Well hello there guys! Quick little message before we get into it today.
I just wanted to say thank you.
I know I don't always seem the most appreciative of all you guys, but I am. I really am. I wouldn't have even made it past the Phantom Dove arc without the fans. I know I don't always respond to all reviews, (Which maybe I should) or that I say anything about the support at all, but I really am incredibly grateful for all of it. After a full year of story, people are still here.
Really, thank you.
Enough of that shit, though. Oh, and today's battle references waaay back, so hopefully you guys remembered this!
I'm not bullshitting, this stuff is canon. Go and check.
Enjoy!
"What an amazing display of Terra's power! Absolutely incredible, and it's only the first day everyone! But now, let us move on to our final battle of the day! And to finish out our day of events, we have Ultear Fullbuster from Fairy Tail against Mami Kotobuki from Blue Pegasus!"
Ultear felt her stomach twist at her name was announced by Ross. Her friends turned to smile at her.
"You're up, Ul." Damien said. She nodded with a weak smile.
"I-I guess." She replied, the nerves evident in her tone. Now that she was faced with an actual event, she was nervous.
"Don't be nervous." Simon told her. "Just focus on the fight."
"Speaking of that, you're up against Mami." Elise told her. "Don't over do it." Ultear shrugged. She knew Mami wasn't that big of a pushover.
"Don't worry about it." Ultear said with a smile. "I'll handle it." Once she said this, she turned to walk down the tunnel that would lead her to the arena. As she walked, she had some time to herself to think. While she had the utmost of respect for Mami was a person, she really didn't know what to expect on the magic front. The obvious was the perfume magic her father had taught her, but she needed a way to counteract that.
Ultear stopped and stared down at her hand. The hallway was empty except for her, the crowd clearly waiting for her.
Do I really need to break it out already?
A white glow emanated from her open hand, and she made a face at it. She didn't think she'd mastered the Arc of Time in only three months, far from it, but she certainly knew she had a lot of it down.
"Not yet." She finally told herself. "There's no point in revealing my trump card now. Best to keep it in reserve." Allowing the blow to fade, Ultear walked out into the arena, where the crowd once again started to cheer loudly. Mami was already waiting for her, a hand on her hip.
"Hello Ultear, it's been a while." She greeted with a smile. Ultear nodded as she reached the center of the arena.
"Yep. How've you been?"
"Oh I've been good, and you?"
"Just fine." The two girls smiled at each other, with no hidden contempt or want to win. They were friends outside the arena after all. As they stepped closer to each other, Mami smirked.
"I have a request to make, Ultear."
"Hm?" Ultear tilted her head the the right as Mami's smile widened at her. "A request? What is it?"
"Well, it's quite simple really." Mami's eyes brightened. "You do remember who my heart belongs to, yes?" Ultear made a face as she thought these words over before a cold shiver went down her spine.
"Oh no..."
"Yes, you remember. I admit I was rather contained during the Silverridge incident, but now I feel like my heart my burst just knowing he's watching." Ultear continued to feel cold shivers and she started to back up from the passionate woman.
"Mami please don't make a scene, you know he hates that..."
"I'm not! I simply wish to ask you for your help in the matter. The bet on this match is if I win, Simon is going to go on a date with me!"
As these words echoed around the stadium, Nashi resisted her urge to look over at Simon. Drake and Damien were snickering loudly, and Elise had already pretended to not be listening.
"Heh heh, I forgot she really liked you..." Nashi murmured with a smile, looking over at Simon. His face was obscured by his bangs, but he didn't seem happy. "She was really quiet about it at Silverridge..." Simon had still not looked up. After a minute, he finally looked up.
A sword spawned in his hands, making Nashi's eyes widen.
"I'm going to kill her." Simon whispered.
It took all four of them to restrain him.
Ultear could hear her redheaded friend struggling and looking for bloodshed, but she didn't dare look back.
"Why me?" Ultear demanded. "Just pay him again..." Mami giggled and winked.
"Because I want to win him fair and square!" Ultear raised an eyebrow curiously.
"That's a pretty weak reason..." Ultear muttered, making Mami grumble.
