Here's the next chapter! I hope you all enjoy!
July 6, X791
Erza was standing between Kagura and Minerva, despite her right leg being barely able to keep her up. Kara paid close attention to Erza's eyes and saw they were filled with the same rage she was feeling.
*She can barely stand, yet she keeps getting up.* Kara thought. She then turned to Jayden, then Kagura and finally Sora. *Minerva…* She clenched her fists tightly. *You have angered the wrong wizards!*
Minerva continued to smile at Erza's proclamations.
"You think I would flinch at your anger?" Minerva taunted.
Minerva pointed out two fingers that began to glow with magic, but before anything else could happen she felt something as hard as steel hit her in the left cheek. Her eyes shifted to see that Kara, still in her Brynhildr armor, had punched her square in the face.
"This… is for everyone you've pissed off!" Kara shouted.
With one more push and a loud yell, Kara sent Minerva flying through several pillars and walls at an incredible speed. When Minerva finally stopped, her completely limp and beaten body was lying on the ground and her clothes were almost completely tattered. Even though it happened in almost the blink of an eye, the moment of impact felt like it lasted much longer as if it was meant to be immortalized in everyone's memories. Erza was completely caught off guard by Kara's sudden attack and the two women faced each other. No words were being spoken and they simply examined each other's eyes. After several moments had passed, Kara's armor vanished, returning her to the state of her attire before her transforming, and she fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
*Her time must have run out.* Jayden thought while his body was still lying motionless on the ground.
The audience watched in awe at not only the Erza's victory, but also those of Gray and Juvia against Lyon and Chelia and Laxus against Jura.
"And Erza's the only one left standing!" Chapati shouted excitedly over the speakers. "On top of that, the other Fairy Tail wizards have won their battles without losing a single member! Their current score rests at a whopping 69 points! The only team that's close to topping that is White Valkyrie at 60 points, and below them are Sabertooth and Phoenix Dawn tied for third with 53 points! Mr. Yajima, can we say this is over?"
"Fairy Tail hash shecured their victory in the gamesh, but it'sh shtill posshible for the Shabertooth and Phoeniksh Dawn to overthrow White Valkyrie for second place." Yajima stated.
"And there you have it!" Chapati said. "The games will continue to see if Sabertooth or Phoenix Dawn can rank any higher. The battle between their two Dragon Shlayers will deshide that."
Meanwhile, Sakura and Sting were still fighting each other elsewhere in the city.
"Forest Dragon…"
"White Dragon…"
"ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAR!"
Both Dragon Slayers shot their breath attacks at each other, the forces colliding until the two had to stop and breathe. Sting's hand became surrounded in a sphere of white light and Sakura engulfed her right hand in cherry blossom petals to form a claw.
"White Dragon…"
"Forest Dragon…"
The two lunged at each other with element-imbued fists.
"Claw!"
"Thorn Claw!"
They struck each other in their left shoulders and were knocked back by the sheer force. When Sakura got back up, a white stigma appeared on her shoulder and glowed through her clothes. She tried to rush up to Sting again, but her body refused to move.
"What the hell?!" Sakura exclaimed.
"My White Dragon Claw leaves a white stigma on your body." Sting stated. "As long as it's on, you won't be able to move."
Sting charged toward the immobilized Sakura with white light imbued in his fists. Suddenly, they heard someone singing nearby and looked around to see where or who the source was.
"… I know that voice…" Sakura muttered to herself.
She noticed that the stigma had disappeared and smirked. While Sting was still trying to find who was singing, Sakura appeared right in front of him with her right foot surrounded in cherry blossom petals.
"Forest Dragon Talon!"
Sakura delivered an upward kick at Sting's chin and sent him into the air. She leaped up for a follow-up attack and two streams of cherry blossom petals formed over her arms.
"Forest Dragon Wing Attack!"
She slammed the petal streams against Sting and sent him plummeting to the ground, then she began to fall with her heel out.
"Forest Dragon Crushing Fang!"
Sakura dropped her heel against Sting's stomach and the force formed a crater underneath them and shook the buildings around the area. Sting tried to grab at Sakura's neck as he got up, but she jumped back and avoided it. Another song was heard around them and Sakura could feel her strength building up.
"Wow!" Sakura exclaimed in cockiness. "I feel like I could smash a building with one punch!"
"Who's playing that damn music?!" Sting growled.
In an alley not too far from where Sakura and Sting were fighting, Spiral was playing magical music that had been supporting the Forest Dragon Slayer's abilities.
*It's just us now, Sakura.* Spiral thought. *If we can beat at least him, we can get our revenge for what his guild's done to our friends.*
"White Drive!"
Sting's body was surrounded in an aura of light and he leered at Sakura.
"I won't be defeated again." Sting said. "You're nothing compared to Natsu."
"We'll see about that!" Sakura smirked confidently. "Forest Drive!"
A pink aura was now surrounding Sakura and both her and Sting vanished and reappeared in front of each other. They both sent out punches that collided with each other and released a powerful shockwave around the area. Even though it was currently a stalemate, Sting was struggling to push forward.
"I can't lose!" Sting shouted. "I won't lose! I need to win! FOR LECTOR!"
Sting was beginning to overpower Sakura and eventually he forced her all the way into another building. She had crashed through the wall and right into a table. When she regained her senses, she saw an apple roll onto the floor and picked it up.
"Cool!" Sakura said. "Some fight fuel!"
She took a bite of the apple and after a couple of chews she stuck out her tongue and let the chewed-up food fall to the ground.
"It had to be wax, didn't it?"
She threw the apple away and stood up.
"Perhaps I should get serious now."
