So first of all i must apologize for how long it took for me to get this chapter out. Hopefully you guys like what it came out to be. There are not that many chapters left until i finish up the first arc of this story and move on to story 3. Lets make it a good last couple of chapters. As always please enjoy this chapter and leave a review. the next couple of chapters will be filled with alot of action so tell me if your looking forward to that. btw i am skipping the events of the water park and the stuff that happened between the last chapter and the beginning of this one to save it for a short story. If you would like to see this, then please say so in a review and i will get to doing that.
It was now the fifth day of the grand magic games, and once again Mikoto was to be a kind of opening act. After the large success of the other day, and with the predictions that today would be even greater, the organizers of the games asked Mikoto to once again sing before the games began.
The audience was still filing into their seats around the area as Mikoto stood in the middle. She looked around, noticing all of the teams were already there besides of course Reven Tail. She noticed the looks of interest from Lamia Scale and Blue pegasus, a rather upset look from Mermaid Heel, seemingly from what they learned the other night, and a dark look she couldnt quite place from the Sabertooth members. She stood still, readying herself as the announcers welcomed everyone to the Grand Magic games, and welcomed her as the opening act. While this was not the first time, it was still an exhilarating experience.
The music start, slow and soft, yet powerful. Then suddenly Mikoto began to sing.
"You were the shadow to my light" she sings slowly, emphasizing the words with emotion.
"Did you feel us?" She extends the last word and then quickly moves to the next line
"Another start"
"You fade away"
"Afraid our aim is out of sight"
"Wanna see us" She pauses at the end of this slightly, looking up into the crowd.
She continues, "Alive"
"Where are you now?"
"Where are you now?"
"Where are you now?"
The music picks up slightly, with Mikoto picking up her voice as well, "Was it all in my fantasy?"
"Where are you now?"
"Were you only imaginary?"
The music starts to go even faster, with the beats striking harder as mikoto continued to sing, "Where are you now?"
"Atlantis"
"Under the sea"
"Under the sea"
"Where are you now?"
She stresses each word now, "Another dream"
"The monster's running wild inside of me" She continues to stress the words heavily, picking up the tone once again.
"I'm faded"
"I'm faded"
"So lost, I'm faded"
"I'm faded"
"So lost, I'm faded"
The tempo and tone drop again, "These shallow waters never met what I needed"
"I'm letting go a deeper dive"
"Eternal silence of the sea. I'm breathing alive"
"Where are you now?"
"Where are you now?"
The tempo picks up once again, "Under the bright but faded lights"
"You've set my heart on fire"
"Where are you now?"
"Where are you now?"
The music gradually picks up, then picks up explosively.
"Where are you now?"
"Atlantis"
"Under the sea"
"Under the sea"
"Where are you now?"
"Another dream"
"The monster's running wild inside of me"
"I'm faded"
"I'm faded"
"So lost, I'm faded"
"I'm faded"
"So lost, I'm faded" Mikoto suddenly stops singing as the music slows to a stop. Once it was done, the crowd erupts in applause, with Mikoto quickly thanking them and explaining she was only doing one song and then she left the area to rejoin her team to prepare for today's event. Once everything was back to normal, today's guest judge, Rabian, was announcers then asked for each team to pick a member for todays mystery event, with the teams selected the same members as they did on the past timeline.
"Good luck out there Lucy!" Erza says as lucy walks forwards to join the other representatives. The announcers then explain what this event was going to be. It is called "Naval Battle". In this event, all the participants have to try to stay in the water dome for as long as possible, with their order of being knocked out becoming their placement in the event. For the last 2, a 5 minute timer will start, and if someone is knocked out in that time, they get last place. If the knockout happens after that timer expires, then the positioning acts like normal. The participants are transported into the water dome, and the match starts. Lucy immediately calls on Aquarius, in an attempt to achieve victory immediately, but Juvia counters Aquarius using her water magic.
"Having Juvia in there is the worst possible situation for anyone. This match is perfectly suited for her, this is her match to lose," Mikoto comments to her teammates.
"Then Lucy will just have to try harder!" Natsu exclaims.
"Get them Lucy! You got this!" Natsu yells out to his friend.
Suddenly Aquarius leaves, claiming she had a date, leaving Lucy unguarded. She barely manages to call in virgo and Aries to save her from leaving the water when Juvia attacked.
