"Why-"
"Why on earth did we let him go out there..." Lucy and Vyra groaned as they watched the lifeless dragon slayer in the arena struggling to move across the chariot
"He was absolutely persistent about participating..." Erza crossed her arms
"I don't know what's wrong with Fairy Tail's Natsu, but he can't clearly put one foot in front of the other!" Chapati said
"But that's not all... a few feet away is Fairy Tail's Gajeel and Sabertooth Sting who appears to be in the same boat!"
Vyra didn't know if she should scream or laugh.
"W-Why am I feeling sick-" Gajeel uttered
That's what you get when you put three dragon slayers on a 'moving vehicle'.
What felt like a flash, Quatro Cerberus' Bacchus took first place leaving the rest of the competitors fighting for second and third. They soon reached the finish line only leaving Sting, Natsu and Gajeel competing in a three way battle.
She couldn't help it anymore, the bluenette broke out into fits of laughter as Gajeel knocked into Sting and Natsu
Everything has been so serious lately, this really brought some comical humor to the games.
"COME ON NATSU!" Vyra began
"GET US THAT POINT" Gray shouted
"YOU CAN DO IT!" Lucy cheered
"I gotta keep moving- I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE LIKE THIS!" Natsu stubbled as he pushed himself as Gajeel kept up
"Talk about uncool..."
"Anyone can see you got no strength left- your just making fools of yourselves" Sting halted looking up as Natsu and Gajeel roared past their pain now crawling
"It's fine whatever, I don't need this win so i'll let you guys have it-"
"Sabertooth is just going to keep on racking up the points after this. In the end one stupid little point isn't going to change the outcome" The blonde spoke
"One point is enough to stop ya kid now don't you forget that-" Gajeel looked back
"I don't get it- can you explain somethin' to me?" Sting proclaimed catching Natsu and Gajeel's attention
"Why did you even bother entering the tournament?"
"Seriously, I mean your nothing like the Fairy Tail I knew growing up-"
"You are obsessed with how tough you are and what the rest of the world thinks of you, what happened to the Fairy Tail of my childhood... the guild that would do whatever the hell it wanted-"
Vyra watched the screen showing the blonde headed dragon slayer
'The Fairy Tail of my childhood...' She repeated
"They never cared of what anyone else thought of them-"
"The reason that we're here... IS BECAUSE OF OUR FRIENDS!" Natsu shouted making Sting's eyes widen
"T-The ones.. who waited for us!"
"For all the years we were gone-"
"Who fought through the pain... and the heartache!"
"They were humiliated, but even so... they stayed strong!"
"And they kept our guild together!" He screeched
"Were doing this for all of them!"
"And we're gonna make sure that everyone knows-"
"THE FAIRY TAIL GUILD NEVER GAVE UP! SO THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO GIVE UP NOW!"
Natsu's inspirational declaration had the whole guild in tears. Not only from the members that suffered for seven years, but also everyone that was on Tenrou island.
Everything that Natsu said, they all felt one way or another.
"He did it! Fairy Tail's Natsu finishes in 6th place nabbing 2 points!"
"I-It's about time we got some points on the board..." He gasped collapsing
"Gajeel for Fairy Tail B takes 7th place and grabs 1 point!"
'Well those boys have some guts'
'Yeah, that was awesome-'
'There from Fairy Tail aren't they? Maybe they're not so bad after all'
'You know, I might just start rooting for them now'
The audience began to cheer for the guild.
It's about time.
Day two of the Grand Magic Games was a calmer one. Natsu grabbing those two points is all the motivation they needed. Being the guild that fought in the first round of battles, they didn't have to fight today as the other guilds that didn't fight day one, duked it out.
After a few of the matches, the tenrou team were on the way back to the Fairy Tail area running into Wendy and Carla on the way.
"Wendy!" Natsu ran
"You're feeling better? That's great!" Lucy clasped her hands together as Natsu picked her up and hugged the girl
"How about you Carla?" Vyra questioned the little white furred cat
"I am just fine." She replied
"That's good..." The bluenette nodded putting a hand on her hip
'Something seems off about her-'
"We gotta do somethin' about those jerks in Raven Tail-" Natsu began
"They can't just get away with this-"
"It's as if they're trying to take us out one by one..." Erza went on
"Actually... I'm not entirely convinced that's true..."
"What are you talking about Carla?" Wendy halted
"How can you say that after everything that's happened?"
