategy will work to some extent." He promised the Saber.
Mato began speaking once again. "Points are given for the number of defeated monsters, with no regard to the monsters' ranks. Once you've entered the temple, you will be unable to withdraw until you've won." He told us.
Erza looked down at the pumpkin man with crossed arms. "What happens if you are defeated inside the temple?" She asked him.
Mato looked at her with a smile. Although… He always smiled. "Then the number of points you've earned up until that turn will be as it is." He said. "The number of victories for that turn itself will be counted as zero and you'll exit like that." He explained.
It would be bad to be too greedy, but if you only chose the safe path, that was one monster per turn, the others would gain too many points on you. Not only that, you also had to take into account how quickly your magic recovered and if it would recover before the next round. It was actually unexpectedly difficult, this event.
Mato held out a box to us, which held eight sticks in it. "So with that, please draw your lots everyone." He told us cheerfully. He went around to us and we each drew a stick. In the end of the stick, it said 8 in a magic circle. I furrowed my eyebrows. Magic… Again.
"Number 1." I heard someone comment next to me. I looked up to see Erza holding her stick with the number one.
I smiled. "Well you're lucky, I would like to switch if you want." I said jokingly and laughed a little. What I really wanted was to see how this castle was inside and how it felt like inside.
Erza breathed out. "I was thinking this competition would all come down to luck of the draw…" She muttered. Luck of the draw? Well…It was not too far off, really. But there were still a lot of things you had to take into consideration.
Mato looked at Erza. "Luck of the draw?" He asked, repeating Erza's words. "No, no… How should I put this? It's a game where maintaining your place and situational judgment are more important than just the order of the battle." He explained to Erza.
Erza shook her head and smiled. "No.. With this, it's no longer a game." She told the pumpkin. She looked up and a gust of wind blew at her, from out of nowhere. "All 100 will be my opponents." She said firmly, so everyone could hear it. "My 'challenge right' will be 100." She repeated.
Everything went completely silent, not even the gust of wind that had been here just the second before made a sound. That and every single person in the stadium looked at Erza with wide eyes and most of them were gaping too. A single tumbleweed flew across the field behind her.
After only a moment, I could hear two laughing voices I hadn't heard for a long time. Gray and Natsu, both of them were laughing. It was contagious and I quickly caught on to it and began giggling with them. That was so typical Erza.
Said Requip mage began making her way towards the building in front of us, where 100 monsters, all at high levels, awaited her, in human perspective anyway, it was difficult, but if anyone could do it, it was definitely this woman.
Mato stretched his arm out, as if to reach out to the knight. "That.. That's impossible!" He exclaimed. "It's not set up so that one person could possibly defeat them all!" He told her.
Well, he obviously didn't know Erza very well, because she kept on going forward, her blue skirt fluttering around her. "I don't care." She told him.
She entered the castle of doom. After only a second's notice, several monsters charged at her at once, from every side around her. She quickly changed to that unnamed armor - if you could even call it that - where she had bandages around her breasts and long, red pants with flames at the bottom in yellow. Her weapon, a single katana. One of her strongest armors, despite not having any armor at all.
Without hesitation Erza cut down monster after monster, evading attacks, dealing attacks, slashing, exterminating. She killed them all. One after one in an awesome show of power and strength, she disposed of the monsters, which were supposed to be too many for one person.
I smiled. It seemed I had been lying to Rufus. We could be monsters in Fairy Tail, if we had a reason to. Erza, right now she was fighting for Fairy Tail's pride. She carried all the wishes and hopes of Fairy Tail, for her to win this. But that was what spurred her on. That was what made her keep going. Keep annihilating.
She was amazing. She was of Fairy Tail. She was the queen of fairies. She was Titania. And she hadn't changed at all these last seven years she had been asleep. She was still fearsome and strong.
Finally, she exterminated the last of the monsters. And there she stood, the only thing visible on the screen was her silhouette in the cloud of dust. She stood with her katana in the air, as the building collapsed behind her. She stood as a scarlet flower, blooming fully with pride.
Chapati gasped into the microphone. "Un-un-unbelievable!" He cried into the microphone. "Somehow.. By a single person… All 100 monsters have been defeated!" He yelled incredulously. "Is this the true strength of the guild said to be the strongest seven years ago?!" He asked even louder.
I smirked. Yes, that was out strength.. Well, I doubted many could do what she just did there, even though they were from Fairy Tail. That was crazy, and she was also roughed up, bleeding everywhere. But she was standing, and she had completed her mission.
