"It seems like we have to pass through these diamond gates somehow." Juvia stated quietly.

"That's the only thing I could come up with, maybe if we all use our powers to create a path." Gray suggested.

"I'm sure that the clock piece is on the other end on this path." Lyon stated proudly, using his magic to grab onto the blocks and help Juvia and gray.

Gray, Juvia, and Lyon started to shape the scattered blocks into a pathway. They figured that was the only way they were going to get anywhere. Gray sighed when he heard the two behind him converse about anything, mainly either hate for him or love for him. He wanted to scream and tell them to get on track, but he knew that it was useless. He narrowed his eyes ahead of him.

It looked like there was already a path forming in front of them, coming from the other way. He had no idea what that could possibly be. That's when green jelly appeared around his feet and slowly snaking up his body. He couldn't contain the shiver of disgust when he found out who the jelly belonged to. It had to be that weirdo, Sugarboy.

"It's Sugarboy!" Gray yelled aloud. Gaining the attention of both teammates behind him. They looked up at the blond man.

"You know it," Sugarboy smiled. "The one and only. I knew I could get to you three on time, but getting in here was a whole other story. But I'm not one to cry about it, thanks for helping me in!" Gray growled and jumped onto a lone block, his magic cooling his palms.

"You sneaky bastard!" Gray spat.

"I'm just doing my job. Now that I'm in Zentopia territory, I have no more use for you all. And by the way, that clock piece is all mine." Juvia did as Gray and jumped onto her own in front of the enemy. She gave Sugarboy a hard look and got into offense mode.

"We won't ever let that happen!" Sugarboy laughed into his wooden microphone.

"Ha! a spicy woman! Full of passion and strength, I respect that," He paused for a moment before continuing. "Now let me show you a little trick of mine." More jelly produced from his chest, hitting Lyon and Juvia, engulfing them in the green slime.

"Ack, this is so gross!" Juvia said as she struggled to get out of the green solution. Gray managed to dodge, but he cursed to himself. He didn't even get a chance to warn them both of his power. Though he really didn't want to think of it. It was so incredibly disgusting. Plus, Sugarboy was in his own league of weird.

"You guys, that slime will suck up all your power if you try to use it to get out!" Sugarboy sang into his mic.

"Oh yes, my magic will suck up anything. My little hound dogs!" Then Sugarboy started to run off in the way they all came in, quickly getting to the exit.

"Hound dogs?!" Juvia questioned. "What?!"

"Hold on you guys, let me freeze this so you can both break out."

"No, Gray go after him okay! We'll handle it here." Lyon stated in a rush. The silver haired ice mage didn't want the enemy to get away because he was trapped. Gray looked up at the two encased in the jelly and faltered his movements. He really didn't want to leave those two behind. They were both useful and his friends.

"It's okay, please go get him Gray-sama." Juvia reassured. Gray nodded and ran off, getting closer to Sugarboy by the second. The blond sped up and eventually lost him. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, but paled in surprise when the pathway he was on was already built in front of him. Gray jumped down and appeared before him, a smirk adorning his face.

"Well you caught up quickly." Sugarboy said simply. Gray said nothing and tried to clash the last of the blocks into the jelly mage, but he only used his own block. Both crashing into each other and falling into place on the pathway. "So I'm sure you noticed that these gates form one giant loop, correct?" Sugarboy asked.

"Yeah I guess," Gray noted thoughtfully. "It's not to hard to figure out if you pay attention!" Suddenly, the blocks shook, Gray almost falling over in the process. Then a glowing bright light appeared in the middle of loop, a giant gear piece coming into view. That's when Gray realized that was the piece they were looking for. He gazed at Sugarboy in the corner of his eye. He was sure that that man figured it out too.

"Now I guess the only way to determine the victor, is to fight for it." Sugarboy sang. Gray scoffed and tore off his jacket, throwing it back behind him.

"You're not getting your hand on that clock piece. I won't let you!" Sugarboy faltered for a moment, though Gray didn't notice a thing. The blond stepped back and blinked.

"H-Hey now! What're you strippin' for?"

"Isn't it obvious? Because I'm ready..." Sugarboy's mind went haywire, believing that that was what gray actually said. Gray must of finally noticed his wandering mind, because he felt a shiver crawl up his spine.

"Woah, I'm not sure how to respond to that without things getting weird," Gray hummed inn confusion. "Now I'm getting all shook up. What...what is this feeling? My heart can't seem to stop pounding." Gray stood there in shock, now he couldn't respond. What the hell was this guy blabbering on about? His hands slacked to his sides and he just stared at the love struck man blankly.

"Huh?" Was all the ice mage managed to ground out.

...

