"Trying to forget the horrificness of the last fight..We'll move on to Laxus Dreyar vs Alexie from Fairy Tail!" Matt announced as Laxus and the armored mysterious man stepped forward. "BEGIN!" Matt yelled.

"From my old man's guild, huh..? Who are yo-" Before Laxus could finish his sentence, Alexie had delivered an elbow to his jaw, knocking him back. Laxus did a quick flip, regaining his balance, but before he could react, Alexie dashed at him again and delivered a kick to his face, sending him flying.

Alexie put his hands together and fired a blast of magic that hit Laxus in the gut as he coughed up blood, everybody in Fairy Tail and the crowd looking in shock at the completely one sided battle. Alexie continued the barrage, swinging down a karate chop with his iron encased hand, cutting Laxus' shoulder as he yelled in pain. Laxus hit the ground, shaking, and wounded.

But just as Laxus tried to stand up, there was another identical, uninjured Laxus standing beside him, looking at him. "What is the meaning of this?" Laxus asked, as there was a second Alexie as well. "It's a type of illusion magic. Nobody can hear or see us, just the image of you getting beat down helplessly. " Alexie answered, as the illusionary Laxus was punched in the face.

"Looks like you're admired and respected in your guild. I wonder what your friends think and feel, watching you get beat like this?" Alexie asked. "Oi oi, I don't understand your intentions at all. What's the point of winning a fake fight?" Laxus asked.

"Our objective is not to win. This illusion is just a smoke screen for our convo. If our talk goes well, I can change the results and even have you win." Alexie answered as the fake Alexie held the fake Laxus up by this throat, choking him as the fake Laxus struggled to break free. The fake Laxus then punched Alexie, sending him tumbling, and hit him with a lightning roar, as the members of the guild cheered. "See?" Alexie nodded.

"There's nothing to discuss." Laxus dropped his coat. "I'll just beat you here and end the illusion." Laxus stated. "Can you really defeat Raven Tail's elite?" Alexie asked, as suddenly the other 4 members were there too. "So it's like that.." Laxus looked at the other 4.

"Besides..You can't stand up to me, stupid son." Alexie removed his helmet, revealing himself to be Ivan, Makarov's son and Laxus' dad. "I figured as much. Shitty pops." Laxus seemed unsurprised. "Makarov would die before he opened his mouth. But you're different. So tell me, Laxus. Where is Lumen Histoire?" Ivan asked.

"What are you talking about?" Laxus asked. "Don't play dumb. Makarov had to have told you." Ivan stated. "I really don't know. Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you." Laxus stated. "Are you serious? I'm offering you a chance to win..If not, then not only will your illusion suffer, but you too." Ivan warned.

"You always did things in such a roundabout manner..And I know all about how gramps cut you out.." Laxus began crackling with electricity. "Bring it, all of you at once. Master's enemies are my enemies." Laxus raised his fist.

"Looks like you need to be taught a lesson by the anti fairy guild. We specialize in magic your guild is weak against. And we are the top 5." Ivan smirked. "I might as well tell you, even though I doubt it'll change much. Since you left the guild..Gramps has been tracking you." Laxus confessed.

"What!?" Ivan exclaimed. "He knew all your plans. But he never acted. Because you never directly hurt a member of our guild…Until this competition." Laxus glared. "Somewhere in the corner of his heart, Master trusted you, because you are his son."

"SILENCE!" Ivan blasted Laxus with a giant forceful wave of paper shikigami, which Laxus parried with lightning, yet still received several cuts. "I'VE LIVED IN THE SHADOWS ALL FOR THIS DAY! TO AQUIRE LUMEN HISTOIRE! WHERE IS IT!? TELL ME! YOU'RE MY SON, AREN'T YOU LAXUS!?" Ivan screamed with rage.

"Even if it's for the sake of family, the guild can't stand by if the lives of its members are in danger. That is Fairy Tail." Makarov stated. "The guild is our family! Our place to return to!" Natsu yelled. "EVEN IF I FALL INTO THE DARKNESS..THEY'LL DRAG ME BACK INTO THE LIGHT! THAT'S WHAT FAMILY IS FOR!" Haru shouted.

"LAXUS!" Makarov screamed from the stands, as Laxus looked over to see Makarov standing with his finger raised, the secret sign between the two. "Heh.." Laxus smirked, remembering when they held hands on Tenrou Island, before he was reinstated into the guild.