Chapati once again began speaking. "Fairy Tail A's Erza Scarlet dominates!" He said. Hell yeah she did. "A massive victory that brooks no complaints!" He said in the mic.
The crowd roared in cheers. Loudly, very loudly. "A-AMAZING!" Someone yelled. "What is she…?" Someone else asked. "I remember." Someone answered. "She's Fairy Tail's strongest female mage, Erza Scarlet!" Someone told them. "TITANIA ERZA!" Someone yelled.
I smiled, even the crowd remembered her now. It was about time. And it kept going. I just hadn't any words for it, I couldn't explain it. Finally.. Finally they recognized us, respected us. Way to go Erza, way to go.
That was when she appeared in the exit of the castle and out on the field. I quickly ran to her and steadied her by the shoulder, seeing that she was a little unsteady. I looked into her brown eyes and smiled. "Erza. That was amazing." I complimented her.
She smiled at me and put her hand over mine, telling me she could stand perfectly fine by herself. "Thank you Lucy." She told me.
I never found out if she wanted to say something else, because her team mates showed up right then. "FIGHT ME ERZA!" A certain pinkette yelled at her.
Gray smacked the back of his head. "Oi, oi, give her a break, Flame Brain." He told his fiery rival. He smirked at him. "You can't handle her anyway." He reassured him. And with that, their usual fight began.
I slowly edged away as her team spoke with her. I felt out of place there. Lisanna held a hand to her heart. "I was so touched…" She commented.
Wendy had tears building up in her eyes already. "I.. My chest is about to burst." She said with a hoarse voice. Oh sweet, sweet Wendy…
Erza smiled at the two girls. "We haven't won yet you know." She told them. "This was only the first victory, we have to keep on fighting." She told her friends.
Wendy nodded. "At least let me take a look on your words, Erza-san." She asked the knight. Erza nodded, but told her to not use too much magic. And so Wendy began. Right there, in the middle of the arena.
I felt another girl standing beside me, laughing. "As expected, Er-chan's the strongest!" Millianna said happily and with a wide smile.
Hibiki nodded "That's Ichiya-san's girlfriend for you.." He just managed to finish his sentence, as he was hit in the face with the back of a sword.
"I'M NOT ICHIYA'S GIRLFRIEND!" Erza screamed at him, with her inner demon showing. Meanwhile, I was doing my best not to puke at the thought.
Nobarly still had his mouth gaping wide open and his eyes were so wide it was creepy. "Reckless takes on a whole new meaning after seeing that.." He said slowly.
Jura nodded with a smile on his face. "Magnificent." He simply said. That one word, it clearly said that he held a lot of respect for the Knight. Not that I thought he hadn't before, but it had grown to a whole new level here, I think.
I realized that the majority of the crowd's cheering came from one stand and one stand only. It was the place where Fairy Tail stood, of course. They were cheering much louder than any of the others were.
Finally, Chapati took the word. "Pandemonium has been completely suppressed! FAIRY TAIL A EARNS 10 POINTS!" Chapati yelled loudly.
A while later~
Lucy's P.O.V
So, the last half hour or so, we had been waiting for the next part, which would decide who would get what kind of points. I guessed they had some kind of backup-plan of some kind, they just needed to get it ready and such. Or something..
Finally, Chapati spoke, letting us know what they now planned to have us do. "Eh.." He said, drawing attention to himself. "Discussion had concluded that the remaining 7 participants must finish establishing a rank order." He told us. "It's a little banal, but we've prepared a simple game." The backup, eh?
Mato gestured to some kind of.. Well, whatever it is. I looked like a magical statue of some sort, with a floating ball above it. "Magic Power Finder, MPF." He introduced us to it. "When this device is struck with magical power, that power is represented numerically." He said. "Those numerical values will be used to establish a ranking.
Hibiki, who stood right next to me, nodded. "A simple comparison of power, huh..? That probably leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage." He commented. Then he turned to me with his radiating host-smile "By the way Lucy-san, are you-" I cut him off.
I raised a finger, effectively silencing him. "Hibiki. Don't." I simply told him. It was funny how he could continue being so persistent, when he knew how Acnologia was and had literally faced his wrath head on. Maybe he'd forgotten. Well.. I was sure Acnologia would love reminding him if that was the case.
