Italics indicate thinking.

Bold is for attacks.

Diana's POV

"What the hell was your problem back there?!" I yelled "Yukino is our friend."

"She disappeared because she was weak." Sting smirked back "I didn't see you standing up for; you were too busy enjoying the show."

"Fuck you." I grumbled.

"I hear the young miss will be taking her place." Sting said walking off.

It just keeps getting better!

"Rouge, Fro is weak will Fro disappear too." The frog asked.

"Not while I'm here."

Are you absolutely sure about that…Frosch is right…no one is safe. Weak or strong, who cares…

I went back to my room, it was quiet without Yuki there…I tried to get some sleep but I couldn't even get a second.

*Boom*

"What's that?!" I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs.

"Where's your master?!"

"Natsu…" I paused at the top of the stairs.

"Kicked out because of one loss…so if I beat you then you get kicked out." He glared at Master.

He's here because of Yuki…

"Taking your comrades for granted, it makes me sick." He said.

"I have no clue what you're talking about." Master said.

"Don't act like you don't know!"

Master sent someone else to fight in his stead.

"Out of my way!" With one punch Natsu blew past and charged forward.

Natsu's first punch was blocked but he did connect with an uppercut. It was stunning Natsu was holding his own against Master like it was nothing.

"He's going in for the final blow." I mumbled.

Natsu was about to win when Minerva showed up and stopped the fight.

She's back…

She defused the situation, with the help of a hostage, and convinced Natsu to go home, but before he left he had one message.

"We won't lose to you, and you won't surpass us. If you claim to be a guild you take care of your fellow members. That's all I have to say."

He sounds so much like Kanji.

"I'm going back to bed." I mumbled.

This time I was able to actually get some sleep.

Friends…

Kanji's POV

Day three started off with the usual festivities.

"Send forward one member to compete in the contest round."

"I'll go." Cana said.

"Are you sure?" Mira asked.

"Where the hell'd Mystogan go?" Gajeel growled.

"He wanted a day off. Probably because Lahar is the guest judge today." I said "Good luck Cana."

Erza was competing for the other Fairy Tail team, Millianna for Mermaid Heel, Jura for Lamia Scale, Hibiki for Blue Pegasus, the magic draining wizard from Raven Tail, Orga for Sabertooth and some guy I didn't know from Quatro Cerberus.

A huge tower rose up from the center of the area. The challenge was to enter this temple and defeat the monsters residing inside. There were 100 monsters total each varying in strength. You had to exercise you right to challenge any number of monsters but if you failed to defeat that number you got no points.

They drew straws and Erza had to go first.

"I challenge all 100."

"Nice." I smirked "Good luck Babe."

"It's not set for a person to be able to beat that many." The pumpkin explained.

"I don't care." Erza said.

The following contest was spectacular. Erza cut through every one of those monsters. She looked stunning as she flew through the air slicing apart anything in her path.

"She's incredible. I'm so lucky." I said.

"Yeah…you really are." Laxus said.

"It's unbelievable! One person beat all 100 monsters! Fairy Tail A earns 10 points!"

After that they had a discussion and decided to use an MPF to rank the remaining contestants. Millianna went and got a decent number. Hibiki and the Quatro Cerberus guy just embarrassed themselves, as did the man form Dad's guild.

Orga stepped up next "120 MM Black Lightning Cannon!"

The meter shot up.

"Three thousand!"

He blew Millianna's number out of the water.

Then Jura stepped up and nearly tripled that number.

"Cana doesn't stand a chance." I said.

"Way to put faith in your team Little Bro." Laxus sighed.

"Hic! Is it my turn?" Cana said taking her shirt off.

"Oh dear." Mira sighed "This might be embarrassing."

"Alright then let's go!" Cana said throwing her arm up.

"That mark!"

There was a tattoo on Cana's arm.

"It can't be."

"Shine and Destroy the Fangs of Evil! FAIRY GLITTER!"

The resulting blast was blinding and when the smoke cleared the meter had been turned to dust.

"Fairy Tail finished 1 and 2 in this competition!"

"Nice Cana!"

"We're unstoppable!" Cana cheered "Cause we're Fairy Tail!"

"Damn straight!" we yelled back.

LATER

We started the battle portion. We had Tag Team matchups today. First was Millianna and some girl called Flannery, she used Fire Wisp Magic. They fought Wally and some other guy form Cerberus. Mermaid heel managed to come out on top. After that Rufus and Orga crushed Eve and Sho.

"Damn they got there ass kicked." Gajeel said.

"Our teams up next." Juvia said "Who's competing for us."

"From Fairy Tail B it's the terrifying strength of the Dreyer Brothers, Laxus and Kanji!"

"As expected,." I said heading out.

"Leave it to us." Laxus told them.

"No holding back." Gajeel said.

"And their opponents from Raven Tail…"

"You ready?" Laxus asked.

"This will be our only shot." I responded.

"Alexei and Lauren!"

Scruff's POV

"You can do it sir!" I cheered.

"Warren." Master asked.

"Everyone is all set." The man confirmed.

"I won't let them get away with this twice. This will be the boys' only chance to convince her to come back." Master said staring at the field.

"They'll do it." I said fixing my hat "They won't give up till they change her mind."

"The fights starting." Michelle said.

*Dong!*

"The old man's guild…" Laxus said.

"Come, Lauren." Alexi said in a deep voice.

The two wizards from Raven Tail dashed forward and kicked Kanji and punched Laxus. The two of them were getting their asses handed to them.

"COME ON!"

Kanji's POV

"What the hell is this?" Laxus asked looking around.

"Illusion Magic."

"It's well done not a single person has noticed." Lauren said.

"What's the point of winning with an illusion?" I asked.

