"Bullshit!" Byron shouted as the match between Jura and Rylo ended in a tie. "Jura had that!"
"No need to get so upset, Yeesh, chill out..." Ur replied while rolling her eyes.
"I've seen better," Dait replied while waving a dismissive hand. "I want to see the next one."
"It'll be a few minutes from what I know," Tobias replied.
"Can I roast all the winners?!" Zancrow asked with a bit of irritation. "All we've been doing is watching these silly games, and in the mean time my urge to kill has been rising!"
"Shut up, Zancrow," Dait replied, snapping his fingers after, activating a curse he placed on Zancrow's body after he revived him, which resulted in Zancrow's mouth vanishing.
"...You shut him up?" Maggie asked as she blinked a few times. "Brilliant! He's got an off switch!" Zancrow, though unable to talk, conveyed his current state of emotions by narrowing his eyes at both Maggie and Dait and crossed his arms.
"And here I thought he'd never stop talking..." Ur said with a sigh.
"Hm...Hey, you, guy," Ruika said as she looked over to Byron, gaining sudden inspiration.
"Eh?" Byron turned to Ruika, pouting to himself for confirmation. "Me?"
"No the other requip mage..." Ruika let out a slightly annoyed sigh as she rolled her eyes. "Yes, you. I got an idea, and you seem competent."
"Seem?" Byron blinked a few times before shrugging. "Alright, what'cha need help with?"
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Inside the infirmary, Melaine was using the little healing magic she knew with her water to help Rylo's injuries. "Not bad, eh...?" Rylo asked as he looked towards his fellow members.
"That chop looked like it hurt though..." Flynn said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Eh...I've had worse...heh..." Rylo said with a slight nod. "At least I managed to get us points against the Wizard Saint..."
"Temporary first place, I can deal." Flynn nodded.
"The next match is starting soon, don't you guys need to be out there?" Tsami inquired.
"Yeah, that's true..." Taranis gave a quick nod, but he tuned to Rylo first. "You'll be ready for tomorrow, right?"
"Of course! Nothing's gonna keep me down!" Rylo replied, wincing slightly after.
After that, the other members aside from Evanee and Melanie left the room. With a tiny smile, Evanee looked over to Rylo. "You did great today, "Ry-chan"," Evanee said as her smile then turned into a slight smirk.
"Heh, thank you, "Evanee-Senpai,"" Rylo said with a slight grin of his own at the nickname. Evanee then left the room, leaving Melanie to finish healing Rylo.
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"I think that first round between Rylo Yukata and Jura is just the beginning of an intense Grand Magic Games, don't you think?" Jenny asked the other commentators.
"Oh, yes! Though Jura held the match for most of the time, Rylo did an amazing job with some of his moves!" Yajima said with a nod.
"But, now I think it's time for the second match!" Chapati shouted so the impatient crowd could roar with excitement.
"That's right-kabo!" Mato said while giving a nod. "We have Yeagar from Quatro Cerberus vs. Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail!" After the announcement, the crowd gave a large roar the second Erza's name was called.
"Titania, huh?" Yeagar said with a slight smirk. "Now that's wild."
"You got this, Yeagar!" Bacchus shouted while giving encouragement, watching as Yeagar walked into the center of the arena, standing a few yards away from Titania herself. "Remember what I told ya!"
"And remember what I told you!" Goldmine shouted, a slow smirk appearing on his lips.
"Heh, kick his ass, Erza!" Natsu shouted in excitement.
"If Titania is as strong as people claim her to be, this match should be over in about two minutes," Gaia said with a nod.
"Titania?" Adam blinked, obviously unfamiliar with the term.
"Queen of Fairies," Reve replied to Adam, but he didn't look to the large male as he did. He kept his eyes on Erza, squinting to get a good look.
"Reve, I think you may have an obsession..." Taya commented.
"I do not!" Reve replied rather defensively, thinking back to his battle with Erza and how it was a tie.
"The first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one!" Kairi replied with a smile and nod.
"I don't have a problem!" Reve groaned in annoyance.
"Yeagar vs. Erza? This match should prove to be interesting," Chapati started. "Erza Scarlet is the S class requip mage from Fairy Tail, and she showed just how strong she was last year when she single handedly took down all 100 monsters in last years event!"
"100 monsters?" Dait scoffed, almost feeling insulted by the term. "Let's see her take down 100 of my demons, and then we'll talk...though I doubt she'd get past 10. Kehehe..."
"Titania..." Byron's tone and facial expression darkened immediately.
