After Mira's win against Jenny, the battle round continued.

"Now for the final match of Day 2!" Lola announced. "It will be Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi Vs…Sabertooth's Yukino Agira! It looks like we're moving on from the battle of the beats to one of the beauties."

"Who do you think is going to win?" Frosch asked Lector, the ever wide smile present on the cosplaying exceed.

"Yukino's gonna win of course!" Lector snapped at Frosch. "What are you some kind of moron, Frosch? How could you not know that already?"

"Fro thinks so too." Stated Frosch.

"Well we're in the lead right now, so we don't have too much to worry about," Orga smirked.

"Indeed." Added Rufus

"Yukino." Sting said, his tone serious. "Do you remember what it means to be a part of Sabertooth?"

"That I mustn't bring shame to the honor of our guild." Yukino answered.

"And how do you do that?" Sting asked.

"By winning." Replied Yukino

"Then go do it." Ordered Sting as Yukino nodded

"Yes." Yukino stepped out from the tunnel towards the arena center

"Make sure to do your best, Kagura-chan." The hooded member of Mermaid Heel stated to Kagura.

"Win it for us." Beth smiled.

"She's going against Sabertooth…" Risley said, her voice a bit wary.

"It doesn't matter who it is, Kagura's stronger than all of them," stated Arana with a confident look

"Be at ease," Kagura said to her teammates. "I have seen the path that lies ahead. I know where my sword must proceed."

Kagura with Yukino stepped into the arena where they face each other.

"ah! it is Kagura-neechan!" said Haruka with a surprised look.

"really?! Where!?" added Haruo while trying to get a closer view.

"you two know her?" asked Charla to the twins.

"yup! Papa once met and trained her before!" replied Haruka with a cheerful smile.

"trained her? In her swordsmanship?" asked Lily with a curious look.

"yeah! Papa said that she could surpass him and could be his successor to get Chiki one day!" said Haruo with a nod.

"if Natsu praise her skills that much" said Makarov while scratching his chin.

"she might prove to be a powerful opponent other than the members of Sabertooth" added Mavis as she can feel a strong aura coming from Kagura.

"Sabertooth is up," Gray said, he and the rest of team looking down at the two combatants.

"Watch her carefully," Erza said. "That is the guild that blocks our path to the top."

"Right." Lucy and Wendy said in unison.

"Most people may know Kagura from the Sorcerer's Weekly 'Best Female Wizards' list," Lola said. "And while this is Yukino's debut match, her being a part of the reigning champions, Sabertooth, should be all the evidence we need of her magical power. Who will come out on top in the final match?"

The gong soon rang as the battle begun with Lola shouting "Let the match begin!"

The two women stood across from one another, their resolve painted on their faces.

"May you fight well," Yukino said with a bowed head as Kagura looks at her before doing the same.

"The same to you." Replied Kagura

"Before we start," Yukino said. "It seems the previous two battles had wagers placed on them by their participants. Shall we do the same?"

"I am sorry, but things like that hold no value to me," Kagura replied plainly.

"Are you by chance, afraid of losing?" Yukino provoked Kagura

"I have no such inclinations. However, when I agree to something, I see it through to the end without fail. I never gamble for amusement." Replied Kagura

"Then shall we wager for something serious?" Yukino said, her tone growing heavy. "Like our lives?"

The entire crowd's jaws dropped in shock. All of them were taken aback by the declaration, save Sting who simply smirked.

"Does she have a screw loose or something?" the Mermaid Heel's hooded member asked.

"She seems pretty confident in herself," stated Risley

"If you are serious about taking this course of action, then it would rude of me to ignore you." Said Kagura as she got into a stance. "I accept your terms. Come."

The crowd once again fell into shock, this time at Kagura's acceptance to Yukino's wager.

"Well things have certainly taken a turn." Said Lola before gulping down some saliva in his mouth while Yajima hummed in an interested tone.

"Did they say they were putting their lives on the line?" Gray asked in surprise.

"That is a very bold wager to make." Stated Erza.

Yukino reached into her cloak, pulling out a golden Celestial Spirit key.

"It is by a cruel twist of fate that you were placed in front Sabertooth." Said Yukino as the key shines in a gold colour "Open the gate of the Paired Fish"

"She's a Celestial Wizard?!" Lucy shouted.

Arcadios who saw the scene was surprised as he looks baffled.

"there was another Celestial Spirit mage!?" thought Arcadios.

"A golden key." Kagura observed. "So you're just like the blonde Fairy Tail wizard from yesterday."

"Pisces!" Two fish, one white and one black, emerged from Yukino's key. They were hundreds of meters long, their speed astonishing as they rushed towards Kagura.

"so big!" Lily exclaimed in surprise.

"there's a celestial spirit like that?!" added Charla with a surprised look.

Kagura jumped out of the way of the twin spirit's initial attack, landing on her feet a few feet away. The twin fish charged her again, and once again Kagura jumped out of harm's way. As Pisces continued their attacks, Kagura continued to dodge, leaping gracefully from fish to fish.

"that woman is doing very well" said Laxus before seeing Natsu looking at the battle with keen eyes.

Kagura jumped from the white fish's body once more, this time landing on the black one's head. She ran down its body, her sword at the ready.

"You are quite skilled at dodging, but it's time I bring you down to earth." Yukino said, pulling out another golden key. "Open the Gate of the Heavenly Scales: Libra!"

Another spirit emerged from the second key. This one was slender woman with tan skin. Her dark hair was tied in what looked to be an ox horn style, and she wore what appeared to be a belly dancer's bikini top and skirt, a cloth bearing her symbol wrapped around her mouth. Small scales also hung from her hands, tied to strings dangling from her fingers.

"She can perform a double summon too?" said Lucy in surprise again.

"Libra, shift the target's gravity down," Yukino ordered.

"As you wish." Libra complied. She danced and a force overtook Kagura, slamming her down to the ground.

"Kagura!" Beth called out.

"What's happened?" Lola said. "It looks like all of Kagura's speed is gone."

"Don't tell me that Libra girl uses the same magic as me," Risley said in disbelief.

"That's the way, Yukino!" Lector shouted.

"Yay!" Frosch exclaimed.

"Pisces!" Yukino called out.

The twin fish once again rushed towards Kagura, who was now weighed down by Libra's magic. The fish collided, but when the dust settled Kagura was high in the air.

"Kagura's in the air!" Lola shouted. "How did she do that?!"

"She's so cool!" exclaimed Jason.

"She must have really strong legs in order to jump that high." Said Gray.

"No. It's something else." Stated Erza with furrowed eyebrows.

"Libra, shift her gravity to the right," Yukino commanded.

"Yes, ma'am." Libra nodded. She danced once again and Kagura felt another push. This one sending her flying into one of the statues overlooking the arena.

"Once again Kagura has been pulled by Libra's gravity change," Lola said.

"This one's over," said Orga with a grin. "About time too, I was getting bored."

Sting rested his head on his open palm a smug smirk on his lips.

"Yeah, I wish Yukino would quit toying with her already." Said Sting before chuckling a bit

"Pisces, finish her," Yukino commanded as the twin fish flew towards Kagura.

"Oh no!" Beth fretted.

"Calm down, Beth." Risley grinned. "It's not over for Kagura yet."

Just before Pisces attacked, they suddenly fell to the ground.

"What?" Yukino said with widened eyes.

"I-I can't move?" Libra said. Her body was being weighed down by an unknown force.

"Libra?!" Yukino shouted. She looked up, seeing Kagura now standing atop the statue she was flung into. 'She can use gravity magic as well?'

"Don't underestimate, Kagura." Risley said proudly. "She's the one who taught me gravity magic."

Kagura's gravity shift continued weighing down the three spirits until Pisces fell on top of Libra, immobilizing all three of them. Kagura jumped from the statue. Using her Gravity magic to slow her descent, she landed safely on her feet on the ground.

The crowd cheered at the display as they were amazed by the battle.

"In a spectacular turnaround, Kagura has immobilized Yukino's spirits." Lola commentated.

Kagura started at Yukino with a superior air running around her

"Libra, Pisces, come back." Yukino waved her keys, recalling her spirits back to the celestial world. "You're strong," Yukino said to Kagura, once again reaching into her cloak. "I never thought I would have to open this so early…The thirteenth gate."

"Thirteenth Gate?" Lucy repeated in shock.

"What is that, Lucy-san?" Wendy asked.

"I had heard rumours about a 13th zodiac key with a spirit that was supposedly stronger than the previous 12, but I thought it was just gossip. I had no idea it really existed." Explained Lucy with a surprised look as her body is trembling with both anticipation and fear.

The air around Yukino and Kagura grew dark and heavy as the key started to glow.

