Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
Faith in The Purple Book, Unfaithful In A Love Triangle
Lucy woke up in her room that she shared with Yukino at the inn, and she had been trying to feel better about the new Darkness Magic that she could use. She felt the sunlight's warmth come down on her face, prompting her to smile as it reminded her of the day she had promised herself that she would become a stronger person. Today was the 2nd day of the Grand Magic Games, and Lucy looked determined to win again like she had done yesterday. Not only for her sake, but to show Sting that they hadn't trained so hard for nothing.
She wanted to make him feel pleased with her, liking her new talents, and Lucy loved to hear Sting be proud of her. He had even congratulated her last night for winning the first event of the Grand Magic Games, and Lucy had giggled a bit while blushing when he had also given her a gentle kiss on the cheek. She loved to know that Sting was supporting her throughout this tournament, and he would also help her out with the mysteries of her strange book of spells. Lucy did need his help with the Darkness Magic, after all, and he was a very insightful person when it came to seeing how her spells worked.
Truth be told, she actually felt a bit nervous about unleashing that type of magic again because of how it made her lose consciousness while the presence of darkness had taken over her mind. The spells certainly were pretty powerful like all the other moves in the other five types of magic, but at least they were controlled enough to not hurt people. She still could not fathom how the spells had managed to hurt the other competitors in the first event on the first day of the Grand Magic Games, especially when the event was about appealing with spells. She wasn't trying to be evil like Shelly, so what had happened?
The Darkness Magic had made Lucy's book turn purple because of Shelly, as the brown-eyed girl remembered while wanting to know why her rival would put such destructive power into her hands, and Lucy tightly clenched her fists while determination came into her cocoa brown eyes. She had guessed that Shelly had given her that new power to make Sting be a bit more freaked out, possibly thinking that the white dragon slayer would leave Lucy because she gained such vicious power, but Lucy knew that her boyfriend would never leave her side. Sting was loyal to her, and he always would be.
This type of magic did have a dark feel to it, as Aries had told Lucy when she summoned herself at dinner last night to tell the celestial wizard about what had transpired, and the pink-haired spirit told her owner that she was sorry for not being as powerful as the spells in the purple book. Lucy did not mind that Aries was not powerful, smiling happily about the fact that her pink wool was mainly used for defensive purposes, and the blonde mage was very glad that her Darkness Magic had the clever idea of combining a fierce offense with a fluffy defense.
Even though Shelly and the rest of Aqua Kyogre wanted to get their hands on that book, Lucy still found it strange that her black-haired rival had not just taken the book from her. She had quite a few chances to steal it, especially when she would be the stronger of the two in their battles, but Shelly had been hoping for Lucy to improve. She wanted her to have enough power to help Aqua Kyogre succeed with their goal, seeing her as the perfect contributor, and Shelly had even thought of Lucy as her younger apprentice when it came to Water Magic. Still, Shelly just had to push Lucy's buttons to make her keep on having such a fierce attitude.
Lucy put her thoughts about Shelly aside for a moment, however, and she still could not believe the luck that Fairy Tail had on their first day. Gray and Cana started off good in the first event, until something had messed with their chances of winning points for their teams, and Mira had gotten frozen solid in her match with Mizu from Aqua Kyogre. Elfman and Lisanna had to come down from Team Fairy Tail B's booth to pick up their older sister, and they had ran over to the booth where Team Fairy Tail A. It was pretty obvious to Lucy that they had made Natsu spend his time defrosting Mira, and it was also obvious that Aqua Kyogre was filled with people who were just as dangerous as the briny beasts in the ocean.
The blonde mage slowly got out of bed to see that the bathroom light was on with the sliding door closed, and Yukino hummed happily while taking a shower. Lucy thought that it would be rude to intrude on her like that to just greet her, and the blonde mage had a soft smile on her face while knowing that she could wait. She was still happy to be in the Grand Magic Games with Yukino and the rest of her new crew, prompting Lucy to happily dance around for a few seconds. She hoped that her new guild would win this thing, and she would definitely try to be a good contributor.
As she smiled with happiness in her brown eyes, going over to the window to open it for some fresh air, Sting exclaimed in a confident manner while entering the room with all of his other teammates, "Good morning, Lucy! I hope you're totally psyched up about today, especially since it's the second day of the Grand Magic Games! We won't have a repeat of last year where we got absolutely no points at all, and I plan to dedicate my new moves to you! I hope you'll like my strategies today, my sweet cupcake. This is definitely the first day of redemption for Sabertooth, Lucy!"
Lucy replied happily while running over to Sting to give him a hug of delight, happiness twinkling in her cocoa brown eyes, "Sting, you are the sweetest guy that I have ever met! You are so awesome, and I will definitely be rooting for you. I don't know what the event will be this year, but I know that either you or me can do well in it if we believe in ourselves and go forth with unyielding determination. After all, that's what a winning team is all about. Besides, we are not alone in this. The rest of our team is going to help Sabertooth win, and we'll all work together while our hearts beat as one!"
While Lucy got the purple spell book out of the bottom drawer of the nearby brown dresser, she blushed a bit from hearing her stomach growl loudly once again. If her feelings were talking to Sting, then her stomach could do it as well. He chuckled a bit from hearing her belly bark, but Sting knew that it was natural for his girlfriend to now have an appetite. She had absorbed Earth Dragon Slayer Magic in the Desert Resort, you know, and that probably made Lucy have the giant appetite of a dragon slayer as well. That would certainly help when she needed to restore her energy, though.
She had also made a green tornado of wind surround only her body while the wind helped her changed clothes, censoring her body for a few moments, and the tornado quickly vanished to reveal Lucy's new outfit. She wore a simple orange T-shirt with a purple miniskirt, and her flat shoes were blue. She always was pretty fashionable, and Sting smiled at her choice of colors. As her stomach growled once more for food, Lucy ran out of the room with everyone else while knowing that Yukino would catch up with them when she was finished with her shower. Even though Lucy had not bathed yet, she still put on some strawberry perfume to maintain her sweet smell.
