Mavis: Last time on Challenge Island, hunting season was opened for our contestants. They went searching for each other, but I think the ones who caught the biggest prize were Minerva and Erza when they attacked each other. Lucy is still contemplating on which guy she would like to be with, and Juvia is still working on her emotions. In the end, Lyon was removed due to injury. Want to know who is next? Then, I dare you to watch Challenge Island!
Lucy still hsnt figured out what to do. She likes both Natsu and Gray, and she thinks they both like her. The problem is that she can't have both, and she doesn't want anyone to get hurt.
"Hey, Lucy!" Gray called. "I was thinking of going for a swim! Want to come?!" Not the ideal situation she wants to be in right now. All she did was just take off in the other direction. She just kept running until she ran right into Natsu.
"Hey. Where's the fire?" Natsu said. Not wanting to be around him either, Lucy just ran off from him.
Confessional (Lucy): I don't know what to do. Both Gray and Natsu seem great, and I think they both like me. I just can't help but feel someone is going to get hurt and I dont want that.
Lucy just kept on running until she literally ran into someone again and they both fell down. The one she ran into was Mirajane.
"Sorry, Mira." Lucy said.
"It's okay." Mirajane said. "Are you okay, Lucy? You look like there's something troubling you. Need someone to talk to?"
"Really?" Lucy said. She was impressed she offered.
Confessional (Lucy): Mira is rather sweet. She doesn't let the competition get the better of her. It felt nice talking to her that I told her everything.
"That does sound rather tough. I can see why you would be torn between them." Mirajane said. "Natsu is rather cute, and he's been encouraging you. At the same time, Gray has been rather supportive of you. They're both giving you something you need, so I can see why you would be torn."
"What should I do?" Lucy questioned.
"Follow your heart." Mirajane said. "Just be sure it's your heart that you're following. Sometimes, you get that mixed up with another part of your body." Lucy was a little concerned on what Mira might have meant by that.
"Attention, contestants! Meet me at the stage for your next challenge! We're in for another fun one!" Mavis announced, but they all were worried that it wasn't going to be fun for them.
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The Stage
All of them went on to a staged area for the next challenge. The two teams had seats, but were curious as to what this one might be. It involved a wheel that was half red and half blue with a series of papers sticking to it.
"Welcome to the Tenrou Stage." Mavis said. "This is where we're going to have our next challenge, and this one is going to be a simple one. It's a game of truth or dare."
"That's it? How bad can that be?" Sting said.
"I'm so glad you asked." Mavis said. "We are going to play truth or dare, but there's a twist to it. You don't get to choose between telling a truth or doing a dare." No choice? They don't quite get it. "Let me explain. It involve this spinner over here. As you noticed, half of it is red and the other half is blue with a series of sticky notes on it. One at a time, someone from each team will come up and give this wheel a spin. Blue is truth, red is dare. Whichever side it lands on, I will grab one of these notes at random. You either have to tell the truth or do the dare."
"So we don't get to choose at all. Now I get it. This could make things interesting." Erza said.
"If we get a truth, how will you know if we are telling the truth?" Levy asked.
"With this." Mavis said as she pulled in a large device. "This is a lie detector. If you have to tell a truth, you have to get in this device and it will tell if you are lying or not."
"So, how do we win this?" Laxus questioned.
"It's rather simple. First person that refuses to do the dare, is unable to finish it, or tell a truth will cause the team to lose the challenge." Mavis said. "With that in mind, who is willing to go first?"
"I will!" Natsu said. "I'm not going to be scared away. I love this game." Natsu was the first to go up and was rather excited. He walked right up to the wheel and gave it a good spin until it landed on red.
"Dare." Mavis said. She grabbed a paper from it with Natsu excited to see what Dare he's going to get. "Eat a wad of chewed gum."
"That's it? Give me the gum." Natsu said, but some of the others were grossed out. A large wad of chewed up gum came over to Natsu and he took it no problem. He put it right in his mouth and chewed it up. "Is that the best you can do?"
"Gross, but Natsu did the dare." Mavis said. "Tenacious Tigers, any volunteers to go first."
"I'll go." Sting volunteered. "I'm not going to let something like this scare me off." Sting walked right over to the wheel and gave it a spin himself with it landing right on red.
"Another dare." Mavis said with her taking the paper. "Stick your hand in a tank with lobsters." A fish tank with lobsters in it came over to Sting. This was going to be painful. Still, he had to do it. He stuck his hand right in it with a lobster instantly pinching his hand. Sting screamed in pain as he pulled out his hand and flailed it around with the lobster holding on. "Painful, but he did the dare. Falcons, each of you has to go at least once. Who is next?"