During the confusion caused between Aquarius and Juvia, Jenny managed to knock out Rocker, but this would turn out to be in vain. Riding her massive momentum, Juvia launches a massive attack, one she conveniently named after Gray. This knocks out everyone but Lucy and Minerva. But when Juvia turns to look at Gray, she is taken out by Minervas magic. This meant that Lucy and Minerva were now the last two, thus starting the 5 minute timer. Without so much as a second to allow Lucy to gather her thoughts, Minerva lands a hard hit to lucys side, and then another hard attack from above with gravity magic in a span of a second. Lucy recovers but when she reaches for her keys, she notices they are gone, only to look up to see Minerva holding them out in front of her gloating.
Mikotos eyes widen, realizing that her attempt yesterday to prevent was about to happen may have had the inverse affect.
"This is bad, real bad for lucy!" She whispers, fear touching her voice.
"You wont be summoning any spirits to fight for you anytime soon. Now its time to pay your guild back for the humiliation Sabertooth Suffered last night," Minerva states, a wicked smile forming on her lips. Before Lucy could even guess what she meant, Minerva attacked. She landed blow after blow against the now helpless Lucy, using every version of her magic to deal massive amounts of damage and pain to the Fairy Tail celestial Spirit mage. But Lucy took it all, each time fighting to keep herself in the game, not letting herself fall out of the water. Eventually though, the damage was to great and lucy was unable to even move. The crowd and all fellow wizards could only watched as Minerva ruthlessly continued to beat up Lucy, even going as far as to prevent Lucy from falling out in order to deliver more pain. The moment the 5 minutes were up, the Umpires called the match, trying to protect lucy from any more attacks. Minerva held her out of the water by her throat, showing everyone the now badly hurt and barely conscious Lucy. Natsu and the other members of Fairy Tail Team A come running out into the area as Minerva then carelessly drops Lucy. Natsu barely managed to catch her before she hit the ground. The damage was bad, very bad as Natsu gently laid her down. The medical staff came running over, along with Wendy and Shelia both using their healing magic on her.
Minerva stands just a little bit in front of this, a look of pride on her face at what she did. Gray and Natsu couldnt stand this, and they both charged her, intent on revenge. Thats when Rogue, Sting and the rest of the Sabertooth team leap infront of Minerva, blocking their path to Minerva. This delays Natsu and Gray long enough for Erza to grab ahold of them.
"You just made the biggest mistake of your lives. I don't Care that you may be the current strongest guild in Fiore. You just declared war with Fairy Tale, something nobody else has done and came out on top." Erza exclaims, anger filling her voice. Sabertooth only responded with a confident look on their face, as if this threat didnt bother them. As Lucy was carried away to the medical center, the air suddenly got thick with raw power and anger. This all came from behind Erza, and she turns to see Mikoto walking forwards, her head angled down, but massive amounts of raw energy flowing from her. Natsu, Gray, and Erza both step aside, not wanting to get infront of a Pissed off Mikoto. The members of Sabertooth were not as smart, as Rogue, Sting, Ogra, and Rufus were knocked back in an instant as Mikoto stood to face off against Minerva. She looks up into Minervas eyes, pure hatred shining in hers. Yet Minerva stood still, still looking proud of what she did.
"I guess i didnt give a clear enough warning last time. I hope you know that i wont let you get away with this," Mikoto states, her voice filled with so much venum that it obviously conveyed a threat.
"I am not going to stand here and let you embarrass me and Sabertooth. You did that once, never again," Minerva states, her own hatred at this former embarrassment in her voice.
"Then why dont we make this interesting then?" Mikoto offers, a wicked idea forming in her mind.
"Go on," Minerva states, her eyes betraying her interest.
"I challenge you to a match. No points, no gain for our teams whatsoever, just the taste of sweet revenge. Same rules as normal battles in this tournament, first person to be unable to fight or surrender loses." Mikoto proposes, loud enough for everyone to hear. The crowd erupts in shock, Could they even do this?
Minerva thought for a second. This little girl that stood in front of her supposably beat every participant in the Grand magic games by herself, could she even win this fight? But her magic was very different, and very strong, she thought she had a good enough chance to win this. And then there was that prospect of revenge, oh so tantalizing, she could almost taste it. Yeah sure it didnt give her guild anything, but if she beat Fairy Tails Ace of Aces right here, then nobody will challenge Sabertooth. This was a gamble worth taking.
