The coliseum was in chaos. Everyone was shooting questions about why the whole Raven Tail team would be in the arena.

"So the earlier battle wasn't real?"

"Raven Tail cheated?"

"Did they want to win that much?"

"Look! That's their Master!"

"How could they stoop so low?"

"So Fairy Tail wasn't being beaten but was the one beating? We thought he was being injured but he was the injurer instead? The one being flung around was the one making the enemy fly around?"

Sweatdrop. "That could have been said in a simpler way."

"Who cares? I don't"

Disregarding the last two statements, the crowd threw the same questions at the referee and the judges. But they were careful not to mention Mr. Yajima's name for his eyes were open and he had a very frightening look. (We know that look. *shiver*)

The Rune Knights Lahar dispatched and the security guards of the game approached Raven Tail. They put anti-magic cuff links on each one and slowly led them out the arena.

Everyone watched as they disappeared and the moment they did, cheers erupted.

The lacrima vision circled Laxus, who had his arms folded as he scanned the coliseum. His gaze lingered at Fairy Tail Team B as he watched them cheer enthusiastically. He smirked and looked over at Fairy Tail Team A where Natsu was jumping up and down and the rest were smiling. Well, except a certain blonde whom he recognized as Lucy, the one he offered his attack for to the fiery redhead that defeated her on the first day.

The said girl looked anywhere. Anywhere but where he was. She chided herself for acting that way but she couldn't help it. She didn't want to admit it but her conclusion is driving her heart crazy.

She tried to clear her mind and look at him. To, at least, congratulate him like a proper guildmate. She inhaled and slowly turned her head to his location, but the moment her eyes saw his figure her face heated up and she felt lightheaded. Fearing she would faint, she immediately turned away and took fast, shallow breaths.

'Lucy, you idiot!' she scolded herself. 'You're too obvious! He'll misunderstand the situation, at this rate!" she pulled at her hair and slapped her cheeks. When she felt that she was ready enough, she turned back.

Laxus, however, felt annoyed. The girl couldn't even look and thank him for avenging her.

'Idiot, she doesn't even know what you did!' his inner mind reminded. He realized that and mentally scowled at himself for being stupid. After a few moments, he calmed his self and continued looking at the nervous girl, his annoyance turning into irritation.

'But, still, that doesn't mean she can't look at me. Is she scared or what? She should be proud, even.' Seeing no change in her behavior, he clicked his tongue. 'What she feels is her business.'

He turned to look at something else when he saw movement from the blonde. He stopped and watched. Lucy stiffly turned to him but the moment she saw him she quickly turned away. However, he caught a darkening blush on her cheeks.

He froze at her recent action for a second and chuckled softly, his irritation turning to amusement. He watched as she pulled on her hair so strong he thought she would go bald then she slapped her cheeks so hard that the red wasn't a blush anymore. He snorted and continued watching.

'She might be in to me.' He thought narcissistically. (Which we all know it isn't exactly untrue.)

When she stopped abusing herself, she stood straight. Then she turned so quickly that Laxus thought she would spin like Lamia Scale's Guildmaster. He fought a laugh and stood straight, too.

Then she smiled, though it was an extremely forced smile. It wasn't like the disgusted ones trying to cover hatred; it was more like a 'nervous-embarassed-tryinghard-flustered' kind of smile. His stomach ached from suppressing laughter and he turned away to avoid really laughing. He subtly raised his fist to cover a fake cough when he remembered her face and expression. It was hard not to at least show amusement (which, in his list of emotions is smirking) at her obvious anxiousness. She wasn't even looking at him. She was looking through him.

He tore his gaze away from her and looked at the rest of the guild. They were all cheering crazily and some were even crying. He smirked at their state and they cheered louder. He felt proud of his self. He was proud that he could make Fairy Tail proud.

His eyes then landed on his grandfather, the Master of his guild and father of his family. Makarov didn't show pride or happiness. He showed rage and fury. This emotion, which he almost never revealed, made itself known for more than once since the games. Everybody can understand why and we need not further those details. But Laxus knew he was going to have a serious talk with him later on.

Was it short? I think it is? Is less than a thousand words short?

Anyway, It was originally more than a thousand words but I cut it since I think it will be too long.

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