Previously, on Fairy Tail. Natsu and Takeru had another match, yet the result ended in a tie, now leaving both White Eclipse and Fairy Tail at five members each. For Fairy Tail, there was Gildarts Clive, the famous ace of Fairy Tail, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Cynthia, and Wendy Marvell. For White Eclipse, there was Reve Volver, Luke Cloud, Cygnus Gwydion, the one that everyone is slightly worried about, Heather, and the ace, Sidney Castle. With only five members left on each side, it's clear the battle for number one is just beginning! Who will come out on top? There's only one way to find out…
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"THAT MATCH WAS SOOOO COOOOL!" Jason screamed, all of these battle leaking out his enthusiasm and even more.
"He's too excited for this…" Heather said while flipping her hair back behind her shoulders.
"We should be winning this…" Reve said in a bit of an agitated tone.
"Those Fairies are stronger than you're giving them credit for," Heather replied, looking over at Reve.
"Besides, it wouldn't be much fun if we just swept through them!" Luke gave a thumbs up, grinning. "We got Sidney, so we're set. Although…"
"Although what?" Reve asked, looking over at Luke as he raised an eyebrow.
"Cynthia kinda worries me…" Luke said while rubbing the back of his head.
"You're worried about that little girl? Really, Cloud?" Reve said with a disappointed tone.
"Uh…do you NOT remember the forest a while back?" Luke replied, looking up at Reve.
"Oh yeah…that MIGHT be a problem…" Reve looked over at Cynthia, rubbing his chin. "We'll be fine…"
"Is Natsu gonna be okay," Happy asked Wendy who just walked back from the infirmary.
"Mhm, Natsu-san will be fine once he wakes up," Wendy replied with a smile.
"Five left on each team…" Makarov said quietly, crossing his arms.
"You wouldn't mind me replacing someone so I could mu-I mean beat Luke, right?" Mirajane asked with an innocent smile.
"Luke brings out the old Mira alright…" Erza mumbled softly. "I think the five we have now can handle it."
"We have Gildarts!" Cynthia shouted joyfully.
"Yeah, whoever's up against him is in for some trouble," Gray replied with a smirk.
"I won't be holding back either," Gildarts replied.
"So, are we ready for the next fight?" Calium asked.
"Of course," Makarov responded. "Let's see who is next." Calium nodded in response to Makarov, and started the roulette once more. The roulette stopped on Lucy, as the White Eclipse one kept going.
Lucy's heart sudden jumped into her throat as the possibility of fighting Luke came to mind. She wanted to fight Luke, but at the same time she didn't want to because the fear of losing and letting Fairy Tail down at a time they needed her the most clouded her head. "Who…" Lucy mumbled to herself as she eyed the roulette intently.
Luke smirked, standing up already as if he knew he was going to be picked. "Sit down, Cloud," Reve said.
"What?" Luke sat down, looking at Reve.
"Don't get so cocky just yet; we don't know who it is…" Reve replied. Just as he finished speaking, the roulette landed on Heather. "Oh, would you look at that…" Reve smirked, looking over at Heather. "It's your turn."
"I can see that," Heather replied, standing up, stretching to loosen up her muscles.
"Her spirits," Luke said.
"What about them?" Heather replied, looking over her shoulder as she walked towards the arena.
"You'll see," Luke replied with a smirk. "Take her down."
"Be careful, Lu-chan," Levy said with a stern nod.
"Yes, we don't know what she can do, so be very careful…" Erza added.
"Don't worry, I will be!" Lucy nodded with a small before walking into the center of the arena, a few feet away from Heather.
"She's gonna be in for a surprise…" Nightwalker smirked.
"Are you ready?" Heather asked as she got into an offensive stance.
"Mhm," Lucy nodded slowly, pulling out two keys from her pouch.
"I'll allow you the first move," Heather replied.
"How kind of you…" Lucy held a key out, a bright light shining from the key. "Gate of the Scorpion, I open thee, Scorpio!" The light at the tip of the sky got brighter for a few seconds before Scorpio emerged from the key.
"We are!" Scorpio said with gusto. "Sand Buster!" Scorpio bent over, pointing his stinger out unleashing a high powered sand tornado towards Heather.
"Celestial Spirit Mage…" Heather mumbled this to herself before jumping to the side, evading Scorpio's Sand Buster. "Interesting…" Heather then ran forward, a thick purple substance surrounding her hands.
"That smell…" Cynthia said, sniffing the air.
"That's…" Wendy started.
"Poison…!" Cynthia blurted out.
"We! Look out!" Scorpio placed his body in front of Lucy, buying her time as Lucy took a few steps back behind Scorpio.
"Poison Dragon's…" Heather started, a purple magic circle appearing in front of her.
"Dragon Slayer!?" Cynthia leaned up in her seat.
"Lucy-san, look out!" Wendy shouted.
"Iron fist!" Heather swung her poison covered fist forward, striking Scorpio's gut.
"W-We…" Scorpio fell over from the powerful hit, turning into yellowish fuzz before fading back into the Spirit World.
"Dragon Slayer…" Lucy mentally groaned. "Just my luck…" Lucy thought to herself before pulling out another key. "Gate of the Ram!" Lucy started, the tip of the key glowing brightly.
"Not so fast!" Heather pointed her hand out, a purple magic circle appearing. "Poison Dragon's Scales!" Poisonous scales shot out from the magic circle, rushing towards Lucy at an alarming rate.
