Hey sorry for being inactive for so long. *cough cough* SCHOOL *cough cough*

BTW. Gratsu(gray x natsu) otp or brotp?

"Guys! Let's compete in the Grand Magic Games!"

Silence filled the guild, before questions buzzed among the guild, well, I could actually sort them out into two main categories. One group, which was actually the majority, were questioning about the grand magic games (and I could actually hear someone asking if it was a royal board game). The other group were gasping at me as if I were some kind of monster full of magical powers. Of course, no one knew what made me say that, and I bet my reasons won't be of much help either.

"Lisanna... Who told you about Grand Magic Games?"

"Eh... " Lisanna scratched her head while squeezing her eyes, recalling every detail of the conversation between her and Inferno."Well... I met this guy called Inferno, and believe it or not, he's actually the person that saved us from the bandits."

"Well... I met this guy called Inferno, and believe it or not, he's actually the person that saved us from the bandits."

"Was he alone?"

"Eh... No, master. He was with two more allies at first, but they teleported quickly...don't ask me why...haha."

Lisanna paused a little, glancing around, before realising she hasn't finished her story and stuttered on.

"A... And then... He returned me Natsu's scarf and told me he was a past friend of Natsu's."
Lucy's eyes glinted with tears at the word "Natsu". She blinked a few times and walked slowly towards Lisanna, her mouth opening and closing, forming a barely audible sentence, "Y... You have Natsu's scarf...t...thank g...goodness"

The white haired mage smiled and sighed into her small backpack, and brought out the familiar scaley scarf that brought many memories to the fellow members of the guild. Lucy stared teary-eyed at the scarf, as if not wanting to miss a single detail of the beloved muffler. She continued until a cough was heard, and the celestial mage dipped her head down.

"Lucy..." Said mage looked up, tears still gathering in her eyes. "I wanted you to know... P...please, take care of this scarf!"

"..."

Lucy's eyes widened as tears funnily bust out of her eyes and trickled down her cheeks. She quickly wiped her tears away with her arm and received the dragon slayer's prized possession. With sobs and hiccups between, lucy mumbled out:

"B...but, W... Why *hic* didn't you keep it for yourself... I...i mean...*hic* why d... Did you trust me with T...This...i... I..."

"Shuuushh" Lisanna placed a finger on Lucy's lips and smiled, "I never had feelings for Natsu. He's my boyfriend."

Lucy blinked at Lisanna and tilted her head sideways.

"Oh. I mean as in BOY friend. He just has a brotherly aroma to me. But for you..." Lisanna patted on the blonde's shoulders "you are special to him. I could sense it."

Lucy opened her mouth to retort, but closed her mouth and glanced to the side, laughed slight tint of pink seen on her cheeks, and right after that, she chuckled.

"pfffhaha! Thanks, Lisanna!" Lucy tried stifling her laugh while whispering in the ears of a confused Lisanna.

"Omfg HAHAHA Lucy! HAHA!" The Two burst into laughter.

The rest of the guild merely stared at them, endless questions that urged to be answered flooded in their mind, thus sprouting out in unison, they yelled:

"WHAT?!"

Lisanna laughed and placed her hands behind her head. "That's our secret."

"Um, can you at least answer how did you know about the Grand Magic Games?" Alzack called out awkwardly.

"Eh I didn't mention about it?"

(Flashback of Natsu and Lisanna's conversation)

"I wanted to show you something, friend of Dragneel. It's got to do with the Grand Magic Games."

"Huh? Grand Magic Games?"

"Oh right... you're just back from the 7-years time-skip..."

"Yeah... did we really miss out that much though... W...wait a minute..." Lisanna stopped and narrowed her eyes, glaring at Inferno's face "How did you know?"

"I don't know...I...I mean... I guess?"

"Huhhhh?'

"Oh ugh... heard someone saying about it..."

Lisanna sighed and rolled her eyes. An awkward silence lingered in the air as the two mages stared at each other, only after Happy's small, uncomfortable nudge at the platinum-haired mage, it went back to normal.

"So... About the Grand magic games... well... it is pretty much a competition where you have to compete with other guilds for the top place, where you get 30 million jewels as a reward. A pretty hefty sum, ain't it! You'll get the name of being the top guild of Fiore."

Lisanna looked up, eyes glinting in hope "I... It would be the best if we can reclaim our standing! Natsu... would want that...though" She dropped her head in silence.

