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The Grand Magic Games: Day Two
/Domus Flau/
"Ladies and gentlemen welcome back for Day 2 of the Grand Magic Games, yesterday saw Sabertooth take the lead and some amazing events however from here on out the action will only increase so don't take your eyes off the action because today is looking to be quite the thriller," Chapati shouted as the crowd roared.
"With us today is our special guest host from Sorcery Weekly Jason who was so kind to come and help us commentate today."
"Thank you Mr Yajima these games are gonna be so COOOOOL!"
"Er yes well anyway the first day of the games ended with Sabertooth in the lead, just in case you've forgotten the scores here they are now."
1st Place – Sabertooth – 100 Points
2nd Place – Highfather – 70 Points
3rd Place – Fairy Tail Team B – 50 Points
4th Place – Lamia Scale – 40 Points
5th Place – Mermaid Heel – 30 Points
6th Place – Fairy Tail Team A – 20 Points
7th Place – Raven Tail – 10 Points
8th Place – Blue Pegasus – 0 Points
"Now remember that this is only the second day of the games and from here on out it will be a fairly combat based situation so any team could rise to the top from here," Yajima said as the crowd cheered.
"Speaking of combat based action it's time to announce the first fight of the day, Yukino from Sabertooth vs Kagura of Mermaid Heel!"
The crowd cheered as the two mentioned mages made their way down to the arena, Natsu was watching Kagura carefully and this wasn't missed by Erza.
"You seem to be looking at Kagura an awful lot Natsu?"
"Have you noticed yet?"
"Noticed what," Erza asked confused.
"Look at her sword Erza the way its wrapped is how you get it right out of the smith but the sheath has marks all over it, this girl has never once drawn that sword she has yet its clear she uses it," Elise said as Erza took a closer look.
"You're right but the scabbard looks as tough as steel so she might not ever need to draw the blade?"
"Well we're about to find out," Natsu said as the two mages stood opposite each other.
"You should surrender now I don't want to fight you if I don't need to, my power is far above yours Kagura," Yukino said as Kagura shrugged.
"I thank you for your concern but that will not be happening I am here to represent my guild surrendering would bring shame and embarrassment, besides you and I have never fought before so you don't truly know unless we fight if you are superior or not."
"Then how about we make a bet to make things more interesting?"
"Sorry I don't make casual bets," Kagura replied.
"Then how about this whoever wins holds the others life in their hands," Yukino said as Kagura raised an eyebrow.
"If that is truly what you wish then so be it I will accept that bet," Kagura replied as the crowd cheered in approval.
"Let the battle begin," Chapati shouted as Yukino pulled out a Golden Key and from the stands Natsu's eyes widened slightly.
"Celestial Spirit Magic and a Zodiac at that, not every day you get to see one of these in action."
"What's a Celestial Spirit Natsu," Wendy asked as Natsu pointed at the key Yukino held.
"There is a realm where spirits reside Wendy and they can be anything from a snowman to a fearsome beast, the realm is known as the Celestial Spirit World and it is a place that no human has ever set foot in at least not in recorded history. The only way to summon a being from there is by using a Gate Key which come in either Silver or Gold."
"That's a Gold One so what do the Silver ones do?"
"The spirits summoned by the Silver Keys are what I guess you would call the commoners of the realm, you know like a dog or something. The Gold Keys are special however since there are only 12 of them in the entire world and they are named the Zodiac Keys after the star signs."
"Wow they sound so cool!"
"Oh they are Wendy they have some really interesting powers and I've met a few in my time, Leo or Loki as you all would remember him, Virgo the Maiden, Capricorn though he was being controlled by a member of Grimoire Heart at the time you might all remember him as Caprico and Aquarius the Water Bearer."
"Wait Loki was a Celestial Spirit," Erza asked intrigued by this new piece of information.
"Yeah I figured it out some time just after I got back, he usually hid his magic so that we would never know but people like me and Bickslow knew and so did gramps I think. From what I heard he did something bad and was cursed to die in the mortal realm however he was taken back by the King."
"King?"
"Oh right I never mentioned him did I the Celestial Spirit King the one who rules over the world and strongest spirit of them all."
