Lucy: Hello, we're back this week again! :D

Yukion: Nee, Lucy you're so awesome and Roppi...I have no clue what to say anymore...

Lucy: I'm not that powerful in the actual anime/manga though...


Chapter 18: Sky Labyrinth


Arrival at the GMG...

"On our Fairy Tail team, we'll have Gajeel, Laxus,Mirajane, Mystogan and Erza will share the 4th spot, Natsu will take the 5th spot,"Master finished off.

"Master, are you sure this is fine? " Erza asked suspiciously.

"Yes, it says here in the rule book. None of the events are the same each year, the master can't participate, and all members must report to their lodgings before 12,"Levy said closing the rule book master gave her to read.

After the meeting, everyone split up.

"Gray-sama, would you like to have lunch with JJuvia?"JJuvia asked.

"Um...I am hungry,sure why not?"Gray answered. Hearts popped out in the JJuvia's eyes.

"Wait just a minute, how about Lunch with me, JJuvia?" Lyon butted in.

"Gray, I heard that you are participating in the GMG this year. Up until last year, Lamia scale placed 2nd without me and Jura's help. Lamia scale will win this year."

"Don't worry, we have Erza and she's like a monster."

"How about this? Let's make a bet. If Lamia scale wins, JJuvia joins our guild,"Lyon proposed.

"What the Hell,Lyon? What happens if you win?"Gray protested.

"We'll give JJuvia back to you guys. This is a battle of men, are you afraid to lose?"Lyon taunted Gray.

"Hell, no. JJuvia's ours to begin with anyway."

on the other side of town...

Minerva and Orga wiped out and bunch of mages.

"Whoa! What's going on?"Ren shouted.

The 2 Sabertooth mages turned to face him. They stared at Sting and Rogue.

"Well you guys are back? Twin dragon slayers? We thought you guys died with Fairy Tail."Minerva cackled.

"We don't die that fast!We're not that weak!"Sting protested.

"Sure, sure. Well, see you guys later at the games."Minerva and Orga walked away.

The crowd of people that gathered murmured,"Sabertooth will win, Fairy Tail is a puny weak guild."

The Fairy Tail members all walked back to the lodging only to be thunked on the head by Erza.

"Where were you guys? Wait...that doesn't matter now, where's Roppi?"Erza questioned, and left to her lodgings in a hurry.

"We should look for her,"Lucy proposed.

"But the clock, it's about to turn to 12,"Gray watched as the clock struck 12. What's going to happen?

Lights shown through the dark night sky, an announcer with a pumpkin head showed up.

"Good morning to all the guilds here. We will hold a preliminary event here since we have too many participants. Instead of 113 guild teams, we'll have 8. You are free to use any kind of magic, when 8 teams arrive everyone else will be sent home. You will need to have all 5 members present, and we will not be responsible for any deaths in the labyrinth. The Grand Magic tournament Sky Labyrinth has started!" The 3d Pumpkin announce projection vanished.

The building where the guilds were staying at transformed, a bridge appeared.

"Let's go!"Gray charged up the stairs.

"Can you participate in this one, Ren?" Yukion asked.

"Sure~ I'll run like the wind!" Ren followed Gray.

"I'll look for Roppi with Zeref and the exceeds, Lucy you should probably use your black hole transportation thing,"Yukion shouted giving them advice, while dragging Zeref and the exceeds off to find Roppi.

"Open, Black Hole portal." A black portal opened and Lucy told everyone to go through it.

"Are you sure Lucy? I trust you but it sort of looks suspicious."Gray poked the portal.

"Are you afraid? Scaredy cat!"Sting taunted as he walked through the portal, Ren and Rogue following suit.

"You!y-ou, arrogant Blondie!"Gray charged into the portal. Lucy was the last one that walked in, closing the portal, she saw a guy wearing a very fancy looking hat staring at her.

"Memorized,"he said. Who could that be?

"Welcome to the exit! Congratulations! You guys are the first guild to make it here!"The pumpkin announcer said. Gray looked at Sting and Rogue's outfit.

