Hello everyone, I'm back once more! Today I have some very exciting news to share with you all!
If you guys recall, chapter 81 was a list of all the arcs I had planned for this story all the way until the end, which I said was undefined.
That list had been updated just today with all new arcs on it and the last arc as well, so I would like you guys to go and give it a quick look if you haven't yet.
And if I were you guys, I'd start feeling bad for Quatro Cerberus -_-
Enjoy!
"And now, the first event of the Grand Magic Games, Hidden, will commence when all six teams have picked their contenders!"
Once Nashi heard this announcement, it truly set in on her that this was happening.
"Pick our contenders, huh?" Elise said. "Who's going to go?"
"All comes down to what the event is." Simon told her. "I assume he's going to explain it." As if Simon could read minds, the lacrima vision showed a very simplistic design of what the event was. Ross cleared his throat.
"The first event, Hidden, is an event in where all six contenders will be placed in a town created by magic. In this town, thousands of fakes of the contenders will be placed around the town to fool others. You gain a point if you attack and hit an actual person, but if you attack a fake or another competitor, you will lose points. Once the thirty minute time limit has passed, the contender with the most points will win, with the other positions following in descending order of most to least points."
"Didn't our parents do this?" Ultear asked with an eyebrow raised. Damien nodded.
"They recycle a lot of events, don't they?" He asked. "I mean, there can only be so many unique events to make us compete in." Nashi nodded at this, but the question still remained.
"So who's going?" She asked. Silence fell among them. Finally, after a few seconds of silence, Drake sighed and stepped towards the edge of their stand.
"I'll do it." he said. Nashi looked over in surprise.
"Are you sure?" She asked. He nodded and looked over his shoulder at her.
"Think about it. This event revolves around finding the real contenders and attacking them, while at the same time not getting attacked yourself." Nashi watched him as the pieces of the puzzle formed in her head. Simon nodded.
"He's right." He said. "He's the best chance we have for this event. Go ahead if you want, Drake." Drake nodded and jumped over the small wall between their stand and down onto the battlefield. Once he landed, the crowd erupted in cheers as Ross' commentary started once more.
"It appears Fairy Tail has chosen Drake as their competitor for Hidden! Will he make a name for himself here?!" Drake made his way towards the center of the arena, keeping as calm as possible. Nashi looked around to find the other five competitors walking there as well. "Rina Nanagear from Sabertooth is also competing, along with Taro from Blue Pegasus, Kumi from Mermaid Heel, Grace from Lamia Scale, and Tsuneo from Quatro Cerberus!"
"Grace?" Ultear asked, referring to the girl with a pair of ears on her head. "I'm going to assume she's Toby's daughter, with those ears."
"I think that's a fair assumption." Elise agreed. Nashi watched as the six made a large circle in the middle of the arena, which started to glow bright blue. The six competitors disappeared, and a town appeared in the sky above the arena. The lacrima vision once again turned on, and Nashi watched as the street of the town started to fill with countless different fakes of Drake, Rina, and the other competitors.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the first event of the Grand Magic Games is underway! The competitors have all been teleported to an random area in the town, and will continue to do so when an attack hits them until the timer hits zero. LET'S GET THIS STARTED!" The crowd roared in approval, and the lacrima vision started randomly skipping between different parts of town before coming upon the main street, where someone was walking down it, clearly a real competitor.
Azzie watched the lacrima vision intently as Drake appeared, walking down the street with his head down, and his eyes closed. The crowd watched on, and she heard Katsuchi growl in confusion.
"What's he doing?" He demanded. "He's asking for it right now."
"I know." Tetsu replied. "Why is he just walking wherever he wants?" Azzie smiled as the lacrima zoomed in on Drake's face.
"He's not just walking." She said, smiling brightly. "He's listening."
Drake wasn't afraid of anyone sneaking up on him, nor was he looking for trouble. He was waiting until he heard someone else around him i order to attack them.
So far, silence was his only companion, along with he very creepy fake renditions of himself and the other five all around him. He stopped for a moment and stared at his fake, who stared back at him.
"This is way to creepy." he murmured to himself as he waved a hand in front of the fake. "It's like a mirror but way creepier..."
Black lightning strikes coming from the church top.
Drake darted to the left to avoid the black lightning, all of which sailed past where his head had been and thankfully for this attacker, didn't hit any of the clones.
'He's fast.' Drake heard. 'I need to predict where he's going when I attack him.'
She's aiming for where she thinks I'm going to go. Drake dodged around the lightning that came for him after this, and heard his attacker sent a bolt towards where he was running. Bending his body away from where he intended to go, Drake landed back where he'd been a moment before, in front of his creepy clone.
