After a five minute break, Chapati went forth and explained the rules going into the games.
"Now let's get things started with the first contest of the Grand Magic Games. It is a game we call Hidden!"
"At this time, we would like each team to select a member to compete! Once the selections have been made, the rules will be explained in their entirety!"
"Man this sucks not knowing what the game is about!" Vyra freaked as the five were trying to decide on who should go
"It's called Hidden for a reason... so maybe hiding is the key essential to winning this one!" Lucy came to conclusion
"Well then, cross out Vy and the flaming idiot for this round-" Gray began
"HEY- WHAT?!" Natsu and Vyra spazzed
"Gray's right-" Erza nodded agreeing with the ice mage
"You two have no patience and LOVE to be in the spotlight, there's no way you can go 'Hidden' for this one!" Lucy spazzed as the cotton candy duo turned to stone
"We too can go undercover right Vy?!" Natsu shouted to the bluenette wrapping his scarf around his face as she jumped turning back to back with the dragon slayer striking a ninja pose
"Stealth mode: activate" The moonlight mage whispered making Erza, Gray and Lucy sweat drop
The Natsu and Vyra show was back on.
"Just let them be, if they want to make fools of themselves in front of thousands of people, by all means- they would be the ones to do it." Erza smiled putting her hands on her hips watching the duo next to Lucy admiring the comical humor they bring to the guild.
From the side lines, Happy was also striking ninja poses as Panther Lily scoffed at the blue furred cat.
"From Lamia Scale: Lyon Vastia"
"Yeah?" Gray looked over to Lyon
"In that case, I got this one-" The ice mage stepped forward
"From Fairy Tail Team A: Gray Fullbuster"
"HEY WAIT-" Natsu and Vyra jumped
"The competitors have been chosen and the long wait is finally over! Grab a refreshment and get glued to your seat because you're not going to want to miss a single moment of this!"
"Good luck Gray!" Lucy cheered
"You got this!" Vyra pecked him on the lips before he walked down to the middle of the arena
"YOU BETTER NOT LOSE SNOWFLAKE!" Natsu pointed
"YOU HEAR THAT PAL?! WERE BETTER THEN GAJEEL AND THEIR STUPID TEAM! A-AND...RAVEN-" He stopped in mid sentence forgetting the names of the other guilds
"Bring us home a point" Erza said in full confidence as Gray raised up a reassuring hand
"Okay, so now let's see how this game is played out" Erza leaned against the rail waiting to hear the games instructions as they went to the Fairy Tail Team A side of the arena
"Looks like Team B picked Juvia-" Lucy pointed out
"Why doesn't that surprise me-" Vyra muttered watching the water mage in disinterest
'She's only down there because of Gray...' The girl furrowed her eyebrows
"OPEN THE FIELD!"
A force field creating a town spread across the arena.
"Woah-" The bluenette's eyes widened
"A town?" Lucy gasped
"That's so cool" Natsu gawked
"Those of you in the stands can see here, in crystal clear lacrimal vision" Giant screens popped up everywhere
Now they could keep track of everyone competing.
"Here are the rules of the game! All the players are hiding and seeking at the same time!"
"What the heck does that mean?" Natsu questioned
"The main objective in Hidden is to locate the other players. Once you've done that, you have to land an attack on that one. The player that successfully connects their attack whether or not it does any damage will receive one point."
"Oh I see." Erza watched as clones of all the challengers began to duplicate
"I know there pretty, but those copies are not just for show folks-" Chapati began
"Attack one of your fake competitors by mistake and it'll cost you one point!"
"Let's play Hidden!"
"Aw man this is totally messing up my head!" The bluenette began to frantically panic
"There all perfectly blended in with their fake clones-" Erza commented
"How are we supposed to figure out which one is real and which one is fake!?" Natsu and Vyra spazzed
"And that's why you two are not in this one-" Lucy put a hand into her cheek as she watched the lacrima screen closely
Both Gray and Juvia were in the negatives. What a way to start.