Mato turned to us again. "We'll continue with the order that was determined previously. Kabo." He told us. What? So I would be the last one? Actually… That would probably be awesome enough.
Millianna stepped forward. "Then it starts with me!" She said with a cat-like smile. "Here I go~!" She said. She gathered up her magic in both hands, one she had stretched out behind her back, the other was facing towards the MPF. The magic was a soft, pink glow and looked like a tube as it spiraled around her hands. "KITTEN BLAST!" She yelled as she sent the two tubes off towards the MPF in a spiraling motion.
The attack hit straight on and exploded into a bright, pink light, which blinded the eyes momentarily. The device beeped twice, and then a number appeared above the ball. It said 365.
"We don't know if that number is high or not, without any comparison huh." Chapati commented, when the crowd talked with each other confusedly. Well, we really had no basis to go on, so it was quite the question whether that was good or not.
That was when Lahar spoke. "That device is used in out Rune Knight training as well." He told us. "That's a high number. It's a level sufficient to become a squad captain." He explained.
"Next up is Quatro Cerberus Nobarly." Chapati announced. Nobarly attacked the ball, but unfortunately, his strongest point probably wasn't this kind of thing. "The value is 124.. Kinda low, huh?" Chapati commented as a Nobarly, who looked quite defeated, left the MPF. That was… Kind of mean, Chapati.
Hibiki stepped forward, correcting his tie. "It's my turn." He said, as a few women screamed from the crowd. He was really facing a problem here, just like with Nobarly, this wasn't where he was strongest. And right as it was, he only scored 95 points on the device. "Ahh… What a world.." He sighed. I have no idea how, but out of the blue, he had teleported himself to me and was hugging me around my waist on his knees. "I want you to baby me, Lucy-san~!" He told me.
I rolled my eyes, but hurried up as I heard a growl from the crowd behind me. I grabbed Hibiki's collar and pulled him away from me, holding him in the air in front of my face, so I could look into his eyes. "Hibiki, honestly. Don't you remember three months ago?" I asked him, looking into his black eyes, which were brimming with fake tears.
He looked into my eyes for a second, then seemed to realize who I was referring to. My mate, the Chaos Dragon, who, as he told me this morning, would kill anyone who 'dared to touch me'. Hibiki blanched and nodded, putting his feet down on the ground.
I smiled at him. "That's a good boy." I babied him and stroke his hair as if he was really a little boy. "Now you better remember that, okay?" I told him. He quickly nodded and moved on to Millianna.
"Next up is Raven Tail's Obra." Chapati announced, making me refocus on the event in front of me. That guy. I noticed that the magic around him felt just like the magic I pulled out of Lisanna the other day. So this was the guy who did that? I wondered what kind of magic he used.
He remained silent as he spread his arms out wide and a little creature charged forward at the ball. It hit the ball with its shoulder, gaining a measly 4 points. This… They weren't trying at all. If he had hit the ball with his fist instead, that would have given him more, since he was obviously radiating some kind of dark magic. Their goal wasn't to win these Games, it was something completely different.
Mato sweat dropped at the result. "This is somewhat unfortunate, but…" He trailed off. "There are no re-dos, kabo." He told Obra. Obra nodded, turned around and went away.
For now, Millianna was on top with 365 points. But it would seem she would lose her first place now, since the one coming up now was Orga, the Lightning Dragon Slayer.
"Orga's stepping in!" Chapati announced. There was serious favoritism here.. Orga lifted a clenched fist in the air and the crowd roared in applause. "The applause is amazing!" Chapati commented. And it really was.
Orga held his hands in front of him, one above the other with palms facing the ball. Between his hands, black Lightning began to form. "120 MM BLACK LIGHTNING CANNON!" He yelled and a bullet of black Lightning shot at the ball, which exploded in a black light. I wouldn't be able to explain how that was possible, but apparently it was.
Above the MPF four, fat numbers showed up. Three thousand, eight hundred and twenty-five. That was more than ten times Millianna's score. That was a high score..
Of course, everything, crowd, participants, guilds, commentators, everything went crazy and yelled loudly. Some in cheers, some just yelling because it was an outrageously high score.
So… Orga began singing as a sign of his victory. "STRONGEST STRONGEST NUMBER ONE!" He 'sang' into a mic that somehow had showed up out of nowhere.
Mato stood behind Orga, sweat dropping. "Umm…" He said, to try to get the God Slayer's attention away from that horrible singing. "That's enough singing. Kabo." He told him.
