Hello peps! I'm in a bad mood today because of Finals but all of you guys reviewed and followed my story so that really lightened up my day! Thanks FairyTail555 for the review and thank you Airendy, Delia365, FairyTail555, Genechan2009, alycat63, MAIDENCHINA23, and katty6900 for following! I'm really happy that people like my story so this will be a 2k chapter with a bit of Nalu and a surprise couple! Anyways day 3 of the Grand Magic games is beginning! I wonder what will happen today!
Previously on What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
"They are getting ready to announce the matches this afternoon," Gray continued, "I think that we would be screwed if we were against that Claire chic."
"I'm all fired up now!" Natsu exclaimed as he pounded his fist into the palm of his hand.
Fairy Tail Team B against Quatro Puppy, Fairy Tail Team A against Lamia Scale, and Goddess' Fear against Sabertooth.
As the matches progressed, Fairy Tail team B's Laxus easily took down Quatro Puppy. Goddess' Fear's Aquarius faced off against Yukino from Sabertooth. Yukino used both of her golden keys along with her 13th key but it was no match for Aquarius' intense water.
"DRAGON GOD'S BRILLIANT SKY!" Wendy yelled as Sherria was unconscious after being hit with a combination of her own wind and Wendy's powers.
Wendy smiled when Romeo cheered her name and then she got up and walked back to her team proud.
Chapter 4: Lies
"You blonde! How could you!" She screamed as her hand slapped the poor girl in the face. The mob stood there ashamed at the blonde when she had the nerve to walk back into the guild hall. She then took her leg back as far as she could and kicked poor Lucy in the chest.
As the foot hit her chest, blood flew out of her mouth. She could barely stand up again and as she did her eyes met other furious eyes.
"You liar, you traitor!" They yelled at her as she slowly backed up the wall, she cried out his name but he didn't respond, just stood there silent then turned away.
"Stop!" she yelled, "Please, I'm innocent!" They did as she told. Lucy Heartfilla could not stop the tears as they streamed down her face. All of them looked down at her with disgust clearly written on their faces. Even he was looking at her with this disgusted yet confused face. A tear rolled down from his left eye as only a word could escape his lips.
"Why?"
Day 3 of the Grand Magic games was started with a challenge. Fairy Tail team A and Goddess' Fear were tied for first with 38 points while Fairy Tail Team B was tied for 3rd with 18 points.
"Today we have a special game called Knockout," Toma began, "There will be one player in the middle on an unstable platform. The seven remaining players will try to knock the player in the middle off by altering the platform from below using any type of magic. Whoever can stand their ground the longest wins the game." As Toma spoke, the playing arena formed as an unstable platform formed 50 feet above the ground.
"I'M PLAYING THIS ROUND!" Natsu demanded.
"Oh no," Gray thought as Natsu marched over to meet his worst enemy, a moving platform.
"If Salamander's doing it then so am I!" Gajeel demanded as he ran over to the playing field. Of course, Sting joined them.
"Princess I will play this round," Capricorn stated as he walked over to the rest of the players.
"He hasn't changed a bit," Lucy thought as she watched Natsu race over to his absolute demise.
"Let the game BEGIN!" Toma announced as Edolas' Nichiya was teleported to the platform. He was knocked off in 2:11 because of Gajeel's Iron club. Capricorn was able to take down 2 players from the bottom by punching the base of the tower with all of his might. By then the longest time was still 2:11 but there were still 5 more players to go from Goddess' Fear, Lamia Scale, Fairy Tail A and B, and Sabertooth. Sting's motion sickness was hard to deal with yet he was able to hang in for 3:51 which put Tichiya in second. Capricorn beat Sting's time with 4:15. The only one left after Capricorn was Natsu who also suffered from motion sickness.
"Come on, Natsu!" Romeo yelled from the stands.
"You can do this!" Wendy yelled.
"If you don't win you won't live to see tomorrow!" Erza threatened. Natsu gulped nervously as the death machine began. Natsu was able to surpass Tichiya and Sting's times but was almost knocked out from Gajeel's Iron Club. The entire platform tilted until was vertical and Natsu had only the smallest grip on the edge at the bottom of the platform. The time was 4:04 by then and Natsu was ready to give up.
"Hey fire-breath!" Gray yelled from the Fairy Tail team A base, "Are you really going to lose! Do it for Lucy!"
"Lucy," Natsu remembered as images of her flowing blonde hair, chocolate brown eyes, and vibrant smile flooded his mind. Natsu then let go of the platform then used his hands as a jet pack. The fire quickly disappeared as Natsu regained his stance on the now horizontal platform. The crowd burst with cheers as the fire dragon slayer was able to used his fire for something other than distruction and he had won that game.
Lucy just watched. She looked at the happy dragon slayer but then quickly turned away because a blush had crept on her face.
"What did he mean do it for Lucy and why was he so… energized after that?" Lucy thought as she turned back once more. There were her previous friends, Gray, Erza, and Wendy all hugging Natsu. Lucy didn't move a muscle when Natsu's and her own eyes met. Lucy just quickly turned away again.
"Lucy!" a voice whispered.
"Not here!" Lucy whispered back as she quickly walked from the rest of her guild. She walked into an empty hallway and looked around her to make sure that no one was around.
"I summon the dragon of earth dragons, Gaito!" Lucy stated as she opened the gate to her earth dragon key. There stood a 7ft dragon with dusty brown scales.
"I feel the presence of the last key!" Gaito stated.
"Are you sure… here?" Lucy questioned.