"Wow," Wendy said as she turned her attention back to the arena.
"Open: Gate Of The Two Fish – Pisces!"
The key glowed and from it emerged two giant fish that began to circle the arena before rushing Kagura, easily dodging the attacks Yukino pulled out another Golden Key and Natsu raised an eyebrow.
"Open: Gate Of The Heavenly Scales – Libra!"
From the second key emerged the Zodiac known as Libra who immediately shifted gravity pinning Kagura in place as Picses wrapped around her.
"Gravity x50 Ascent," Kagura shouted and she easily escaped the previously dangerous position she was in.
"Well now … she's good," Natsu said with a grin as Kagura easily decimated the two Zodiacs.
"It seems I have no other choice, Open: Gate Of The Snake Charmer – Ophiuchus!"
This had Natsu's attention as a large snake the size of the arena began to emerge bearing down on Kagura who just rushed in without fear.
"The fabled 13th Zodiac," Natsu muttered under his breath.
"Archenemy: Style Of The Undrawn Long Sword – Interceptor Strike!"
The spirit was sliced into four pieces and Kagura appeared in front of Yukino and with one strike defeated her.
The entire stadium was stunned as Kagura began to walk away until she stopped next to Yukino. "Your life is mine."
Yukino's eyes widened as Kagura walked off and the crowd roared in approval, the crowd continued to cheer until Chapati began to speak.
"With overwhelming power the winner is Kagura from Mermaid Heel!"
The crowd began cheering once again whilst Natsu began to ponder the battle.
"There are some really interesting fighters here, she never drew that sword yet she could do that, if she did draw that sword the damage would be …."
"Alright ladies and gentlemen now it's time for the next match, this one is going to be a thriller I can just see it!"
"Indeed Chapati I too am looking forward to seeing who will come out on top in this fight. From the Fairy Tail Team B team we have Elise and from the guild Highfather we have Verity!"
The crowd roared in approval as the two began to make their way down to the arena, Elise was making her way down when Natsu stopped her.
"Be careful you saw what that Soru guy was capable of this one seems even more dangerous than him."
"Yeah I understand besides it's not like she'll kill me there are too many people watching, but I understand I'll be careful," Elise said as she continued to make her way down to the arena.
As the two stood opposite each other many other guilds began to speak amongst themselves.
"I haven't seen her in action in a long time and if memory serves me she was a force even back then," Jura said to Lyon who simply nodded.
"Hah the Fairy is gonna get stomped right Lector!"
"Yeah no doubt about it Sting they're all toast!"
"Elise Faulkner …. she is strong I can sense it," Kagura said to her friend who wore a hood.
Back in the arena the two looked at each other never once daring to break eye contact, Verity drew her sword and Elise summoned one of her own and her eyes went crimson red as her appearance began to shift.
As Elise's appearance shifted many of the stronger mages shifted slightly feeling the strange aura around her magic though Natsu just smiled.
"Elise Faulkner War God Slayer …. current underground bounty of 950 million jewel for capture only."
"Well that's … nice to know, anyone else I know who has one of these underground bounties?"
"Yes … Natsu Dragneel current underground bounty 1.25 billion jewel dead or alive for disrupting its business on an almost daily basis."
"Well isn't that nice …. so the underground is the Dark Guild network I'm guessing?"
"Correct however we no longer operate under them since we are a legal guild and our access has been cut so you may rest easy."
"I was never worried," Elise replied as the two continued to stare at each other.
"And begin the match," Chapati shouted but the two never once moved confusing the audience.
"What's going on why aren't they doing anything," Wendy asked as Natsu shook his head though his eyes were as wide as saucers.
"Such speed who the hell are these Highfather people!"
"What are you talking about Natsu they are just standing there," Gray said as Natsu shook his head.
"You aren't able to keep up so watch the ground and the walls and you'll understand."
Gray and Wendy nodded and were shocked, almost all the walls already had slice marks on them and the dirt on the arena floor was covered in similar marks.
"This fight is insane I didn't know Elise was this powerful even I can barely keep up with that speed," Laxus said in shock.