"I'll go. I won't be scared off either." Erza said with her stepping up and giving the wheel a spin. It ended up on blue this time.
"Blue. That means you have to tell a truth." Mavis said. Erza hooked up the lie detector to her and readied herself with Mavis taking a paper. "What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?"
"Most embarrassing?" Erza said with her facing starting to turn red. "There was only one time I was embarrassed more than when Minerva pulled off my bikini top. It was when I was little, I heard a funny joke that made me laugh so hard that milk shot out of my nose and back into my glass, and a friend of mine drank it without knowing that. I didn't say anything." The machine dinged and indicated that they were telling the truth. They all couldn't believe that actually happened.
"That was the truth, and I'm sorry, Erza." Mavis said. She went back to her seat with her feeling really embarrassed now. "Who's next?"
"I'll go." Mirajane volunteered with her going up. She gave the wheel a spin and it ended up on blue.
"Truth." Mavis said with Mirajane getting in the machine. "What's something that you regret?" Mirajane thought it over.
"What could someone as sweet as Mirajane regret?" Rogue questioned.
"I guess I do regret breaking my middle school's bully during my rebel-goth phase." Mirajane admitted, and that ended up being true. They all couldn't believe it. She was a rebel? She was a goth? Mira has a lot of sides to her.
"That was true." Mavis said. "No one has backed down just yet. I wonder how long that will last." The game was on now as the others kept going with various truths and dares. Levy acted like a silly monkey, Minerva ate worms, Juvia slammed a mud pie in her face, and Rogue admitted he still has a frog onesie. "We are a few rounds in and no one has backed down just yet. Could this be the one? Lucy and Gray, one of you has to go."
"Fine. Let's do this." Lucy said as she went next. She gave the wheel a spin and it landed on red.
"Dare." Mavis took another paper, and this was going to be good. "This one is going to require two people. Gray, since you're the only one on your team that hasn't gone yet, it has to be you."
"Fine. Let's just get this over with." Gray said as he stood up and stood with Lucy. "So, what do we have to do?"
"You have to kiss each other for at least ten seconds." Mavis said. Everyone was astonished about that. Natsu and Juvia couldn't believe that it had to be that.
Confessional (Lucy): Out of all the possible dares there are, why did it have to be that one?! There's no way that was really random, was it?!
"You don't have to do this, but keep in mind that it will cost your team the win." Mavis informed.
"Well? It was your dare, Lucy?" Gray said as he wanted her to be okay with it.
"I don't want our team to lose." Lucy said as she didn't like this at all, but she didn't want to be the reason why the team loses. She allowed it to happen. She just closed her eye and Gray was the one that initiated it as he actually kissed her. The guys were wooing at them, but Natsu and Juvia were greatly upset. The two of them held it for ten seconds and pulled away from each other.
Confessional (Gray): You won't see me complaining about that. That Lucy really is something special.
Confessional (Natsu): There's no reason to be upset. It's just part of the challenge. It's not like it means anything.
That's what Natsu said, but he ended up smashing his fist against the wall of the confessional. Poor Juvia didn't even say anything when she did a confessional. She just let out a cry as loud as a banshee. Once it was over, Gray and Lucy returned to their seats.
"Uh... That kiss didn't mean anything, did it? You two only did it for the challenge, didn't you?" Juvia said as she wanted to be sure.
"Of course they did. That's why they did it." Natsu said.
"Uh... Yeah. That's why." Lucy said as she wanted to assure them, but Levy and Erza weren't so sure about that.
"Well, that last one certainly had an effect. Let's see what the others have in store for them." Mavis said. The challenge kept going after that since no one was going to back down. Laxus dived in cold water in his birthday suit, Natsu admitted he puked on a train ride, Jellal admitted to how he got his tattoo, Gray got soaked in slime, and Sting admitted he was so nervous in an elementary school performance that he wet his pants; and there was much more going on. No one has backed down yet. All of them were willing to keep going and Mavis was a little impressed. "No one is backing down. I guess we just haven't hit the one that has them thinking the money isn't worth it. It's now the Fierce Falcons turn. Who is going again?"
"Right here. I can keep going." Erza said as she stepped forward. She gave the wheel a spin and it landed on red for another dare.
"Ooh. This is probably the toughest dare yet." Mavis said. "The gorilla swipe!"
"The what?" Erza questioned. Erza's dare involved a massive crate, but it sounded like there was a wild animal in there.