"What's with this outfit? We all have the same color ones,"Gray pondered.

"Well, Master said teams should dress the same color."Lucy explained.

Minerva popped up suddenly,"I can't believe we got beaten by Fairies. Don't worry, we'll beat you guys from hear on out."

Before they had a chance to argue with Sabertooth, Yukion and Zeref showed up and brought them the news. Roppi was fine. She was attacked by a black shadow thing while she was tired, slacking off. She can't participate for a while and will return the soonest she can.

"We took her back to our home, Our other friends, Joshua and them are treating her."Zeref explained.

Team Fairy Tail charged onto the battle stage coliseum.

"I'm you host from this year's GMG! Let's start with introducing the people here, we have Jenny Realight from Blue Pegasus for Day one only.

"Hi! Blue Pegasus will win this year!" Jenny smiled , earning cheers from the crowd.

"Ok, the contestants are arriving!

"First Team ranks 8th team in the preliminary event! The hound's of hell's army, Quarto Cerberus! This is surprising!"

The Cerberus members strolled out, their guild master yelled at them.

"Next is the all female guild that placed 7th! Mermaid Heel!" Some of the members blew kisses at the crowd, making most of the guys swoon over them.

"I never knew a guild like that existed," Macao said hearts in his eyes.

"Despite them getting last every year, this year Fairy Tail managed to pull off with 6th placing them in the return of the Tenrou team shocked the entire land, will they help Fairy Tail become the No.1 guild of Fiore?can they reclaim their glory in the old days?Let's welcome the rowdy Fairy Tail!"" The announcer continued.

Natsu raised his fist, Mirajane smiled, Erza just stood there with a confident look, Laxus looked like he was forced to do this, Mystogan was secretly taking peeks at Erza and well Gajeel, he was staring at Levy. Which caused Levy to turn away in embarrassment.

The crowd looked at them and started booing.

"Wait, why are they booing?" Natsu looked shocked.

Master's old friend in the magic council that protected Fairy Tail countless of times winked and gave them a thumbs up.

"Don't take it too seriously," Erza told Natsu.

"As long as we have our guildmates cheering for us."

The rest of the Fairy Tail team looked at their guildmates. They were cheering as loud as they could, the other people in the crowd sort of winced, covering their ears. When they looked closely they all noticed the girl sitting on the ledge cheering.

"Master Mavis?" Master yelled in shock.

"Yup, I got bored on Tenrou island, so I came here to cheer for you guys," She explained.

Natsu felt more reassured for some reason.

"Coming up in 5th place is the wings that sparkle in the dark, Blue Pegasus!"

The Trimens got back into their usual poses, sparkles around them. Cheers of Ren~sama,Hibiki~Sama, and Eve~Kun filled the air and there were some "Ichiya sucks."

"In 4th place, Goddess of Love and War, Sacred Destroyers, Lamia scale!"

The cheers just grew. Lamia scale's guild master yelled at them.

"Tell Gray, don't forget, that if we win, we get JJuvia," Lyon told Erza.

"He agreed to that?!"

"If we win, we get Erza!" Ichiya declared.

"I call Lucy, though this doesn't mean I like her," Ren declared.

"Then I'll take Wendy-chan!" Eve walked up to them and was puzzled, he couldn't find Wendy.

"Next up in 3rd place is a first-time guild that made it up to the top 3!The midnight raider, Raventail!"
"Raven Tail?!" Natsu screamed.

"That's a dark guild, founded by my...son..." Master looked furious.

Lots of people in the crowd asked," Is it ok for them to participate?Is that a dark guild? I've never heard of it before."

The other members of Fairy Tail were refraining Master from bursting to complain.

"It's become clear that RavenTail existed 7 years ago and recently got approved to be an official guild recently," The announcer explained trying to calm everyone down.

"The time has come father, Fairy Tail, the girl was our way of saying hello," The guild master of Raven Tail told them. On cue, the black shadow like creature on Obra's shoulder transformed into a miniature Roppi.

