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Chapter 8: The Games
The anger she felt the moment Raven Tail walked into the arena when they were called was a fury she had not felt in a long time. She could feel it. The malevolent aura from the person that attacked Wendy. She gripped her fists in tight balls as her arms were on either side of her.
Levy and her were able to enter the Castle's gardens and searched the maze. Eventually, Kagome felt a weakening aura and followed it, just to see Wendy and Carla unconscious. She didn't care that Levy had no clue of what she could do. She was more focused on assisting the unconscious girl and her exceed, hoping some of her healing energy would help in their recovery. She told Levy to find Lisanna and Happy while she stayed with them. The bluenette put the shock aside of what she was seeing and quickly left.
The malevolent aura was different than what she had felt before, but it was evil nonetheless.
She stayed with Wendy and Carla during the whole night alongside the old woman, who surprisingly did not have an issue with her as she noticed she did with the rest. She had felt horribly for not being back at the inn for once Laxus was back, but her instincts were kicking in with Wendy. The young girl had helped save her, now it was her turn to help her. She had woken up when Natsu and his team rushed in after thankfully qualifying, and the broken hearted girl asked Elfman to take her place.
Their goal had been to have Wendy out of the competition and they had succeeded. Porlyusica stated that if it wasn't for Kagome's fast thinking, the chances of Wendy surviving would've been less. The magic depletion she had suffered had been too great for her small body to take, putting her life at risk.
Kagome explained what she could of her powers and apologized for not saying anything before. She had only said about her healing energy and arrows. She didn't find it necessary speaking of her ability to see through illusions as well.
After everyone left, Kagome heard her crying the whole night.
The following morning, the official first day of the games, Wendy insisted for her to go and cheer their guild.
"You're part of our family now. Go cheer them for me!"
Levy took notice of the dark look in Kagome's face, "Are you okay?"
Kagome crossed her arms as she glared, "It was him, the one in blue. He attacked Wendy."
Makarov, who was near her, turned from his spot and looked at her, "You can sense it?"
Mavis, the first master of Fairy Tail who had made an appearance at the entrance of Fairy Tail Team A, gave Kagome a curious look, "I don't know what it really is, but you have an incredible amount of power within you."
Kagome blushed at the ghost's prace but still answered Makarov, "I can sense auras. His aura was lingering on Wendy's body."
Lisanna clenched her fist, "Well, I am sure we are going to take them on and defeat them!"
"It's not going to be easy," Makarov seriously said, "Their guild master is my son."
Kagome's eyes widened, "You don't mean-"
He nodded, "Laxus' father."
"They're a dark guild," Levy explained.
Kagome could hear the commentators deliberation regarding Raven Tail's legal status, which turned out, it was completely fine. She worried about Laxus, wondering how he was feeling in regards of going against his father's guild. He had told her about him once during their training, and by the way Laxus had described him, he was not in good terms with the man.
Just as the tension was growing in the field between Fairy Tail A and Raven Tail, the next team was called in.
"Oh wow! What a surprise! This year's competition just got a whole lot more interesting folks!"
Her eyes immediately turned back to the field the moment she felt his aura and she couldn't help but smile brightly. Lightning crackled furiously as the Fairy Tail symbol came to life and as soon as it was gone in a flash, the new team was revealed.
Herself and Levy were the ones cheering loudly from the balcony as they were fully aware of there being two teams for the lineup. The bluenette had confessed to her that Gajeel had accidentally let it slip before they left for Magnolia.
She noticed that Laxus was looking up at the balcony and she waved, a bright smile on her face. He smirked, his gaze then going back to a very pissed off Natsu.
Kagome could hear Lucy saying how it was not fair having a team full of S class members. She poked Levy, hoping she would explain.
Levy had a very small sad look on her face as she quickly filled her in, "Gajeel and Juvia used to belong to another guild, Phantom Lord, and they were S Class members there. Same category as Laxus, Mirajane, and Mystogan."
Kagome nodded with understanding, not wanting to ask further as it seemed to be a sensitive topic.