"Gray can do it, he's a smarty pants" Vyra said
"AND I'M NOT VY?" Natsu raged
"Calm down-" Erza bonked the dragon slayer on the head
"Y-Yes ma'am-" Natsu stuttered holding his head in pain
"COME ON GRAY!" The bluenette cheered as the ice mage got pelt in the back
"YOU KIDDIN' ME?!" Natsu jumped
"He lost another point?!" Erza's eyes widened
'Crap- why's he going after me so hard?' Gray thought as he slowly stood back up eyes locking with the Raven Tail member: Nalpuddin'
"KEEP SCREWING UP AND IT'LL COST US THE GAME GRAY!" Natsu shouted as he balled up his fists
"Stop it Natsu-" Vyra pushed
"What's up with Raven Tail?" Lucy questioned
"They're the ones who attacked Wendy and for some strange reason they're only targeting Gray in this round..." She concluded catching the moonlight mages attention
"HA! Two fairies for the price of one!" Nalpuddin' knocked out both Gray and Juvia
"Why is he only going after our guild?!" Lucy spazzed
"I don't know-" Erza whispered
"At least the rest of the members are finally showing themselves-" Vyra bit her lip as it began to snow
"Eve of Blue Pegasus is awarded 4 points!"
"Unfortunately for you, I've spent my life in the cold-" Lyon came out with an ice wave knocking Eve out
"Y-Yeah I kinda figured..." Eve nervously laughed
"Again? What's the deal? Why's this freak so obsessed with me?" Gray dodged another one of Nalpuddin's attacks
"We still yet haven't seen any movement on the board from our top seater Rufus of the Sabertooth guild!" Chapati commentated
"He hasn't lost any points, but he hasn't scored any either!"
"I find this game dreadfully boring..."
"Woah there he is!" Vyra pointed at the screen
"I committed this song to memory. The rhythm of their heartbeats, their footsteps, the tone of their magic-"
"That's a very conspicuous hiding place if you ask me!" Lucy spoke
"GRAY RIGHT ABOVE YOU!" Natsu shouted
"There all there... inside my mind..." Rufus whispered as his transformation circle grew wide
"Memory-Make"
"What is this magic... I've never heard of it-" Erza gasped as the sky turned dark
"Light of Shooting Stars!" Rufus shouted as beams of light shot through the town locking onto each one of the contestants
One by one they all got electrocuted leaving Rufus the only one standing obtaining +7 points, now in the lead.
"Turning the scoreboard upside down! This is what you'd expect from a guy like Rufus! Sabertooth takes the lead!"
"I think i'm finally able to see why they're the number one guild in Fiore-" Lucy whispered
"That some kind of maker magic?!" Gray questioned getting up
"You think you've outsmarted us? This game is called hidden, SO START PLAYIN' BY THE RULES!" He snapped jumping towards the Sabertooth wizard
Before landing an attack, Gray's eyes widened as he got knocked down by a certain purple bodied wizard.
"Oh, c-crap-" Gray muttered wincing
"What the? That Sabertooth guy was completely open just now!" Vyra shouted
"But still, Nalpuddin' passed him over to attack Gray" Erza jumped
"-and with that, the game is over!" Chapati proclaimed
"What?! Already?!" Natsu spazzed
"Now let's take a look at the good ol' score board!"
"Just as we expected! Sabertooth claims the top spot!"
"Both Fairy Tail teams gave it their all but unfortunately it wasn't enough to get them out of last place-"
Both Gray and Juvia returned to their quarters with some severely pissed off expressions.
"Better luck next time..."
'HA! What do you expect from the weakest guild in Fiore!?'
'There such losers-'
'Suits them to be in last place you has beens!'
"YOU BETTER STOP LAUGHING AT US OR ELSE!" Natsu threatened
'Oooo he's mad-'
'What are you gonna do? Cry?' The audience members taunted
"Natsu-" Erza walked forward
"Let em' laugh, they won't be for very long though" Vyra put a comforting hand on his shoulder as Gray silently walked past the trio
She watched him as his hair shagged over his eyes.
"Sorry..." He whispered as he walked by Lucy
"Don't worry about it! It's only the first game, we still have time to turn this thing around!" She said cheerly soon turning her expression into concern
"I'll go talk to him-" Vyra said as Lucy jumped hearing the voice of the bluenette
She passed the blonde and ran following the ice mage into the tunnel.
...
"Raven Tail..." Gray uttered as he tore off his clothes
"And that pompous wizard..." He smacked his fist into the stone wall creating a massive hole
"I will be getting pay back for this so they better watch out!" He grimaced, tightening his fists not noticing that Vyra was behind him.
