Who Needs a Princess, When You Can Have a Queen?

Celestia193's Author's Note: Alright, here comes the Naval Battle event, and Minerva…is going to piss a lot of people off. But that's what she does. Luckily, she's not going to get off so easily in this story, not after pulling the shit she has.

Silver's Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. Well obviously, the Uchihas are here. Some are canon and some are original characters. Most of the OC's will receive cameo's or moderate roles to help prevent overload though. Anyway, we hope that you enjoy this chapter though I feel it's only fair to warn you that there is a lot of family fluff and silliness coming up soon ;).

Chapter 15

Natsu turns a little green at the name of the next competition. Naval Battle. Boats, that meant boats. And after all of the barrel surfing last night, and the disaster that was Chariot, he wasn't looking forward to anything that had to do with vehicles. "You sure you wanna do this, Lucy?" That, and the huge bubble of water hanging in the middle of the arena didn't really make him feel a whole lot better. Fire was his thing.

"Yeah, don't worry, I got this." Lucy was just itching to get in there. She had to make up for her poor performance on the first day, after all. "Just watch, I'll bring our team home a bunch of points!" Maybe even ten! Now THAT would be awesome.

"You can do it!" Wendy smiles at her. "Do you're best and show them what Fairy Tail is made of!" She wished that she had brought home a win instead of a tie, but she was sure that Lucy would do htem proud."

So, as the rules of the game were explained, it was off with the clothes and on with the bathing suit, and with the bubble so close to the galleries that it was easy for the girls from every team to just jump right into the floating sumo ring. Those were the rules, it was an underwater sumo match between the seven remaining teams, and the last one in the bubble won first place.

"I seriously think they just use every excuse possible to get them into bikinis." Sasuke rolls his eyes. Though Juvia obviously had an advantage in this one. "How good a swimmer is Jenny?" He glances at his teammates a bit apprehensively.

Shisui chuckles at that question. "She's quite good. I wouldn't underestimate her, but you really shouldn't be saying that like it's a bad thing." He smiles at his cousin as if he found Sasuke's reaction amusing. "What's wrong with a little fanservice?"

"You're a damn pervert." Sasuke swats his cousin upside the head. "Cana needs to glitter cannon some manners into you." Or whatever that explosion of glitter power had been called earlier.

"Alright! Alright!" He smirks at his cousin. "Though I imagine you wouldn't mind if Erza was one of the contestants down there" He couldn't resist teasing Sasuke sometimes. "Anyway, Juvia and Minerva are the ones to watch. Juvia because of her water affinity and Minerva because she is one of Sabertooth's strongest competitors and known to be rather sadistic."

"Yes…sadism seems to be a rather common theme in their guild." Itachi glances over towards the Sabertooth balcony, taking note of one smirking dragon slayer, and one smirking god slayer. The quieter of the dragon slayers, however, was staring at the water grimly, whilst the last member of their team appeared to be doing his best to hide. And he felt himself wondering just what had happened yesterday, after Rufus had been defeated. "Well, it would seem that there is less noise in their gallery today."

"I wonder why." Sasuke smirks at Itachi. "Well we know one thing, they didn't banish Rufus from their guild." Not like they had that one woman. "Probably because they're getting low on numbers." Shisui nods in agreement as he turns his head back to the Naval Battle that was about to start.

It was quite a collection of ladies, and one outnumbered Rocker from Quatro Puppy. The poor man went completely unnoticed and unappreciated by the crowd, as well as the judges. That was especially the case as the quiet before the storm ended, and the first moves were made, surprisingly, by both members of Fairy Tail. Even more surprising was that Juvia and Lucy's attacks were directed at each other, courtesy of one bikini-clad mermaid, Aquarius the Water Bearer, one of Lucy's Celestial Spirits.

"Juvia is going to win this fight for Gray!" Juvia pushes out massive amounts of magic into her water attack. Determined to take out Aquarius! Which was no easy task! "You can't beat me, My Rival!" She was still completely convinced that Lucy was after the ice user.

"I already told you, I'm not your rival!" Lucy had just about had it with Juvia constantly believing that she was out to steal 'her man'. Like hell! Besides, he was Natsu's man, obviously. And if Juvia couldn't see it, which obviously she couldn't, then she needed to seriously get her eyes checked. "Aquarius, get her!"