"Who ever's up there." He called tauntingly. "Your aim is shit." He heard a growl of frustration before another volley of lightning came for him. This time he was forced to dart in between all of the fakes in order to get away from her. He noted, however, that despite him running through all the clones of other competitors, her aim was on point, never once striking a clone to cost her points. Drake kept on his toes the whole way as he dodged her attacks, finally hiding behind a building out of range of her attacks.
I need to find a way to get her out of that church top...After I protect myself from Taro, who thinks he's so damn sneaky. Drake easily jumped out of the way of the ball of air that was making it's way to him from above, and looked up to find Taro watching him from the rooftops. He grinned at his friend.
"Fancy seeing you here." He said. Taro returned his grin.
"Likewise, Drake." he said. "Although I'm going to have to hit you now." Drake laughed.
"Be my guest. I guess we'll see if you're anything better than a airship pilot."
Nashi watched as Drake moved gracefully away from every lightning bolt, the crowd watching in shock.
Look at him go!" Ross shouted. "Drake is dodging everyone one of these consecutive attacks! How is he managing that?!"
"Ross has a point." Ultear said, sounding impressed. "Drake's never been that fast before. It usually takes him longer to dodge something he hears coming, let alone lightning."
"He has been training, remember." Damien recalled. "He's improved a clear amount from before." Nashi smiled as Drake dodged Taro's attempt at a sneak attack from above and faced off against him.
"He's always been this strong...Just now you guys have to watch him."
Drake had an easy time with Taro, who really wasn't as skilled as Drake. As Drake dodged another strike of air, he heard another volley of lightning on it's way from above. Taro hid behind a wall out of side from the strikes and continued going after Drake, who now had to dodge more strikes, now from both of them.
Child's play for him.
he twisted his body out of the way of the lightning, purposefully losing strength in his legs to avoid the air from knocking him flat on his ass and giving Taro a point. Drake jumped up to his feet, poison gathering around his hands.
"Poison Dragon Scales!" The projectiles flew towards Taro, who was still cornered by the lightning. They hit their target nice and dead on, causing Taro to shout in pain. Just before he hit the ground, he disappeared in a flash, presumably teleported somewhere else.
One point for Fairy Tail's Drake, taking out Taro!" He heard Ross shout, which made him grin. He aimed the next launch of scales at the church top in the distance, which caused the girl shooting lightning at him to jump away as they exploded against the wall.
Silence greeted him once again. He narrowed his hearing down but there was no more people around him. Sighing and standing up straight, Drake decided to keep walking. He had nothing better to do. As he did so, he heard sounds of fighting coming from somewhere else, and then Ross shouted happily.
And that is one point for Sabertooth's Rina, taking out Tsuneo from Quatro Cerberus!" Drake decided that going towards those sounds of fighting were his best bet to maintain a lead. As he did, more sounds of fighting somewhere broke out, but Ross did not announce anymore points.
Huge blast of black lightning coming right for me.
Drake backed up every so slightly and the blast hit the ground right in front of him, throwing up debris. Once it faded away, his attacker stood clear as day right in front of him. Rina smirked.
"You sure know how to dodge." She complimented. Drake pocketed his hands as she watched him.
"And you sure know how to make your attack pattern clear as day." he replied smoothly. Rina face clearly rippled with irritation, just as Drake wanted it to. "Now, care to try me again?" Sparks came from her forehead, which made Drake grin. "Come on now, don't lose your cool over a little bit on insulting."
"I'm going to wipe that smug look off of your face." She hissed, aiming her hands at him. Drake waited as black lightning was concentrated in the center of her hands. She launched the giant attack, and it surged towards Drake without mercy.
He took a small step to the right and the attack flew right past his head, blowing a hole in the building behind him.
"Nice try." he commented, rubbing the side of his face. "I almost felt it that time." Rina growled at this, but soon her face contorted in confusion. "What?" She raised a hand and pointed behind Drake, so he turned to look while keeping his ears pinpointed in case she tried something.
The hole she had formed in the wall now showed to girls glaring at each other. One was the Grace girl they'd talked about in the stand, and the other Drake didn't recognize. Soon enough, Grace charged with her claws open, and the other girl jumped backwards away from her, leading them towards Drake and Rina. Grace stopped and growled.
"Stop running, you stupid cat!" She shouted. The other girl laughed.
"No way, nyah!" She shouted, a voice Drake immediately recognized as the girl he'd heard in the Labyrinth. "It's a lot of fun messing with you!" Grace looked rather pissed, while this girl, Drake deduced from the names of the competitors it was Kumi, seemed to be enjoying herself. She turned to notice Drake and Rina, and her eyes widened. "Nyah! Even more people to mess around with! What fun!" Drake made a face.