"Point is, you're one of the few who could probably convince him to do it. So? Will you help me?" Ultear didn't want to subject poor Simon to that. She knew he had nothing against Mami, except her undying love for him.
She then got an idea.
"Alright, if you win?" Ultear asked, and Mami nodded. "Alright. If you win, I'll get Simon to go on a date with you." Mami's eyes sparkled happily.
"Yes! I knew you'd agree!"
"But if I win..." Mami stopped celebrating momentarily to look back over at Ultear, who looked back up with a smirk on her face. "You leave Simon alone unless he pursues you. Got it?" Her face flickered in confusion, and the crowd waited anxiously. After a while, Mami smiled.
"Seems fair." She finally said. "I agree."
"What a development!" Ross roared. "It seems these two beautiful ladies are putting some terms of love on this fight!"
"I don't like him!" Ultear shouted at the announcers booth.
...A-Anyway, let's get this battle underway! The time limit is thirty minutes! FIGHT!"
Ultear liquefied her body and shot towards Mami, who remained stationary. As soon as Ultear got closer, Mami grinned, and reached into her pocket.
"Perfume Wall!" Ultear came into contact with a wall of perfume, which had been released by Mami via the vial pulled from her pocket. Ultear backed off and watched the mist fade, and Mami still standing where she had been, a smirk on her face.
I expected this, it's only a matter of what she manages to pull out.
"Fleet Foot Perfume!" Ultear raised her eyes to see Mami inhaling a blue mist, and her eyes narrowed in on her.
The ginger haired girl shot forward and tried to land a punch on Ultear, who's body was already water. The fist soared right through her, making Ultear smirk.
"It was a nice try, Mami." She said, hole in her body resealing. "But you're not going to hit me trying stuff like that. Ice Make: Lance!" The lances shot towards Mami, who once again raised a vial.
"Perfume Fire!" The vial opened, and flames spewed forth, turning Ultear's lances into steam. The fire writhed towards her, and Ultear was forced to dodge before she met the same fat as her lances. The fire followed her on the command of Mami's moving finger, which forced Ultear to extinguish it with a stream of water. This however, left her open. "Perfume Roots!" Pressing the vials opening to the ground of the arena caused tendrils of shrubbery to shoot towards Ultear, who aimed an open hand at it and froze it solid.
"Ice Make: Cannon!" The giant cannon rested on top of her shoulder and she opened fire, forcing Mami to dodge to the left away from the blast. Ultear followed her as best she could, but the cannon was extremely heavy. Ditching it, she melted it and shot the resulting water at Mami, who tried to duck under it. With a flick of her finger, it came down and wrapped around the other girl, trapping. Ultear squeezed her hand, and the water responded to her will. Mami's face was beginning to turn blue, so Ultear walked up to her. "Just have to wait until you lack out, Mami. Then I win." Mami made a defiant face, and Ultear heard a clanking noise. Looking down, she saw a vial sitting there, it's cork rolling away.
"Perfume..." Mami hissed, clearly out of breath. "Explosion..." Ultear's eyes widened as the mist began to ignite, about to cause a huge explosion. Releasing her grip on Mami and bolting backwards, she felt the force of the blast hit her in the back and throw her around. She recovered in time to avoid a foot to the stomach from the still speedy Mami, who once again stuck her hand in her pocket. "Power Perfume!" Once the purple mist had been inhaled by the girl, her arms started to bulge underneath her clothes. Soon enough, her sleeves could no longer contain the arms buffed up by magic. Ultear gulped.
She's a lot stronger than I was giving her credit for.
"Ice Make: Hammer!" Swinging the hammer at Mami had no effect, as the buffed up love addict had simply caught it and slammed it down, breaking it immediately. The combination of speed and strength power ups running through Mami's system made Ultear go on a heavy defensive, keeping her body liquefied as her opponent came after her.
Jeez, what the hell am I supposed to do right now?! If I turn solid again she'll kill me in one hit...
"You're really making this a little harder then it needs to be Ul." Mami said. "I guess I will have to break this out..." Ultear didn't know what that meant, but she still had a lot of magic to spare on keeping her body water. She stopped and sot more lances at Mami, who just slapped them away and continued to advance without mercy. Ultear was forced to dodge once again, but this time she saw Mami holding a vial.