"Ugh, we're evenly matched!?" This was not how this was supposed to go, and Aquarius was getting impatient and pissed. "Alright, that's it, I'm out!"

"What!?" Lucy couldn't believe this. "You're ditching me!? Why!?"

And, with a big, smug grin on her face, Aquarius looks around at Lucy. "Because I've got a date with my man. And he's HOT." And just like that, she disappears, leaving Lucy high and dry in the water.

"It was a nice try, but it's just you and me now!" Juvia's continues firing off her attack. "For Gray!" She couldn't believe that Aquarius had bailed either, but now was her chance!

Gray's face pales as Juvia's enthusiasm rises to new heights, proclaiming her love for him in a new attack that she hurls at their guild mate. It was…horrifying. Absolutely horrifying. Especially to thing of her directing any of that 'Gray Love' directly at him. She was…soft, and squishy, and eager, and…it freaked him the hell out.

Natsu glances at his rival, raising an eyebrow. "You okay, Gray? You look like you're gonna be sick."

Gray wanted to find the nearest hole and crawl into it. "I t-think so! Why can't she leave me out of her attack names?!" It was so…embarrassing and how was he supposed to tell her why he couldn't be with her? That he was essentially cursed?! People died around him!

"Do ya need a barf bag?" Natsu was starting to get serious worri- "Oh hey, Juvia tossed three of them out!" Juvia, Lucy, and Minerva were the only ones left in there now. "Oh, right, you need that bag?"

"Nah, I think I'm okay." He blinks as he watches the match. "Well that's good." He'd rather it be Team A, but Team B was definitely preferable to Sabertooth. And damn…Natsu had such a short attention span sometimes.


On the other side of the arena, Itachi's eyes glow red as he watches the contest. The Sabertooth woman was still in the battle, and that was not good news for the two Fairies remaining. She was going to pull something, he just… His eyes widen as the feel of her magic changes, going from dormant to active. He'd gotten good at figuring it out over the years, even with the shift from seeing chakra to seeing magic. Only two other people had those familiar flares of chakra, though even those were blurring with the integration of this world's magic.

And that's how he knew that Minerva was playing dirty when her magic flares, and Juvia is suddenly dropped outside the bounds of the sphere to land her in third place. "…It seems that Sabertooth has made their move."

Shisui's eyes widen at the sudden change in events. "More like, they made their opening move." He had a sinking feeling that Minerva was just getting started.

"You know, I actually feel bad for Juvia." Sasuke shakes his head. "The woman doesn't have a chance with him and she's obviously a powerful wizard." She was just too easily distracted.

"Powerful, and yet, unable to understand when a man is simply not interested." It was something of a plague, and one that Itachi knew well. After all, working at Blue Pegasus meant that you had women trying to flirt with you almost constantly. But this situation with Minerva worried him, especially as the magic in the bubble of water grew immensely, accelerating as soon as Lucy showed the first signs of defying Minerva.

"I don't like that look." Sasuke frowns. "She looks as psychotic as Flare." More controlled in her sadism, but still. He had a bad feeling about this.

"Lucy does seem to have…rather bad luck when it comes to matches." Shisui sighs as he watches the blonde with anxious eyes.

Bad luck was an understatement as Itachi's eyes widened. The assault was starting. Minerva was not the type who took well to defiance, and Lucy was defying her at every turn. Worse still was when Minerva snatched up Lucy's keys, before proceeding to use some sort of dimensional magic to create pockets of heat within the water, pockets powerful enough to explode at the slightest command. "…She's planning to beat Lucy to within an inch of her life." He'd seen that sort of look in the eyes of criminals before. Before killing them, of course.

Shisui couldn't disagree with the assessment. What he didn't understand is why. "She could easily win this match. It isn't to play for the crowd." The crowd was horrified. There was a difference between a good fight and torture. "Is it because Lucy didn't immediately surrender?"