Then Sabertooth walked in and she could practically see the arrogance coming out of the team in waves. They were not going to be easy to beat, that was for sure.
The event of the day had been dreadful to watch. Her already bad taste towards Raven Tail increased more when their competitor kept going after Gray. The only good thing that came out of it was the conditions if Team B were to win.
Now it made sense why both Laxus and Gajeel had those looks in their faces after their meeting with the Master.
And just as the event ended, the field was ready for the battles.
She was excited to say the least. She had not been into sports since she started going through the well, making it extremely difficult to be in any sort of competition events and watch them. Now being there, in a magic competition nonetheless, it was exciting. There was a vast variety of different types of wizards that she was super curious and excited to see in action.
The shouting incremented in the guild as the first battle of the day was called. Lucy vs Flare from Raven Tail. They saw it as the perfect opportunity to get some points and to win against them.
Kagome was impressed as Lucy immediately had the upper hand. She could hear the surprise in some of the guild members voice and she took notice that by summoning two spirits at once, was a difficult thing to do.
It was later on the fight that Kagome took notice that Lucy wasn't fighting back. Any hit that Flare was doing was not being blocked or anything. It was weird and she didn't like it. She suddenly felt an unfamiliar aura in the balcony where her and the rest were. She removed herself from the edge and started focusing where that aura was coming from. That's when she saw it. A strand of red hair moving by Asuka's feet. She quickly rushed to it and with an arrow that she removed from her back, using the sharp point she cut it, and in that moment, Natsu came in.
Seeing that Kagome had been able to find the problem made him feel relieved. He turned back to the arena and shouted.
"YOU'RE IN THE CLEAR LUCY!"
Kagome saw the blonde removing herself from the other strands of hair and summoning a spirit that took in her form. The aura that was now wrapping itself around Lucy was extremely powerful, and Kagome knew Lucy was about to win the fight.
And she felt it again. She really wondered if it was because she was in a new world that her powers were being more sensitive to unfriendly auras. It had to be. It was never this easy before.
The aura she was feeling was the one that got Wendy on the hospital bed.
Putting a shield around Lucy would be visible. However, as the arena darkened as Lucy continued to chant her spell, she knew there would be no way of them noticing. The same arrow that she had used to cut Flare's hair, she readied it on her bow. The others were immediately questioning her what was going on but she didn't pay attention to them as she focused on where she was going to fire it.
She felt the aura getting closer and closer to Lucy as she finished the spell and she fired.
True to her strategy, the arrow had been lost with the lights of Lucy's spell as it zoomed across the field to Raven Tail's balcony. She hoped it would be enough distraction to make the weird looking blue man from trying to sabotage the match.
It worked.
She saw him jumping out of the way from getting hit by the arrow that the aura she could sense on the field it disappeared, and Lucy was able to finish off Flare with her spell.
The crowd was unsure how to react as they were not expecting Fairy Tail, of all guilds, to win the first match of the day. While some were in confusion, others cheered at the display of power from the young Celestial Wizard.
Mavis was now looking at Kagome with a new eye. The woman had been capable enough of seeing the aura, something she wasn't even able to see. She only wondered the power this new member of her guild possessed.
Makarov wasn't one to appreciate cheating, but he knew it wasn't cheating what Kagome did when she prevented another team from doing so. Before anyone could ask an explanation, she quickly took off with Natsu as Lucy was having difficulties to walk because of the damage Flare caused.
As they walked through the hallways, Natsu gave her a bright smile.
"You saved her out there. Thank you!"
Kagome could only smile in reply. There wasn't much she could say.
Lucy was wincing as she walked through the tunnel where the competitors come out of. She was thrown around like a rag doll and her legs were severely burned. At least she had won against Raven Tail. That's what she was grateful for. Some revenge from Gray's part as well.
She looked up when she heard the sound of feet walking. Natsu and Kagome were rushing to her. He quickly picked her up so she wouldn't be walking on her feet anymore.
"We are lucky Kagome is part of our guild," Natsu told her as he looked at her, "Someone tried sabotaging your spell."
