Chapter 2-The Fateful Duel

Later that afternoon, Gray and Juvia's daughter Selena and Natsu and Lucy's son Zane both arrived at the tree where they would do their wizard duel. Their duel involved them being completely alone with no spectators. Selena and Zane stopped walking when they were about five feet away from each other.

"Do you remember the rules of the duel?" Selena asked.

"Of course I do." Zane answered.

Selena and Zane then turned around and walked ten steps away. They had both took a deep breath before commencing in their duel. Selena and Zane then turned around facing each other to attack.

"Ice Make Lance!" Selena shouted as she made her attack.

Selena's attack was a series of generated lances made of ice that almost hit Zane, but he had dodged the attack to make a counterstrike.

"Fire Dragon Blast!" Zane shouted as he made his attack.

Zane's attack had shot a blast of fire in front of Selena, but she was able to quickly dodge the attack.

"That was impressive." Zane commented.

"You're going to have to do better than that." Selena commented back.

Selena then used her magic to make ice fists and Zane used his magic to make fire fists. They then both engaged in a fist fight. In their current duel, they were currently equally matched and both have been figuring out a way to win. Zane tried to get Selena off guard by throwing one of his fire punches at her leg. Selena had tripped forward but used this to roll sideways to punch Zane in the stomach. The fight escalated for a few minutes and their attacks were becoming more intense as time went by.

As the battle continued to commence with Selena continuously throwing ice punches and Zane continuously throwing fire punches, they were suddenly face to face in combat. Selena and Zane suddenly had their heads in contact making angry looks at each other. As Selena was looking deep into Zane's eyes, she unintentionally started to blush which he didn't appear to notice. Zane then threw a fire punch towards Selena's stomach which made her backflip away from him. Once Selena landed back on her feet, their fight partially stopped.

"Do you want some more of this?" Zane angrily asked.

Selena said nothing in response, but just continued to blush as she was looking at Zane. All of a sudden, she started to feel her heart beating fast and began to breathe heavily.

"Well, I forfeit this duel." Selena nervously claimed "You win. Goodbye, Zane."

As Selena turned and walked away, Zane got angry.

"Where are you going?" Zane asked angrily "Get back over here and fight me!"

"What's happening to me?" Selena spoke softly to herself so no one else could hear "My heart is beating too fast and causing me to breathe heavily. Did I just get a seizure? All I know is that Zane's presence is making me feel this way."

"Don't walk away from our fight, Fullbuster!" Zane shouted "Come back and face me like a real wizard!"

Selena continuously walked away from Zane, but as he started to run towards her, she started to run. Zane then started chasing after Selena to get her to continue their fight.

"Leave me alone, Zane!" Selena advised.

"Our fight's not over yet." Zane replied "If you really got guts, then come back and face me."

However, as Selena continued to run away with Zane chasing her, she immediately felt an urge inside her and then she relentlessly but unintentionally made an attack.

"Ice Make blast!" Selena shouted as she turned around and made her attack.

Selena unintentionally used her ice magic to shoot a large beam of ice which ended up attacking Zane and make him fall to the ground.

"I didn't know I was going to do that." Selena commented to herself "I didn't mean to attack him like that. Should I apologize to him?"

However, Zane got back up on his feet.

"So, you like to play dirty?" Zane asked.

"I'm so sorry." Selena replied.

Zane then made an attack towards Selena. Zane began to shout and breathe fire right out of his mouth.

Zane then made a large amount of fire which he used to attack Selena. Selena tried to dodge it, but eventually a part of the fire ended up hitting her right arm and stomach causing her to fall down. Selena then got back up on her feet.

"What did you do that for?" Selena asked.

"Come on, don't attack someone in a duel and then apologize." Zane answered "Have some backbone."

"Now you're asking for it." Selena replied.

Selena then used her ice magic in order to cover her left hand in ice to punch Zane. Zane then quickly dodged the attack. The two then both continuously tried to punch each other with fire in Zane's hands and ice in Selena's hands.

As Selena was in a very close distance to Zane, she began to think to herself, "This is insane! I've never felt this feeling before. I can't control my own urges. I'm suddenly drawn to glancing at his eyes, his hair, and his vest opening to show his newly developed abdominal muscles. I can't believe this. I'm in love with Zane Dragneel!"

As Selena and Zane kept on punching each other, they were both trying to stay on their feet as they both kept getting hit and were trying to dodge the other's attacks. After a couple of effective hits from both of them, Zane immediately stopped the fight.

"I've already proven myself strong enough to take you on." Zane proclaimed "This time I'll let you go, but the next time we duel, you won't be so lucky."

Zane then walked away leaving Selena in the area all by herself.

"Wait, please don't leave!" Selena spoke softly which Zane couldn't hear.

As soon as Zane was gone, Selena started talking to herself while contemplating her thoughts.

"I've never seen Zane this way before, and now that I have, I've realized how beautiful he is." Selena said to herself "I always knew I'd find the guy for me someday, but I never realized it would be a fire wizard like Zane. You know, for the son of Natsu, Zane is so amazing. I believe that fate may be calling to the both of us. It feels like a familiar romance story which I must have heard of before, but now we are the players in this matter."

Selena then began to daydream imagining herself in an adorable mini dress walking through a field of flowers and standing on the edge of a cliff. Selena then put her arms out to her sides as the wind was blowing in her direction in order to simulate the flight of a bird. Selena then felt another pair of arms holding onto hers and turned around to see Zane. Selena then turned around as she was continuing to hold onto Zane's hands. Selena and Zane then looked deeply into each other's eyes and looked at each other with blushing faces.

Selena then woke up from that daydream and began to decide what she was going to do next.

"I know what I must do." Selena said to herself "I, Selena Fullbuster must make Zane Dragneel mine."

Selena then ran back home where her parents Gray and Juvia were waiting for her.