Meanwhile the other guilds were in a similar situation where only a select few of their mages could even see the fight and had to tell their guild mates what was happening.
Jura had a wide grin as he watched the fight knowing that if Elise was this powerful then his rival Natsu would have far exceeded this which made him all the more glad he accepted the invitation to fight in the games this year.
Kagura had a smile which was something she rarely did and all her guild mates were just staring at her in shock.
"Kagura are you feeling ok," Risley asked as Kagura nodded.
"Fights like these …. are just so rare yet in this tournament there are countless others who are the same, I feel that this year I may be challenged and I'm honestly excited!"
The other guilds all had members with similar reactions excluding Sabertooth who just remained as smug as ever believing that they were capable of similar feats.
Down in the arena everything was moving like a blue for Elise, her movements felt the same as normal however she knew that she was currently moving at a much faster pace than she would normally move at and because of this she was serious about the fight.
'The speed we are fighting can't be this surely … Natsu was right Highfather is trouble if they have people like this!'
Elise dodged twelve rapid sword attacks and was nicked on the thirteenth but it healed straight away, going on the offensive she began to return the amount of attacks Verity had delivered until the two finally stopped.
When the two stopped two things happened, the first was that every slice mark in the arena suddenly had extra force applied to it and shattered whatever it was. Second was the two changed positions from where they originally started and were now mere inches apart with blades crossed.
'I wonder if I'll be able to win mother told me not to use the God's Aura unless it was necessary …. There must be some way?'
"You are good Elise, very good. But this fight is rather pointless since neither one of us is going all out so maybe we should call it a draw?"
"You seem awfully keen on that?"
"I have no desire to fight an endless battle and I sense that you don't either, neither one of us wishes to concede points to the other so mutual surrender is the best option."
"But we barely started?"
"And if we went any further the entire arena would be destroyed … neither one of us used an actual technique yet look at the damage we caused the arena is already in shambles so us going all out would do far more than that."
"Alright I'll give you that point but this all seems too convenient we have a little skirmish then you say why don't we both surrender, really strange if you ask me."
"I have been called strange in the past so that is nothing new … so what do you say do we not further endanger the lives of the spectators and call a draw?"
Elise pondered the question for a moment before sighing and nodding. "Fine but I want to settle this at some point."
"Oh we will Elise …. we will," Verity said as she sheathed her sword and walked away.
"Uh … it's a draw," Chapati said confused as the crowd simply shrugged and Elise went back to the stands after powering down.
"Well then now that we've gotten through that match let's get the next one out of the way," Yajima said as the crowd began to cheer again.
Natsu was about to speak with Elise when he saw Mystogan standing atop a pillar before vanishing, sighing he made his excuses and made his way out of Domus Flau and out into Crocus.
/City Of Crocus Natsu's POV/
Natsu sighed as he made his way through the city, after leaving Domus Flau Natsu was joined by Mystogan who trailed behind him until they reached the hideout.
Walking inside Natsu was greeted by Ultear and Meredy who both looked quite tired.
"Stakeout?"
"Indeed and for a long time it was worthless until we saw two hooded figures approach the palace around two hours ago, trailing them we noticed that they wandered around the grounds prodding it for weaknesses and then they left."
"They're definitely after something from there Ultear keep up the good work, there must be something hidden in the palace that Zeref must want if he's sending people here to get it."
"Hopefully on patrol tonight I can catch them doing something that warrants intervention," Jellal said as Natsu nodded.
"Just keep in mind that we need to find out why they're here they won't tell us if they serve Zeref but if we can find out by tailing them then taking them down will be well worth the effort."
"I understand," Jellal said as Natsu nodded.
"So is there anything else?"
"Well there is one thing," Ultear said with a small smile.
"Oh and what's that?"
"Keep an eye on that Yukino girl tonight …. it's nothing bad I just noticed something rather … unpleasant earlier."
"Uh will do but I want an explanation tomorrow if there isn't anything ok?"
"Of course," Ultear said with a smile as Natsu made his way to the door.
"Thank god I'm not rostered on for any fights today otherwise doing this would be really annoying," Natsu said as he left the hideout and began making his way back to Domus Flau.