Lucy had her arms around his neck and looked at Kagome in shock as the young woman was starting to heal her legs, "I felt the same aura that was on Wendy making its way to you. If I had been a second late, you would've lost."
Lucy shook her head, "I can't believe they were going to cheat."
They started walking away then, taking Lucy to the old witch. Wendy had been worried when she saw her, but she was assured she would be okay.
The blonde turned to look at them, "I'll be back soon. I'm just going to take a shower first."
As they left the infirmary, Kagome told Natsu that she would go and check on the other team and let them know of Raven Tail's attempt of cheating.
The moment she arrived to their balcony, she took notice that Juvia wasn't there. She had a feeling it had to do with how she did on the event of the day. Laxus had caught her scent and was already looking at the entrance as she came in.
His eyes didn't deceive him. He knew he had seen an arrow going through the air towards Raven Tail's balcony.
"Fast thinking with your arrow," he said to her as she walked up to him.
"Well I couldn't let them do that. It was easy to pick up because it was the same aura I felt on Wendy."
Mirajane smiled at her, "Good thing you're with us then!"
Gajeel grunted as he crossed his arms, "Well it seems your daddy has a feeling she did something. He's glaring at us from where he's at."
Laxus narrowed his eyes as he turned towards the audience until he finally spotted him. True to Gajeel's word, Ivan was glaring at their balcony with deep irritation and anger. He subconsciously placed himself between Ivan's glare and Kagome, but she placed a hand on his arm.
He looked down at her as she shook her head, "It's okay. I've had horrible glares thrown my way. I can handle it."
He didn't like it, but he moved so she was visible again. He heard Gajeel snickering from behind him and he turned to him, an irritated look already on his face, "What metal head?"
Gajeel's smirk widened as he was sitting on the bench, his arms stretched out on the arm rest, "Never thought I would see you completely smothered by a girl."
Laxus' eyebrow twitched with irritation while Kagome rolled her eyes, "Says the one that can't look at Levy without blushing."
Gajeel started sputtering as a blush appeared on his face. Laxus chuckled as he swung an arm around Kagome as they continued to watch the matches. Mira could only laugh as Gajeel couldn't think of a reply, but it at least confirmed her suspicions regarding the iron slayer and their script mage.
Jellal the whole time, was quietly looking at Kagome. It seemed that the young woman held power that none of them had ever seen before.
Embarrassed wasn't a word that could describe what Laxus was feeling. He was unsure how Natsu's team was taking the lead while their team only had one point. It was irritating to say the least. Granted, Jellal had been sabotaged by a member of his guild because he was about to blow his cover, but still. It was ridiculous and it had left him in a sour mood for the remainder of the evening.
The bar where they currently were in, Bar Sun, was extremely rowdy as the celebration of Lucy's battle occurred and lifting the spirits from Team B. Cana, already plastered, was going on and on regarding Team B. Kagome was sure that if Laxus did not have her on his lap, he probably would've knocked out the card mage already.
As she thought back to them walking in and Laxus placing her on his lap without a shame, it almost had her blushing again. There had been various cat calls and whistling as they took in, from what it seemed, the newest couple of the guild. She still felt they may be going a little too fast, but it felt right altogether as he had a hand on her hip.
They laughed and they drank, to the point that Kagome started to feel drunk. Something that had not happened in a long time. It made her more bold with her actions and Laxus wasn't sure if he was happy with a drunk Kagome or terrified.
It wasn't until she was practically hanging off of Levy who also got extremely drunk because of Cana, that he decided to take her back to the inn.
"But Laaaxuuusss *hiccup* I waszn't done talkin to *hiccup* Levyyyyyyy…"
He rolled his eyes, "You're going to have one hell of a headache tomorrow. Let's go."
The drunk priestess outright decided to sit on the floor and cross her arms as a pout appeared on her already reddened face.
The buttons of her black blouse had come undone, giving anyone that was looking at her an almost full view of her breasts. He caught Macao staring and Laxus immediately glared at him. Laxus sighed with mild annoyance as he bent down and picked her up.