Apparently that worked and the big guy stopped singing, the mic disappearing once again. Chapati continued to announce who was to try the MPF this time. "Well.." He trailed off. "We look forward to seeing whether Jura, one of the 10 Wizard Saints, can surpass this number." He said. Of course he could. Orga was strong, no doubt about that, but there was also no doubt about the fact that Jura was stronger than that.
Jura went to stand next to Mato. He looked down at the pumpkin. "Is it alright if I do it seriously?" He asked the mascot. Well.. There he went, of course he wanted to make it fair for everyone and let others have a chance. Noble of him, but the only way it was fair, was for him to go all out.
Mato nodded and gave the Saint a thumbs up. "Of course, kabo." He told him as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Jura closed his eyes and clapped his hands together as if he was praying to a god. The air around him intensified, as well as his magic pressure. A golden glow surrounded the big Earth mage and small pebbles rose from the ground and up around him. "RUMBLING MOUNT FUJI!" He yelled loudly with an authoritative voice. He opened his eyes and looked at the device. Just like everything else, a big pillar of light blue magic rose from the ground around the MPF and high into the sky, so high it was impossible to see the end of it.
As the magic slowly dissipated again, the device beeped twice as it counted the magic level. Just as the last of it faded, the numbers appeared. "8544." I muttered to myself. That was quite an amazing score… But even if it sounded arrogant, I knew some of my Spirits, Daemon for one, could release a higher magical pressure than Jura just did.
I could too, since I was a Celestial mage, I had much more magic than anyone else. If I could manipulate it right, as Moustache-Man had taught me, I had a very, very heavy magical pressure. It wasn't as dangerous as most magic, which was why I had so much of it. But in this Game, it was about being able to manipulate your magic right, so that you could concentrate it all in one hit. It wasn't about how much it would hurt someone.
But nonetheless, the whole crowd exploded into gasps, cheers and what else they did. Basically, they were shocked, but had expected this high score. In a way, I guess.
Chapati did his job and commentated on this event, as he was supposed to. "This… THIS IS A NEW RECORD FOR MPF!" He yelled. Had Lahar just told him that? "The title of Wizard Saint isn't just for show!" He exclaimed. Of course it wasn't, what did he expect? "Well, the last challenger is Fairy Tail B's Lucy Heartfi…" He trailed off, gaping at the list he was holding or whatever.
I furrowed my eyebrows and looked up at Makarov. "HEY MASTER!" I yelled at him, drawing his attention. "I THOUGHT YOU KNEW, IT'S MAU'TE RONGO NOW!" I yelled at him. How annoying, using my old name.
Makarov sweat dropped and scratched the back of his head. He gave me such a kind smile, I couldn't do anything but forgive him. Although there wasn't much to forgive.
I smiled and shook my head, then I heard the crowd mumbling something about whether I'm the Lucy who was kicked out and all. I sighed and turned to Mato. "Can we just go on with it?" I asked him.
He looked at me with wide eyes and was also gaping. "Are you really that Lucy?" He asked me hesitantly, not believing his own words.
I looked at him with a raised brow. "Really?" I asked him incredulously. "Fine." I surrendered and turned around to the crowd. "YES, I AM THE LUCY FROM FAIRY TAIL!" I turned to the commentator. "NOW GET ON WITH IT!" I yelled at them, so they could get to work rather than moping around. It seemed I had become a little impatient during my training as a Dragon… Probably the impatience I was always surrounded with, AKA Metallicana.
Chapati nodded. "R-right." He said. "Fairy Tail B's Lucy Mau'Te Rongo." He introduced me. I smiled at him and nodded in thanks. "It must be tough, to follow up Jura… Let's have her try her best." He said.
I smirked. I couldn't even do that if I wanted to. That would require I went in my Dragon Strength form, with Peace magic, and then hit it. Well, if it was supposed to be the most hurting kind, however that worked.
Well, in quantity, I had by far more Celestial magic than I had anything else. So in this situation, I guess it was lucky enough that I could use that then.
I set my Celestial magic into motion, letting it course around in me. I closed my eyes, focusing on getting it all whirling around, that was the only way I could control all of it at once. It didn't take long to get it all running. I felt the magic radiating out of me, having warmed up and was ready to be used. My hair was swishing behind me and so were my clothes.
Well I didn't actually have all of it coursing around. Just as I had told Rufus, I was keeping down 75 percent of it, but I was about to use the remaining 25 percent, which were now running wild inside me. I opened my eyes and redirected the magic to my right hand.
