"Dragon Force…" Gaia said while wrinkling her nose, showing a kind of disgust towards the form. "Alex…"

"She'll be fine, don't worry," Magnus said with a nod. But as he said that, his expression soured.

"I didn't know she was going to use this..." Carla shouted.

"And she also did say she had a secret weapon…" Lucy replied to Carla. "I didn't know that was what she meant though…"

"Giheh, looks like the little twerp isn't done just yet," Gajeel said as a slow smirk made its way onto his lips.

"Is that why?" Erza asked Natsu, who put his arm down once Cynthia finished her Dragon Force transformation. "You knew?"

"She can't hide anything from me," Natsu replied. "To be honest, though, I didn't know this would happen."

"But I thought she couldn't use that power...!" Romeo exclaimed in shock.

"She always could," Mavis said with a slow nod. "The reason she couldn't recently, was because of her sub conscious. I'm sure she feared using her power more than she already has been. But the determination to save her sister, on top of consuming...whatever that was, have given her the strength to push through that mental barrier at long last."

"So what happens now...? She wins, right?" Macao asked.

"We're about to see…" Makarov replied.

"This girl is really tenacious…" Reve said while crossing his arms.

"You act like you're surprised…." Luke replied to Reve while taking a few steps back. "I think we should…get some space…you know…"

"And it looks like Cynthia has entered Dragon Force thanks to…whatever she ate!" Chapati shouted into his mic, his own hype from the battle starting to get the better of him.

"...Knock her dead, kid." Jenny remarked quietly.

"I think this is where the real battle begins…" Yajima nodded.

"This is gonna be so COOOOOL! I get to see this all up close!" Jason grinned.

Cynthia stared down Alex, who had some sort of fear in her face at Dragon Force. "W-What are you…?" Alex asked as she took a few steps back.

"Me?" Cynthia started as a smirk appeared on her face. "That's an easy one…I'm a Fairy Tail wizard. And I'm going to use my power to free you from that man's evil!" With that, Cynthia sprinted forward as she pulled her arm back, slugging Alex across the face, the force sending Alex flying back, shocking everyone who managed to witness it.

"Holy…!" Blues started.

"I didn't even see her move…!" Chapati shouted.

"Not as fast as me…" Flynn mumbled as he watched the fight.

As Alex caught herself, Cynthia was already coming in with another assault, her body blazing bright red fire. "Iron fists of the Omega Fire Dragon!" Cynthia rushed Alex, throwing a relentless flurry of flaming punches, each hit stronger than the one before, Alex completely unable to block any of the hits coming in her direction, only letting out cries of pain as each punch struck her body.

"Yeah, you go, Cynthia!" Natsu roared.

"Snap out of it!" Daryan shouted.

"Alex, what are you doing?! Stop messing around!" Hiruka flailed.

"Keep the pressure!" Lucy yelled.

After taking a beating, Alex finally saw an opening, and grabbed Cynthia's coming fist, though the force of it caused Alex to slide, and Cynthia aimed her free hand at Alex, but she caught that one two, only increasing the rate she slid back. Seeing no other option, Alex puffed her cheeks out and Cynthia immediately did the same the two shouting "Roar…" simultaneously. "Of the Earth Dragon!"

"Of the Omega Fire Dragon!"

The two girls released their roars at point blank range, but the only collided since they were so close together, resulting in a large explosion that sent both girls away, though Alex got the worst of it as she rolled across the arena before standing up slowly. "D-Damn…"

Cynthia rolled, landing as though she wasn't affected by the attack at all, her smirk widening. "Heh…This is my second wind…" Cynthia said as she placed her hands on the ground, a red magic circle appearing. "Omega Fire Dragon's Line!" After shouting this, a large line of fire appeared from the magic circle, splitting the ground it traveled as it made its way towards Alex.

"G-Gah!" Alex held her arm out, morphing it into a flame resistant shield. It did resist the fire, which was the main source of damage for Cynthia's attack, but the sheer power of the attack caused Alex to almost lose her footing, but she caught herself quickly. "Why do you get EVERYTHING!?" Alex roared while rushing towards Cynthia, her arm turning into a black claw. "You get all the attention, all the love, all the magic, all the power!? And you left NONE for me!"