"She's a strong mage, and I have a lot of respect for her," Yajima nodded. "But, I am curious to see how Yeagar will react to this battle."
"Are both fighters ready?!" Mato asked both Erza and Yeagar, who gave nods of approval. "Begin!"
"Kanso!" Erza immediately started off by holding her hand out as she sprinted forward, requipping a simple blade.
"Heh, this should be wild!" Yeagar said with a smirk, dashing forward after. Though he had no weapon, the plant mage's smirk widened as he used his plant magic to his advantage, drawing up vines from the ground below Erza to wrap around her feet.
"What..?" Erza immediately noticed the vines and slashed her sword down, getting rid of them as quickly as they appeared, though Yeagar used this few second window to throw a punch at Erza, but the scarlet haired mage brought her arm up, blocking the punch just before it connected. Erza shifted her body to throw a kick, but as she swung, the momentum was stopped by a few more vines jutting out from the ground, wrapping around her leg. "Vines...?" Erza thought to herself as she moved to slash the vines away again, but Yeagar landed the first hit by landing a punch to Erza's face, sending the requip mage sliding back as the vines released.
"And Yeagar lands the first hit!" Jenny shouted.
"She's slipping up already..." Reve said with a smirk.
"Or maybe the puppy just got a harsher bite," Calium replied to Reve. "What have I told you about underestimating your opponents, Reve? That attitude of yours may cost the guild at some point."
"Tch...whatever, old man..." Reve replied while keeping his eyes on the fight.
"Nice hit, Yeagar!" Rocker shouted with a grin.
"That's just one hit!" Natsu replied to Rocker's shouting. "He won't get another!"
"He's a rowdy one..." Mavis said with a slight giggle.
"Too rowdy, sometimes..." Makarov said while rubbing his temples.
"I can see his skill has improved since last year..." Erza thought to herself as she requiped another sword, dashing towards Yeagar once again, keeping an eye on her surroundings in case Yeagar tried something.
"Power Whip!" Yeagar shouted as he held his hand forward, a magic circle appearing in front of him as a large vine whip appeared and aimed itself at Erza.
Erza brought her swords up, swaying her body to the side to avoid the whip, then brought the swords down, slashing the whip in two. Erza then jumped up, spinning her lower body around as the heel of her black boot slammed into Yeagar's jaw, causing the wild plant mage to stumble to the side.
"Come on, Yeagar! Take her down!" Blues shouted.
Erza continued her assault, aiming both of her swords down at Yeagar once again, but before she could swing, a Venus fly trap appeared from the ground under her, swallowing her whole after. "?!"
"Erza!" Cynthia's eyes widened somewhat.
"...Perhaps Master was right..." Nami said as she was Erza's battle.
"Looks like the puppies got a big bite..." Jaxon said while smirking somewhat. "Doesn't change the fact they're still puppies, though."
"Well this is a surprising turn of effects..." Gaia said while raising a brow.
Erza didn't stay in the Venus fly trap for long; she slashed her way through, now in her Flame Empress Armor. She then dashed forward once again, swinging her flaming sword towards Yeagar, but he barely managed to dodge by rolling out of the way. Two green magic circles appeared in front of Yeagar once again, sending two vines that wrapped around the arm Erza held her sword in, and her opposite leg, causing her to grit her teeth. "Heh, this is wild!" Yeagar said with a grin. Another magic circle appeared before the plant mage, unleashing yet another Power Whip, which slammed into Erza twice, but she held in any signs of pain.
"What's she doing?!" Romeo asked as he watched Erza had a hard time.
"Her opponent is a strong one," Mavis replied.
After having enough, a heavenly light surrounded Erza's body once again. "Kanso!" Erza now reappeared in her Giant's armor, the vines breaking. With a quick dash forward, Erza slammed her powerful fist into Yeagar's jaw, sending the plant mage into the wall, now in KO.
"And Yeagar goes down!" Mato shouted; Fairy Tail's points now going up to 14, placing them in first place, just one point above Twilight Zone now.
"And there goes our lead..." Flynn said with a sigh.
"Damn, he was doing good too..." Rocker sighed.
"Don't worry, he did great! Wild fight, Yeagar!" Bacchus shouted with a grin.
"She better have won," Byron said while crossing his arms. "I would hate if she lost to a simple plant mage..."
"This is going to be a rough year..." Lucy said as Erza made her way back to the Fairy Tail section.
"Everyone's been training for this, so I didn't expect it to be easy!" Cynthia said with a nod. "But isn't that the fun part?!"