Meanwhile...
In his room at the inn where Fairy Tail was staying, Natsu had been sleeping soundly while looking very peaceful. He had seemed to be having a good dream, even though Erza made him sleep away from Lisanna to avoid any possibilities of betrayal while they were on opposite teams in the tournament, and Natsu did not even mind that he was alone in the cold bed. It felt so soothing to him, the cold air from last night entering his room, and the fire dragon slayer had only slept with the white bed sheets covering his body.
He had been using his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic to heat himself up, though, and the way that Natsu blushed while letting out a few upward thrusts was enough to let anyone know where his dreams had taken him. Natsu did not share his room with anyone, since the innkeeper told Makarov that a certain teal-haired girl had reserved a single suite for Natsu to be alone, and Erza saw no problem with it because that would keep him from being noisy or causing a loud ruckus that could possibly wake up everyone in the entire city of Crocus.
His clothes were on the floor, meaning that he had simply slept bare, and Natsu continued to blush while being infatuated with his dream. He did not even hear that the shower had been running, nor did he hear someone turn off the water when they were finished taking a bath. Who in the world would want to be in Natsu's bathroom, even though a single and reserved bathroom had more advantages? Just because there was a hot tub with bubbling water in the bathroom, coupled with many shampoo bottles, who would bother going from their own bathroom to visit the room of a jerk like Natsu?
As the sliding door slowly opened, the sound of wet feet walking on the carpet had made Natsu's ears perk up while the smell of blackberry perfume had begun to the reach the nostrils of the pink-haired male. He turned over on the bed, slowly opening his eyes, and the tan male felt like he was dreaming when he saw the beautiful sight in front of him. Marina had a seductive smirk on her face while she was blushing a light shade of pink, the blue towel around her body making her breasts look incredibly gorgeous, as Natsu could see the upper halves of them above where the towel had censored his mistress with the task of manipulation and espionage.
The fire dragon slayer could feel himself getting fired up, blushing as he was now reaching the point of arousal, and his eyes were focused on Marina's hips swaying in a sexy manner while she walked towards the bed. She giggled softly while her green eyes met Natsu's gaze, and Marina let the drops of water expand on her body to make herself be wet all over. She slipped out of the blue towel, now being in the nude while the cold air was giving soft kisses to her skin, and Marina got into the bed with Natsu to get him more awake than he already was.
"Rise and shine, Natsu. You wouldn't want to miss the second day of the Grand Magic Games, especially since your team really needs the redemption to keep up with everyone else. I'm also sure that you would not want to lose to Lucy in a battle, either, so you better get up and get breakfast. If you're not feeling competitive, though, we could just stay here and have a good morning in bed." Marina told Natsu in a kind tone while letting her body push against his as they laid together, her cold and wet breasts pushing against his hot chest while she let her hands rub his abs and go downward to rub something that was very warm.
He replied in a loving manner while looking into her eyes, moaning softly as her hands moved to his back, "I really don't want to miss the battles, Marina, and you were so sweet to wake me up. I'm glad that you finally showed up, since I've been looking all over for you, and it feels great to have you rub my body like this. Let's just stay in bed for a few more moments, though, and I'll enjoy the fact that we're together right now. Things have gone well with Lisanna, and I know that you'll make a big surprise for our anniversary. Next time, though, let's shower together."
Marina could tell that Natsu was still putting his trust in her, falling in a lustful love with her like she was a beautiful mistress, and the teal-haired girl took one of hands in hers before she gave him a soft kiss on the lips while rubbing his warm back. She was glad to be playing him like this, making him put aside the thought of Lisanna, and Marina let Natsu get on top of her while she spread her legs to reveal the way in for him. As Natsu's own heat made him sweat, causing him to look so fired up when he was about to gently thrust into her like when they were once in bed together at Marina's dorm room in Fairy Hills, a soft knock on the door stopped the steamy scene.
Natsu told Marina to hide under the covers while he did not even bother getting dressed, thinking that it was just Erza wanting to make him wake up now, and Natsu went to open the door while Marina sunk down into the wetness of the bed sheets to move through the water. Even touching the tiniest puddle of water was useful for members of Aqua Kyogre to get around, especially since they were all taught how to use Water Body, and let's just say that Marina's status as a double agent was definitely going to be known in this tournament. While she had fled, Natsu quickly opened the door to see Lisanna smiling at him.
The white-haired mage blushed pink from seeing her boyfriend open the door, noting that he was not wearing any clothes, and she gasped in shock from the fact that a certain part of him had grown in size and length. However, she also let her blue eyes observe the fact that it was shrinking while he stared at her with a curious facial expression. That sure made Lisanna gasp in shock while also making her think that Natsu was losing his romantic interest in her, and the youngest Strauss sibling could only assume what she had feared the most.
Her boyfriend had asked her about why she had come to see him, but Lisanna did not even get to reply before Natsu had also asked her if she was ready to help Fairy Tail kick Lucy's butt today. Hearing the blonde mage's name once again had made Lisanna think that Natsu was trying to get her back, especially because of how he said that he would compete in the event today if Sting was in it as well, and the pink-haired male also let Lisanna know that he would beat Sting down in front of Lucy to show her that her supposed betrayal of Fairy Tail would come with punishment. He would also enjoy seeing Lucy cry, too. Really, how could he say she betrayed the guild when he made everyone be on his side in the beginning of all this? Also, wasn't he a total jerk to want his ex to be feeling sad?
