Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
Chapter 20: Many Things To Think About
Lucy and the other members of Team Sabertooth had decided to get up early for the chance to do some sightseeing before the tournament would once again occur, and it never hurt anybody to just have a bit of fun before going into something that would seem serious. Today was the third day of the Grand Magic Games, the same day that Fairy Tail had their best performances in the tournament last year, and Lucy was feeling good about the possibility of eventually facing off against someone from the guild of her past.
After all, this day and the fourth day were the only two days left before the final battles would begin. There was a bit of a chance that Fairy Tail and Sabertooth would cross paths again like how they had done in the tag-team battle, thrilling the entire viewing world, and Lucy was going to win that fight. She had been feeling really good, ever since yesterday when she defeated Yuka Suzuki from Team Lamia Scale in their battle, but Lucy still did not know how she had managed to do it without even reciting a spell.
She was still unaware of the fact that Shelly's team was keeping a close eye on her, wanting to see how the the spells from the purple book had been affecting the blonde mage, and Lucy was actually beginning to like her Darkness Magic. She liked it a little bit, since it hadn't blown the stadium sky high with its powerful spells, and Lucy had taken Sting's advice for this type of magic. She had to embrace the fearlessness of it, not be frightened by this new power, and Lucy's fierceness was also the reason for the darkness abilities being so strong. The fiercer that the blonde mage acted, the more powerful the purple spells became.
Yesterday had been a good day for the guild of Sabertooth, since the team had earned 20 points on the second day of the Grand Magic Games, and there were no events like Chariot or bets that involved people risking their lives. Lucy was really glad to know that her team was doing so well against Fairy Tail, especially when Sting had beaten down Natsu for talking trash about her in a public stadium, and she still found herself to be laughing at how her ex had been so easily defeated by Marina from Aqua Kyogre. It was like the fire dragon slayer had fallen in love with his teal-haired opponent, and Lucy was glad to see that such a big jerk had a huge downfall.
Lucy and Sting were in the art gallery of the main museum located in Crocus, looking at many of the beautiful paintings that were on the walls, and each painting was situated perfectly in a golden frame. There were paintings of the Fairy Tail guild, a painting of Galuna Island, and there were even portraits of mages like Zeref. He surely wouldn't be posing for a picture, but he seemed to be sleeping in one painting. Whoever managed to paint that sight without being killed was certainly lucky, were they not? They also could've gotten killed if the colors were wrong, too, so this person was lucky to be precise and cautious while making a work of art featuring Zeref.
Lucy's outfit today consisted of a sky blue T-shirt with a viridian green miniskirt to match, and her flat shoes were red. She wore her blonde hair in a side ponytail on the left side of her head, and Lucy looked fashionable as always. She smiled happily while standing next to Sting, both of them admiring a portrait of two people romantically kissing at a cafe, and Lucy sighed happily while hugging the guy who was certainly her best boyfriend. Lucy felt so happy to be around Sting, especially he cared so much about her.
After seeing him defeat Natsu in the event on the previous day of the Grand Magic Games, Lucy was glad to know that Sting loved her enough to not let a jerk like Natsu get away with talking bad about her. She had really wanted to personally make that jerk pay, though, since the conflict was more intense between the two of them. Lucy still found herself giggling a bit at the fact that Natsu lost to Marina in such a humiliating way, and she could guess that Lisanna was going to give him a long lecture about dealing with seductive opponent. It wasn't his fault that Aqua Kyogre rigged that pairing for the fourth match, but it was still his fault for getting beaten by his mistress.
"Yesterday was so great, Sting. You encouraged me to do my best, and I won the match. We even got to see Natsu get totally seduced by Marina in the battle that they had, and Erza probably isn't too happy about that. You did really good in the event, and that new move of yours was really cool. If you have a battle today, I'll definitely be cheering for you because I have faith in you. I know that you'll win, Sting." Lucy told him in a kind manner, smiling happily with joy twinkling in her beautiful cocoa brown eyes that looked lovelier than chocolate.
The white dragon slayer replied calmly, smirking with his usual high amount of confidence, "Thank you, Lucy. It makes me happy to hear you say that, you know. I'll definitely win for you if I have a battle, and the event probably won't be too hard for you or Rogue to do. Hearing you cheer me on would be the best sound in the world to me, and I agree with you about how Natsu totally got pulled in by the charms of that girl from Aqua Kyogre. It was pretty lewd to see her use those risque moves on him, but seduction is the thing that makes perverts lose."
