The Battle portion for the first day of the GMG had begun as the first two guilds who are going to clash against another is Fairy Tail A team against Raven Tail, both having Lucy and Flare to fight against another.
"If Lucy wins, we should be doing well overall." Said Erza
"Show them what it's like to be a real man!" yelled Elfman
"she's a woman, you know" said Juvia with an awkward smile.
"be careful of anything that Raven gives ya!" shouted Gray, telling Lucy to be cautious of anything that Flare might pull.
Lucy hears her team's support as she smiled and her determination to win got boosted.
"Leave it to me!" Lucy declared to her guild mates. "I'm gonna win no matter what!"
"wow, never thought to hear such a declaration from Lucy" said Mira, hearing Lucy's declaration.
"she's revved up to tear Raven anew" added Gajeel while grinning.
Natsu with Mystogan stayed silent as they just watch the battle that is about to begin.
"Tear her to pieces, Lucy!" Makarov yelled, making a cutting motion across his throat with his thumb. "Show that idiot Ivan that Fairy Tail is not a guild to be messed with!"
"you can win, Lucy-neechan!" cheered Haruka and Haruo in unison.
Romeo looked over to Mavis, noticing the serious look on the ghost's face. "What's wrong, Master Mavis?" Romeo asked.
"What do you think this Raven Tail is really after?" asked Mavis
"They just wanna make fools of us!" Makarov angrily answered. "They're nothing but a nuisance."
"I hope that's all it is." Mavis said, her tone a bit wary.
"Mr. Yajima," Lola began. "I understand that the masters of Fairy Tail and Raven Tail are father and son, correct?"
Yajima nodded as he knows well just how the relationship of Makarov with his son, Ivan.
"although that really doesn't mean much if you're wearing different guild marks." Stated Yajima.
"Then why did you ask the question?" Jenny inquired.
"I was just trying to give our listeners some insight." Replied Lola
"Competitors, step forward!" shouted Mato as Flare and Lucy stood across one another. "You have 30 minutes, the first one to knock out their opponent or make them surrender in that time will be declared the winner and receives 10 points for their team, the loser receives none. If both combatants are still standing by the end of the round, both teams will be awarded 5 points.
"Blondie…blondie…" Flare muttered repeatedly with her eerie voice as this made Lucy feel a bit uncomfortable.
'I can't let her freak me out. Although, that's easier said than done.' Thought Lucy as she readied herself.
"Now if both combatants are ready, let the first match of day one…begin!" Lola shouted. A gong sounded, signifying the beginning of the match. Everyone watches the fight with anxious look to see how the first fight of day one will end.
"Who do you think is going to win, Lyon?" asked Cheria by her guild's team stand.
"It's hard to say." Lyon replied to her. "Lucy is a powerful Celestial Wizard, but there's still a lot of mystery behind Raven Tail."
Erza and the others watch Lucy with intent eyes as they were anticipating the battle's outcome.
"Ok, here we go." Said Lucy as she pulled out Taurus' Spirit key that let out a golden shine. "Open! The Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!"
"Mooo!" Taurus came out of his gate, swinging his giant axe at Flare who jumped out of the way.
"And Lucy starts things off in a hurry!" Lola shouted. "Summoning one of her famous celestial spirits!"
"Oh?" Flare tilts her head while looking intrigued.
"Scorpio!" Lucy yelled, summoning the scorpion Celestial sprit next
"We are!" Scorpio smirked before getting on all fours, his tail sticking out. "Sand Buster!"
A sand twister flies towards Flare who whipped her head around, as her hair move around like it was alive before it moved in front and block Scorpio's sand.
"What's this?!" Lola said. "It looks like Flare has a few tricks of her own!"
"That was quite an interesting maneuver." Yajima nodded.
"It has to be murder on her hair though." Jenny commented.
"her hair blocked the attack!?" exclaimed Elfman.
"magic that controls hair?" said Juvia with a surprised look
"I've never seen magic like that." Stated Erza with a sceptic look.
"Taurus! Scorpio's sand!" Lucy commanded.
"Sure thing, Miss Lucy." Replied Taurus as Scorpio's sand started to get sucked into his large axe. Flare's eyes widened as Taurus swung his axe once more, this time his attack amplified by Scorpio's sand. "Sandstorm Axe! Aldebaran!"
"aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Flare cried out in pain as the attack flung her into the air.
"What a move!" Lola shouted. "That last attack sent Flare flying!"
"using two spirits while pulling off a powerful attack" said Erza with a proud look to her friend.