As Natsu realized that people might see him, he slammed the door in Lisanna's face to have some privacy while he got dressed for the second day of the Grand Magic Games. The blue-eyed mage felt hurt by what Natsu had said, acting like today was the day where Lucy was supposed to be depressed, and Lisanna hated how he was now focused on beating Lucy. She had even looked worried while imagining Natsu's plan of being strong to make Lucy want him, despite knowing that Lucy deeply hated the fire dragon slayer, and Natsu's desires involving Lucy meant that Lisanna had to keep more of a close eye on him. Also, she certainly did feel suspicious about why he had been erect earlier as well as smelling strongly of blackberries.
10 minutes later, at the Domus Flau…
The members of Team Sabertooth had made it to the Domus Flau in time, not wanting to miss any part of the action, and Yukino had finished her shower fast enough to join up with her teammates. She did not want to miss out on today, either, especially since the second day was the day where she had fought Kagura Mikazuchi last year and lost while all of her Celestial Spirits were defeated. Even the great Serpent Bearer known as Ophiuchus was defeated by a single slash of a sheathed sword, and Yukino sadly looked down while remembering how overconfident she had been.
She wasn't the only one who was somewhat down, you know. Lucy still looked a tad bit nervous about the event and battle today, wondering if her Darkness Magic would be as destructive as it was yesterday, but Lucy did not even realize that it would probably end up being her possibly best trump card for when major enemies came around. She hoped that it would listen to her commands, since she had actually wanted yesterday's spells to make purple glitter form the shape of a large heart instead of all those explosions.
Lucy opened the purple spell book to find that the last four spells of Darkness Magic had been written, and she widened her cocoa brown eyes in pure shock. She had no knowledge of ever doing anything to make the book see her personal growth with this type of magic, so why had it given her these four new spells to use? Lucy somehow found them to be useful in their own ways, sensing this eerie feeling from them, and the magic also seemed so strong. However, the names of the spells did not sound explosive at all.
Chapati exclaimed while looking excited about the upcoming action today, "Welcome to the second day of the Grand Magic Games, everybody! Yesterday, Sabertooth showed us how dark and enchanting they can be when it comes to appealing! They are currently in the lead with 20 points, but Team Aqua Kyogre is not too far behind with their score of 18 points! However, Team Lamia Scale is not too far behind in third place with 16 points! Let's see how the fierce battle between these three guilds will turn out, everybody!"
"Sabertooth was certainly impressive on the first day, I'll say that." Yajima commented in a calm tone while folding his arms.
"Hello, people! My name's Jason from Sorcerer Magazine, and I'm the guest judge for the second day! I am definitely going to get the DVD for this year's Grand Magic Games, because Lucy Heartfilia's dark appeal was just so interesting and cool! It was like seeing something from some kind of weird dream, yet it was just so cool!"
The crowd began to cheer wildly, knowing that today's event and battles would probably be exciting and thrilling to watch. All of the teams were in their respective booths, and Shelly looked over at the area where Lucy was located. The woman with aqua blue eyes had her attention focused on her blonde rival, interested in seeing how those last four spells of Darkness Magic would work, and Shelly also had the wonder if she would ever be chosen to battle against Lucy in one of the matches today. If not, then maybe the two women would clash again on the final day in the survival tournament.
Chapati announced that today's event would be known as "Pillar Battle." According to his description of the event, a large pillar of earth would be created from magical power and the contestants would be elevated to its highest heights. On the large top of the pillar, they would have to battle each other with all kinds of spells being allowed. Anyone who fell off the pillar or got knocked out would receive a certain number of points, and this event had some similarities to the Naval Battle from last year. Hopefully, it would not end in a vicious manner like when Minerva had sadistically tortured Lucy to show off the strength of Sabertooth.
Sting told his team with a confident look on his face, smirking mostly at Lucy, "This is totally my area of expertise, guys! I'm gonna make up for what I did last year in the Chariot event, trust me! I'm going to use Holy Ray to make those guys see the light and hit the ground, and there's no way that I'll lose! After all, when it comes to battles, I can give anyone a pretty hard fight!"
Before anyone could even debate with him about it, Sting jumped down on the sandy battlefield and waited to see whom his opponents would be. Even though he had no clue who was going to be selected, Sting told himself to give it 120% since he was doing it for Lucy. After all, she had done the previous event to impress him. Sting had enjoyed her explosive and gravitational tricks, even though neither of the mages had any clue that the dark power in the magic was really leading back to Shelly. If she had not put that Darkness Magic into Lucy's book, yesterday would not have been so painful for the other competitors that had been in the first event.
"There's Sting, guys! He's a smug jerk, and I'm gonna make him pay for letting his stupid girlfriend berate me the way she did in front of an entire audience yesterday! When I burn that guy to a crisp, let's hear what Lucy will say about that! I don't care about what she's going to think, especially since I'll be going after her next! She won't stop me from winning another fight, and I'll win against Sting! We may not have done as well as we had hoped on the first day, but things will turn around right now!" Natsu shouted with an extremely angry look on his face, before jumping from the booth where Team Fairy Tail A was located.
Since this event had combat on a pillar, having the idea that it would be quite wide for everyone to move around, Lisanna had decided to volunteer for Team Fairy Tail B. She was going to avenge the losses of Cana and Mira, especially by taking down Aqua Kyogre for being so sneaky while she felt something was off in that first event for her friends in Fairy Tail to be the only ones who messed up their turns for appealing, and the white-haired mage planned to take down those punks for not playing by the rules like everyone else.
Yuka Suzuki volunteered for Team Lamia Scale since his Wave Magic might be useful, and Eve decided to participate once again since he could use snow to create a slight advantage for himself. Shelly saw no interest in volunteering for Aqua Kyogre right now, so she simply let a girl named Kanata handle this event. Kanata had long red hair while she had green eyes as well, and she wore the blue and white striped shirt with the black pants to match as well. She was one of the grunts in Aqua Kyogre, a powerful mage with some comical abilities, and let's just say that Shelly hoped for Kanata to play dirty.