"The bandits from earlier told Natsu they were hired by Raven Tail to kidnap Lucy for some reason, but their plan ended up in failure-"
During Lucy's fight after he caught Flare in the act of cheating threatening little Asuka, he encountered two members of Raven Tail trying to run off with the unconscious Wendy and Carla.
"Not only did they choose the wrong target, but Natsu easily stopped them."
"We don't know what they would've done with Lucy once they caught her-" Erza began
"This sounds mighty fishy to me" Vyra frowned
"I don't want to know!" Lucy jumped
"You think Raven Tail has something to do with what Jellal was talking about?" Vyra asked the red head
"It's a possibility, so let's keep our guard up" Erza crossed her arms
"Right!" They all agreed
"The magic they use raises a red flag. They have a wizard on their team that can drain magic power... that's the one that attacked Wendy and I even before the games began." Carla said
"Yes, your right-" Erza looked over
"Master Makarov believes this is the same wizard that nullified Lucy's magic power from the sidelines during her battle with Flare."
"If Raven Tail has a wizard with that kind of skill, one would think they would choose to involve him in the abduction" Carla finished
"Maybe they thought he would be too suspicious-" Gray spoke up
"If they sent one of those guys out right before the battle people might notice him"
"I don't think they're concerned with how they do things as long as someone gets hurt in the end..." Lucy muttered
"Well, no matter what... if they're targeting us inside the arena we must remain on guard at all times. No one should go anywhere by themselves" Erza proclaimed
'What troubles me the most about this... is that it was Lucy they were going after...'
"Hey look...look!" Vyra pointed
"Sabertooth's up!" She shouted as Natsu ran to the rail
"This round will test the skills of Kagura Mikazuchi against Sabertooth's Yukino Agria!" Chapati shouted through the microphone
Mirajane fought against Jenny in the last round scoring Fairy Tail team B ten points. Looks like day two is all about the women.
"Something tells me this won't be another beauty contest..." Yajima spoke
"What's gonna happen?" Gray uttered watching the two girls enter the field
"Pay close attention, Sabertooth is the guild to beat this year" Erza crossed her arms and the four nodded in agreement
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"Let's wager our lives." Yukino spoke as the audience went ballistic
"They're betting their lives?" Natsu leaned forward
"That's crazy... talk about raising the stakes-" Gray said
"Uh huh." Vyra nodded in agreement
"Why would they do something so extreme?" Lucy questioned
"Facing a member of Sabertooth in battle is quite an unfortunate fate-"
"I knew it!" Vyra shouted as Yukino pulled out a golden key
"Oh wow! She's a celestial wizard?!" The blonde questioned as Yukino summoned a spirit
"What's that? A gold key? I presume it's one of the Zodiac keys." Kagura stated
"Open the gate of the two fish-"
"Hmmmm I wonder what it'll look like" Natsu thought
"Me too, the only spirit I know that is remotely fish like is Aquarius" Lucy crossed her arms
"If it's a big fish Happy's gonna die!" The dragon slayer sparkled imagining what the spirit will look like
"Come Pisces!" She rose her key as the double headed fishes shot upward flying in the sky around the coliseum
"Woah!" Vyra gasped
Nearing Kagura, the girl's eyes narrowed as she dodged all the upcoming attacks.
"Check it out!" Natsu cheered
"This chick is awesome!" He cheered watching the girl graceful jump in the air
"No kidding, she's easily dodging all their attacks even though she's barely moving-" Gray said
"If all your going to do is run away, then i'll stop you in your tracks" Yukino pulled out another key
"She's opening another gate?!" Lucy spazzed
"Now open gate of the balance-"
"Libra"
"Now Libra, alter the targets field of gravity" Yukino commanded
"As you wish-" Libra nodded as Kagura sunk to the ground letting Pisces swirl around her
"Go Pisces" The fish created a giant heart in the sky before darting down to the raven haired girl
In a blink of an eye Kagura was in the sky.
"HOLY CRAP THAT WAS AMAZING!" Natsu spazzed
"How did she escape that?" Vyra asked
"Calm down. Keep watching-" Erza spoke
"Libra, rotate the target's center of gravity sideways"
"As you wish-" Libra nodded as Kagura went flying into the stone statue sinking into it due to the gravity
Ouch. That's gotta hurt.
"Attack her!" Yukino pointed as Pisces soared through the sky
Kagura opened her eyes and Pisces came tumbling down over Libra
"Why did the fish stop attacking?"
"Did she run out of magical power?"
"No, look down there," Erza said as the Fairy Tail members glanced down towards the arena.
