Back with the continuation

"speaking"

""thinking""

On with the story

Natsu reconvened with Elfman and Erza on the balcony a few minutes later. "How is Lucy?" Erza asked.

"She's tired, but otherwise fine. She said she wanted to take a shower." Natsu answered.

"Good, she's earned a rest." Erza said.

"I'll say." Elfman added. "She did great, fought like a real man."

"Has the next match started yet?" Natsu asked.

"It will in a few moments." Erza answered, making a space for Natsu to stand between her and Elfman.

"who's up next?" Natsu said in curiosity.

"Now it's time to start the second match of the day!" Lola shouted. "It will be Mermaid Heel's Arana Webb Versus Blue Pegasus' Ren Akatsuki!"

Both of the competitors stepped forward, eager for their fight to begin.

The fight between Ren and Arana began, each of them trading blows with their respective magics. Ren threw air attack after air attack at the green haired woman who used her threads to counter each of his moves.

"This is pretty good." Elfman said.

"Indeed." Erza nodded.

"Looks like Arana's doin pretty good out there." Beth said to the rest of her team.

"She's sloppy." The dark haired swordswoman said.

Ren and Arana stopped to stare one another down, both of them fatigued from their back and forth fight. "You've gotten better, Arana." Ren complimented.

"Flattery will get you know where, Ren." Arana grinned.

"Match two is starting the same as match one with neither competitor backing down." Lola said.

Yajima nodded in agreement. "Yes, this a very good match."

"You can do it, Ren!" Jenny cheered. "Don't forget that Sherry is watching you and cheering you!"

"What?" Ren looked over at Jenny with a blush, giving Arana an opening.

"You're wide open, Ren!" Arana shouted, using her web shot to take advantage of a distracted Ren.

"Come on, Ren. You're better than this!" Sherry shouted from the Lamia Scale section of the stands.

"Sherry! Stop cheering for the enemy!" Obaba scolded.

"But they're engaged." A Lamia Scale member said.

"Quiet you!" Obaba yelled back.

"We aren't engaged!" Ren yelled. "She just won't leave me alone!"

Sherry gasped.

Arana attacked once again with her thread magic, but Ren managed to dodge the oncoming flurry of webs. "She keeps following me around." He said about Sherry between dodges. "It's really annoying." He stopped moving and stood his ground, looking away with a blush. "But I can't be myself if she's not with me." He said in his classic tsundere style.

"Oh, Ren." Sherry swooned.

"As long as Sherry's watching me I can't look uncool." Ren said. He swung both of his hands in a circular, pulling Arana towards him.

"What's this?" she questioned nervously.

"Aerial! Phose!"

A cyclone enveloped Arana, sending her flying into the air. She cried out as she fell back to the ground, unable to stand.

"The winner of the second match: Ren Akatsuki from Blue Pegasus!" Lola announced.

"Hmph." Ren huffed with a smirk as he fixed the collar of his shirt. Sherry cheered, much to Obaba's annoyance.

"I let my guard down." Arana sulked as she sat up.

"Eee! That's the way Ren!" Jenny squealed, unknowingly shaking Yajima in her excitement.

"Now for the third match of the day!" Lola announced. "It will be Quatro Cerberus' Warcry…"

A man wearing a dog pelt on his head stepped forward from Quatro Cerberus' camp, his arm in the air in triumph.

"Versus…Sabertooth's Orga Nanagear!" Lola finished. The crowd cheered excitedly as the Sabertooth wizard emerged from the tunnel. Orga was a tall man, about the size of Elfman, he had long spiky green hair and a headband on his head.

"Go get him Orga!" a man in the crowd shouted.

"Show these guys why you're number one!" someone else yelled.

"Listen to this crowd." Lola said. "Orga is quite the popular wizard."

"You can do this, Warcry!" the rest of the Cerberus team yelled.

"Arooo!" Warcry howled.

"Hey it's Warcry!" Sting said amused. "This guy's magic is awesome."

"I remember." Rufus said. "It's quite the sight to see."

"I'm not interested." Rogue said, walking back to his team's dressing room. The only person I came here to see, is Gajeel. He looked over to the Iron Dragon Slayer before leaving.

"Now we get to see how Sabertooth really fights." Pantherlily said with crossed arms.

"You think he's as strong as the masked guy?" Romeo asked.

"Let the third match begin!" Lola shouted as the gong sounded.

Warcry and Orga sized up one another, Orga caught slightly off guard when he saw his opponent's eyes begin to water.

"Here it comes." Sting smirked. "Think Orga can handle it?" he asked Rufus.

"We will surely see." The masked man replied.