That last remark about Natsu made Lucy giggle happily, definitely knowing that it was certainly true, and she was really glad to have a guy like Sting as her boyfriend. Not only was he so powerful, confident, smart, and totally hot, but he was also a pretty nice guy who could tell very funny jokes. Lucy always laughed at any puns that he would come up with, such as when they once fought a few enemies in a cave near the town of Nibi, and the fact that those guys were wielding spears made Sting say that they looked like they had a few points to make. (Was that corny, or not?)
Since the Grand Magic Games started in an hour, with a ticking clock interestingly placed above a portrait of a clock, Sting and Lucy both blushed at each other before they smiled and shared a passionate kiss. Their love was certainly great to see, and their chemistry really helped with their teamwork as well. Sting and Lucy were a pretty good duo, even though they never used their abilities in combinations with each other to make a Unison Raid, and they certainly were a cute couple. The blue-eyed male smirked at Lucy, before challenging her to a race to the Domus Flau, and Lucy giggled playfully while chasing after him to make sure that he would at least buy her something to eat on their way to the arena.
While they had ran off to have some fun and enjoy the tournament, Lucy and Sting did not even know that Shelly had ordered one of the grunts from Team Aqua to place a hidden Lacrima Surveillance Crystal in the nearby painting of Fairy Tail. This camera could also have the telescopic long-range vision feature, something that Shelly had now used to spy on the two mages while she watched everything from the hot spring underneath the museum. She had come here to start her day with a hot bath, obviously pressing the switch cleverly hidden in Fairy Tail's insignia on the painting, and no one had even seen her take this secret passage to a warm paradise.
Shelly had simply been relaxing in the water while looking at another Lacrima Surveillance Crystal, smirking evilly while she held it in her hands, and the blue-eyed woman kept her focus on Lucy. Even though the blonde girl could be a pain in the butt when it came to keeping Shelly from ever kissing Sting again, the black-haired woman knew that Aqua Kyogre needed the power of that spell book for them to achieve their goal. She knew that stealing it from Lucy would not work, since she was the only one who could read the book, so getting her to help Sabertooth join forces with Aqua Kyogre would be a good thing.
There was also the matter of Fairy Tail possibly getting in the way, but Shelly had left them in the hands of Marina. She knew that the teal-haired girl could be very manipulative, especially when it came to making someone change sides, and Natsu had definitely turned against Lisanna. Marina had gotten inside of his mind and heart, filling him with love that a mistress could give to a man that she wanted to be with, and her seduction of the fire dragon slayer had definitely dented his relationship with the other members in Fairy Tail. After all, how could he be loyal to them if he was cheating on Lisanna and sleeping with the enemy?
When Shelly had been using the blue washcloth to wash a very private frontal area with her right hand, she began to blush a light shade of pink while feeling the warmth from the water. It seemed to be kissing her skin with its heat, even splashing her back with hot water and soap to make it be clean, and Shelly also opened her panties with her left hand. The touch felt so gentle, so very comforting in a way that got her sexy body to shiver while she wore a light brown bra with light brown panties, and Shelly had also been liked by many men because of her muscles. She was sexy, strong, seductive, smart, gassy, and let's just say that she had definitely been what Minerva wasn't.
She had been bathing in a hot spring bubble bath, relaxing in the black shampoo that had a similar smell to blackberry perfume, and this was the day for Shelly to get another one of her ideas to come to fruition. She was going to make Lucy become stronger, help her improve to another high point that would put her in the ranks of Aqua Kyogre, and the black-haired woman knew that Lucy would never accept anything from her. They had openly been rivals, ironically sometimes shopping together at the same fashion stores or perfume stores in Crocus, so Shelly knew that she had to entrust her gift to Lucy with someone who was trusted by both girls.
After all, wouldn't Lucy feel happy to get a gift that was from a friend? It would be better than receiving a package that came from the hands of an enemy, possibly making Lucy feel very uncomfortable in that scenario, so Shelly sighed happily while swimming down into the depths of the hot spring to reach a secret passage that would help Shelly reach the Domus Flau in time for the Grand Magic Games. Even though it would be impossible to go over to Sabertooth's booth without tension happening, who said that things could not be calm if the situation was reversed to strengthen a friendship?
Meanwhile, at the Domus Flau...
Natsu had looked pretty beaten up for losing his match against Marina yesterday, and Erza had obviously given him a left black eye. She wasn't the type of person who liked to lose, and she certainly did not want to lose the Grand Magic Games against any of the other competing guilds. Team Fairy Tail A was currently in fourth place with 18 points, the worst of the best while Team Fairy Tail B was in fifth place with 15 points to be the best of the worst. It was all because of Team Aqua sabotaging Fairy Tail on the first days, especially when Marina used love to make Natsu lose, but Erza knew the seduction on the second day was not against the rules. She had still not suspected Shelly's team of any foul play, since they didn't openly cheat.
