Chapter 13
(A/N: Alright, the votes are in. It was close, but in the end, the winner is...Fairy Tail! The member will be a surprise, but it will be someone who Lucy would love to crush, believe me. Also, just as an extra bonus, if you remember the glowing golden and black book, here is where it become relevant and something special will happen. Hope you like it!)
It was now day 2 of the Grand Magic games and everybody in the arena and all of the guilds were all ready for some action.
"Welcome to day two of the Magic Games!" Chapati said.
"Hopefully today will be a great as yesterday." said Yajima.
"Agreed. And here is our special guest, Jenny of Blue Pegasus!" said Chapati.
"Great to be here." Jenny said sweetly.
"Alright, let's begin with the first event." Chapati said. A giant castle like structure came out of the ground. It resembled the castle in Edolas with many towers that was a gray like color.
"The event's name is called 'Ruins'. Players of every guild must try to escape from the collapsing castle before it completely falls. If you get knocked out or get crushed, you are eliminated." Yajima explained. The participants were all soon selected.
Fairy Tail- Gajeel
Black Knights- Sisca (Purple haired girl)
Saitan's Light- Male red knight
Saber Tooth- Rogue
Blue Pegasus- Eve
Mermaid Heel- Riley
Lamia Scale- Yukka
Quatro Cerberus- Warcy
Once they were all selected, they were all teleported to their own towers at the top of the castle, which appeared to be at least 15 meters above the ground. The pumpkin man then came out into the arena.
"And now, you may begin. Kabo." said the pumpkin.
Once that was heard, the castle quickly began to crumble and the people inside made their way through the falling building. Gajeel destroyed any falling rocks, Rouge just moved with the shadows, the male red knight used earth magic to deflect the rocks, Riley used gravity magic, Eve deflected the rock with his snow magic and Sisca apparently used re-quip magic to have a hammer to smash any rocks and Yukka also deflected the rocks. Warcy was just buried under rocks in the first few minutes and teleported outside of the castle.
First- Rouge. Points: 19
Second- Male red knight. Points: 29
Third- Sisca. Points: 23
Fourth- Gajeel. Points: 25
Fifth- Riley. Points: 13
Sixth- Yukka. Points: 9
Seventh- Eve. Points: 6
Eighth- Warcy. Points: 11
"And that concludes our first event." said Jenny. As she spoke, the people who did participate went back to their own teams, where they were all congratulated. But, Warcy had to be taken away on a stretcher.
"Rogue, you did great!" Nazo said.
"Frosch agrees." Frosch said.
"I also think you did great." Mizu said from behind with a slight blush. Rogue also gained a slight blush and thanked every body.
"Now it is time for our first match of the day." said Chapati. All of the guilds son put their attention on the announcement.
"Saber Tooth Nazo vs. Fairy Tail Gray." Yajima said.
As soon as Nazo heard that, she unconsciously grabbed the ledge and began to grip it hard enough to create cracks. She was now trembling with anticipation and excitement. Nazo quickly leapt over the balcony's ledge and landed in the arena. Gray simply came out of one of the entrances. They both made their way to the center of the ring. Gray seemed slightly nervous since he saw what happened with her friend and Natsu.
"You may now begin. Kabo." said the pumpkin, keeping his distance.
Before beginning, Nazo grabbed the collar of her cloak and swiftly tossed it aside. Nazo then ran towards Gray as he did the same thing for the first few moments they both used hand to hand fighting, but then they both separated from each other and began to use magic.
"ICE MAKE: CANNON!" Gray chanted. A giant ice cannon appeared in his hands and shot out a giant block of ice. Instead of trying to dodge it, she actually put her hands in front of her and tried to catch it. The ice landed squarely in her hands and skid back a few feet. Now, she held the ice block in her hands.
"I guess you forgot that I'm a water dragon slayer and what ice is made of." Nazo said cockily. She then began to eat the entire block of ice. Once the ice was all gone, she began to use her own magic.
