Here is the next chapter.

I know it's a surprise that I post two chapters this close together.

But I'll be taking a few days off of writing due to personal reasons so the next story update won't be for a while xD maybe next week, maybe by the end of the week, I don't know yet, hell, could be a month from now I don't know xD

Oh and yes this chapter is one of the shortest chapters in this story.

As I have said before finding a good stopping point is key and in this one this was the best place to stop.

But without further ado, on with the show!


The next day came quicker than any one of them thought. Day Two of the Grand Magic Games was underway. Six teams all gathered in the arena waiting for the next game to start.

The Fairy Tail team was in their square formation with Lucy in the middle. They all wore their normal outfits. Minus Lucy. She wore a yellow and black plaid, pleated skirt with her belt that held her keys and whip. Her shirt was a yellow tank top with a black hooded, short-sleeved, cropped vest. Her boots were brown and went to her mid-calf with thigh-high white socks. Her hair was in low pigtails with a black choker with a star in the middle.

The rest of the Fairy Tail team faced Lucy with their backs to the other teams. The other teams watched how the other four team members surrounded and guarded the smaller blonde. They thought it was odd. They would see one of the members now and then look around them like checking for a threat.

"Welcome to day two of the Grand Magic Games! Today's guest we have Sorcerer Weekly's reporter Jason!" Chapati said.

"Have you figured out who goes out today?" Laxus whispered.

Sting and Rogue's ears twitched as they looked over listening to the supposed private conversation. They were wondering why they were all following the orders of the girl in the middle. She didn't look like she was all the strong though from the day prior looks could be deceiving.

"Come on, why not send me in?" Gajeel asked, his tone annoyed.

Lucy shook her head. "No... You're a dragon slayer you won't benefit at all from this one... You'll just end up sick and coming in last... Or well second to last anyway..." Lucy said waving a hand dismissively.

Sting raised an eyebrow. He didn't know what she meant by that. It wouldn't benefit being a dragon slayer. What did she mean by that? He shrugged it off not thinking of it.

"I'll do it..." Sting said to his team before walking off to the other gathered contenders.

"He's going..." Gajeel said pointing over his shoulder with his thumb.

"And he's foolish..." Lucy hissed. "He has no clue what the game is all about... I do..." Lucy whispered.

Sting's ears twitched. Did she have inside knowledge of the games? Did Fairy Tail have an advantage? He remembered from the first day how the announcers said that the one announcer Mr. Yajima had a history with Fairy Tail. Could that be it?

The Fairy Tail group got closer closing in more on the blonde in the middle. It made the others curious. What could they be up to?

Lucy sighed. "You want to go in that bad?" Lucy asked. Gajeel nodded with a smirk. Lucy groaned. "Fine... Take this..." Lucy said handing over a tiny blue pill. Gajeel raised an eyebrow. "Trust me..." Lucy said looking away.

Gajeel sighed but nodded before putting it in his mouth. The pill felt like it was fizzing on his tongue. He tilted his head before within a second the pill was gone.

Laxus chuckled. "It dissolves on your tongue..." Laxus muttered looking around. "Now get going..." Laxus said motioning with his head to the others that gathered for the game.

"Keep your body temperature as cool as possible... The hotter it runs the faster it wears off..." Lucy warned lowly. "And make sure you knock as many people out of the game as possible..." Lucy said.

"Why?" Gajeel asked.

"You'll see..." Lucy said with a smirk.

Gajeel nodded with a shrug as he walked over to the other contenders.

"I thought you were sending me in?" Jellal asked lowly as they walked out of the arena.

"I was going to, but Gajeel's been a major pain in my ass all morning..." Lucy grumbled as they stepped out of the arena and into their team's booth.

"So, that's why you made sure to bring that bottle with us this morning..." Laxus said crossing his arms over his chest while leaning against the wall.

"Pretty much, he didn't give me much choice... I tried to talk him out of it but he wouldn't leave it alone... So, I figured give him at least a good chance to come in first or at least second or third..." Lucy said crossing her arms over the railing and leaning forward.

Laxus chuckled. "Isn't that guy there from Sabertooth a dragon slayer?" Laxus asked looking at the contenders.

Lucy snorted. "Yup... He's in for a rude awakening..." Lucy giggled shaking her head.

"This competition consists of reaching the goal without falling off from the interconnected Chariots..." Chapati announced.

"But this isn't just some regular race..." Mr. Yajima stated.