However, the scarlet-haired mage also had no clue that Natsu was actually having an affair with Marina. Erza had walked by Natsu's suite last night to hear the bed creaking a bit, but she did not know that Marina was letting Natsu put his erect prize inside her while she laid down on the bed. She had told Natsu that she was allied to Aqua Kyogre now, only because they had gotten many more jobs that came with higher amounts of jewels in the rewards, and the fire dragon slayer simply believed her lie while he went inside of her. Natsu had making Marina feel good, but the smell of her climax was the same as the blackberry perfume that made him mesmerized.
He had enjoyed being nude with her last night, kissing her lips while their bodies were pressed together, and Natsu wasn't even thinking of Lisanna while he was filling up Marina with his warm seed that spilled into her for a few minutes. Shelly had made the teal-haired girl take a pill before this whole plot unfolded, keeping Marina from getting pregnant, and that would just cause her cover to be blown. She was smart to have taken that pill, since Natsu would get to fill her with his warmth, and there would be no bad side effects for her. The only bad fate for Natsu, however, was that Lisanna was starting to get suspicious of what he had been doing at night.
The fire dragon slayer was certainly getting his bad karma for what he done, and he looked over at Team Fairy Tail B's booth to see that Lisanna sternly glared at him while using her Take-Over ability only on her hands to show him her sharp Tigress claws that were ready to maul the pink-haired male when that time came around. Lisanna did not hate Natsu now, but she was simply giving him a warning for him to refer her threat back to what happened yesterday. She was simply telling him that he would get mauled, should he ever get frisky and seduced by Marina or any other girl that came his way.
There was no way that Natsu could ever tell the white-haired mage about his affair with Marina, since it would just cause tons of drama in the guild of Fairy Tail, and it would definitely make his rep because worse than it already was. He had cheated on Lucy with Lisanna because he needed some excitement, but now he was putting that affair aside because of his lust for Marina? None of this would have even transpired, had Natsu not gotten whip cream on Marina's shirt by accident. She had definitely let her body work its way into his mind, and her cute voice assisted her in seducing Natsu to the point where he wanted to use her breasts as pillows when they slept together.
"I don't know what made you be off your game yesterday when you had the opportunity to take down Marina in a matter of seconds, Natsu, but you better get your act together today. We're in fourth place, and we can't afford any more mess-ups. If you lose anything else for us, then you can guarantee that I will make your life become miserable in Fairy Tail. It would be perfect for how you treated Lucy, and I also don't like how you were getting into those sexy moves that Marina used. If you and that traitor have some secret alliance going on, you better tell us." Erza sternly told him while narrowing her brown eyes, ready to pound some sense into his head.
The fire dragon slayer replied while looking annoyed, muttering under his breath, "I can't see why you still feel sympathy for that Sabertooth scum, especially when you were cheering her on when she fought Yuka, and don't mention Marina to me. It's bad enough that Lisanna is starting to feel a sense of distrust towards me, wanting to kill me if a girl makes me flustered again, and I only lost to Marina because she's still my friend. You act like I can force myself to hit a pretty close friend, yet I bet that you can't even beat down Lucy."
Erza angrily asked him to say that louder to her, not hearing exactly what he had said, and Natsu looked a bit scared while putting his hands up in a defensive manner. He really had a habit of not thinking before he spoke, often saying the wrong things loudly to make himself look bad, but Natsu was lucky this time. He simply scowled in a frustrated manner while hearing Gajeel and Laxus both snicker at his misfortune, making the fire dragon slayer sigh sadly at the fact that he was now in a lose-lose situation with the suspicions that came from Erza and Lisanna.
At least he was now learning the biggest life lesson, involving the fact that lust should never be cared for over love, and fate would probably make events happen while also making them be out of Natsu's control. That would be the perfect way to teach him about being fair to the woman that he loved, especially when their seven-month anniversary was happening soon, and the fire dragon slayer knew that Marina had been speaking to him about planning the event. While it had initially seemed like a good idea, let's just say that the anniversary night would have something worse than the thought of a jealous Lucy puking on the cake that Natsu would eat with Lisanna.
10 minutes later...
Lucy and Sting made it to their team's booth to see that the rest of their team had gotten there before they did, but it did not really matter that much. Everyone wondered the event of the third day would be, hoping that it wouldn't require so much creativity like Appealing Ace or be pretty deadly like Pillar Battle, and some people were actually happy that the events were different than the ones from last year because they did not want to participate in games like Pandemonium or Hidden. After all, those events were pretty tough.