"Your luck has run out." Yukino said.

"Luck?" Kagura said. "Such a thing has been foreign to me since my birth." She grabbed her sword and dashed forward. "My life now has been due to the choices I have made."

"OPEN, GATE OF THE SNAKE CHARMER:"

"Only I guide my fate." Kagura said, as she began to narrow the distance between her and Yukino.

"OPHIUCHUS"

From Yukino's key emerged a snake of immeasurable size, its enormous fangs sending a chill through the spines of the spectators in the arena. Its body, oddly enough, appeared to be both organic and mechanical.

"That thing is huge!" Gray shouted as everyone looked at the towering serpent spirit.

"i-it's a snake!" said Wendy in shock.

"So this is the 13th spirit," Lucy said astonished as the snake spirit's size is nearly comparable with Draco of the North Sky.

"I never knew such a thing existed," said Makarov in shock as so were the rest of the guild.

Kagura continued charging ahead undaunted, gripping her sword hilt tightly.

"Fugutaiten. Battou" In a flash Kagura cut Ophiuchus to ribbons, her sword never leaving its scabbard.

"What?" Sting said in disbelief.

Yukino watched as Kagura continued approaching her, unable to speak due to shock.

"that kind of technique!" said Erza in surprise as she saw Kagura's move that has some similarity with Natsu and Ikaruga's.

Within seconds Kagura was upon Yukino, her eyes still as fierce as when their battle began. Yukino's will, however, had long since wavered.

"Your wager was a foolish one." Kagura said. Her sword still sheathed she swung upward, knocking Yukino off her feet and onto her back on the dirt. "There are times when even a mermaid feasts on tiger's meat,

The entire crowd was shocked, none expected the fight to be won by Mermaid Heel. Once more they never expected it to be won so decisively.

"T-t-the match is over." Lola stammered. "The winner is Kagura Mikazuchi! Mermaid Heel earns 10 points, and Sabertooth earns zero!"

"What an unexpected turn of events." Commented Yajima.

"Kagura is so cool!" Jason exclaimed.

"That's our Kagura." Risley grinned.

"I knew she would win." Arana smirked.

"Yay, Kagura!" Beth shouted happily.

Kagura made her way towards the tunnel, all the competitor's eyes now on her.

"that move of hers" said Laxus before glancing at Natsu who was looking at Kagura who walks back the tunnel to exit the arena. "was like yours…only changed"

"yeah" Gajeel agreed while crossing his arms.

'I…lost' Yukino thought surprised. "Sabertooth has been…"

Sting looked at the downed Yukino and the victorious Kagura, his teeth and fist both clenched in shocked anger.

Kagura stopped short of entering the arena tunnel before she turns to look at the downed Yukino.

"Your life…" said Kagura in a voice loud enough for Yukino to hear. "It belongs to me now. Understood?"

Yukino nodded, tears streaming down her face. "Yes."

"With the last battle of day 2 concluded, here are the current rankings," Lola announced.

1st Place: Fairy Tail A – 33

2nd Place: Fairy Tail B – 31

3rd Place: Sabertooth – 26

4th Place: Mermaid Heel – 15

5th Place: Lamia Scale – 15

6th Place: Blue Pegasus – 14

7th Place: Raven Tail – 14

8th Place: Quatro Puppy – 6

"Looks like there has been quite a shakeup in the rankings," Lola announced. "Fairy Tail A Team manages to climb to first place! And so is their B team! I believe that we're about to see the former number on guild regaining their title!"

"Today was certainly an entertaining one," commented Yajima

"Everything was so cool!" added Jason.

"And with that, we will see you all tomorrow for day three!" said Lola as he signs off.

"Bye-bye," said Yajima.

"They really changed it." Rocker said in humiliation as the newly named "Quatro Puppy" team stared at the leader board while Bacchus simply laughed.

"both of our team are in first and second place!" screamed Macao, and Wakaba in unison as the guild cheered.

"this calls for a celebration!" shouted Makarov as everyone cheered in agreement.


Night-time came as we turn our attention to the underside of a bridge where Erza is in a conversation with Mystogan or rather Jellal.

"For the past few days I've been sensing the magic we told you of, but it's faint. It's nowhere near as strong as it was the previous years." Jellal explained.

"What does that mean?" Erza replied

"There a few possibilities:" Jellal began. "Either the magic is connected to a person who may not be attending this year, they're not using their magic within the city, or perhaps they're aware of our watching them and they're hiding their presence."

"Do you think that's the case?" Erza asked.

"I'm not sure. Ultear and Meredy haven't been able to find an explanation for the sudden drop in power since the preliminaries." Stated Jellal

"all that matters is that we need to keep a close eye on Raven Tail" Erza said as Jellal nodded

"You're right." Jellal said.

Jellal put his mask back on and started walking away.

"I'll see you on tomorrow, Erza. After I do a quick survey around the Domus Flau" stated Jellal as Erza nodded while watching the man leave.

Erza soon went her way as she heads back to the inn.

"It's gotten late," said Erza while walking pass a street lamp. "Even all of the drinking parties are finished."

As she walks, she saw a shadow of a figure by an upper street as she turns and sees the hooded figure of Mermaid Heel

"at last! We've finally found you!" said the hooded figure with a grin.

"Aye!" said a smaller voice near the hooded figure.

"Who's there?" said Erza with a hostile look.

"You're always so serious, Er-chan." Said the hooded figure as this made Erza's eyes widen a bit.

"Er-chan?" Erza thought as she only knows one person who calls her with that nickname.

Erza slowly smiled as the hooded figure started to take off the hood in revealing herself as Millianna, the cat woman who was a victim of the tower of heaven.

"Millianna!" Erza exclaimed before the cat woman lunged towards Erza and gave her a big hug while in tears.

"I missed you so much!" cried Milliana to Erza.

"I've missed you too!" replied Erza as she with Millianna twirls around before both stands together.

"dizzy~!" said a small voice as from Millianna's hood pouch came out Happy, the blue exceed.

"aren't you…" said Erza with a surprised look. "that blue Exceed from Edolas!"

"aye! Long time no see, I guess!" said Happy while raising a paw up.

"since you know Happy, Er-chan. That means we are all long time friends, right!?" said Millian with a happy smile that Erza returned with hers.

"yeah" replied Erza before Milliana got her into another big happy hug.


Meanwhile, Fairy Tail is at a bar as they were partying for celebration on both teams getting second and third place on the games' ranking. While the group was partying, Natsu is outside as he was going on a night stroll with Ikki who is sleeping soundly in his father's arms, and Kiara who rides on his right shoulder,

Natsu just walks slowly and a bit quietly as he didn't want to make so much movement that would wake up his son from his peaceful nap. The father continued walking as he soon reached a garden where he sat down by a bench, Kiara soon jumping off his shoulder and to the bench.

The man looks at Ikki who is sleeping while unconsciously sucking his pacifier, Natsu smiled at his son as he sees his little hands moving around in somewhat of crawling like movement that made him chuckle.

Natsu patted his son's back gently while Kiara is watching the father and son before she squeals and looks to the side.

"you have been slacking off your training" said Natsu as he continues watching over his son while Kagura appeared behind him out of nowhere. "your intent is leaking your presence"

"forgive me, Teacher" said Kagura with an apologetic tone.

"I am no longer your teacher, stop calling me that" said Natsu as he sets Ikki on the bench gently as Kiara uses her fluffy tail as a makeshift pillow for the child.

"apologies" said Kagura as she closed her eyes for 3 seconds before opening them and looks down; her lips formed a soft smile to see Ikki who sleeps so peacefully while Kiara watch over him. "I see that your youngest child is growing bigger from the last encounter I have with him. and I suppose the same could be said of Haruka-chan and Haruo-kun"

"stop with that formal tone of yours" said Natsu as he sighs while having his eyes closed. "I thought your brother told you that a lady like yourself shouldn't speak in such high formal language? You might remain single for the rest of your life in the future with such a tensed up personality"

"that is nothing that could concern my life, teacher" said Kagura as Natsu sighs again.

"what do you want?" asked Natsu as he petted Ikki's forehead gently before going down to pat his little stomach gently. "I do not assume that you would come with your presence nearly concealed just to meet my youngest son again"

"I am prepared" said Kagura with a serious look. "to wield Chitetsu and be your successor"

"is that so?" replied Natsu as he disappeared and Kagura swung her sealed katana to her back. Kagura is face to face with Natsu's right hand that is in an outstretched fashion to her neck while her sealed sword is by his. "seems that you haven't been slacking in some areas"

"all for my sake of justice" said Kagura before she felt something touch her back as she glanced behind and sees Taka who appeared behind her while holding one of his hand talons at her back waist. Kagura made a surprised noise before she closed her eyes and let out a frustrated and defeated sigh.

