Don't get used to daily updates, guys. This is just because I have a few days off and I'm making up for the month long dry spell. Or chapters as long as the last two. It'll usually sit around two thousand and a half words, not double that.
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"What a display from Drake, ladies and gentlemen! He's paralyzed Jackson to the point of no return! He's earned himself ten points for Fairy Tail. Bringing up the last of the battles today we have Rina Nanagear against Nami Mikazuchi from Mermaid Heel!"
Michael perked up at this. Their God Slayer Rina vs the ace of Mermaid Heel? He had a bad feeling about this.
"Looks like I'm up!" Rina said with a smile, stretching her arm above her head. "Wish me luck guys!"
"Rina." Rina stopped in her tracks to leave the stands, and turned to face the one who had called out to her. It was Keita, and he was meeting her gaze with a tense expression. Everyone watched him, and he turned fully to face her.
"Please do not take this so lightly." He told her. "Nami is not a joke. The odds of you coming away with a victory today is...unlikely, to be kind about it. So please, for the sake of your pride that can be so easily damaged, do not walk out there expecting a victory." There was silence among Sabertooth's team, as Rina and Keita watched each other, the remaining four trying to see how this confrontation would play out. finally, Rina smiled and winked at him as she turned back around.
"You'd know all about how strong Nami is, wouldn't you Keita-chan?" Keita made an irritated face and growled at this, making the rest of them laugh.
"Of course I would..." Keita growled, crossing his arms. "That's why I tried to warn you." Rina just cackled as she walked away, making everyone else shake their heads.
"She's going to get thrashed." Michael said aloud, making the others nod in agreement.
"If I know Nami, than yep." Juno said. They turned their eyes back to the arena, where Rina was now standing, waiting for Nami.
Who didn't appear. They waited for a moment, but the girl did not appear to challenge Rina.
"Well, it appears Rina Nanagear has taken to the arena...But where is Nami Mikazuchi?!" Nobody seemed to have an answer to this, as the girl still did not appear. And from the looks of both the contestants from her guild and those just coming to watch, nobody knew. Nami had disappeared. Well, if she doesn't show her face, we may have to disqualify her..."
"I'm here!" Everyone looked back down at the arena, to find that yes, Nami was there. She seemed to be out of breath as she finally made it onto the arena. "Don't disqualify me Ross, you bastard! I'm right...!"
Then she tripped and fell on her face.
Michael cackled when he saw Kagura face palm across from him.
"Ow..." Nami hissed as she rubbed her forehead. "That kind of hurt..."
"W-Well, it seems she has made her entrance!" Ross said, sounding a bit unsteady. "Which means the fight will begin now! Ladies, half an hour in on the clock! Begin!"
"You okay, Nami?" Rina asked, sounding both concerned and confused. Nami stood up and nodded, still rubbing her head.
"I'm fine." She replied. "Let's just do this." The green haired girl nodded, and tensed up, meanwhile Nami just stood there with a hand on her hip, waiting.
"Wonder who's going to go at it first." Nashi asked, watching as the two girls squared off.
"Not sure it really matters." Damien answered. "Because Unless Rina pulls something amazing out, I doubt she's got this."
"If she couldn't beat me," Drake, said obviously referring to facing off against Rina on the first day during Hidden. "I don't think she can beat Nami." Nevertheless, they watched with anticipation for the actual battle to begin. And finally, it did.
Rina brought her hands together and shot out black lightning towards Nami, who still did not move, just stood still with a smile on her face. The lightning just about reached her, before it arced right down and hit the dirt in front of Nami, leaving her completely unharmed. The rest of the lightning bolts did the same, and just fell in front of her.
"Does she have a lightning rod or something?" Elise asked warily, and Ultear shook her head.
"She altered the gravity of Rina's lightning, I think." The water wizard said. "Or maybe gravity's effect on it, I'm not sure." Rina launched more lightning, but the same things happened. They just struck the ground around Nami without making any difference.
"Is that really your entire strategy, Rina dearie?" Nami asked, making a face. "I was hoping for more." Rina smirked.
"Of course it isn't my whole strategy, I just wanted to see how you'd deal with it."
"Well, what part happens now?" The Gravity mage countered. Rina brought her hands together once more, but this time the lightning she formed was much bigger than before.
120mm Black Lightning Cannon!" She shouted, and the huge burst sped towards Nami without remorse. Nashi was expecting the blast to strike the ground uselessly, but it didn't.
Instead it dipped in height a bit, and then started to circle around Nami like it was swimming. Rina looked stunned.
"How're you doing that?" She asked Nami in surprise. Nami chuckled and held her hand out around the lightning as it circled her.
"It requires quite a bit of effort," She told Rina. "But all I'm doing in constantly changing where the gravity is strongest around me, which makes it circle. For example, right now." The lightning burst stopped in place, and hovered next to Nami. "Right now I'm constantly fluctuating the gravity where it is between not very much and a bit more than usual. So instead of going right up or right down, it stays in place." She hovered her hands beneath it, and giggled. "I shouldn't get so close though, it could hurt. You can have this back."
