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Nashi was certain she'd never be able to top the sleep she got in that bed. In was like she was resting on a cloud. She wasn't exactly sure when she had first awoken, but she started to move after Simon told her they were being told something down in the lobby. Lazily throwing on her outfit, Nashi followed her friends down to the lobby of the Lunar Peaks hotel, where they're parents where waiting for them.

"Sleep well?" Nashi's father asked, to of which she yawned in response.

"What was so important that you had to drag me out of bed?" She asked.

"Tonight." He replied. When Nashi raised an eyebrow, he looked out to address everyone. "We're doing something tonight as a guild a few hours before the qualifier, so make sure you're back here for that, alright?"

"What is it?" Ultear asked. Erza smiled.

"Saying hi to some old friends." She said. Nashi wasn't sure who she was talking about, but she was sure to find out eventually. "Until, say, six o'clock, you're free to wander around the city. Enjoy yourselves because after today, you have to be a bit more serious."

"What old friends?" Simon asked. Before they got an answer, they were ushered out of the hotel to go about there business. "Well, then. What are we doing now?"

"Checking out the festival, obviously." Drake replied, stretching his arms over his head. "So lets's go and do that." Nashi fell in line with her friends as they walked out into the city to go and find something interesting. They passed many different stalls, offering things ranging from food Nashi was certain she'd never seen before to petty looking games.

"Hey, Simon." the group stopped as Damien waved a plastic gun back and forth. "How much do you want to bet I can hit more targets than you?" Simon grinned.

"Damien, are you really challenging me?" He demanded, and Damien smirked as he waved the gun around. Whirling and putting some jewel on the counter, Damien aimed the gun with his one hand at the bottles set up against the wall. Pulling the trigger, a small object came from the barrel and hit the bottle, smashing it. Handing the gun to Simon, who also hit a bottle, they traded the gun between them, gradually only allowing themselves a second or two to draw and aim as a challenge, until Damien missed. He'd been trying a flashy shot, and missed. Smirking, Simon took the gun from the sweating Damien and aiming it quickly, hitting the final bottle.

"How." Damien demanded. He didn't even say it questioningly, he just said the word. Simon smiled as he used his thumb to count the jewel he'd won from the bet.

"You do know my Mom is good friends with Bisca, right?" He asked. "Not to mention I still have one of those rifles from Edolas. I'm a lot better with a gun than you'd take me for."

"God damn it..." Nashi smiled as her friends argued, before she noticed they were missing one.

"Where'd Elise go?" she asked, breaking up the ensuing argument. The others looked around in confusion, but no one saw the Iron Dragon Slayer.

"That's weird," Drake mumbled, looking around. "I could've sworn she was with us."

"Did we forget her at the hotel or what?" Ultear asked. Nashi sighed. Seeing as Elise was a very heavy sleeper, they'd probably forgotten all about her at the hotel.

"I'll go back and check the hotel." She told the others. "Wait around here for us, okay?" Nashi turned and pushed her way through the crowded streets towards the Lunar Peaks, keeping her eyes out for the shorter girl.

"Hey!" Nashi recognized the voice, but given the tone it wasn't directed at her. Following the sound, Nashi found the girl alright. The problem being is that she seemed rather indignant, and this was directed at a boy standing across from her. The boy in question had hair as black as midnight, and from what Nashi could tell from what she could see, hazel colored eyes. He was wearing a black cloak with a white undershirt, as well as black pants.

He was also staring at Elise in what looked like surprise.

"You could at least apologize for hitting me." Elise growled, but the boy just stared at her. "And what are you staring at?"

"...Nothing." The boy regained his composure, his face returning to a look of indifference. "Just surprised."

"What?"

"Nothing." The boy's hazel eyes were rather intimidating, even from the side. "Doesn't matter."

"No no, tell me what you meant." Elise said angrily.

"Step off shorty."

"Excuse me?" Nashi gulped. Elise wasn't that much shorter than the boy confronting her, but she could tell that he was irritated by her attitude. A lot of people were.

"I said step off." he growled, not getting angry as well. "You tell me to apologize when you're the one stumbling through the street seventy percent asleep?"

"Hey!" Nashi could sense this was about to escalate, so she stepped in between them, grabbing Elise's wrist. "Calm down Elise, don't start something."

"He's starting shit!" Elise replied angrily. The boy rolled his eyes.

"I am not. This didn't have to happen if you weren't so sensitive to someone hitting you on the street."

"Of all people, Keita," Nashi also knew that voice, but it took her a moment to place. Turning, the boy from the day before, Micheal, stepped out from the crowd towards the boy. "I wasn't expecting you to start a fight in the middle of the street." Nashi and Elise watched as Keita crossed his arms irritably.