Their eyes were locked on Pisces the whole time as they forgot the match below them.
Libra's gravity magic backfired making her own gravity pull her down to the ground.
"Interesting-" Yukino whispered
Kagura jumped down and eliminated the spirits.
"Pisces and Libra you may return now." Yukino said returning her spirits to the celestial world
"I'm afraid you leave me with no choice, I'll have to open the thirteenth gate..."
"Hold on, did I hear that right? Did she just say the thirteenth?!" Lucy gasped leaning forward
"Yeah, why what's up Lu Lu?" Vyra questioned
"I was always told there were only twelve gates of the zodiac, I heard about a thirteenth but I thought it was just a rumor!"
"Apparently that key belongs to a celestial spirit, who's stronger than all of the zodiacs!"
"This gate is rarely opened... it is an omen of very bad luck for you-"
"I don't believe in luck. I never in my life have trusted such a thing." Kagura replied as the sky turned dark
"Whatever happens is the result of my choices" She sprinted
"Open gate of the snake charmer-"
"My future is shaped by my decisions alone not by fate" Kagura spat
"Ophiuchus!"
"T-That's a giant s-snake!" Natsu and Vyra comically hugged each other in fear
"She said snake charmer not monster!" The ice mage gawked
"It does exist..." Lucy whispered
"Style of the undrawn long sword..." Kagura shouted as she jumped, cracking Ophiuchus
The spirit came tumbling down leaving Yukino in shock.
"H-How did she do that?"
"But she didn't even draw her sword!" Erza gasped
"Is this the end?!" Yukino shook
"Your bet was ill considered-" Kargura whispered before she knocked the celestial mage out leaving the whole coliseum in astonishment
. . .
"Sometimes a mermaid...feasts on a tiger."
"It looks like... that's the match folks!" Chapati hesitated before he continued
"The winner is Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi!"
"I've b-been defeated... I let Sabertooth down..." Yukino uttered not moving from the ground
"One last thing-" Kagura halted
"As per our bet, your life is in my hands. Understood?"
"Yes ma'am... I understand completely." The girl began to cry
"That was-" Gray whispered
"Intense." Vyra finished
She shifted her attention from Yukino over to the Sabertooth side as Sting angrily slammed his fist into the stone block cracking it.
The bluenette smirked.
'Ha, serves him right-'
"Ladies and gentlemen, that wraps up day two of the Grand Magic Games!"
'Those prideful tigers need to be put in their place.'
"We might still be in last place but that's because you and I haven't fought yet Natsu-" The moonlight mage spoke as the duo strolled through the city.
Lyon and Sheila came to visit and the girl couldn't handle anymore of Gray and Lyon's antics so Vyra decided to go for a walk to soak up some moonlight as Natsu begged to trail along.
"and this was well needed" She smiled licking her vanilla ice cream cone
"Aye!" Happy cheered sitting on top of the bluenette's head
"You got that right Vy! We're going to beat every one of them tomorrow!" The dragon slayer replied stuffing the whole ice cream in his mouth leaving crumbs on his face
"Right..." The girl sweat dropped
"N-Natsu... and Vyra was it?"
"mhm?" The duo turned around to be faced with the white haired celestial mage
"Your that girl from Sabertooth!" Vyra pointed as Yukino starred
"Is there a reason you were searchin' for us?" The dragon slayer questioned as the girl looked down
"Well the truth is... I wanted to give your friend these-" She pulled out her gate keys
"Did your guild send you to mess with us or something?" Natsu crossed his arms
"Hey just wait a sec Natsu-" Vyra jumped
"She's giving us her gate keys?" Happy repeated
"Sorry, but there's no way we could accept them-" The bluenette responded kindly
"The key of the two fish and the key of the balance, they belong to someone who could use them properly..."
Natsu, Vyra and Happy watched her skeptically.
She was serious, but why? What happened?
"The games were over the moment I lost..."
"Y-Yukino-" Vyra began
"It's only the second day, you got a lot of time-" Natsu snapped cutting her off
They were talking to their arch nemesis' after all.
"What he means is-" Vyra shoved the boy
"There are still many opportunities to shine- Look at us, we only have two points thanks to that guy" She pointed at the dragon slayer
"Don't sweat it-" Natsu crossed his arms
"You-you both are very kind..." Yukino uttered as she began to cry
"WOAH HEY WHY ARE YOU CRYING!?" Natsu spazzed
She then dropped to the ground covering her face with her hands whimpering.
"I just c-cant't take it-"
"No one's ever been this kind!" She sniffled
"Or show s-so much concern for me..."
