SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 50 out, this is Chapter 51 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and my OCs.
Chapter 51: Who's the One With the Good Luck?
"So hot…" Lucy moaned, on board the ship, the girls now decked in their bikinis. "Even though it was winter at home… what is this? I think I'm gonna melt. I'll turn into ice cream and get eaten by Happy."
"Not very appetizing…" Happy muttered.
"Lu-chan, sit up straight." Levy chided.
"Because of the currents, this area has the same climate all year round." Cana explained, fanning herself.
"I feel sluggish…" Happy groaned.
"This head ain't nothing." Gajeel remarked, Lisanna cooling herself off by pressing a cold drink against her cheek.
"Juvia, aren't you hot all bundled up like that?" the Take-over mage wondered.
"Juvia is not hot." Juvia assured.
"Hot…" Gray moaned, slumping butt-naked on a chair.
"I feel sick…" Natsu's motion sickness kicked in.
"Natsu, keep away it from here." Loke pleaded.
"Wendy didn't perform a 'Troia' spell on me." Natsu whined.
"You can't blame her." Loke reminded, Natsu heaving over deck. "After all, she's Mest's partner."
"I don't care for this chumminess when soon; we're all going to be enemies." Evergreen shrugged.
"It's too hot to be a Man!" Elfman groaned.
"It's in sight." Loke grinned as the island came into view.
"It's said that a long time ago, there were fairies on that island." Makarov stood on the captain's deck. "Also, in reference to the very first Fairy Tail Master, there's Moebius Vermilion's Sleeping Ground."
"What's with those clothes?" Gray exclaimed, pointing to Makarov's Hawaiian outfit.
"After all, it's hot." Makarov fanned himself.
"And the one who wears no clothes can talk?" Ulyo glared.
"Now, I will announce your first trial." Makarov cut in before the Guild Shield frozen everyone with her frigid stare.
"You see the smoke rising over the shore?" Ulyo pointed. "First, head over there. You'll find 8 passages, but only one team can enter each passage. In addition to being a locator, the crystal pendants also serve as a key to the doorways.
"And at the end of each passage, this will happen." Makarov took over, bringing up a map. "Only the teams that get through this will pass the first trial. In the 'Battle' route, two teams amongst the eight go head to head and only the team that wins can go on. 'Pitched Battle' is the most difficult route, as you must defeat a current S-class mage to proceed. 'Calm' is a route that can be used to get to the end without fighting. In the first trial, you're being tested on 'armed magic' and 'luck'."
"So, get your asses moving!" Ulyo barked. "The test has begun."
"We're still at sea." Loke reminded, and both Master and Ulyo smirked.
"You know what to do, Happy." Natsu grinned. "We'll choose your passage first!" both partners took to the sky.
"Relax." Freed assured, Natsu having slammed into his rune shield. "It'll disappear in 5 minutes."
"We probably should've sealed them off till the whole thing is over." Bisklow joked, both mages heading over to the island.
"Hey, Gramps!" Gray protested. "Is that kind of thing allowed?"
"Well, it's not a race." Makarov shrugged.
"I can rewrite the spell." Levy opened up an exit. "But," she winked. "Only for Gajeel and me!" both partners jumped into the sea.
"I've known Fried for a long time too." Evergreen winked, opening up another exit.
"Perhaps a more complicated trap would've been a problem." Ulyo chuckled.
"But I can rewrite a rune like that." Evergreen returned the Guardian's grin. "Let's go, Elfman!"
"Well, this is going to turn out to be interesting." Ulyo remarked, the others taking off after Fried's runes dispelled.
"Good work, the two of you." Ulyo remarked, arriving to retrieve the seemingly defeat 'Thunder Squad' pair. "Are you two really sure about this?"
"Yeah." Fried sat up. "If it were anyone else, I'd have gone all out. But I owed those two. I'd decided that if we met right here on the 'Battle' route, I'll throw the fight."
"Although the idea that you'd have a weakness for women was a bit over the top." Bisklow added.
"Right?" Fried chuckled.
"Shoot." Bisklow cursed. "And I was excited about taking Laxus' spot too."
"That's not the important thing." Fried replied. "It's all about Fairy Tail. Besides, Laxus will come back some day, count on it."
"Anyway, Lucy and Cana," Bisklow mused. "Didn't figure we'd actually run into those two."
"Lucky them, huh?" Ulyo joked. "Now, I wonder who's the unlucky sap to run into Gildarts." She thought.
On Route E, Natsu sneezed.
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