"Whatever." Micheal laughed at this.

"I suppose I have to do the dirty work for you, huh?" He turned to Nashi and Elise. "Sorry about him. He's..." Micheal then took notice of Nashi, and his face flickered with surprise.

"Hey." Nashi said with a smile. He grinned back.

"Nashi, hey." He said, looking over at Elise. "Friend of yours?"

"Yeah." Nashi then looked over at Elise. "Who I think needs to apologize." Elise grumbled incoherently, but coughed violently when Nashi elbowed her.

"Sorry for overreacting." Elise lied through her teeth. "Just in a bad mood." Keita did not respond immediately, and Micheal punched him in the shoulder.

"Sorry." Keita muttered.

"There we go." Micheal said. "All sorted out. He's Keita by the way."

"Hi." Keita greeted quietly. Nashi looked over at Elise, who caught on quick enough and cleared her throat.

"Elise." She said. Micheal nodded at her.

"Micheal." he looked over at Nashi, grin widening. "You already know that though, right Nashi?" Nashi nodded. "So what are you lovely ladies up to?" He asked, pocketing his hands.

"I was looking for her." Nashi said, jabbing Elise with her hand. "She wandered off in her sleepy stupor."

"Shut up."

"What about you guys?" Micheal shrugged, looking around.

"Just going around, enjoying the festival." he said. "Just before everyone gets really serious about the Games." Nashi knew the feeling, so she understood.

"You guys can come with us, if you want." Nashi offered, earning an exasperated look from Elise. She really didn't care what Elise wanted, it was her own fault she wasn't getting along with Keita. "Unless your with other people, of course." Micheal shrugged once more.

"Nope, we split up a while go. Lead the way." Micheal cast a cautious look back at Keita, who just shrugged him off. This earned a laugh from Micheal, who walked next to Nashi away from where the fight had almost started.

Elise hated to admit that in the few hours they spent with Micheal and Keita as they wandered around, she actually enjoyed herself. She warmed up to Micheal quickly due to his friendly nature, but it took her a while with Keita. She knew it was mainly her fault they'd almost fought, but god forbid she admit that.

"I can't believe I got out eaten by a girl!" Micheal shouted angrily. He'd just lost an eating contest with Nashi, who'd only just beaten him due to speed. Nashi giggled and patted his arm as he skulked.

"Don't worry about it, I was just faster."

"That's the problem..."

"You'd be surprised at how much Nashi can shove into that small stomach of hers." Elise joked as she slapped Nashi's abdomen. Nashi glared at her, which she promptly ignored.

"Obviously!" Micheal replied. "She destroyed me! Think you could win Keita?" The black haired boy looked up at his name being called, and he shook his head.

"I can't beat you, she'd demolish me." He replied. Elise noted the despite how friendly and welcoming Micheal was acting, Keita was just keeping away from them in general. He didn't seem angry or sad, he just kept his distance from their tomfoolery. The two were polar opposites, how had they managed to become friends?

"Micheal! Keita!" Both boys jumped as a female voice shouted at them. Following their gaze, Elise saw a girl with raven black hair approaching.

"J-Juno!" Micheal shouted in surprise. "W-What's up?"

"What's up?" Juno demanded. "You idiots know we have to get ready for tonight, right?"

"Uh..."

"Ugh, are you serious?! How did you forget, you moron?!" Juno slapped the back of Micheal's head, which made him apologize profusely. She then whirled on Keita, who held up his arms in self defense.

"I was about to remind him, I swear!" he shouted. Juno glared at him before she huffed and flicked her hair over her shoulder.

"Idiots, the both of you." She muttered. She grabbed Micheal by the ear, much to the blonde's chagrin, and dragged him away, all while Elise and Nashi just watched in confusion.

"Don't worry about her." Keita said to them. "She's not really mad, she's just..."

"Keita!" Keita jumped.

"C-Coming Juno!" He said, quickly moving after the girl.

This left Elise and Nashi to themselves.

"...What just happened?" Elise asked.

"I couldn't tell you." Nashi replied. "Hey, we need to be heading back soon, we spent way to much time hanging out with those two." Elise looked over at a clock on a pole near them and had to agree. It had been roughly eleven in the morning when they'd left, and it was now four.

"The others are probably really angry with us." Elise said with a crackle. "We were gone all day."

"It's fine." Nashi replied as they walked off towards their hotel. "We had fun anyway, right?"

"I guess."

"Oh don't be that way, you had fun."

"Micheal was alright, his friend was weird."

"Maybe he's just shy."

"Yeah, sure." The girls continued to talk about the pair of boys they;d hung out with all afternoon all the way until they make it back to the hotel. Once there, they saw all of their friends already waiting for them.

"Where the hell were you two?" Simon asked. "You went off to find Elise and never came back."