Either way, the game would have some kind of twist to it to most likely prevent anyone from making a straightforward strategy that would help them win easily. That would efface anyone's hopes of saying that the games were mediocre, since they certainly were not. Of course, there were ways around the stern rules of each event. Some people who were smart like Lucy could find the malleability in the rules, and crafty people like Shelly could be sneaky without anybody seeing or sensing a single thing. This event would probably be interesting, anyway.
"Welcome to the third day of the Grand Magic Games, ladies and gentlemen! I can tell that Sabertooth is really letting us all know that they plan to make quite a comeback, but Team Aqua Kyogre and Team Lamia Scale aren't too far behind! They aren't getting lazy about this competition, and Fairy Tail could come from behind to win! Will they ever have the chance to regain first place, and can anyone topple them down? We'll have to see what thrills us all today!" Chapati exclaimed with an excited facial expression, wanting to see some more raging battles like Lucy's battle against Yuka from Team Lamia Scale.
"Let's see who is the best at working in sync with their magic, shall we?" Yajima commented, as a smile found its way on to his face.
The guest judge for the third day was Lahar, the Head Captain of the Custody Enforcement Unit and he was also a member of the Magic Council. He smiled while not saying anything, and only hoping he wouldn't have another situation like when him and Doranbolt found out that Jellal was posing as Mystogan. He also hoped that there wouldn't be cheaters this year, like Team Raven Tail. The Rune Knights also sat in various places to watch the Grand Magic Games, and one of them even failed to recognize Courtney Kagari from the dark guild known as Magma Groudon while he was sitting right next to her in the stands.
While Lucy and Sting were both looking excited about the upcoming event, ready to help Sabertooth win once again while the other members of their team were ready to help them out as well, Yukino looked around curiously to note that Wendy was missing. Happy and Carla stood on the booth ledges with Lector and Frosch, ready to see what the event of day three would be, but where was Wendy? The blue-haired sky dragon slayer had never missed out on an event before, and it was not like her to be late. She had to be somewhere, but where could she be?
Wendy actually had been in the booth where Sabertooth was located, but a small puddle of water had been left behind on the floor where the brown-eyed girl had been standing. She had actually been taken away by some grunts from Aqua Kyogre, since they had to wait for Shelly and her team to be done with their part on the third day of the Grand Magic Games, so all that anyone could really do at this point was just focus on the tournament before making their big moves. Still, what was Shelly going to give Lucy? Would it be a heavenly gift, or would it be a hellish nightmare?
Everyone turned their attention to Chapati when he announced the event for the third day of the Grand Magic Games, and he surprisingly announced that this event would be quite a major change for everyone who competed in last year's tournament. The event was known as "Great Gambler", and it was not a mental challenge or a physical challenge. This was a game of luck, just like how a real gambler would hope to get lucky and win big, prompting everyone to look a bit shocked that something like this would be happening. After all, some of them knew that the roulette of fate could be deadly.
Luck had never been part of the Grand Magic Games in the past years, and some people like Rufus looked a bit shocked at this. He could not memorize or cheat to change things that would occur in a game of chance, and the cards would also probably be face-down as well. Lucy looked a bit disappointed at the fact that she wouldn't be able to use her Celestial Spirits in something like this, and the book also would not prove to be useful here. Sting also looked shocked at this change, but then he became calm while having faith in Lucy. After all, her name was only one letter away from spelling "lucky."
No magic was allowed in this event, leaving it all up to chance, and that made this event pretty hard for everybody. Gajeel volunteered to do this event for Team Fairy Tail A, much to Natsu's annoyance since it would not give him the chance to take on someone from Aqua Kyogre, but the iron dragon slayer grinned confidently while knowing that he always had pretty good luck. Team Fairy Tail B chose Lisanna to represent them because she wanted to do it, and Sting had given Lucy enough encouragement for her to participate in this event for Team Sabertooth. All that she needed was a little luck, you know.
The blonde maiden's participation in an event that did not involve magic was certainly a bit troublesome to Shelly, who stood in the booth where Team Aqua Kyogre was located, and she smiled calmly while jumping down from her team's booth with a clever smirk on her face. She was not going to let luck not be on Lucy's side, and Shelly wanted the confidence of the blonde mage to keep rising for her true strength to be unleashed whenever she used spells from the book. Besides, with their fierce rivalry, how in the world could Lucy pass up the chance to show Shelly how lucky she could be?
Chelia Blendy decided to join in on the game for Team Lamia Scale, and Hibiki Lates volunteered to try and win the event for Team Blue Pegasus. Kagura allowed Milliana to participate in the event for Team Mermaid Heel, and Bacchus was going to try and win this event for Team Quatro Cerberus because he was pretty good at card games that involved gambling. After all of the participants had been chosen for each team, they all walked to the center of the battlefield for Mato to explain the rules to them. With luck in this event, could you say that everyone was now a high-roller?