"That's not true at all!" Cynthia held her arms at her sides, forming bright red claws of flames on her arms, dashing forward after, using her claws to slash at Alex as she did before to Cynthia, and Alex had a rather hard time dodging the incoming swipes, evident as she was slashed by nearly all the swipes Cynthia sent towards her. "When we were younger, all I had...I only had you, mom, and a power that I never wanted! You made those days bearable when I was sick! You were always there for me! I looked up to you for safety!"

"Ghhhh..." Magnus was starting to sweat. "This can't be. This isn't the future that I saw...! She was supposed to lose by now!" He thought to himself. He witnessed the future and this was not a part of it. His Foresight was...wrong? "Is she...changing the future by sheer force of will!?"

Mavis glanced over at Magnus, taking note of the way he was sweating. The man who could see the future looked...uncertain. This made her tilt her head. "Could it be..."

"It appears Cynthia is the dominating one in this match after all!" Yajima chuckled a little bit. "But, this match isn't over just yet."

After seeing enough of this, Magnus nudged Daryan with his elbow, but he made sure no one but Cosmic Star saw him. "Daryan…"

"Oh, I'm up again…" Daryan asked as she stretched. "Alright…just tell me when…"

Cynthia slammed her fist into Alex's nose, the force sending Alex back once again, struggling to keep her balance. "D-Dammit…I-I won't lose!" Alex cried out, a brown magic circle appearing underneath her feet as she allowed more of her magic energy to flow into her body, causing the area to shake. "Not to you!"

"Too bad!" Cynthia replied as she formed two spheres of bright red fire in her hands, jumping into the air as she merged the two smaller spheres to create a larger one four times the size of the spheres. "Time to finish this! Radiant Blaze of the Omega Fire Dragon!"

"Now," Magnus ordered.

"Got it…" Daryan rested his hand on the railing, pointing his finger forward as a tan magic circle appeared, shooting a small, almost invisible hairline bone at Cynthia's right arm, cutting through the skin, muscle, and bone of that arm just as Cynthia shouted her attack.

"HA!" Cynthia hurled her blaze forward, landing on the ground after. The blaze connected with creating a smoke cloud; when the smoke cleared, Alex was seen using her persistent shield, but she was still heavily burned by the attack. The next second, Cynthia felt a tremendous amount of pain in her arm as blood started rolling down her shoulder and down her arm, painting crimson red. In that same second, Cynthia's eyes widened as she let out a shrilling scream of pain as she held her arm.

"W-What just happened!?" Wendy asked as she looked around.

"Her arm…!" Lucy pointed out while gasping.

"It's severely injured…" Chelia thought to herself. "But how…"

"What?!" Tobias slammed his fist into the statue nearby, feeling cheating. "No fair! She was winning!"

"Who did that…?" Ur raised a brow. "She didn't take a hit to the arm that would cause an injury like that earlier…"

Kiora's right eye turned a heavenly shade of blue, her irises turning red as a result as she used her Heaven's eye to scope out the culprit. "Well, well…" Kiora said as a slight smirk appeared on her face. "I didn't know we had a band of cheaters amongst here…"

"Band of cheaters, eh?" Dait smirked somewhat. "Which one did it?"

"Mr. Skeleton man, it seems…" Kiora replied. "Oh…these games will be interesting at this rate."

"W-What's going on…It appears Cynthia has a massive arm injury now!" Chapati started to trip over his words.

Yajima immediately scoped the area out to see who could have done such a thing, as he knew Alex hadn't delivered such a blow in the match, his facial expression darkening, but even more so when he couldn't see anyone. "…"

"In the clear…" Magnus said with a smirk.

Seeing her opening, Alex rushed forward as stones covered her fist, and she slammed her fist into Cynthia's face, the impact so powerful there was a shockwave, and Cynthia rolled across the ground, a loud cry of pain escaping her lips as she did so. "What happened to your second wind!?" Alex asked in a sadistic tone as she continued her assault on the injured Cynthia, stepping on the ground to surround the girl with tall stalagmites.

"Hey, shouldn't this match be called or something!" Rylo shouted.

"I think, or something, works here," Karma replied to Rylo with a devious smirk. "The match is over until one of them can no longer continue, and so far, it's doing just that."

"How can you expect a little girl to continue with an injury such as that!?" Makarov shouted, his anger starting to become evident as this started to turn from a match to a torture session.

"You know as well as I do that the little girl hardly counts as a little girl," Karma replied as his smirk grew. "So, just sit back, and enjoy watching how Cosmic Star gets things done."

"S-STOP IT!" Wendy screamed.