As Erza watched Laxus putting Kagome over his shoulders as the small woman complained, she walked up to the Master, but waited until they were gone.
"Lucy told me what she did," she said to the somewhat sober older man, "She's still an enigma to me. Do you think it's right for Laxus to be involved with her when she could possibly be leaving back to her world?"
Just then, Mavis appeared since Makarov seemed to be a little too distracted with his beer.
"I think it is amazing for Laxus to have someone," the young ghost said as she swung her legs as she sat at the edge of the table, "Whether it's for a little bit of time or forever, she's going to make a great impact in him. Besides, her power shouldn't be underestimated."
Erza nodded as she took in what Mavis said. Lucy, who had overheard the conversation, decided to chime in.
"I never thought someone could handle him."
Freed chuckled as he had been behind them, "You would've been surprised if you saw them during those three months. I am pretty sure Laxus enjoyed making her mad. I lost count of how many times she yelled at him and he was smirking."
Whatever Erza was going to say, she was interrupted when she caught sight of an old rival that decided to take Cana into a drinking contest.
It was going to be a long night.
She winced when she felt a bright light coming in through the window through her eyelids. As consciousness got to her, she could feel her head pounding. It almost felt like if Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were battling it out in her head.
She groaned as she grabbed a pillow and placed it over her head.
Laxus came out of the bathroom, as he was getting ready for the second day of the games. He was drying his hair with a towel as he shook his head.
"I told you to not try to drink with Cana. That's signing your death wish."
She removed the pillow away from her eyes so she could glare at him, but just as she was going to retort, she noticed all he was wearing was his shoes and his dark red pants. Catching the sight of his bare chest as she woke up with a hangover was not what she was expecting and she found herself blushing yet again.
He chuckled as he saw her reaction. He wasn't sure if he would ever get tired of seeing her blush. He went over to the night stand and grabbed a cup of water and two pills that were waiting for her.
"Here. Mira brought this over like an hour ago. Thought you would need them."
Kagome slowly sat up from the bed and that's when she noticed she was in her own pajamas.
"Did I change my clothes last night or…" she trailed off as she wide eyed looked at him.
He rolled his eyes as he gave her the pills and the water, "I did. Because you decided to puke on the way over here and you were a mess. I just cleaned you up as much as I could and changed your clothes. So, you may want to get in the shower after drinking those."
She groaned as she finished drinking the water with the pills. Leave it to her to puke everywhere again in front of her first…
"So, are we boyfriend and girlfriend?" she bluntly asked, completely forgetting the issue that Laxus had undressed her.
He blinked at her as he sat on the bed.
It took her long enough to ask…
He was thoughtful, "I guess?"
Clearly that wasn't the right response as her nose flared and her eyes darkened further. She took notice they were in his room and she shook her head.
"Look— I already know you're the type to have flings. You seriously cannot deny that. But I'm not that type of girl. I'm not gonna be your toy that you can have on your bed for when you feel like it and then toss me to the side. If that's what this is about then I want no part of it. I am not a wh—"
Her angry rambling was quickly muffled by his lips. Her eyes were wide and as much as she wanted to push him off, she found her body not responding to her.
When he pulled away he shook his head, "What makes you think I just want a fling with you?"
"Your answer…" her gaze lowered as she answered quietly.
He chuckled as he leaned his head on hers, "Honestly, you're my first girlfriend. I've never dated anyone serious. You said it, I've had flings. If I screw up, it's because I'm not used to this."
And that fear, that fear that she's had for years because of Inuyasha, spoke up.
"You're not going to run off if someone better comes along?"
He seriously looked at her. That insecurity of being second was showing again. He didn't like it.
He kissed her forehead, "Nope. Now go shower. Before I pick you up and toss you."
Her eyes widened and she quickly got off the bed. She rushed to the bathroom where soon enough, he could hear the water.
He sighed as he shook his head. When he did so, he noticed her bag was by the foot of the bed. A devilish smirk appeared on his face as he called out to her.
"Your bag is over here. I guess you're gonna have to come out and get it."
He waited patiently until he heard a thump followed by an annoyed shout.
"You are such an asshole!"