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"And now for the third match of the first day-kabo!" Mato exclaimed while pointing to the screen. "White Eclipse's Reve Volver vs. Sabertooth's Rogue Cheney!"
"I wanted a shot at him..." Takeru scoffed.
"Kick his butt, Nii-San!" Skye shouted as Reve walked into the arena.
"Rogue's got this!" Sting said confidently.
"For thinks so too!" Frosch nodded in agreement.
"Oh, the gunslinger too..." Byron groaned.
"Reve Volver, one of the few people who have tied with the famous Titania! Also S class mage of White Eclipse!" Chapati nodded.
"He seems a bit cocky to me..." Jenny replied while resting her cheek on her open hand.
"I've heard he can back up his words, however," Yajima said with a nod.
"Go, Rogue!" Frosch cheered.
"Rogue is also one half of the twin dragons of Sabertooth, one of their strongest mages! Let's see how Reve can handle this!" Chapati said in a tone that hyped up the audience.
"Are both fighters ready-kabo?" Mato asked.
"Of course," Reve replied with a smirk.
"Ready," Rogue replied.
"Begin!"
"Shadow Drive..." Rogue started off by boosting his stats, his hair spiking up, his eyes turning a blazing red, and his body became that of a shadow as he now moved from side to side in a zig zag pattern, attempting to confuse Reve.
"Third generation...?" Evanee raised an eyebrow.
"You think that's gonna work? I beat Takeru, and he's stronger than you'll ever be," Reve replied while using his precision eyes to keep up with Rogue, wasting no time in requipping an assault rifle and a shotgun in his hands, and immediately used his assault rifle to open fire on Rogue. Rogue expected the bullets to fly through his body, but to his surprise, they actually struck, causing him to slide back across the ground.
"He hit him?!" Sting asked in surprise.
"Shocked?" Reve chuckled. "My bullets are magical, so they can pierce those annoying anti-physical traits some of you have. Water body, lightning body, mist body, and shadow body? Whatever it is, there's nothing in this world that can save you from getting hit by me. I always hit my mark."
"Tch...!" Rogue quickly rebounded, continuing his movements, and he engulfed his hand in shadows, swinging it towards Reve. "Shadow Dragon's Slash!"
"Heh!" Reve smirked as Rogue came back in, swaying his body back, narrowly avoiding Rogue's attack. Before Rogue could respond, Reve pointed his shotgun at Rogue's stomach, unleashing Spread Shot, the impact of the bullets almost running through Rogue, but he managed to stay okay as he flew back, marks now on his body.
"Reve's got this in the bag..." Jaxon said with a smirk.
"Come on, Rogue!" Sting shouted from the sidelines.
Rogue moved forward once again, using erratic movement to throw Reve off this time, all while gathering shadows around his foot, and when close enough, aimed an axe kick towards Reve's head. "Shadow Dragon's Claw!"
Reve kept his eyes on Rogue, making it seem as though he was lost, but when Rogue made his attack, Reve didn't react...until the last second, an extremely cocky expression on his face as he swayed his head to the right, avoiding Rogue's kick at the last second, causing Rogue to turn quickly, catching himself on the ground. Before Rogue could react again, Reve fired of his assault rifle, landing more bullets on Rogue's body. "Heh, just kidding!"
"Agh!" Rogue cried out in frustration and pain, but quickly moved into the shadows, wrapping his shadowy body around Reve, and slammed his palm into Reve's chest, unleashing a torrential blast of Shadows on the gunslinger, forcing Reve to slide back, his shirt ripped and a visible bruise on his chest. Rogue then puffed his cheeks out, and unleashed a vortex of shadows towards Reve. "Roar of the Shadow Dragon!"
"Heh..." Reve dropped his guns, allowing them to fade into the spirit world as he now requipped the infamous Reverse Slayer, clicking the trigger as he absorbed Rogue's roar, a smirk on his face.
"He...absorbed the roar?" Rufus blinked a few times, now remembering that Reve did the same thing months ago during the Fairy Tail vs. White Eclipse battle royal. "Ah...now I remember."
"Nice roar you got there, Rogue!" Reve said as he cockiest the trigger again, unleashing the roar back towards Rogue, sliding back just from the power of it. "It's got some nice power behind it!"
"What?!" Rogue's eyes widened slightly as he crossed his arms, sliding back across the ground a few feet, noticeably damaged.
"Rogue..." Frosch's eyes were beginning to water. It really did look like Reve was about beat Rogue!
Rogue took a deep breath. He was playing this game at Reve's pace and it was costing him. He stood back onto his feet, a black aura flaring around his body once again. This time, he activated his Dragon Force. "This is as far as it goes."