"I Accept your challenge," Minerva states confidently. The crowd once again erupts, then suddenly the voice of Yajima is heard over the commotion.
The judges had been discussing this whole time, and they too saw no reason against it. Unlike Minerva, they were fully aware of what Mikoto could do. However they knew that this fight, no matter how it turned out, would only benefit the Grand magic games. They also knew that even if they said no, these ladies would probably still end up fighting, and probably somewhere not as well prepared for it as the arena was.
"We will allow this match! Each participant has a minute to prepare!" Yajima exclaims.
The arena is then quickly cleared for the match. During this time, the members of fairy tail were discussing what was about to go on.
"Even though Minerva completely deserves whats about to happen to her, having Mikoto unleash her anger on her might be going a little too far," Lisanna states worriedly.
"We have better just hope Mikoto is smart enough to not take it to far," Makarov states in agreement.
Mavis was about to say something when she noticed that Touma wasnt joining in. He was watching Mikoto and Minerva, as if he was studying them for some reason.
"Whats wrong Touma?" Mavis asks. This question draws the rest of the guilds attention. Shouldnt Touma be the one least worried about this match?
"Even though both Mikoto and I know almost all about Minervas Magic, it is still a rather difficult magic to overcome. Mikoto has every single advantage in this fight, except for that one little thing. Even if she stays at level 5 and doesnt even use her magic, she should be able to overpower Minerva, and Im assuming thats what Mikoto will try to do from the start, giving her current situation. The issue is that plays right into the strength of Minervas magic. The real issue comes from Mikotos anger. When angered this much, Mikoto no longer fights like she normally does. Instead of being her normal strategist, thinking of the best ways to engage and win the battle, she goes to being a brute force, just trying to overpower her opponents. Its like two opposing sides of a coin, and the key to this battle lies with which side of the coin is shown," Touma explains.
The guild only has a second to think this over before the match was then started.
Mikoto charges forward, trying to get into a close range brawl. Minerva uses her magic to blast mikoto as she charges, but Mikoto continues to plow right through it. Once close enough, the two begin a tense fist fight, with Minerva being able to hold her own. Each one was landing hits, but Mikotos rage was blinding her, and her attacks had no strategy behind them. They seperate and then Mikoto launches a wave of electrical energy at Minerva. Minerva uses her magic to counter it, but then Mikoto appears behind her, ready to deal a devastating punch.
But Minerva only smilies and seizes the opportunity. She uses her Territory magic at the last second to switch places with Minerva. This allowed her to carry Mikotos former momentum into the exact same strike, landing a devastating blow to Mikotos back. Mikoto is sent flying, but she flips herself around to recover, only to get hit by another blow from Minerva as she appeared in front of her. Minerva now had control of the momentum of the fight, and every time Mikoto tried to counter attack to shift the momentum back onto her side, Minerva would just use her Territory Magic to flip the attack once more.
The crowd was in shock. The warrior they once thought was unbeatable was getting easily beaten by Minerva. Is Minerva just that strong?
The Fairy Tail wizards were thinking the same thing?
"How? How can Mikoto be losing so easily?" Wendy asks in shock, fear showing in her eyes for her friend.
"It appears that Minerva is just fighting smarter. Mikoto went into this trying to win through brute force, maybe to make an example because of her anger at Minerva. In doing so she played right into Minervas hands and now she is in a bad spot. Mikoto will need to take a huge risk to get out of this situation, or else she will slowly get beaten down," Erza responds.
"Come on Mikoto! Beat her Ass!" Natsu yells out, desperation entering his voice.
Meanwhile Mikoto had been receiving blow after blow from Minerva. While she was able to land a couple of her own, and avoid or block any blows that would have immediately ended the fight, none of her own blows were enough to turn the tide of the battle. Then Minerva lands a hard kick to Mikotos stomach. This blow sends her flying backward into the wall of the arena. She falls to the ground, breathing heavily as her body is covered in multiple wounds from the hits she took.
As Minerva slowly walks towards the downed Mikoto she begins to speak, "So is this the best you can do? I heard you took on everyone else and won, yet I dont see how that was possible. Maybe they all took pity on you and didnt try. Like seriously this is pitiful," Minerva taunts.