/Domus Flau/
"And Lamia Scale's Toby has lost to Raven Tail's Kurohebi, now for the final match of the day and one that was requested by several people in high places! Ladies and gentlemen this matchup is the result between a confrontation that happened prior to the tournament between Fairy Tail and Sabertooth!"
"No Natsu didn't," Erza said in shock as Laxus shook his head.
"No wonder he bailed."
"It's fine Erza I want to do this besides Natsu is back in the arena I can smell him," Wendy said as she waited for the matchup.
"Now this is rather interesting it's a two on one match between the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth Sting and Rogue and Wendy Marvell from Fairy Tail Team A," Yajima said confused.
Wendy was already down in the arena before anyone had a chance to object, Sting and Rogue were likewise heading down to the arena and the smirk from Sting couldn't be any wider.
"So you're the one Natsu reckons can take the two of us on at once you're just a kid!"
"You'd better not underestimate me because after what you said you'll be lucky if you can walk after I'm done," Wendy shouted shocking everyone who knew her except for Gajeel who nodded in agreement.
"She's proving a point Erza, she might just be a kind hearted sweet young girl but remember that she's also a Dragon Slayer. What those two punks spouted about killing their parents is disgusting and the way they relish in the deaths and glorify it is sickening. If Salamander and the little one reckon that she can kick their asses then I'm gonna back em up 100%."
"Don't try to argue Erza it's a Dragon Slayer thing," Natsu said from behind as he walked up to the edge of the balcony and sat on it. "This is going to be a great fight."
Erza was concerned for Wendy but Natsu's confidence in her was something that seemed to calm her nerves about the whole thing.
"Fine but if she gets hurt really bad then you'll pay!"
Natsu nodded as Wendy stared down the Twin Dragons.
"Uh let the match begin," Chapati shouted.
"I'll take this Rogue this kid won't take five seconds," Sting said as he stepped forward cracking his knuckles.
"What did I say earlier about underestimating me," Wendy said as she crouched down and took off from the spot she was standing and punched Sting in the gut sending him flying into the arena wall.
The crowd was stunned and Rogue was speechless but nevertheless he pulled Sting out of the wall.
"Ok you got a lucky shot in there but that won't be happening again," Sting roared as he rushed Wendy and attempted to kick her in the head but surprisingly she blocked the attack and the next few with ease before gaining some distance.
"Don't underestimate me, Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!"
The wind suddenly picked up and many were surprised at how much of it there was as Wendy rushed Sting who was preparing an attack of his own.
"White Dragon's Holy Claw!"
The two attacks met and were evenly matched to the surprise of Sting who couldn't force it back, Wendy then broke off the attack which caused Sting to stumble forward and she kicked him in the back of the head and cleared some distance.
"You know you're actually starting to really piss me off, you think you're a match for the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth then let's see you handle the both of us!"
Sting and Rogue rushed Wendy and began to assault her with a series of attacks as she dodged them gracefully.
"I didn't realise Wendy was that strong," Mira said in shock whilst Natsu just grinned away.
"You'd be surprised at how strong she really is she just doesn't like using that power because she doesn't want to hurt anyone, training her though I managed to finally get her to use that power and she's just as strong as the rest of us."
"Exactly how strong," Gray asked as Natsu pondered the question.
"Well you'll see soon just watch neither of them are going all out yet either."
Sting finally landed a blow on Wendy and she was frozen in place prompting the blond Slayer to begin laughing.
"See that I just marked you with a magic seal you won't be able to move!"
Wendy looked over to Natsu who just nodded and she grinned and within moments the seal shattered and Wendy landed a swift blow to Sting's face.
"WHAT BUT HOW!"
"Don't …. underestimate me!"
"Perhaps the girl is right as far behind as Natsu is she was still trained by him Sting, perhaps we should use … that?"
"On a kid …. Fine, you want us to take this to the next level then we will, White Drive."
"Shadow Drive."
Sting and Rogue became surrounded in an aura similar to their element and their magical power began to skyrocket.
"You wanted to see our power then have a taste, White Dragon's Holy Fang!"