The girls fist flew into Ultear's chest, making it separate in it's watery state.
"Have you forgotten Mami?" She asked. "That isn't going to work." Mami grinned.
"I know." She replied. "I'm not just going for a punch." Ultear raised an eyebrow and looked down. The vial was in her chest, and Mami popped the cork off.
Electricity spouted forth, making Ultear's eyes widen.
"Thunder Perfume!"
Natsu winced as Ultear was electrocuted. Asuka had pulled the same move on her during the S-Class trials from what he'd heard, so the attack must've hurt a lot.
"Damn, that's gotta hurt..." Lucy whispered.
"I hope she's okay..." Juvia said quietly, worry apparent in her voice.
"She will be." Gray said confidently. "It may have hurt her a whole lot, but she's got it." Soon enough, it was apparent that Ultear was okay. At least to the extent that she was still standing. Mami went after her again, and again, and again. Each time the thunder struck reduced Ultear's movement and eventually she was left lying on her face, her skin and clothes smoldering.
"Why doesn't she stop making her body water?" Levy asked Gajeel huffed.
"Probably because if she does the fist will break a few bones. She gets electrocuted or knocked out. She has no easy option here."
Ultear's whole body twitched randomly as she tried to get up. All she managed to do was lift her head and watch Mami wait for her to stand. Her whole body ached from the repetitive electrocution.
I can't...If this is her strategy I don't stand a chance. The electrocution and strength is too much...
"Is this all we're going to see from Ultear?!" She heard Ross shout. "Is she able to stand?!"
Even if I do...
"Ultear!" A voice called to her. She recognized that voice, and it seemed rather indignant with her. Slowly, she managed to get on all fours and coughed a few times. "ULTEAR!" he called for her again. Ultear didn't know whether or not she wanted to turn and look to him, but she had too.
What she expected to see what him shouting support and yelling at her to get up and fight.
What she got was Simon being restrained by the four others as he attempted to storm the arena, murder in his eyes.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!" He roared angrily. "ARE YOU HONESTLY GONNA MAKE SUCH A BULLSHIT AGREEMENT AND LOSE ON ME?! WHAT THE FUCK, STEP IT UP DAMN IT!"
She nearly fell back onto her face upon seeing this. She was tempted to sit up and angrily retort, but she could tell that wouldn't do anything to help anyone. The others could-well, might- be able to keep Simon under control.
But for some reason, she felt compelled to stand back up. Despite how angered Simon's words were, they struck a chord in her heart. She had to stand up, she couldn't lose.
She couldn't make poor Simon go on that date.
So she stood. Her body protested, but she ignored that. She once again liquefied her body and stared down the brute that was Mami.
She's fast, she's string, and she's got thunder perfume...What the hell do I do to get through her?
Ultear's eyes flickered towards her open palm, where the white glow faintly came.
No...Even if I did, it wouldn't do anything except drain my magic even more.
Her eyes then drifted towards the floor of the arena. A light bulb turned on inside her head, and she grinned.
"What are you waiting for, Mami?" Ultear demanded, crossing her arms. "Come on, come and get me!" The ginger haired girl grinned, happy to oblige. The second the girl activated the effects of her speed perfume to dart right at her.
Ultear dove to the floor and and planted her hands open on the ground.
"Ice Make: Floor!" Her ice magic spread across the floor quickly, right under Mami's feet. The girl hadn't been ready for this, so she slipped on the icy surface and tripped, sliding right past Ultear and into the wall, making a crater. Ultear was about to start attacking the crater when Mami came from it, punching her square in the face. She flew near the center of the arena and struggled to stand. Once she did, she looked back up near her friends.
Despite the evident rage still flowing from the redhead, he was watching her carefully. Their eyes met, and he nodded curtly.
Ultear smiled.
"Hey," Ultear said, standing up straight to face Mami. "I got something you need to know, Mami."
"Yeah?" Mami asked, twirling an empty vial around her fingers.
Ultear gripped the collar of her shirt and smirked.
