"I'M FREAKING OUT!" Cynthia shouted as she and Wendy desperately tried to shatter the structure of godly ice before them.
"D-Don't worry, we can make it out of this!" Wendy replied, actually Omega Flame Sky to hopefully destroy the ice with a few attacks. "We're not too far from the hotel! Just a little more!"
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"Reve!" Kuro shouted as he, Taya, Nami, Jaxon, and Waiston started their trek on the path that led into the Sky Labyrinth. "We're going to go on ahead and buy you guys some time, alright?!"
"Tch, alright…" Reve nodded. "This is why we have B team…heh…"
"I hope Tak gets back soon…" Luke mumbled.
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"Selene, Aira!" Takeru called out as he appeared behind the two girls from the shadows.
"Tak!" Aira and Selene said in unison. "It wasn't my fault!"
"Yeah, we know, don't worry," Takeru replied, holding his hands out to the two girls. "C'mon, we have some lost time to make up, so grab on!" The two girls nodded and grabbed Takeru's hands, and he used his Shadow Travel to return to the hotel.
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"Gah! This ice isn't giving an inch!" Flynn shouted as he used his speed to kick the black ice in front of him repeatedly, also using some fire magic in hopes of melting the ice.
"Who did this!?" Rylo asked as he took off his top hat, holding it forward as a large funnel of fire blasted at the ice, yet there was no effect visible.
Alexander made a certain formation with his hands, creating a bubble-like formation around the ice, which he then used to heat up it up in attempt to melt it. "Ih Ragdo!"
"Nothing is working…I'm already starting off the games highly annoyed…" Evanee held back an agitated groan while thinking of something.
"I have an idea," Taranis exclaimed, causing his team members to turn and look at him. "This ice is indeed quite sturdy, but instead of focusing on the entire structure, focus on one part, and it should be enough to shatter it!"
"Ah, excellent idea!" Flynn nodded. "Me first!" Flynn took a deep breath, and then used his speed magic to aim a flurry of kicks on one particular spot, which caused a tiny crack to appear on the ice since it received earlier damage in that spot.
"My turn!" Rylo pointed his top hat at the crack, unleashing yet another blast of fire at the crack, while Alexander repeated the Ih Ragdo spell, which led to a large crack on the ice.
"And now!" Taranis opened his mouth, unleashing a breath of lightning at the crack. "Lightning Demon's Screech!" Once the lightning made contact with the ice, it shattered, revealing the path.
"We've wasted too much time already, let's go," Evanee nodded, and the Twilight Zone team made their way to the Sky Labyrinth.
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Cynthia jumped into the air, flames blazing around her arms. "Crimson Slash of the Omega Fire Dragon!" Cynthia threw her arms forward, sending a powerful spinning blaze of fire towards the black ice, shattering it. "We did it!"
"Let's hurry!" Wendy shouted as she and Cynthia darted off to the hotel as fast as they could to make up for lost time.
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Inside the Sky Labyrinth, things were heated already between White Eclipse B, Lamia Scale, Quatro Cerberus, Sabertooth, Mermaid Heel, Cosmic Star, and now Twilight Zone. Once Twilight Zone made their way inside, Lamia Scale was already in an ample position to attack Twilight Zone. "Ice Make: Dragonfly!" Lyon shouted as a cyan magic seal appeared in front of him, unleashing dragonflies that flew towards Twilight Zone.
"Look out!" Flynn shouted as the dragonflies came in.
Rylo, however, looked on with a smirk. "Heh, that's a nice trick you have there. I wish I could do the same, but too bad there's…nothing up my sleeve!" Rylo rolled his sleeves up, a clear magic circle appearing as the dragonflies flew into the circle, much to Lyon's surprise.
"What kind of magic is that!? OOOON!" Toby shouted.
"Heh, surprised, are we? Don't worry, that's my specialty!" Rylo grinned as the magic circle reappeared, shooting the Dragonflies back to Lamia Scale.
Jura preformed a hand sign, creating a wall of rock and iron in front of his team, allowing the Dragonflies to crash into them harmlessly. "Rockiron wall!"
"Let's go!" Rylo shouted as the team continued on their way.