"Nnngh, Blondie…!" Flare grimaced, her hair once again moving on its own before she landed on the ground and her hair formed a large red wolf. "Kami Kakushi! Rouga!"
"Her hair turned into a wolf?!" Lola exclaimed, nearly falling out of his seat. Lucy grabbed another one of her keys. "Open! The Gate of the Crab! Cancer!
Cancer appeared before he dashes through the Red Hair Wolf with his scissors.
"If you need a haircut, I'm your crab, Ebi." Said Cancer as Flare's attack and hair got cut into shreds.
"M-my hair…" Flare stammered before her eyes widen with anger "Why you!"
Flare stuck her hair into the ground, it soon emerging below Lucy's feet and grabbing her ankles.
"What?!" Lucy yelled as Flare flipped her around and picked her up.
"My red hair does whatever I tell it to." Flare smirked. "How's this, blondie?!" she slammed Lucy into the ground, the blonde grunting in pain from the impact.
"You're not the only one with tricks up her sleeve." Grunted Lucy before she grabbed her Fleuve d'etoiles whip from her waist and used it to grab Flare's arm.
"What are you doing?" Flare shouted as both she and Lucy spun each other around. They both hit the ground with a loud thud, the force causing them to let each other go.
Lucy sat up on her knees, giving Flare a defiant look as the crowd roared with excitement.
"These two are giving it their all in what is a very exciting match!" Lola said. "Father and Son guilds battling to show which is superior!"
"Although, I think Fairy Tail has more of an advantage in this match." Jenny grinned.
"way to go, Lucy!" exclaimed Mira, cheering for the blonde mage.
"didn't expect her to be this good." Added Laxus with a smile.
"Show her hell, Lucy!" shouted Makarov as everyone cheered for Lucy.
Lucy grimaced in pain, her body still sore. She looked behind her, seeing her tattered boots.
'Is that where her hair grabbed me?' Lucy thought as she stood up to remove her burned boots. "and I like these boots"
"My hair? My burning red hair?" said Flare with a disbelieving look. "T-that's all it did?"
"She's starting to lose it." Said Alexei upon Raven Tail's stand.
"Blondie!" Flare yelled, once again sticking her hair in the ground, but this time, Lucy was ready to dodge her hair the moment it comes out of the ground.
Lucy looked down at her feet, surprised that none of Flare's hair had appeared.
"Where did it go?" said Lucy
"Blondie…" Flare murmured, catching Lucy's attention. Lucy looked up, noticing a sadistic smile on the redhead's face. Flare pointed towards the stands and Lucy's eyes followed. The blonde looked at the stands in shock, noticing a strand of Flare's hair next to a smiling Asuka and the twins.
"As-!" Lucy shouted before Flare used more of her hair to cover the blonde's mouth, flinging her to the ground.
"Agh!" Lucy gasped.
"eh?" Juvia made a surprised noise as Gray heard it.
"what's wrong?" asked Gray.
"Juvia heard Lucy calling someone" said Juvia in reply.
"really? Who?" asked Elfman as Juvia shakes her head because of she didn't hear it clearly.
Flare stood over the downed celestial wizard, an evil look in her eye.
"Don't make a sound." Flare ordered Lucy who looks back at the Raven Tail Wizard while gritting her teeth.
'That's a cowardly trick.' Lucy hardened her gaze on Flare who tilted her head while chuckling.
"Don't make a sound. Don't use any magic. Don't move. You wouldn't want to disobey me now, would you, blondie?!" said Flare before whipping Lucy's waist with her hair. Flare laughed maniacally as she committed her malicious assault on Lucy, who was helpless due to possibly endangering Asuka and the others.
The violent whip like snaps of Flare's hair against Lucy's skin echoed throughout the arena, making those with weak stomachs cringe and mother to cover their children's ears.
"Lucy!" exclaimed Erza
"Why isn't she fighting back?" Elfman questioned. "They were dead even just a second ago."
"The hell happened?" asked Gajeel.
"This isn't looking good." Said Mira while gritting her teeth. "why isn't Lucy fighting back!?"
Natsu looks at the field before his eyes glows red for a second.
"What's wrong with her?" "Come on, blondie!" "Get your head in the game!" shouted the crowd
Flare once again picked up Lucy with her hair. She smiled sadistically at her, before once again violently throwing the celestial wizard to the ground.
"What happened?" Lola questioned. "These two were evenly matched just a few moments ago, but now Flare has taken the offensive, with Lucy showing no signs of fighting back."
"Augh!" Lucy grunted as she was once again whipped in the back by Flare. She sat up on her knees again, thinking back to Wendy, Gray, and the rest of her guild mates.