Sting rushed Wendy and landed a swift blow to her face drawing blood and sending her flying across the arena, before she could recover Rogue was there behind her.
"Shadow Dragon's Slash!"
The next minute was Wendy being tossed between the two until they stopped leaving her lying in the centre of the arena.
Sting looked over at Natsu expecting him to be angered however he was shocked to see that he was still smiling away, turning back to Wendy he noticed that she was up and no longer had the injuries she had previously.
"You two will pay … for insulting your Dragon parents," Wendy muttered as she stood tall once more leaving Sting and Rogue speechless. "I don't like to fight but people like you don't learn any other way."
"You think that you can take us on, the power to kill Dragons resides within the both of us you don't stand a chance!"
"You know nothing of what real power is because you never earned it like all the other Slayers I know; I'm going to show you the results of my training!"
Wendy rushed the two at speed that eclipsed what she was previously reaching and struck Rogue in the gut and kicking Sting in the face, the two quickly recovered and tried to counterattack only for Wendy to once more begin dodging as gracefully as she was before.
"How is this possible you weren't this strong before!"
"Like I told you I don't like to fight but when I have no other choice I'll do as Natsu taught me!"
"Oh and what could that washout Slayer teach you?"
"Manners firstly but he taught me to show no mercy to those who are you see as the enemy," Wendy said as she began pushing the two Slayers back once again.
"What's going on with Wendy's eyes," Elise said as everyone except Natsu looked at her confused.
"What do you mean," Erza asked.
"Her usual eye colour is blue but right now its … pink?"
"Wendy's power is something rather unique that I haven't come across before, normally a Slayer will only gain scales when they begin reaching the heights of the Dragon Force but for Wendy something rather different occurs beginning with the eyes."
Down in the arena Sting and Rogue were struggling to their feet as Wendy stood over them.
"If you have it then do it," she said as the two looked at her shocked.
"You think you can handle such power," Sting shouted in disbelief.
"I've fought against Natsu who was using his so yours won't be a problem."
Sting took that as an insult and rose to his feet with Rogue following suit.
"Fine but if you die this isn't out fault, feel the power of the Dragons!"
Sting and Rogue became surrounded in overwhelming magical pressure as scales began to form all over them and their power was 10x what it previously was.
"You feel this kid, this is true power and I should know it's how I killed Weisslogia!"
"If that is all the power you have then you are lying," Wendy said as the two were stunned once again unable to believe that Wendy wasn't afraid of their combined power. "Natsu can I use it?"
All eyes turned to Natsu who just looked down at Wendy and smiled. "Use it all Wendy even the magic I taught you."
Wendy smiled as the wind began to pick up in the arena and swirl around her, her hair colour began to shift between blue and pink and it also began to flair upward with scales appearing on her face. Her wrists and ankles became covered in strange looking scales and her canines began to grow.
The entire crowd was stunned but none more than Makarov when he saw the orange cracks in the air around Wendy.
"You didn't teach her that Natsu please tell me you didn't!"
"You bet I did gramps," Natsu said with a grin.
"Nooooo the money," Makarov sobbed as everyone just looked at Wendy in shock.
"This is the result of all my hard work and training under Natsu I won't let him or the guild that took me in down!"
"How is this possible a kid like you shouldn't have the Dragon Force!"
"Any Dragon Slayer can access the Dragon Force if they train hard enough and Natsu trained me to near death every day for months, you think your power was enough to kill your Dragons then lets see how it matches up to mine!"
Sting and Rogue charged in and Wendy rushed the two and as she took off she kicked up wind that sent shockwaves crashing into the stadium walls destroying them.
"White Dragon's Claw!"
"Shadow Dragon's Slash!"
"Sky Dragon Queen's Quaking Gale Fist!"
The three attacks clashed and the arena under them shattered from the force and they began to fall down the hole, Sting and Rogue were shocked however when Wendy began to seemingly run on the air.
"The air and open skies are my space you have no chance, Sky Dragon Queen's Quaking Roar!"
"White Dragon's Roar!"
"Shadow Dragon's Roar!"