"COOOL! COOOL! COOOL!" Jason cheered.

"God that guy's annoying..." Laxus grumbled shaking his head.

Lucy giggled. "You think everyone's annoying..." Lucy commented.

Laxus sighed. "I can't argue with that..." Laxus agreed.

Lucy rolled her eyes as she shook her head in amusement. She looked back toward the lacrima-vision to watch the game. So far everything was playing out as it should.

"The chariots underfoot are constantly in motion, so even a moment of carelessness will prove to be your undoing... They'll pass through the major sightseeing locales of Crocus..." Chapati announced.

Sting paled when he heard the announcement. Now he regretted volunteering for this one. He couldn't back out of this now. So he had to just bare with it.

"Which team will be the first to arrive at the goal, here at the Domus Flau? We'll be transmitting images from the race to everyone here in the arena through Lacrima-vision..." Chapati said.

Gajeel jumped on to join the others and felt his stomach roll making him fall to his knees.

"Heh... You're finally a real dragon slayer huh?" Sting taunted weakly as he sat down at the end not willing to move.

Gajeel took a few deep breaths before standing up as he felt the fizzy yet soothing feeling in his stomach. He smirked before turning around and slamming an iron pole into Sting's stomach sending him flying off the chariot completely.

"You're not worthy of being in a guild if you're going to willingly sit down and let others go ahead of you... Being part of a guild means you're part of a family... And you never let family down... That's why we're here... We're here because we can't let our guild down... We may have disappeared seven years ago, but we're back now and we won't let them down..." Gajeel said before running ahead towards the goal.


"That's not fair!" Natsu whined. "How is he able to fight it off?! It's not fair!" Natsu continued to rant.

Makarov raised an eyebrow. He had a feeling Lucy had something to do with it. And judging by the cheeky look on her face he was right.

"Is it me or does Lucy look too confident?" Mavis asked with a tilt of her head.

"Nope... I know that look..." Gray chuckled.

"Yup, that's her 'I win' look... But I'm guessing it means 'We Win' this time..." Erza said with a smile as she shook her head.

"She does seem a bit too confident though..." Juvia commented.

"I wonder..." Wendy muttered as she looked to be in thought.

"What is it?" Levy asked.

Wendy jumped in surprise. "Oh! I'm sorry, it's nothing... Never mind..." Wendy said with a nervous laugh.

Levy shrugged. "If you're sure..." Levy said going back to watching the game.

"Master, why did you choose Gajeel for this anyway?" Natsu grumbled.

Makarov sighed. "I didn't... Lucy did..." Makarov said.

"Huh? What are you letting her choose?" Lisanna asked.

"She's in charge of all the decisions that involve the games... I trust her and her judgment... So should you..." Makarov said looking at the screen in front of him.

He was just hoping he was making the right choice by leaving her in charge.


Gajeel ran up the chariots there was only one person left. He had knocked all the others off as he went. The last one was Bacchus. He needed to knock him off and make it to the end. He couldn't let Fairy Tail down. Not this time. Laxus and Lucy put on one of the best performances the day before. Now it was his turn. And he wasn't going to let them down. He saw Bacchus look back before the man smirked and jumped into the air.

Lucy's eyes widened. "Gajeel! He's going to destroy the chariot! Jump! Knock him out!" Lucy shouted swinging her arm out to the side.

Gajeel's ears twitched at hearing Lucy's voice. He smirked as he ran and jumped into the air. Bacchus looked back as he was coming down. His eyes widened when he saw an iron club coming straight at him from the side. He couldn't move now that he was in mid-air. He was falling fast. Maybe it would miss him.

No such luck though. He was about to hit the chariot's surface when the iron club hit his side knocking him to the side and off the chariot to the ground.

Gajeel chuckled. "Maybe next time..." Gajeel said with a shrug as he continued to run.

"Yes!" Lucy said throwing her fist into the air.

"How is that fair? He's literally taken everyone out of the game..." Mira asked with a giggle.

"It starts at sixth place... The first one knocked off gets sixth place... Since Bacchus was knocked off last he got second... Gajeel being the last one left, he gets first automatically... But it looks like he's going to actually cross the finish line first..." Lucy explained watching Gajeel cross the finish line with his arms in the air.

"What did you give him before the game started?" Jellal asked softly.

"That same thing I gave Laxus on the train on the way here..." Lucy said waving her hand dismissively.

"Looks like Team Fairy Tail comes in first! Again! This a first for Fairy Tail in the last seven years!" Chapati exclaimed.