The two lowered down their guard while Taka disappeared into sparkles, leaving Natsu and Kagura be.

"I retract my words, you have been slacking off" said Natsu as he walks past Kagura before sitting back down on the bench where he looks at Ikki whose little hands started shaking along with his little legs like he is doing something in his dreams. Natsu patted his son's head before he carried him up in her arms. "you will not wield Chitetsu nor will you be my successor. With such weak determination and skills, Chitetsu will devour you inside out"

"I wish to try again, teacher. I am ready this time" said Kagura with a stern look.

"no, you are not" replied Natsu as he patted his son's back before rocking him in his arms. "if this was in the scene of a battle or if you were facing an enemy who has no compassion, you would've not had the chance for another retry. Your life would've been taken from your enemy"

"I am more prepared, I have the determination and strength to wield Chitetsu, teacher. I am ready" said Kagura with a serious and sterner look that got blown away when Natsu glance at the swordswoman and a powerful aura presses down on her.

Kagura's legs shakes a bit before she fell to one knee and looks extremely tired as she started taking deep breathes into her lungs.

"no…" said Natsu as his eyes glows red while his pupils turned yellow reptilian. "…you are not ready. Not today or any time in the future"

Kagura takes in deep breathes as she started sweating before she gulped down her throat and looks at Natsu whose eyes slowly turned normal.

"if you believe that in your current state that you can wield Chitetsu, you are gravely mistaken," said Natsu as he turns to look away before getting up from the bench while Kiara climbs up his back to his shoulder. "you have barely touched your inner true potential….and you are still weak"

Natsu started to walk away as he left Kagura who clenches her left hand into a hard fist while she gritted her teeth hard with a defeated and frustrated look.


Meanwhile with Erza, Milliana, and Happy; the three brought their conversation to a nearby bench where they sat down together.

"and I got a big surprise when Lucy summoned that big white tiger! It was amazing!" said Millianna, recalling the battle between Lucy and Flare which ended in the blonde mage's victory thanks to Byakko. "she got really strong over the years!"

"yeah, I suppose so" said Erza with a smile as she is having an old friend reunion conversation with Millianna who told her everything about herself and what are Sho, and Wally were doing as the two were out traveling while Simon who she was told was the big brother of Kagura by Milliana is with her and Kagura at their guild town.

"your guild is full of surprises" Happy chimed in as Millianna nodded in agreement.

"thanks for the compliment" said Erza with a smile and let out a few chuckles to the duo who are like two peas in a pod.

"man…" said Millianna as she looks at the moon in the night sky above. "I thought our guild would win the GMG, but with Er-chan's strong guild joining in. we might not at all"

"aye, they're full of strong mages" said Happy in agreement.

"I wonder why you didn't reveal yourself on the first day?" said Erza with a curious tone.

"Well to be honest…" said Millianna with a sheepish smile. "I was going to wait until my guild won the games, but i couldn't wait! I wanted to see and talk to you as soon as possible!"

"my my" said Erza before sighing while smiling.

The two shared another reunion hug as they miss each other so much. After a minute, the two continued their conversation.

"I'm impressed with your guild members, they're all very strong individuals" said Erza with a praising smile. "especially Simon's sister, Kagura. She's a very impressive swordswoman"

"Kagura-chan is amazing! She might even be stronger than you, Er-chan." Said Millianna with a big grin.

"she might, huh?" said Erza with a confident smile. "we shall see about that"

Millianna snickers with a cat smile as Happy mimicked her.

"speaking of Kagura" said Erza with a pause before continuing. "she uses a sword technique similar to Natsu today"

"yup!" said Milliana with a nod as Happy nodded in agreement. "I don't know if you know this or not, Er-chan. But during the time you and your group were gone for seven years. Kagura-chan was trained by Salamander"

"really?" said Erza with a curious look.

"aye! She trained under him for 7 years and she got really strong with her Archenemy" added Happy.

"that sealed sword?" asked Erza before remembering how Kagura defeated Yukino without drawing her sword. "I remember that she never once unsheathed it during her fight against Sabertooth."

"That's right." Said Millianna "As the name implies, Archenemy is to only be drawn when Kagura has come face to face with our nemesis. The one person that we all despise so much that his very existence should be erased from our world"

Erza looks at Millianna as she sees such a dark smirk on her face.

"That sword was created and only to be used to take the life of only one man" added Millianna before looking at Erza. "Jellal"

"Jellal?" said Erza with a gasp


moments after Erza's encounter with Millianna and Happy. She is walking back to her guild's inn as she has a sceptic look.

'Jellal escaped prison years back, me and Kagura decided that we will take his life so that no one would ever be hurt by him ever again' Millianna's words rang in her mind as this made Erza frown a bit. 'we won't stop till he's dead!'


Natsu is walking on a bridge as he is heading back to the inn to put Ikki in a nice warm bed with his wife who he knew would already be asleep with his twins since it is nearly past 8. As he walks, he hears some noises coming from the inn where the guild is at.

"this voice…" muttered Natsu as he hears Lucy, Wendy, Gray, and Juvia talking with someone.

He got near the inn as his eyes glows red before he sees through the walls and through a small conversation of the group with Yukino who talks about her being kicked out of her guild after today's loss and that she wanted Lucy to have her two golden Zodiac keys.

Natsu hears the whole conversation to its end as he has an emotionless look. Kiara squealed to him as Natsu just stayed silent before he turns to see Yukino walking out of the inn with a bow before leaving with a suitcase in hand.

"Kiara" said Natsu with a small voice as Kiara looks at the man. "make sure to give her some comfort, alright?"

Kiara nodded with a squeal before she jumped down Natsu's shoulder before she scurried her way to Yukino who is crossing over a bridge and is walking down the street with the small Pop Fox following behind.

Natsu soon made his way into the inn where he met with Lucy and the others.

"oh, Natsu. You're back" said Lucy as she looks at Natsu who passes Ikki to Gray who holds him carefully.

"I got an errand to do, get Ikki to Ikaruga" said Natsu as he quickly left the inn and his confused friends.

"he was sure in a hurry" said Charla as the others nodded.


The night was quiet and calm in the capital, when an explosion occurred upon Crocus Garden's inn which has the occupants of the entire Sabertooth guild, all its members woken up from the explosion.

At one room, Sting was sleeping nicely for the night with Lector when the explosion rang out and woke the two up.

"What the hell was that?" Sting asked groggily as he sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes to clear his vision while Lector wakes up with a dazed look. Before long, Rogue with Frosch came into the room.

"We have intruders!" Rogue announced out loud to Sting who looks in surprise.

"intruder?!" said Sting before he quickly got off his bed and got his clothes on.

Sting with Rogue went down the hall of their inn with their exceeds following behind.

"Who'd be dumb enough to come at us like this?!" Sting asked Rogue.

"I don't know." Rogue answered. "But whoever they are, they must have not intended to leave this place alive."

The four arrived at the entrance area of their inn where they heard an explosion before a group of members of their guild went flying over their heads.

"w-what is going on here, yes?!" said Lector with wide eyes.

"enemy danger!" said Frosch while hugging Rogue's right leg with a frightened look to whoever is attacking them.

Sting with Rogue looks at their inn's front entrance where it was destroyed and some of their members were knocked out on the floor. Dust filled the entrance area before it slowly dissipates and reveals a patch of salmon pink hair.

"that?!" said Sting with wide eyes as the whole smoke blows away and reveals Natsu who has a dangerous hostile glare to the people in the inn. "Natsu-san?!"

"What's he doing here?!" Rogue asked aloud.

"where is Jilemma?" said Natsu with a dangerous deep tone while behind him are Enra, Tengu, Taka, and Seiocho. The Four Animal Spirits surrounding behind him while nearby were more of Sabertooh members that got taken out. "call him out"

"does this guy have a death wish or something?" said Orga while standing nearby Rufus.

"seems that he is ready to go to the afterlife" stated Rufus with a hostile look, remembering the pain that he got from the Fire Dragon Slayer on the first day event of the GMG.

Natsu started walking towards the crowd of Sabertooth members as some went to attack the man, but Enra and the others took them out in an instant.

"Jilemma, come out!" said Natsu in a loud voice and the man who is searching for soon came forth.

"you want me, brat?" said Jilemma in a deep bellowing voice.

Natsu stopped in his place as he sends a dark stare at Jilemma who looks down on the salmon haired mage.

"you kicked out a member of your own guild today" said Natsu with a dark voice. "you humiliated her to the point of breaking her own mind and just leaves her to be…you still call yourself a Guild Master?"

'Is he talking about Yukino?' Rogue thought.