"I'm sorry everyone." Lucy grimaced as she had to lose for Asuka and the others, she clenched her fist tight before she felt a warm pulse coming from her right hand and a voice that echoed. 'call upon my power, Heartfillia. I shall aid you in your dire state' in her mind.
Lucy glanced at her right hand as a small golden glow emanated in her clasped fist, something was clearly in her grasp and she didn't know of it.
"ugh!" grunted Lucy as Flare lifted her up with her hair and her limbs that got restrained.
"blondie…blondie…" murmured Flare in her creepy voice while chuckling in seeing Lucy's current state.
'call upon my power, Heartfillia.' The voice echoed in her mind again as Lucy grunted from the tightening hair wrap.
"I-i…call you…" muttered Lucy before she got whipped by the face from Flare's hair
"I didn't give you permission to speak, blondie!" Flare shouted as she used more hair to wrap around Lucy's neck, nearly choking the blonde mage. "the only sound I want to hear is your screams!"
"u-ugh…ugggghh!" Lucy felt her source of air thinning as she was going to lose consciousness soon, but she pulled in all her strength into one point before she looks at Flare with a hard gaze and screamed out "I CALL UPON YOU! GREAT WHITE TIGER OF THE WEST SKY! BYAKKO!"
Upon her scream, the sky instantly darkens with dark thunder clouds before a tornado descended to the Domus Flau Arena and violently blows dust and dirt everywhere.
"w-w-what is this?!" screamed Lola as his hair was blowing off his bald head.
"what did you do, Blondie?!" shouted Flare before she hears a loud roar coming from the tornado as she sees a pair of large glowing sharp eyes appearing within. "w-what…what is that!?"
The tornado dispersed as it revealed the White Tiger Celestial Spirit of the Wind, Byakko who let out a powerful gusting roar at Flare.
"HUGE!" screamed Makarov and the others to see the large white tiger spirit while Ikaruga and the others look calm as they know of the White Tiger spirit that helped them get home.
"Byakko?!" screamed Elfman and Gray in unison.
"Lucy can summon one of the Four Great Guardian Beast of Lingyue?!" said Juvia with a baffled look while Erza was dead silent from the surprising appearance of the White Tiger spirit.
"t-tiger?!" said Flare in surprise before Byakko lifted his right front paw up then strikes down upon the Raven Tail Wizard who screamed, and a large dust cloud appeared upon the field.
Flare's hairs on Lucy loosened before unwrapping themselves as the blonde mage is freed.
Lucy takes deep breathes for her nearly oxygen-depleted lungs as she took a glance and sees Byakko pulling up his right front paw to reveal Flare who is knocked out on the ground from the single strike of the White Tiger spirit.
"down! Raven Tail Flare Corona is down! What a powerful attack from the White Tiger Celestial spirit!" exclaimed Lola as Lucy won the match with Byakko's help. "what on earth is that Celestial Spirit! It's so strong!"
"a single attack to end the fight" commented Yajima with a smile.
"I thought we had to look out for Fairy Tail B team, but their A Team has one powerful mage with them!" added Jenny with a surprised look.
"never knew that one of Lingyue Celestial Spirit chose to be with Lucy" said Mira with a grin as Byakko slowly vanishes into golden sparkles, leaving Lucy with an unconscious Flare.
"the White Tiger, huh?" said Gajeel with an excited look.
"if any of us fights her, I would say that we got a fair match coming" added Laxus, eager to fight one of the Great Four Guardian spirits of Lingyue.
Natsu looks at the field with a small smile as in his pocket, the golden octagon gem is glowing before it dimmed.
The crowds cheered for Lucy who looks extremely fatigued from her fight with Flare as she was grateful that Byakko came to help her.
"Lucy!" screamed out Gray as he with Juvia ran to the arena to get Lucy.
"Gray…Juvia…" muttered Lucy in a tired voice before she slowly closed her eyes and fell to the ground.
"Lucy!" exclaimed Gray and Juvia as they quickly ran to Lucy and picks her up.
"oh no! looks like summoning the White Tiger spirit must've drained Lucy of her magic!" commented Lola as the judges sees Gray with Juvia taking Lucy away to the infirmary.
"seems that the spirit's summoning was too much for her" added Yajima while nodding.
Meanwhile at a tower, a knight had watched the game with an interesting look before a soldier came behind him.
"Captain Arcadios, why are you observing from here?" asked the soldier.
"it has ripened" the knight replied, getting the soldier confused. "the matured fruit has ripened as it might be completed this year….just wait, Lord Zeref…"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