White Eclipse B mad their way to an upside path, but they now had a clear shot to slow down Mermaid Heel. "Kuro, let's go!" Waiston shouted with a grin as his cheeks started to inflate, opening his mouth after to unleash a vortex of ice upon the females. "Ice Dragon's Roar!"
"Heh! Let's!" Kuro clapped his hands together; a red magic seal appeared as a fiery tornado shot out, merging with Waiston's Roar to form a unison raid.
"Huh?" Milliana's ears perked up at the sound of voices, urging her to turn around, only to see the incoming unison raid coming from White Eclipse B. "L-Look out!"
Kagura turned, scowling slightly as the unison raid closed in. "Risley," Kagura said in a calm voice, despite what was coming.
"I'm on it, Kagura!" Risley made use of her gravity change magic, which Kagura taught her, and changed the gravity of the incoming unison raid, sending it back around towards White Eclipse B.
"It's coming back…!" Nami shouted.
"Arana," Kagura said as she turned her head to the web mage.
"Web shot!" Arana held her hands out, unleashing webs that tangled White Eclipse B before they could even move.
"Shit…!" Taya quickly brought up three vectors to block the unison raid, though she found she couldn't move due to the webs.
"I got it," Jaxon said with a smirk as a magic circle appeared, creating miniature tornados that ripped the webs off White Eclipse B.
"They aren't messing around this year…" Nami shook any remaining webs off her as the B team kept their focus on Mermaid Heel for the time being.
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"IT WASN'T OUR FAULT!" Cynthia shouted as she and Wendy finally made it to their respective teams.
"Ah, there you two are! We were starting to get worried that you two were hurt!" Mirajane let out a relieve sigh.
"Alright, A team and B team are here and ready, I think we've wasted enough time as is," Laxus said as he turned to the Sky Labyrinth.
"See on the other side, Wendy?" Cynthia said with a slight smirk.
"Mhm!" Wendy gave a nod, and Fairy Tail A and B finally made their way to the Sky Labyrinth.
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Takeru appeared from the shadows, entering the room with Selene and Aira. "Found them."
"I-I'm sorry everyone…!" Aira almost shouted, hoping her members would forgive her.
"We know it wasn't your fault," Reve replied. "Don't worry about it, we can still make it."
"Let's go!" Luke shouted, leading the way as White Eclipse A finally made their way to the Sky Labyrinth.
"Good luck you guys! White Eclipse or second place!" Selene shouted as the team left.
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Sabertooth was on a platform slightly below Cosmic Star, who seemed to be making the most progress out of everyone so far. "White Dragon's Holy Ray!" Sting unleashed multiple rays of light towards Cosmic Star.
"Oh, typical Sting…" Magnus said while shaking his head. "Alex, if you would?"
"Hai!" Alex nodded, jumping up front while her left arm morphed into a black shield, absorbing all the damage from Sting's holy ray while showing no signs of damage.
"W-What was that!?" Sting asked with a surprised look.
"Ice God's Bellow!" Yakuza opened his mouth, unleashing a powerful vortex of black ice towards Sabertooth. Upon seeing the bellow, Orga reared his head back preparing his Lightning God's Bellow.
"Nope!" Daryan smirked, quickly forming a several foot long bone in his hands, which he threw at Orga, not aiming for a direct hit, but it struck Orga's shoulder, throwing him off slightly, and the Ice God's bellow struck Sabertooth, creating a decently sized explosion.
"Heh, nice one, Daryan!" Gaia said with a grin.
The team of Quatro Cerberus ran up a flight of stairs, only turning when they saw Blue Pegasus on a floating platform a few yards across from them. The team of Blue Pegasus consisted Ichiya, Nichiya, Ren, Eve, and Jenny, meaning they left Hibiki behind as a potential reserve. "Oi, look what we got over there!" Bacchus said with a smirk.
"Men! It appears we have a confrontation!" Ichiya said as he struck a pose along with the exceed.
"I got this!" Blues said with a smirk, puffing his cheeks out. "Roar of the Water Dragon!" Blues opened his mouth, unleashing a vortex of dense water towards Blue Pegasus.
Eve placed his right arm forward, his hand open; he then placed his left hand on his forearm, prompting a small blizzard which quickly grew larger as it traveled, matching Blues' roar surprisingly well, and even to the point where the two attacks exploded. "White Fury!"
"Gah, snow magic!?" Blues asked with a somewhat surprised tone.