"Ah, we had our own fun." Nashi replied with a wink. "Are we leaving yet?"

"Soon, I think." Damien replied. "No one will tell us what for, though." Elise made a face.

"That's weird. What could it possible be for?"

After recovering from the vicious ear pulling session Juno had given him on the way back to the hotel, Micheal came to realize his guild was in a frenzy, running around to set stuff up.

"So, uh, what's going on again?" He asked.

"I told you a million times dumbass," Juno's sharp reply came from his left. "Apparently some old friends of our parents are coming around, so everyone's making sure the hotel doesn't look trashed from the party last night."

"Oh, right." Fairy Tail. Micheal had completely forgotten that his 'rival' guild was in the city as well. He'd never met anyone from the guild as far as he knew, but from what he saw they were also competing in the Grand Magic Games.

Did that mean he'd meet his rival?

Micheal had been told all about his father's old rivalry with Natsu Dragneel. And now, with both married with kids, Micheal wondered if another Dragon Slayer his age was with them. He was very curious about that.

"Are they coming soon?" He asked, plucking a white flower out of a vase someone was carrying past them and ate it.

"Sometime soon, yeah." Juno replied. "So be on your best behavior, or I'll transport you to a very unfortunate place." Micheal shuddered at the thought of Juno sending him to some random place, probably four hundred feet in the air.

"Who are you, my mom?"

"You wouldn't want sweet little Ally to know you acted poorly to guests, would you?"

"You wouldn't dare go there...!"

BOOM!

The entire hotel shuddered, which caused Juno to fall towards Micheal, who was forced to catch her.

And as per his usual luck with the girl, their foreheads touched.

"Let go of me!" She shouted, blushing and pushing him away. Micheal threw his arms up in exasperation.

"Had I let you fall it would've been my fault, but If I catch you it's still my fault?! This is bullshi...!"

BOOM!

Juno was smart enough to keep her balance this time, but not Micheal was wondering what had happened. The explosions were coming from the doorway, and others seemed to look a little frightened.

"What is tha...?"

BOOM!

This time, the door blew off it's hinges and past several guild members, who had to duck to avoid the projectile.

"What the hell?!" Juno asked. Before Micheal could say he didn't know, a wave of heat slammed into him.

"Holy shit, it's hot in here..." he hissed. Looking back towards the door, a red glow now emanated from it. Soon enough, a body formed there.

"...Where's your Master?" A voice asked. Soon enough, a tall man with pink hair entered, his face dead serious.

Micheal heard the stories enough times to recognize him as Natsu Dragneel.

No one replied, and Natsu's face flickered angrily.

"Where is he?!" he demanded. Before Micheal could ask any questions, he felt a powerful presence behind him.

His father stepped past him to face Natsu.

"Looking for me, Dragneel?" He asked. A smirk crossed Natsu's face.

"You're damn right I am." After these words were spoken, raw magic began to radiate from the pink haired man. Micheal's father followed suit soon enough. The very air was thick with tension s the two glared at each other, both looking livid as all hell. Micheal's body was screaming for him to take cover before something exploded.

Until a smile crossed Natsu Dragneel's face and he crossed his arms.

"Sting ya bastard, how have you been?" Before Micheal could register what had just happened, his father sighed.

"Really Natsu-san? Did you have to blow your way in here?"

"Ah I thought you appreciate the throwback!" Natsu laughed, and Micheal's father just face palmed in defeat. Before anything else could happen, other people, presumably members of Fairy Tail, all came in behind Natsu, all looking extremely sorry for Natsu's actions.

"I guess I'll have to get that fixed later..." Micheal's father said. "Dinners just about ready, so make yourself at home everyone." He then looked back at Micheal. "And you come with me, Micheal."

"..Eh?" Micheal asked, Juno shoving him forward. Micheal walked mechanically with his father over to Natsu Dragneel, who was waiting with a big smile on his face.

"Don;t tell me this isn't funny." he advised Micheal's father, who just shook his head.

"You tried." he said with a smirk. "Anyway Natsu-san, I heard you were entering the Games?"

"The guild, yep." Natsu replied, who then made Micheal jump by looking at him. "And I assume your spitting image is participating this year?"

"Sure is. Natsu, this is Micheal."

"H-Hey." Micheal said, making Natsu smile wider.

"I'm sure you and my daughter will have it out at some point, then." Micheal's father laughed.

"Speaking of which, where is she? I haven't seen her yet." Natsu grinned.

"She's right about here." Pretty soon, two new sets of footsteps came in through the broken door. "Over here." Natsu said, and a set of those feet came up behind him, she then came out and stood next to her father.

"Micheal, this is my daughter N..."

"...Nashi?"

"...Micheal?"

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