"That has to be it." Sasuke nods. There was only one other possible explanation. "That or she's just a sadistic bitch." Though the two weren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

Lucy's screams could be heard from underwater, the bubble magically constructed so that the competitors could breathe inside it. But now, they were on a time, a five minute timer that was ticking down until the end of the sudden death round. If Minerva kicked Lucy out of the bubble before the timer finished, Lucy would finish in last place. But if she didn't…then Itachi wasn't entirely sure that Lucy would survive this. And without the knock-out rule in place in a watery bubble, it was up to Lucy to either surrender, or win. And judging by the force of the kicks that Minerva was now driving into Lucy, the latter was not going to be an option.

There was blood, and there were angry and fearful cries from the crowd as laughter emanated from two of the Tigers in their gallery. Sting and Orga, with crazed grins across their faces, roaring with laughter at the display, while Rogue and Rufus had their heads turned away from the sight. And the murderous looks of Lucy's team were unusually dark for Fairies. The Tigers…had just declared war.

Hibiki stares at the sight, expression anxious, angry, and his hands clenched until his knuckles turn white. "They have no idea…what they've just done."

"She's going to kill her at this rate!" Sasuke watches in horror, half thinking of trying to break up the match. "Lucy can't take much more of this." Was she even moving?

The judges didn't know either, and as the timer finally ran out, there were calls from the judges, and many of the other wizards to stop the match. And finally…when Lucy no longer moved, the referee called it, and Minerva slowly…painfully slowly, let Lucy hang out of the water, bloodied and bruised, and no longer conscious.

"Lucy!" Natsu and Gray's voices rang out across the arena as Minerva let her fall, Lucy's teammates rushing to save her from the fall, making it just in time to stop her from hitting the ground.

Shisui winces at that. "Well at least it's over now." Though he didn't fancy her odds of being able to fight anytime soon. "She's lucky to be alive."

"Something's off." Why had they allowed the fight to carry on to such an extent. "The match was called too suddenly." Maybe, someone had stepped in behind the scenes. A judge who didn't want Sabertooth's reputation damaged? He didn't know. "Itachi what kind of magic was she using?" Though he did know one thing, that witch needed to be taken down.

"Some sort of dimensional magic." At least, from what Itachi could tell. "She can control the properties of space. And it seems that she has honed her talent to the excess." He glances at Hibiki. "And what do you mean by 'they have no idea what they've just done'?"

The Archive wizard's gaze darkens, his purple eyes falling on Minerva as she slides down the side of the bubble to meet the enraged Fairy Tail wizards. "They've harmed a member of Fairy Tail." And two of her teammates, Sting and Orga, jumped down to defend her as Natsu and Gray got ready to attack. "They've just declared war with the most destructive guild in the kingdom." Maybe even in the world. "Fairy Tail doesn't get vengeful over a whole lot, but when they do, you want to be as far from the line of fire as physically possible."

"We might have to go down there." This could turn into a bloodbath. "It's getting out of hand fast." Sasuke's eyes scan the confrontation warily.

"Did I not just say that you want to be as far from this as possible!?" Hibiki puts his hand on Sasuke's shoulder, trying to impress the seriousness of the situation upon him. "Do you really want to get between two dragon slayers?" It was suicidal, really, to get in the middle of a confrontation between those who used Lost Magic. "Besides…" From the looks of it, there was no need to intervene. "It looks like Erza's planning on handling this." Though judging from the look in the redhead's eyes, this was not going to be a particularly peaceful armistice, even if she was making to hold her teammates back while Wendy and Chelia tended to Lucy.

"They might stop, if another guild gets in the way." Especially an allied guild. "I just hope she doesn't do anything stupid." That would get her disqualified or cause someone to die. (Well other than Minerva, Sasuke would be quite happy to send her straight to Hell himself).

"Erza's not the type to do something stupid." Ren glares down at the scene, watching as the mighty Titania issues her own declaration of war. "But Sabertooth is, and now they're going to pay for it." And he knew that for a fact. The look on her face made shivers go up his spine.

Hibiki nods. "They're going to find out very soon what it means to cross Fairy Tail." After all, there was one guild that Sabertooth hadn't fought yet, that the crowd was going to be begging for now. "They've started their fight, and there's no way the crowd is going to want anything but a continuation during the tag battles." That was going to be today's main event. "I give it a ninety-eight percent probability that the last battle of today is going to be Fairy Tail and Sabertooth. And Fairy Tail is going to be out for Minerva's blood."

