Chapter 2

We made our way back to the guild hall for lunch. Wendy tripped a few times going down the mountain so I gave her a piggyback. She had fell asleep almost instantly so I carried her all the way back to the guild hall. Wendy woke up at the edge of the clearing and I put her down so she could walk to wake up a bit more.

"Thanks for doing that with me!" Wendy thanked as we approached the doors.

"You're welcome. Do you want to do it again tomorrow?" I said.

"Yeah. That would be awesome. Same time, same place?" Wendy answered.

"Yeah, that'll do."

I was about to open the door when we heard an argument break out. Something about the Grand Magic Games and competing. I shrugged and opened up the door. I stepped aside so Wendy and Carla, who was quiet for the entire trip, to go in. I walked inside and everyone continued arguing. I sighed and walked across to the bar. Makarov and Gildarts weren't there. Mirajane was working at the bar and as I sat down on a stool, Gajeel came up behind me.

"Why are you here?" he asked.

"I was training Wendy this morning. Don't you remember us talking yesterday? We only just got back!" I answered.

"Training Wendy, huh? You're probably not even a wizard!" Gajeel scoffed.

I had enough with Gajeel so I stood up and turned to face him with an unreadable expression on my face. Everyone else went quiet and looked at us.

"Do you want to take it outside, Nailhead?" I challenged.

"You're not gonna beat me this time, Blondie!" Gajeel accepted.

We hurried outside and we both took different ends of the clearing. I took off my pale blue travelling cloak and tossed it aside.

"When you're done with her, I want a shot!" Natsu shouted at Gajeel.

"That's if she wants to, after she loses!" Gajeel stated.

I sighed and got into a battle stance. Gajeel got in one two and someone in the crowd, probably Macao, shouted "GO!"

I watched Gajeel very carefully and it seemed that he was watching me too. I let lightning wreath my body and Gajeel looked taken aback. I rushed him. Using speed that wizards get if they're lightning mages, I charged forward. Gajeel looked surprised but recovered quickly, that is, until I roundhouse kicked him in the back of the head. He was out cold before he touched the ground. The guild didn't look shocked, except for Wendy, who must've thought that I was a sky or wind wizard. I turned to Natsu.

"You still wanna fight me?" I asked.

Natsu nodded eagerly. I sighed and shook my head, knowing that the idiot could eat the lightning to be a lightning flame dragon. He took up a battle stance and the power that I felt come from his was more powerful that Gajeel's. I took up my battle stance and Natsu grinned. I stopped the flow of lightning magic but Natsu's grin didn't falter. Once again, Macao shouted go and the second fight started. Natsu didn't waste any time.

He shrouded his hand in flames whilst shouting "fire dragon iron fist!"

Sorry to say but he missed. He spun around, looking bewildered. I smirked and once again, my body was wreathed in magic. Except this time, it was ice. Natsu stumbled back and I heard the sharp intake of breath from the audience. I flew forward, almost like an avalanche, and punched Natsu in the face. As he slid backwards, he tripped over Gajeel's unconscious body. Natsu struggled to get up and it was a pitiful sight. The Salamander and the iron dragon both lost in a one-on-one match against the same person. The same girl. Boy, they weren't going to live it down. Erza walked forward and re-quipped into her Heaven's Wheel armour.

"My turn!" she declared.

I nodded once and I too, re-quipped. I was now wearing the ice empress armour. It was a pale blue and white armour that didn't show off my stomach, it completely covered my torso. The arm plates went halfway down and didn't restrict movement. The leg plates went past the knee but didn't go all the way down. The dark blue boots rose up to where the leg plates ended. In my left hand was a long knife and in my right, a sword. Those too, were pale blue and white in colour. Elsa looked vaguely surprised but she recovered quickly.

"That's the ice empress armour, isn't it? Fitting!" Elsa said.

"Yes, it is the ice empress armour. I have others, but this is my favourite."

This time, Makarov said "begin."

We fought with our weapons, getting a feel for the other's timing, strength, offence, defence and agility. We both went into a overhead backhand swing with our right hands and our swords locked together with a metallic clang. The onlookers were shocked. No one had lasted this long against Erza in a sword fight.

"You're better than I anticipated!" Erza admitted.

"Comes with practice," I dismissed.

"Well, what other attacks do you know?" she asked.

"Watch."

I stepped back and jumped, so her blades wouldn't hit me. High above her, I made an "X" with my knife underneath the sword. I slashed forwards with both of them and magic flowed from my arms, through the blades and straight down, where it solidified into a perfect ice block. I purposely didn't hit Erza, who knows what would of happened, so the ice was next to her.

"You missed!" she remarked.

"I wasn't aiming for you," I shrugged.

"Blumenblatt!" she yelled.

"Re-quip!" I shouted.

As Erza rushed past me, I re-quiped into a different armour. This armour was revealing, but not so much that it was uncomfortable. It showed off my waist and gut but fully covered my arms. Instead of armour on my legs, I had a knee length skirt, pale pink in colour, and my chest, also pale pink, had lots of swirl designs over it. In my hands, I carried a black bo staff. As her swords came towards me, I whirled the staff in a circle, too fast for the eye to follow, and swept away her swords. Her eyes widened in shock.

"What is that armour?" she asked, breathless.

"Sky empress armour," I said in an offhand manner.

"Sky empress armour? That's been missing for years! How did you get it?" she exclaimed.

"I found it. I was at Mt. Hakobe, buried deep underground, in the ice," I informed her.

"In the ice? But how did you know it was there?" she pressed.

"I didn't. I melted the ice accidentally and I made a deep hole. I fell down it and there it was. Half in ice, half out. I melted all the ice off of it and I claimed it."

Erza nodded and got into a fighting position. I followed her example and we waited to see who would attack first. I closed my eyes, breathing deeply, and when I opened them, the world was moving too slowly. I could see every little action that was made. I rushed forward, the magic of the armour increasing my speed, and whacked Erza in the back with the staff. I flipped midair and launched myself at her. I swung the staff in circles, as fast as I could, in front of me and Erza side-stepped. Perfect. I turned around and as I did, I swung the staff like a bat but when my left arm was straight out, my right hand left the staff.

"Cyclone!" I shouted.

A cyclone left the staff as I finished my swing and it headed straight for Erza. She didn't have time to dodge. I hit her with full-force at a point blank range. She was down but not unconscious.