"What the hell?" Orga said low.

"Waaahh!" Warcry bellowed, a waterfall of tears coming from his eyes.

"There it is, folks!" Lola said. "Warcry's Tear Magic!"

"That is certainly a unique magic." Yajima smiled.

"Tear magic?" Erza questioned.

"What kind of magic is that?" Elfman asked. "That's not manly at all."

Orga was completely taken aback by his opponent's strange magic. "The more tears a man sheds…" Warcry sniffed. "The stronger he be-comes…!" the last word Warcry uttered was drowned by his screams of pain as Orga shot him with a ball of black lighting, baking the crying wizard. Warcry fell to the ground unconscious, twitching ever so slightly.

Natsu's team looked on in shock along with Quatro Cerberus as the crowd cheered. Sting smirked. "Lightning, huh?" Laxus said.

Pantherlily covered his ears with his paws, his little body shaking. "He uses thun…der?"

"He beat him in one hit!" Romeo exclaimed wide-eyed.

"And just like that it's over!" Lola shouted. "Orga's black lighting fries the tears of Warcry in an instant! The winner of match three is Orga of Sabertooth!"

"You could have at least given us more of a show." Sting nagged to Orga as he walked back towards the tunnel.

"I'll sing a song then." Orga said, he turned around and walked back to the arena floor center.

"That's not exactly what I meant." Sting sighed.

Orga grabbed the mic that was for some reason on a stand in the middle of the arena and began to sing. Much to Natsu's and the others confusion and dismay, but to the crowds enjoyment.

"They are certainly worthy of their number one status." Mavis said.

Romeo nodded. "Yeah, they are pretty powerful."

"We now come to our last match of day one." Lola said. "The only two teams left are Lamia Scale and Fairy Tail B."

"Seeing as how these two used to be equal in strength, this should be an interesting fight." Yajima said.

"From Fairy Tail B it's Mystogan versus Lamia Scale's Jura Neekis!" Lola announced.

"Jura's fighting?" a spectator shouted.

"I wasn't expecting to see him on the first day." Someone else said

"This should be good." Natsu smiled. "I haven't seen the old guy fight since the Nirvana mission. I bet he's gotten way stronger."

"Good luck, Mr. Jura!" Cheria waved.

"This one is ours." Yuka said confidently.

"Man, talk about unlucky." Laxus said.

"Who would have thought we'd have to fight against Jura first?" Mira smiled.

"Is baldy really that strong?" Gajeel asked.

"Well let's put it this way," Mirajane explained. "Even if Erza and I fought Jura two on one, we would probably still lose."

"Hmm." Gajeel moaned. "Either way kick his ass. Salamander's team is already ahead of us." He said to "Mystogan".

"Understood." Jellal nodded, adjusting his hood. "You can count on me."

"This is certainly a treat to end the first day." Lola said. "On the one hand, we have the mysterious Mystogan, a member of Fairy Tail's S-Class and whose identity is so secret only a few in his guild have seen his face. And on the other we have Jura, an easy candidate for MVP and one of the Ten Wizard Saints!"

Jura and "Mystogan" met one another in the arena floor center. "Personally, I would love to see Fairy Tail do well in these games." Jura said to his opponent. "But my master would hang me to dry."

"That's right!" Obaba yelled.

"Calm down, Master Obaba." Sherry said.

"So I'm sorry, but I'm not holding back." Jura declared.

Jellal's eyes met Jura's.

""This isn't exactly what I joined their team for…"" Jellal thought as he looks to Natsu who nodded to him.

""But I will do my best for Fairy Tail!""

"I won't hold back either." Jellal retorted.

The gong sounded, signifying the beginning of the match. The atmosphere was heavy with anticipation, the entire crowd was on the edge of their seat

Meredy watches the match while having Aya sitting on her lap.

"will he be able to win?"

"He should be fine." Ultear said to her.

"never underestimate that guy"

After staring each other down for a few moments, Jellal rushed Jura, readying his magic staves. Jura stood his ground, swiping his fingers to the left and summoning pillars of Earth that stopped the masked wizard in his tracks.

"It looks like we already are seeing Jura's earth magic at work!" Lola commentated. "What will Mystogan do?"

Jellal jumped from pillar to pillar, expertly avoiding Jura's continuous attacks. He threw five of his staves around Jura's feet, surrounding the saint.

"Goju Mahou jin! Mikagura!"

A pillar of light shot into the sky from where Jura stood.

"He copies Mystogan's magic pretty well." Laxus said.

"My, he adapts quickly." Mira complimented.

"Mr. Jura!" Shelia yelled worriedly.