This does the job it intended as suddenly Mikoto appeared infront of Minerva, unleashing a huge blast of electrical energy at point blank. But when the smoke cleared, Minerva while pushed back, was just fine as she used her magic to stop it.
Then she appears behind Mikoto, landing another blow against her back. Mikoto turns to retaliate, but her movements were slowed as the damage dealt to her is affecting her. Minerva simply dodges the blow, and then grabs hold of Mikotos Neck, lifting her up off the ground. Mikoto struggled in her arms, hitting anything she could reach to try and dislodge the hold, but her body was weakened, and she couldnt budge the hold that Minerva had.
As Minerva slowly began to choke out Mikoto, she starting speaking again, "I dont normally enjoy choking a kid younger than me, but in this case i will make an exception. You humiliated me the other day, making me back down when infront of my guild. This is my revenge. I will make you fall unconscious right her infront of all these fans and your guild mates, so that they will finally know that i am the strongest here, and that Sabertooth is the strongest guild! This is the end for you Mikoto!"
Mikoto heard each word, but her senses were beginning to dull as the oxygen ceased to reach her brain. She could faintly hear the cries of triumph from the Sabertooth guild, and the cries of terror and distress from her friends and Guildmates.
So im going to let them down then? Is this really what i wanted to happen? I let myself get controlled by my anger, and that cost me a fight i should have won… How stupid am I? I guess i will never be able to beat acnologia….
Just as Mikoto was about to fall unconscious, one voice could be heard over the crowd.
"Come on! Get back in this fight Mikoto!" Touma yelled out. He continued, "Are you just going to stay there and let this horrible excuse of a fighter beat you? You have gone against worst odds and won! Come on and fight like I know you can, Fight like the woman I fell in love with! I believe in you! I always will!" Hearing those words lite a spark inside of Mikoto. She unleashed a massive discharge of Electrical energy which knocked Minerva quickly into the arena wall, forcing her to let go of Mikoto. The electrical discharge stayed around Mikoto as it continued to build and build as she transformed. Through the electrical energy surrounding her, everyone could see Mikoto as she hovered over the ground, her Body fully extended and her mouth open in a silent scream. Her hair changed to an electrical blue color, which Fairy Tail recognized as Mikotos level 6 form. But Mikoto wasnt done. The Electricity around her condensed down into her, and her hair then changed once again. It began to lengthen, and the color changed from the electrical blue to a deep black color. The transformation ends with Mikoto standing in the middle of the arena, her head facing downwards. All wounds on her body were healed, as if they were never there to begin with. The crowd stared in amazement. No electrical energy or magical energy could be felt coming from Mikoto, but yet there was an ominous feeling in the air.
Mikoto stood still for a little bit, as the slight wind cause her now long black hair to flow behind her. She then smiled and began to speak, loudly enough for everyone to hear, but low enough to keep a menacing tone.
"Well this is definitely a new feeling for me. I discovered this Transformation back when my guild and i were training for the Grand Magic games, but this is my first time actually trying to use it. For now im going to call it level 6 restrained, though i do know that a better name probably will come out eventually. Lets see what i can do in this form then, shall we?" Mikoto says, her voice carry a small laugh at the end. She straightened herself, and opened her eyes to look at minerva. They were blood red.
Mikoto starts to slowly walk forward towards Minerva. She was no longer going for a brute force tactic. She was going to pick Minerva apart, and there wasnt anything Minerva would be able to do to stop it.
Mikoto got within 10ft of minerva when minerva had had enough and attacked. She used her magic to attack Mikoto from the small range between them, but Mikoto didnt even appear to be dodging. It was as if the spells were not even hitting her, even though from what the eyes could tell, the attacks were going right through her. Minerva then used territory to get behind Mikoto and tried to kick her. But Suddenly a hard blow to her chest sent Minerva backward.
"What? I didnt even see you move!" Minerva exclaims while getting back to her feet. Suddenly Mikoto was now infront of her fist back to attack, and out of instinct, Minerva used Territory to switch places. But then in that instant, Mikoto reacted, blocking the strike from Minerva. Mikoto then closed her hand around Minervas fist, holding her in place.