Shisui didn't see a problem with that. "Well in that case, she had best hope whoever intervened on Lucy's behalf, does the same for her." If the entire guild was gunning for the woman now, Shisui didn't fancy her odds of winning. No matter how powerful she was.

Itachi hoped not. "I doubt that very many would mourn if she were to be…removed." He wasn't usually one who enjoyed violence, in fact, when possible, he preferred to remain a pacifist. Doing that as a wizard wasn't quite as difficult as it had been while he was a ninja, but still…there were some time when that darker part emerged. Specifically, when he knew that someone couldn't continue to exist and spread their cruelty to the world.

"She'll get what's coming to her soon enough." Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the wizard. "Minerva just made an enemy out of anyone not in her guild, with any sense of fair play."

But judging by the look on the face of her dark-haired teammate, perhaps not only outside of her guild.


True to their word, Mikoto and Fugaku had left with ten other Uchiha as soon as the sun rose that morning, their number a dozen strong. With heavy hearts, they had bid farewell to their kin and clung to one another for dear life as her husband activated the jutsu that would take them to a new life.

One that she could only hope would be far away from the strife that had existed in their own world and hopefully, they would be able to find Itachi, Shisui, and Sasuke. In the end, when the spinning had finally stopped, they had appeared within a truly magnificent city.

The buildings were made of stone and wood, decorated with glass and crystal, and garlands of flowers draped across bridges and important-looking structures. The people walked the streets joyfully, shopping and chatting. There was a distinct air of peace in this place, and it felt very different to the place they left behind. It was happy and alive and warm.

They had wandered around it for hours, attracting much attention due to their foreign clothes which were considerably less colorful than the locals, before they came across a shop that had several bright screens in the windows. "Oh, gods and goddesses! Fugaku! Look!" Which soon had the Uchiha Matriarch gasping in shock. "Everyone look! It's them!"

There on one of the screens were two boys, one with bright golden hair, and the other with hair as dark as a raven's wings. On another screen were two groups, one with a large number of rather burly men, and the other with a selection of younger adults in their twenties. And two of them were incredibly familiar. "It's them! It's really them!" Years had passed and most wouldn't have recognized them, but Mikoto knew. A mother always knew (or an aunt as was the case with Shisui).

The Uchiha patriarch's eyes travel across the screens, eyes widening considerably. The two elder boys, he recognized. But the one on the field, the one who appeared to be in the center of an arena with three other young men…well, there was no denying whom he looked like. He looked just like Mikoto. "Sasuke…"

And it appeared that, for one reason or another, he and the blond boy were about to do battle with the man with the strange hair and black clothes, and the one in the purple armor decorating his arms and shoulders. "They're alive…" He'd hardly dared hope until just a little while ago that they were still alive. And yet, there they were, all three of them. Alive and well, and fully grown. Sasuke, Itachi, and Shisui, their images being broadcasted across the screens in this shop window.

"Yes, they are." Mikoto's voice was barely above a whisper, but the same couldn't be said of Fugaku's parents. "We have to find out where they are." Who were cheering so loudly, it was starting to attract more than a little attention.

"Of course." And Fugaku knew just how to do so. He had been the police chief at one point, and he knew how to speak with civilians. So, he pushes open the door to the shop and walks inside, spotting what looked like a shopkeeper, or at the very least an assistant, at the counter close to the back of the store. "Excuse me, I was wondering if you might be able to tell me where I could find the place from the floating screens?"

The shop owner looks at him in confusion. "Well every screen in the city is probably showing the Grand Magic Games." He spoke a bit strangely and his clothing was peculiar to say the least. Maybe he was a late spectator to the Games though. "They're being held up at Domus Flau. The wizards' coliseum."

The Grand Magic Games? Fugaku had no idea what it could be, save for some sort of…competition, perhaps? Games usually implied more than one player. Was Sasuke a player in these games? "I see. And the boys on the screen? Are they competing in these games?"