"HAHA!" Alex grinned as she stepped on the ground once again, creating a pillar of earth to push the injured Cynthia up into the air, high above the stalagmites, which were now glowing with magical energy. "Stalagmite Blast!" The Stalagmites unleashed beams of magical energy that collided with the airborne Cynthia, creating a large explosion once they made contact, leaving a smoke cloud lingering in the air. Cynthia fell from the smoke cloud and landed on her stomach as steam emitted from her body, her breathing a mix between light and heavy every few seconds.

"CYNTHIA!" Wendy cried out again.

"This…isn't cool…" Jason said as she slunk back into his seat.

"Those guys really know how to piss someone off…" Kairi said as she clenched her fists at the event before her.

"This isn't right…" Skye whimpered at the sight, her eyes starting to tear up.

"This ain't wild at all…" Bacchus said as he narrowed his eyes into a glare at the seemingly gleeful Cosmic Star.

"G-Grr…" Cynthia placed her uninjured hand on the ground, blood now trailing down her entire body at this point, slowly bringing herself up, refusing to stay down. "I…I won't stay down…" Cynthia then coughed up some blood, feeling extremely light headed as she stood up, heaving. "You're in pain...I can't ignore that...I can't stop." Cynthia was hardly focusing on the tournament right now, she just had to get through to Alex.

"She's still moving…I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not…" Carla said while almost averting her eyes.

"Still standing, huh? I'd heard you were always the persistent type…" Alex said while shaking her head. "I suppose it's time to finish this then, so I can finally achieve what I need to." Alex then placed her foot on the ground gently, but that resulted in a large magic circle appearing on the ground, the diameter equal to that of the arenas. "Secret Dragon Slayer Art: Earth's End."

"I don't like the sound of that one…" Nami said while taking a few steps back.

The magic circle shimmered brightly before releasing an enormous amount of magical energy out, which resulted in a large explosion that only affected the intended target; Cynthia. A loud cry of pain escaped Cynthia's mouth as her body was wracked by the earth shattering explosion. When the explosion died down, Cynthia was on the ground, not making a single move. "Heh…" Alex smirked slightly.

"S-She's…" Wendy covered her mouth with her hands as she began to tear up.

"And THAT, is how the Star defeated the Fairy," Alex said with a smirk.

Everything stayed silent as Alex turned her back, looking over her shoulder to Mato with an annoyed expression. "Well? What are you waiting for? Call the match already."

"R-R-R-R-Right…kabo!" Mato nodded frantically before turning to the scoreboard. "After that match, it appears that Cosmic star gains ten poin-"

"W-Wait…" Cynthia cried out weakly, her voice causing everyone to look at her in shock as she started to stir.

"She's getting up…?" Gaia's eyes widened. "That's her strongest attack…!"

"That's not…possible…" Magnus narrowed his eyes. "She shouldn't be standing…"

"Who said…" Cynthia said as she brought herself to her knees, and eventually brought herself to stand once again. "Who said I was finished…? I have…a guild to fight for…They're all counting on me…you may be smiling right now, but haven't you noticed...you're crying?"

"What...?" Alex blinked once, placing a hand on her cheek. She never even realized it, but at some point, those tears were rolling down her cheeks. But why?

"She's back up…?!" Luke blinked a few times.

"She's as tenacious as they get…" Sidney replied.

"She's back up…again…" Daityas narrowed his eyes.

"So tell me again…" Cynthia started as bright red flames started to form around her body. "WHO SAID I WAS FINIIIISHED?!" After screaming, her flames towered into the sky once again miles into the sky, the ground underneath her cratering until it shattered, now uprooting before incinerating into the tower of flames.

"She's not finished…" Natsu said with a smirk.

"U-Unbelievable…!" Chaptai said with his eyes widening. "Even after such an assault, Cynthia is STILL standing! I-In fact, she's still going as well!"

"It's an amazing showcase of will and determination…"

"W-What's up with this girl?! Doesn't she have limits?!" Reve shouted.

"She passed her limits long ago during this battle…" Makarov replied to Reve, a slight smirk on his face. "Everyone has limits…and everyone pushes past them at some point."

"I know you, Alex! You're kind, compassionate, and right now you're hurting! But there's one thing you HAVE to know before anything else!" Cynthia exclaimed while slamming her foot onto the ground. "You and I...we're victims. At the end of the day, the one who wrong us was that man who called himself our father! The one who hurt us was HIM! And right now, I can see his ghost lingering over your wounded heart."