"Congratulations Fairy Tail!" Mr. Yajima said with a smile in his voice.

"Who's up for the battles?" Laxus asked looking out at the arena.

Lucy giggled. "Mira..." Lucy said with a shrug.

"How do you know I am?" Mira asked.

"You're up against Jenny..." Lucy explained.

Mira raised an eyebrow. "She's not exactly a battle type though..." Mira said.

"She's not... But your match isn't a normal battle either..." Lucy said looking out at the arena.

"What do you mean?" Mira asked.

Lucy smirked before letting out a small giggle. "You both are going to have a Sexy Pose Off..." Lucy said turning to face her with a cheeky grin.

Mira's eyes widened. "Oh my..." Mira said before giggling. "Well, I supposed that's better than fighting..." Mira added.

Lucy nodded as she watched the first battle contenders step into the arena. It was Bacchus and Jura. Lucy narrowed her eyes. She thought Jura fought the day before.

"Who fought in the battles yesterday?" Lucy asked no one in particular.

"Not sure, we were all in the infirmary with you when it was going on..." Laxus said.

"Who was watching the matches?" Lucy asked looking over to where the rest of Fairy Tail was seated.

"Not sure... Why?" Laxus asked.

Lucy clenched her fist and gritted her teeth. "Come with me... I need to talk to Master..." Lucy said turning toward the door.

"What's going on?" Gajeel asked walking in as Lucy was walking out.

"I don't know..." Laxus said following Lucy.

"Something has Lucy rattled..." Jellal said.

"What do you mean?" Gajeel asked.

"She saw the contenders for the first battle and she just said she had to talk to master..." Mira answered.

Gajeel nodded. "Should we follow her?" Gajeel asked looking at the door Lucy and Laxus just exited.

"I'll go... You two stay here..." Jellal said running out to catch up to the other two.

Mira huffed. "Why do they do that?" Mira asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Gajeel shrugged. "I don't know but I'm really sick of being stuck in the dark... Let's go..." Gajeel said turning to follow.

Mira nodded and continued to follow Gajeel. It wasn't long before they caught up to the others. But they kept their distance.

"What's going on Lucy? You're tense..." Laxus asked.

"Jura should have fought yesterday... He shouldn't be fighting today..." Lucy said as they walked down the hallway.

"Are you sure?" Jellal asked.

Lucy stopped and turned to face him. "Yes, I'm sure... Because he should have fought you yesterday! And let me tell you, you lost! Because you were stupid enough to use your own magic instead of sticking to Mystogan's!" Lucy snapped. Her fists shook at her sides. "Ultear had Meredy use a sensory link on you and do a bunch of stuff to Meredy to hinder your match... Otherwise, you probably would have won... But you were stupid to use Sema but luckily Ultear stopped you!" Lucy continued to rant.

Jellal stared at her with wide eyes blinking now and then. He just nodded slowly before Lucy turned and headed toward the rest of Fairy Tail. Jellal looked at Laxus who was trying not to laugh.

"Do I say I'm sorry?" Jellal asked confused.

Laxus snorted and shook his head. "I don't know man... Let's go..." Laxus said following the fuming blonde in front of them.

Gajeel blinked in confusion. He looked at Mira with a raised eyebrow. They both heard everything but none of it made any sense to them. They sighed and just kept following.

It wasn't long before they reached the Fairy Tail stands. Lucy walked in with a serious expression on her face. It was strange for the girl to have such a look on her face.

"Master..." Lucy called out. Her tone was uncharacteristically cold. "I need to speak to you... Alone..." Lucy clarified.

Makarov looked at her with wide eyes but nodded. He jumped down from the railing and walked out with the girl. He found the entire team there. Laxus and Jellal were glaring at Mira and Gajeel for some reason. He was considering asking but decided against it.

"What is it, child?" Makarov asked.

"Who stayed and watched the battles yesterday?" Lucy asked.

"Why? What's going on?" Makarov asked.

Lucy gritted her teeth. "Jura... He's not supposed to fight today... He was supposed to fight yesterday..." Lucy explained.

Makarov's eyes widened. "Are you positive?" Makarov asked.

"Yes..." Lucy hissed. "He should have fought Mystogan yesterday..." Lucy explained as she cautiously looked around the hallway.

Makarov nodded. "Who fights today?" Makarov asked.

"Mira... She goes against Jenny..." Lucy sighed as she rubbed her temples.

