The inextinguishable Flames

A/N: So Hey guys! How are you doing! Sorry, this chapter took a little longer. Exams… you know the drill. Anyway, Altough This Chapter won't be the best one; it will be just kind of a 'Prologue' if you could say such a thing, to my next one. I've seen that many people have left a favorite, or followed the story , but not many have reviewed. If you haven't, please do.

Well, I won't keep you anymore. Today, Happy isn't here. He's kinda sick… So, I'm giving him the day off. Anyway, Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 6: The beginning of the games: Ice Maker magic put to the test!

It was two days before the beginning of the games, and the town had just been finishing its reconstruction. Everyone was still surprised that Natsu had been able to defeat Laxus.

Erza was walking up to Natsu who was setting the last details in the last building. Everyone was having a drink before the games and getting the wizards ready.

Everyone would be attending the games in Era.

"Natsu? You know… Before the games, would you like to… You know… Go out for that strawberry cheesecake?" She asked, nervously.
The people that were not in the guild hall, in this case Elfman and Mira, were watching Erza asking Natsu out, both Knowing that Erza had a soft spot for Natsu.

"Mira? Shouldn't that be you instead of Erza?" Asked Elfman, not remembering he was pushing the wrong buttons with Mira.

Tears came to Mira's face. Erza remembered how she had feelings for Natsu as well. She usually used to accompany Erza while she waited for Natsu during the 5 months he had not come home.

"Yeah! Why not? Tonight?" Natsu was asking Erza, whose face went from a bright red from embarrassment to its original color, trying to hold her enthusiasm.
"Yeah!" Erza said, grabbing Natsu's arm and dragging him across town.

Natsu and Erza were arriving at the finest café in town, as Erza ordered her normal cheesecake, and Natsu ordered a Coffee for himself.

Erza stared into Natsu's eyes blushing, and then putting her hand over his on top of the table where they were sitting.

"Natsu… I have something to tell you about. I… I… Have… Feelings… For… you…" She said, struggling to say anything. Natsu giggled, Erza looked at him, nervous. Natsu, looked at her and gave her a big smile and got up, getting close to her, he laid his forehead against hers. Her face turned bright red as she stared into Natsu's eyes.

Erza tried to speak to Natsu before he whispered to her.
"Erza. We're going to win this tournament, and after that, would you like to… Be together? Just the two of us I mean." Natsu said that, blushing for what seemed the first time in his life.

Erza started giving it some thought before moving towards Natsu and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"I'd love to." She said, before Natsu sat down again and the Man brought Erza's cake and Natsu's coffee.

Gray was running around the fairy tail guild, Screaming Erza's Name. As he found her with Natsu and got close, she turned around and launched Gray a Death glare.
When Gray noticed Natsu, he understood he was ruining the moment for Erza.

"I'm sorry, but Master Says that the wizards that will fight in the tournament, must go earlier." Said Gray.

"Sure, we'll be there in a bit." Said Erza dismissing Gray, who left before turning back to Natsu to continue talking to him.

(In The Guild Hall – 10 Minutes later)

Erza and Natsu were Walking together in the entrance of the Guild as Erza was grabbing Natsu's arm.
Everyone was surprised at Erza's display of affection with Natsu, something that he didn't complain about.

Master turned around to them and started talking.

"You two. Go prepare, the wizards who will fight must be there by the beginning of the morning." Said Master, before letting the two go.

As Natsu was already walking out of the Guild Hall in direction of his nightmare (The Carriage), Erza grabbed his arm and pulled him around town.

"I have to go to the Fairy Hills first, I have to go pick up some things before leaving." She said with a big smile.
Natsu complied and went with her, not wanting to leave Erza alone.

As Natsu and Erza were arriving in Fairy Hills, they noticed Mira walking out of the dorms.
Mira saw them and tried to held her tears, as she couldn't bear to see Natsu with another woman.

Natsu waved to Mira, who waved back with a smile, before tears started rolling down her face when Natsu ad Erza weren't looking.
Natsu and Erza went inside and entered Erza's room.

She started picking up some stuff as Natsu was sitting down on the floor.

"Natsu?" She tried to pick up conversation.

"Yeah, what's up?" Natsu tried to follow it.

"I'd like to know something. About this tournament. I Think that there will be very strong wizards, but if so, how can we expect to win this?"

"We'll win! Because we're Fairy tail! You'll see!" Natsu started shouting in excitement

Erza couldn't stop herself from showing a smile. She picked up her stuff and they went back to the guild hall to enter the carriage.

As Natsu and Erza entered, she punched Natsu in the gut, putting him unconscious resting upon her lap, much to Laxus and Gray's surprise.

(In Era – 1 hour before the beginning of the tournament)

All the contestants were entering the Arena for the presentation of The tournament. The Stadium was already crowded and The Fairy tail Members were already cheering with their flags, and when Natsu looked at who was there, he couldn't believe his eyes.

