Team Fiore stood firm on the soaking stage. Yukino stood in the very front with Kagura and Minerva a bit behind. The other members were spread out a lot more, but all had the same determined look on their faces—to beat Fairy Tail.
(Music Starts)—
Yukino: Fiore!
All: X791
All: Mae e mae e!
Massugu susume!
Kawa wo watare! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Yukino & Kagura: Itsu datte yume wa
Tooku ni mieru
Todokanai kurai kyori kanjiru
Minerva, Jenny, Milliana, & Ultear: Ashimoto no ishi wo
Hitotsu hirotte
Gamushara ni natte
Nagete Miro!
All: Kimi no me no mae ni
Kawa ga nagereru
Sherry, Chelia, Arana, & Kagura: Hiroku
Ookina kawa da
Kuraku fukakute mo
Nagare hayakute mo
All: Obienakute ii
Suddenly, Yukino slips on the wet stage floor and falls to her knees. She distracts the other members and confused them as well. Yukino quickly got back into formation and continued singing and dancing, but couldn't ignore the glare given by Minerva.
All: Hanarete ite mo
Souda
Mukougishi wa aru
Motto jibun wo shinjiru yo
Kimi no kokoro ni mo
Kawa ga nagareru
Ase to namida no kawa da!
Shippai shite shimatte mo
Nagasarete shimatte mo
Yarinaoseba ii
Yowane haku na yo
Yume ni shigamitsukun da
Negai kanau hi ga kuru made
Yukino: Kawa wo watare!
You can do it!
(Music Ends)—
The song ends and there are loud claps and confused claps in the audience.
"Was Yukino-chan supposed to fall?" One person asked.
"I don't know, but Minerva-sama gave a really bad look to her when she did," Another answered.
"I hope she's alright"
The announcer looks around for a bit and speaks.
"A-Ah!" He began. "Team Fiore really went the full length! Their score is…"
The announcer sweat drops and slowly reads the score: "E-eighty seven…"
Team Fiore's faces are filled with shock and denial that they received such a low score. The crowd begins to cheer, but most are half hearted.
"H-how did we get such a low score?" Kagura questioned. She was in front of Yukino most of the time, so she didn't see her tumble.
"Well…" Arana started, but didn't care to finish the sentence.
The announcer gave the girls time to change out of the wet outfits and rest before going back out for the duets in the rain. The Fairy Tail girls were as close as ever in their rooms, chatting about their performance. However, things weren't going well for Team Fiore.
"YUKINO!"
Minerva screamed at the Celestial mage as she erupted with heat and anger.
"WE GOT A WHAT? AN EIGHTY-SEVEN BECAUSE OF YOUR DAMN UNAGILE LEGS! YOU RUINED US!"
Sherry tried to stop Minerva from yelling at the white haired girl on the floor, but she didn't do much.
"M-Minerva," Sherry squeaked. "We are still ahead by one point…"
Minerva's attention changed to the magenta-haired girl.
"ONE! ONE GODDAM POINT! IF YOU LOSERS KEEP SLACKING, WE'LL EVENTUALLY FALL BEHIND BY ONE POINT!"
Everyone besides Kagura and Ultear were affected by Minerva's roar.
"Minerva," Ultear said. "Calm yourself. We can easily stay ahead, but yelling out your teammates and Yukino will not change anything. We can only decide our future now."
Minerva glared at Ultear and began to yell again.
"FUTURE? OUR FUTURE WILL BE TRASH AND FILTH! NOTHING YOU CAN SAY WILL WO—"
Minerva was interrupted by Ultear tweaking her age. She turned Minerva into an eighty-seven year old, enabling her to speak with a harsh tone. (Eighty-seven, how ironic)
Kagura stood over Minerva, now shorter in height.
"Don't yell at our friends anymore. You're here because you are strong and a worthy idol and opponent. Do not vandalize your place in our team," Kagura lectured the Sabertooth woman until she closed her mouth, telling everyone that she won't yell anymore.
