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"Speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
"It looks like the games are finally underway," Ultear said. She and Meredy looked down at the Dorms Frau stadium from a mountain peak a good distance away. Ultear's crystal ball gave the two a better view of the action going on inside the stadium.
"Jellal really entered the tournament." Meredy sighed. "Was there even a point in meeting with Fairy Tail beforehand?"
Ultear smirked. "Well from Jellal's point of view there was." She hinted to Jellal's desire to see Erza. "Besides, with him there he can investigate the two disturbances up close."
"Is that really a good idea?" Meredy asked.
"We'll just have to wait and see," Ultear answered. She smiled softly when she saw Natsu's image in her crystal ball.
In Domus Flau
The event "Hidden" has just begun as the participants were transported in a replicated town that has dozens of copies of each other
Natsu walks around in the town as he spotted no one other than clones
"the rule of the games are simple, their objective being to find their real opponents among the clones. When someone is found, each hit landed on them by their opponent results in one point for the attacker, and a negative point for the victim." Lola explained on the mic
""a game of hide and seek with a demon, how foolish"" END appeared as he looks around the town with a boring look
""where are they?"" Natsu asked him as END points behind him as Natsu turns around and sees Nullpudding, Raven Tail's representative
""one of them is right behind the clone"" END told Natsu
"nice to meet you, Mr. Salamander," Nullpudding said with a smirk before seeing Natsu walking away
"hey, wait!" Nullpudding exclaimed from behind his clone before he hears something flying behind him
He looks behind and sees two flying objects heading towards him and hits him
"geh!?" Nullpudding grunted in pain before he disappears in a flash
"looks like Natsu Dragov got the first point!" Lola exclaimed on the mic as the crowds' watches the screen
"wow, how did Natsu knew that the real one is hiding behind a clone?" Lucy said as nobody knew how
"when did he threw his sluggers?" Gray added in
"maybe he smelled the guy's scent?" Elfman suggested as the three started discussing but not Erza
She was watching the screen where Natsu was
""he must be still angry at me"" Erza thought as she grips her left arm in guilt
Back at the town
The participants were all blended in with their copies as everyone tried to find the real ones
Natsu looks around the place before he jumps up as Nullpudding came swooping in to try and land a hit on him
"tch!" Nullpudding clicked his tongue before Natsu kicks him to a building that made a crater on the wall and made him disappear
""looks like the ravens has set eyes on the fairies"" said END to Natsu
Natsu then started to walk away before he senses something was in front of him
"Carrot Missile!"
the ground in front of him rise up as a hole appeared and giant carrots came flying out
Natsu burns them all as Beth, Mermaid Heel's participant came popping out of the hole
"did I miss?" Beth said confused before a giant plant pod rose from the ground and struck her, sending her flying back. "Aiieee!" she squealed before disappearing.
Natsu looks behind as he sees Quatro Cerberus representative Yeager behind him
"Caught you using magic," Yeager exclaimed before he was attacked by Lyon who was behind him
"And I saw you."
"you…" Natsu said before he looks up and sees Gajeel on top of the roof
"mind if I drop in?" Gajeel said as he jumps down and landed near the two
"I'm going to be the one to defeat you, Salamander" Gajeel declared.
"I got a bet to win"
"A bet?" Gray said.
"What bet?" Lucy said before they hear Gajeel telling the deal Makarov made for which team wins the GMG, the loser will become the winner's slave for one day
"Hey gramps, this better apply to our team too!" Gray shouted towards Fairy Tail's stand
"O-of course," Makarov said nervously.
"and you think that you can win?" Natsu said before he did a spin kick and kicks away Nullpudding who tried to attack him from behind
"wow" Lyon said surprised at the sudden counter-attack
"that's what he gets for trying to attack someone who is a Dragon Slayer," Gajeel said with a grin before he sees snow falling in the fake town
"snow?" Beth said as she looks up
"snow? in this place?" Yeager said
"What's this?" Lola questioned. "It looks like it's now snowing in the city! What's going on?!"
"That would be Eve." Jenny grinned once again.
"I almost forgot to take into account wizards who could handle low temperatures." Eve said looking down as he focused on his attack.
"However," Ichiya shouted. "When humans feel cold they shiver and their breaths can be seen."
"That's not true for copies though," Ren smirked.
"Right." Hibiki nodded.
Eve looked up, his eyes focused and a smirk on his lips.
"I see you." He swung his arms around and a torrent of snow attacked Beth, Yeager, and Nullpudding at the same time.
"And just like that Eve Tearm of Blue Pegasus scores three points!" Lola shouted.
Before they see Lyon attacking him and gives his guild the points
"but Lyon goes on the offensive and attacks him!"
