FINALLY! I FINISHED THIS CHAPTER! XD

Hopefully it was worth the wait. I tried my best to write this, but there were things that kept stopping me - like getting the worst blood test of my life. They didn't get any of the blood anyway, which made it worse. -_-

Anyway, onto the chapter!


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Recap: The Pumpkin had announced that Kurohebi won the match, not that Harry was really paying attention. He watched on in concern as Toby was carried away to the infirmary.

"Our next match of the day is between Bacchus from Quatro Cerberus and Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail Team A!" The announcer declared loudly for the crowd to hear. They all cheered in excitement.

~Sometime last night~

"That was a good first day, Arcadios," said the king of Fiore.

"It was indeed, your majesty," replied Arcadios.

"Although...ever since Fairy Tail has returned, there was one match I had always wanted to see, and since both of the opponents are taking part within my games, I can finally see it happen!" Fiora said joyfully. He turned to the much taller man in silver armor. "Do you think you can arrange this? I want the match between Bacchus from Quatro Cerberus, and...what's her name again? The mage that can change her appearance from Fairy Tail Team A…?"

Arcadios bowed to the king. "I know who you are thinking of, and I'll see to it that it happens, your majesty," he said.

"Oh, would you? That would be great."

~Back to the match in the present day~

The king clapped his hands happily as his replacement announcer had said the name of the mage he had been thinking of. He knew Erza was strong, and was one of his favorites, so seeing her fight another powerful mage was like a dream come true to him.

"I always wanted to see Erza Scarlet in action," he said.

"I'm glad I could be of service, your majesty," said the king's loyal knight.


Erza was facing down the man in purple armor that only protected his arms and shoulders, who was laying on the ground like he had no worries about the upcoming battle with booze in his hand.

The queen of the fairies had fought this man multiple times in the past, but neither had defeated the other. So now was the time for them to see who was truly stronger.

Bacchus grinned widely and said, "I have an idea. Why don't we make things interesting?"

"You've got my attention," said Erza. "How do you want to make this more interesting? I thought us fighting would keep the crowd on the edge of their seats already."

"That may be true, but whichever of us wins only gets points in the end. We should up the stakes."

Erza smirked. "I see where you're going with this. So what do you want if you win?"

"A date," Bacchus said with a sly grin. Erza raised an eyebrow. "If I win, you get to be my date, and maybe that Mirajane girl too."

"MIRA'S TAKEN, YOU BLOODY DRUNK!" Bacchus looked over to see who shouted, only to see the green eyed, young man with a scar in the shape of a lightning bolt on his forehead, glaring death at him.

Bacchus held up his hands and said, "Right, I didn't know Mira had a boyfriend. Sorry. I won't steal your girl."

He didn't hear it, but Harry also muttered, "You better not, or else I'd hex you from here to next year." Mira placed a hand on the wizard's shoulder to help calm him down.

Bacchus then turned to Erza. "Just you on our date then," he said.

"And what do I get when I win?" asked Erza with her arms crossed over her armored chest.

"Thinking you could win already, huh? I like it. If you win, then my guild will go by Quatro Puppy for the rest of the Grand Magic Games." The man's guild shouted in protest at the name change. "Of course it won't be permanent, since a date with you will only be a one time deal, unless…" Erza cut him off.

"I believe you got yourself a deal, Bacchus. Now get ready to lose, Puppy," she said with a small smirk upon her lips.

"Hey! You can't call me that yet! You haven't won!"

Erza's smirk widened. "We'll see about that." Erza changed her armor into her Heaven's Wheel Armor. She held two swords in her hands and got ready for the battle to begin.

"Let the battle commence!" the announcer exclaimed excitedly.

Erza and Bacchus didn't move for three seconds, but then, moving at lightning speed, Bacchus charged forward. Erza waited till he was right in front of her. When Bacchus' arm came down, she blocked it with one of her swords. Sparks flew off their armor and blade and into the air.

Bacchus grinned and swung his leg out. Erza jumped to the side and slashed her blade out at him. He ducked under the sword and threw a palm up, getting Erza in the chest.

Erza recovered quickly and summoned a sword above Bacchus' head, stabbing it down, but the grinning-like-a-fool man twisted out of the way of the attack, but he wasn't fast enough to get away from Erza's next strike. She thrusted forward with one sword and slashed with the other. Bacchus was able to push away the first attack with his arm, but the biting steel of the other got him in the side. From what Erza could see of the injury, it was just a nick.