"What...?" Before Rina could ask, her own attack surged back towards her, and she grinned. "I can't get hurt by any form of lightning Nami, remember?" Nami giggled again.
"I know, I wasn't aiming for you sweetheart." Before Rina could ask, the attack changed direction again, this time aiming for the ground Rina was standing on.
And vaporized it.
This threw debris all over the place, and obviously right into Rina, who got hit by it head on. While the dust and debris was thrown up, Nami grabbed her katana from it's place on her back, granted it was still sheathed, and brandished it.
"As much as I'd love to give you a chance, I've been told by many people holding back is not one of my strongest suits." She rushed towards Rina who was now in limbo in the air, probably from Nami's gravity magic. Nami jumped high into the air above even Rina, and aimed her sheathed weapon downwards. The swordswoman accelerated quickly, and the blade made contact with Rina, who shot right into the ground.
BOOM!
Rina hitting the ground created another gigantic crater, again probably by Nami manipulating gravity in her weapon and her opponent as they shot downwards. Once the dust cleared, Rina was on one knee, struggling to stand.
"Hm," Nami said as she walked up to the edge of the crater. "Still standing? Let me change that." An invisible shockwave slammed Rina into the ground, keeping her pinned down.
I-It seems Rina cannot move!" Ross shouted. "Is it gravity manipulation or is it just exhaustion already?!" Nami shrugged and placed her blade back on her back. It seemed that with that motion, the weight was lifted off of Rina's shoulders, but the green haired girl did not stand.
"I think we're done here." Nami called up to Ross, who still seemed shaken.
I-I must agree! Nami was gained ten points for Mermaid Heel!"
"I told her." Keita said as Nami jumped down into the crater and helped Rina up. "Didn't I tell her?"
"As if this outcome wasn't apparent already." Michael replied with a shrug. "Rina doesn't hold a candle to Nami."
"Sadly so." Blake said. "I'm not sure any of us could, if she can use gravity to redirect attacks like that."
"Oh well," Kyoko said, looking up towards the scoreboard. "It seems we are in 2nd regardless." Michael followed her gaze up to the lacrima vision, which was now displaying scores.
Fairy Tail: 64 pts
Sabertooth: 54 pts
Mermaid Heel: 36 pts
Lamia Scale: 32 pts
Blue Pegasus: 26 pts
Quatro Cerberus: 10 pts
"So Mermaid Heel jumped up huh?" Juno asked.
"Nami competed and fought." Keita replied. "Needs no explanation."
"Yep, that would do it." Michael agreed, looking over at Keita. "Ain't that right, Keita-chan?"
"I'll tell Ally you're being rude again."
"Please don't, I don't need her trying to whack me all night."
"Don't worry, we'll do our best!" Nashi reassured the people, who nodded and thanked her for talking to them. As she walked away, she pocketed her hands and sighed. She'd just wanted to go out for a walk late during the day, not run into a group of fans. They'd been nice enough, but she'd never really done anything like that before. It was foreign territory to her. She turned and looked around her, which was really only illuminated by the street lights.
"I suppose I should head back now." She said to herself. "It's getting late now."
"Thanks for the autograph, Michael!" She heard a female voice say. "I'll be cheering for you!"
"Don't mention it, anything for a fan." She heard someone running off, and they appeared around the corner in front of Nashi. She made eye contact with the girl, who stared at her, than looked down the way she came, before running off. Nashi walked up to the corner and looked down it to find Michael leaning up against the wall, looking exhausted.
"Michael?" She asked, walking towards him. He looked up, and looked a little relieved.
"Thank God it's only you, Nashi." He said, turning to face her. "I thought it was another fangirl."
"You got those too?" Nashi asked. Michael nodded.
"Does't help I have a reputation of being flirty." He told her, winking. "Ain't that right, Nashi?" Nashi rolled her eyes, but a playful smile graced her lips nonetheless.
"If dorky is flirty, then yes." She replied, making him falter. Laughing at his expense, Nashi wondered why he was out here. "What're you doing out so late anyway?"
"I could ask the same of you." he replied. "I just needed some air, that's all. That and uh...Never mind."Nashi giggled.
"Ally bothering you?" Michael growled and looked away, making her laugh again.
"Keita said I was being rude to him, and she started hitting me." He complained. Nashi shook her head in disbelief.
"She can't be that bad."
"Do you have a younger sibling?" Michael demanding.
"I will." She replied. "Give it a few more months." Michael looked pretty serious.
"Then I'd get ready if I were you. They're horrifying."
"I'm sure, I'm sure." They both started chuckling, before Michael looked back up.
"What about you? Why's a pretty young thing like you out so late? Bad things could happen." Nashi smiled quizzically and tilted her head to the side.
"To anyone who tries something, yeah." She agreed, making Michael smile. "I just wanted to take a walk and relax. Lots of pressure to win, you know?"