I glared at the ball in front of me. I would get more than 8000, I would get more than Jura and I would show everyone just how much I had evolved since then. I began charging at the device. Ran as fast as I could at the ball. I quickly covered the distance between myself and that device. I quickly shot my fist down at the device.
I felt the air flare up next to me, and quicker than I could react, a hand shot out and stopped mine from hitting the device. It was warm and radiated heat. I looked to my right, at Fenix, my Phoenix Spirit. "Fenix.. What are you doing?" I asked him.
He grinned at me. "Stopping you, Princess." He said and released my fist. He shook his hand in the air in front of him. "Damn, you packed some power in that punch." He said to me, shaking his hand.
I raised an eyebrow and glared at him. "I can see that, but why? I had just got it ready and all too." I said, feeling the magic I had warmed up calming down a little again. I sighed and took a moment to get it running again.
Fenix smiled at me. "I can't let a Princess such as yourself do all the dirty work." He told me. "What need do you have of me if I can't even do that for you?" He asked me.
I softened up and smiled at him. "I know that's what you think. Although I'd say I'm more the Dragon than the Princess, don't you think?" I asked and winked at him. "But that being said, this 'Princess' wants to show off how strong she is." I told him with a smile.
His flaming red eyes looked into mine, analyzing me. He sighed. "Alright, I have an idea then." He turned away from me and looked down at Mato. "Oi pumpkin?" He called out to him. Mato looked up at the Fire Bird. "Is it possible to have both of us trying it out and taking the highest score?" He asked the pumpkin.
I glared at him. "Fenix, come on. There's no re-dos, of course this wouldn't be allowed either." I told him.
Mato looked alternately at both of us. "Well… Technically it's not a re-do…" He muttered. I looked down at him and shook my head. No… People would think it was favoritism…
Fenix laughed. "Great!" He exclaimed happily. "I'll go first, Princess!" He said excitedly. What happened to ladies first? He grinned at me and pushed me back with an arm over my chest. "Step back Princess, or you'll get burnt." He warned me.
I rolled my eyes at him. "Right, whatever you say, bird." I mocked him. I turned to Mato again and looked worriedly at him. "Are you really sure it's okay? I'll send this idiot back if you ask me to." I told him.
"Hey!" Fenix exclaimed loudly at me. "What's that supposed to mean? I'm no idiot!" He told me. I smiled at him and mouthed a 'yeah, you are'.
I turned back to Mato, waiting for his reply. Mato sighed and nodded. "I fear I don't have a choice in the matter, kabo." He admitted and glanced at my Spirit.
I nodded with a little smile. I knew that Spirit gave off the feeling that you couldn't stop him from doing what he wanted. Kind of like with Acnologia and Gajeel, once they had set their minds on something, it was almost impossible to stop them. Only few times and usually with brute force, such as when I was attacked and two Dragons were necessary to hold him back. Most of us wouldn't be bothered to do something like that.
I turned back to Fenix and sighed. "Right, go on bird." I told him exasperatedly. In the light of recent days, I didn't want this to cast a shadow over the respect we had gotten with something as simple as this.
Fenix grinned at me. "Princess, your knight in flaming feathers has come to your rescue." He reassured me. "Just watch as your fiery protector wins this competition for you." He said confidently. While I rolled my eyes, he looked back at the device in front of him. He stretched his arms out, palms facing the device flatly. He grinned at the device. "Phoenix fire!" He said loudly.
A whirl of Fire appeared around the device. First it was just simple embers, but that quickly developed into full-fledged flames. They continued twisting around the device, growing bigger, and at last, it spun around the device and high in the sky, looking like a tornado of fire.
He powered up his spell, pouring more magic into it, probably wanting to impress me or something, going by his personality.
Only a moment later, he stopped supporting the whirl with his magic and let it fade. A faint pair of beeps could be heard from inside the slowly fading twister of flames. As the spell slowly spun and vanished, it revealed the points Fenix had scored.
When it finally disappeared, he looked at me with a confident grin. "Good luck topping that, Princess." He taunted me. I looked up at the four numbers above the device. 9990. Well, I guess no matter what happened now, I would win this one.
But, I would win it myself. Completely and entirely. I smiled at him. "You know Fenix.." I said to him. "I know you could have done better." I told him. He had been holding back, no matter how I looked at it.