"Look out, Lucy!" Erza shouted.
"WAH!" Lucy had to cut off her summon as she rolled to the side, a poison scale scraping against her sleeve. "That…that was close…" Lucy let out a sigh of relief, but she dropped her guard for too long as Heather came flying in with a powerful poison infused kick to Lucy's sternum, causing Lucy to stumble back, groaning from the burn the poison left. "Ouch…!" Lucy shook off the pain, pointing her key out. "Gate of the Ram, I open thee; Aries!" Aries sudden appeared in the arena, looking around nervously, shifting around uncomfortably.
"U-Uhm…" Aries said quietly.
"Aries, do it!" Lucy shouted.
"H-Hai! I'm sorry!" Aries shouted to Heather as she pointed her hands out. "Wool Bomb!" Aries bent over, pointing her hands out as soft, pink fluff shout out, aiming to capture Heather in its softness.
"Heater, look out!" Luke shouted.
"Do not worry about me," Heather replied as she jumped into the air, avoiding the large cloud of wool coming her way. Heather spread her arms out as a magic circle appeared in front of her. "Cross Poison," She swung both of her arms down diagonally into an X formation, sending two thick lines of poison shaped like an X hurtling towards Lucy and Aries.
"Aries, look out!" Lucy pulled out her whip, wrapping it around Aries' waist as she jumped back, pulling Aries with her, avoiding the impact of the Cross Poison.
"That girl is very dangerous…" Mavis eyed Heather carefully. "I don't think she's trying that much…which worries me…"
"Something about her is familiar…" Erza thought to herself. She knew Heather from somewhere, but she was unable to put her finger on it.
"I'm sorry…Lucy-sama…" Aries whimpered before fading back to the Spirit World.
"I'm running low on options here…" Lucy rubbed her sternum lightly, feeling the poison from before starting to numb her upper body. "This isn't good…" Lucy thought to herself. "Gate of the cow, I open thee; Taurus!"
"MOOO!" From the ground, a large cow holding a large battle axe. "I will do my best to protect Lucy-sama's nice body!" Taurus gripped his axe, glaring at Heather.
"Oh, look, the perverted cow," Luke rolled his eyes.
"Does that cow have a crush on Lucy…?" Cynthia tilted her head at Taurus's behavior, remembering how he was acting the exact same way in the cave.
"Looks more like an unhealthy obsession to Juvia…" Juvia muttered.
Cynthia blinked at Juvia's words, the extreme irony sticking out to her. "…Did you of all people just…"
"Get her, Taurus! Quickly!" Lucy gripped her chest, breathing slightly heavier due to the poison.
"Yes, Lucy-sama!" Taurus charged forward with his axe pulled back. "This is what you get for messing with Lucy-sama's nice body!"
"Oh my…you're one of those people, aren't you?" Heather shook her head as she held her hands out. "Poison Dragon's Guard!" A think wall of poison appeared in front of Heather just as Taurus swung his axe down. The wall of poison successfully blocked Taurus' attack, leaving the spirit dumbfounded by the wall's defensive strength.
"W-What…?" Taurus's eyes widened slightly.
"Poison Dragon's…" Heather's cheeks started puffing up, and she easily dispatched of Taurus with a distracting kick to his side, forcing him to slide away, fading away to the spirit world after.
"Lu-chan, look out!" Levy cried out. But it was too late; Heather was already in front of Lucy.
"Roar," Heather opened her mouth a purple magic circle appeared, unleashing a vortex of reddish black poison at point blank range on Lucy. Though the roar did not do much damage on the outside, the poison quickly invaded Lucy's body, rendering it numb as she sat on her knees, unable to move her body.
"W-What's going on…?" Lucy tried to move her body, but all she did was fall on her back, unable to move at all. "I can't feel my body…"
"You might as well call the match now," Reve waved a hand over to Lucy. "Heather's got you, no point in continuing."
"W-What!?" Lucy's eyes widened. Did she really lose so easily!?
"L-Lucy-san!" Wendy's eyes widened at the realization of how fast the match was, and that Lucy was unable to land a single hit.
"N-No! That can't be…!" Lucy attempted to move her body, but her efforts were in vain; her body was unresponsive. "I lost…?!"
"Lucy Heartflila can't continue in this condition. Do you agree?" Master Calium looked over at Makarov. Despite having full faith in Lucy, Makarov knew it was pointless for her to continue fighting.
"I agree…" Makarov said quietly.
"M-Master! I can keep going…!" Lucy struggled to move her body, showing that she wasn't ready to lose yet.
"Lucy…" Cynthia frowned heavily at Lucy's attempts. Even she knew it was useless in Lucy's condition.
"Lucy Heartfilia can no longer continue," Calium nodded slowly as Lucy's image X'ed itself out, leaving the score White Eclipse five, Fairy Tail four.
"Two poison users…" Mavis stated. "That's not good…" Lucy was taken into the infirmary by Wendy, who healed Lucy to rid her of the poison.
"We got the lead again, perfect," Reve said with a smirk.
"Nice work, Heather," Luke grinned slightly as Heather sat back down, dusting herself off.
"You had trouble with her before?" Heather raised an eyebrow while looking at Luke.
"Ehm…long story…" Luke coughed awkwardly. "Anyway!"
"I'm sorry…Fairy Tail…" Lucy closed her eyes, feeling ashamed for giving White Eclipse such an easy win.