Natsu and Vyra watched her in awe.
"I-I looked up to them once...t-the m-members of Sabertooth were m-my idols"
"I finally joined them... and now I'll never be able to step foot in the guild again!" Tears shed past her cheeks
"I was forced to leave after one defeat..."
"I was humiliated in front of everyone- they made me erase my own, e-erase my o-own guild mark!"
'What the-'
"It was so frustrating and embarrassing!"
"He took my self respect and shattered it into pieces- Sabertooth was my home and I'll never see it again!"
"Yukino hey-" Vyra bent down to console the broken down girl putting a hand on her shoulder as Happy watched in concern
She just wouldn't stop crying. Is this how Sabertooth does things?
"Well that's too bad... but I don't worry about what happens in other guilds..."
"Natsu!" Vyra snapped back
"S-Sorry... It's not your business... I just couldn't hold it b-back" She wiped her face
"Your right, it ain't my business-" Natsu clenched his shaking fist
"But it pisses me off when other wizards are mistreated. Humiliating you in front of your friends is bad enough, but to erase your own emblem?"
"Any guild that makes a friend cry, doesn't get to call themselves a guild!"
'A friend?'
"Vy, take Yukino back to the Inn. I got somethin' I gotta do" Natsu said sternly
"Natsu no-" Vyra cut him off
She didn't like the look in his eyes.
Knowing Natsu better than anyone, she knows she can't stop him when he's fired up.
"Listen to me and don't do anything stupid" She proclaimed grabbing Yukino's bag
"Happy keep him under control got it?"
"Aye!"
Honeybone Inn
"Listen, there's not a lot of time to explain but Yukino's gonna stay here for a bit-" The bluenette barged into the room as the celestial mage trailed in behind her with sad eyes
"Vyra?" Lucy sat up from the bed reading her book
"What's going on?" Carla and Wendy looked up as Erza came in from the balcony
Vyra quickly left the room slamming the door and ran already knowing directly where the dragon slayer was heading.
'This wasn't good- this wasn't good.'
If she knows Natsu like she said she does, then he's probably at Sabertooth's hotel causing havoc one way or another.
And boy was she head on.
Running through the city, the girl finally was in the distance of the hotel when she heard a giant boom.
'Damn it Natsu' She furrowed looking up at the flames in the air
Once Vyra approached the hotel, she gawked at the giant hole in the wall
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO ANYTHING STUPID!" The bluenette ran in uppercutting the dragon slayer in the stomach
"Ahh VY!" Natsu jumped crouching over holding his gut
Not even caring that the rest of Sabertooth watched the duo, she raged at the boy.
"Oh wow. The goddess is here, look at that-"
The bluenette averted her attention away from the pink haired boy and locked onto the uncanny female that now stood before her.
"Certainly you agree, that this little quarrel of ours has gone on long enough..."
Vyra watched the woman.
"Minerva. How dare you get in my way." Jiemma stood up
"Please forgive me. You can easily defeat these two, but i'm not doing this for your sake father-"
"He's you dad?" Natsu retorted
"We must take into consideration how this altercation may appear to the outside world, despite the fact you were clearly the aggressor in this situation... our master killing another competitor would leave Sabertooth in an awkward position to say the least"
"It would certainly put a damper on the games" She smirked
At the beginning Vyra was going to agree with the woman and pull Natsu out of there asap but as she continued, Minerva just pissed her off further and further.
"Now you listen here you old hag-" The girl stomped as crystal's began to swirl around her dominant arm
"Your little friend enraged my father and his men, and they are not types to take these kinds of provocations lightly."
"What do you say sweetheart? Will you allow me to resolve this unpleasantness in a peaceful manner?" Minerva pushed making Vyra twitch
"Well first of all I'm not your sweetheart so you better watch your mouth-" The bluenette struggled biting her lip
"And second-"
"Be aware, this is the only way your kitten will be returned to you-"
"Happy!" The cotton candy duo shouted
"S-Sorry N-Natsu! Vy-Vy!" Happy cried in Mirerva's arms
"Damn it!" Natsu growled
"You seem to have taken out your anger on quite a few of our members but i'm willing to overlook this incident entirely if you cooperate."
"Behave like grownups and we can continue the games like nothing happened" She put her hand on Happy's head threatening as the blue furred cat cried harder
Natsu clenched his fist looking down in defeat as she let Happy go.