Mikoto by this time had followed her husband inside and the shop owner smiles at her as he looks at the tv. "Well yes, of course. They're in the Arena." He chuckles as if that should be obvious before taking a closer look. "Those boys are from Blue Pegasus. You can tell by their emblems. Blue horses." The thought seemed to amuse him. "I suppose it matches the name of their guild well."

"Blue Pegasus, I see." Fugaku nods, not really understanding what a blue horse had to do with anything. "Thank you for your help." He turns away from the shopkeeper, nearly running into his wife in the process. "Mikoto…" Honestly, his wife was not nearly patient enough. "It seems that they boys are at a coliseum, participating in some sort of contest on behalf of a 'guild' named Blue Pegasus."

"Yes, I understood that much." She nods at her husband. Honestly, she loved the man, but he did suffer form at least one common disadvantage that seemed ingrained in men. "Excuse me sir, but could you give us directions to this coliseum?" The raven haired woman smiles at him sweetly. "We're not from around here and we'd very much like to see the games." For some reason, it just didn't occur to her lover to ask for directions to the Games! Though admittedly, he had done a fantastic job figuring out quite a bit before that.

The shopkeeper chuckles at the sight of Fugaku's chastised expression. Apparently, the man could read between the lines of the woman's question. Hm…he saw rings, husband and wife, then. "Yes, the coliseum is off to the west of the city. If you hurry, you might be able to catch the last match of the day." At least, at any normal pace. "It's too bad that you arrived so late, this year's Games are almost over."

Mikoto smiles at the shopkeeper. "Thank you, for your help." She takes Fugaku's hand in her own. "Well better late than never. Come, we should tell the others." The woman tries her best to feign knowledge of what the man was talking about. "It'd be nice to see the final match of the day. Your mother and father would be especially thrilled."

"Yes, quite." Fugaku could just imagine the looks on their faces. "Then we should move quickly." He didn't know if this was the first match, or not, but he doubted it was the last, seeing as the four combatants on the screens had only just begun to move, the announcements finished. "If we try, we should make it there in less than one minute." After all, the city didn't look nearly as large as the entire Leaf, and they were all more than capable of flickering. Even his parents.

"Yes, you're right." Mikoto quickly rushes outside with her husband. "We've found out their location. Hold onto our hands and we can all Flicker there." Thankfully, the people they had brought with them, quickly locked hands with each other as Mikoto and Fugaku were the only ones who really knew where they were going. "We have to hurry." And with that, they took off for the coliseum.

It was an interesting series of Body Flickers, to say the least. There was a lot of ground to cover, and they saw quite a few spots of the city as they headed west, taking only a second to look around before disappearing again. And by the fourth flicker, they could see the coliseum perched on top of a huge spire, four statues ringing it. It couldn't be anything but their destination.

Thirty-seven seconds after leaving the shop, the twelve touch down inside the arena, up behind the highest seating areas. And while the screens in the city had been a decent size, enough to make out people clearly, the screens projected into the air above the arena floor were massive, showing the fight to the entire crowd in stunning detail. And now, there was no mistaking it. The young man with the blue-white lightning flickering around his body was undoubtedly Sasuke. Almost nineteen years old, with a blue emblem of a horse's head and a pair of wings on his left shoulder, and tattooed flames swirling up his right.

"He's far too young to have a tattoo." Aiya shakes her head and clucks her tongue disapprovingly, but she smiles nonetheless. "I always knew that he would grow up to be a very handsome young man though!"

Kenji chuckles at his wife. "Eleven years and your first comment was on his tattoos?" Women. He'd never understand them. "At any rate, we have a problem." He gestures towards the massive stadium. "There are probably tens of thousands of people here and Sasuke is clearly down there and I imagine there is probably security in place to keep fans from just walking up to competitors."

"Perhaps…" Though Fugaku didn't see any. "In any case, I doubt that anyone is allowed to approach the arena floor while there is a battle going on." And judging by the growing amount of…was that snow? It was snowing in July? But that should be impossible, the weather was lovely.

But snowing it was, courtesy of Eve, who was starting to blanket the entire arena floor in the white, powdery substance, aiming to chill and slow their opponents, while Sasuke's lightning kept the snow off his partner. "Go on, Sasuke! I've got you covered!" Eve knew well that he couldn't take hits very well, but Sasuke could, which is why their plan was for Eve to stay back, using his magic to run interference and as support, while Sasuke stuck it to the pervert and the cannon fodder.

