Running Through the Chariot Ride of Sickness

The Chariot challenge of today's Grand Magic Game event is on its way with the contestants running for their lives on top of giant moving chariots, except for three certain Dragon Slayers having a hard time moving their bodies because of their motion sickness.

"I'm surprise that Sabretooth let one of their own go on this challenge." Lucy said.

"Well, it could be because Dragon Slayers have very high senses like a dragon could cause them to overload their semicircular canals which causes the motion sickness we're seeing." Shadow theorized.

"Wait, you mean even dragons can get sick?" Gray asked surprise.

(Chariot Challenge)

"No, this is Salamander's stupid weakness! So, why do I want to throw up?" Gajeel refused to accept this.

"Now let's take a look at the group leading the pack! This race is as neck and neck as it gets, folks!" Chapati said as they move onto the ones ahead of them.

"At the front is Blacksnake from Raven Tail!" Chapati informed.

Blacksnake is a rather pale, slim and muscular young man with black hair and black eyes. He has thin lips which are coated in black lipstick, giving him a long, thin smile. His slanted eyes have snake-like pupils to them, and also appear to be covered in black eyeliner. His hair is messy and unkempt, sticking up around his head in many directions. He wears a tight black skivvy which ends on his hands as a pair of fingerless gloves. On his wrists, Kurohebi dons a pair of bracelets that take the form of thin belts. His pants have a scaly pattern from mid-thigh to their hems, which cut off just below Kurohebi's knees. Under his pants, Kurohebi wears a pair of black leggings, which are tucked into a pair of boots.

Kurohebi turns around seeing that the other four contestants are trying to catch up to him, well, three of them at least.

"Followed closely by Blue Pegasus's Ichiya, Lamia Scale's Yuka, and Mermaid Heel's Risley Law!" Chapati mentioned.

"Feel the burn!" Ichiya exclaimed of extreme exhaustion but refuse to give up.

"I apology for saying such a rude thing to a lady. I'm surprise someone with your figure can run for this long." Yuka said being a little gentleman.

"Don't underestimate chubby power, short stuff. And apology accepted." Risley said sweating a little.

Risley is a chubby woman with tan skin. Her attire contains Polynesian elements. She has black, curly hair, sporting a plain beige headband. She wears a necklace of an animal teeth, a dark blue loincloth with a white finish that bears the crest of Mermaid Heel right at its center, and a short blue top, which leaves her large belly hanging out. Her arms are adorned with brown fringed sleeves attached by maroon bands. She also wears sandals that tie around her ankles and slip onto her foot. Breasts sizes: G-cup.

"Coming from behind them, Quatro Cerberus' reserve member Bacchus!" Chapati announced.

"Man, that guy is loud. Can't you let a man work off some last night's booze in peace?" Bacchus groaned a little still feeling the hangover.

"Feel my Wave Boost!" Yuka unleased his Wave Magic to make himself go faster.

"Good luck using any magic while you're inside my shockwave!" Yuka grinned.

"Weren't you listening before?" Risley grinned back and suddenly runs on the side of the chariot because of her magic. "Chubby power rules!" She cheered.

"There it is! Risley's Gravity Change Magic! She's dodged Yuka's wave and is now making her way towards the leaders!" Chapati amazed.

"A magic-neutralizing wave, huh? In that case…" Ichiya stuffed two vials in his nose.

"Watch my Swiftness Parfum! Point-Blank Absorption Style!" Ichyia thanked for creating this new magic technique as he sprints ahead of the shocked Yuka.

"(Weird, but I guess everyone has their own style.)" Shadow thought commented and looked to Bacchus.

"Wow! They're really going all out, aren't they? Gets my soul all stirred up, y'know?" Bacchus impressed of how those guys are doing.

"Welp, guess I might as well put some effort into this race too! Since that Shady guy is also watching, I can't let him see me looking all lazy!" Bacchus lifted his left leg high.

"Check this out!" Bacchus stomped his foot on the chariot he is on breaking it in half, this causes a chain reaction on the other chariots making them bounce and crash along with the other contestants.

"Show off." Shadow rolled his eyes.

"I don't believe it, folks! Bacchus demolished the chariots with brute force!" Chapati surprised as the crowd cheers for Bacchus.

"Amazing, he's even stronger than before." Erza shocked and turns to Shadow.

"And you fought him when he was that strong?" Erza asked.

"Yeah, head on too though it looks to me like this time he's twice as strong than our last fight." Shadow mentioned shocking Erza.

"What is with this guy?" Elfman asked a little afraid as Evergreen is shocked as well.

"Catch ya later, losers! Try not to fall off before the finish line!" Bacchus laughed as he runs past the others.

"That was a dirty trick…" Ichiya commented on what Bacchus just did.

"You did it." Yuka agreed.

"No one makes chubby fly!" Risley angered, and her chubby body changed into a much slimmer form.

"Huh, what happened to that chubby woman?" Gray confused.

"Must be from her gravity magic." Lucy guessed and feeling a bit jealous wishing she could lose weight like that.

"SO COOL!" Jason shouted of excitement again.