"You were the one who did it..." Natsu growled.

" We won't let you guys get away with it," Erza declared.

"Well, there are only 2 teams left!"

The crowd murmured," Well, one of them is Sabertooth right? All Major teams are already entered. What about the other one?"

" Is there any strong guild that we don't know?" Mirajane asked.

"No, I told you guys all of them, this one might have to do with what we're looking for," Mystogan defended.

"Alright, now entering are the 2 teams from the preliminary event!... What a surprise! How could this happen? The best, undefeated, the ultimate king, Sabertooth has become defeated!Placing in second place is Sabertooth!"

The crowd cheered wildly but also in shock. Sabertooth was defeated by who?

"So that's the No.1 guild of Fiore? You guys finally show up," Natsu asked.

"Let's enjoy the game, Fairies," Minerva cackled.

"What are you looking at?" Gajeel glared at the tall purple haired guy. The purple haired guys just turned away.(A/n: This guy's hair color may change, so I suggest you reread later on, if you aren't doing so already.)

"This is even more surprising! Could this be the opportunity for the broken winged fairies to fly again? It sure seems like it! Seriously could that be..." THe announcer looked genuinely shocked.

Natsu stared at the team members of the team...his mouth dropped.

"...Team Fairy Tail B!"the announcer finished.

Gray, Lucy, Rogue, Sting, Ren, and Yukion walked out.

"WHATTTTTTT!" Natsu yelled. Team Fairy Tail A(Natsu's team) 's eyes bulged.

"Rogue?" Gajeel questioned.

"Those dragon murderers!" Natsu complained.

"Isn't it violating the rules to have Yukion here?" Laxus stated.

"Another team from Fairy Tail?" The crowd questioned, causing an uproar.

"I can't believe that Fairy Tail would enter 2 teams for the main events," Hibiki watched.

"How come Fairy Tail is the only guild to have 2 teams entered? What the Hell is going on?" The crowd whispered.

"Well, Yamiza-san it seems that a lot of people don't know the rules, for this event each guild can send at most two teams to participate."

"We didn't know that old man!" Natsu complained.

"See this is Fairy Tail!" Master cried, tears of joy.

" Is this ok though? Both teams have to compete against each other. Will they be able to?" The announcer asked.

"Is it fair? For each event you send 1 members, and that would mean 2 Fairy Tail members would be sent out." Jenny looked worried for her guild's victory.

"Which is a pretty sweet deal!" The announcer smiled.

Natsu walked into the middle of the Colosseum and yelled," Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME?!Even if we're from the same guild I won't hesitate to take you down. We're rivals now that we are one different teams."

"Suits me, you talk big pinky, you guys are in what? 6th place?" Sting bluntly said.

Meanwhile, Master talks with Master Mavis about Jellal, and she lets him participate upon hearing that he's really strong.

A stone popped out of the ground with the schedule written on it.

"Now here are the programs for the Grand Magic Games Tournament!"

Natsu cheered up after seeing how there was battles on almost all of the days.

"You already have points from the preliminary event based on your rankings." The ranking point converter stone popped up as well.

"Also, Each team is allowed to select a member to participate , in the battles, the sponsor will have the right to make a decision by drawing considering the factors like Fan's votes."

"What? So they get to decide?" Sting looked pissed.

"So if we're unlucky, we'll be running low on magic after the games and have to battle," Lucy winced.

"The rules of battle are simple, the teams fight against each other, the team that wins gets 10 points, draw is 5 points per team and losing equals 0 points. Now let's get started with the opening game of the GMG tournament. "Hidden starts now!"


Thanks for Reading and Reviewing! Please continue to do so, it helps with deciding the story line and all that. working on a dare that I lost to my friend. That's all for this week! See ya guys perhaps on Sunday?~ Sorry for not updating in a while...

Tune in later~ nya

~Ciao/Ciaossu/Chaos~

Yuki-chan leaving~