"GET HIM OBRA! ERASE HIS MAGIC!" Ivan ordered as Obra stepped forward. "So this is the guy..WHO TOOK OUT WENDY AND CHARLE!?" Laxus suddenly exploded in electricity, every part of his body covered in intense lightning as he burst right through Ivan's attack and charged Obra before he could react, kicking him across the face and sending him tumbling.

"RED HAIR!" Flare whipped at Laxus with her hair, who dodged. "NEEDLE BLAST!" Narupudding swung at Laxus, who avoided it by tilting his head back, glaring at Narupudding, driving fear into his soul. "THIS IS FOR GRAY." Laxus did a small, quick hop, and brought his fist down into Narupudding's head, sending him crashing into the ground, creating a small crater.

"GOT HIM!" Flare yelled as her hair was wrapped around Laxus' arm. "FOR LUCY!" Laxus opened his mouth and roared, engulfing Flare and her hair, freeing himself and sending her flying. From the sand behind Laxus, Kurohebi quietly but quickly emerged, trying to sneak attack Laxus.

"You.." Laxus turned around. "I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Laxus sent him tumbling with a single karate chop. "IMPOSSIBLE!" Ivan yelled in shock. "MY ELITE FORCES!" He took a step back in fear. "I don't care what you're after..You hurt my allies." Laxus glared with no hesitance, taking a step forward.

"WAIT! I'M YOUR FATHER AREN'T I!? WE'RE FAMILY!" Ivan yelled desperately. "Fairy Tail is my only family." Laxus pulled his fist back. "AND I CRUSH MY FAMILIES' ENEMIES!" Laxus punched Ivan with a fist full of lightning, sending Ivan crashing with force, as Ivan hit the illusions, dispelling them, before crashing into the wall, destroying it.

All the audience could see as they gasped in surprise and disbelief was Laxus standing with a few cuts, his lightning sparking, and the bodies of 5 defeated Raven Tail members around him. "Thought projection!?" Makarov looked as the images of Raven Tails members in the audience were fading.

"Alexie was actually the guild master, Ivan! The battle we watched was only an illusion! Plus, Laxus was attacked by the other 4 members as well! No matter how you look at it, this is against the rules! BUT EITHER WAY,THE WINNER IS LAXUS!" Chapitilola announced as the audience screamed over Laxus strength.

"Laxus..I admit defeat this time. But just remember this." Ivan began, was all of Raven Tail's members were being cuffed as escorted by the council. "Lumen Histoire is the darkness of Fairy Tail. You'll learn about it someday. The truth about Fairy Tail." Ivan warned Laxus, who gave him one last surprised look before walking away.

-LATER-

"Where the hell is Haru?" Musica asked. "Haven't seen him since yesterday." Let answered. "He was out all night looking for Branch..He's fast asleep in our room now." Elie answered. "Poor kid." Lucy stated. "It's too hard to smell him since he's mostly machine." Natsu stated, sniffing.

"Next event..The Water Dome Royal! Rules are simple. You get knocked out of the dome of water, you lose. Last one is the winner!" Chapitilola announced. "Water? Not an event for me or Julia then." Let stated. "Not an event for guys in general it looks like." Shuda nodded as a girl from all the guilds, except Quarto Puppy who had to send a guy, stood in swim suits.

"…DIBS." Musica yelled, starting to take his shirt off. "No, you pervert!" Elie smacked him. "I'll go." She stated, walking into the stadium in her swim suit and holding her staff. "Juvia is sorry but she won't lose in water." Julia told Elie and Lucy.

"We have all our contestants except from Blue Guardians.." Matt announced, looking at BG. "We'll forfeit this one." Hardner stated. "Eh?" Chapitilola responded. "These standings are getting too lop sided, don't you think? It'll be more fun this way. Plus Lunar doesn't like swimming." Hardner looked at the Fairy Tail teams and started laughing. "We're not the ones who need these points."

"I'm gonna burn him.." Natsu growled. "Don't let him get to you. It's what he's trying to do." Sieg stated calmly. "Too late." Gray was also boiling.

"BEGIN!" Chapitilola yelled as Jager, Quarto Puppy's member, was eliminated instantly. "Open, Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarious!" Lucy summoned her mermaid spirit. "Grrr..I'll blow everybody away!" She yelled, angry as usual, proceeding to have an all-out battle with Juvia.