"Oh yeah... You guys are seven years behind everyone else, even though you have your major players back in action."

The young mage nodded in silence, though part of her mind urged to persuade everyone to participate.

"Oh yeah... I said to show you something right? Here it is..."

Inferno dug into his cloak and fished out a tiny, intricately designed box with snowflake designs on it. On the top, it read 'Blizzard's gift for Gray"

"Gray?"

Inferno nodded as he opened the lid. A crash of white light blinded her, but as it faded, a light blue lacrimal stood proudly in the middle of the box. "It's for Droopy-eyes. Pass it to him for me, will ya?"

Lisanna opened her lips to reply but held back as she taught over what Inferno had said. Droopy eyes? That sounds like something that Natsu would say...

Inferno immediately caught the suspicion and stuttered excuses out, however, none seemed convincing.

"Eh... He was my rival... Oh wait... Natsu told me ... Wait no... I heard this name before...I think..."

Lisanna coughed slightly, and Inferno immediately calmed down. Breaking the awkwardness, he fished into his cloak once again, taking out three more boxes. One had the design on stars and horoscopes imprinted on it. 'Echo's gift for Lucy'.Another had a giant heart Kreuz on the middle on the box, with two silvery wings stretched beside it. 'Chivo's humble gift for Titania'. The last one had chibi animals scattered across the box. There wasn't any labels or cards inside or on top of the box.

"From Acid, for you. Acid is just too lazy..." Inferno shrugged and sighed.

Lisanna trailed her lacrima with the thumb, carefully investigating the purpose of the lacrimal. After some time, a pale light emitted out of the lacrima, sending warmth into Lisanna's body.

"W...what the heck was that!?"

Inferno chuckled and pulled his hoodie lower. "It contains magic and spells that suit you the best! Given from Acid, the mighty shapeshifter himself!" Inferno tapped his foot rhythmically while watching the young mage's jaw drop beyond human capabilities. Seeing the puzzled expression, Inferno added, "It increases your magic abilities. Don't you wanna go to the Grand Magic Games? With these four power-ups and your two fellow dragon...slayers, you can definitely..." Inferno hesitated, before continuing, "Well, have a really really high chance of winning first place!" Inferno finished with a dry laugh and rubbed his stomach.

Magic power-ups? Isn't this illegal...

"INFERNO-KUN!"

Another hooded mage with a brownish-orange cloak appeared out of nowhere and whispered in Inferno's ears.

"Ah... sure! Let's go!" He acknowledged the hooded figure, before turning towards her. "Good luck! Three months of training. Make sure you unlock your second! Hope to see you there!" And with that, the two disappeared.

Unlock the second? Wow, I've learnt a lot today...mindblown...

End of flashback

Lisanna chuckled at everyone's reactions. She quickly handed to boxes which contain the lacrimal to the respective owners. As they opened the boxes (and white light that blinded their eyes), Wendy and Gajeel slipped away, which none of the guild members took notice.

The three mages started absorbing the powers from the lacrima, which took less than a minute. Erza and Lucy mused at the strange feeling, while Gray merely stared onto the wooden floor, not knowing that Juvia was secretly hiding behind a pillar which Erza had called it as love-rival, and mentally shouting, 'This Blizzard girl gave Gray-sama a gift! Love-rival #2!' Gray sighed as he stood up, leaving the rowdy guild halls.

What was that feeling when I opened the box? Why did it feel... so nostalgic? So ...Familiar?

To be continued...

Echo: Sorry about the long update. My phone became cocky and decided to break and smash before I could upload this chapter. I had to try my best rewriting this chapter through memory. SCHOOL IS AWESOME! Really! I got in the top High school in my country! It's just... extremely still a harem girl, and now... I"M ACCEPTING YAOI YAOI YAOI! Come spam me with Gratsu!

Additional story plot:

(What Lucy told Lisanna about)

"pfffhaha! Thanks Lisanna!" Lucy laughed. "By the way, Gray's looking this way, he looks jealous..."

"Of who~" Lucy smirked at the soul shifter's confusion.

"He's been blushing while staring at Natsu before ~"

"Doesn't that makes him..."

"Love-rival..." The blonde winked.

"My god, Lucy... Yaoi~"

"We should test Gray sometimes... but aren't we becoming fujoshi? (Gay shipper)" The blonde winked yet again.

"Omfg HAHAHA Lucy! HAHA!"