"Your territory will not work anymore, im fast enough to either attack without you noticing, or to defend against the split second you leave after switching places. You have lost Minerva," Mikoto states. As if to emphasize her point, she discharged a massive amount of Electricity into Minerva. The discharge caused her to collapse, but Mikoto didnt even give her time to recover from that. A series of devastating blows sent Minerva backwards, and then while she was still flying backwards, another blow from behind and below sent her flying into the air, where suddenly Mikoto just kept knocking her back and forth. Finally Mikoto decided to end it, and she knocked Minerva into the ground.
Somehow Minerva managed to get back to her feet and looks up, but Mikoto wasnt there. The electrical energy building behind her and the sounds of the crowd was her warning. She turns, and as she does so, Mikoto lets off a Railgun. The attack launches at Minerva, missing her face by just an inch. The force from the attack was more than enough to still knock her aside.
But again Minerva was not out. She was laying on the ground, breathing heavily, body covered in bruises, but she was still conscious.
This was not for long however, as a large lightning bolt from Mikotos hands hit her, finally making her fall unconscious. As the dust settled, the crowd erupted in cheers.
The announcers called the match, with the Sabertooth Members running onto the field. As they got to Minervas side, she was already waking up, and with their help, managed to get back on her feet.
"Dont worry too much about Minerva. I didnt go as far as she did with Lucy, I wont go down to her level. A healing spell and a days rest will be more than enough to get her fighting again. You should be back at full power by tomorrow," Mikoto says, turning to walk away.
"How dare you!" Minerva says in anger.
"How dare I? What? Would you have preferred me to have almost killed you? I got my revenge for Lucy, that is all I came here to do and now its time to move on," Mikoto replied, not even looking back.
The judges announced that the games would restart in 2 hours after some repairs to the arena were made, as well as a needed restructuring because of the disqualification of Raven Tail. So the Fairy Tale guild meet up at there normal inn to get some food and drinks and just rest before the matches today. Mikoto had stayed in her new form, sitting down to drink some water.
"So Mikoto, what is this new form you are showing off?" Mirajane asks, sitting down as well. A majority of the other guild members were also paying attention to this, as it seemed to be a popular question. The members of Fairy Tail team A besides Mikoto had gone to the medical center to check on Lucy, so they would be back soon so Mikoto decided to wait for them.
Sure enough, only a couple minutes later they arrived.
"Okay so to answer your earlier question Mira, this is a new transformation I discovered during the training to prepare for the Grand magic games." Mikoto starts off.
"What makes it different? Besides the obvious look changes?" Wendy asks.
"I called this form Level 6 Restrained for a reason. While it is at its basic level still my level 6 transformation, the way that the power of that form is used is different. To put it even more simply, this form is exactly half as strong as my normal level 6 at any given percentage," Mikoto explained.
"Then why would you even want to use it? It doesnt make sense to just use a weaker transformation when you have a stronger one available," Gajeel states.
"My normal lever 6 form is very taxing on my body. While Level 6 will continuously recharge my energy levels so i can keep using my abilities and even my magic, It uses up alot of stamina in order to do that. That means that eventually i will tire out by using that form, an example being on tenrou island. Level 5, or my normal state also uses my stamina, but it doesnt recharge my energy levels. The issue then i have is if i want to be more powerful, i need to use even more stamina, thus making Level 6 an end all form. If I use it and dont win, im done for. Level 6 restrained does things differently. My speed will still be at the same levels as my level 6 powers, so it's just as fast, but the raw power behind the attacks are reduced. This is because the extra energy that would be increasing my power is now being sent into my body, keeping me from using any stamina," Mikoto explains.
"So basically your taking a hit to your power, in order to stay in the fight for much longer," Erza states, making the realization.
"Precisely, though its not about staying in the fight longer, but the fact that i can literally fight for as long as I want to in this form. Also the hit to my power is a good thing, as in my opinion speed is everything in alot of fights, and the fact that i still keep my level 6 speed is a welcomed bonus. Another key trait is the lack of energy flowing out of me. While having the energy around me is useful in alot of cases, sometimes its a little much to say the least. This new form is a very good middle ground between level 6 and level 5, so i think im going to enjoy it," Mikoto finishes explaining. The guild begins asking more questions, and Mikoto gladly answers them, but then she notices Touma looking at her with a weird look in his eyes.
"Touma, whats wrong?" Mikoto asks.