"You're right." Reve said with his cocky grin still present. "Because in this next attack, it's going to end here and now."
"I agree!" Rogue didn't move, but he was waiting for something. Soon, a few clouds rolled overhead, obscuring the sun...which meant the entire area now had a gigantic shadow cast over it. Using this to his advantage, Rogue dipped into the darkness, and this time, he wasn't able to be seen at all.
"..." Reve's expression shifted somewhat. It was still cocky, but he was clearly taking this a lot more seriously now, fully aware of Rogue's clever trick. There was but a single weakness to the Precision Eyes that Reve coveted so much: he could not see through objects. He could spot Rogue rising from the ground in front of him, but not anything else. "A frontal assault! I don't think so!" Reve aimed his gun at Rogue, but he was unaware of the shadowy spike that rose up behind him, impaling his arm. "Gh...!"
"Shadow Dragon's Slash!" Rogue clawed Reve's chest once again for a direct hit, creating a noticeable gash on his body yet again. Reve slid back and before he could fire, Rogue dipped into the shadows once more, leaving Reve with an injured arm that stunted his firing speed and aim slightly.
"That's it, Rogue!" Sting cheered. "You got him now!"
"It looks like Rogue is beginning to mount his counter!" Chapati exclaimed.
"Hm...but can he win in time?" Jenny's eyes drifted up to the cloud in the sky.
Reve grit his teeth, spotting Rogue once again from the side. He tried to dodge this time, but while he avoided Rogue himself, another shadowy spike rose up to impale his leg. This one made him grunt in pain and stagger, firing at Rogue once more, but he missed as the Shadow Dragon dipped back into the shadows. "..." Reve glanced up at the sky, and his smirk returned.
Rogue emerged directly behind Reve a moment later, his fingers cloaked in darkness. "Shadow Dragon's Rough Silk!" He sped past Reve, thin beams of shadows shooting out from his fingers to strike the gunslinger and pierce him through. This was also a direct hit, blood spurting out from numerous locations on Reve's body. It was one of Rogue's strongest attacks, and he managed that direct hit. That was the opening he needed.
"Gah...!" Reve coughed up some blood as he started to tip forward. All eyes were wide as it looked like this was the end for the gunslinger, but he then...just took a step forward, breathing heavily from the injuries he sustained. "...Not too shabby. Shadow Dragon. But if you think that was enough to take me down...you got another thing coming."
"I know this last strike will be the one." Rogue said while drawing the katana from his hip, cloaking it in darkness. "For Sabertooth, I will not lose!" As so, Rogue dipped into the shadows once more, racing towards Reve from an unknown angle.
"Unfortunately for you, your time's up." Reve said as the clouds overhead began to fade away. Because of this, he could now see exactly where Rogue was coming from, and he was fully aware of what was about to happen. "That gave you a cute edge, but it's time for you to learn that all the advantages in the world can't save you from losing to me! Time to wrap this up!" Reve spread his arms out, creating a multitude of guns around Rogue the moment he emerged. "Devil's Wheel!" It was a race to the finish. Rogue attempted to cut Reve down first, but the guns began to open fire the very second they appeared around him, creating a large smoke cloud. When the smoke cleared, Rogue was in KO.
"A-And Rogue of Sabertooth goes down!" Mato shouted.
"See that?" Reve said while speaking to the crowd. "That was just the beginning. Let this first day be a reminder that White Eclipse is the strongest guild in Fiore!"
"H-He beat Rogue-sama?!" Yukino's eyes widened.
"Heh, that's how it's done!" Waiston said with a grin.
"As it should be." Taya said while crossing her arms. Any other result was not the White Eclipse way.
"WHITE ECLISPE!" The entire guild shouted. With that, White ECLISPE now had a definite first place lead with a perfect 20 points for the first day.
"How does he expect to beat me if he can't beat that cocky little shit..." Gajeel sighed somewhat at Rogue's defeat.
"Rogue..." Sting sighed as he carried Rogue off.
"Rogue..." Frosch was crying a bit, rushing along with Sting to help Rogue recover.
"That was incredible! Reve looked like he was in a bind, but he managed to turn it around at the last second!" Chapati exclaimed.
"Now, it's time for the final match of the first day!" Mato grinned. "Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi vs. Cosmic Star's Daryan Skeletalus!"
"Kagura, you're up!" Milliana said with a grin as she looked towards Kagura.
"It seems so..." Kagura gave a nod.
"Oh, I get to fight HER? I think I just died and gone to heaven..." Daryan said with hearts in his eyes.