"GILDARTS!" Shouted Natsu, much to Erza and Gary's surprise, who didn't know of his presence.

Gildarts waved from the seat next to the Guild. He was there to support them, and When Natsu was looking around the participants, Natsu noticed, two hooded man in the back, one that Erza Recognized.

"Mystogan?" She said, looking at one of the Hooded man. Natsu was walking in his direction and past Mystogan and looked in the direction of the other hooded man next to Mystogan.

"It was you, wasn't it? The one that Casted law that day." Natsu's look turned serious.

"Yes, it was. I heard that you have grown quite a bit since that faithful day, I'd like to test that strength myself. Hopefully, we'll see each other in the final, Because I'd like to see Fairy tail doing well. "

Natsu was surprised at this statement, he didn't know who the man was, and honestly he didn't care, he just wanted to fight someone stronger than him.

Suddenly, the commentator got up from his seat and started talking.

"Good Morning Everybody! We'd like to welcome you the very first Grand Magic Tournament of Fiore! In these 6 Days of nothing but just pure action and brawl you will see the most powerful wizards of Fiore fighting each other!"

(In one of the seats)

A blue haired man with a red tattoo on his face looked to his side.
"Those men. The hooded ones. I sense powerful magic from both. Do you think they have some kind of connection to any Dark Guild?" he asked looking to an elder man sitting next to him.

"Sir Siegrain. No. The first hooded man is known as Mystogan. He's supposed to be a Fairy tail guild member. But the second one… He worries me… He might have some connection to a Dark guild for all we know. Keep your eyes open. Now if you excuse me, I have to join the commentator." Said Mr. Yajima.

The commentator continued talking for what seemed forever to introduce the tournament.

Then, two men came down to the arena, with dices on their hands. "The Draws shall now be done!" Said the commentator.

One of the men took rolled the dice twice. He got two Numbers, 4 and 3.
"43!" He said. The commentator checked his list before shouting.

"The first Battler will be the mysterious hooded man Akashi Ikeda!" The commentator said as the other of the two men rolled two dice.

"28!" he said, before the commentator checked his list once again.

"Now, Ladies and Gentleman, raise your voices, to your favorite Ice wizard: Fairy Tail's GRAY FULLBUSTER!"

(play - Fairy Tail: Mahoukyou no Tabibito Ost)

The other contestants walked out of the arena, leaving only Gray and the hooded Man named Akashi. Gray walked to him and extended his hand.
The mysterious man accepted and they started shaking hands before mysterious man spoke again.

"It is most unfortunate for us to have met in the first round. I was expecting the four wizards fairy tail has in the competition to go far." He said.

Gray felt insulted by this statement, taking a step back and getting ready to fight.

Natsu , Erza and Laxus joined the other Guild members in the stands as they waited for the battle to start.

"Master. The guy that will fight Gray. He's the one who casted law."
Master's face became white as rice.
"Already? Gray will lose." He said. The guild members all stared at Makarov, who was showing no hope whatsoever in his member.

Mira waved them off. "He appeared in the day Lisanna died and saved us. He's much stronger than you could ever imagine."She said.

(Stop song.)

(Play – fairy tail : Karyuu no Kenkakuu) "Are the combatants ready?" Asked the referee. As both wizards nodded the referee waved his hand down to the beginning of the battle.
Gray joined his hands to start his magic but before he could do anything, the man was already over him , and only with hand to hand combat, he started making gray a punching bag.

Gray was being hit so fast that most people couldn't see most blows. One last Punch sent Gray flying against the wall, that in the air joined his hands and created an ice shield to not go against the wall.

Gray finally understood what he meant. Gray knew he had no chance of winning. The man, with no intention to show his true power against Gray, he went running against him, surprising even the commentator.
"Again, He's using no magic! He's making gray a punching bag!"
One of the guests In the commentator spot was the sorcerer weekly writer, Jason, who started shouting. "COOOOOOOL" Onto his microphone.
Gray jumped towards the mystery man, shouting.
"ICE MAKE LANCE" he said before launching ice lances out of his hands, something that the mysterious man destroyed just by moving his hand sideways.

This surprised Gray, he finally understood how underpowered he was, and how big the gap was.
There were other Guilds watching and participating, in this case, Lamia scale, Blue Pegasus, Quatro Cerberus, and Phantom Lord, in this case, the strongest guilds in fiore along with Fairy tail.
Everyone was mesmerized at how Gray, one of the strongest Ice wizards along with Lyon Vastia was losing so easily.
The Mysterious man jumped before shouting "CHECK MATE! BEGONE!" He said before moving his hand before creating an explosion and making gray fall to the ground.
"And That's it! The victor is Akashi Ikeda!" Said the commentator.
The mysterious man went to pick up Gray, and helped him to walk back to the his guild mates. Master Makarov walked close to The mysterious man, and by feeling his aura, Master already knew who he was.