He commanded the field to open, simply having the mages behind the scenes use magic to create what appeared to be a poker table, and everyone looked surprised by its sudden appearance. The table had only sixteen playing cards on it, making everyone look really curious as to why this game would not be played with a full deck, and Mato told them that the event known as "Great Gambler" required all the participants to pick two random face-down cards from the table. It was a simple game of chance, really, and victory depended on luck.
Nobody knew what cards they were going to get, and Mato also let them know that aces counted as eleven points instead of one. Whoever had the highest number from the total of their pair would receive ten points for their team, and whoever had the lowest number would get zero points for their team. Mato smiled and danced around while telling everyone to simply choose two cards from the table. The competitors were also not allowed to look at each other's cards, but who really would want to see who got lucky?
Lucy looked a bit nervous, being the last one to grab two cards from the table, and she groaned in frustration at her luck when she saw what cards she had gotten. They were a two of clubs and a three of spades, totaling up to five, and that was the lowest score that could be achieved in the game. She looked pretty down about this, thinking that luck had run out for Sabertooth, but she did not know that this event had a sneaky cheater in its midst. Lucy was wishing that the cards could be reshuffled and drawn again, but she wouldn't be saying that when her eyes were closed in frustration.
When the blonde mage had closed her cocoa brown eyes, Shelly had a sly smirk on her face while Marina used a spell known as Spit Swap to make this game of chance have some rigged luck transpiring. Marina simply spit at Lucy's cards from a far distance, smiling calmly as her saliva landed on them, and this spell quickly changed Lucy's cards into flat rectangles of water before they swiftly transformed into cards that were different from the ones that she originally had. Nobody had noticed anything when Marina spat on their cards, mostly since the tampering transpired in the blink of an eye, and the actions of Aqua Kyogre were definitely a game-changer.
Bacchus grinned confidently while playing his cards first, knowing that he had a black king of spades and a red queen of hearts, but then he looked shocked to find that he now had Lucy's two of clubs and her three of spades. This totaled up to five, the lowest score in the game, and Team Quatro Cerberus immediately earned zero points. Bacchus Groh left the field with a somewhat annoyed look on his face, and he muttered about the event not being wild enough to be in his favor. Milliana played the three of hearts and the three of diamonds, earning a score of six, and Team Mermaid Heel had only gained one point. She walked back to her team's booth, and Kagura simply looked annoyed.
Hibiki now had the four of spades and the four of diamonds, totaling his pair up to eight, but that wasn't exactly a pretty high score. He earned two points for Team Blue Pegasus, and looked pretty shocked to know that his calculations were off. Well, nothing could really be calculated exactly in a game of chance. Chelia had the four of clubs and the five of hearts, getting her a score of nine, and that helped her earn three points for Team Lamia Scale. Lyon sighed sadly while thinking that he should have done the event, since he wouldn't have picked the first two cards on the left side of the top row of four like Chelia had done.
Surprisingly, Gajeel had drawn the ace of spades. However, he had only gotten a score of thirteen because he had also drawn the two of hearts. Since none of the other three competitors looked at him like their pair values were lower than his, Gajeel earned four points for Team Fairy Tail A. This made Natsu want to laugh at him, but it would be stupid to do that. After all, Gajeel could easily make a comeback that let Natsu know that he did not forfeit his battle on the first day. Burning a fire dragon slayer like that would be irony, would it not?
Lisanna kindly showed Lucy and Karen her pair of cards to let them see that she had the ten of clubs and the six of diamonds, but neither of her opponents looked like their cards had a lower pair value than sixteen. Lisanna got six points for Team Fairy Tail B, and she gave Lucy a paranoid look before she went back to her team's booth where they were waiting for her. The white-haired mage still thought that Natsu had been attracted to Lucy, thinking that his little session with Marina on the battlefield was because of something like Charm Magic, but Lisanna would eventually find out that she was wrong.
The blonde girl fiercely looked into Shelly's aqua blue eyes, seeing how they were so calm while she smirked evilly, and Lucy really wanted to earn those ten points for her team. She could hear Shelly giggling a bit, almost as if something was a bit funny, but what was there to laugh about? Lucy did not intend on losing this event to her, and she showed Shelly her pair of cards while the tanned woman did the same for Lucy. Shelly had the ten of hearts and the ten of spades, totaling up to a score of twenty, but Lucy had surprised everyone. She had the ten of diamonds, and the ace of hearts to get a score of 21.