The two jumped away from each other and stopped, staring the other down.

"I think it's time we got serious," said Bacchus. He walked over to his gourd that he had left on the ground. Erza got ready for what was about to come. Bacchus pulled out the stopper and took a huge swig of alcohol. Some of the liquid dripped down his chin while he drank, so he wiped it away when he finished.

Erza tightened her hands around the hilts of her swords in anticipation. Bacchus was in front of her. She didn't even see the man move. She tried to block his attack, but failed. Erza was pushed back by the force of the hit.

Bacchus came at her again, but Erza recovered and changed her armor to her Flight Armor. Now she was able to keep up. She blocked the next attack with one of her swords and swung with the other, but Bacchus, in his drunken state, ducked under the blade and spun around on his hands, landing a kick to Erza's side.

She stumbled back and blocked his open palm. Erza saw what was coming next, so she moved as fast as she could. Bacchus used his mastery of Chop Hanging Palm, and Erza blocked the majority of them, but a few passed her defenses and the last broke both of her swords when she crossed them together to block.

Bacchus grinned and said, "How about we drop the swords and fight with our hands?" His words were mushed up together, but it was just clear enough for Erza to understand and agree. She dropped the swords. If Bacchus wanted to fight on even ground, then so be it.

Erza got into position with her fists in front of her. Bacchus moved his body toward the side and down with his arms fully extended out to the sides. They held their pose for a few seconds before they charged at each other.

They met each other's attacks, arm hitting arm. Erza kicked a leg out, but Bacchus jumped over it. He landed on her shoulder and made to jump up, but Erza grabbed his foot and twisted, throwing Bacchus off of her and onto the ground.

Erza, this time, jumped into the air and kicked her foot down toward the drunken man's head. Bacchus rolled over to the side, making Erza miss, and then he kicked out, hitting her leg out from under her. She fell with a grunt, and looked up when she heard a battle cry from Bacchus. She saw him in the air spinning with a fist aimed straight at her face.

Erza quickly sat up, just as Bacchus' fist met the ground. She then threw her leg back, introducing her foot to Bacchus' face. Erza stood up and turned to face her opponent.

Bacchus had recovered quickly, because just as he entered Erza's view of vision he was bringing his open palm down. Erza quickly blocked the attack aimed at her shoulder, and countered with a punch. They kept meeting the other's attacks, but Bacchus caught Erza's fist, and then took a sip of his drink.

Erza used the arm holding her fist to throw herself up and kick the gourd out of his hand. He let go of her hand, most likely out of surprise more than pain, and ducked under her next stomp attack. The requip mage watched as Bacchus jumped away from her till there was a good amount of space between them. She had a feeling she knew what he was going to say.

Bacchus grinned at her, showing he was having fun. His eyes looked wild, but Erza thought she might have seen disappointment in there as well.

"I think it's time to end this, don't you?" he said, sounding a little winded. Erza realized that she too was starting to feel the strain.

"Yes," she said, "let's end this now. This fight went on long enough." She saw Bacchus' grin get bigger, and then he got ready for his strongest attack. Erza, herself, changed to her Clear Heart Armor. She didn't bother summoning a sword, however.

They came at each other lightning fast - Erza doubted anyone from the stands could see them - and attacked with all of their strength. Erza had a hard time knowing where Bacchus was going to aim next, but she made up for it with speed and skill. Palms, feet and fists were landing blows, or being countered, blocked or dodged. Just as they placed all of their power, both physically and magically, into their final attack, they got each other in the face and gut.

They both fell down and neither one got back up. Erza knew she had to if she wanted to win.

"...I'd say this match is a…" the announcer couldn't finish when Erza finally started to stand. She was moving slowly, but she didn't stop till she was on her feet and standing tall.

No one moved or made a sound for a few seconds, waiting to see if Bacchus was going to get up, but Erza could see he was down and out.

"Erza Scarlet is the winner of this match!" The crowd cheered loudly, but not as loud as Fairy Tail. Erza smiled softly and slowly started to make her way out of the arena.


Harry let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding when he saw Erza stand back up and walk off out of the arena.

'I hope she goes to the infirmary,' he thought.

"Our next match of the day is Jenny Realight from Blue Pegasus and Mirajane Strauss of Fairy Tail Team B!"

Harry turned to Mira to wish you good luck, but before he could get the words out she kissed him. "Don't wish me too much luck, Harry," she said when she pulled away, and then turned around, leaving him a little speechless.