"Are you a cat or something?" he asked, and Kumi glowered.
"Was it not obvious, nyah?" She demanded, and Drake shrugged.
"I guess." He replied. He smirked. "Although you'd do well to pay attention." Kumi made a face right before Grace dragged her claws across her back, earning herself a point. She laughed.
"Take that, you stupid...!" A sphere of air hit her dead on in the face and she disappeared in a burst as well. Taro landed to form a triangle with Drake and Rina.
"Stupid girl." he muttered. Drake had to agree. No one else seemed very keen on their surroundings. Just as the three of them started a standoff, Drake heard another person approaching. he turned and launched a blast of poison at the sound, but it was blocked by a plant. The final contestant, Tsuneo, appeared with a smirk.
"I want in on this!" he shouted, more plants making their way for him and the other two. All three dodged and ran away. Drake looked up to see Taro launching air spheres at Tsuneo, who tried to block them with his plants, succeeding only until Rina made it through and blasted him with lightning, making him disappear. Rina could not recover in time before Taro blasted her in Tsuneo's place, and she disappeared as well. Drake launched a blast of poison at Taro, who tried to move out of the way and failed, also disappearing.
"Drake from Fairy Tail is in the lead!" Ross shouted. "And Time is ticking down! And look at this! Kumi manages to take out Grace, only to get taken out by Tsuneo right after!" Drake was about to keep walking when he heard a presence behind him. He moved just in time to avoid a plant attacking him. Tsuneo had found him again.
"You again?" Drake asked bluntly, and Tsuneo smiled.
"Yep. Your next." Drake smiled as another plant launched towards him ,so he performed a simple action.
He grabbed a clone of Rina from behind him and held it in front of him, causing the attack to hit it instead of him and costing Tsuneo a point. Through the smokescreen Drake launched a blast of poison which hit the plants coming towards him. In the distance, Drake saw Kumi fly high into the air, a blast of air following her and she disappeared. Turning his attention back to Tsuneo as more plants came at him, he dodged all of them and threw more poison his way, which was all blocked. Tsuneo smiled.
"Stop running little dra...!" Tsuneo flew forward from at attack from behind, revealing Grace standing there, claws outstretched. Tsuneo disappeared, leaving Grace and Drake alone. Drake was about to attack when he sensed a third presence. Rina had reappeared between him and Grace. She grinned.
"Times almost up." She noted. ""And everything's still pretty close. Who's going to win?"
"I'd have figured that was obvious." Drake pointed out, making her growl at him.
That was when Grace made the mistake of attacking Rina. The girl charged at her with claws out and ready, but the other girl was faster. The charged blast completely masked Grace disappearing due to the rules of the event, and she turned to Drake.
"You're next." She stated. Drake just motioned for her to come and get him. She shot more lightning at him, all of which he dodged. As he landed, he felt another presence sneaking up on him. He turned and planted his fist square in the middle of Kumi's face
"Nyah!" She shouted in surprise, falling back and disappearing. He turned to find Rina rocketing towards him with her fist outstretched.
I can't dodge that in time...!
Beep Beep!
Nashi watched as the timer sounded, Rina's fist stopping mere inches from Drake's face as they were teleported out of the event.
"And that is that, ladies and gentlemen!" Ross shouted as the six contenders landed back in the arena. "The first event comes to a close! Let's see how the scores tally up!" Nashi watched as the scores were calculated, before they were finally displayed on the lacrima vision.
Drake: 3
Rina: 2
Taro:1
Grace: -1
Kumi: -2
Tsuneo: -3
"And there you have it!" Ross shouted over the roar of appeal from the crowd. "Drake from Fairy Tail earns his team 10 points, Rina 8, Taro 6, Grace 4, Kumi 3, Tsuneo 2!" Nashi breathed a sigh of relief as these points were tallied into the total team points. They had almost lost first place, but the timer had run out on them.
"He did it!" Ultear shouted happily as the six contenders made their way back to their respective teams.
"Was there any doubt?" Damien asked with a smile on his face. "I knew he had it."
"I'm sure you did, Damien!" Nashi smiled as Drake made his way back silently.
"I knew he could." She said with a smile. "Never doubted him."
And the first event comes to a close! Firstly, I need to ask a favor of you guys. If you guys ever see any scoring mistakes during events or fights, please tell me. I do my best to catch them before posting, but I may miss it. So if you see me not correctly tally the points for the teams, tell me.
I also plan to tally up all the points teams have at the end of every day during the Games, so you guys don't have to guess about it.
And remember to go see the updated arc list!
As always, I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!