"Touma smiles and replies, "I never thought long black hair would look so good on you, but it does."
Mikoto immediately blushes, not expecting that at all. "Well I, I will keep that in mind…. Thanks Touma," Mikoto stutters out. She takes a deep breath, and she exits the new form, her hair and eyes returning to their normal coloring and length.
"Wow Mikoto, turning bright red light that. Thats not something we see from you often," Cana states, smiling mischievously.
"Believe me when i say this, she used to show this side of herself more often," Touma says laughing.
"Stop! Thats all in the past!" Mikoto cries out, though she was stifling a slight laugh as she punched Touma lightly in the shoulder.
After that Makarov explained that because of the unbalancing of teams from Raven Tails disqualification, Team A and Team B would be regrouped into one team, with a point standing placing them in third place. Besides that the rest of the 2 hours went by uneventfully, and everyone regrouped in the arena. All of the participating teams are announced when they entered the field. It was remarkable but Minerva was there with her team, appearing to have at least mostly healed from her fight with Mikoto. When the Fairy Tail team was announced, the members were now Laxus, Erza, Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray, with the crowd now applauding them heavily. The Tag matchups were then announced, with all of them being the same lineups as in the previous timeline. The first match ended in the same way, with Ichiya defeating both Bacchus and Rocker in one hit after using a power perfume. The next match between Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel ends in a draw, just like before.
The last match was Natsu and Gajeel vs Sting and Rogue. This match started with Natsu and Gajeel getting the advantage, to the shock of the audience and the Sabertooth members. But after a question about their past from Natsu, Sting and Rogue activated their White Drive and Shadow drive respectively, now getting the advantage. But that advantage only lasts for a little bit, as Natsu and Gajeel fight back and regain the advantage.
"Sting and Rogue maybe third generation Dragon Slayers, but it seems like Natsu and Gajeel just simply outclass them," Mikoto states from her place next to Touma in the stands with her guild. At the same time Yajima makes the same statement.
Suddenly both Sting and Rogue transform into dragon force, shocking everyone. Then Sting goes to take on Natsu and Gajeel by himself. Sting completely dominates the match, even destroying the floor of the Arena, thus having the battle continue in the undergrounds. Eventually he seems to have defeated them both. But as Fairy Tail yells out to Natsu and Gajeel to get up, and just as the match was about to be called, they both managed to get up, apparently okay. After a quick argument, where natsu knocks Gajeel into a mine cart that then goes down the mine, Natsu then takes on the twin dragons in their dragon force forms by himself. But this only showed the true divide in their powers, as Natsu easily handles them. The go to their last resort, a perfectly done Unison Raid. But natsu counters using a secret art spell, and defeats them in that blow. The judges then announce that the next day would be a break day, with the final day being a survival game. This calls an end to the 5th day of the games, with Fairy Tail now in the majority of the guild leave to go back to the inn to party on the first night of being in the lead. Mikoto was going to join them, when she noticed Gajeel returning. He immediately went and talked to Wendy, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and the Exceeds. He seems to be talking urgently, as if there was something he wanted to tell them. Mikoto knew exactly what this was about, and was debating on joining them.
If I join them now, the events that are about to happen will change significantly. But i think that some of these events need to happen, and more importantly they need to grow and not rely on me…. I think i will stay out of this for now.
Mikoto turns and follows the rest of the guild, deciding to let this go as normal. The inn was lively tonight as Fairy Tail partied and celebrated. It wasn't too much later that the missing members returned, though without lucy and with upset expressions on their faces. They explained what happened to the guild, with the reactions being pretty expectable. Most of the guild wanted to charge at the capital to get lucy back, while somewhere weary of it. Natsu was about to turn back and go after Lucy when Makarov stops him by stating that they needed to be smart about this considering who the enemy was this time. With this The party dies down, with night finally coming to bring about the break day. The next day the guild continues to rest at the end, while some of the members go out to explore the city once more. Makarov and Mavis spent a lot of time talking to each other, which Mikoto knew was planning their actions for the next day. Finally they both went to natsu, evidently explaining their plan to him. When done Natsu goes to speak with some of the other guild members, while Mavis goes to talk to the other participants for the final day. Mikoto knew that she was telling them her plan, which Mikoto could only hope was not affected by the changes to the timeline. The next day came quickly, and the games were started back up. After the usual announcements, the judges went to announce the teams once again. But when fairy tail is announced and they step out, the crowd is shocked to see that Juvia has replaced Natsu. Makarov explains to the guild that this was part of the plan, To win the games while freeing lucy. Mikoto noticed that the ones sent on the rescue was Natsu, Mirajane, Wendy and the exceeds.
