Everyone was standing outside in dance gear, there was an assortment of people in tank tops and crop tops, some people even wore leg warmers, Freed and Gajeel as well as the girls with long hair had their hair tied back. Makarov was standing on some logs and had a boombox lacrima beside him. "Fusion is easier for those who get along, everyone find a partner, but because Gray and Natsu have already fused I'm partnering them together." stated Makarov.
With that everyone found a partner, Lucy and Levy high fived, Gildarts was hugging a fairly resistant Cana, Mirajane held Erza's hand, Elfman teamed up with Evergreen, Wendy and Romeo smiled at each other while Macao looked on angrily and Wakaba placed a hand on his shoulder. Juvia stood beside Lisanna while Natsu and Gray bickered, Gajeel settled for Lily, and Laxus enthusiastically grabbed Freed. Bickslow and Kinana just cheered them on. "1,2,3,4" "5,6,7,8" Everyone was stretching and getting limber.
Their first activity was the trust fall, It went well for everyone except when it was Evergreen's turn to catch. "Eh Elfman I don't think I'm gonna be able to-" "Too late!" He interrupted mid fall. The woman yelped as she was crushed by the burly man.
The next exercise was rhythm games, Wendy and Romeo were off playing patty cake. Halfway through clapping hands with Lily, Gajeel whined. "Ugh Gramps, what does… playing patty cake have to do with fusing!"
"This exercise is to help you understand what it feels like to be in sync with fusion partners," Makarov informed. "Young Wendy and Romeo seem to be getting the hang of it." Romeo and Wendy giggled and laughed as they slapped and clapped hands, their bodies turned into wind and fire respectively which began twisting and dancing together. The two continued to swirl but utterly separated, Wendy and Romeo turned back and were sent to the floor.
"Ugh, what happened?" Romeo groaned as he rubbed his head. "I think we tried to fuse but… we're both still ourselves." she answered picking herself up.
"Good job for your first attempt children, it's usually easier the younger you are or stronger the connection." Makarov said as he walked up to the two young Fairy Tail members. Everyone then looked on to see Gray dip Natsu and pull him back up.
Ice covered fire and then exploded revealing Gratsu. "Mmm, Good morning everybody." he stated as he stretched and dusted some bits of ice off of his shoulder. "Ah, and it seems our guest of honor has finally made his appearance, fusions can use the magic of both components and even merge the magic of their components… Gratsu, how about you show us what you can do." stated Makarov.
"Mmm, all you had to do was ask." He said slyly as he walked over to some trees. "An Ice mage and a Fire mage, polar opposites I suppose. Would that be water? Steam? How about…" he talked to himself. Gratsu shot a blast of ice over a group of trees, as they punched holes through the leaves and barks the trees began to catch fire and burn the trees. "Ice so cold it burns" He finished.
Everyone stopped to look at Gratsu's attack, even Freed and Laxus stopped mid dance and they all watched in awe. "Is this the power of a fusion?" Freed said to himself. Gildarts began smothering Cana, "Oh I can't wait to fuse with my baby girl." "Let go ya dead beat." she whined.
Elfman began to blush a little at the sight of Gratsu, despite it being Gray and Natsu in there Elfman still had traces of his crush from the other day. Evergreen noticed his blush and smacked him with her fan. "Keep your eyes on the prize you oaf, you haven't forgotten that that's Natsu and Gray in there have you." she said bringing him back to reality. "Yeah I know but… he's such a real man." he replied.
"I don't care, our fusion will look ten times as better. Now a 5,6,7,8." Ever wagged her closed fan as she counted then made a running jump for Elfman to catch her. Elfman staggered and hurriedly tried to catch her. There was then the sound of crashing and a cat screeching.
A few hours later everyone sat on the floor tired and exhausted from dancing. "Wow Lu, Lule's celestial script magic is pretty strong." said Levy. "Erza, Mirza has some pretty long hair." Mirajane piped. "I'd probably be able to fuse if it were with my beloved Gray." Juvia sighed
As they all talked about their newfound fusions Asuka had walked down the path to everyone. "Hi everybody, whatcha doin? And why are you wearing those silly outfits?" the small child asked. "Everyone is learning how to be like Gratsu, little Asuka. But do your parents know you came here alone?" Makarov answered then asked.
"I'm not alone, my mom-daddy… moddy? Dammy walked me here." she stated. "Sweet heart, don't say Dammy." Said a voice coming from behind her. A tall androgynous person with long black and green speckled hair wearing Bisca's short shorts and Alzack's poncho walked up the path.
"Hi master, Alzack and Bisca tried their hand at fusion last night after they left… I guess you can call me Alsca." They smiled. "... Natsu is being dumb and is wondering if you're a boy or girl down there." Gratsu stated.
"Natsu! You don't just ask stuff like that!" Yelled Lucy, she as well as some other girls and guys in the guild grew blushes over their face in curiosity. Alsca smiled, they bent down to Asuka and covered her ears. After saying something in audible to the little girl many of their guild mates held shocked faces.
Alsca defused to Bisca wrapping her arms around Alzack's neck, smiling, and Alzack had one arm wrapped around his wife's waist. "Aw… Mommy, Daddy you're separated now. You were so tall and cool before…" Asuka whined. "But honey, if we stayed fused I wouldn't be able to kiss mommy now would I?" Alzack said devilishly as he kissed Bisca on the cheek.
"If we can get fusion down The Grand Magic Games 'll be a piece of cake this year." Romeo stated. "What's this about a Grand Magic Games?" asked Gratsu. "Romeo, what have I said about the games? After losing again and again we're not competing in them again this year."stated Macao.
"Oh come on Dad, the Tenrou team, our strongest wizards are back. Besides you're not master anymore, Makarov is." Romeo barked back. While father and son were bickering Kinana had filled them all in, "While you were all… eh… asleep on Tenrou a tournament of wizard guilds was established named the Grand Magic Games."
"The year I didn't participate they had a shooting contest." said Bisca. "And the year I didn't compete there was a race." added Jet.
"So the events change each year… good to know." stated Erza. "D-do you plan on staying like that?" Juvia kinda changed the subject as she looked at Gratsu.
"I don't know, I think i'll stay like this a little while longer, it's fun existing as Gratsu… I mean, neither Gray nor Natsu hold any romantic feeling, but this is fun, and they might as well try to get along in this form. And we do need longevity training as well as overall training." responded Gratsu. He looked down at his hands, feeling a mixture of things at his new state of being. "Then it's settled, we're going on a three month long training retreat." Erza stated defiantly.