Arania Webb had volunteered to be in this event for Team Mermaid Heel, and Nobarly from Team Quatro Cerberus had decided to participate as well. Now that all the selections were completed, with all the players now being out on the battlefield, the event would soon begin. To satisfy the spectators and teams, Lacrima Vision screens appeared in the air to show them what was happening in full view. This also made it easy for the judges to replay some parts of the event in slow motion to see who fell off the pillar of earth first between two people for certain rankings, should there appear to be ties. This would also allow them to see if anyone was trying to cheat while they were high above the Domus Flau, and grabbing on to the pillar while falling also counted as a means of getting disqualified from the event.
When everyone had stepped forward for the event, Mato commanded the playing field to appear and everyone seemed slightly startled when they heard rumbling sounds coming from underneath them. In an instant, the pillar rose up from the ground and everyone stood on its circular peak. As each person saw clouds not far above him or her, they immediately gulped and looked worried for each other from seeing the long way down to the sandy battlefield of the Domus Flau. Would anyone win, let alone be lucky enough to survive if they lost?
As the gong was struck to signal for the event to begin, Natsu immediately glared at Sting and proceeded to attack him with Fire Dragon's Roar. However, his attack was deflected by a shield of water that Kanata had unleashed from her mouth to intercept his move. Natsu's hot flames of rage simply made Kanata's water boil to quite a heated temperature, and she aimed her right hand towards Nobarly to send the scalding hot water in his direction. He looked utterly shocked while being hit with the treacherous attack, and the male from Quatro Cerberus fell off the pillar. He had managed to hold on to it, though, before he quickly made his way down with zero points for his team.
Sting used his White Dragon's Roar to knock off Arania from Team Mermaid Heel, and the green-haired woman screamed in fear while falling off of the pillar. However, she shot down a lot of webs on to the ground, since they all grew with distance, and she landed on a soft cocoon of her webbing. Arania gained only one point for Team Mermaid Heel, and she got seventh place in the event. With only six competitors left on the pillar of earth now, could things get any more exciting or interesting than this? Who would be the last one to fall, the person to stand tall while being able outlast them all?
While Natsu couldn't get close to Kanata because of her ability to make even the littlest bubbles reshape into large shields of water with tense amounts of density, Yuka Suzuki from Team Lamia Scale had managed to hit Eve Tearm from Team Blue Pegasus with a Wave Seal to make his magic become useless. He smirked a bit while pushing Eve off of the pillar, only to quickly receive his karma from Sting using White Dragon's Roar to send him falling. Team Blue Pegasus earned two more points while Team Lamia Scale had earned three, but who would emerge victorious?
With only half of the competitors remaining, and also upon seeing that Natsu was in trouble, Lisanna quickly went into her Animal Soul: Tigress Take-Over to try and use her high speed with powerful slashes from her claws to take down Kanata. She ran towards the red-haired woman at high speeds, looking fierce as she was determined to send her falling down in defeat with one slash, but Kanata simply spat on Lisanna's left arm. While this seemed like a gross and weird move, Kanata smirked evilly as her saliva quickly grew into a large bubble that surrounded the white-haired mage. She simply pushed it off the pillar, sending Lisanna out of the event with four points, and the spit bubble popped when it hit the ground. At least one little bit of spit was better than being puked on, right?
Now seeing that Sting and Natsu were fighting each other, trading blows like two strong rivals, Kanata felt that she did not really need to be in this event any longer. She looked down at Shelly for approval while making her final move, seeing that the tanned leader smiled calmly about what Kanata was going to do, and the red-haired girl simply spat down at the ground on the pillar while watching it make a slowly expanding puddle of water. With her job now done, Kanata deliberately jumped off the pillar while spitting down at the ground to create a cushion made out of warm water. The water had grown quickly, since she could alter its properties like Shelly could, and seeing Kanata relax on it like it was a waterbed looked pretty interesting. She gained six points for her team, and only two competitors were left standing.
Natsu looked shocked to see his blond rival jump up into the air, and Sting unleashed a new move known as White Dragon's Little Bombs. It was inspired by one of Lucy's attacks, most likely the Fiery Embers spell from her Fire Magic, and it made Sting shoot out seven small spheres of light from his mouth. They all landed near Natsu, some even rolling an inch to get under him, and this spell made many harmless blasts of white light transpire. Natsu was blinded, unable to see a thing, and he couldn't even tell where Sting's Holy Ray attack came from when he hit him with it.
The fire dragon slayer almost fell off the pillar as the light faded away, but he managed to stay on it while looking infuriated at Sting. The white dragon slayer came back down on to the pillar, and he gave Natsu a serious glare like this fight was going to be his last. After all, Sting had heard it from Lucy about how much Natsu had insulted her. He had even told the whole guild to keep his affair with Lisanna from Lucy, making her be led on like a fool, and messing with somebody else's emotions was one of the sickest things that anyone could ever do. Sting would definitely voice his opinion, though.
Natsu shouted while looking fierce, as he ran towards Sting with flames engulfing his fists, "Don't try to pull any sneaky moves with me, you bastard!"
Sting replied with a stern look on his face, as he made balls of white light engulf his fists while dodging all of Natsu's attacks, before delivering a powerful uppercut to his opponent's chin to send him up into the air, "You obviously don't know how to treat people, Salamander! You can't say that I'm a sneaky rat when you pretty much played with Lucy's emotions while you cheated on her with Lisanna! You even made most of the Fairy Tail guild ignore her, making those guys turn against her to save your rep, and it's all because you only cared about your own happiness!"
"How the hell do you know about that, you damn moron?!" Natsu asked whilst looking both angry and shocked at the fact that Sting knew about something that hadn't even been spread far from Fairy Tail or Magnolia Town.