"I'll ask and let you know... You should get back..." Makarov said.

Lucy nodded. "All right..." Lucy said as she turned to walk away. She stopped and sighed. "Master... I have to do something later before the third match..." Lucy said closing her eyes tightly. "Please forgive me in advance?" Lucy asked refusing to look at him.

"Will it hurt the guild?" Makarov asked.

"No... Not that I know of..." Lucy said.

"Then there's no need for forgiveness... Do what you have to do..." Makarov said before going back to the rest of Fairy Tail.

Lucy let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. She felt relieved but she wasn't sure if she would feel the same later. She just knew she had no choice but to do what she had to do. No matter how much she didn't want to.

"Let's go..." Lucy said walking ahead.

Mira worried her bottom lip for a second before sighing. "Lucy... What's going on?" Mira asked.

"I can't tell you yet... Only if this doesn't work can I tell you..." Lucy said as she continued walking.

"She doesn't trust us?" Mira sighed.

"She does... But this is something she's not sure she trusts herself... She wants to make sure everything goes the way it should before having to involve anyone else..." Laxus explained.

"How come you and he know?" Gajeel asked pointing his thumb at Jellal.

"She had no choice but to involve us... She needed me to train her and teach her Grand Chariot..." Jellal answered. " Laxus... Well, she had to call him to come to get her when the others left without her... And she decided to drag me along..." Jellal continued.

"She'd keep it to herself if she didn't need us..." Laxus said with a sigh. "Which, wouldn't have been good either but..." Laxus started before he trailed off watching Lucy walk ahead of them.

Once they reached their booth they saw Bacchus laying on the ground knocked out cold. Jura didn't have a scratch on him as he placed his hands together and bowed to his fallen opponent.

"Mira, you're up..." Lucy said going back to her normal place at the railing.

"How do you-" Mira started before she was cut off.

"Now! Onto the second match of the day! Fairy Tail's MiraJane Strauss Vs. Blue Pegasus Reserve Member, Jenny Realight!" Chapati announced.

Lucy turned her head to her and gave her a look that said 'told you so'. Mira huffed before leaving to go to the arena. Lucy watched both Jenny and Mira enter the arena. She was glad that this was the way it should be. She didn't know if she could take any more surprises.

'Lucy...' Lucy heard Makarov's voice in her head.

"Master?" Lucy asked aloud as she stood up looking over at the Fairy Tail's stand. She saw Makarov's hand on Warren's shoulder. "Oh! I see you're using Warren..." Lucy said with a nod.

'Yes... Cana and Levy said that Jura didn't fight yesterday... Toby did...' Makarov explained.

"What? Toby?" Lucy asked in surprise. "But..." Lucy started but trailed off.

'But what child?' Makarov asked.

"He was supposed to fight today... But it was against Raven Tail..." Lucy muttered before she sighed. "I guess getting Raven Tail out of the games so early would mess things up... Who won the match?" Lucy asked.

'Surprisingly enough, Toby... From what the others said he went against someone from Twilight Ogre...' Makarov said.

"Wow... And then they had to fight to stay in the games... But they lost the final elimination round..." Lucy mused.

She heard Makarov chuckle. 'Yes, sad I know...' She heard Makarov trail off before she looked back at the arena and knew why.

Mira and Jenny were both posed in bikinis. Lucy groaned knowing what was coming next.

"How's this?" Mira said shyly as she knelt on the ground with one arm under her chest pushing it up with her other hand supporting herself against the ground.

"And here we go..." Lucy said rolling her eyes.

"And this?" Jenny asked as she knelt on the ground, her hands in her hair while she arched her back.

"The old man is probably loving this..." Laxus said in a bored tone.

"Oh just wait... It gets worst..." Lucy groaned resting her forehead against her crossed arms on the railing.

"How?" Laxus asked.

"Just wait... Mermaid Heel will be the first ones..." Lucy said propping her head up with her hand as she rested her elbow on the railing.

Laxus, Jellal, and Gajeel all tilted their heads in confusion.

"As expected, you're quite formidable, Mira..." Jenny said smugly.

"You are as well... It's been a long time, Jenny..." Mira said sweetly.

"I'm actually surprised you agreed to do a pose off with me..." Jenny commented.

"Yeah, after all, I don't care much for fighting... If I can settle things without fighting I prefer to do it that way..." Mira said.

As they went into the next bikini and the next pose there was a female yell from the other side of the arena.