"Sorry, but the cold doesn't work on me." Lyon said to Eve who smiles
"right" Eve said before he was teleported away
Natsu jumps and down as he dodges Gajeel attack before jumping over him and sends a kick to his head
"damnit" Gajeel curses before he disappeared in a flash
""behind"" END spoke as Natsu step to the side and dodges Nullpudding who came straight from behind him
He then grabs a hold of Nullpudding by the back and lifts him up
"hey! Let me go!" Nullpudding exclaimed as he tried to get Natsu's hand off of him
""this one is very annoying and such a pest"" END said as Natsu agreed with him
"referee" Natsu called out as a lacrima screen appeared in front of him
"yes-kabo?" Mato said
"if a participant is knocked out during the event, will they be still in the game?" he asked the referee
"no, they will be out of the event with the points they had obtained-kabo" Mato answered him
"I see" Natsu said as the Lacrima screen disappeared
"what are yo- Gaaah!?" Nullpudding was about to ask Natsu what he was trying to do and he got the answer when Natsu slams his entire body to the street before kicking him towards a house
"you!" Nullpudding was about to be teleported away but just as he was about to be teleported, Natsu grabs his face and punches his gut, making him fly and crashes to several more houses before disappearing
Nullpudding was teleported to a new location as he holds his stomach
"damn him, wait till I get my hands on him!" Nullpudding grunted before
"do you mean me?"
A voice appeared behind him as Nullpudding tensed up and sees Natsu behind him
"how!?" Nullpudding exclaimed before Natsu grabs his face and lifts him up
"did you really think I wouldn't notice this?" Natsu said as he motions his right shoulder armor plating as a tiny red dot was glowing on it
""he found out!?"" Nullpudding screamed in his mind
"your guild is just full of pests like you" Natsu told him as his grip on his face got stronger as Nullpudding grunted in pain
"I hate pests"
Natsu lifts him up more while putting more pressure to his grip as Nullpudding started screaming in pain
"you're an eyesore" Natsu said before he slams Nullpudding on the ground before he punches his face hard on the face and created a crater just by his punch
Natsu then punches Nullpudding's face with his left fist before continuing with his right fist then with his left as he was pummelling Nullpudding to the very ground
The crowds were cheering on before they started to gasped in shock as Natsu was literally trying to kill Nullpudding
Rose and Mary got afraid of seeing their father like this as they run to Ikaruga as the swordswomen looks with a stern look stern to the screen that was showing Natsu
"what is that boy doing!? Stop it at once!" Makarov shouted
"Natsu, Stop it!" Gray shouted out
"that's going overboard!" Lucy shouted
"Natsu!" Erza screamed but it fell deaf to Natsu's ears
Nullpudding was in a hole as the only indication of that he was still alive was that he was twitching
""end him"" END told to Natsu as the man grabs Nullpudding by the leg and pulls him out of the hole
Natsu pulled back his left hand as he did a pierce like gesture with his fingers
"stop! Salamander!" Gajeel came in as he holds Natsu back from what he was trying to do
"you're going overboard!" Lyon also came in as he holds back Natsu's left hand
""shake them off"" END told to Natsu as Natsu shakes Gajeel and Lyon off by throwing away Nullpudding and spins his body around as Gajeel and Lyon flies off of him
"Gah!" "Guah!"
Natsu turns his attention to Nullpudding who was crawling his way to escape
He walks towards him and grabs his face and pulls him up
""wait, if they disqualify you, you will never have the chance to end Jellal""
END told to Natsu who thought about it first before he decided to listen to him
He drops Nullpudding before he walks away and leaves him to be teleported away
"I know he is angry and all, but he can't just vent it up in the games!" Lucy exclaimed
"no, he's not only angry, but he's also looking for blood" Gray said as sweat slides down his cheeks
They watch Natsu from the screen as he ignores everyone who was fighting, as he just keeps walking the town with the points, he has already
"look," Elfman said as he pointed to one screen where they see Natsu was walking on a street's path before he disappears in a flash
"where did he go?" Lucy said as they look around the screen
""Natsu…..how much anger do you have on me?" Erza thought with a sad look on her face
"we have just received report that Nullpudding from Raven Tail has retired as he is unconscious and is unable to fight" Lola said while Yajima frowns
"he is now being transported to the infirmary"
"that's a relief," Jenny said while feeling a bit scared when she saw Natsu pummelling Nullpudding like a rag doll
"anyway" Lola said as he coughs a bit into his hands
"Even with all of the action going on it seems that Rufus from Team Sabertooth has yet to make a move," Lola observed. "Could he have some secret plan in the works?"
"This contest is too simple," Rufus said while standing atop a tower in the middle of the city.
"What's this?" Lola asked.
"I remember everything," Rufus said.
"Every individual pulse, every individual footstep, each magical attribute is engrained in my memory." He smirked.
"Why would put himself out in the open like that?" Lucy questioned.
"It's like he wants everyone to find him," Elfman said with narrowed eyes.