"All you have to do is go in and snatch a banana from the gorilla inside." Mavis said. "Let me assure you that the gorilla is well trained. It doesn't like having it's food taken like most animals, but that doesn't mean it will hurt you." The others weren't so sure about this, but Erza took in a deep breath and marched right in. It was eerie quiet one moment, but then they could all hear that something was going on in there. All of them were afraid that Erza might have been torn apart in there with Mavis worried as well. She was told the gorilla wouldn't really hurt anyone. When it got quiet again, they saw Erza come out without a scratch and eating the banana. "What happened?" All of them looked and saw the gorilla crawling out and looked a little messed up. They all couldn't believe that Erza was able to walk out of there. "I don't know how that can be topped, but that's not what's going to decide this competition. Who is next?" Is anyone brave enough to continue after that.
"I guess I'll do it." Mirajane volunteered. She went up and gave the wheel a spin with it landed on red again.
"Another dare." Mavis said as she took one. "This one involves the gorilla again. All you have to do is flick it in the forehead.
"That's it? Compared to what Erza just did?" Laxus said. "Get it over with Mira and let's move on." Mirajane walked right over to the gorilla, but she saw it's eyes. Something about looking at a defenseless beast like this is tugging at the strings of compassion.
"I can't." Mirajane said.
"What?! Mira, just flick it and be done with it!" Minerva called.
"I can't. The poor thing already looks like it's been through too much." Mirajane said. "I don't want to hurt it even more."
"It's just a flick to the forehead! It's only going to hurt for like a second!" Sting called, but Mirajane still refused to do it.
"I think she has her mind set. That means that the Fierce Falcons win!" Mavis announced with them cheering over another win. "Tigers, I'll see you tonight at the Elimination Ceremony to vote someone else off."
Confessional (Laxus): She admitted to breaking someone's arm, being a goth, and being a rebel; but she draws the line at flicking an oversized monkey?!
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Elimination Ceremony
The Tenacious Tigers are back at the Elimination Ceremony. With only six of them remaining, this could be the vote that breaks their team.
"Tenacious Tigers, you have cast your votes." Mavis said. "As you remember, whoever has the most votes is eliminated, must board the boat at the end of the dock, and will sadly be eliminated. You all did well in those truths and dares, but there has to be someone eliminated. Boys, all of you are safe. This one comes down to the girls."
"Although, I think it's rather obvious." Minerva said.
"The votes are five to one, and it's understandable. The one who is safe is...Minerva." Mavis claimed. Mirajane knew that it was going to be her since she lost the challenge, but it couldn't be help. "Mirajane, I'm sorry. It's time to go."
"I know. I'm sorry I let you all down." Mirajane said. "I still had fun." Mirajane accepted her defeat and was on her way. At least she'll get to be reunited with her siblings.
"No way she was really a rebel." Sting said.
"That's it for tonight." Mavis said. "All of you enjoy your night. You're safe for the moment." That marked the end of another day and another challenge, but the night isn't over yet.
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Lucy
Lucy was sitting near the shore. She was hoping to make things worse than they already are, but she ended up kissing Gray in front of Natsu and Juvia. Now, she's worried what's going to happen from here.
"Hey." Gray said as he came over and joined her. "You okay?"
"No. Gray, I'm just going to be honest. I like you, but I like Natsu. I don't know what to do." Lucy said. "I know I can't have both of you, and I want to be friends with Juvia. Me and you will just make that hard. That kiss... That kiss just..." She didn't even know what to say.
"Was nice." Gray said with Lucy surprised he say that. "I don't know about you, but I enjoyed it. I don't care about the others, but I do care about you. I think you're something interesting."
"Gray, we're talking about the feelings of our teammates." Lucy said as she stood up to face him.
"Yeah, but this is about what we want." Gray said. "I like you Lucy, and I want to know what it is you want. If you want to be with me, you just need to say so. This isn't about them, but it's about what you want. Stop worrying about others/ Besides, you liked the kiss, too."
"What?! I did not!" Lucy said with her face turning red.
"Why are you blushing if it didn't work for you?" Gray teased.
"Maybe it's because you're making me mad!" Lucy said. "You might not care about how they feel, but I do."
"And I care about you. I'll trust you'll make the right decision." Gray said as he caressed Lucy's face. He was so close to her face, and a part of her did enjoy the kiss. She wants to follow her heart like Mirajane said, but she should have listened to Loke. Unable to fight it anymore, Lucy passionately kissed Gray once again. The two of them stood like that and just simply enjoyed the feeling of the other's lips, but they didn't notice Levy walking by. She gasped at what she saw and couldn't believe it. What to do with that info?
"Well, it looks like things are getting real interesting now." Mavis announced. Being the host, she has access to all that happens on the island. "Will Levy spill what she saw? Is Lucy really going for Gray? Find out on the next Challenge Island!"