"Lucy told me all about it when we were in the hot spring underneath the Oceanic Museum, you idiot. She told me how she wanted revenge because of how you lied and used her, Natsu, and you made thirteen months of her life go down the drain. You played Lucy like a sap in your game while you only thought about being with that white-haired girl, and you also bullied Lucy because you thought that she was so weak! Well, she's not!" Sting explained coldly, keeping his stern facial expression while activating White Drive and preparing to use a new move.
"You honestly act like I should give a crap about someone who couldn't give me what I want, not being as exciting and sweet as Lisanna can be, and this doesn't even have anything to really do with you! Lucy can continue being the useless loser that she is, and you can get the hell off of this pillar! After you get second place, get a consolation prize from your crappy girlfriend! After all, anybody in second place deserves to be a girl who is second-rate!" Natsu exclaimed, as he grew even angrier and attempted to blast Sting away with his Fire Dragon's Sword Horn.
As Natsu came towards Sting, the blond mage knew that no one would get away with talking bad about Lucy. Narrowing his blue eyes, Sting made all of the light swirl around his left fist. When Natsu got close enough, Sting hit him with that fist and something incredible began to transpire. The white light swirling around Sting's fist turned a large white vortex of swirling light, and it hit Natsu head-on while forcing him out of the flames that engulfed his body. He also took damage from this attack, a large white blast of light occurring on the pillar that was now breaking apart, and Natsu had fallen off the pillar while it was still intact.
A few drips from Kanata's large puddle had been falling down to the ground, some of them even landing on Natsu's face while attaching themselves to it, and Kanata had secretly commanded her drops of water to stretch all the way to the booth where Team Fairy Tail A was standing. Her drips obeyed her, stretching outward with a long reach while Kanata made them grow, and the fire dragon slayer was sent all the way back to his team because the water had also grew long enough to be made into a slingshot that sent him all the way back to his friends. Natsu earned eight points for Team Fairy Tail A, and Sting had managed to get ten points for Team Sabertooth. The pillar crumbled to the ground, magic being used to levitate and heal any contestants who were falling or had been hurt from that high fall, prompting Chapati and his fellow judges to stop the event right there.
The rubble of the pillar vanished into a large puff of white smoke, and the participants for the event went back to their respective booths where their teammates were waiting for them. People had seen and heard Natsu's conversation from the Lacrima Vision screens, and many male fans of Lucy booed at him while also shouting swear words. Lisanna was a bit happy to know that Natsu had still compared her to Lucy, showing that he truly had cared for the blue-eyed girl, but let's just say that Lisanna did not know about the plot twist that her relationship would take today.
"Sting, that was really amazing! You were awesome out there, and I love how you smile onscreen! You're the best battler in the entire world, Sting! You stood up for me against that jerk, and I'm so lucky to have you as a boyfriend! I really love you, and we are definitely a great couple!" Lucy told him with a happy smile on her face, after Sting jumped back up into Sabertooth's booth and did some victory poses for her.
"I did it all for you, my blonde-haired beauty. After all, I refuse to let anyone speak ill about my girlfriend and get away with a big win. Now that Natsu's riled up with the fact that you and I both managed to kick his butt, I wonder if he'll invade our inn and challenge Sabertooth like he did last year. If we does, then we can just throw him out after we beat him down." Sting replied while sharing a hug of victory with his girlfriend, and putting a dreamy look on her face when she blushed pink like cotton candy and seemed like she could swim in his eyes that were blue like the ocean.
Now that the event was over, Lucy had to wonder if she would have to fight today. The new spells of Darkness Magic hadn't been tested out by her, and she didn't know why those spells made her lose consciousness. She also did not want to reveal her other types of magic before the final day or before the fated day when she faced Natsu, so Lucy had only her Darkness Magic and Celestial Spirit Keys to rely on today. Could she win with just those two types of items at her disposal, or would she lose like back in the Naval Battle when Minerva stole her keys?
10 more minutes later…
"All right, everyone! It's time to start the battle portion of the second day, and I have a feeling that these battles will be thrilling to watch!" Chapati exclaimed with an excited facial expression, as the overwhelming thrill made him stand on his chair with the microphone in his hands.
The first battle was between Cana Alberona from Team Fairy Tail B and Jenny Realight from Team Blue Pegasus, and Jenny smiled confidently while she used her Transformation Magic to wear a skimpy yellow bikini that made many males in the stadium cheer loudly for her. Cana used these few seconds to put the cards of "Heaven" and "Wind" on top of each other for the Wind Edge spell to be used, and it created a massive wave of wind that struck Jenny from the heavens above. She was easily knocked out by the attack, giving ten points to Cana's team while Jenny's team still had only seven points.
The second battle pitted Kagura Mikazuchi from Team Mermaid Heel against Rocker from Team Quatro Cerberus. When this match had begun, Rocker had used his Drill 'n Rock Magic to make drills of wind form around his legs for high speed. He charged towards Kagura quickly, but she dodged his attack with slight movements before slashing at him with her sword still sheathed. The air wave was powerful enough to send Rocker crashing into a wall, and Kagura won the match. She gained 10 points for Team Mermaid Heel, and those points were desperately needed.
Chapati announced while looking extremely thrilled for this next battle, as he had the small white piece of paper in his hand with the list of matches on it, "This next battle is a total thrill, everybody! It might get intense, especially since it's between two talented guilds! Lucy Heartfilia from Team Sabertooth versus Yuka Suzuki from Team Lamia Scale! This should be interesting!"
When her name was announced, Lucy immediately gulped while looking a bit nervous at the match up. Was she ready to take on the guy who could seal away an opponent's magic like how he had once done to Nobarly from Team Quatro Cerberus in last year's Grand Magic Games? On top of that, his abilities with Wave Magic could be really dangerous if they were also used offensively. Either way, the blonde mage would be in a pretty tight situation here. However, forfeiting before the match had even started would not be a good option.