"Nice counter, Eve, men!" Ichiya said giving a nod of approval.
Nami held her palm out, firing off a beam of light towards Kagura, but the Mermaid easily managed to block such a hit by using her sheathed sword, but she did slide back slightly from the power. "She blocked it…!"
"We're never going to buy Reve's team any time like this…!" Jaxon shouted.
"You guys feelin' spiffy?" Milliana asked as a slow smirk appeared on her face.
"What's that supposed to mean…?" Taya asked as she kept her vectors at the ready.
"Nyah!" With a shout, Milliana held her hand forward, unleashing her magic sealing tubes towards White Eclipse B.
"W-What are those!?" Kuro asked with widened eyes.
"Bad news!" Waiston replied. The Ice dragon slayer then stomped his foot on the ground, creating a circular glacier around White Eclipse B, which successfully managed to deflect the tubes, forcing Milliana to react them.
"Drat, they avoided it…" Milliana growled slightly, but continued moving with her team.
Waiston let down the glaciers, and went in pursuit of Mermaid Heel along with the rest of his team, but their progress was halted by a door. "Ah, one of these…"
"We got no choice, might as well!" Jaxon said with a nod, and pushed the members through the door, which led them to a right side up floating platform.
"Great, where are we now…?!" Taya let out a groan of agitation from not being able to find the correct pathway.
"Hey, look!" Natsu pointed at the floating platform just in front of them; to Fairy Tail A's surprise, White Eclipse B had their backs turned.
"Sitting ducks!" Gray grinned as he placed his fist into his palm, an icy wing forming around him. "Natsu, let's go!"
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Natsu replied with a grin, puffing his cheeks out as he and Gray prepared a sneak attack on the unsuspecting White Eclipse B. "Fire Dragon's Roar!"
"Ice Make: Freeze Lancer!" Gray threw his arms forward as a blue magic seal appeared, unleashing enlarged ice lances just as Natsu unleashed a funnel of flames towards them.
"What's that noise…" Taya asked as she and the rest of the team turned around, her eyes widening at the sight of the incoming attacks. "F-Fuck…!"
"NO!" Nami screamed out, but before the attacks made contact, the ice lances diverted unwillingly into a different direction, and a suction noise filled the area as the Fire Dargon's Roar funneled off into a different direction.
"What the?!" Lucy's eyes widened as she watched where Natsu's roar was funneling off to; she then saw White Eclipse A, with confident statures.
Reve held his Reverse Slayer gun out, using the weapon to absorb Natsu's roar, a smirk plasted onto his features. "Heh, that's a strong roar you got there, Salamander!"
"You should really work on your aim, Gray!" Cygnus said with a smirk, revealing that he was the one who diverted Gray's lances away with gravity.
"Well, glad to see you could make it in time, Reve," Taya said with a sort of relieved smile.
"Told you we wouldn't be long! Now then!" Reve clicked the trigger on the Reverse Slayer, sending Natsu's roar back towards Fairy Tail A.
"Watch out!" Erza jumped forward, changing into Flame Empress Armor to take the brunt of the attack, wincing just slightly as the attack struck her.
"Erza-san, are you alright!?" Wendy asked with a worried tone.
"I'm fine, Wendy," Erza replied with a nod.
"You won't be for long!" Nami said with a grin as she threw her hands up, creating a magic circle above Fairy Tail A, which unleashed a rain of light down on the group.
"No!" Erza changed once again into her Adamantine Armor, raising it up as the rain crashed down onto the shield, cracking it slightly.
"You're open, Titania!" Takeru shouted as he fired off a Shadow Dragon's Roar at Erza's side, but it was quickly cut off by a Lightning Dragon's roar from the side, causing Takeru to turn his head, spotting Fairy Tail Team B far off into the distance.
"From all the way over there?!" Aira shouted in amazement.
"Tch, alright team, enough playing around!" Reve shouted and ushered Team A and Team B to get a move one, which they did.
"Thanks for the save, Laxus…" Erza said with a gentle smile.
"We shouldn't be wasting anymore time!" Laxus shouted.
"We really need to be getting a move on," Mirajane nodded.
"Right, don't worry, we're on the way!" Lucy shouted in response.
"How did we end up facing off against Sabertooth!?" Flynn asked as he narrowly avoiding a Shadow Dragon's Roar from Rogue.