"Hm, yep. All to well." They both remained quiet after that, before Michael stretched. "Well it's pretty late. Want me to walk you back to your hotel?" Nashi felt heat rush to her face, but she fought it back.
"My my, aren't you a gentlemen." She teased, and he wiggled his eyebrows. "I don't need it, you know."
"Don't be like that." He said. "What kind of 'gentleman' would I be if I let a girl like you walk home by herself? Come on, it isn't that far from here, right?"
"No..." Nashi thought it over, and decided it couldn't do that much harm. "Alright, come on. Just don't make a scene."
"Whatever do you mean?" Michael asked, draping an arm around Nashi as they walked. "I'll have you know I prefer not to make scenes." Nashi felt her cheeks go pink, but she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, which is why we're risking being in tabloids for a few months, right?"
"We'll just say you were cold. It is fall, after all."
"I'm a fire wizard, Michael."
"And?"
"..."
"...Oh. Right." He laughed and face palmed. "Fire. Warmth. I get it." Nashi shook her head in exasperation. He couldn't be serious. Still, she didn't mind the closeness. It felt...Nice. Soon enough, she could see her hotel up ahead, and Michael let her go.
"Thanks." Nashi said. "Good thing no one saw us though."
"Gd forbid, huh?" Michael replied, pocketing his hands. "Seeing as I wasn't Drake."
"Huh?" Nashi asked. "What does that have to do with anything?" Michael seemed just as confused, but he shrugged.
"Nothing. Good night."
"G'night." Nashi turned and started to walk up to the door into the hotel.
"Nashi?" She stopped and turned to look back down at Michael, who was smiling.
"Yeah."
"I got a request to make of you."
"Okay, let's hear it."
"Hello and welcome to the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games! Today is the last today before our tag team competition, so let's get right into it!" As the crowd cheered at this announcement, Nashi and the others waited for him to announce what the event would be.
"I wonder what we'll get today." Ultear asked.
"No idea." Simon replied. He looked considerably better than the day before, which was a relief.
"And today ladies and gentlemen, we have the Sky Battle! In this event, our six contestants will be placed on a platform above the stadium! You are then to try your best to knock the other contestants off of the platform! You gain no bonus points for knocking out the most people nor lose any for being knocked out too soon, it just matters how long you last! Not only that, but this platform is enchanted with thousands of random effects!"
"Wow, this sounds like fun." Elise said, sounding pissed off. "Why did I get the damn footrace?"
"These effects will randomly start and stop during the duration of this event, so let's get started! Who will be our contestants today?!" Nashi took a deep breath, and looked over towards where Sabertooth was.
Michael was already looking her way. He nodded at her, and she nodded back.
"I want both of us to compete tomorrow."
Michael's words came back to Nashi as she walked forward and jumped into the arena, at the same time as Michael. The both landed at the same time, and the crowd erupted.
"OH MY GOD! BOTH NASHI DRAGNEEL AND MICHAEL EUCLIFFE HAVE ENTERED THE ARENA! WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT?!" Of course he was excited, this was near levels of Simon and Pandemonium. As both of them walked towards the center, Michael smiled at her.
"You didn't back out." He stared.
"Neither did you." Nashi accredited.
"It seems that, for this event, we have Nashi Dragneel from Fairy Tail, Michael Eucliffe from Sabertooth, and they are joined by Reyna Groh from Quatro Cerberus, Mami Kotobuki from Blue Pegasus, Kendra Akatsuki from Lamia Scale, and Mai from Mermaid Heel! Now that we have all of our contestants, let's get this going!"
The ground started to rumble beneath their feet. Before long, it started to rise. The platform in question started to rise quickly into the air, and then hovered above the Domus Flau. It was the size of the hole arena below, with all six spread out from the shaking.
And now everyone, let's get the fourth day underway! Contestants, YOU MAY BEGIN!" The battle started immediately, with the other contestants attacking each other immediately, leaving Nashi and Michael alone.
"Sorry Nashi, but I can't let you get anymore points." He said, body glowing bright white. Nashi grinned and ignited herself.
"If I intend to win, I'll need them." She replied. They both rushed headfirst at each other, ready to attack.
And here comes the first random magical effect! What is it?!" Just as the two were about to meet in the center of the arena, the platform started to shake.
And started to move in a circular motion.
Michael and Nashi both froze, paling.
"What's this?! It seems Nashi Dragneel and Michael Eucliffe have frozen as the effect starts!" Juno made a face. Then Keita doubled over.
"Just looking at that hurts." He hissed.
Ultear frowned as the two failed to keep fighting after the platform started to rotate.
"What the hell are they doing?" She asked. Elise groaned. When Ultear looked over, she and Drake both looked queasy. "What's wrong with you two now?"
"Can't you tell?" Elise demanded angrily. Drake pointed back upwards, where Nashi and Michael both had collapsed to the ground, covering their mouths and writhing in pain.
"They're motion sick."
...I had too okay! It was too good of an opportunity to pass up. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!