Ultear returned Minerva to her original state and watched her stomp off to her dressing room. Her attention turned to Yukino, shaking on the ground.
"It's already Yukino-chan," Chelia said, trying to comfort the girl. They came when they heard Minerva's yells; so don't know what happened prior to their arrival.
"Did Minerva do something to you?" Jenny asked, but got no response.
Yukino's eyes were large and her face was stripped of its color. Suddenly, she arose from the ground and ran out of the room, somewhere no one could find her.
"ALLLLLLLLLRIIIIIIIIGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTT EVERYONE!" The announcer screamed, causing the audience members to cover their ears. "WE ARE BACK AT IT WITH THE DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUETS!"
The crowd returned to cheering as Sherry and Ultear took the stage.
"It's 659 to 658, Ultear," Sherry whispered. She saw Ultear's nod in return. No one knows what will happen to the score now with the end of the tournament approaching.
(Music Starts)—
Sherry: Saikin ano hito to ii kanji nan desu
Ultear: Katte na mousou Yamete yo
Sherry: Betsuni anata no kareshi janai jan
Ultear: Sou iu Anata mo chigau jan
Sherry: Seijun sate katteru mon
Ultear: Minisuka de sasocchau mon
Sherry: Kessen no toki wa touku na sa sou ne
Ultear: Anata ni
Sherry: Dake wa ne
Kare wo dokusen Sasetari shinai wa
Sherry: Tsuyogatte mo honshin ja
Both: Ano ko no kata ga riido shiteru ki ga shite
Kossori kare no kotori sacchi
Sherry: shichatterunda
Both: Ren'ai saizensen wa Matta nashite
Yuzuriai nante yatterarenai no
Sherry: Furimuka seru wa
Ultear: Sonna no anata ni
Dekiru wakenai jan
Ultear: Watashi no hou ga
Sherry: Watashi no hou ga
Nanbai mo Ano ko nanka yori
Daisuki nan dakara Watashi dake no mono ni natte
Ren'ai saizensen wa Matta nashite
Yuzuriai nante yatterarenai no
Sherry: Furimuka seru wa
Ultear: Sonna no anata ni
Dekiru wakenai jan
Ultear: Watashi no hou ga
Sherry: Watashi no hou ga
Nanbai mo Ano ko nanka yori
Daisuki nan dakara Watashi dake no mono ni natte
(Music Ends)—
"MAGNIFICENT! MARVELOUS! FANTASTIC!" The announcer screamed. "Beautiful! I am SPEECHLESS! What a brilliant performance by Ultear and Sherry from Team Fiore!"
"Thank you very much!" Ultear said as she bowed to the audience.
"Keep supporting us!" Sherry winked as the audience erupted in applause.
The girls from Team Fiore walked off the stage and saw Juvia and Meredy ready in their outfits.
"You guys look beautiful," Ultear said as she sweetly smiled.
"Aw Ur… " Meredy blushed and looked at the floor as her adoptive mother giggled.
"You did really great Sherry-san," Juvia said, amazed by their performance.
"Oh, I'm incredibly flattered, Juvia!" Sherry said. "I just hope I impressed my fiancée enough!"
"I'm sure he loved it," Juvia said with a smile. She thought of her Gray-sama for a split second, but reminded herself that this competition was not only for Gray-sama, it was for all of Fairy Tail, her family.
"Good luck, you two!" Sherry called as her and Ultear walked backstage. "I know you'll do great!"
(Music Starts)—
Meredy: Sabitsuita kokoro,
Oto mo nai sekai, nani o miteru no?
Mata ne o ieru kao o sagasu yo
Sore o kurikaesu dake
Juvia: Kizukeba soko ni wa
Hitorikiri de naku ushiro-sugata
Meredy: Tsurai you na,
Juvia: Sabishii you na, basho.