Besides, Lucy was going to show Sting that all of their training had not gone to waste. She was going to impress him with her new moves and her golden keys while also letting her ex-boyfriend Natsu see that she was not as weak as he thought she was. Lucy smiled at Sting for a moment, confidence filling up her cocoa brown eyes, and she jumped down from the booth where Team Sabertooth was located to be on the sandy battlefield. Even Erza and Gray were rooting for her to not lose, giving her more encouragement.
As a gong was struck to signify the beginning of the third match, Lucy pulled out Scorpio's Celestial Spirit Key to start things off. She narrowed her brown eyes while summoning him on to the field, noting that she could use the sand like how she had done last year in her match against Flare Corona from Raven Tail, and Lucy also pulled out Virgo's key from the brown pouch that was located in the left pocket of her purple miniskirt. She also planned to use Virgo's Chain Magic to bind Yuka's hands to prevent him from creating his waves, too.
Scorpio got down on all four limbs like a real scorpion would, and then he smirked a bit while pointing his scorpion-like stinger at Yuka. A large amount of sand was subsequently fired from it in the form of a powerful sand vortex, which moved towards the Lamia Scale mage in a straight line and almost struck him with great blunt power. However, he grinned arrogantly while simply having his Wave Shield completely block the attack. Yuka then proceeded to use his Wave Seal move on Scorpio, the Static version of it, and the Celestial Spirit's magic was sealed away for the duration of the battle.
This frustrated Lucy, having messed up the first part of her plan to win the match, but she also knew that Virgo was still out on the field. If she could just get Yuka's hands chained up, then everything would be fine. She nicely ordered Virgo to shoot out some iron chains from her hands, complete with grappling hooks at the end, and Lucy knew that this match would be over if she could tie up Yuka. However, the blue-haired man simply used his Wave Rush attack to cancel out Virgo's Chain Magic while also hitting her with an attack that created a powerful explosion.
Virgo was nearly unconscious from taking the full brunt of that Wave Rush, and Lucy returned the pink-haired spirit back to her world. This was definitely a tough fight, especially against someone who could seal away magic and also attack with it at the same time. Lucy didn't want to have to rely on the Darkness Magic, knowing how it could be pretty scary, and Yuka would probably just seal away her other types of magic. She didn't know what to do, and Lucy couldn't look up fast enough from her thoughts to see that Yuka hit her with a Wave Rush attack!
It slammed her against the wall, making her cough up some blood from the powerful force of the attack, and Lucy also looked shocked at her opponent's quick skills. He hastily used Wave Shield to trap her inside of an energy wave, draining her magical power, and this move also prevented Lucy from using any magic while being inside of the wave. She could feel her powers being nullified, leaving her completely defenseless, and Lucy began to have her doubts about being able to win this match. With no magical power, what could she do?
"Don't give up, Lucy! I know that you can beat this guy! I know how scared you are about using that Darkness Magic, knowing how it had been given to you by someone as bad as Shelly, but you can't just lose! The Darkness Magic may have a different feel to it, and you're still testing it out, but so what? You weren't scared to use new magic against Shelly or any other person that we faced on jobs, and you always succeeded because you believed that you could win! That book reacts to the feelings in your heart more than anything else, you know! Believe in yourself, Lucy, because I believe in you! If you trust your spells, then they'll come to trust you!" Sting shouted to her with a stern look on his face, as his hands gripped the railing tightly while he did not want to see her be defeated.
Lucy had her doubts about that, but then she looked up at Sting and locked her frustrated cocoa brown eyes with his stern blue eyes for a moment. Everyone in the stadium was silent while this was going on, and Lisanna even looked a little amazed when she noticed them communicating just through eye contact. Their chemistry had grown to that level, but what would it bring? After a few moments, Lucy smiled and assurance replaced the frustrated look in her eyes. A smirk of confidence appeared on her face, causing Sting to have a poised facial expression as he gave her a thumbs-up and smiled back at her. He watched his girlfriend turn back towards Yuka, and Lucy had definitely come up with something brilliant while using the non-spell ability of gravity to dispel the Wave Seal.
"There's no chance of you winning this match, and nothing can help you now!" Yuka told his opponent in a cocky manner while grinning at his supposed victory over a barely standing Lucy.
Everyone wondered if it was over for the brown-eyed girl, since she was just having her two hands stretched out in front of her with her palms facing up towards the sun, but Lucy was actually absorbing gravity into her hands for some magical power to recharge her body. She was also inhaling some air, allowing the non-spell ability of Wind Magic to come into play as well to fully replenish her supply of magical power, and that certainly surprised Wendy and Chelia. A purple aura engulfed Lucy's body while she concentrated her emotions into the Darkness Magic, embracing its power instead of fearing it this time, and the blonde mage allowed the Darkness Magic to take over.
The purple aura now entered Lucy's mouth, allowing her to consume all of it, and she currently had lost consciousness while her eyes that were brown like sweet chocolate had turned purple like amethyst jewels. She had the blonde hair obscuring her eyes while she began to giggle in a very dark manner. The evil grin on her face let Yuka know that this match was finally getting started for real, and she had an alternative way of getting past the Wave Magic. If she couldn't attack from up close or hit him, why not think outside the box?
She took a deep breath while calming down a bit, and then she began to sing in a ghostly tune that surprised everyone, "The ruin in which is no sun, it leaves the spirit of death that was forgotten. The cold spirit that haunts you, it is nothing more than my love of the darkness. Close your eyes and rest now, since the grave's power will make sure you no longer wake up in this world. The ghosts of the tower dance around your corpse." (Basically, the melody of the song sounded similar to Lavender Town's music in the Red, Blue, and Yellow versions.)