Levy had gotten too tired quickly, trying to beat Gajeel. But she refused to let him pass. By this time, Gajeel was starting to rapidly climb the mountain to get passed her, but her nimble moves made her able to quickly beat him. Pantherlilly teased and laughed to Gajeel the whole way as she was slowly getting farther and farther away from him. Gajeel only swatting away the black cat.

"Shrimp you need to slow down before he slip and fall off." Gajeel yelled up to the petite mage. For once, it was Jet and Droy that agreed with the dragon slayer. They were also getting worried for levy as she slipped for almost the fifth time trying to get up the mountain quicker. She said nothing and ignored all three of them. She knew that Gajeel was just trying to get her to allow down so he could climb passed her.

Slipping for the sixth time, she finally lost her footing and hand grip. She screamed, falling backwards. Before she got to far, she was caught by Pantherlilly who looked at her in shock. Instead of placing her back on the mountain, he just kept her up there and flew her up to the top. She lowered her head in shame, she was too hyped up on the competition to even see them warning her in genuine concern.

"Sorry about that Lilly." She rubbed the back of her head when he gave her a scolding glare. They stood at the top of the mountain while the three kept climbing. It was only a few minutes later that they saw tanned hand clamp down on the surface. Levy went straight into action and helped pulled him off. He was the second one to glare at her, swiping away his hand.

"I told you you'd fall, shrimp! Should of listened to me!" She wasn't like Lucy, she never fought back when she didn't have a reasonable argument. She knew what she did was dangerous, so she just bowed to both Lilly and Gajeel. She apologized, feeling her cheeks burn in pure embarrassment from the situation. Gajeel sighed and waved her off. Around ten minutes later, both Jet and Droy made it to the top.

Immediately, the ran up to Levy and hugged her from worry. She laughed and pat their arms and gently got out of their embrace. She turned to see Gajeel looking off in the distance. This somehow worried her. "Uh, why are you looking over there?" He put his hand on his forehead sideways to give shade to his eyes.

"Ah it looks like this is the wrong mountain. There's the one we need to be on." He pointed to larger and faraway mountain. It was so much steeper and even looked scary from where they were standing. Shadow gear dropped to their knees and pounded a fist on the ground. Levy felt tears gather in the corner of her eyes. She couldn't do this again, she could barely get through this one!

"Aww man!" Both Jet and Droy cried.

"I'm just kidding," Gajeel snickered. He then threw a shovel by each of them. "Get digging." Levy stared at the man for a moment, a tick mark appearing soon after.

Yup, she was going to kill him.

...

Both Lyon and Juvia looked off into the distance at the light that appeared. "We need to get out of this jelly! Both Gray and that man jumped into it which means that has to be the way out of here." Juvia stated. Lyon nodded, but then an idea dawned on him. He looked up to the sky, a small blush dusting his cheeks.

"That's true, but if we stayed here. I could be with my sweet Juvie forever, that wouldn't be so bad." Juvia shuttered.

"Well it would for me!" Lyon shook his head.

"I was only kidding."

"I'm exhausted."

"Must be from the magic."

"No I think it's just you." Lyon grunted and got into a fighting position that seemed awfully familiar to Juvia. She narrowed her eyes at the man. What the hell was he thinking. Using that for such a situation? How uncalled for!

"That's ice shell, are you insane." He smiled slightly at that.

"Don't worry, I'm merely releasing magic. But watch out okay, and get ready." She hummed and waited for Lyon to finally break the jelly. Once it finally froze, it broke both of them out. The shattered ice sprinkling down around Lyon. Juvia blinked in astonishment as her face flushed a brilliant red. Has he always looked so handsome?

"We should go now," he then gazed at her from the corner of his eye. "Is something wrong?" He asked innocently, but held his suspicions. She stuttered momentarily and shook her head feverishly.

"Nope nope, nothing wrong here. Now let's go find that light so I can be united with my darling Gray!" Lyon raised an eyebrow at her odd attitude. She was pointing the exact opposite of where the light actually was. It was amusing to Lyon of course, dare he say cute. But it was overall odd for Juvia to act that way around himself. He sighed and pointed a thumb in the right direction.

"Okay, but the light is this way."

Earlier

Both Gray and Sugarboy charged at each other to get to the clock piece before the other. Gray using his magic to get closer while Sugarboy used his green jelly. "Get out of my way you freak!" Gray yelled as he projected his magic at the blond to try and stop him. Sugarboy only twisted his hips in a small dance. Gray ignored his weirdness for the sake of his sanity.

"No can do, icy boy!" Both of them made it to the piece just in time to grab it. The light surrounding the gear had gotten bigger and bigger until it surrounded both of them entirely. Gray couldn't even acknowledge it as he tried pulling the piece away from the other mage. Though it seemed Sugarboy was just as hell bent on getting the gear. This guy was really getting on Gray's last nerve.

By the time the light disappeared, they were in a different place entirely.