Lucy had won the event for Team Sabertooth, having the pair of cards that totaled up to the highest numerical value, and she had earned ten more points for her guild. Shelly had earned eight points for Team Aqua Kyogre, but that still let them hold second place for now. She was glad to have helped Lucy out in this event, seeing the look on her face that told the tanned woman that she did not want to lose, and Shelly smiled in a scheming manner while knowing she just had to keep letting Lucy's confidence go up. The poker table disappeared, and both girls went back to their booths while having tasted victory.
10 minutes later…
The battles of day three were now ready to begin, and everyone looked thrilled while anticipating what kinds of battles they would get to witness today. Shelly could hear the footsteps of some grunts from Aqua Kyogre heading towards the booth by going up a hallway in the Domus Flau, obviously here with the girl that she needed to see, and she smirked in a cunning manner while seeing Wendy appear in the doorway with a large bowl of sugary sweets. She had been hyper from the chocolate brownies and the chocolate cookies, even getting sugar from some vanilla ice cream sandwiches that she proceeded to eat, and the female grunts complained a bit about Wendy's appetite cleaning out their paychecks for the week.
Shelly had continued to maintain her smirk while the first battle had put Kanata Minamo from Team Aqua Kyogre up against Yaeger from Team Quatro Cerberus, and the tall male started off the match by using his Plant Magic in an attempt to make a flytrap emerge from underground to devour Kanata. However, the red-haired woman quickly spat out a long-range needle of water to hit Yaeger. While he only felt a little drop hit him, Kanata's water quickly made his whole body become encased in ice. She wanted to finish off a pointless match with ease, and Kanata gained ten more points for Team Aqua Kyogre.
The second battle was between Gray Fullbuster from Team Fairy Tail A and Risley Law from Team Mermaid Heel. Gray immediately used his Ice-Make Magic to simply make Risley be frozen inside of a large ice cube, and the ice mage gained ten more points for his team. Team Fairy Tail A was now ahead of Team Fairy Tail B by only eleven points, but could those tables turn once again? Lisanna looked confident while knowing that her team would definitely catch up to Natsu's team, especially since that would give her enough confidence to try and find out his secret, so she simply hoped for the best outcome.
The third battle pitted Toby Horhorta from Team Lamia Scale up against Cana Alberona from Team Fairy Tail B, and Cana was quick enough to play an Explosion card. This card made three sticks of lit dynamite roll towards her opponent, and the explosion from the short fuses sent Toby flying high into the skies. He landed somewhere far from the arena, presumably crashing into a house when he came down to the ground, and Cana won the match. She earned ten more points for her team, now putting them one point behind Team Fairy Tail A.
With that battle over, the final battle of the third day could now commence. It was obviously between Team Sabertooth and Team Blue Pegasus, since they were the last guilds left to fight. Sting knew that the time was finally here for him to have a great battle against whoever his opponent was, and the white dragon slayer smirked confidently with strength had made its way into his calm blue eyes. He let Lucy know that she had to give him a kiss if he managed to win against someone like Ichiya, but he looked shocked to see that the match-up gave him a pretty easy win.
Sting jumped down from his team's booth to see that he would be fighting Eve Tearm, the blond male who used Snow Magic, and the match quickly began. Eve smiled confidently while preparing to use his White Fury attack as he stepped on a small puddle, prompting Sting to charge up his strongest Holy Ray attack, but a sudden blue blast of energy that hit Eve from underneath had sent the young man flying out of the arena! Sting looked perplexed by this, not even having used one attack yet, and the white dragon slayer did not even know that Shelly had secretly duplicated the ice from Gray's match while turning it into many small explosive puddles of water as well. She had done it while the grunts from Aqua Kyogre had entered the booth with Wendy, letting her turn around to see them while no one else looking, and the tanned woman was clever.
Since Eve was out of the arena, due to Shelly not seeing this match as anything special, Sting gained the ten points for Team Sabertooth by default. He smiled calmly at the fact that his guild had another victory, especially since he had done nothing, and Sting jumped back up into Sabertooth's booth for Lector and Lucy to congratulate him on how fast he won that battle. Aqua Kyogre had definitely been getting involved in this tournament, even by tampering with the events and battles, but they were sharp-minded enough to operate in sneaky ways.
Later that same day, in Crocus...
After the third day of the tournament had now come to a close, Shelly decided to take a walk through the town with Wendy while two other female grunts from Aqua Kyogre were acting as bodyguards for the black-haired woman. It wasn't that she could not defend herself right now, since she was possibly capable of even giving a tough battle to Laxus and Erza if they fought her at the same time, but Shelly wanted to keep gaining Wendy's trust. She wouldn't be the typical villain to threaten a child about gifts, especially if that child once delivered food to her dorm room at the infamous dark guild known as Aqua Kyogre, so Shelly took a different approach.