He smirked at me, while the crowd and commentators exploded. "So you noticed did you, Princess?" He asked. "Well, of course I did, or else I would take up too much of your magic." He told me. "You wouldn't stand a chance." He added.
I raised both eyebrows and looked at him like the idiot he was. "You go on and believe that while I whoop your ass." I told him and looked at the device in front of me, readying my magic.
Fenix laughed next to me. "Oh, I would love that, Princess." He told me and leaned in closer to my ear. "I'll come by tonight, then." He muttered huskily.
I felt a tick-mark appear on my forehead and directed my magic to my elbow. "Stop yourself, Phoenix." I said and jutted my elbow into the Spirit's stomach. "Don't you hear the sound of your impending death?" I asked him, hinting at my mate, who was growling like a madman up on the balcony.
I gathered my magic again, waking it up and getting it spinning around, just as I had earlier. This time it was much easier, since I had only just had it up and running a second ago.
It all quickly gathered around my and lit my skin up in a golden glow. I 'grabbed' it all and sent it down to my hand. I remembered the training I had gone through and sent it up into a glowing ball of golden magic floating above my hand calmly.
I made sure to send all of it in the ball, feeling the wind it gave off, despite not being Wind magic at all. I looked up at the device. That thing was about to go down.
I glared at it for just a second longer. Finally ending this tedious event, I threw the Celestial ball at the device. I didn't throw it hard, so it flew neither fast nor slow. But in the end, the concentrated ball of Celestial magic, which wasn't bigger than I would've been able to hold it in one hand if it had had a firm form.
It hit the ball on the device, the two almost being the same size. My ball got absorbed into the ball on the device and slowly disappeared. For what felt like a long moment, nothing happened.
Fenix stepped up next to me. "Princess…?" He asked me confusedly. Just like everyone around me were. Well, nothing was happening for now, so I guess it was understandable.
I lifted a finger. "It'll show up in just a second." I reassured him. And right as I finished speaking, the device beeped. Then the counter began counting. Upwards and quickly. The numbers quickly passed one hundred. Five hundred. One thousand. Two thousand. Five thousand. It kept going, kept rising faster than the eye could follow.
But as soon as it reached 10000, five letters showed up instead. 'Error'. It blinked twice, and the device suddenly exploded without any warning, leaving only it burning and black smoke rising from it.
I turned around to Fenix and smiled at him. "It seems I topped you, huh?" I teased him. "Now, I think it's time you return, Fenix." I told him.
He looked alternately at me and the device. He smirked at me. "And that's why I'm your Spirit, Princess." He said and summoned a golden light around him. "You gotta teach me that someday." He told me and then disappeared in a flame
I turned to Mato again with a smile. "Well, I guess this marks my victory, don't you think?" I asked him with a smile of my own.
Mato wasn't looking at me though, he was staring at the now broken device. "I-it broke…?" He asked incredulously. Was that supposed to be impossible? Eh… Well… Shit happens, as they say.
Chapati once again marked his presence and job as a commentator. "Wha… What is this?" He voiced the thoughts everyone seemed to have. "The MPF broke…" He muttered. "She maxed it out!" He said loudly and incredulously. "Wha.. What is this guild?" He stammered confusedly. "It's a 1-2 finish for the competition portion! Nobody can stop Fairy Tail now!" He told everyone.
I smiled widely. Oh, that man really spoke true words once in a while.
At the Raven Tail balcony~
The normal one's P.O.V
"DD-sama." Nullpudding called out next to me. I looked down at him from the edge of my peripheral. The purple imp held up a piece of paper for me. "Here are the matchups for the battle portion." He said with a wide grin.
I took the paper from him and looked it over myself. "These pairings.." I muttered a wide smirk spreading across my face. "They're perfect! Master'll love it!" I said amusedly. This would most certainly be entertaining. "Shall we begin the second phase of our plan?" I asked the rest of my team.
It all worked out perfectly for us.. Maybe I'd get a raise?
Ohh… Exciting, exciting. DD's showed up again. So what does that mean I wonder? What is their plan and how does that include the Dragons?
Well, I'm sorry we didn't get to the battle part today. Honestly, I'm sorry. But the Pandemonium thing turned out much longer than I had expected. If I had to add the battling too, it'd be even more crappy than what it would have been otherwise. Now you guys also have something to look forward to~
Yes, I know. I'm a bastard, there's no need to tell me.
And my dog is gay. Just thought you should know.
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