"And let the show begin..." Lucy muttered.

The boys looked to see the girls of Mermaid Heel join the showdown in swimsuits of their own. Not long after that the cousins, Sherry and Shelia of Lamia Scale joined the fray. Lucy looked over at Fairy Tail just as Master Mavis threw her arms up in the air.


"Come on girls! We can't them have all the fun!" Mavis exclaimed.

"Are we supposed to go down there too?" Levy asked.

"Are we just supposed to have a swimsuit handy?" Cana asked as she sat there in her bikini top and capris.

Levy and Lisanna just looked at her wondering if she realized that she is always in hers.

"You should always be prepared for any occasion! Swimsuits for everyone!" Mavis said as she threw her arms up in the air letting a pile of bikinis fall from the sky.


"And looks like Fairy Tail is now joining in!" Chapati announced.

"Oh my, this looks like it's getting out of hand..." Mira giggled.

"It doesn't matter, we're the only ones getting judged, let them have some fun..." Jenny said.

"Well, everyone female but Lucy... She's just standing there shaking her head..." Mr. Yajima chuckled.

"For good reason too... There's no way I'm getting mixed up in that again..." Lucy muttered.

But that didn't matter. Master Mavis appeared next to her.

"Come on, Lucy!" Mavis said.

Lucy shook her head. "No! Nope! Nah-uh! Not happening!" Lucy exclaimed as she backed away from the ghost with her hands up. Lucy tried to turn and run but before she could get too far she found herself in the arena with the rest of the girls. "Oh come on! Why me?!" Lucy whined as she looked down at herself.

She was wearing a yellow bikini that was outlined in black. It also had black bows on each strap of the top and each side of the bottoms. Lucy hung her head and groaned.

"Nice of you to join us!" Cana teased.

"Like I had a choice..." Lucy grumbled.

"School Swimsuits!" Chapati shouted as everyone appeared in school-style swimsuits.

"When is this going to end?" Lucy groaned.

"Oh come on, have some fun, Lu!" Levy giggled.

"Easy for you to say..." Lucy grumbled.

"Bikinis with Thigh-highs!" Chapati shouted as the girls were changed back into their bikinis with thigh-high socks on.

"It covers more skin, but it's more embarrassing..." Lucy sighed.

"Girl's in glasses!" Chapati shouted more excitedly.

"This is my everyday look..." Laki said with a smile.

"Cat ears!" Chapati shouted.

"I feel ridiculous..." Carla stated with a huff.

"I think you look pretty..." Happy cooed.

"Bondage gear!" Chapati shouted.

"Some time's Love gotta hurt a bit!" Sherry said as she cracked a whip.

"Scary!" Shelia whimpered.

Laxus gulped. "This is getting to be too much to watch..." Laxus groaned.

"Having trouble?" Jellal teased.

"Shut up... Look at Erza out there..." Laxus grumbled.

Jellal shook his head. "That's why I'm not looking..." Jellal whispered as she kept looking at his feet.

"Wimp..." Gajeel chuckled.

"Levy's out there too and you refuse to look so who's the wimp?" Laxus asked looking at him with a raised eyebrow at the iron dragon slayer who was looking at the wall behind them, his back facing the arena.

Gajeel scoffed but didn't say anything more.

"Wedding Dresses!" Chapati shouted. "Girls grab a male companion!" Chapati added.

Mira smiled down at the man next to her. "Thanks for the help, Master..." Mira said.

"I'm willing to make the necessary sacrifices for the guild..." Makarov said in a serious tone.

"Maybe if I slowly back up no one will-" Lucy started but was interrupted when an arm went over her shoulders.

"Where do you think you're going?" Laxus asked as she stood next to her in a black tux.

"What are you doing here?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"What do you mean?" Laxus asked.

"You hide during this..." Lucy said narrowing her eyes at him.

Laxus shrugged. "You looked lonely..." Laxus said.

"I was trying to escape..." Lucy grumbled.

"Why would you want to escape this?" Laxus asked with a smirk. "Was it because you didn't have a partner?" Laxus asked seriously.

Lucy rolled her eyes. "No... Loke would have appeared to try and whisk me away..." Lucy informed with a roll of her eyes.

"Well, now Loke doesn't have to... You have me..." Laxus stated.

Lucy rolled her eyes again. "Great... Lucky me..." Lucy grumbled crossing her arms over her chest.

"You are... Not many women can say they stood at the altar with Laxus Dreyar..." Laxus said smugly.