Immense magic power was being released from Sakura's body, leafy dragon scales began enveloping parts of her body and her eyes became reptilian. When she walked out of the building, Sting was standing in the same spot he was in before sending Sakura flying. He noticed her rise in magic power and the change appearance and realized she was now in Dragon Force. He then entered Dragon Force as well, his wrists and the edges of his face covered in white splotches that could be described as dragon scales.
"Let's do this!" Sting shouted.
Once again, the Dragon Slayers charged at each other and every time they attacked, they would clash, disappear and reappear to clash again. After several attacks, Sting puffed out his cheeks the next time he and Sakura clashed.
"Holy Breath!"
Sakura became engulfed in a blinding, painful white light. When the light faded, Sting smiled and Sakura felt burns all over her body.
"You still won't go down?" Sting questioned. "I take back what I said. You're almost as strong as Natsu."
Suddenly, Sakura's hands were coated in some sort of dark red liquid that clearly wasn't blood as it was too thick.
She grinned. "Poison-Forest Dragon Mode!"
"She has a double-element just like Natsu?!" Sting gasped in surprise.
"Poison-Forest Dragon…" Sakura got right up to Sting and surrounded her right arm in pink and purple cherry blossom petals. "Nightshade Claw!"
Sakura swiped Sting with the claw of petals and he could feel searing pain throughout his body, as if his insides were on fire and he was slowly being sapped of his strength. Sting stumbled back a bit and his scales and aura slowly disappeared.
"D… dammit…" He grumbled. "… I'm sorry… Lector…"
Sting eventually fell over and lost consciousness.
"STING IS DOWN!" Chapati shouted over the speakers. "PHOENIX DAWN HAS JUST PASSED SABERTOOTH FOR THIRD PLACE!"
Sakura panted heavily as she reverted back to her normal state.
"That's for all my friends your guild's hurt!" Sakura said. "But I gotta admit…" She held up a fist and smiled. "That was a fun fight!"
"Sakura!"
Sakura turned to her left and saw Spiral jogging toward her.
"Hey, Spiral!" Sakura greeted. "Thanks for the help back there."
"You're welcome." Spiral said.
"So, how many of these Saber assholes are left?"
"Zero."
"What?!"
"The only ones left in this game are you, me and all of Fairy Tail's team."
"Wait… You and me… Somebody beat Jayden?!" Sakura exclaimed with a shocked expression.
"Yeah, by that woman from White Valkyrie."
"Who took her down?"
"Nobody. It was just her and Erza when she used up all of her magic, so Fairy Tail got her points."
"Boy, that was anticlimactic… Wait, how do you know this anyway?"
"I have super-hearing, remember?"
Sakura sat down and sighed. "Man, I am beat!"
"Yeah…" Spiral sat down next to her. "Me too. It's the two of us against five more. They must be on their last legs, but I don't think we can hold out that long. Besides, we're too far from winning the whole thing. Even if we somehow managed to beat Fairy Tail, we'd only get second place. They've already won this thing."
"Aaaawww…" Sakura moaned. "And I was hoping we could have an all-out brawl…"
"I know you won't like this, but at this point we've got no choice…" Spiral then stood up.
"What won't I like?" Sakura raised her eyebrow and tilted her head.
Spiral took a deep breath. "HEY! FAIRY TAIL!"
He was using some of his remaining magic to amplify the sound of his voice so that it would carry throughout the entire city.
"THIS IS SPIRAL OF PHOENIX DAWN!" Spiral continued. "SAKURA IS HERE WITH ME!"
All five of the Fairy Tail wizards in the games could hear Spiral's voice.
"… WE GIVE UP!"
"WHAT?!" Sakura screamed and shot up.
"YOU WIN!" Spiral couldn't shout that loudly anymore and fell back on his behind.
The audience was surprised at Spiral's proclamation, including the commentators.
"Master, should Spiral-" Azusa was about to ask.
"It's fine." Blaise interrupted her. "It's been a long day and I doubt Spiral and Sakura can carry the rest of the games on their own. Besides, winning isn't everything."
"IT'S ALL OVER!" Chapati shouted again. "THE WINNER OF THE GRAND MAGIC GAMES IS FAIRY TAIL!"
The audience began cheering uproariously, throwing confetti and swinging their flags around.
Lisley, Araña and Beth came to aid Kagura and Millianna, though the cat girl was nowhere to be found.
"Kagura, can you stand?" Araña asked.
"Barely." Kagura answered while trying to hold her lying body up with her arms. "Jayden, can you move?"
Jayden tried to move his arms, but they still wouldn't respond and he took a breath in an attempt to speak.
"… No…" Jayden said almost inaudibly.
Kagura her head to face her friends. "Please help Jayden. He needs it more than I."
Lisley helped Kagura up with the swordswoman's arm over her shoulder and Beth and Araña tried to lift up Jayden as best as they could with the former holding him up from underneath and Araña from his left arm.
"Boy, Kagura, your beau sure is ripped." Beth said.
Araña and Beth could barely keep him up, but then he suddenly felt lighter. They looked and saw that an arm was holding up the right side of Jayden's limp body.
"Do you need some help?" The person asked with a smile.
The new person was revealed to be Aqua, still with only one arm, but her demeanor was completely different from anything before. She seemed to be… happy.
A/N: And the Grand Magic Games are over! I can't believe I got this chapter done within a day! Next time will be the beginning of the Eclipse Arc and are closing in on the finale of this story! For those of you wondering about the rankings for the games, here are the totals. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed! Stay tuned for next time!
1st Place: Fairy Tail – 71 points
2nd Place: White Valkyrie – 60 points
3rd Place: Phoenix Dawn – 54 points
4th Place: Sabertooth – 53 points
5th Place: Lamia Scale – 50 points
6th Place: Mermaid Heel – 25 points
7th Place: Blue Pegasus – 22 points