Author's notes: Hello there all, so glad that you all are still interested in this story. I won't be able to update this story or Just friends? For a little bit because I am going on vacation. So without further ado… oh and I am not the owner of fairy tail.

Chapter Sixteen

Road Trip

Lucy's POV:

I love my friends and band mates as well as my adorable boyfriend, but after three days in a moving death trap with only food and bathroom breaks I think that I really might kill one of them. I can feel the tension mounting between us all. We are all on edge and going stir crazy and what I wouldn't give for a hot shower and a bed to sleep in. There is a plus side to this trip, well maybe not a plus side more of it could be worse side, Natsu hasn't puked once. Sadly I think if I had to sit next to him puking for three days I would have thrown him out the window by now. He actually seemed to be enjoying road trip, and he would be the only one.

According to Erza's GPS we should arrive in Crocus in eleven hours and thirty-two minutes which I think Gajeel is trying to beat. The only reason we have made it this far so fast is because Gajeel surprised us all and has allowed Levy to drive while he slept. When he announced this to us over dinner the first night we all stared at him like he had grown a second head. Erza actually chocked on her water, and food fell out of Natsu's mouth, because nobody was allowed to drive his baby, nobody that is except Levy. So once we all regained our senses we of course teased the two of them until they were both beyond red and Gajeel was ready to fight all of us. If I had known that all we needed to have a good driver every once in a while was to bring Levy along I would have suggested it sooner. I sighed and I leaned my head against the window as Natsu snored away beside me, yep just eleven more hours to go.

Natsu's POV:

I was finding it very hard to sit still in the confines of Gajeel's death machine. My leg wouldn't stop shaking and Lucy had confiscated my lighter days ago, saying that I would get it back once we were out of Gajeel's death trap on wheels for good, which according to the GPS would be any minute now. I understood that everyone was annoyed and tense, but seeing as this was my first car ride without wanting to die I was enjoying it except I was bored to out of my mind, but that would end soon because we just passed the big sign that read welcome to Crocus.

It seemed as soon as that sign was read everyone became their normal selves again, because we were all cheering and teasing just like we were when we first set out. I heard Erza read the directions to our check in to Levy and then before we knew it we were there and it was amazing. I don't think we even waited for the van to come to a complete stop before we were jumping out of it with empty vows to never ride in it again as long as we lived. While we were all laughing and stretching a pink haired girl with a clip board walked over to us and asked,

"Are you guys Fairy Tail?" We all smiled and nodded. She looked very relieved as she wrote something on her clipboard and said, "Finally, you are the last band to arrive. There will be a meeting of the bands at the bar sun in one hour. If you would like to freshen up first you will be staying at the Honeybone." With that she walked off leaving all to wonder how we ended up being last.

Lucy's POV:

I never wanted to get out of the shower, but I knew that we had very little time to all get ready and head over to the bar sun, so I begrudgingly turned the water off and wrapped a towel around myself as I stepped out of the shower. I then rushed over to my suitcase and tried to figure out something to wear for our meet and greet.

I had decided on a gray short sleeved sweater dress with a chunky black belt, leggings and my black boots. As I walked out of my room I saw that the rest of my band mates also seemed to be feeling a little somber as well because we were all wearing different shades of black and gray. We were all a walking bunch of nerves as we entered the bar sun, especially Natsu who had just recently gotten the lighter he was now playing with back. When he saw me looking at it, he quickly closed it and shoved it in his pocket so I might not get any ideas of confiscating it once more. The look on his face as he did this made me smile and I soon felt all of my tension melting away. We were Fairy Tail and we were here to show them that we were the best.

The band and I split up so that we could eye up our adversaries. As I wondered around I discovered that there was one all girl band called Mermaid Heel and one all guy band that used to be named Quatro Cerberus but recently changed their name to Quatro Puppy because the lead singer Bacchus lost some sort of bet. Then there were the three coed bands two of which only had one female member. There was Blue Pegasus who looked and acted more like super models then musicians. Then there was Lamia Scales who's, according to Natsu, lead singer Lyon was Gray's sort of brother. Although he didn't have any details I'd say from the fact that our raven haired guitarist and the white headed vocalist were both shedding their clothes as they yelled at each other that their being related was a pretty safe bet. The last band was the one I was worried about. From the looks of them Sabertooth was probably our only real competition since they had a lead female vocalist, who was gorgeous and knew it. They also had two guitarists, one of which was cool and shy while the other seemed loud and outgoing. Their drummer was a scary guy with green hair. They even had a girl keyboarder, which made me really glad that I thought to bring mine. Just as I was trying to think out a battle plan a voice began to sound over some sort f PA system,

"Good evening bands and welcome to the GMG. I hope that you are all having a good time getting to know one another, and I know that you were informed that the games would start tomorrow, but seeing as you are all here now we thought why wait. So bands you have forty five minutes to grab your instruments and be on your designated stage at the Domus Flau. Good luck." With that we were left in silence as we all stared at each other, but that only last half a heart beat before we were all rushing to get out of the bar and to where we had to be. It was defiantly going to be one hell of a night.

To be continued…