Yuka did not understand what was going on at first, until Lucy slowly lifted the blonde hair over her left eye to show him that it was amethyst purple instead of being cocoa brown. She began to point her index fingers outward, waving them from left to right like metronomes, and this was obviously meant to show that something really eerie was about to happen. It had caused a violet aura to surround Yuka's body, and he gasped in shock while finding himself unable to move or look away from the movements of Lucy's fingers.
He suddenly felt his body begin to collapse like it had lost all of its energy in that mere moment, and Yuka fell to the ground while feeling his eyelids begin to get heavy like he was exhausted. Lucy walked over to him with a sinister look in her amethyst purple eyes, and this great power that she was allowed her to use any spell from her arsenal of Darkness Magic. She chose to use Nightmare Eater, perfect for a sleeping opponent, and Lucy simply placed her left hand on Yuka's forehead. She began to absorb not only the violet aura, but his thoughts as well. She replaced them all with nightmares while absorbing his magical power, and he began to toss and turn in his sleep like something was torturing him.
Lucy smirked at the power of her move, and she whispered faintly while looking at Yuka as she walked away from him before using the fifth spell to have the purple slingshot in her hands, "I call upon thee, the fifth spell, Gravitational Slingshot."
In an instant, a purple slingshot appeared in Lucy's hands while gravity formed a purple ball in the slingshot as well. Lucy threw it high up into the air, watching it gain power as it soared up into the air, and Yuka had been pulled upward into the air while he was still asleep. He was being forced to rise towards the sky, being the victim of a powerful gravity ball that came down upon him, and he woke up to take the full damage of the attack while screaming like he was actually in a nightmare. All of the power had been focused into a single point as well, meaning that it really had to hurt.
Lucy had so much power in her attacks, controlling the flow of energy in such a perfect way, and the smoke cleared up quickly to reveal that Yuka had fallen to the ground while he was unconscious with his eyes open as he seemed badly wounded as well. He could only shake in fear from experiencing such dark power, the same strength that was shared by Shelly and Lucy, and the fight was now over. The Darkness Magic was fading away while Lucy was laughing for a few seconds, and she reverted back to her old self when it had gone back into the purple spell book.
The blonde mage's eyes reverted back to being cocoa brown, and she gasped in pure amazement while looking down at her wounded opponent. Lucy could not believe that she had done it again, putting her hands over her mouth, and she also felt replenished as if she had used the Nightmare Eater spell. Lucy looked up at the audience to see everyone looking shocked at what she had done to the mage from Team Lamia Scale, and Lucy felt bad about it. However, she then heard a pair of hands clapping for her to show her that she won the match.
She turned around to see Sting applauding for her with a happy smile on his face, so incredibly proud of her, and that prompted Lector to applaud for her as well. The rest of her teammates followed suit, being mimicked by the rest of the audience in the Domus Flau, and even her friends from Fairy Tail were applauding for her. Erza was cheering Lucy's name loudly, having never doubted her for even a moment, and Gray also cheered about the fact that Lucy was powerful enough to use such mysterious moves. Even Shelly quietly clapped her hands, but she still didn't find the match to be that exciting.
"I haven't seen anything like that, since… I don't know! That was a great comeback from Lucy Heartfilia, and she could just become the dark horse in this tournament! That singing was so beautiful, yet haunting, but it doesn't change the fact that Sabertooth has earned ten more points to add to their score! Lucy Heartfilia is the winner! Her two dark days have ironically produced the light of victory for her guild, which is amazing!" Chapati exclaimed loudly while his awestruck look turned into an expression that looked like he saw the most exciting thing in his life, which he probably did.
"She certainly has a great bond with her Darkness Magic, to make spells like that without having to wait a while for sleeping moves to take effect." Yajima commented calmly while smiling.
"That was just too cool, and Lucy is really cool! That was cool enough to top Erza Scarlet's victory in the Pandemonium event last year, and that's reaching a new level of cool!" Jason shouted while looking just as excited as Chapati.
Lucy jumped back up into Sabertooth's booth while Toby got Yuka off the field, and the blonde mage smiled happily while being congratulated by her teammates. Yukino happily hugged her friend for avenging her loss last year, even though the match wasn't against Kagura from Team Mermaid Heel, and Lucy hugged back while being proud to have won such a tough battle. She even ran into Sting's arms to thank him for his words of advice during the battle, since he was the main reason why she tried so hard, and Lucy smiled up at him while blushing a light shade of pink.
"Lucy, that was off the charts in my definition of awesome! Sting-kun never doubted you for a second!" Lector told her with a smile on his face, as he then saw Sting passionately kiss Lucy on the lips to show how he felt about seeing such a thrilling match.
After the cheers had ceased for Lucy, everyone was shocked to know that the only two teams left were Team Fairy Tail A and Team Aqua Kyogre. Not only was one a major light guild while the other was supposed to be a dark guild, but Natsu's eyes widened in pure shock from what he could see in the other team's booth. Marina had now stood beside Shelly, appearing in a puddle of water while she had secretly finished putting a camera in the pink-haired male's suite at the Fairy Tail inn, and she wore a beautiful white dress with some high heels that were green like her eyes.
Natsu could only looked surprised from seeing her with the people from Aqua Kyogre, wondering what she was doing there, and he had even ignored Erza's shocked reaction to seeing that the former barmaid had switched guilds. She had never even really been a part of their guild in the first place, even though Mirajane was beyond shocked to see that Marina was with the team that played dirty, and Lisanna gasped a bit while looking over at Natsu. He kept looking surprised while his eyes were focused on Marina, blushing as he could see her unzip the white dress to let more of her large breasts be seen, and Lisanna could see her smirking seductively at him.