Bacchus laughs while running at top speed which ran past Blacksnake before he could react and taking first place for the drunken master, Bacchus didn't slow down even when he reaches back to the area and cross the finish line.

"WILD!" Bacchus shouted of joy.

"We have a winner!" Chapati announced as the crowd cheers for Bacchus again.

"I'm shaken and stirred, baby!" Bacchus said.

"Quarto Cerberus scored 10 points!" Chapati informed as some of the other guilds are shocked.

"I didn't know Cerberus had someone like him in their guild!" Makarov admitted. He knew the Guildmaster of that guild back when they were younger, but never knew everything about it much.

"That's what I call wild." Goldmine grinned as the four Quarto Cerberus wizards shouted "WILD!" too.

"In second place is Raven Tail's Blacksnake! Risley is in third, Yuka takes fourth, and Ichiya comes in fifth." Chapati announced as the other four wizard contestants crosses the finish line.

"Great, now all we have to do is wait for the last three." Rouge looked at the magical hologram screen of Natsu, Gajeel, and Sting still struggling to move.

"That just leaves the three-way battle for last place." Chapati said.

(With the Three Dragon Slayers)

Natsu kept on trying to run though slowly while keeping his mouth close to prevent his lunch from coming out, Gajeel isn't feeling any better as he covers his mouth with his hand and sweating as well.

"This is embarrassing… I used to be able to ride on vehicles just fine!" Gajeel groaned, wondering why is this happening to him right now.

"Hehe, that just means you've finally become one." Stine chuckled which confuses Gajeel.

"You're the real deal now… a card-carrying Dragon Slayer. I guess congrats are in order." Sting grinned a little before almost vomiting, but kept it in.'

"Welcome, newbie." Sting said.

This angers Gajeel as he feels this guy is suddenly calling him a weakling and mustard his body to move to the right shoving onto Natsu to push onto Sting, but that barely move them.

"What's up? Where did all of my strength go?" Gajeel gasped.

(Domus Flau)

The crowd is laughing at how the Dragon Slayers are going pathetic during the event even laughing at Sting for looking so helpless.

"Come on!" Jet surprised of how badly Gajeel is doing right now.

"This blow." Droy complained.

"What exactly did you see in them." Shadow asked Lucy.

"Hey! My Natsu is the Best damn wizard I ever love and nothing, even his motion sickness, would stop me from doing that!" Lucy snapped.

"Guess that answers my question." Shadow said sweatdrop.

"Okay, he thinks puking in slow-motion is entertaining?" Orga puzzled of the scene he is watching.

"This is common affliction amongst your kind, Rogue?" Rufus asked.

"I had thought that only Sting and I had trouble with motion sickness, but it seems I was wrong." Rogue admitted.

"(I'm really glad it's not me out there.)" Rouge thought relived.

"Does it affect you too, Laxus?" Mira asked the Lightning Dragon Slayer.

"Just don't let Natsu know; I'll never let it down." Laxus imagined Natsu laughing at him if he found out the truth.

"I probably wouldn't have admitted that if I were you." Juvia advised.

"Though you just helped me found some new teasing materials." Rouge giggled earning a glare from Laxus.

(Back with the Three Dragon Slayers)

Despite the constant pain of the motion sickness and could throw up at any second, Natsu refuses to give up and press ever so forward, determine to get to the finish line no matter.

"Gotta keep moving! I'm not gonna lose like this!" Natsu pushed himself forward.

And he's not the only one as Gajeel is also right beside him trying to make his way to the end as well in hoping to beat Salamander and showing everyone that Fairy Tail is still strong, and mostly to beat Natsu. The only one who is not making an effort to move onward through the race is Sting though it's not because the motion sickness is too much for him to bear, he just didn't feel like doing it now.

"Talk about uncool." Sting commented.

"Anyone can see ya got no strength left. You're just making fools of yourselves." Sting pointed out, but he can see and hear that neither Natsu nor Gajeel are listening as they kept going.

"Hey, how come you're not trying to race?" Natsu asked.

"Doesn't matter, I didn't need this win, so I'll just let you guys have it. Sabertooth's just gonna keep racking up the points after this. In the end, one measly little point isn't gonna change the outcome." Sting answered, not caring about this win since Sabertooth is gonna win the whole game.

Then Sting heard a chuckle coming from Gajeel.

"One point is nothing to scoff at, kid. Don't you forget that." Gajeel smirked.

Gajeel and Natsu continue pushing themselves through the limit of powering through their motion sickness and forward to the finish to win this game, this surprises Sting seeing the First-Generation Dragon Slayers not giving up.

"I don't get it, can you explain something to me?" Sting asked.

Even though Natsu and Gajeel are still moving forward just a little bit, they gave Sting their attention to listen what he wants to ask.

"Why'd you even bother entering the tournament? Seriously, I mean you're nothing like the Fairy Tail I knew growing up. You're obsessed with how tough you are and what the rest of the world thinks of you." Sting mentioned.

"Sounds like Sting used to be quite a fan of your guild." Shadow figured that much out.

"It would seem so." Erza agreed.