'But that's got nothing to do with you!' Sting thought confused.

"Sabertooth is the strongest guild with its strong members, there is no place for weaklings in my guild" said Jilemma with no sympathy in his voice. "if you are interested, you can take in that weakling scum into your trash guild, Salamander"

Natsu looks at Jilemma as he slowly closed his eyes for 10 seconds and then snapped them open. A powerful shockwave pulse right out of Natsu and towards Jilemma who is covered in a violet aura that sends out an equal powerful shockwave that counters Natsu's.

The surrounding Sabertooth members backs away as the powerful shockwave between the two were clashing and causing the floor to crack and break.

"w-what power!" said Rufus while shielding his face with his right arm.

"they're not using any attack, but it feels like they're going into psychic war or something!" exclaimed Orga as the power of the shockwave is unbelievable.

"weakling trash? You treat a human as trash?" said Natsu as the battling shockwaves endlessly clashed between the two men. "you…you don't value someone who did their best effort for your guild"

"a trash is a trash, nothing else" replied Jilemma as his body muscles hardens with veins popping out, the power of his pulsing shockwave increases with Natsu doing the same.

"I knew that we wouldn't get along after our first meeting upon the regular Master meeting" said Natsu as the power of his pulsing shockwave increases even more before both men psychic clash cancelled each other out. Flames rages around Natsu's arms up to his shoulders before a dangerous and murderous glare is sent upon Jilemma. "now….i am sure that we will never get along for anyone's sake…"

"enough talk, scum" said Jilemma as his magic power rises, causing the ground around his legs to shatter and break while some small rock pebbles started to float up. "disappear from my sight"

"w-what is going on?" asked Frosch with a scared look.

"their power…Salamander and our Master's power are nearly rising to the limits in equality, yes!" said Lector with wide eyes.

Enra and the others watch the two men's power rise even more as the whole building started to shake before it stopped.

Silence entered the atmosphere before Natsu disappeared and reappeared behind Jilemma in a second. Natsu has his right flaming fist pulled back as he sends it right at Jilemma who blocks it with his right elbow.

A powerful shockwave blew out when Natsu's fist connected with Jilemma's elbow as this caused nearby Sabertooth member to get blown to the air.

Sting and Rogue holds their ground while Lector and Frosch clutches their paws tight on their dragon slayer' partner's pants in order to not get blown away.

"Interesting" said Jilemma as he pushes his elbow against Natsu's flaming fist, both struggling in power against another. "it has been long since I have received a good blow, brat!"

Natsu and Jilemma broke off their power struggle as the salmon haired mage got to the floor before he dives his legs up for an upper kick right at Jilemma's back but the Sabertooth Guild Master turns to the side, dodging Natsu's attack before returning with a powerful leg swing that Natsu blocks with his artificial left arm.

"Is that all you have?!" Jilemma roared as he swung his leg with more power and pushes Natsu off the floor and to the air.

Enra and the other spirits readied their weapons as they were about to intervene and attack Jilemma when they stopped to see Natsu landing on a pillar, the salmon haired mage squatted on the pillar's podium before he looks at his artificial left arm that has a deep dent in the area where Jilemma had kicked him.

Natsu looks at his artificial left arm before back to Jilemma who looks right back at the man.

"Chitetsu" said Natsu as the man holds his artificial left arm before detaching it from his left side then drops it to the floor below, the man soon grabs Chitetsu's handle while a flaming arm appeared on Natsu's left side. "have you ever feasted on a Tiger's blood?"

"no; but sounds very delectable" said Chitetsu with a cackle while Natsu slowly draws out the cursed katana from its scabbard. A dark aura emanated around Natsu as the man's face is slowly getting covered in black flame markings that spreads to the left side of his face.

Jilemma looks at Natsu before the man suddenly appears right in front of his face with Chitetsu directed upon the man's face.

CLANG!

A loud metallic bang rang as Jilemma blocks Chitetsu's blade with his bare right forearm that is somehow managed to block the cursed katana's blade while costing a few drops of blood that were sucked into the cursed katana's blade.

"hohoho, how interesting that there is a mortal that can withstand my blade" said Chitetsu while cackling as Jilemma pushes back the cursed katana before getting a flaming kick to the face by Natsu.

'He landed a hit on the Master!' Sting looks in surprise as so did Rogue. 'impossible!'

Natsu pulled back his flaming left arm before he sends numerous rapid flaming blows on Jilemma's face before slashing Chitetsu's blade on Jilemma that caused him to be pushed back while making drag marks on the floor.

Jilemma swung his right arm to the side and looks at Natsu who is in a drawing stance with Chitetsu's whose blade is erupting in black and red flames.

"die, Sabertooth" said Natsu in a dark voice as he swung the katana upwards that sends a flaming shockwave right at Jilemma.

BOOM!

An explosion occurred as the shockwave that came from the explosion caused a hole to be blown into the top of the inn, which could be seen by anyone strolling the streets at the hour.

Natsu stood in front of the smoke from his attack as he keens his eyes to see a woman with long black hair standing in between him and Jilemma with her arms spread out to the two while emanating a weird energy field.

"Minerva?!" Jilemma shouted.

"Princess?" exclaimed Sting with wide eyes.

"That will be all for tonight." Minerva said to Natsu, a superior smirk on her lips.

"Jilemma's daughter?" said Natsu while squinting his eyes as he is familiar with her.

"Minerva!" Jilemma shouted. "You dare interrupt…"

"If this battle were to continue you would have, of course, been the victor, Father." Minerva said to the enraged Jilemma "But in a position, such as ours, appearances are everything. Even though Salamander had provoked you first, you strike him down would only bring ruin to Sabertooth's reputation as this man is no ordinary mage after all."

Jilemma huffs while Minerva turns to look at Natsu as the man sends a dark glare at her.

"So what do you say? Will you give us the opportunity to save face?" asked Minerva before squinting her eyes. "I assume that you are a man of logic reasons, no?"

Natsu looks at Minerva before the markings on the left side of his face slowly disappears and the man soon sheathed Chitetsu away.

"pity. I was enjoying the taste of a Tiger" said Chitetsu with a cackle as Natsu gave a dark glare at the Sabertooth guild before he turns and started walking away to the destroyed front entrance.

Enra and the others looks at their summoner before they disappeared back to the spirit world, one by one.

"that brat may belong to a trash guild, but he has my praise in power" said Jilemma with a huff while Minerva smirks

"He certainly is an interesting one." Said Minerva. "but he will fall like the others"

Natsu hears her statement as he stops in his place before he glance at her. Minerva sees his glance before a powerful gust blew right towards her and the other Sabertooth members that came right from the salmon haired man.

"in life…." Said Natsu as his eyes glows red and turned reptilian. "….comrades of the same guild is the building's greatest foundation…"

Natsu keeps on walking away before he disappears into thin air.

'comrades?' thought Rogue of Natsu's words while Sting was shaking from his head to toe, the White Dragon Slayer having a smirk on his face.

'you're strong! You're strong, Natsu Daimou!" shouted Sting in his mind as he is excited to battle him.


On the next day, there's a big talk in the city where everyone is talking about the Sabertooth attack in their inn.

"Did ya hear what happened at Sabertooth's inn last night?" "Yeah, I heard they got attacked by someone from another guild." "You think one of the teams was trying to cheat?" "That has to be it. They were jealous and tried to get ahead."

Yukino walked through the marketplace, her luggage bag rolling on its wheels behind her. She caught hints of conversations here and there as she made her way to the train station. She stopped just before turning the corner towards the station, turning her head to look at the Domus Flau stadium.

"could it be…" muttered Yukino as she remembers last night when she was going to her temporary stay inn and had an encounter with Kiara who keeps following her to her inn where she stayed with her for an entire night before disappearing the next day. Yukino smiles before shaking her head. "it couldn't be"

Yukino soon heads off as she left the area.


at the Domus Flau, the crowds were in the usual cheering frenzy as the event of the day is starting soon.

"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to day 3 of the 7th Annual Grand Magic Games!" announced Lola as the usual commentator "As always to my left is my broadcast colleague, Mr. Yajima!"

"As always it's a pleasure to be here." Said Yajima.

"And our special guest commentator for today is the Captain of the Magic Council's Custody Enforcement unit, Lahar!" Lola introduced the captain of a magic council unit who nodded and smiled.

"Thank you for having me. It's an honor to be here." Replied Lahar with a polite tone.

"If you don't mind me asking…" Lola began. "What is a magic council captain doing guest commentating?"