Both: Te o tsunaide itain da
Both: Nandome no kimochi darou
Koko ni aru nukumori wa
Machigai de mo kamawanai, soba ni iru koto
Namida no oto, tameiki no iro
Ima, tashikameru genzaichi
Joudan mitai na mainichi
Mitai, mitai, mirai
Juvia: Tsuyogari no koe mo kasureta na, to
Yume ni ochiru no
Kakaeta hiza,
Me o otosu to
Sugu ni kuzurete shimaisou de
Meredy: Kono mama, kono mama
Futarikiri kakekomu tooi deguchi,
Juvia: Mada, kitaishite iru no.
Both: Saa
Waratte mitsumeaun da.
Tanjun de mujaki na kao,
Kushakusha no omoi daite
Mayoikonda basho sae yasashisugite
Nando de mo namae o yobu yo
Futashika na mirai de mo
Hanasenai mono, omou dake kokoro ga itai yo
Koko ni iru yo
Koko ni iru yo
Kaeru basho wa koko da yo?
Itsu datte kawaranai
Omoi o nokosu no.
(Music Ends)—
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" The announcer yelled in the microphone as Juvia and Meredy finished their performance. "THAT WAS INCREDIBLE! STUNNING! I DON'T HAVE WORDS!"
"Thank you very much!" Juvia said as she smiled at the roaring audience.
Meredy waved at all the audience members, and of course, at Fairy Tail.
"Their score is… 98!" The announcer said! "WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL DONE!"
The audience gasped as well as both idol teams. Team Fiore's duet got a score of 97, which means they were tied 756 to 756.
"I-I can't believe it!" The announcer was very confused. "Never before have I seen 2 team tied, ever!"
The competition was very heated at this point, with both teams desperately wanting the win. But a tie is always hard to break, as both teams are very skilled.
The stage ended and the girls returned to their rooms to shower and rest for the next day.
"I can't believe we're tied against Team Fiore," Erza began as she sat on the bed in her room. "Last year's score was very different."
"Well we do have Levy and Meredy as our new members," Mirajane smiled at the two younger girls. "It's also Wendy's as well."
"Yeah," Cana began. "They really pulled us up this year. Not gonna lie, but last year, Bisca was very caught up in her pregnancy for her second child, so she couldn't dance very well. Laki always froze up onstage and Kinana would always hiss whenever she carried on the last note."
"Don't be like that, Cana," Lisanna said. "At least we had a great time, even though we lost by quite a bit!"
"Well I'm glad our team is like this!" Lucy happily shouted as she jumped off of the chair she was sitting on. "We all support each other, and I'm sure we will win the competition this year!"
"That's the spirit, Lucy," Erza said. "Now, we all need a lot of rest. Clean up and shut the lights for tomorrow."
Juvia awoke the next morning a lot earlier than everyone else. The sun was shining outside and the warm rays felt nice on her pale skin.
Today was a very important day. For the competition, there will their last group song and a dry solo afterwards by the two favorites of the teams. This year, Team Fiore had Kagura picked. Team Fairy Tail picked Levy, although she turned down the part many times.
Juvia smiled at the thought of her short blue-haired friend. She has the talent and the radiance to go very far.
Dressed in their appropriate outfits for the last group performance, Team Fairy Tail and Team Fiore stood facing each other a few minutes before the show began.
Team Fairy Tail complimented flower-like outfits with each of their colors as accessories to the pale pink dresses. Team Fiore wore uniform-like outfits with touches of glitter and prep.
"Good look you guys," Levy said to the opposing team.
"You too," Kagura said in return with a smile.
Team Fairy Tail watched as Team Fiore stepped onto the gleaming stage to sing their last group song of the year.
Thank you all for being so patient as I updated this story! It has been a very long time, but I found the motivation and time to continue writing this story! I believe there's about 2 chapters left, but there may also be an epilogue at the end, if requested. Team Fiore's first song was "River" by: AKB48, the duet by Sherry and Ultear was "Renai Wars" by: BitterSweet, and the duet by Juvia and Meredy was "And I'm Home" by: Eri Kitamura and Ai Nonaka from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. I hope all of you will continue to read my story :)