She had actually made the grunts lie in wait for the young sky dragon slayer before the event of the third day had actually began, quickly pulling her down into the puddle of water that they purposely put on the spot where she was about to sit, and let's just say that Wendy would've been glad to know that a female grunt put her hand up the blue-haired girl's skirt to grab her for this little plot to begin. Shelly had formed a pretty good bond with Wendy, since the young maiden of the sky did not really see her as an evil person, so would it really be hard to just ask Wendy to do a simple task?
The four girls were currently at an ice cream parlor, all of them enjoying a large sundae that was made with seven different kinds of chocolate, and it seemed like they were celebrating a bit better than the people on Team Sabertooth. Shelly smiled a bit while using one of the large spoons to pick up a scoop of ice cream, eating the sweet treat that was very sugary, and Wendy did not waste any time with getting a scoop for herself. The two girls were eating most of the ice cream, even though the female grunts had bought a large bowl of candy for Wendy to get her hyper, and everything was going pretty well. Shelly was quite a good schemer, right?
Despite the fact that she did not even know what Shelly was planning to use her for, Wendy still did not find the woman with beautiful aqua blue eyes to be bad in any way. Shelly had been really nice and kind to Wendy for a while now, even being like another older sister that she could turn to for advice, and the young blue-haired girl smiled happily while she ate more of the ice cream. Shelly had definitely been wanting Wendy to enjoy the sugary side of Aqua Kyogre, different from their harsh side that labeled them as thieves who were good at kicking everyone's butts, and the wheels of her plan were totally starting to move with motion.
Shelly took out a pink lipstick dispenser from the left pocket of her blue jeans, obviously not her color because she normally wore cherry red lipstick, and this was no ordinary tube of lipstick. Even though most mages used Caster Magic to be exceptionally skilled, the scientists in Aqua Kyogre had used their research and technology for the purpose of creating items that had tremendous amounts of power. Their energy could be turned into Caster Magic, thus explaining how almost everyone in the guild used varying forms of Water Magic, and the lipstick that Shelly held in her right hand had actually contained Heavenly Body Magic.
"Hey, Wendy. You know Lucy from the Sabertooth guild, right? Well, when I was shopping at the mall on the second day of the Grand Magic Games, I found this color of lipstick that is just perfect for her to be wearing. The only little problem that I have here is that we both know she won't accept any kind of gift from me, so I was thinking that someone close to Lucy could give this to her. Please do it for me, Wendy, and I promise that you shall be greatly rewarded." Shelly told her young friend in a calm manner, as she held the tube of lipstick in her right hand.
The little girl with blue hair replied in a very happy manner, resting her head on Shelly's chest while eating so much sugar had greatly improved her sense of smell, "I will definitely give the lipstick to Lucy, Shelly-sama, and it does seem like you two are really good rivals. It's always good to have someone that you can compete with, especially in the Grand Magic Games, and it's good to see how you both are only slamming your fury down on Fairy Tail. It may seem like manipulation and love make you two seem worlds apart, since you've both kissed Sting, but you actually make a really good team in the idea that you're both against Fairy Tail."
As Wendy took the lipstick from Shelly, before she ran out of the ice cream parlor to find Lucy thankfully passing by while she was on her way to the department store in Crocus, the tanned woman could only look a bit interested while she gave some thought to Wendy's words. Lucy had definitely been against Fairy Tail because of the major fact that Natsu had cheated on her with Lisanna, and Shelly was against the fairies because they would get in the way of Aqua Kyogre's plans. The two girls had a common enemy, which was true, but Shelly just simply had to bring out Lucy's bad side to let her know how to truly get revenge. It was quite interesting to have a plan within her current plan, was it not?
Shelly looked outside the window of the ice cream shop to see Wendy giving the lipstick to Lucy, only for the blonde girl to accidentally smudge it on the purple spell book, and the color of the book turned pink while pink beams of light were now emanating from the first page of the seventh section in the book. The pink smudge had now faded away, letting this new type of magic sink down into the book, and Shelly giggled a bit while she could tell that the blonde mage would definitely enjoy this new type of magic. It was more good than bad, and Shelly had quite the good strategy.
Upon seeing Wendy run back into the ice cream parlor while Lucy was on her way to the department store in the city of Crocus, Shelly knew that her task had been done with ease. She decided to let the two female grunts take Wendy elsewhere, since she needed to spend some time stalking Lucy, and Shelly had done her research on the book. Let's just say that the black-haired woman knew something special about the strange item, knowing that something so good was paired with a pretty wicked item, and she simply had to do the work of giving it to Lucy herself. After all, even rivals needed time to chat.