"What alter?!" Lucy hissed as she turned to glare at him only to see an altar around them. "You've gotta be kidding me..." Lucy whispered with wide eyes.

Laxus chuckled. "Nope, no jokes..." Laxus said taking Lucy's hand and twirling her around before pulling her to him and dipping her back. "Are you going to say 'I Do' or should I?" Laxus said with a smirk.

Lucy glared at him. "You wouldn't dare..." Lucy said through gritted teeth.

Laxus wiggled his eyebrows. "I do..." He said.

"I now pronounce you, husband and wife..." A male voice said from the other side of the altar. Lucy looked over and said a priest was standing there with a bible in his hands. Lucy's eyes widened before she snapped her gaze back to Laxus. "You may now kiss the bride..." The priest said.

"You wouldn't-" Lucy started but was cut off by Laxus crashing his lips to hers.

Everyone around them stared at them with their jaws dropped. The audience was silent as they watched in wonder, shock, and anger. (Mostly the female population)

Once Laxus pulled away he was met with narrowed eyes of Lucy who look like she was going to kill him. All he could do was chuckle.

"Uh... Do we count this as a real marriage?" Chapati asked.

"NO, WE DON'T!" Makarov shouted as he threw a fit.

"Shall we head out for our honeymoon?" Laxus asked as he wiggled his eyebrows again.

"DON'T YOU DARE BOY!" Makarov shouted.

Laxus chuckled before he let his magic surround both himself and Lucy. With the sound of a thunderclap, the two were gone.

"Do you think they're going on a real honeymoon? Will we see them the rest of the games?" Chapati asked.

Mr. Yajima chuckled and he shook his head. "I think we should continue before Maky blows a gasket..." Mr. Yajima said.

"Very well..." Chapati said with a disappointed sigh.

Before anything thing could be said a voice from above shouted. Jumping down from on top of one of the statues that surrounded the stadium, Ooba, the Master of Lamia Scale landed in the middle of the arena wearing a swimsuit herself. She wiggles her hips making a weird noise.

Because of that everyone besides Mira and Jenny leaves the arena since the fun was now ruined but the old woman.

"Now let's make this the last set..." Chapati announced.

Jenny looked smug as something flashed through her eyes. She smirked as she turned to face Mira.

"Mira! This is the end!" Jenny said.

"Yup, I won't lose either..." Mira replied.

"How about we make a little wager of our own?" Jenny asked.

"Sounds good... What are we betting?" Mira asked.

"The loser has to appear in the next issue of Sorcerer Weekly wearing nothing but their birthday suit!" Jenny said pointing a finger at Mira as she had the other hand on her hip.

Every male in the audience gasped as their noses began to bleed.


"I'm torn... I don't know who I want to win..." Macao said.

"Me too..." Wakaba agreed.

"Mira..." Lisanna whimpered worriedly.


"Sure thing!" Mira said shocking everyone in the audience.

"What kind of unbelievable wager has been made here?!" Chapati exclaimed.

"COOOL!" Jason cheered excitedly.

"Up next is... Battle Gear!" Chapati said.

Jenny smirks and then changes into her battle suit. But to Jenny's surprise, Mira doesn't look at all bothered. In fact, Mira smirks making Jenny's expression fall.

"Well... It's my turn then... Since we're going with the flow and made a wager... Then going with the flow, I guess it'll be fine to finish things off with a clash of strength as well..." Mira said as she transformed into her Satan Soul: Sitri form.

"Huh?!" Jenny said as her eyes widen in horror.

"I've acknowledged your wager... And now I'd like it if you agreed to mine..." MiraJane Sitri said.

Jenny looked panicked but Mira didn't wait for an answer before she charged ahead striking her down instantly.


After leaving the arena Laxus and Lucy landed back into their team's booth back in their normal clothes. Lucy glared at Laxus as she crossed her arms over her chest. She was annoyed and slightly angry at his shenanigans. Laxus went to speak but Lucy huffed and turned away from him. She didn't have time to goof around with him right now.

"Let's head to Sabertooth's area... I need to catch Yukino before she goes into the arena..." Lucy said turning toward the door.

"Where are you guys going?" Gajeel asked just now entering the booth with Jellal, both males still dressed in tuxes.