"The goal is not victory; the illusion is but a smokescreen." Alexei explained "The result can be changed depending on how you cooperate."

Laxus and I threw our jackets off "We have nothing to discuss with you. Lauren just listen to us."

"Stop!" she yelled "I'm not your sister!"

"Let's just dispose of the rest and force her to listen." Laxus said.

"Do you think you could simultaneously defeat all of Raven Tail's Elite, one of which is your sister? Oh and…" Alexei took off his mask.

"Figures." Laxus mumbled.

"You know your own Father's strength well." The man said.

"Old Man." "Dad."

A stunned look crossed Lauren's face "Wait…we really are…"

"You should listen to your big brothers." I said.

"Ignore them." Dad said "They clearly didn't love you enough to come find you."

"That's a filthy lie!" I yelled.

Laxus grabbed my shoulder and shook he head "Just relax."

"Makarov will never open his mouth, so I'll have you two tell me, where is Lumen Histoire?"

"What are you talking about?" we asked.

"Don't pretend that he didn't tell you…you must know."

"Even if we did why would we tell you?" I said.

"If you won't accept the conditions, I'll just have your illusion lose…no that won't be enough." Dad said.

Lauren was on the side mumbling to herself "Everything Gajeel said…w-who am I?"

"You've always had such a roundabout way of doing things." Laxus said "Gramps kicked you out for a reason."

"It must have been a good one. Even if getting Lauren back wasn't motivation enough…"

"The Master's enemies are our enemies!" Laxus and I said.

"It seems like you two brats need to be taught a lesson by the Anti-Fairy Tail guild." Dad said.

"Anti-Fairy Tail guild?" we both looked at each other.

"We have mastered all of your weaknesses. Do you intend to go to war with us? I can release the strength my guild has been accumulating these past seven years!"

"Gramps already knew all that." I said.

"He had you investigated. Numbers, activates, funds we know it all." Laxus said.

"It was Gajeel!" Flare said "He was working both sides!"

"Even then Gramps didn't make a move…" I looked at him.

Some Months Ago…

"Are you sure it's okay to just leave them alone?" Laxus said "You said that they had information that could hurt the guild."

"It has been seven years and there has been no sign of that information leaking." Gramps said.

"Are you sure?" I asked

"Without a doubt." Gramps answered "He knows the risks of reveling that information."

"What is that information anyway?" Laxus asked.

"It's best if you two not know. Every guild has its secrets. As long as they don't make a move, I won't make one myself."

Back in the present.

"Maybe somewhere deep-down Gramps still believed in you, because your family and families don't fight." I said.

"Shut up!" Dad yelled making a huge ball of dark magic and throwing it at us.

"Don't!"

I got in a defensive position to block the attack.

"Sun Dragon's Solar Field!"

The attack stopped just short of hitting us.

"Family…shouldn't…fight…"

Lauren had blocked the attack and she fell to the floor.

"I knew I couldn't trust you…you little bitch…die."

Dad threw a tornado of paper dolls at Lauren. Laxus and I stepped up and blocked the attack with a lighting blast.

"I've lived in the shadow for all this time, all of it to obtain Lumen Histoire. You thought I didn't hurt your friends. There was no way idiots like that would have the information I sought! The guild, the city, Tenroujima I've searched them all! Tell me boys where is it! Where is Lumen Histoire?! Aren't you my sons?!"

We were starting to struggle to block the attack and protect the injured girl at my feet.

"Obra do it! Take away their magic."

"He's the one who hurt Wendy." I said.

Laxus bolted forward and knocked the man out in one kick.

"Scarlet Hair!"

"Needle Blaster!"

Laxus jumped back to avoid the hair and the other guy punched at me. I flowed in and out of his attacks till I saw my opening.

"This is for Gray!"

One punch and I blew the man away.

I felt Flare's hair snag around my arm "Gotcha!"

"Duck!" I pulled the hair and Flare flew into the hair "Lucy…"

Laxus blew her away as well.

"Sand Fake."

"You…"

"Sun Dragon Flash Kick!" Lauren teleported forward like light and kicked the man across the arena.

"Impossible! My elite force."

"We don't know what it is you're after." Laxus said.

"But if you hurt our friends…" I spat as we stalked forward.

"Wait stop…I…I'm your father!"

"Don't try and spin it like Family now!" Lauren yelled "Everything they said was true wasn't it! I was taken!"

"Don't do it!" he yelled.

"Our Family is Fairy Tail!"

We moved forward in tandem, one fluid motion charged full of lightning.

"And we crush our Family's Enemies!"

Scruff's POV

"What are they doing?" I wondered "how can they be losing?

Suddenly the entire field cracked and shattered like glass.

"It can't be…"

"It was an illusion!"

Laxus and Kanji were standing strong in the middle. The sister was on her keens behind them.

"He's the guild master! Alexei was really the guild master!" the announcer yelled

"The fight we saw was just an illusion. The ones still standing are Laxus and Kanji!"

"They single handedly beat Raven Tail."

"They're incredible!"

"First Erza and Cana, that guild's full of monsters."

Kanji's POV

We picked Lauren up and started to walk off the field.

"Where are you taking me?" she asked.

"You're all cut up." I said "We're gonna get you patched up and then Gramps will explain everything."

"You three." Dad mumbled "I may have lost today, but just know the Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's darkness. Someday you will see its true colors."

What is he even talking about?

"Hand over the girl."

"Don't even bullshit with me Lahar." I said walking past "Cheating in the games isn't a crime you have jurisdiction over."

Before I entered the infirmary, I heard the loudspeaker announce the next fight.

"Next up it's Lamia Scales Sherry and Sherria Blendy vs Fairy Tail A's Kageyama and Wendy Marvel!"

AN

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