"Yeah I also felt someone with powers like Lacy, from yesterday's fight too."
"Like Lacy's power?" Lucy questioned. Then it hit her. In the dragon world, she was taught by Lacy the sky dragon for a year and a half how to use a different type of Sky Dragon Slayer magic, Celestial Sky Dragon Slayer magic. Regular Sky Dragon Slayer magic was used by Wendy so he probably sensed Wendy's magic.
"But what about today? Did you really sense the last key? The FIRE DRAGON KEY!" Lucy exclaimed. Lucy couldn't believe it. She would actually be the first celestial wizard to hold all 5 of the crystal dragon keys. "When did you sense it?"
"Today along with another with power like my Earth dragon magic," Gaito finished.
"Earth Dragon Slayer magic," Lucy thought, "That's probably Gajeel."
"Okay tell me when you sense it again," Lucy told Gaito the Earth Dragon Spirit as Lucy closed his gate.
"Today? That means it must be around here." Lucy thought as she sprinted through the hallways. She came to a split between two hallways so she chose the right one. She was a couple seconds from running into a past friend who she could never look at the same.
"Man I'm hungry. I almost lost my breakfast up there!" Natsu exclaimed as he came walking out from the infirmary. He had visited Lisanna who was injured from the first round of games. He had a certain loathing towards Goddess' Fear for hurting his friend but there wasn't much he could say because that feeling did not stop his nostalgic feeling he felt around the players of Goddess' Fear. Natsu was still was walking to another hallway. As he turned down the hallway to the left, he instantly collided with something. It seemed almost in slow motion as something (or someone J) pushed him backwards to the floor.
"Strawberries and… vanilla it cant be…" He thought as he lifted his head up off the floor enough to see the black haired girl on his chest. The girl slowly opened her eyes to see a man looking straight at her as she finally identified him.
"Natsu," Lucy thought as she quickly sat up.
"I am SO sorry!" She exclaimed not noticing the position they were in. Lucy's face was bright red as she got up and watched as he did the same.
"I remember you!" Natsu said as he put out his hand, "You're Claire right?"
"Oh yeah I almost forgot," Lucy thought as she remembered her fake name.
Flashback 2 days ago
"How did you do that?" Natsu questioned in an excited tone of manner which reminded Lucy of a little kid.
"I can't believe that you don't recognize me," Lucy answered blandly as she grabbed the cup, took a large gulp of it then placed it back down.
"What do you mean by remember me I never met you before!" Natsu remarked as Lucy stared him down, "I just met you!"
"He hasn't changed since that day," Lucy thought reminiscing about the past.
"Are you sure you just met me?" Lucy questioned again as she finished her soda then stood back up. Natsu took another sniff of her. Then Natsu froze. He had whiffed a scent of Lucy, strawberry and vanilla.
"Um, yeah you are Natsu right?" Lucy questioned as Claire, "That's quite the fight you put up during the games."
"Yeah! If you didn't notice I suffer from major motion sickness," Natsu stated as Lucy couldn't help but giggle.
"Hey! What was that for?" Natsu questioned as Lucy continued laughing.
"Nothing really just that someone as strong as you having such a silly weakness."
"Well sometimes my friend Wendy can help me with that but right now she is helping my girlfriend, Lisanna." Natsu stated but for some reason those words hurt her gut.
"Lisanna is Natsu's girlfriend? When did this happen?" Lucy thought. They had actually been dating for the last 11 1/2 months and its almost their one year anniversary. Actually it just happened to be on the same day as the 5th day of the games. How unlucky for Lucy.
"Um… Claire?" Natsu questioned as Lucy/Claire finally snapped back into this world.
"Oh yeah sorry," Lucy stated, "Anyways I got to run! Team is waiting for me." Lucy stated as she quickly ran past Natsu.
"Wait!" Natsu exclaimed as Lucy halted to a stop, "You never told me what kind of magic you use!"
"I used Stardust magic," Lucy/Claire said as she turned around, "I am a Stardust dragon Slayer." That was a complete lie. She is actually a Celestial Dragon slayer who uses Celestial Stardust magic which is completely different from Stardust Dragon Slayer magic. She just told her old friend a complete lie with a straight face.
"What generation are you?" Natsu asked.
"First," Lucy answered blandly. Another complete lie. She's actually a 4th generation dragon slayer or one who had learned their magic from a Celestial dragon.
"So that means you were taught by a dragon right!" Natsu exclaimed, "What's your dragon's name?"
Lucy froze. Lucy couldn't tell him the real name of her Celestial Stardust dragon or else she would get scolded by Luna. That seemed like a bad idea.
"Um her name is… Star!" Lucy stated with a nervous expression on her face.
"Cool!" Natsu exclaimed, "My dragon's name is Igneel so if I ever find a dragon named Star I'll know where to find you!" Lucy was instantly washed with a wave of guilt.
"Um, okay!" Lucy stated as Gaito's key started to glow. Lucy shoved it further down in her pocket as she started to run away.
"Well it's nice to see you again Natsu!" Lucy yelled as she ran away, "Hope we can talk again!" Lucy yelled down the hall as she kept on running until she found another hidden hallway. There she pulled out Gaito the Celestial Earth key as Gaito stood there in his shrunken form.
"It was right there!" Gaito exclaimed.
"Right there?" Lucy repeated, "You mean… THAT NATSU'S THE KEY!"
OMG! How did you guys like that cliffhanger!? Anyways please review, follow and favorite cause the more I get the more inspired to write I become! Thanks! -Ddrock