"Incredible! An all-out fight between two team mates!" Chapitilola cheered with the crowd. "Tch, to think I'd be evenly matched like this..Anyway, I gotta go now." Aquarious stated. "What!? But you're my best spirit for an event like this!" Lucy argued. "…I have a date~! Unlike you!" Aquarious mocked with a blush before disappearing.

"THIS..IS JUVIA'S VICTORY!" Juvia declared, blasting almost everybody out of the dome with an explosion of water. "Did you see that, Gray-Sama!?" She asked, imagining him with an adoring look. Her face turned to shock when she turned to see his face was one of being completely appalled, before realizing she was out of the dome as well.

Lucy, managing to stay in the dome with the help of Virgo and Aries before they disappeared as well, looked around. "Who's left..?"

"I am~ " Elie giggled, blasting Lucy with a wave of Etherion through the staff, controlling it just enough to not hurt her but knock her out of the dome. "CHEAP SHOT!" Lucy yelled, falling onto the ground. "She used Etherion as a shield to defend against Juvia and held back its strength vs Lucy..Her control has improved a lot." Shuda praised.

"Hm, the young lady sent the water girl out." Sting stated, referring to why Juvia went out of bounds. "This match was decided when Minerva entered. She could have sent all of them flying in an instant." Rufus stated. "That girl stands no match for the young lady's strength..Let's just hope she's not too cruel." Rogue stated.

"That girl..There's something weird about her. Elie's in danger." Natsu stated. "Fairy Tail or Sabertooth?! Who will win!? We've applied a 5 minute rule. If neither competitor is knocked out in 5 minutes, both teams tie for last place. "I can still win! Do your best, Elie! For 5 minutes at least please!" Lucy cheered selfishly.

"I could easily knock you out right now..But that wouldn't be fun. Let's see how long you last..Fairy Tail." Minerva smirked before she waved her hand, a strange orb forming by Elie before it exploded, blasting Elie's side with heat.

"Heat..?" Erza asked. Before Elie could recover, Minerva blasted her again in the back, the blast feeling as heavy as lead. "Ahh!" Elie managed to recover. "Now I definitely won't hold back.." Elie charged her magic into the staff for a second and then fired a large concentrated blast of Etherion.

"Hmph." Minerva dodged the blast easily. "Grr.I'll get you this time!" Elie was about to fire again, but realized her staff was no longer in her hands. Minerva had it. "Elie still can't help holding back..It might cost her." Shuda stated. Minerva blasted Elie again, sending her flying towards the edge. "No! I won't disappoint everybody!" Elie did a flip, regaining her balance.

"That's it! Keep struggling!" Minerva laughed, blasting Elie several more times."Bitch..At least give her the staff back.." Musica was growling, twitching with rage. "Without her staff she can't use her magic.." Erza stated.

Elie panted, bleeding badly. "I..Have to win..I won't..Just be dead weight to everybody any more now than I can use magic.." She closed her eyes, focusing. "Hmm..?" Minerva stopped her attacks, interested. Elie removed a Tonfa Blaster from her side, concentrating, and firing a large blast of Etherion through the Tonfa Blaster.

"Remarkable..We didn't even go over this in training.." Shuda was in awe. "Pathetic." Minerva waved her hands, as barrier like fragments appeared around her, blocking the blast. "You have your head in the clouds, Fairy Tail!" Minerva unleashed a barrage of painful blasts onto Elie, hitting every inch of her body. "You think a weakling like you, like your guild, could stand up to me and Sabertooth!? Laughable!"

Elie screamed in pain, going flying out. "Sabertooth is number one in the world!" Another orb appeared around Elie before she left the dome, but instead of hurting her it transported her in front of Minerva, who grabbed Elie's arm and drove her knee into Elie's side.

"Why did she bring her back!?" Julia yelled, angry. "To torture her.." Gajeel growled. "This match is over already, isn't it..?" Even Laxus was visibly angry. Fairy Tail looked over to see Sting, Ogra, and Rufus smirking in pleasure, receiving glares of pure rage from the entire Fairy Tail guild, even Shuda and Sieg, who were usually calm. "AAHAHAHAHA!" Hardner was losing his mind with laughter, enjoying himself. "THIS IS GREAT!"

Minerva laughed maniacally, continuing to beat Elie down as she cried in pain, tears and blood merging with the water dome. After several moments of the audience watching in disgust, Chapitilola made a call. "THIS IS A REFEREE STOP! THE MATCH IS OVER. MINERVA WINS. SOMEBODY, CALL THE MEDICS FOR ELIE! SHE HASN'T MOVED IN AWHILE!"