"Don't worry about him, Sheila." Lyon said. "It will take more than that to keep him down."

Jura summoned a large rock fist to attack Jellal.

"Sanju Mahou jin! Kyousei!"

Jellal summoned a circle that deflected the giant rock fist back, but Jura merely smirked at his attempt. The fist snaked back, hitting Jellal and sending him flying backwards.

"What a counter!" Lola shouted. "Jura isn't a wizard saint for nothing!"

"That's the way, Jura!" Obaba yelled. "Now finish him off! Before I spin ya!" she threatened, unaware that she was already spinning one of her guild members.

""This is harder than I thought."" Jellal thought, regaining his footing.

""I should have known I wouldn't be able to beat him using someone else's magic."" He looked up, his right eye glowing gold as he activated his Heavenly Body Magic

"Meteor!"

Jellal's speed suddenly increased ten fold. A golden aura surrounding the masked wizard's body as he dashed around Jura. "That magic is…!" Jura said alarmed as he watched his opponent spring off the nearby wall and race back towards him.

"Man, he's fast!" Jet shouted, slightly jealous that Jellal's speed most likely exceeded his own.

Jura swung his arm down, summoning a wall of Earth between him and Jellal.

"Gan Tetsu Heki!"

Jellal strafed in midair, landing a glancing blow on Jura. He continued to dash around.

"What's this?!" Lola commentated. "Mystogan has now gained the upper hand in this fight. He's put Jura on the defensive."

Jura broke his rock wall into cubes and sent them flying up above Jellal. "I've got you!" He yelled swinging his arm down.

"Gah!" Jellal grunted as one of the cubes hit him. However, a smirk was on his lips as he fell to the ground. "It's over." He said.

Jura looked up, his eyes widening in shock. Above him were a series of magic circles, all connecting to make the big dipper constellation. "What's this?!" Jura shouted.

"When did he do that?" a spectator asked.

"It must have been while he was dodging." Another answered.

"Man this fight is awesome." Elfman said, his blood boiling from excitement.

"impressive." Natsu grinned.

"let the Seven Stars Judge thee" Jellal chanted

"Grand! Chariot!"

Seven pillars of light descended upon Jura, but before they made contact the bald wizard clasped his hands together, creating a giant rock figure.

"Ganza!"

Jellal's Grand Chariot collided with Jura's Rock Mountain. The impact creating a shock wave that shook the entire stadium, surprising everyone.

""I have to win this fight for Fairy Tail."" Jellal thought as he landed on his feet on the ground.

He hunched over, motioning one of his arms behind himself. His power began to swell.

Jura's eyes widened. "this is?!"

Jellal felt his power reach its peak.

"Shin tai Mahou! Sema!"

A vortex appeared over the arena, darkening the sky.

"Ahhhhh!" Elfman wailed in fright. Erza remained speechless.

"No, this spell is…!" Jura said with widened eyes.

Jellal readied himself to finish the spell, as Jura stood motionless

The meteor fell as Jura tried to use a rock defense spell that failed in defending him

"Down!" Lola exclaimed on the mic

"Winner! Mystogan!" Lola shouted as the crowd cheered

"I guess we know which Fairy Tail team is the strongest." A crowd said.

"With the final match done, here are the final rankings for day one." Lola announced, directing everyone towards the board:

1st Place: Sabertooth – 20

2nd Place: Fairy Tail B – 20

3rd Place: Blue Pegasus – 14

4th Place: Raven Tail – 8

5th Place: Lamia Scale – 6

6th Place: Mermaid Heel – 3

7th Place: Quatro Cerberus – 2

8th Place: Fairy Tail A – 0

"I believe we might see some of the guild's comeback tomorrow" Yajima said with a smile and a nod

"Don't forget about us in Blue Pegasus." Jenny reminded Yajima. "We'll take first tomorrow for sure."

"Well that ends things for day one of the Grand Magic Games, folks." Lola said. "Thank you for joining me Mr. Yajima, Ms. Jenny." Lola said.

"It was my pleasure." Yajima said.

"See you all tomorrow." Jenny said happily.

"Let's go meet up with the others." Erza said to Natsu.

"alright." Natsu nodded before he, Erza, and Elfman left the balcony.

"We still have a ways to go though, if we want to win." Levy said as she looks at the score

In the infirmary, Lucy sat by Wendy's bedside. Plue sat in the blonde's lap as she watched the young dragon sleep. Suddenly Charla's eyes opened, startling Lucy.

"Charla? What's wrong?" Lucy asked worriedly.

Charla's entire body shook, a look of dread painted on her face. "What…what did I just see?"

That's a wrap!

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