'Gray...' She watched the boy as she put a hand over her chest
His stance and the look in his eyes...
There's nothing she could do or say.
"Wait a suck it up out there- loserrsssss" Cana teased slurring on her words
It was a rough day for the Fairy Tail guild as a whole. They stayed at a nicer hotel with the guild currently eating dinner. Team A had zero points and Team B had one thanks to Juvia. Lucy went up against Flare and almost had her until the very end! But Raven Tail... there playing dirty…
"Seriouslyyy, how could members of the great Fairy Tail be so pathetic it was so embarrassinggg-"
Maybe you should've been there to cheer us on instead of hitting every pub within walking distance..." Elfman retorted
"I did cheer for you guys, all pubs have lacrima vision and booze is a whole lot cheaper-"
"LESS SHOUTING AND MORE DRINKING!"
"WE HAVE A HORRIBLE DEFEAT TO CELEBRATE!" Makarov hoorayed raising his wooden cup
"Master's wasted!" Levy giggled
"Today was quite an eventful wasn't it?" Erza conversed with Mira
"No kidding, I think it's safe to say that our work is cut out for us" Mira smiled
"Tomorrows when it's all going to change-"
"I'll jump in there and set that scoreboard on fire!" Natsu jumped
"Natsu's gonna burn some birdies!" Happy cheered
"H-Hey-" Levy turned around
"I don't see Lucy or Gray... did they come for dinner?" She questioned looking for the ice and celestial mages
"Well, can you blame them? You saw how bad they lost today-" Macao crossed his arms
"They'll show up once their done licking there wounds" Wakaba commented
After the first game, there was a series of battles that followed. Lucy was the first matchup against Raven Tail's Flare Corona. The match was twisted. That Raven Tail... what the hell are they up to?
They looked fine to me, but do you think we should check on them or something?" Romeo stood up
With Vyra
The bluenette decided to take it upon herself to go see her melancholy boyfriend. It was a rough day and he didn't even come down for dinner. The girl was absolutely worried after hearing him earlier.
The hotel that they stayed at was more like a motel, being supposedly the least interesting guild... they didn't really have many sponsors compared to Sabertooth for example.
The girl knocked three times.
"Gray, it's Vy-"
Nothing.
The bluenette shuffled knocking again
"Gray-hey..."
"I'm coming in-" She pushed the door open to reveal the shirtless ice mage with his head hanging low sitting on his bed leaning against the wall.
Vyra's eyes softened as she took off her shoes, closing the door.
"Hey-" She sat on the other side of the bed
His eyes slowly shifted upward and back down again.
"Gray, it's okay you don't have to do that-" She grabbed his hand
"It's only the first day and the first game-"
"Don't worry so much, Erza hasn't even competed yet" The girl tried to cheer him up
"Just wait until they get a load of her-"
"I-" He began twisting the other way now laying down in the bed. He just couldn't look her in the eyes.
"I let everyone down..."
The moonlight mage sighed as she laid next to him wrapping her arms around his torso.
"How many defeats have we had?" She propped her chin up on his arm trying to see his face
"-and how many times have we come out on top Gray?"
"Don't worry, we got this!" Kissing his shoulder she plopped back laying her head against the pillow next to him
Minutes went by until Gray turned around wrapping his broad arms around her petite body pulling her into him
"Thank you-" He whispered into her ear as her cheeks tinted a shade of pink. Even though he's an ice wizard, she felt so warm in his embrace.
She's never seen this side of him before. Maybe way back when- during the whole Galuna Island ordeal, but still she understood.
'I'd probably feel the same way if that was me going up first-' The girl thought
It was a sense of pride and confidence going into this. Makarov chose the five wizards for a reason, and Gray felt as if he ruined the name Fairy Tail even more... proving the audience members right...
'It's understandable to feel so defeated. One thing that's amazing about our guild is the family and friendships that has kept us going for so long. If it wasn't for our bonds and our constant rivalry against each other to push and get stronger- what would we have?'
Vyra smiled hugging and snuggling in his arms, closing their eyes and ultimately fell asleep.
"Tomorrows going to be a new day- The start, Fairy Tail takes number one!
A/N: I am updating every Friday! Who do you think Vyra is going to fight against? Comment below!