Rufus touched his temples as a magic circle appeared behind him
Natsu and the others glowed yellow as this gives Rufus, all of their location
"Memory Make"
"He uses maker magic?!" Erza said a bit bewildered
"Hoshi Furu Yoru ni"
Beams of light rains down on everyone as they strike upon all of the participants except for Natsu who disappeared before the beam could hit him
The crowd roared in excitement as the fan-favorite Rufus had taken control of the entire event.
"What a display of power!" Lola shouted with an open stare. "Rufus has taken the lead in the blink of an eye! This is the power of Sabertooth, folks!"
The other teams looked on in both amazement and slight fright at Rufus' masterful skill with his magic. All except for Rogue and Sting, who merely saw it as par for the course for their guild.
"Dearest sponsors," Rufus mused from his rooftop vantage point. "I apologize in advance for my candor but, this contest is utterly dull. As you can you clearly see I have no reason to hide because even if my fellow competitors could find me, they could never touch me."
"That's our Rufus!" Lecter shouted happily. "But he's still not as strong as Sting!"
"Yaaay!" Frosch exclaimed.
"Guy sure loves to hear himself talk." Sting smirked.
"He uses maker magic, huh?" Gray said.
"is he unbeatable?" Lily said before everyone gasped
Rufus looks behind him as he sees Natsu behind him with his sword beside him
"really?" Natsu said before he slashed his sword at Rufus who turns into smoke
Natsu looks behind him and sees Rufus appearing where he was
"be at ease, you merely attacked a memory of me standing there" Rufus said while holding his hat before he attacks Natsu who also turned into smoke
"a copy?!" Rufus exclaimed before he ducks as he dodges a slash that came for Natsu who was beside him
"Wrong" Natsu said before he dashed towards Rufus and started slashing his sword at him
"oooohh! Looks like Natsu is giving Rufus a relentless attack!" Lola shouted on the mic as Rufus was trying his best to dodge Natsu's attack while trying to counter attack
"Rufus is on the run?!" Orga exclaimed as the masked man was trying to defend but could not as Natsu was cornering his attack to a minimum
Natsu cornered Rufus to an alley as the masked man has nowhere to go
"blame this on your ego" Natsu said as he lifts his sword up before swinging it down on Rufus before a loud buzzer sounded and the city began to disappear.
A sweat slide down Rufus' face as Natsu's sword is right in front of him
"times up, huh?" Natsu said as he pulled away Enryuo no Kiba and made the sword disappear
Rufus gulps down as he stands back up after feeling such intense fear running through his whole body
"And times up!" Lola shouted. "Here are the current rankings." Lola directed everyone's attention to a screen on the opposite side of the stadium. The leader board read:
Sabertooth – 10
Fairy Tail A – 8
Lamia Scale – 6
Blue Pegasus – 4
Mermaid Heel – 3
Quatro Cerberus – 2
Fairy Tail B – 1
Raven Tail – 0
"Since this is first contest, the current board reflects the overall rankings in the games." Lola explained.
"3rd Place?!" Obaba yelled angrily from the Lamia Scale section. "What are you doing out there, Lyon?!"
"Calm down, Master Obaba." One of the guild members said.
"Not that bad of a start, I guess." Ren said.
"Indeed." Hibiki nodded.
"Well this isn't looking too good." Arana Webb, the green haired wizard of Mermaid Heel, sighed.
"Hahahaha, don't be like that." Risley Law, the heavy set member of the all-female guild, laughed. "Beth did good out there."
"To absolutely no one's surprise, Sabertooth has taken first place." Lola said with a hint of bias.
Yajima looks with a frown to the screen that showed Natsu
""what has happened to you, Lad?"" he thought
"Rufus-kun almost lost?" Lector said in disbelieve
"that's weird?" Frosch said confused
In the arena, Rufus compose himself before he started walking back to his stand
Natsu let out an exhale as he started walking back to his stand but was stopped by Gajeel who grabs him by the shoulder and turned him around
"what was that, Salamander!? Were you trying to kill him!?" Gajeel exclaimed as he grabs a hold of Natsu's shoulder but he quickly retracts back his hand as when he touched Natsu, he was burning hot
"I did it to win, and besides, he's not dead…..yet" Natsu said as he walks away to his stand while Gajeel looks in disbelieve when he saw Natsu's eyes
His eyes were filled with no emotion at all, as the only thing Gajeel saw in his eyes were rage.
With Natsu
He was walking the hallway that was leading to his stand before he stops as he sees Makarov and Ikaruga in front of him
"We need to talk," Makarov told Natsu who looks at him before complying to his orders
He walks with them as they lead him to a private area
"We now begin the first matchup for day one starting with," Lola said on the mic as he reads on the paper the list of fighters who will be fighting for day one
"Fairy Tail A' Lucy Heartfillia Vs Raven Tail Flare Corona!"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