Meanwhile, at Fairy Tail's inn...
Lisanna had been feeling pretty good right now, due to the fact that both of the teams representing Fairy Tail were now in the top four, and the white-haired mage had just gotten back from eating lunch at a restaurant with Cana. The guild had every right to celebrate these wins that were greatly needed, especially since no one even knew that Shelly's little group of cheaters had been messing with them, and Lisanna wanted to throw a party at the inn with Natsu at her side. This party would be transpiring two days from now, which meant that it was on the break day of the Grand Magic Games, and the happy couple would even have a video of their love.
Natsu had told her that he wanted the video to be up on a Lacrima Vision screen that would be visible to everyone in Crocus, mostly because he was going to show off his wonderful affair with the blue-eyed girl to make Lucy possibly feel stupid for not being good enough to keep him as her boyfriend, but his plans to make Lucy feel any envy would not come true. She had actually been glad that Lisanna had the nerve to confess her feelings to Natsu when he had been dating Lucy, so now those two fairies could begin to see each other's faults. Lisanna thought that everything would smoothly, but fate had definitely proved her wrong.
Even though Marina was no longer part of the Fairy Tail guild, since almost everyone had seen her as a traitor for joining Aqua Kyogre, Natsu still assigned the teal-haired girl with the task of planning the party for the seven-month anniversary. Marina had agreed to keep on helping Natsu, even though she had also been seducing him with love and sexual appeal, but Lisanna never knew that the fire dragon slayer was cheating on her. Him and Marina had been sleeping together for quite a while now, even to the point where they would rock the bed, but Lisanna had never suspected anything.
She had a calm look in her blue eyes while thinking that Natsu was just thinking about beating down Lucy in the Grand Magic Games, not really having any romantic interest in her, so Natsu was not trying to make Lucy run back to him. She truly never would come running back to the guy who had cheated on her while making the guild members not talk to her as well, since Sting was a much better guy who actually had manners and decency, so this meant that Lisanna would not have to worry about having Lucy in some possible love triangle. However, just because one worry was now out of question, were there no other hindrances in the way of Lisanna loving Natsu?
The white-haired mage had been standing outside of Natsu's door, getting ready to ask him if he wanted to go out to someplace in Crocus with her, but Lisanna gasped a bit when she heard the sound of something like sighing. Natsu had immediately gone back to the inn when the third day of the tournament ended, seeming like he had urgent business, but when in the world did Natsu sigh like a female? There was steam coming from under the door, meaning that Natsu had made the room become pretty hot, but didn't he have the common sense to not make the water in the shower become to hot? As Lisanna put her right ear near the door, what she heard was shocking.
"That bath felt so good, Natsu, and the fact that we're in bed together is another reason why I love you. Ahhhhhhhh... Just let that big member stay deep inside my womb, and it felt good when you filled me up with your hotness. It's so warm, and I hope that we'll never get caught. It's like you love sleeping with the enemy, since you even rub my body when it gets cold on some nights." Marina told Natsu in a pleasured manner while she actually blushed red from the wonderful feeling of him inside her, still loving how she could use him like a piece of trash.
The fire dragon slayer replied in a confident tone as he smirked, being on top of Marina while they were nude together, "I love how you're the enemy, Marina, and I love being able to have these sexy moments with you. It always feels so good to push down into you, since you're just as good as Lisanna, and your body just makes me want to rub it all over. I would even rub your abs again, since you're strong enough to pin me down while you do push-ups on me, and our nights of pleasure are great. If things fail with Lisanna, I want you to be mine."
Upon hearing those words coming from two voices of two certain people, Lisanna could only narrow her blue eyes while tightly clenching her fists. In case things were to somehow fail with the love that they had, Natsu already had a backup partner? He was totally a cheating bilge rat, since he was being pretty dirty to cheat in an affair where he already had a mistress, and Lisanna could not believe that he was having an affair within an affair. She immediately gasped, making it to where Natsu's enhanced hearing picked up on her voice being nearby, and he was definitely close to being in trouble. Even though Lisanna heard what happened, she needed actual proof.
How was Chapter 20? Did you like it? Sorry if there wasn't much StiCy, but I wanted to develop the NaLi and NaMa more for this chapter. Sting will have a better battle coming up, so don't worry. Sorry if Wendy was OOC, but it was only for comic relief in this chapter. Anyway, what spells will Lucy learn? What happens in the tag-team battle to make Natsu finally see her power, and what does Shelly do to Erza that makes Fairy Tail implode with more conflicts? Standby for the update!