Laxus groaned ignoring the other two men that just walked in. "Are you not talking to me now?" Laxus asked as he followed. Lucy scoffed and ignored him. "I'll take that as a yes..." Laxus grumbled. They walked the hallway for a few minutes. "Look, I'm sorry okay... We can always go get a divorce if that actually counted..." Laxus said trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

Lucy stopped with a groan. "That's not it, Okay?! Just..." Lucy took a deep breath before letting it out. "Just can we focus please..." Lucy pleaded.

Laxus sighed. "Fine... But you need to lighten up a bit, you've been tense all day..." Laxus stated.

Lucy sighed as she fell into step with Laxus. "I know... I'm sorry, but what I'm about to do goes against everything I believe in... I don't want to do this... But I don't have a choice at this point..." Lucy said squaring her shoulders as they approached the entrance where Sabertooth would enter the arena.


"Team Fairy Tail earns Ten Points!" Chapati announced.

"Sorry about that!" Mira said as she waved at Jenny who sat on the ground crying as she covered her chest with her arms. "If it makes you feel better I'll buy an issue when it comes out!" Mira said before heading out of the arena.

"NOOOOO!" Jenny cried.

Mira entered their booth and looked around Jellal and Gajeel were the only ones there.

"That was embarrassing..." Mira giggled before looking around the booth. "Where's Lucy and Laxus? Did they really go on a honeymoon?!" Mira asked with wide eyes.

"No..." Gajeel said with a raised eyebrow. "Lucy had something to do and Laxus went with her... Where I don't know, she didn't say..." Gajeel explained.

Mira sighed. "I was hoping it was a honeymoon..." Mira pouted.

"They didn't really get married!" Gajeel exclaimed.

"Are you sure about that? It was a real priest..." Mira asked.

That shut Gajeel up. His eyes widened as he turned toward the door. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go ask or wait and ask later. He felt torn.

Jellal sighed. "Whether it was or not, nothing can be done until after the games..." Jellal said.

"I guess you're right..." Mira said dejectedly.


"Today's final match is... Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi vs. Sabertooth's Yukino Agria!" Chapati announced.

Lucy leaned against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest and her eyes closed until the announcement of the next match was made. Lucy looked up and saw a girl dressed in white walking toward them. Laxus stood behind Lucy as she pushed off the wall to stand in front of the girl.

"You're Yukino Agria..." Lucy said her tone hard and eyes narrowed.

"Yes... You're Fairy Tail's Celestial Wizard..." Yukino stated.

"Yes, I am... I'm Lucy..." Lucy said stepping closer to her. "I came to warn you... Do not under any circumstances try to defeat Kagura... Draw the match out to get a draw if anything... But do NOT try to defeat her, you won't be able to..." Lucy said.

"Excuse me?! Who do you think you are?" Yukino asked surprised.

"If you value your place in your guild you'll listen to me... If you lose..." Lucy said before breathing in deeply and letting it out. "You're guild master will have you erase your guild mark and kick you out of the guild..." Lucy said seriously.

"No, he wouldn't!" Yukino argued.

Lucy knew she would argue with her. But Lucy had a plan B.

"Fine... You don't want to believe me... Go ahead give it your all and try to win... Which you won't, by the way... If you lose, your zodiac keys and that thirteenth key of yours become mine..." Lucy challenged putting her hand out toward Yukino.

Yukino huffed and clasped her hand with Lucy's. "All right... You have a deal, but I can tell you I won't lose..." Yukino proclaimed.

Lucy snorted as she took her hand away. "Yes, you will... Your keys will be mine by the end of the match..." Lucy said before turning away. She took a few steps before stopping. "Oh, when you lose, stay away from a man name Arcadios... It won't do you any good to bother with him..." Lucy said before walking again.

Laxus snorted and shook his head. "Trust me, kid, you should listen to her..." Laxus said before he followed Lucy down the hallway. Once they were far enough away from the girl Lucy stopped. Laxus noticed her shoulders shaking. "What's wrong, Lucy?" Laxus asked putting his hand on her trembling shoulders. Lucy spun around and wrapped her arms around his waist. "What?!" Laxus gasped.

"I swear! If I get her keys, when this is all over, I'll return them!" Lucy cried into his chest. "I don't want to take her keys... But I don't have a choice... I'm so sorry..." Lucy continued.

Laxus sighed before wrapping his arms around the crying blonde. He had a feeling she would do this. She said many times that she wasn't the type of wizard to just take a person's keys out of a bet. But this was different, she really felt like she had no choice. He rubbed her back soothingly.