"Let's kick this up a notch."
Riiippp
Nashi broke into a wild grin as Ultear's ripped shirt flew into the air.
"Oh shit." Drake said. That basically summed up what was happening. Once the shirt came off, you knew a Fullbuster was serious. And of course, the men in the crowd lost their shit at this, but Ultear ignored that as frost flowed from her figure.
"Damn!" Ross shouted. "The shirt has come off ladies and gentlemen!"
He knew.
Ultear cracked her neck and watched as Mami circled her. After a while, Mami went after her, trying to punch her. Ultear ducked and drove her foot into Mami's stomach. as the girl was driven back only a little, Ultear pressed her hands against her and they glowed bright blue. Ice exploded from Mami's body as she flew through the air, and Ultear went after her with her swords she'd created after the miniature explosion.
"Holy hell she stepped it up." Elise said as Ultear threw Mami back to the ground. Simon nodded in approval. He had calmed down considerably, which was good for everyone.
"Of course she did." he said. "She finally realized just what the hell she put on the line." Nashi laughed and patted him on the back.
"Keep telling yourself that bud." She said to him. Turning her attention back to the arena, Nashi saw Ultear dodge a thunder perfume attack and drive the butt of her sword into Mami's stomach.
"But she's definitely trying a lot harder." She agreed.
Mami was just as exhausted as Ultear as far as she could tell. The girl may have been speedy and stronger and had multiple different elemental perfume attacks, but none of that made her any more durable.
"Well, I suppose I should've expected this." Mami said with a laugh. "But that doesn't matter. Have you noticed, Ultear?" Ultear was panting, but she still raised an eyebrow. Mami jerked her thumb over to the side, so Ultear followed her.
The timer was almost out. How had this much time passed?
"Times almost up, and no one's fallen yet." She said, pulling a vial out of her pocket. This one had a bright blue mist in it. "I'm just going to use this healing perfume really quick, okay?" Ultear's stomach turned. She may have been able to do a lot of damage, but if Mami healed herself it wouldn't take much after that for her to lose.
What do I...
Ultear's eyes glazed over to the vial, where the blue substance was waiting to be released.
...Mist?
It had came back to Ultear. Ramin, Silverridge, all of it. She grinned. No problem at all. Mami opened the vial, releasing the healing mist, and Ultear concentrated. before Mami even had a chance to inhale any of the healing mist, it froze and hung in the air. Mami looked around in confusion.
"What the...?"
"My my Mami, have you forgotten?" Ultear asked, walking forward slowly. "Mist was water in it." She heard Mami gulp. "And do you remember what I can do to water?" Ice began to gather around Ultear's fist, and Mami chuckled.
"Freeze it?"
"Yep." The timer was close to zero. Another step, and Ultear darted forward.
"Sorry Mami, I guess you'll have to leave Simon be! Ice Make: Gauntlet!" The thick glove of ice formed completely just in time to slam into Mami's chin, sending her high into the air.
Beep Beep!
Once the timer went off signaling the end of the match, Mami hit the dirt and didn't get up. The crowd erupted in cheers as she realized she'd won.
"What an amazing display!" Ross roared. "Ultear brings the match back to her own side and wins the fight! She has won ten points for Fairy Tail!" Nashi jumped on the edge of the stand and cheered with everyone else, until she heard a sigh of relief from behind her.
Simon was lying spread eagle on the ground, laughing.
"She did it...Thank God..." The others chuckled as he started laughing.
And this concludes the first day of the Grand Magic Games ladies and gentlemen! The scores are as follows!" Nashi looked up at the lacrima vision at this, noticing the scores.
1st Fairy Tail: 28 pts
1st Sabertooth: 28 pts
2nd Lamia Scale: 20 pts
3rd Blue Pegasus: 10 pts
4th Mermaid Heel: 6 pts
5th Quatro Cerberus: 4 pts
Once she saw the scores, she grinned.
Let the Games begin
Long chapter for Ultear's fight, you guys love it. Again, thank you guys for all the support. Truly incredible to see.
Also, if you guys see any scoring errors, please tell me. This is important shit so if I miss it, I need to trust you guys can.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!