Minerva smirked, holding Elie outside the dome by her throat as the announcement was made, before letting go, letting her fall. Let instantly disappeared, catching her and landing on the ground gently. "I'LL GIVE HER FIRST AID!" Wendy ran forward with Natsu and Gray. "You go too." Lyon told Chelia, who was already running.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?" Natsu roared at Minerva. "Fun. And a little bit of payback. She means a lot to that silver haired kid, doesn't she?" Minerva laughed, exiting the water calmly. "You should be thankful I let her keep second place. I was merely taking advantage of the rules." Minerva lifted up the staff, about to snap it in half, but stopped when she felt something against her throat.

Shuda stood behind her, sword raised, glaring through his one eye. "Hand it over." He ordered, metallic hand extended. Minerva chuckled, dropping it and walking away, as Sting, Rufus, and Ogra walked down.

"Not my problem she didn't know what useless trash she was." Minerva smiled. "Y'know..I hate guys who hit women..But I won't have any problem bashing your face in.." Musica opened and closed his fist. "You're welcome to try. I'll show you all your place at the bottom of the barrel." Minerva invited them.

"Is that so..?" Fire picked up around Let and Julia. "I'll finish you where you stand." He warned. "I don't care if you claim to be the best guild..But you have made enemies with the worst guild to anger." Erza glared with more intensity than ever.

"Enough. Sieg ordered with a strong voice, making everybody hush. "We'll settle this properly. We have more important matters to deal with. He nodded at Elie, before they began walking away. "Smart idea to run away." Sting mocked.

"Do not misunderstand me. I am retreating out of respect to Elie's courage. We will win in a proper match, for her. And when that time comes.." Sieg turned around and gave them a glare that drove fear into their souls about the strength of the world's second strongest mage, even if he only had ¾ of his strength. "I'll be the one to end you all."

-Later, at the Hospital Bed, all FT teams minus Haru are gathered-

"What..Did you just say?" Musica asked, a look of shock on his face. "Thanks to the first aid, she didn't die right away but her injures are grave..We don't know when she'll wake up. If she does .I'm sorry." The doctor stated, walking out. "Fuck!" Musica punched the wall hard. "Why didn't we just jump in!? Who gives a fuck about the points!?" Musica yelled.

"A coma, huh.." Let stated with sorrow. "I should have stopped this match." Makarov walked in, a look of regret and pain of his face. "She gave it her best..Not once did she ask for mercy..I'm proud." Lucy smiled through tears. "We all are..And for better or worse, as dictated by the council..Teams A and B will merge." Makarov stated.

"Huh? Why?" Natsu asked. "Due to Raven Tail's disqualification, we have uneven numbers, which complicates the battle portions. And since we are the only guild with several teams.." Makarov answered. "What about points?" Sieg asked. "We go with the lower score. Team A's." Makarov answered again. "We must choose 5 members soon by the next event." He finished.

They have a discussion and then leave the room, and after several moments of walking, they run into Haru. "Yo! Where you guys been? I've been looking everywhere!" He exclaimed with a goofy smile, oblivious of the circumstances.

"Hey Haru." Natsu said simply. "Sorry I slept in..What I miss? We win?" Haru asked as nobody answered, avoiding eye contact. "Guys?" Haru asked. "Haru..The truth is.." Julia trailed off. "Second place. I couldn't pull it off in the end." Musica stated with a chuckle.

"You competed?" Haru asked. "Too distracted by the girls in bathing suits." Lucy added. "Yep. Lucy was wearing a hella tight one too. Just couldn't focus enough to get first place." Musica gave a fake grin. "Shut up! Oh, and you guys are apparently team B now." Lucy told him. "That girl from Sabertooth caught me by surprise." Musica lied.

"That girl, huh.." Haur remembered. "Where's Elie?" Haru looked around. "..She went back to the guild." Sieg answered, closing his eyes. "Huh? How come!?" Haru asked, instantly worried. "She was just feeling sick." Shuda answered.

"Why would she go back when we have Wendy to heal her?" Haru asked. "Maybe she was just nervous..Or needed some peace..You know how loud and crazy we are." Erza told him as Haru nodded. "She said she loves you and wished us all luck." Erza told him. "Yeah..I wish she said goodbye though.." Haru looked dejected.

"She'll make it up to you I'm sure. Now let's go, the matches are being posted." Gray told him. "Aye. Make it up reeaaaal well~" Happy flew around. "S-Shut up!" Haru yelled, red.