Sting and Rogue's attacks combined and formed a much larger attack that met with Wendy's own attack and the two cancelled each other out, Sting and Rogue regained their footing on the falling debris as Wendy closed in after them.
"I won't allow the two of you to win!"
"You don't have a choice right Rogue!"
"This defies all logic no single Dragon Slayer should be able to overwhelm another this way!"
"You only think that because you never trained for your power whilst I did if you had earned it you would understand the ins and outs of your element and strengthened it!"
Wendy rushed the pair and the three were quickly trading rapid blows with each other until Wendy kicked Sting into the wall whilst she and Rogue fell to the bottom.
"This is illogical, unfathomable!"
"You know Natsu if he really tried could beat me without his own Dragon Force at the level he is now, you two had no chance from the start."
Rogue just stared at Wendy slack jawed as Sting recovered and charged Wendy from behind.
"I'm not done with you yet!"
Rogue rushed from the other side as Wendy did a flip kicking Sting back and spun on her hand delivering a kick to Rogue's side sending the man flying into a wall.
"Argh I won't lose!"
"You two already did once I used my Dragon Force, Natsu never lets me use it because it could hurt others if I'm not careful but he made an exception with you two!"
"You think I'm scared of him or you the two of you are washout Slayers we killed our Dragons!"
"If that were true then your Dragons were weak, pathetic and didn't deserve the name Dragon, you sure they weren't Drakes?"
Sting became enraged and Rogue was annoyed as the two charged Wendy once more who allowed the wind to pick up and it hit speeds that sliced the arms of the Twin Dragons as soon as they touched it.
"That's it you think you're so tough then let's see you take this," Sting said as he held out his right arm and Rogue his left and the two began to create a small sphere in their hands.
Back in the stands everyone who was still stunned nearly died when they saw what Sting and Rogue were doing.
"Are those guys crazy doing a Unison Raid," Gray shouted. "Natsu you've got to tell her to give up there's no way she's taking a hit from that!"
Everyone looked at Natsu who simply remained in place albeit he was no longer smiling.
"Show em Wendy, show em your true power…"
Down in the cavern Sting and Rogue had created a large sphere behind them that was a mixture of both their power through the use of a Unison Raid.
"Holy Shadow Dragon's Flash Fang!"
Firing the overwhelmingly powerful blast at the young girl she just remained in place with a fierce expression on her face as she barred what appeared to be fangs.
"Natsu she's going to die," screamed Erza as she shook him but he didn't respond his eyes glued to the screen.
"Enchant: Roar Of The Raging Skies - Final Category!"
"What's she doing she doesn't think she can block it does she," Elise shouted as Natsu shook his head.
"It's over for them," he said as everyone looked at him stunned.
"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Shattering Light – Queen's Quaking Sky Drill!"
Wendy released her attack that clashed with Sting and Rogue's Unison Raid and it utterly decimated it before hitting the two setting off a large explosion in the arena shaking it to the foundations.
After the smoke had cleared all that could be seen was Wendy standing above Sting and Rogue who were unconscious and a large hole behind them the size of a large building.
"And … the winner …. Is Wendy Marvell," Chapati said unable to believe what he'd just seen as Wendy sky walked back up to the main arena and landed on the floor just as her hair turned back to being blue and she began to fall.
She was caught however by Natsu who just gave her a big hug.
"Did I … did I do good?"
"You made me so proud Wendy you've grown so much," Natsu said as a few tears escaped him. "You showed those two what a real Dragon Slayer is."
Wendy smiled as she fainted from exhaustion and Natsu picked her up and carried her to the infirmary.
When he arrived at the infirmary he was met by the entire guild who were all worried about the tiny Dragon Slayer.
"It's just magical exhaustion you get that after using the Dragon Force for an extended period of time until your used to it she'll be fine."
"Well at least she is safe my boy that's all that matters …. IS WHAT YOU PROBABLY EXPECTED ME TO SAY NATSU HOW COULD YOU BE SO RECKLESS TEACHING HER CRASH MAGIC AND HAVING HER GO UP AGAINST THE TWIN DRAGON'S I OUGHT TO KILL YOU FOR THAT LITTLE STUNT-!"