"Thanks!" Sasuke smiles at Eve as he leans down slightly on the ground. His Chidori current was already radiating along his body to keep the cold away, but by touching the ground, he could spread it and increase the range of attacks. " Chidori Current!" Hardened flesh or not, Sasuke doubted that Rocker would appreciate being electrocuted. With any luck, this should knock him out with one hit.

The lightning races along the ground, followed by the Eve's chilly magic. Rocker was fast, Bacchus even faster, but only one of them was able to outrun the combined attack. Eve grins as the lightning current arcs out of the ground, shooting up Rocker's ankle, and paralyzing him long enough for the icy cold wind to wrap itself around his body, freezing the puppy in place, even as Sasuke's lightning made it impossible for him to move. Nothing lethal, of course, they weren't Sabertooth, but as the icy shell closes over Rocker's body, it was obvious that he wouldn't be rejoining the battle.

"Well they certainly work well together." Mikoto smiles as she watches the battle. "Though I'm still not sure what they're competing for." Which would be nice to know, but for now she would just enjoy the show.

Well that was one down. "Good shot." Sasuke just had to hope his teammate would be ready to deliver the second. "Fireball Jutsu: Phoenix Flower Style!" As he created a volley of small fireballs and hurled them at the other man. They were controlled by his chakra, so it was easy to "chase" him. "Now!" And while he was distracted with that, Sasuke figured that Eve could finish Bacchus off with something nonlethal. He didn't entirely trust himself not to use more force than was strictly necessary because his stupid bet with Elfman still left a sour taste in his mouth.

The Drunken Hawk wasn't a pushover, and his evasive maneuvers were top notch, but it would be hard for anyone to battle while fighting the elements. Let alone grab a drink in the middle of running for your life. Especially when right now, the elements were threatening to electrocute him, burn him alive, or freeze him solid!

Eve was on top of everything, though, his snow magic already creating drifts and slippery ice patches all across the arena, well beyond the patches of field touched by Sasuke's chidori. He wasn't as good at creating a floor of ice as Gray or Lyon, but he could get creative and manage well enough. "It's time for you to give up, Puppy!"

"You think so? That's not wild, man!" Bacchus leaps over several patches, grinning from ear to ear as he ducks under another fireball. Yes, this guy was extremely frustrating. And even Eve, sweet, patient Eve…had had about enough of this. They'd been chasing the guy for over a minute already, and he was bored. If Bacchus wanted to play hardball, he'd play hardball. "Total Whiteout!" It was his go-to spell for rough situations.

Bacchus streaks towards Eve, trying to take out one of them and thin out their power. Big mistake, as he not only is forced to dodge yet another barrage of meteor-like fireballs, but he runs head-first into Eve's blizzard.

Sasuke watches as the man charges straight into Eve. He was ready to dart in to assist, if necessary. Though he wanted to give his frosty friend the chance to deliver the knockout. The guy deserved it after Rufus had "stolen" his rightful victory on the first day.

It was funny, actually, because as Eve jumps back and ducks to the side to dodge the attack, since he couldn't take a hit for shit, snow billows up around him, catching Bacchus directly in the middle of it. And when it clears, the S-Class wizard is revealed to be a rather scary-looking ice sculpture. Well, minus his face, Eve wasn't the sadistic type. …Usually.

Fugaku eyes the sight of the two boys, rather impressed by the ease with which they ended the battle. Because though the first opponent seemed average, the second, judging by the movements, was a practiced taijutsu expert. So, it made sense that powerful elemental attacks would be his weakness. "They did very well." While there was not a vast amount of power used, the skill with which is was done was by far the more important part.

Kenji blinks at the fight. "Well that was damn good teamwork." His little grandson was all grown up and hurling fireballs at people. He couldn't be prouder.

Chapati's voice rings out across the arena. "And there you have it, Folks! Today's first match ends in a deep-freeze! The blazing Inferno, and the Holy night's snow! Sasuke Uchiha and Eve Tearm earn Blue Pegasus ten points with their tag battle victory!"