"O-OH N-NATSUUUU!" He sniffled running to the dragon slayer as he bent down to pick Happy up engulfing him in a hug
"I'm sorry t-they caught m-me by surprise!"
"Don't worry little buddy, I should apologize for leaving you behind like that..."
"You left him behind!?" Vyra repeated as Natsu froze
"It's okay!" Happy looked up tearfully
"Okay let's go-"
"Aye..."
Natsu and Vyra turned around with smiles on their faces. As long as Happy is safe in their arms, that's all that mattered at the moment.
"You've got some serious guts for such a fool."
"We can settle this matter once and for all inside of the arena where we'll show you no mercy."
"You say no mercy as if were afraid-" Vyra began
"But we will demolish you-" She finished angrily with a demonic glare as crystal spikes spread across the floor
One wrong step and Minerva's could forget about her eyesight due to the razor sharp edges of the crystals surrounding the Sabertooth members.
"You'll never beat us...were on a whole other level-" Natsu said
"Cause a real guild treats it's members like family."
"That's why I came here tonight." He finished as the three walked out of the hotel
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'He may be right, but that's not the way we treat each other here...'
"You went and picked a fight with the master of Sabertooth!?" Lucy spazzed as the tenou team was reunited
"Yeah- but I had to stop before I had a chance to lay one down-"
"Where did Yukino go?" Vyra looked around
"She's staying at the hotel across the street, apparently the honeybone is only allowing us Fairy Tail wizards to stay" Erza replied
"That's good-" The girl held her chest in a sigh of relief
"That geezer is lucky that i'm such a reasonable guy-" Natsu proclaimed
"No i'm the reason they stopped- it's because I let those jerks kidnap me..." Happy began to cry waterfalls
"Don't be ridiculous, it's far better that it ended that way" Carla reassured
"Seriously, if Natsu actually injured anyone one their team, our entire guild could have been kicked out of the games" Wendy said
"Why do you think I ran out of here so fast?" Vyra put a hand on her hip sarcastically
"Yeah, actually that old guy's daughter Minerva was saying exactly something like that-" Natsu stood up
Just hearing that name made the bluenette's blood boil.
"I can't believe you would be that much of an idiot! Do you even have a brain in your head?!" Gray ranted pointing at the dragon slayer
"Obviously not-" Lucy rolled her eyes
"Go ahead Gray, if he doesn't listen beat it into him-"
"YOU NEED TO STOP AND THINK BEFORE YOU TRY AND PULL ANOTHER CRAZY STUNT LIKE THAT!"
Vyra watched the ice mage yell at the dragon slayer. It surprised her.
"I MEAN WHY DO YOU GET TO HAVE ALL THE FUN? I WOULD LOVE TO BEAT THE SNOT OUT OF THOSE GUYS-"
Ah and there it was. The catch.
"You totally missed the point!" Lucy shouted
"We all have our reasons for being angry at them, but you all have to save it for the competition you got that?" Erza restated
"I wouldn't have ever hurt anybody, I just wanted to get in that pretty boy's face and let him know I ain't loosen to him again" Gray replied as Vyra sat on his lap letting his arms wrap around her
"Maybe just scare em' a little bit-"
"Anyway, they are going to pay for what they did. Being in a guild with somebody means you never turn your back on em' no matter what"
"There's a big difference between strict and cruel, I would say they crossed the line with the way they treated that poor girl this evening" Carla spoke
"Those bastards! Screw the games, I'm going back!" Natsu shouted flaming his fists
"Alright count me in!" Gray jumped up
"Are both of you that stupid?!" Lucy spazzed
"Yes they are." Vyra nodded
"You two are staying put." She shot the fire and ice mages down
"You need to do like Erza said and settle the score in the games!" Wendy jumped
And now that this foolishness has happened tonight we can assume that every member of Sabertooth will have a personal vendetta against our guild!" Carla shouted
"Okay, you guys let's just calm- oomph!" Vyra began as she was tossed forward being hit in the back of the head
"So you guys want to play tough do yeah?"
"You're never going to stop us!"
"Did you just wack me?" Vyra said eyeing the grinning dragon slayer
"Oh it's on now!" She jumped throwing another pillow
"Would you guys stop screwing around!" Lucy shouted throwing a pillow hitting Erza directly in the face
"Uh oh..."
"The next person that hits me... IS DEAD!"
"Sorry ma'am!"
A/N: Natsu, Vyra, and Happy are the cutest little family. I'm in love. Things are going to start heating up within the next couple chapters now that Minerva is back. Suggestions? Comment below!
Thanks for reading !