"S-Shut up! You don't know anything!" Alex hissed violently in response.

"You're right...I had no idea of what he put you through." Cynthia clenched her good hand into a fist. Despite her injuries, she pointed at her sister, a literal fire of determination burning in her blue eyes. "But I will end it right here and now! I know the Alex I'm facing right now...this is all your hurt and sorrow from what happened. I'll shoulder that pain with you! I was lucky to have people to support me through that pain, and now it's my turn! I WILL BE YOUR LIGHT, ALEEEEEEX!"

"SHUT UP!" Alex screamed in fustration.

"ROAR!" Cynthia inhaled the flames around her, gathering a large vortex of fire in her mouth, her cheeks puffed out to inhumane lengths. "OF THE OMEGA FIRE DRAGON!" Cynthia threw her head forward, unleashing a gigantic funnel of fire in Alex's direction, the funnel literally destroying the arena it traveled, leaving nothing but dirt in the path it traveled.

"I-I told you that wouldn't work!" Alex screamed as she held her arm out, allowing it to turn into the black shield once again, but it didn't even last a second against Cynthia's roar. The funnel of flames consumed Alex completely, destroying her shield (breaking her arm as the result) and send her flying back. "AAAAHH!"

"ALEX!" Gaia leaned over the railing, completely taken aback by Cynthia's strength.

Alex managed to recover from the roar, sliding across the ground in a crouched position after, wincing at the feeling of her broken arm. But before she could even more, Cynthia rushed forward, landing a spinning flaming roundhouse to Alex's skull, causing a loud "AAHHH!" to escape the girl's lips as she rolled off to the side, catching herself once again with a growl. "I-I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!"

"IT'S TIME TO FINISH THIS!" The two sisters shouted in unison as they rushed forward, both of their fists pulled back, earth surrounding Alex's, and fire surrounding Cynthia's uninjured one. The two met in the center of the arena, and their fists collided in mid swing, creating a powerful shockwave, the magical pressure resulting in a powerful whirlwind that nearly blew everyone away. "As long as they're counting on me…" Cynthia started as she attempted to finish the match then and there. "I…I won't lose…I can't lose…! Because my family needs me, because you need me and I will fight for everyone until my last breath! That's what it means to be a Fairy Tail wizard to me! And even to you, sis, I WON'T LOSE!" With another battle cry, Cynthia threw her fist forward, easily overpowering Alex once again at last, and sent the mage crashing into the nearby wall in KO, leaving everyone in shock.

"S-SHE WON!" Wendy jumped for joy.

"HA! I TOLD YOU!" Tobias said with a grin as he took the large pile of jewels.

"SHUT UP, TOBIAS!" The females shouted at him.

"N-N-N-Now that was unbelievable, kabo!" Mato shouted as he looked to the scoreboard, Fairy Tail now moving from 24 points to 34 points.

"That was…incredible…" Mavis said with a voice of admiration.

"That…was…so…COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!" Jason jumped from his chair, unable to contain his excitement.

"So, what was that about the Star beating the Fairy?" Natsu turned to Cosmic Star with a smirk.

"..." Magnus was in wide eyed shock. They lost...

"...How unfortunate." Karma gripped his staff a little too tightly. His old expression briefly twisted into one of disgust.

"They cheated and she still won," Heather commented while crossing her arms.

"Wait, they what?" Luke asked as he and everyone else turned to Heather.

"When she threw her blaze, Mr. "Dragon Slayer" did something...I don't know what, but that's why her arm was so injured..." Heather replied.

"Can't really say that one person saw it as prove..." Taya sighed.

"Doesn't matter...we'll still win," Reve replied.

With that, the score was now...

Fairy Tail: 34

White Eclipse: 32

Cosmic Star: 24

Twilight Zone: 18

Quatro Cerberus: 15

Mermaid Heel: 14

Lamia Scale: 8

Sabertooth: 5

In the audience, there was a woman with black hair, yellow eyes, and a bandaged arm. "..." She said nothing, but scoffed after the fight was done. She then proceeded to walk off.

"For…Fairy Tail…" Cynthia raised her uninjured arm up, sticking her index finger and thumb out, creating the Fairy Tail hand sign, smiling despite her heavy injuries. After a few seconds, she felt the pain of her injuries take over, and started to fall forward, but Wendy caught her, a smile on her face.

"I got you..." Wendy said with a smile. "I'm so proud of you..."