"Hey, let's go watch the match... Maybe she'll listen to you..." Laxus said.

Lucy sniffled and nodded even though she didn't believe his words. They continued walking after so long heading back to their booth.


Yukino watched the two figures walk away. She thought they were crazy. She sighed and continued into the arena where Kagura was waiting. No matter what, she was going to win. She would do it for her guild. She wouldn't let them down.


Lucy and Laxus entered the booth as the others looked at the arena where the two female contenders stood facing each other.

"You're back..." Jellal said. Lucy nodded looking to the floor. Jellal found it weird. He looked at Laxus. "What happened?" Jellal whispered so no one else would hear.

Laxus sighed. "I'll tell you later... Not now, Lucy's not in a good mood..." Laxus said.

"Is it because you guys can't go on your honeymoon yet?" Mira asked with a tilt of her head.

Laxus groaned. "Yeah, that's why..." Laxus growled rolling his eyes before walking up next to Lucy. He stood to her left as Gajeel stood to her right. Jellal and Mira stood behind them. "Don't worry... Either outcome you have a plan..." Laxus said placing his hand on Lucy's head.

Lucy nodded leaning into his side. "Yeah... But she's not going to listen... I mean would you if you were her?" Lucy asked.

"No, can't say I would... But I'm not her so I really can't be certain..." Laxus said looking at the two females battle. Laxus sighed. "Looks like you were right she'd not going to listen to you..." Laxus said as two of Yukino's Zodiac spirits disappeared.

Lucy shook her head. "Looks like the keys are mind then..." Lucy said with a sigh.

"What?!" Mira and Gajeel said at the same time as Jellal just widened his eyes.

"Should we go collect?" Laxus asked looking over at Lucy.

Lucy shook her head. "She'll come to me... She made a bet she'll honor it..." Lucy said with a sigh.

She was really hoping she'd listen to her. But it looked like it was wishful thinking on her part. She watched as Yukino was put down on the ground. It looked like Yukino was in shock


Yukino lay there staring at the sky as tears gathered in her eyes. She thought back to before the match. The Fairy Tail wizard warned her. She was regretting not listening to her now that she lay on the ground in defeat.

"How could I lose?" Yukino whispered. She closed her eyes gripping her keys before standing up and limping out of the arena where her team was waiting for her. They didn't look happy. "I'm sorry..." Yukino croaked.

Sting shook his head. "That's not going to cut it... The Master isn't going to like this at all..." Sting said before they all left.


The games were called to a close for the day. Fairy Tail was at Bar Sun celebrating their wins for the day. Lucy sat in the corner with Jellal and Laxus on each side of her.

Lucy sighed before getting up. "Let's go... She'll be here soon and I rather-" Lucy started until the door opened and in walked Yukino. "Never mind..." Lucy muttered before walking forward.

"What's that Sabertooth chick doing here?" Romeo spat.

"You don't belong here!" Max said.

Lucy walked up to her. "Was I right?" Lucy asked.

"Yes... You were... I'm sorry..." Yukino said hanging her head in shame.

Lucy swallowed before putting her hand out. "Your keys..." Lucy said causing everyone in the guild to freeze and go quiet.

"Yes... I remember..." Yukino said pulling out three keys. Two gold and one gold with a black snake that was wrapped around it. "Please take care of them... I've already said my goodbyes to them..." Yukino said as she tried to conceal a sob.

Lucy took the keys and held them to her chest. She gritted her teeth. She hated this. But it had to be done. Lucy sighed before lowering her hand to her side holding the keys tightly.

"Look..." Lucy said suddenly. Yukino looked up in surprise. "Don't go anywhere... Stay for the rest of the games... You can hang out here with us if you like..." Lucy offered.

Makarov watched with raised eyebrows. He was shocked to see and hear what was going on. He was disappointed and proud of her at the same time.

"W-W-Why would you offer me that?!" Yukino exclaimed in confusion.

Lucy sighed. "Because it's not safe for someone, even a wizard to roam about at night... And without your strongest keys, you're pretty defenseless..." Lucy explained turning around. She took a few steps before stopping again. "Also, it's to make sure you stay away from Arcadios..." Lucy said before walking back to Laxus and Jellal.

"Who is this Arcadios?" Yukino asked.

Lucy stopped before looking over her shoulder. "Someone who is trying to destroy the world..."


Day Two of the games has come to a close.

What will happen in the next chapter?

Day Three will definitely begin.

Stay tuned!

More is coming!

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