"WATER DRAGON: ROAR!" Nazo shouted. A spiral of water was sent flying at Gray.
"ICE MAKE: LANCE!" Gray shouted. He used his long sword of ice to cut through the water which also froze some of it. The lance the disappeared.
"Damn." Nazo grunted.
She then began to run towards Gray. Nazo's hands began to be surrounded by water and she started to swing punch after punch at Gray. Some of the barely made contact, they rest he was able to dodge. Gray then did the same with ice covering his hands and Nazo did the same thing Gray did by dodging and occasionally getting hit. When that all ended, they were both low on magical energy.
"ICE MAKE: GEYSER!" Gray chanted.
Suddenly, the ground under Nazo began to shake. Luckily, she was able to jump to the side before the ice geyser could freeze her. Those same actions were continued for few moments until most of the spots in ring were taken up and she had no where else to go. As the ground shook under her once again, she put all of her strength to jump up into the air. Nazo just barely made it above the geyser, which meant she was now over 5 meters above the ground.
"Perfect." Gray said to himself. All of the geysers Gray had created then disappeared. Nazo was now curious about what he was planning.
"ICE MAKE: ARROW!" Gray shouted.
An ice bow and arrow formed in his hands and it was pointed right at the descending Nazo. He pulled back the arrow and released it at high speed towards Nazo. Nazo's eyes shrunk. Time slowed down around as the ice arrow sped towards her. She didn't have enough magic left to do a roar and she couldn't maneuver as well now since she was in the air. She could hear her friends worried screams as the arrow approached her. Nazo didn't know what to do at this moment. After all of her hardships, it would all be over in an instant. She wouldn't defeat Fairy Tail, she wouldn't be able to avenge her best friend, and she wouldn't be able to face sting again.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up and over hundreds of spells came into her mind. Nazo quickly used of the first spells that came to mind.
"HEAVEN'S MAGIC: WINGS!" Nazo chanted. Suddenly, she was shot a few feet back into the air, causing the arrow to miss her completely.
"What the?!" said Gray.
Everyone else in the entire arena was also surprised. Nazo's eyes were closed shut, but when she opened them and saw that she was flying above the ground, she looked behind and saw something truly amazing. Right behind her, she beautiful golden wings. The were in the shape of angle wings, but they were see through and had golden light and glitter on them.
"Haha. Amazing!" Nazo said. After looking at her wings for a few more moments, she put her attention back on Gray. Nazo used her wings to gently land back on the ground. The wings vanished once she was on the ground
"Wh-what kind of magic is that!?" Gray asked.
"Even if I did know, why the hell would I tell?" Nazo said in an annoyed and angered tone.
"Jeez. What do you have against Fairy Tail any way?" said Gray.
"Like I said earlier, why would I tell you?" said Nazo.
Suddenly, her feet were stuck to the ground. An ice wall then grew right behind her. Most of her hair ended being frozen to the wall, along with the back of her left hand. Nazo was so busy talking, she didn't notice that Gray used ice make floor and created a wall behind her.
"I suggest that you start talking." Gray said.
Nazo then had a displeased scowl on her face. She tried to break herself loose, but to no avail. And, she could easily free her hand from the ice, she still had her hair that was frozen the wall. She knew she would never tell him anything, so she decided on her only option. Nazo surrounded her right hand in water and made it into a blade shape.
"Wait, what are you doing?" Gray said. Then, with one quick motion.
*SLICE*
Nazo cut off almost all of her long flowing hair and at the same time freeing her left hand. She also managed to pull herself out of the frozen ground. She then moved to the side lines to make some distance between the two of the. As she did so, her hair, which now was at a length where it stopped right below the back of her head, reverted back to blonde. Everyone in the entire arena fell silent, especially Saber Tooth and Fairy Tail when they saw her now.
"N-no way." Gray choked out. The girl before him slowly stood up with her back straightened and looking at him right in the eye.
"So, now do you understand?" she said.
"LUCY!?"