Time for it all to begin.
The rules for the final battle are announced while each team moves to their respective starting points. Once the battle is started, each team leaps into action, except for Fairy Tail. They all stay put. Team quatro puppy gets quickly eliminated, with Beth and Arana quickly following. Toby and Yuka then follow when defeated by Kagura. Sabertooth regained the lead, and just when Makarov was starting to panic, Mavis explains her plan. When she finishes, she makes the order to start the plan, with each member leaping into action. They are attacked by Rufus, but mavis giving a warning allows them to dodge it. Then Erza quickly eliminates Jenny, with Gajeel and Gray following by eliminating the Trimens.
"This is what you expect from the one known as the "Fairy Tactician". What a sight to behold," Mikoto comments with a smile. This gets some reactions from the guild, with Makarov finally remembering this as well.
Meanwhile jura eliminates Ichiya, and then Shelia eliminates Risley, putting Lamia scale in a tie for first place. When asked if she had a plan for Jura, Mavis responds that she did not have a plan for him yet.
Gray then encounters Rufus in a library, and after a hard fought battle, manages to defeat him. Then just as Mavis predicted, Shelia finds Juvia, prepared to fight her. At the same time Erza goes to where she believes she will fight Minerva, only to everyone's surprise, she is intercepted by Kagura. While Mavis begins to cry over her failure to predict this, Minerva suddenly interrupts the fight, making it a triple threat match. The three fight, appearing to be evenly matched, until Minerva pulls her trump card. She announces that she underestimated her opponents, and then brings out a trapped Millianna. Telling her opponents to fight each other, with the winner fighting her, she then leaves.
Meanwhile Gajeel comes against Rogue, and Laxus faces off against Ogra. The fight between Erza and Kagura continues, with Kagura seemingly having the upper hand. After being knocked down once again, Erza questions Kaguras motives, and more specifically her hatred of Jellal. Kagura reveals that she is Sinons sister, and wants revenge for his death. When Erza states that she was the one at fault for his death, Minerva attacks drawing her sword from its sheath. But Erza blocks the attack and the fight continues. Erza manages to defeat her, but then the ceiling begins to fall onto the still conscious Kagura. Acting out of instinct, Erza pushes her out of the way, causing the ceiling to fall on her own leg, injuring it. The two have an emotional moment, when realizing that Erza saved Kagura once before, back when they were kids. Kagura removes the debri from on top of Erza and was about to surrender when Minerva comes in and defeats her with Kagura's own sword. After also letting go a now defeated Millianna and completely pissing Erza off. Elsewhere Rogue and Gajeel fight, with Gajeel having a clear advantage. Also Jura interrupts Ogra and Laxus fight, looking to join in himself. Also lyon and Gray join the battle between Juvia and Shelia.
Suddenly Rogue gets possessed and almost beats Gajeel, until Gajeels fight back by attaining his Iron Shadow Dragon Mode. This completely turns the fight, and Gajeel soundly defeats him, causing the shadow to leave Rogue.
The other battles also go fairy tails way, as Gray and Juvia use their teamwork to defeat Lyon and Shelia. While Jura manages to defeat Ogra in one hit, Laxus was not so easy, and eventually Laxus manages to knock out Jura.
Erza at first struggled against Minerva because of her injury, but she then activates her second Origin, requipping into the nakagami Armor. She repeals attack after attack from Minerva, causing Levi to explain the armor to the guild. Erza then uses only one attack from her spear to defeat Minerva. This left Sting as the last opponent, and after shooting a flare to announce his position, Sting prepare to fight them all. But when meet with the resolve of the Fairy Tail Members, he loses his own, surrendering and giving the victory to Fairy Tail. As the guild, the crowd and the members in the battle celebrate as Yajima announces Fairy Tail as the winner of the Grand magic games and the new Strongest Guild of Fiore, Mikoto looks over to Touma.
Just loud enough for Touma and a couple of other guild members to hear, Mikoto states, "Its time for the Festival of the Dragon King to begin."
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