"Well aside from being a fan of the games themselves, it is my duty as a member of the council to ensure the safety of all participants and patrons by making sure no injustices take place here at the games." Explained Lahar thoroughly

"A worthy cause indeed." Commented Lola before focusing on the event. "It's time to start the event portion of day three. Pandemonium! Let's take things to Mato, who is already in the arena center with today's participants."

At Fairy Tail B Team's stand, Natsu is in a group conversation with his team on who should be their participating member and it's decided to be Mystogan.

"you sure he can go?" asked Mira while pointing a finger at the masked Crime Sorciere mage. "he's wanted by the Magic Council, remember? And there's a Magic Council Officer just watching the entire game at the judge corner box"

"if he got his cover blown, who knows what happens to our team" added Gajeel while crossing his arms.

"I can cover that if it occurs" said Natsu to the group, the man wearing a new artificial arm. "we have to make sure that you have a moment in the GMG, you were already the center of the attention on the first day by some in Domus Flau"

"understood" replied Mystogan while nodding his head.

"I don't know what this 'Pandemonium' event is all about, but it might be connected with fighting or something" said Laxus as he glanced at the field where he sees Erza representing Fairy Tail A's participant along with the other participants that are; Orga, Ren, Millianna, Obra, Nobarly, and Jura. All the representing member of each team already arriving on the field. "and look at that. That Jura guy and that Orga guy are participating on this event"

"make sure not to get your cover blown too much" said Gajeel as Mystogan nodded before he turns to leave the stand and enter the field.

"Mystogan" Natsu called out to the masked man who turns before catching something thrown to him by the salmon haired man. Mystogan looks at what he caught as it is the octagon shaped golden gem that glows to him before he looks at Natsu. "that will ensure your identity is safe from the Magic Council member"

"I understand" replied Mystogan before he continued walking out of the stand and disappears into the hall.

"what was that thing you gave him? a gem?" asked Mira, catching sight of what Natsu threw to Mystogan.

"insurance from Lingyue" replied Natsu before he turns to look at the field and then glance at the judge's corner where Lahar is. Natsu looks at the Magic Council officer before he glances to the crowd area where he finds Doranbolt. "it's to make sure that they won't find out"

"they? Who?" said Laxus but Natsu didn't reply as he just looks at the ongoing event.

"Good luck, Erza!" shouted Lucy as everyone of Fairy Tail A team cheers for the Scarlet knight.

"Je-I mean Mystogan-san too!" exclaimed Wendy as she sees Mystogan entering the field.

"will he be okay?" asked Juvia. "there's Lahar-san on the judge seat"

"he'll be fine….i think" replied Gray with an unsure look.

"go go! Erza-neechan!" screamed Haruka as Haruo cheered on as well.

Ikki looks at the lacrima screen as he had a curious look at the event. Ikaruga smiles at her youngest son as she pecks his head before watching the event that is about to begin.

Erza looks at Mystogan who nodded to her, making her nod back before she focus on Mato who stood in the center of the participant's attention.

A loud rumble was heard as everyone looks up and sees a reverse position castle appears out of nowhere as it was emitting a rather dark feeling

"Wow." Millianna gasped in wonder.

"this is…" muttered Erza.

"a castle? But it's upside down?" said Ren as Norbarly wowed in seeing the upside down black castle.

"This is the palace of evil monsters…PANDEMONIUM!" Mato announced while hopping once.

"A palace of evil monsters….you say?" asked Jura as Mato nodded

Mato began explaining the rules to the participants and by proxy, the audience. The walls of Pandemonium housed one hundred monsters artificially created by the tournament committee that were split into ranks of: S, A, B, C, and D. D being the lowest. Each rank had a set number of monsters for it inside the castle walls. Despite D being the weakest rank, the monsters in that class were still strong enough to defeat a wizard of considerable power single-handedly, which was demonstrated by a D rank monster completely destroying a stone statue within the castle in one swipe. C rank was two times stronger than D, B two times stronger than C and so on and so forth in that order until reaching S rank – whose monsters were rumored to even be stronger than Wizard Saints.

"the role of this event is that the wizards were to enter the castle and decide the number of monsters to fight, but there is a catch where no matter what number they chose, the ranks of the monsters would be picked at random. This means that this relies on pure luck on which monsters you want to really face-kabo!" said Mato as this is an event that not any participant will get a chance in purely winning it by power.

"also the number of monsters a participant defeated contributed to that wizard's overall score. Once one wizard exits the next one enters, picking any number from however many monsters remained in the castle. Each monster defeated added one point towards the wizard's score, regardless of that monster's rank!" added Lola in the explanation of the event's rules. "However, if a wizard were to be beaten inside the castle, they would sit out the rest of the event with however many points they accumulated while in the castle. Also, a contestant cannot leave the castle until they defeat the number of monsters they chose or were defeated themselves."

"Does everyone understand the rules-Kabo!?" Mato asked while raising his index finger as the whole event's participants nodded in unison "Good."

Mato soon pulls out a small box filled with sticks that are sticking out of a hole in the top from out of nowhere then presented to the group.

"Now we'll draw lots!" said Mato while holding it up for the group.

"Drawing lots, huh?" said Ren as he pulled one stick out and got number four on the tip. Mato gave everyone one stick to pull out as each stick has a number on its end.

"eagerness can be the downfall on this event." Said Lily while crossing his arms.

"but you want to defeat as many monsters as you can in order to stay ahead of everyone, right?" said Charla as she has a point.

"this is a very difficult event" said Makarov while grumbling a bit.

The drawing lots ended as the first one to go first in the event is Erza herself.

"seems I can finish this event early" said Erza with a smile.

"Huh?" said Mato as he caught wind of Erza's words. "but the game is really determined by how well you pace yourself and your situational awareness. Finishing it early is a bit"

"No" stated Erza with a smirk "this event has ended the moment I got in first."

"What?" asked Mato in a nervous tone.

"I will take on all of the monsters myself." Erza declared. "I choose the number 100."

Everyone was starstruck of Erza's words while the two of Fairy Tail just smirked as they knew that this would what she will do

"But it's impossible!" shouted Mato, trying to reason with Erza. "Those monsters were created to annihilate a single wizard single-handedly. You won't survive!"

"I'll be the one to determine that," Erza said as she walks through the castle before disappearing into it

Erza soon reappeared within the Pandemonium castle where she stands upon the entrance.

"I am Erza Scarlet, I choose the number of monsters…" said Erza before her face went serious. "..100"

A loud rumbling echoed throughout the castle room as the large stone gate in front of Erza slowly raised. Slowly but surely a legion of one hundred monsters flooded the room. As monster after monster entered, tension began to fill the entire arena as everyone else watched on the lacrima vision monitors.

"that redhead is a damn show off" said Mira with an annoyed look.

"what? You do the same if you went instead of Mystogan?" asked Gajeel with a grin.

"of course I will!" exclaimed Mira while cracking her knuckles. "if I knew that it would be such an event, I would've gone first!"

"just be quiet and watch" said Laxus to Mira as they watch Erza surrounded by the monsters. "This should be fun"

The monsters surrounds Erza as her Heart Kreuz armor shines before replacing itself with the Heaven Wheel armor that is surrounded with many magic swords.

"Tenrin! Blumenblatt!" Erza's swords circle around her before they fly towards the monsters asone by one was destroyed in an instance.

"Erza starts off in a fury!" Lola announced. "Thinning out the D-Ranks monsters one by one!"

Everyone watches the screen as they see the number of D monsters slowly dropped from 33 to 25.

"Is she trying to wipe them all out?" Romeo asked.

"I suspect she's testing their abilities" stated Mavis as everyone watch the event "Gauging just how strong their defenses are and how they will react to her strategy."

Erza reequips into her Kureha no Yoroi as she slashes the monsters that were attacking her

"and just like that, Erza has slashed 5 C-class in just one hit!" Lola commented on the mic

A couple of C-class monsters came and fired fireball attacks on Erza

"Erza-san!" Wendy exclaimed in worry

"don't worry, if the opponent uses flames" Gray said as Erza appears out of the smoke while donning her Flame Empress Armor.

"that's right! The Flame Empress Armor!" said Lucy as Erza continued on her assault.

Erza summons weapons from her other armor sets while donning different armors as she take each monster down with ease.

"so strong as always, that woman" said Ren with a small smile in watching Erza fight.

"that's Er-chan for ya!" cheered Millianna with a big smile.

Mystogan had a smile under his mask as he couldn't be happy in seeing Erza dance upon the battlefield with grace.

"just like a flower that blooms…..Erza" muttered Mystogan as Erza takes down two B class Monster in one slash.

An A-class Monster came jumping in on Erza as it pulls back its massive right fist and brought it down upon Erza who summons her katana Benizakura and swung it upwards, cutting the monster in half

"By the counter, Erza has defeated 84 monsters," Lola said. "How long do you think she can keep this pace up, Lahar-kun?"