{She already knows your number well,} Harry heard Fawkes say teasingly. He shook his head.

{Shut up,} he replied. He turned his attention down onto the arena again, Mira came into view shortly after.

The announcer, who was the pumpkin-headed mascot again, started the match, but neither female moved. They appeared to be talking, but Harry couldn't hear them.

"Hi, Harry!" The green-eyed wizard jumped when he heard two voices behind him. He spun around and saw two identical red heads standing there.

Harry sighed, "Fred, George, how did you sneak up behind me?" He couldn't understand how they did that since he could sense all forms of life, and yet these two somehow bypassed it.

"Easy, you were,"

"too focused on,"

"your girlfriend," the twins said together.

{They got you there!} Fawkes trilled while laughing.

Harry ignored him in favor of the twins. "Why are you up here again?" he asked.

"To give you this," Fred said as he handed over an ear on a string.

"Since we noticed that we were missing some of our stuff," said George.

"We decided to recreate some of our products, and made this one last night."

"So now we can,"

"Listen in on,"

"What those down there are,"

"Wagering!"

Harry was not surprised that the twins would pull something like this off, but how did they know there were going to be wagers? He decided to ask.

"Simple, it happens every now and then," they said as one.

Harry took the ear and thanked them. He lowered it so he could get closer to the two girls and hear what they were saying.

"Now let's get this started, shall we?" Jenny's voice said through the other end of the ear piece. When the rest of his team heard it they got closer.

"Yes, it sounds like it will be a lot of fun," said Mira.

"What are they talking about?" Harry questioned, but he didn't have to wait for long to get his answer. His jaw dropped and his eyes widened at what happened next. Mira and Jenny's clothes transformed into swimsuits, and the two began to model them.

"Oh WOW! It looks like the ladies are going to battle it out to see who is the hottest!" one of the judges exclaimed.

"It sure looks like it," another one said.

"They are both hot. Please don't make me choose."

Harry felt his temper rise, the blood in his veins was boiling. The twins and his team members backed away from him, but Fred didn't move too far. "Harry, mate, don't hex anyone yet," he said. Harry's glowing eyes turned to glare at him. He saw Fred gulp and open his mouth. "You can hex them all when this tournament is over. That way no one could kick you out of it."

George jumped in afterward, "Yeah, as long as you are still in this game then you have a chance of beating one of the guys drooling over Mira."

Harry held his gaze on the twins with a blank expression, thinking about what they said. After a moment of thought, he took a deep breath to calm down. "Fine, I won't jinx, hex, or curse anyone for now." The twins breathed out in what sounded like relief. "But, when this day is over, I'm hexing those judges. I still have my cloak after all."

The twins look both scared and defeated, and Harry was sure he heard them say, "Guess that's the best we're going to get."

Harry returned his attention to the contest, only to notice that a lot of the girls from other guilds and some guys had joined in. 'How did I not notice this?'

{You were too busy thinking of ways to get away with murder,} said Fawkes. {Also, why don't you join them down there? I'm sure that -" Fawkes didn't get to finish, because Harry cut him off.

{No, I'm not going down there,} he stated.

Before anymore could be said between wizard and familiar, Harry heard Jenny's voice come through again.

"Why don't we make our own wager?"

"Sounds like fun. What do you have in mind?" asked Mira.

"Whoever loses has to go to Sorcerer Weekly and take a photo shoot while in the nude." Harry's breath hitched and his face felt hotter.

"Okay, then I guess we should stop our little show now and get to the real fight," said Mira with a happy smile.

"I agree," said Jenny. She was the first to go into her battle armor and showed off her power level. It was strong, but Harry could see that Mira didn't look worried.

Mira used her take-over magic and transformed into Satan Soul: Sitri. Jenny looked scared, and before she could make a move, Mira was already upon her. In one hit the battle was over.

TBC


Thanks go to: jmantsch0702 and Controlchaos for putting in suggestions for inspiration.

Harry: The fight was fast paced, which is an improvement.

Enj/Dark: Yes, I agree. That's what I was aiming for.

Voldy: You took your sweet time.

Enj/Dark: I wanted to make sure it was decent at least.

Zeref: I think it's pretty good for your first time.

Natsu: Erza kicked butt! XD

Harry: Does anyone know who's turn it is…?

Enj/Dark: I lost track, so I'll start again. Please review! ^^