"No Way. I Thought… You were… Dead…" Said Makarov, struggling to talk.
"Well, I'm not master. I never were. What you saw was nothing more than an Illusion." He said before looking into master's eyes.

"I Told you back then I would leave to come train. I've been in a lot of places since then, and I'm finally ready. You'll see."
He said before walking away.
Makarov couldn't believe his eyes. One of the kids that he had met, was now a full grown man and one of the strongest wizards he had met.

Erza came close to Master and asked what was on everyone's mind. "Who was that, master?" She asked. "Edolas." He said.
You could see the confusion in her eyes. But as Levy knew about Edolas she stood up. "Wait, So you're saying he's one of our counterparts from edolas?" She asked. "No. He's from edolas, but I do not know whose counterpart he represents."

Natsu was struggling in his mind, trying to recognize his smell, knowing he had noticed that scent before, but he didn't know where. Master knowing that Natsu was 'Thinking' he came close to him and asked.
"what is that troubles you child?" He asked.
"His scent. I know I've felt it before. But where?"
Makarov kept staring at Natsu, who was struggling to remember what had happened.
They had not noticed, but while they were talking, half of the battles of the first round went by.
Laxus then came close to them.

"So, what did you think?" he asked, looking at his Guild Mates.
Everyone stared at Laxus, not understanding what he meant.
"You didn't see me? I Just Fought! And I Kicked that Guy's Ass, he was from Quatro Cerberus."

"Congratulations son. But we didn't need to watch as we already knew you would win." Said Makarov Trying to make up an excuse.

Natsu fought a little kid who thought could do magic, and ended up crying in the end, cheered up by Natsu, who gave him an incentive to become stronger.

Erza fought right after Natsu, but against Ichiya, a member of Blue Pegasus.
He got close to her and started smelling Erza.

"Sniff Sniff, Sniff Sniff. What great Parfum! Meeeeeeeen!" he said before getting kicked in the face and flying to the other end of the stadium, going against the wall.
Jason, the side commentator, started shouting.
"TKO! So COOOOOOL!"

Erza went back to her seat next to the Guild still shivering from what had happened.
Natsu got close to her and gave her a hug, surprising even Erza.
The commentator got up and started talking.

"Of the Original 64 wizards, after the preliminary round, only 16 remained, and by now, only 8 Wizards Remain:
- Fairy Tail's Salamander: NATSU DRAGNEEL!

-Fairy Tail's Titania: ERZA SCARLET!

-Fairy Tail's Lightning Dragon: LAXUS DREYAR!

-The Mystery man: Akashi Ikeda!

-Lamia Scale's Powerhouse: Jura Neekis!

-Quatro Cereberus's Drunken Fighter: Bacchus Groh!

-Blue Pegasus's Snow Prince: EVE TEARM!

- And Last, but not Least! Phantom Lord's Iron Dragon: Gajeel Redfox!

Combatants! Take your places!" The commentator Shouted.

All The Wizards started looking at each other. Realizing that this would be a difficult moment, in which Fairy tail had the advantage. 3 out of 8 Wizards were from Fairy tail, while all the other guilds had only one member. Everyone was appointing Jura the winner, since he was one of the 10 wizard saints.

The commentator rose once Again.
"The First Match of the Quarter Finals of these games will be…" The names started rolling.

"JURA NEEKIS!" He shouted, as everyone started cheering, and all the other wizards lost their composure. They knew that the one that Jura would fight, would most definitely lose right here.
The second Name stopped rolling, as Makarov started eyeing the match with surprise.
"AKASHI IKEDA!" Shouted the commentator.

"Contestants, please enter the arena, to commence the Carnage that will be this battle!"
In the stands, everyone was betting on Jura, they knew (or at least they thought) that one of the 10 wizard saints would win against a wizard whose power had not been revealed.
Makarov stood up from his chair. "I Pity him. He will lose now."
Erza walked up to Makarov before speaking again.
"you feel for this Mystery man? He defeated Gray."

"I never said that I had pity for the Mystery man. Jura is doomed."
This words made Erza quiver.

"But he's one of the 10 wizard saints…" She said.

"That matters not." Makarov said before turning to his guild members.
"If you wish to cash some money now, It's the time to do it children. Bet everything you have on the mystery man, trust me." Said Makarov with despair on his eyes.

A/N:
So! Did you Like the Chapter? I know you'll say that the chapter was kinda boring. I know… It had little action for my taste as well. But trust me. Next Chapter will Rock your world, have some faith, Ok? Didn't I deliver my promise in the battle between Natsu and Laxus? I Think I did. Hopefully you guys enjoyed that. Some people actually said they didn't, but hey, you can't like everything, can you?

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Next Chapter: An Epic Battle in The Tournament! A New Member in the 10 Wizard Saints!

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