"Yeah yeah look I knew exactly how it would turn out the moment I met the two so don't worry about it, as for the Crash Magic I was her age when Gildarts taught me so its fine."
"But Natsu she isn't you she's just a sweet innocent girl," Erza shouted as Natsu shook his head.
"You weren't the one who begged for the training Erza, you weren't the one who got on their hands and knees and begged for the strength to become stronger so that you wouldn't have to ever rely on others to save you again! Wendy brought up Tenrou and Scarlione and she begged me for the power so that when we all got into trouble she could at least stand with us rather than have to rely on us to fight opponents, she tries her best and only wants the power to fight for those she believes in the least you sorry lot could do is praise her instead of trying to find someone to blame for her being as strong as she is and allowing her to prove it!"
"Natsu that's not-!"
Elise wasn't able to finish as Natsu left through the window and went into town.
"You know he is right in a lot of ways we should be proud that Wendy managed to achieve such strength for noble reasons not hammering Natsu for training her, we all went off to train for three months so what if Natsu taught her some Crash Magic and helped her reach the Dragon Force she's more than responsible to handle it didn't you hear what she was saying down in the arena to the two punks about how she doesn't even like to fight," Laxus said annoyed as he too left but through the door.
"I'm sure those two will cool off soon … but Laxus and Natsu are right we should have had faith in young Wendy here she gave her all in that fight and we should be proud, we all know how much Natsu treasures the guild and everyone in it and shouldn't have been quick to point fingers."
"We should probably get back now before the next few matches start," Elise said as everyone nodded and began making their way back to the stands.
/City Of Crocus Natsu's POV/
Natsu was annoyed as he made his way through the streets until he reached the hideout and entered before slamming the door shut stunning its two occupants.
"Well you seem … angry, Wendy won the match and in spectacular fashion too why aren't you happy," Ultear asked as Natsu sighed.
"Nah I'm actually over the moon that she won its just the others immediately get on my back because she knows things she shouldn't and I endangered her when it wasn't necessary …. absolute crap!"
"Well we know you care about Fairy Tail and you wouldn't let anyone enter a situation like that unless you knew they could handle it," Meredy said cheerfully as Natsu nodded.
"Perhaps they were still shocked by what they saw give them some time Natsu," Ultear said as Natsu sighed.
"Yeah maybe …. where's Jellal?"
"Tailing the two cloaked figures at the moment want to watch?"
"Yeah sure," Natsu said as Ultear's crystal ball showed a live image of Jellal who was currently outside Crocus which surprised Natsu.
"So they aren't based in Crocus … interesting."
"You know they might be meeting with someone?"
"Well let's hope it isn't anyone that can pick up Jellal otherwise we'll be in big trouble and have to rescue him."
/Outside Crocus Jellal's POV/
Jellal was silent as the two cloaked figures stopped outside a house and knocked on a door, after a minute the door opened and he began to listen.
"Hello how may I help you two gentlemen?"
"Is this the home of Shaun Farniger the knight?"
"Yes he is my husband why-?"
The woman didn't get a chance to finish as Jellal winced at the gurgling noise she began to make which meant they had stabbed her in the neck.
'Unable to even scream … such a waste.'
Jellal was about to continue listening until he heard a child scream and his eyes widened in horror.
"We don't need the child …. remove her."
"Mother why would you kill my moth-!"
The moment the child fell silent Jellal felt his heart sink and rage begin to build within him, Natsu said to trace them to find out what they were after but they just killed a child and that was way too far.
Launching out of cover he began to unmask his magical presence and charge towards the man who was outside.
"Heavenly Body Magic: Meteor!"
"Oh now what is this," the man said as he blocked Jellal's strike.
"You scum killing children I can't let that slide!"
"You would interfere with our mission?"
"I'm going to kill your partner for his crimes then you will tell me all you know about this mission!"
"Hmm I think not," the man said as he pushed Jellal back and got into his own fighting stance as the magical pressure increased.
'Oh great Jellal run in without backup aren't you a genius, still these guys have gone too far to be allowed to run around any longer. I hope Ultear is still watching because this will be a tough fight.'
I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one.