"Erza Scarlet is an exceptionally skilled wizard, easily a candidate for Wizard Saint Status. There is no doubting her fortitude and ability. That being said, this may be a situation where her eagerness will come back to bite her." Lahar answered before a loud explosion occurred outside the Pandemonium Castle.

A large hole appeared as the top half of an A class monster falls out the hole before disintegrating. Erza was seen by the hole as she is huffing her breathing

"It looks like Erza's on her last legs," Lola said. "But there is still one monster left for her to defeat!"

"all the monsters below A rank are gone, but…" said Gray as he looks at the monster Table as there is only one monster left.

"the S-class monster….what kind of monster is it?" asked Lucy with a nervous look.

"if the A-class and the other class monsters could give such a hard time for Erza-san….what hardship will she face against the S-class?" asked Juvia as the odds of Erza losing is 50% because of the damage she got from the lesser level monsters.

Erza jumps down to a stone bridge as she stood up straight and is face to face with a small black eye monster that looks like a spider.

"so, you're the S-class monster," Erza said as she summons two blades at her side

"That little thing?" "She's gotta be joking." "Maybe she beat the S-Class already." The spectator crowd chattered as they didn't believe that such a small spider monster is the S-class monster itself.

"Is she serious?" Orga said. "There's no way that puny thing is the S-Class."

"No, she is correct," stated Mato. "That is indeed the S-Class monster-Kabo!"

"come" Erza said as the small monster flashes and she was then transported to another area. Erza now stands in a large podium where she is face to face with a giant black armored monster that stood large over her. Not a second pass, and the giant monster went on the attack against her.

"This is why I told her it's impossible! the S-class monster was designed to have its strength multiplied by ten if it became the only remaining class of monsters-kabo" said Mato in a panic voice.

"so what with S-class?" said Mira with a smirk. "that redhead and I are S-class mages who eat S-class monsters for breakfast!"

Everyone watch as Erza attacks the large monster with fierce power.

As she becomes covered with wounds, the Fairy that should have fallen to Earth dances. Here is TITANIA.

The S-class monster slowly falls as it shatters and crumbles to pieces while Erza stands behind it while wielding a katana in her grasp.

As the S-class monster fell, the crowd cheered crazy for Erza who raise her katana up in victory.

"S-she did it!" Lola exclaimed in disbelief and awe. "Erza Scarlet has conquered Pandemonium by herself! She wins the event, earning Fairy Tail A Team; 10 points!"

The entire crowd cheered in excitement as Erza appears back into the stage

"That was incredible!" "How did she do that?!" "That's Titania Erza, right? Wasn't she Fairy Tail's strongest female wizard?"

"Looks like the crowd is still in a frenzy." Exclaimed Lola

"That was quite a sight." Yajima grinned happily.

"Indeed." Commented Lahar with an agreeing head nod.

Erza turn to the side and sees her teammates coming towards her.

"That was amazing!" Lucy said. "I felt like I was going to cry."

"Me too." Said Wendy while crying.

"You were incredible out there." Said Gray with a grin.

"you were truly amazing, Erza-san!" added Juvia with a big smile.

"It seems Fairy Tail possesses some worthwhile prey after all," Minerva said with a smirk while looking at Erza who is going back to her team stand with the others.

Now as for the rest of the participants, who didn't get a chance to be in Pandemonium. Mato has come up with a new little event for them.

"No need to worry folks," Lola said. "We have just the thing to resolve this issue."

As he spoke, Mato brought over a medium-sized floating object to the remaining competitors, with what looked to be a lacrima sphere on top of it.

"This is the Magic Power Finder or MPF for short," Mato explained. "Each of you will attack it and the point value that appears above the ball will be your score. Whoever has the highest score will be awarded second place and so on in this fashion until all of you have gone. I suggest using your most powerful spells to get the upper hand on your opponents, -Kabo!"

"Not the most glamorous way to end the contest," said Charla

"Well, what do you expect when Erza-nee blew everyone else out of the water?" Romeo replied.

"On the plus side, we get a small glimpse into the power of the other teams," stated Lily

"in the end, it became a test of power, huh?" said Ren while cracking his knuckles. "should've known in the first place."

"How do we decide who goes first?" asked Millianna with a raised right hand.

"We will continue in the same order as the Pandemonium event, -Kabo." Mato answered.

"Oh." Millianna said with widened eyes before pointing to herself. "I guess that means I'm first."

Millianna walked towards the MPF as she takes off her cloak to expose her underclothes.

"alright then!" said Millianna with a grin. "Here we go!"

"Kitten Blast!

Millianna uses her magic as she attacks the object and got the score of 365

"That certainly is a high number." Lola said with slight confusion. "But with nothing to compare it to, we can't accurately gauge how strong Millianna's attack was."

"Mhm." Yajima nodded in agreement.

"Please, allow me." Lahar said. "We Rune Knights use this same method in order to ascertain the powers and abilities of new recruits. That attack was indeed a powerful one. I'd say it was comparable to that of a squadron leader."

"You heard it here folks." Lola said. "Millianna has set the pace for this event. Let's see how the other participants will fare."

"Millianna's power really isn't in magical strength though." Beth commented.

"She might be in trouble here." Risley grinned nervously before seeing Nobarly stepping forward on the lacrima screen.

"Next up is Nobarly of Quatro Puppy." Lola said. "How will he measure up?"

Nobarly drew back his fist before punching the MPF with all his might. To his shock and shame, his score was only 124.

"Oh, that's gotta hurt Quatro Puppy's chances." Lola said as Nobarly looked back at his team in stunned shame.

"looks like it's my turn" said Ren as he adjusted his suit before hearing Sherry cheering for him which made him blush a bit. Ren got into a pose before air started to gather around his body. "Aerial Phose!"

A blast of air went right towards the MPF machine as the number of 498 appeared on it.

"aww. My score got beaten" said Millianna with a disappointed face as her score is in second place now.

"seems that Ren has got his rank on the first place!" said Lola as the girls in the crowd cheered, especially Sherry who went love gaga cheering for the man.

"Next up is Obra from Raven Tail!" Lola announced.

"the Raven Tail member who attacked Wendy and you, right?" said Lily as Charla nodded.

Makarov and Mavis briefly exchanged a look before looking back at the event.

The black creature leaped from Obra's shoulder, attacking the MPF with a shoulder tackle. A score of 4 appeared above the MPF.

"Was he just messing around?!" Gray asked, equally surprised.

"That can't be his real power, right?" said Lucy.

"I wonder." Pondered Erza while standing beside the blonde mage.

"Shouldn't you be in the infirmary?" Lucy asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm fine." Replied Erza

"That was certainly disappointing." Mato said. "Sadly, there are no do-overs."

"What kind of attack was that, Obra?!" Flare shouted from Raven Tail's stand. "Are you a moron or something?!"

"Silence, Flare!" Alexei scolded, frightening the redhead. "You know he mustn't show his true power in public."

"I-I'm sorry, Master." Flare apologized. her head tilted down in shame. "I forgot."

The scoreboard appeared as it shows that Ren was on top.

"I got number one, huh?" said Ren with a smile before Orga came and push him aside.

"We'll see about that." Said Orga as it is his turn to attack the MPF.

"Just listen to those cheers." Lola said as the crowd chanted Orga's name. "Sabertooth isn't number one for nothing."

Orga cracked his knuckles before cupping his hands, holding them chest height in front of himself. Electricity began crackling around him as a small black and yellow ball appeared in the space between his hands. Once the ball was about the size of his head, Orga shot it towards the MPF.

"Hyaku niju Mili Koku Rai Hou!" The attack struck the MPF with a loud zap. All were amazed to see a very impactful 3825 displayed above the MPF.

"Th-three thousand…?" Lola stammered.

'We don't have anyone that powerful among the knights!' Lahar thought in shock.

"t-three thousand eight hundred and t-twenty five power?" said Millianna in surprise.

"oi oi….isn't that a bit unfair?" asked Ren while nervously sweating a bit.

"What in the world was that?!" Gray shouted

"That was certainly an overwhelming display." Said Juvia

"He's even stronger than I thought," Lucy said with a whimper.

"Yes." Wendy nodded, equally worried.

"That's the way, Orga-kun!" Lector yelled as he and Frosch danced on the balcony railing. "Show them why Sabertooth is the best!"

"Yay!" Frosch exclaimed.

"looks like you got yourself a big challenger soon, Laxus" said Gajeel to Laxus who grins in anticipation.

"What else would we expect from the strongest wizard in Sabertooth?" commented Lola "Next up is the Wizard Saint, Jura! Will he be able to top the score set by Orga?"