Much to the surprise of Lucy and her former friends in Fairy Tail, the match up was Natsu versus Marina. He quickly shook off his shock while accidentally leaning too far over the edge, falling down on to the sandy battlefield, and Natsu continued to blush a light shade of pink while Marina jumped down to face him. He quickly stood up while knowing that this was a bad pairing, especially with his girlfriend watching this battle, and could Natsu really bring himself to fight his mistress? Also, how could he control his emotions right now? If he made any dirty moves, Lisanna could probably catch on to his affair. Really, who has an affair within an affair?
The fire dragon slayer could hear the gong being struck for the match to begin, having a difficult time between battling the woman he loved while the woman who truly loved him was watching, and the woman who was just playing him for a fool had started things off by making a sphere of water surround her body to make herself be wet. She sighed happily while taking off her white dress that was now soaking wet, and Marina only wore her light blue bra with light blue lacy panties to match. She walked towards Natsu in a sultry manner, seeing him blush more, and let's just say that a part of him was now growing again.
She let her hips move in a sultry manner while letting her underwear show off the beautiful curves of her butt, and Marina's blackberry perfume had drawn Natsu towards her. He had wanted to try and strike her to not arouse suspicion from Lisanna, but Marina grabbed his left fist while pushing her breasts against his chest. There was no doubt about it, really. She didn't have to fight him with powerful spells or spew words of arrogance or dislike towards him, but all she had to do was use a little bit of love and seduction to let her charms work their magic on him.
Marina had delivered a few punches and kicks to his body, sending Natsu crashing into a wall while he groaned in pain, and the teal-haired girl saw him stand up while he now looked mad at how she had supposedly rejected him. He lunged at her while being engulfed in the flames of his Fire Dragon's Sword Horn spell, but Marina simply smirked evilly while she turned away from him. She quickly bent over to let him see that he was about collide with her butt, forcing him to stop his move, but Natsu was too late. His nose landed directly between the cheeks of her rear, letting him smell that nice hole of hers, and Natsu's hands could not resist playfully patting her booty.
She feinted a pink blush on her face, before Natsu slummed down to the ground, and she squatted down while being at his side. He could only blush more from seeing her get on top of him, while even Lucy and Sting were shocked by seeing Natsu act this way, and Marina acted like they were in bed together. She felt his warm hands wrap around her waist in an affectionate manner, knowing that he was about to lose control of himself in from of everyone watching a televised match, and their lips were growing closer together.
"Marina... You look so great. You're so sexy, and fighting you would be wrong. Just end me now, and let your lips be victorious over mine." Natsu told her in a loving manner, blushing more while his flames had made her wet skin feel so warm and smooth.
She replied in a sweet manner, smiling nicely while she picked him up to hold him in her arms, "You'll get that lovely kiss from me, Natsu, and I'm so glad that you trust me. Succumb to me, you fire dragon slayer, and just let me show you sexy I can be. You and Lisanna are having your anniversary soon, so I know you'll help me out. You may even give me a warm present, too. Anyway, Natsu, let's not make the thirty minutes lead to this being a draw. Since you can't fight me, it makes me the winner. As compensation, though, let me give you a little treat."
The green-eyed girl placed Natsu down on the ground while her stomach rumbled from eating a few chili dogs on her way to the Domus Flau, and she proceeded to sit on his face while releasing a few large trumpets of gas. She blushed pink while letting it all out, Natsu eliciting a sigh of pleasure as he was taking in the scent from Marina's rear hole, and she rolled off of the fire dragon slayer while knowing that her blackberry perfume had strengthened his attraction to her. She picked him up in her arms again, looking like she would give him a soft kiss on the lips as a consolation prize, but Lisanna jumped down from Fairy Tail B's booth to snatch Natsu away while she refused to let this seductive advantage of Marina's take Natsu down the path of cheating again.
Since Lisanna had come on to the field to take her boyfriend away, Marina had gained the ten points by default. She was about to gain the points before she had farted on Natsu, since Shelly had taught her how to let it all out like how she did it to Cana, but the teal-haired girl still won the match for Aqua Kyogre. With that little stunt, as she picked up her white dress, she was sure that Natsu's relationship with Lisanna would pretty much implode because of his actions during the fight, and the camera in his suite would definitely show an interesting video on their seven-month anniversary. Marina was a great villain, was she not?
As she jumped back up into the booth, Marina could hear Lisanna trying to snap Natsu out of the trance that he was in. She had even shook him wildly, as well as kissing his lips, but making Mira playfully whack Natsu on the head had made him be slightly brought back to his senses. He had rubbed his head like the match had been a dream, until he wondered why he smelled like someone ate chili dogs. Natsu could hear and see Lisanna scolding him in reality while she demanded an explanation, but he was now having a fantasy about having a hot shower with Marina. Erza and Gray would definitely beat him up for not even putting up a fight, am I right?
While Lucy and the rest of Team Sabertooth were now leaving the arena, Shelly knew that she had to get closer to Lucy for the chance to take that book. Of course, the blonde mage did not exactly have the same level of badness that Shelly had. Lucy was not like the top female in Aqua Kyogre, only having similar levels of power with her, and Shelly knew that Lucy had so much potential to be great. Of course, for the blonde mage to accept any kind of offering from the woman who tried to kiss Sting, Shelly just had to talk with a certain young girl that she and Lucy both trusted.
How was Chapter 19? Did you like it? The Grand Magic Games are definitely picking up steam, and the StiCy is improving! Sorry for not updating in so long, but I was busy. I also ran into a page with the Moneypak virus today, and its effects are said to not be pretty. I used a System Restore to change the recovery point before the virus could affect my laptop, so does that mean it's gone for good? If not, please tell me what else to do. Anyway, will day three have a few surprises? What does Shelly tell Wendy? Will Sting have a battle? What happens when Lisanna is near a certain door at Fairy Tail's inn? Standby for the update!