Chapter 9
(TIME SKIP...AFTER PRELIMINARIES)
The preliminaries were the same as last year and this time 120 guilds entered ,but only 8 teams could compete like last year. The style of the sky labyrinth changes, so all the twist and turns were made differently. Saber tooth obviously did the same thing thanks to Rufus, but the other guilds that made all did different things, especially Fairy tail since that arrived in second place. Right now all of the guilds are at the stadium where the games are being held and are waiting to be called out.
"Hello everybody! And welcome to this year's Grad magic games!" Chapati called out. That was enough to make the crowd roar.
"Hopefully this year will be as exciting as last year's." said Yajima.
"Agreed. Also, here is today's special announcer, Mirajane Stratus!" Chapati said.
"It's nice to be here, Chapati." Mira said sweetly. Most of the boy's in the arena cheered.
"Alright! Now, here are these years participating teams!" Chapati shouted.
The entire arena began to roar once again. In 8th place was Quatro Cerberus, in 7th place was Blue Pegasus, in 6th place was Mermaid Heel, in 5th was Lamia Scale. When he got to the top four, that's where things began to get started.
"In 4th place is a newly formed guild, but one that is widely known, Black Nights!" Chapati cheered.
When they came out, in the front was Rhianna and Rave, then there was a little girl, about Wendy's height, who looked like a younger version of Rhianna that had pig tails who wore a cute little red dress with blue jeans and sneakers. Next to her was a taller man that had long flowing hair like Rufus that was a silver color. He wore a black jacket that was zipped up and had long white pants and brown shoes. The final person was a girl that had short purple hair that rested on her shoulders that had an outfit on that was similar to Erza's samurai style outfit, except she also had on a red opened vest and her pants were only gray. The crowd cheered for them no less.
"Hey Rave, think we'll see Nazo here?" Rhianna whispered to her friend.
"For her sake, we better not." Rave grumbled.
"Next up, in 3rd place is a new and mysterious guild, welcome Saitan's light!" said Chapati.
The people who came out were all wearing different styles of armor, but they were all colored red. There was three men and two girls in the group, but that's all you could tell because all had hood's over their heads. The crowd was less cheery about this team, but they did slightly cheer.
"And next, the guild that worked their way back to the top and was last year's champions, Fairy Tail!" Chapati practically yelled. The crowd was then in an uproar of cheering when Fairy Tail's team, Natsu, Erza, Gray, Gajeel, Laxus came out. You could feel the ground shaking.
"Finally, it's the guild that formally reigned supreme, but can they reclaim their throne? Saber tooth!" Chapati called out.
There wasn't as much cheering as there was for Fairy Tail, but it was still loud. Saber Tooth's team, Sting, Rouge, Rufus, Nazo, Mizu, all came out and were greeted by the crowd's loud cheer. Natsu could quickly recognize the brunette with the scar on her face.
(A/N: Sorry if I didn't mention the scar in the last chapter.)
He was glaring at her and she didn't even seem to care. After announcing all the guilds, they all waited in the center of the arena for today's events.
"Hey, Nazo!" Rhianna called out running towards the Saber Tooth team, with Rave right behind her.
"Rhianna. I see your guild made it in." said Nazo. After saying that, she quickly eyed the boy behind Rhianna and sent him a death glare and he did the same.
"I'm surprised you didn't try and run from this little girl." Rave said mockingly.
"I'm surprised you even entered old man." Nazo shot back. Rave then just got up in her face.
"Old man!? I'm the same age as you!" Rave yelled in her face.
"Well the hair says other wise!" Nazo yelled back in his face. They then began to just shoot names back and forth between each other.
"Princess!"
"Little bird!"
"Light wate!"
"Idiot!"
"Freak!"
"Loser!"
After all those names were said, they just ended up fighting in cartoon style where a giant ball of dust formed and you could only see parts of them at a time. All of their guild mates, along with Fairy Tail and Lamia Scale were now watching them in their little fight and all sweat dropped.
"Wow, those two act just like the two of you, Natsu, Gray." Erza said. They both just nodded in agreement.
"Uh, ok you two. Don't you think it's time to-" Rhianna tried to break up the fight.
"STAY OUT OF THIS!" Nazo and Rave both yelled, still fighting. By then, the announcers were now all watching.
"Haha. It appears that a little skirmish has appeared while weren't watching." Chapati laughed nervously.
"The two of them act just like Natsu and Gray, always trying to destroy each other." Mira giggled. After a few more minutes of awkward fighting between the two, they were finally broken up forcefully. The person with silver hair had his arms wrapped around Rave's arms and waist. Sting was doing the same thing to try and restrain Nazo. Rave and Nazo soon calmed down and went back to their teams.
"Alright then. For the first match today, it will be called 'flight'. Please choose your competitors." said Chapati.
Saber Tooth: Nazo
Fairy Tail: Erza
Blue Pegasus: Hibiki
Saitan's Light: Female knight
Mermaid Heel: Kagura
Quatro Cerberus: Rocker
Black Knights: Rhianna
Lamia Scale: Cheria
After all the competitors were selected, they all gathered in a wide circle in the center of the arena. Suddenly, a barrier appeared around the entire arena as strong gusts of wind started to pick up from the ground. Soon enough, the people chosen began to start to float into the air. They stopped rising when they were all 5 meters above ground.
"The rules are just like in 'the naval battle'. See who can last the longest while taking out the other opponents." Mira explained.
"With that, you may being!" Chapati called out. The first one to move was Kagura who first took out Rocker with her sheathed sword and gravity magic which sent him slamming into the ground below.
Quatro Cerberus points: 1
Erza re-quipped into her black bat's armor for easier flight and easily took out Hibiki by elbowing him in the back of the neck and made sure he landed on the ground gently.
Blue Pegasus points: 3
With out being noticed, Cheria took out Rhianna using her god slaying magic to send Rhianna into a wall on the ground below.
Black Knights points: 5
The only people who haven't even moved or attacked people yet was Nazo and the female knight. The people who took out the other opponents now put their attention back on the remaining people. You could actually feel the intense atmosphere around them.