"What happened to the Fairy Tail of my childhood? The guild that did whatever the hell it wanted, whenever it wanted. They never cared what anybody else said or thought of them!" Sting asked.

Sting's words shocked the rest of the Fairy Tail to hear a powerful Sabertooth wizard once looked up to them like they were his heroes, even Mavis wonders what would happen if Sting had join Fairy Tail instead years ago.

"Quite the admirer you guys had." Rouge commented.

"It's a shame that he's with another guild, he could have fit right in." Mira said sadden a little.

"The kid made his choice, nothing we can do about it now." Laxus pointed out as Juvia nods.

"The reason we're here is for our friends!" Natsu answered strongly shocking Sting and the Fairy Tail guild watching.

"The ones who waited for us for all the years we were gone! Who fought through the pain and the heartache. They were humiliated, but even so, they stayed strong!" Natsu burst words of courage and kindness as his guildmates felt them through their hears and tears about to form.

"And they kept our guild together! We're doing this for all of them! And we're gonna m,ake sure that everyone here knows, the Fairy Tail guild never gave up! Not for an instant! So, there's no way I'm gonna give up now!" Natsu shouted of determination and willpower.

This mood every one of Fairy Tail to the core, even the newest members like Shadow and Rouge as they are glad to have become part of this guild, and Lucy cries tears of joy never regretting to have fallen for Natsu Dragneel.

Sting is the one most surprise almost like there was something in his heart that almost came out from Natsu's words alone and something he hadn't felt in a long time.

Natsu and Gajeel continue moving forward until they finally reach the finish line where the audience who were also mood by Natsu's words have started cheering for them, and Natsu crossed the finish line first before Gajeel.

"He did it! Fairy Tail A's Natsu nabs sixth place and score two points!" Chapati announced cheering.

"Yeah, I made it! Hooray!" Natsu cheered though exhausted from the ordeal he had to go through.

"Gajeel from Fairy Tail B takes seventh place and scores one point!" Chapati announced.

"And crowd favorite Sting forfeited the race, so Sabertooth gets zero points!" Chapati informed.

Sting is seen walking in the hallway and stop for a moment as he remembers the strong words Natsu said back there.

"You're doing this for your friends?" Sting repeated Natsu's friends.

"That's a load of crap, and you know it." Sting said though deep down, he knows that Natsu's words has some truth.

And soon, the scoreboard appears for everyone to see how well everyone did on the event game of the second day.

1st: Sabertooh 20

1st: Lamia Scale 20

2nd: Blue Pegasus 17

3rd: Fairy Tail B 13

4th: Quarto Cerberus 12

5th: Mermaid Heel 9

6th: Raven Tail 8

7th: Fairy Tail B 4

"Sabertooh is still in the lead with Lamia Scale tied with the same lead." Chapati announced.

"Seriously? How are we tied with one of the weaker guilds?" Lector asked surprise.

"Sting was feeling pukey and didn't finish." Frosh answered.

"I got to say, that Natsu guy sure has the strongest and biggest hearts I ever seen, even bigger than my friend, Sonic." Shadow smiled.

"Out of all of us, I believe Natsu's heart is stronger than anyone we have ever known, and he always have the strength to back them up." Erza said feeling proud to have Natsu as her guildmate.

"He can be an idiot most of the time, but his heart is in the right place." Gray admitted.

"Come on, we better help our fire dragon." Lucy went down to her boyfriend.

(Alvarez Empire)

A woman is seen standing within a large throne room of her empire and has just been briefed of her mission.

"Do you understand the mission, Irene Belserion?" The emperor asked.

"Of course, Emperor Spriggan." Irene answered looking up showing her face.

Irene is a tall, voluptuous woman with thickly braided, bow-adorned, scarlet hair. Her two front braids have two golden ornaments near the upper sections; she also wears two U-shaped earrings (one on each ear) and wears red lipstick. She wears a risqué version of the typical witch's garb. Her black top has a diamond-shaped opening, exposing a portion of her breasts, and a heart-shaped pattern around the borders. It extends down to the naval of her stomach where it meets a large angular scar, is draped over by a dark-colored cape with a light-colored inside and two medallion gold-like ornaments and is held together by a golden chain. Not left bare, too, her neck is decorated by other small cloth-based accessories, including a wide bow. Additionally, Irene wears an elongated black loincloth with the symbol of the Alvarez Empire emblazoned on its front, having white borders on its edges and being connected to another cloth piece with the very same heart-shaped design. She also wears black thigh-high boots with heels that have a white-colored border near the top and gloves of the same color and design, only having claw-like extensions. Her black witch's hat is much larger than her head and possesses dreadlock designs with white bandaging near its ends. It also has a fur lining near its edges. Breasts sizes: M-cup.

"Then go to Fiore and find the powerful source I have felt days ago." Emperor Spriggan ordered.

"As you wish. I will be back with news soon." Irene said and walked out of the throne room making her way to start her mission.


KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

Well, that chariot race was almost sick as in awesome when Natsu gave that speech about fighting for his friends and such earning the respect from some of the audience. And it looks like the Kingdom of Fiore is about to have a sudden visitor from another continent.

KO comment, favorite, and follow through of how this story will go!