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Team Natsu was all 'fired up' for the grand magic games. Two weeks was a short time but nevertheless, they had made the best of it.

"So…Erza, where are we staying?" Lucy asked while tugging at her trolley bag. They were in the middle of Crocus and the city was very busy with the last minute preparations for the games.

"You won't believe our luck! We're staying at honeybone inn!" Erza looked a tad bit too happy with that.

"Uh… what's so nice about that Erza-san?" Wendy questioned.

Erzas eyes sparkled. "They have a costume party tonight."

Gray and Natsu groaned.

A group stood in front of an inn called 'Dark Rose Inn'.

"I like the name." One of them stated. "It has mystery in it. Just like us."

"Let's just go inside." Another said, clearly bored. "We have to get ready. Remember what the organizers said, we have to be ready for the first round by midnight."

The group walked inside without further discussion.

"Is it time for my punishment, princess?" Virgo asked. "No!" Lucy said, clearly exhausted. "I didn't even summon you! Go back!" She waited till Virgo disappeared and slumped on her bed. "Aargh! I'm dead!"

"Oh, come on Luce, She's not that bad. She brings you clothes every time you need them, right?" It was Natsu. He winked at her.

Lucy blushed bright red. She suddenly remembered the 'naked embrace' she had shared with Natsu during the dragons attack. Sure they were in a steady relationship now but still… that had been embarrassing. She suddenly felt someone's arm over her or more correctly someone was hugging her.

"Natsu!" She shrieked. "What?" he demanded.

"Your bed's right there you know."

"Yeah. So?" he inquired.

Lucy didn't have to answer that question as Natsu was being given 'Erzas treatment' for getting into bed with a girl.

Wendy, Gray and Lucy sweat dropped.

At Dark Rose, Juvia grinned at her teammates. "The games are officially starting….now."

"Attention Contestants!" A sound blared. "The preliminary round of the games is starting now. It's a Naval capture the flag! Each team will have a Flag with their respective guild symbol on it. Each team must reach the goal point and insert their flag into the space provided. The first eight teams to complete this task will pass onto the next round. If you lose your flag, you shall be disqualified. If you encounter another team, you may destroy their flag so as to disqualify them. This is a naval battle, in a sense. You have ten minutes to change clothes. The game will begin when you hear a beep sound." The sound stopped.

"Exquip!"

"Gray! How did you change so fast?"

"Natsu! Put clothes on!"

"Lucy, Wendy! Change faster!"

After a lot of shouting, the Fairies were finally ready. And suddenly the furniture and walls disappeared and a maze came up and then everything was under water.

"Gray, Natsu don't use your magic in here, all right?" Lucy said and then summoned Aquarius and Erza requipped into her sea empress armor. Natsu held the flag.

The team ran into a bunch of guilds and enjoyed destroying their flags. Natsu and Gray grumbled about not being able to fight but both of them were able to contribute a few punches and kicks to the more intimidating guys.

It took them an hour to find the end of the maze and they realized that they were the second guild to qualify. The minute the flag was put into the space the insignia on the flag disappeared.

"I wonder who made it through the maze first in a short time." Lucy said. "We'll find out tomorrow." Erza replied.

"You know," Gray said "I get the feeling that we're going to be surprised tomorrow. Really surprised."

"Me too." Wendy agreed. "It's a really funny feeling and I want to find it out so badly."

"I can't wait." Natsu grinned. "I'm all fired up!"

Everyone laughed.

They just didn't know that surprise waiting for them would be that large.

"All right people! Are you ready to meet the qualified teams?" The announcer yelled through the microphone. "Well here they are! Coming in eighth place, Twilight Ogre!"

An ugly cheering rose from the crowd.

"In seventh place, the one and only Quatro Cerberus!"

Another round of applause erupted from the crowd.

"In sixth place, the fearsome ones, Sabertooth!"

"Up fifth, the beautiful maidens, Mermaid Heel."

"Fourth place, the amazing Blue Pegasus!"

"Third place to the great Lamia Scale!"

The applause was never ending.

"Second, the rowdiest, noisiest bunch on the planet, Fairy Tail!"

The crowd was crazier than before, taking into consideration the fact that the rest of fairy tail were screaming.

"Bagging first place is a new guild which passed the qualifier in record time of twenty minutes! The newest and the fastest, Falcon Claw!"

As the team made its way into the arena, every single person was stunned.

A woman walked in with two boys and two girls on either side.

It wasn't that that stunned the audience. It was the members.

Ultear Milkovich, Meredy, Sting Eucliff, Rogue Cheney and Juvia Loxar.

No sound or movement.

"Well, that's disappointing." Ultear said "No applause?"

The crowd went super crazy and the falcon claw members who had come to watch joined in the applause too.

"Juvia! Ultear! Meredy! Everyone!" Lucy yelled before jumping and hugging Juvia.

"We missed you so much!" Lucy was saying. "Where did you disappear to, just like that? Don't you ever do that again."

"I missed you guys too." Juvia said. "Look at you guys, you changed so much! And My God Wendy, your all grown up now!"

Gray noticed that Juvia was no longer speaking in third person and that she had no trouble in having a conversation. He looked at her, hoping to see her eyes.

Juvia smiled and then she made a horrible mistake. The mistake of looking into Grays deep blue eyes.

From the one second their eyes held, Gray saw the change in Juvia and he wouldn't say he liked it. It still had that happiness in it, but something was wrong. And he was going to find it out.

"…talk here." Erza was saying. "You should come see us later."

"Of course, Erza." Juvia replied and walked off to get ready for the first event.

Gray could only watch as she walked away.

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