"Doesn't matter," Evanee replied, responding to Rogue's Dragon Roar with her own, but Rogue seemingly vanished into thin air as the attack "hit" him. "Wait..what?"
"That was your memory of his location…" Rufus replied to Evanee's confusion with a smirk.
Rouge was now standing above Twilight Zone, shadows engulfing his fist as he jumped down, attempting to knock at least one member out while he threw his fist forward. "Shadow Dragon's Slash!"
"Not so…" Flynn smirked as a magic circle appeared under him, activating his speed magic. "Fast." Flynn then turned around, beating Rogue to the punch, or kick to be more accurate, kicking the Shadow Dragon slayer to the platform where Sabertooth was standing.
"Rogue, are you okay!?" Yukino asked with concern.
"I'm fine," Rouge replied, shaking off any remaining feeling from Flynn's kick. "He's faster than he looks…"
"MEN!" Ichiya shouted from a high platform, gaining everyone's attention.
"I highly recommend we don't look at what's about to happen…" Magnus whispered over to his other members.
Erza looked up, shuddering at the sight of Ichiya. "Oh god I really hope he doesn't make it into the main events…"
"Men, are you ready!?" Ichiya asked his exceed counterpart.
"Ready!" Nichiya nodded; he and Ichiya then struck a pose, putting the "handsomest" face they could both muster, exclaiming at the same time. "Double Handsome Attack!"
Right after the two Blue Pegasus mages preformed their "attack" everyone who was not a Blue Pegasus member stopped in their tracks, their eyes widening at the sight they were witnessing. "W-What the…" Cynthia's eye twitched a few times; though she was too young to really understand the purpose of the attack, she knew the instant it was performed she hated it.
"J-Juvia is feeling uneasy…" Juvia said while frowning heavily.
"That looks worse than when they first preformed it last year…" Gajeel grimaced.
"Don't tell me that actually put effort into something like that…" Laxus scowled at the sight.
Erza merely fainted at the sight of it, causing Fairy Tail A to panic as Natsu caught the mage in his arms, his eyes widening. "E-ERZA?!"
"S-She fainted!?" Lucy gasped.
"Oh…Look at that…" Magnus said while holding back a smirk, but he was unable to do so for much longer. "Titania's down."
"Alright, I'm growing sick of this, Tak, fill it up," Reve said while holding his Reverse Slayer to Tak, who complied and filled the dangerous gun with a Shadow Dragon's Roar. Since everyone was still distracted, Reve never had a clearer shot in his life as he released the Shadow Dragon's Roar Tak gave him, which resulted in an explosion once it struck the two posing mages.
"MEN!" Was the only thing Ichiya had to say after the attack made contact.
"Heh, what's the matter, Titania, can't handle a look?" Cygnus said with a smug grin.
"Wow…She actually passed out…" Aira blinked a few times.
"I'm not sure what's sadder, the fact she fainted from it or that…no, never mind, Erza fainting takes the cake…" Luke replied as Team A started moving move again.
"Erza, Erza, wake up!" Cynthia called out from across the Labyrinth, but her calls were in vain, as the scarlet haired mage did not awaken from her slumber.
"That's not good at all…" Gajeel growled slightly. "Those idiots managed to do something…"
"We have to keep moving, no matter what," Mirajane replied. "Erza will wake up soon enough, don't worry!"
"Juvia hopes Mira-san is right…" Juvia nodded, looking around at the other guilds competing after, a shriek of surprise escaping her lips as the unsuspecting water mage took the full force of an Ice God's bellow, the attack freezing her water body as she turned into solid ice, a shocked expression her face as she now fell from the platform she was standing on, unable to help herself get out.
"Nice shot, Yakuza!" Daryan said while giving a high five to the ice god slayer.
Fairy Tail B's eyes widened as Juvia fell from the platform, everything moving in slow motion for them in that moment. "JUVIA!"
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"Looks as though things are going well so far…" Layanna said while examining the city from the streets. "I suppose I'll go back now…" She nodded to herself, and then happened to look up, catching a shadow of a person moving from rooftop to rooftop, two blades in their hands. "That's…" Layanna shook her head, immediately jumping into the air, giving chase after none other than the assassin, also known as Skye. "They're here, in Crocus…why…?"