"will Jura-san be alright?" Cheria asked Lyon.

"Don't underestimate Jura, Cheria." Lyon said. "Remember. he's the strongest wizard in our guild. Besides, there's something else we should be worrying about."

"Am I allowed to give it my all?" Jura asked Mato.

"Of course!" the mascot answered. "Use whatever you feel necessary-Kabo."

"Thank you." Said Jura as he stood in front of the MPF where he closed his eyes, tilting his head downward as he clasped his hands in a prayer-like pose. A rumbling was heard below, shaking the entire stadium as Jura's body emitted a yellow aura. As pebbles from the ground began slowly hovering around him, Jura opened his eyes. "Meido Fugaku!"

An enormous pillar of magical energy broke through the ground and shot into the sky, enveloping the MPF. Once the light faded, the MPF gave a reading of 8544

"W-What?" Orga blurted out, he too was surprised by Jura's show of force.

"he's a monster!" screamed Millianna, Ren, and Norbarly in unison to see the power Jura gave out.

"I knew it." Said Lyon

"Knew what?" Cheria prodded.

"Jura asked about using his full power because he was worried that his title as Wizard Saint would cause the tournament committee to restrict his abilities." Lyon explained.

"That was amazing!" Lola shouted. "We have a new record for the MPF and a new leader. There is no doubting why Jura is a Wizard Saint."

Jura bowed, a grin on his lips as the crowd roared in approval.

"Atta boy, Jura!" Obaba yelled from the stands.

"That was quite a display!" Makarov shouted in astonishment. "He and Gildarts would be a great match to see."

"And now we turn our attention to our final contestant, Fairy Tail B's Mystogan!" Lola announced as everyone's attention is to the last participant of the event who just stood by himself in front of the MPF.


Meanwhile at a nearby store, Ultear with Meredy were sitting by as they watch the live stream of the GMG by a lacrima screen.

"he won't get find out, right?" asked Meredy.

"I hope not" said Ultear before sighing as she wanted to know why he bothered participating when there is a magic council officer in the Domus Flau. "that man is so stupid"

"wait, what he got in his hand?" asked Meredy as she pointed to the lacrima screen that showed Jellal or rather Mystogan holding the golden octagon shaped gem. Ultear raised her eyebrows in curiosity as she is curious to know what the gem is for and why Jellal has such a gem.


Mystogan stood in front of the MPF as he glanced down to his right hand that holds the golden gem.

'I can feel a powerful aura coming from this gem, but I don't know how to use it' Mystogan looks at the gem as it glows in a golden color before he glances to Fairy Tail A stand where Erza is. 'but if it's for Erza….and for Fairy Tail….' Mystogan grasps the golden gem in his right palm in a very tight clenching fist as the item shines a golden flash out of the crevices between his fingers. 'I will use it no matter what and give victory for Fairy Tail!'

A large golden magic circle appeared bellow Mystogan before it expanded to the entire arena's field as this magic circle has four more circles within it, each showing the symbol element of 雷, 火, 土, and 風 that glows in the color of yellow, red, orange, and green in the ordinance.

"hear my call, the guardians of Lingyue. The Great thunder of the north, the Raging Fire of the east, the Shattering Land of the south, and the Gusting Wind of the west. Bestow upon me your strength to give victory in those in need!" chanted Mystogan as his eyes glow in yellow golden color while the sky above darkens from a thunderstorm that came out of nowhere. "I Summon you! The Four Great Guardian Beast!"

The thunderstorm became filled with lightning and thunder before a twirling hurricane came down upon the west side of the arena while the east side has flames erupting out of nowhere and the ground of the south side is breaking and shattering.

From the twirling hurricane appeared a pair of large glowing yellow eyes as the wind dissipated and revealed the White Tiger spirit, Byakko who let out a powerful echoing roar that sends powerful wind gust to the arena.

"waaaahh!" screamed the crowds as their hair flew up from the powerful gust.

From the east side, the flames erupted into a wildfire as the Phoenix Spirit, Houou appeared within the flames while letting out a powerful screeching squall.

"w-w-w-what is this?! From the west side, the white tiger spirit who was summoned by Lucy on the first day has appeared and this time it brought in a flaming bird friend!" exclaimed Lola on the judging seat.

"seems that it's a legendary firebird of immortality, the Phoenix" said Yajima while looking calm.

"what powerful summoning!" said Lahar before the ground upon Domus Flau started to shake and from the Southside, the shattering ground exploded and Genbu in his large tortoise form rises out while letting out a roar then blows out steam from his nostrils.

"amazing! Byakko, Houou, and Genbu! three of the Four Great Guardian Beast of Lingyue are on the field!" exclaimed Lily in seeing the three powerful Celestial Spirits.

"but why?!" said Charla as she is surprised to see the three large celestial spirits.

"I never knew that Jellal can do such summoning!" said Makarov in surprise.

"yay! It's Byakko, Houou, and Genbu!" cheered Haruka and Haruo in unison while Ikki reaches his little right hand out. Ikaruga smiles to her children before she looks to the sky where the thunderstorm rang even louder before a red tail appeared in sight.

"aaaahh!" screamed Lola as Draco's head descended right from the thunderclouds. "i-it's a Dragon!"

Draco spins his head around before he let out a roar that Byakko, Houou, and Genbu responded with their own.

"so loud!" shouted Gray as he and the others closed their ears from the loud roaring of the Four Great Guardian Beasts.

"my ears feel like exploding!" said Wendy while clamping her ears tight.

"Jellal can summon them?!" Erza looks at the field as she saw the golden flash coming from Mystogan's right fist.

Draco roars before electricity started to charge up within his large jaw. Byakko did the same as the White Tiger spirit has wind spinning around in a sphere in front of his mouth. Houou flaps her wings numerous times before flames charges within the immortal fire bird's mouth. Lastly Genbu let out streams of steams from his nostrils once again before the rock spikes on the back of his shell that grows bigger.

"i-i-I don't think that we should be staying around here-kabo…" said Mato as he with the other participants except for Mystogan evacuated from the arena in haste.

"strike it down! The four judgement!" shouted Mystogan as the Four Great Guardian Beast spirit charged up their attack to the next limits.

"Ten to Ji no Dai Sanji! Ōkina Shūsoku" roared out Draco and the other Four Great Guardian Beast spirit fired their charged-up attacks upon the MPF and caused a very destructive and bright explosion. "Komorebi!"

The spectators screamed in shock while the judges were trying not to get blown away from the explosion.

Once the dust cleared and the smoke died down, it revealed Mystogan standing in the center of the arena while the MPF was destroyed but left the number 9999 in its place.

"I-I can't believe what I'm seeing." Said Lola in shock. "The MPF has been completely destroyed. Not only that, but the score has been maxed out as well. Just what exactly is this guild made of?! After winning in both Pandemonium and the MPF events, can anyone stop Fairy Tail?!"

Mystogan raised up his right fist into the air as the crowd soon cheered for the masked man after such an amazing display of power

"yay! Yay!" cheered Haruka and Haruo in unison while jumping up and down.

"way to go!" cheered Jet and the others as everyone is happy for Erza and Mystogan got their team first and second place on the ranking board.

Fairy Tail B team watch their member as Draco, Genbu, Byakko, and Houou started to disappear into sparkles after they had finished their task upon their summoning.

"the GMG is so in the bag, right now" said Mira with a grin.

"right about that" added Gajeel while snickering.

1st Place: Fairy Tail A – 43

2nd Place: Fairy Tail B – 39

3rd Place: Sabertooth – 32

4th Place: Lamia Scale – 21

5th Place: Blue Pegasus – 18

6th Place: Mermaid Heel – 17

7th Place: Raven Tail – 14

8th Place: Quatro Puppy – 7

"now…." Said Laxus as he looks at the ranking board which shows Fairy Tail A and Fairy Tail B in first and second place together before smirking. "both of Fairy Tail Team are in the big league"

Natsu looks at Mystogan as he lifted his right hand up and the octagon golden gem appeared within his grasp.

"you should've used me instead" said Chitetsu with a cackle.

"shut up, Chitetsu" stated Natsu before he focuses on the arena as the battle round is about to begin

"Now with the events completed, we can move on to the battle portion of the games!" Lola announced as the crowd cheered.

On day three's battle portion, Millianna faces Quatro Puppy's Semas, gaining 10 points for her team. Sabertooth's Rufus faces Eve of Blue Pegasus, easily giving Sabertooth their points.

"now for the third match of the day!" Lola commented on the mic "Fairy Tail B, Laxus Dreyar vs Raven Tail, Alexei!"

"SMASH HIM, LAXUS!" Makarov screeches, everyone else cheering him on.

