Tenrou Island

"Gah! Its so hot!" Lucy whined, as she lay sprawled on her lounge chair in her underwear, sweating a flood, "Isn't it winter?"

"This place has air currents that are always flushing hot winds here," Cana explained.

"Don't let Haru see you like this," Levy said, "It makes you look rather dirty." While everyone was stripped as much down as was decent, Juvia was still bundled up like she was expecting a monsoon.

"Why are you boiling?" Lisanna asked.

"I don't get hot," Juvia calmly explained, before flushing crimson, "But Gray sure is!" Gray was completely butt naked, much to everyone else's chagrin.

"Its so hot!" Gray moaned.

"There's a child present!" Carla snapped angrily. Meanwhile, Natsu was collapsed over the railing, emptying his stomach into the ocean

"Please help, Wendy," he moaned.

"She's Mest's partner," Loke said, "You can't expect her to do that, can you?"

"You know, just for the record," Evergreen said to Elfman, "Once this over, don't expect us to be friends."

"I heard this several times over, now," Elfman said, "its not manly to do stuff like that."

"Ah, I miss my baby!" Lucy moaned, staring at the sky, "Why couldn't we bring Haru?"

"Tenrou Island may sound pretty, but its a dangerous place," Freed said, "You don't want to bring your three month old there."

"But still…," Lucy said, as she looked up into the distance, and saw something in it.

"Is that…"

"Its Tenrou Island!" Lisanna declared happily. Lucy looked up at the island in awe. It was truly a sigh tot behold. It was of a decent size, but what distinguished it was the towering trees that shrouded the entire island. And it looked like there was a landmass on the tree's top. It also seemed to glow with some ethereal light.

"Attention everyone!" Makarov said as he jumped up to the railing, wearing a flower patterned shrit, "This place is of great significance to our guild. It is where our founder, Mavis Vermillion is entombed, and according to legend, fairies used to wander this land. Now listen closely while I explain the details of the exams first part."

"First part?" Wendy asked.

"Its split into multiple levels," Mest explained.

"When we land, there will be eight routes," Makarov said, "One route per group. In three of the routes, you will face one of our S-Class mages."

"We have to fight an S-Class!" Lucy and Wendy cried together.

"Yes, or two teams may stumble across each other, and there'll be a fight between them," Makarov continued, "There is a third option though, you may be able to find a route where nothing happens. If I may, the first part is a combination of power and luck!"

"Luck!" everyone cried.

"That's not fair!" Lisanna declared.

"Sucks to be you then," Makarov said.

"That sounds like we may be able to do pretty well," Lucy said to Cana.

"Really?" she asked, "We only have a 1/8 chance of getting an easy pass."

"Oh, I wouldn't say that," Lucy said, "I'd say we have more like a three in eight chance of making an easy way through."

"What do you mean?"

"Simple," Lucy answered with a grin, before taking a puppy dog face, "Please Natsu, can you let me pass?" Cana watched her, before shrugging.

"I guess that would make sense," she said, "But what's the third?"

"Mirajane," Lucy answered, reaching into her bag, and pulling out a picture of Haru, "Show this to her and she'll swoon right down to the ground."

"Well then, let's hope we run into either Natsu or Mira," Cana said.

"At best, six teams can pass," Levy said, "At worst, only three. I'm almost inclined to think that the Master's actively opposed to us becoming S-Class.

"Don't be such a downer," Gajeel said, patting Levy on the head, "We can get this done!"

"Very well then," Makarov said, before pumping his fist, "Then let the exam begin!"

"Then let's get going Happy!" Natsu declared.

"Aye sir!" Happy said as he picked up his partner, and started flying away. However, he rather promptly ran head first into an invisible wall.

"A rune barrier?" Cana asked.

"Nothing personal!" Freed said as he and Bixlow took their head start.

"This is a free for all, isn't?" Bixlow asked.

"At the rate he's going, Freed's going to cover the whole island in those runes!" Lisanna said, "This ain't fair!"

"Damn it!" Natsu said, head butting it, "I wanted to be first!"

"Can't you rip it open like last time?" Happy asked.

"I'm not wasting my Dragon's Eye on this!" Natsu said, "I'm saving it for Erza or Gildarts!"

"Well this blows," Gajeel said.

"Don't worry your hard head about it!" Levy declared, as she pulled out her pen, "I can just rewrite it!"

"You can!" Lucy said happily.

"For me and Gajeel that is!" Levy answered. With that, the team dove into the water.

"Levy!" Lucy cried.

"Sorry Lu!"

"If you don't get back here and undo this barrier, I'll revoke your godmother status!"

"No you won't!" Levy answered, as she looked back.

"She's got you there," Cana said, "You're terrible at bluffing."

"You iron bastard!" Natsu snapped.

"Bite my shiny metal ass!" Gajeel shouted.

"Damn it!" Elfman said, "That ain't manly!"

"Relax blockhead," Evergreen said, as she pulled out a pen of her own, "I know Freed's runes through and through. I can rewrite them no problem!" Doing exactly that, she and Elfman dove into the see.

"Those bastards!" Natsu said, as he punched at the barrier.

(five minutes later)

"Let's go Happy!" Natsu said. With that, Happy flew Natsu towards the island, with the rest of the guild going after them.

"Ice Make: Floor!" Gray said, freezing the ocean, creating a path for him and Loke. Meanwhile, Lisanna turned into a fish, and Juvia melted into the ocean.

"Damn, we're already in last place!" Lucy cried.

"Well, don't forget about Mest and…," Cana looked back, sighed, "Wendy." Wendy and Mest had popped out of existence.

"Well this is off swimmingly!" Cana said.

"The pun is not helping!" Lucy snapped.

(on the island)

"Let's go!" Natsu said, as he and Happy landed. They noticed four lanes already closed off.

"Crap, we already lost three routes!" Natsu said.

"Which one should we go down?" Happy asked.

"D!" Natsu declared.

"Why that?"

"Because its the fourth letter in the alphabet, and Erza's got four letters in her name!" Natsu answered.

"What kind of logic is that?" Happy asked. But he didn't argue, as he followed Natsu down the path, as it closed off.

Not far behind them, Cana and Lucy came up.

"We're losing all the paths!" Cana said.

"Don't sweat it," Lucy said, "I wasn't called 'Lucky Lucy' for nothing you know. I practically leave and breath luck! You're going to be an S-Class mage!" Cana was silent, before smiling, and nodding.

"Let's go down C Route!" Lucy said, "'C' for Cana of course." With that, the girls made their way down the path.

(with Natsu)

Happy could only stare in shock. Normally Natsu's logic was so woefully poor, that Happy could consistently count on him being wrong. And yet….

"Welcome, Natsu," Erza said, smiling, spinning her sword through her hand. Natsu smirked right back at her.

"I've been looking forward to this," he said, "This time around, you're going to lose!"

Note: I figured I'd post three chapters this time. Something to kick off the S-Class Arc. Obviously there is going to be a major difference in canon considering what's about to happen with Natsu and Erza. Hopefully you'll all like what is going to happen in the next chapter.

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