"Since the first day it's turned into a father and son guild showdown, huh, Yajima-san." Commented Lola

"Mmm." Yajima then turns the mic off and whispers to Lahar. "Lahar-kun, you brought along people from your unit, right?"

"Eh? Yes, regulations and such." Replied Lahar in a whisper as he sees such a serious gaze that Yajima have.

"Look out for Raven Tail. If there is any impropriety, stop the match immediately." Stated Yajima with a serious tone.

Meanwhile at the Fairy Tail stand, Makarov looks down on the field with a serious look before he looks behind him to Warren who nodded before placing two fingers to his temple and use his telepath magic.

"HQ here, Bisca, can you hear me?" Warren called out to Bisca who is sitting on the top of a nearby stone statue.

"No movement from master Ivan, over." Replied Bisca while holding her sniper rifle, but looking at the scope that is locked on Ivan. "team Rajinshuu + Lisanna, how about on your end?"

"Rajinshuu + Lisanna here. No conspicuous movements from Raven Tail's current location." Lisanna puts her binoculars down and gives a determined smirk. "We won't let things be like the first day, little Ravens."

"Just you try to injure Laxus' pride. We, the Rajinshuu, cannot make guarantees for your lives." Stated Freed with a very serious look.

"Ever says she'd like to go back to where Elfman is, so please give permission, over." Said Bickslow while sticks his tongue out.

"I DIDN'T SAY THAT!" shouted Ever.

"Ivan... " muttered Makarov with a dark look.

"START THE MATCH!" Everyone cheers as the gong is struck

The match was on the way as Fairy Tail cheered for Laxus only to stop cheering as they gasped in shock when Alexei went on a straight attack to Laxus who couldn't fight back

"These are raging attacks from Alexei! Laxus can't even lift a finger!" shouted Lola as Fairy Tail is in shock.

"No way..." "Just who is this masked guy..." The Fairy Tail members stare in awe as they see the battle rage on.

But they don't see Laxus looking down at the image of him on the ground, being beaten by the man who stands across from him. Two versions of themselves.

"What's the meaning of this..." said Laxus as he looks at the other him before to Alexei in front of him.

"It's a kind of illusion magic. The others around here can't see our real bodies, the ones that are talking right now. Nor can they hear our voices. Rather, right now they're watching illusions fighting." Alexei explains. "Well done, right? Not a single person has noticed. The spectators are watching a scene of that Laxus unable to even lift a finger."

"WHY IS LAXUS SO ONE-SIDEDLY GETTING..." Makarov screams, Warren getting in contact with all the mages they have spread around the arena.

"It seems you're admired even in the guild. I wonder what your friends are feeling right now, as they watch this." Asked Alexei with a curious tone

"Oi, oi, I don't understand your intentions at all. What's the point of you winning with an illusion?" replied Laxus

"Exactly. Our aim isn't victory. This illusion is just a smoke screen." Stated Alexei

"Huh?" said Laxus while bringing his eyebrows closer together as the conversation continues.

"Illusions are illusions. We can change the results however we'd like. Depending on our discussion, I can even let you win." Said Alexei with a chuckle

"There's nothing to discuss." Said Laxus unfolds his arms and drops his cloak, electricity flowing around them. "This has nothing to do with illusions. Right here, right now. I'll dispose of you and put an end to this."

"That's impossible," Flare speaks up from behind Alexei as she appears out of the sand with the rest of her team

"Reality sure is cruel..." Nullpudding adds.

"Even you wouldn't be able to simultaneously defeat all of Raven Tail's elite." Alexei points out, the said people coming up behind him. Giving them all a glare, he watches as Alexei takes off his mask. "And, one more thing... You should know of my strength, right. Stupid son."

"I figured it would be like that. Shitty pops." Said Laxus with a sigh while looking at his own father.

In the crowd, Makarov shakes in confusion and anger, watching his 'grandson' getting beat by the 'Raven Tail member'. Unaware of the current situation.

"Makarov would die before he opened his mouth and I'm sure that Salamander doesn't even know of it" Stated Ivan with a smirk before looking to his son. "But you're different. Let's have you tell us, shall we? The location of Lumen Histoire."

"What are you talking about?" asked Laxus

"You don't have to pretend... Makarov must have told you." Explained Ivan

"I really don't know..." said Laxus before sighing

"No, you must know." Said Ivan, the man looking like he wanted a right answer from his son.

"Well, even if I did, I wouldn't tell you." Replied Laxus while scratching the back of his head.

"Oi, oi... You're saying that you'd pass on a 'victory', even under these hopeless circumstances? If you don't accept the conditions, then... Just having your illusion lose wouldn't be enough..." stated Ivan

"You always did things in such a roundabout manner... And I know all about how gramps cut you out..." Laxus puts his hand out to them, lightning twitching around him. "Bring it, all of you at once. Gramp's enemies are my enemies, after all."

"It seems you need to be taught a lesson. About the strength of Raven Tail, the specialized anti-Fairy Tail guild." Said Ivan

"Gramps... probably believed in you, somewhere in the depths of his heart. Because you're father and son." Said Laxus with a slight soft voice to his father whose face got into rage.

"SILENCE!" Ivans screams, throwing his magic towards his son. Laxus holds them back as his father goes on a rampage.

"I'VE LIVED IN THE SHADOWS ALL FOR THIS DAY! ALL TO OBTAIN LUMEN HISTOIRE! You thought I didn't want to hurt you these past seven years!? I DIDN'T BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY AN EXPELLED MEMBER LIKE YOU WOULD KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LUMEN HITSTOIRE!" exclaimed Ivan as he fired endless amount of paper humans at Laxus who just defends "The guild, the city, Tenroujima, every place related to the guild... I'VE SEARCHED THEM ALL! EVEN SO I COULDN'T FIND IT! Where is Lumen Histoire!? Where is it! TELL ME! LAXUSSS! AREN'T YOU MY SON!"

Laxus blocks the attack before he destroyed it all with his lightning.

"I don't care if you're my pops or not, but the one who hurts my guild…" said Laxus before he made a dash towards Ivan with a lightning coated fist pulled back. "ARE MY ENEMY!"

"wha!?" exclaimed Ivan before he gets a punch to the face by his own son and got sent flying.

Flare and the others were about to attack Laxus when Enra and the other Four Animal Spirits of Lingyue appeared around them and takes them out instantly.

The illusion conjured up by Ivan soon disappeared as the dark scene that it was covering soon appeared.

"w-w-w-what is this?! What is going on here!?" exclaimed Lola while Mato went to Alexei whose face is now revealed as Ivan to everyone in the Domus Flau.

"It's Ivan! The Participant Alexei is actually Raven Tail's Master Ivan-KABO!" Mato exclaimed as everyone looks at Raven Tail with a disgusted look

"damn!" Ivan curses as he tried to get up but rock spikes rises around him and traps him as Jura who is by his team stand has a hand help upwards.

"since Raven Tail has been caught doing Foul Play, their rights to join the games have been revoked for three years" Lola said as the guards came and took them away

"Laxus, today is my loss," Ivan says as he gets taken away by the guards. "But... Know this much... Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's darkness. Eventually you will come to know... Fairy Tail's true colors."

Laxus watches as Ivan was then taken away by the guards and so was his team

The two then walked back to their stand as the next fight was about to begin between Wendy and Cheria from Lamia Scale

The fight went on as both girls use sky based Slayer magic that ended the match in a draw for both team got same points together.

"it was a great fight, Wendy" Cheria said as she reached her hand for a handshake with Wendy

"yes" Wendy smiled and shakes Cheria's hand.

"What a touching scene!" Lola whimpered happily. "A beautiful friendship born from a fierce rivalry. This is Lola Chapati signing off!"

"See you all tomorrow." Yajima said.

"Please be safe on your way back to your residences." Lahar said.

"But before you all leave…" Mato began. "Here are the standings for Day Three!"

1st Place: Fairy Tail A – 48

2nd Place: Fairy Tail B – 49

3rd Place: Sabertooth – 42

4th Place: Lamia Scale – 31

5th Place: Mermaid Heel – 27

6th Place: Blue Pegasus – 18

7th Place: Quatro Puppy – 7

8th Place: Raven Tail – disqualified

"we're going to be number one again!" Gray exclaimed as he, Lucy, Juvia, and Wendy high fived together in cheers.

Erza smiles as their road to victory was upon them already.

But unknown to them, a cloaked figure was watching the whole fight as tears were falling as the figure's lip quivers in sadness

The cloaked figure then leaves the arena before we see Mystogan or rather Jellal who had sensed the dark presence from the cloaked figure.

"that is him!" said Jellal in small voice as he went after the figure.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye