I feel like I'm straight up ignoring my other stories for this one. Oh well.
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"And now onto the battles for today! And to start things off, we have Blake from Sabertooth against Grace from Lamia Scale!"
Nashi perked up at this. Blake was a rather mysterious member of Sabertooth, given that he had no bloodline to back up what to expect. He was an unknown, at that could be dangerous. As the man walked onto the filed opposite of Grace, he seemed rather calm.
"I wonder what his magic is." Ultear said. "He's got to be good."
"Yeah." Damien agreed. "I guess we'll have to see." As the two combatants made it onto the field and stopped, Ross cleared his throat.
"As usual, this bottle is the first to fall, thirty minutes! FIGHT!" As soon as Ross finished talking, Grace's claws grew out of her hands and she charged at Blake, who stood still as she got close. Grace jumped high into the air to bring her claws down on Blake, an attack he didn't seem interested in dodging.
A bright flash of blue later, and Grace flew across the arena away from Blake, who had moved every so slightly to aim his open palm at Grace.
"What the...?" Simon asked, confused. "What kind of magic was that?"
"No idea." Damien said. "Whatever it was, looks like it hurt." Nashi looked over and saw Grace doing her best to stand after only a single blow, and Blake had yet to advance. She went after her opponent again, and with another bright flash and explosion, she was thrown back once more.
"Just what magic is Blake using here?!" Ross shouted, asking the same question running through Nashi's mind. The magic wasn't anything Nashi recognized. Blake moved his hair out his face and sighed.
"Looks like I expected too much from you." He murmured. He brought both hands together, and a small turquoise ball of magic formed between them. "So I'm just going to have to go all out and end this. Plasma Sphere!" The bright energy attack left his hands and soared right at Grace, who tried bringing her arms up to block the attack. It still exploded and sent her backwards.
"Did he just say...Plasma?" Drake asked. "Plasma Magic?"
"I've never heard of Plasma Magic..." Nashi murmured as Blake launched another ball of plasma at Grace.
Michael grinned as Blake continued to attack Grace. The fight was so one sided it almost hurt.
"Plasma Magic." Juno observed. "A lost caster based magic."
"Supposedly." Keita replied quietly. "Blake explained it to me a while back. Apparently he can use this state of matter for whatever he wishes. Offense, defense, if he wants, he has it."
"Where the hell did he say he learned it again?" Rina asked. "Cause I want to learn it." Michael shrugged his shoulders as he watched Grace attempt to stand.
"Who cares?" He asked. Kyoko smiled as she raised a hand to her temple.
"It seems rather difficult to memorize just by watching." She said. "I've tried so many times, but Blake has told me there's more to it then just using it like you would fire magic or ice magic." Michael nodded as Blake launched more spheres of plasma at Grace, who was still at his mercy.
"There's a reason Blake made it on the team out of every option." He said. "And we're seeing it."
It was a slaughter, Nashi could see that well enough. Blake didn't give Grace any breathing room at all. Every team she barely recovered from one attack, another was on it's way.
"This magic is powerful." Elise muttered. "He's decimating her without even trying."
"He made it on the team for a reason, I guess." Simon replied, making the others nod. "Sting chose him because he's this powerful." Looking back at the arena, Blake had momentarily stopped attacking, perhaps out of pity that Grace could barely stand. Whatever this Plasma Magic was capable of, Nashi wasn't sure she wanted to find herself on the receiving end. He raised his hand, and another ball of plasma appeared there.
"I'll give you one more charge." He said, twirling the ball around. "Just so I don't feel bad for pushing so hard." Grace seemed to take her chance immediately, rushing straight for Blake as he remained stationary. He threw the plasma at her causally, but she slid under it and her claws appeared once more, ready to drive them into Blake's legs as she got close.
The second her claws got close enough to make a mark, they bounced off of Blake's body harmlessly, plasma crackling as it defended him. Blake chuckled as Grace cradled her hand that had attempted to strike him.
"It was a nice try, I guess." he told her, a bigger sphere of plasma appearing in his hands. "But I think we're done here." he whipped his hand, which made the sphere launch at Grace.
BOOM!
Nashi had to shield her eyes as the plasma exploded. Once the light died away, Grace was lying spread eagle, unmoving. Blake just pocketed his hands as the timer went off.
"T-That's it!" Ross roared as the crowd cheered. "Blake has defeated Grace! He earns ten points for Sabertooth!" Nashi watched as Blake made his way out of the arena, Grace struggling to even stand.
"Jeez..." She said. "He's one powerful mage."
"We've seen worse." Damien replied immediately. A few names came to Nashi's mind, but she shook it off. As Grace finally managed to stand up and limp back into her teams stand, the crowd waited anxiously for the next battle to start. Nashi waited just as anxiously, as there was the chance her name would be called. And truthfully, she really didn't want to disappoint.
"Alright then!" Ross announced, getting every to got silent quickly. "With that, I'll announce the second battle of the day! It would appear we now have Ken Lates from Blue Pegasus versus Kimberly from Mermaid Heel!" Nashi clapped along with the others as their friend walked out onto the field, ready to fight the girl from Mermaid Heel. As the two made it to the center of the field, Ken smirked.
"Sorry about this." he said. "I'd rather not go after such an attractive young lady." This made Kim roll her eyes at him, and place a hand on her hip as she whipped her blue hair out of her face.
"You'd better not take it easy on me because I'm a girl." She told him matter of factly, making Ken laugh.
"I'd never even consider it, lovely." he replied. "As a matter of fact, some of the most powerful and dangerous people I know are beautiful young women." Nashi had a sneaking suspicion she was including in that analogy, but she let it slide. "So I'd be a fool to think you'd be a pushover." Kim nodded with a grateful look on her face as took an offensive stance, as Ken did as well.
Thirty minutes on the clock! FIGHT!" As soon as these words left Ross' mouth, Kim made her move. Wingers grew out of her back and she flew high up into the air, everyone watching her.
"Amazing!" Ken shouted. "You're a real angel, aren't you?" Nashi groaned as Elise hit her head on the wall.
"Is this guy for real?" She demanded in a dead pan tone."
"He doesn't know when to quit..." Ultear hissed. Kim came down from the clouds at lightning speed, aiming a foot for Ken's face. He dodged it easily enough as debris was shot up everywhere, but he sidestepped another attack and smirked.
"It's not a form of takeover." he told her matter of factly. "Or some form of lost angel magic. So tell me, what exactly is this I'm facing." Kim smirked as the wings folded up slightly.
"Figure it out yourself, lover boy." She told him. flapping her wings to propel herself right at him. He dodged the majority of her attacks, while also grabbing her fist as she tried to punch him.
"If I had to tale a guess," he said. "I'd guess some form of Wing Magic. Aera? No, you're no Exceed." Kim nodded as she backed up a bit.
"It's Wing Magic." She confirmed as one of her wings came forward, and pet it. "And I take it you use Archive just like Daddy?"
"My my, have you done your research on me?" Ken asked with a flirty raise of his eyebrows. "You flatter me."
"This fucking guy..." Damien muttered. Nashi had to agree. Nashi knew Ken well enough to know he always acted like this to girls he didn't know, but he really should have been trying just a bit harder than he was. Kim also seemed a little irritated with him, but she didn't speak up about it.
"I think we'll get back to our fight now." She told him. Darting up into the sky and diving right back down at Ken, who was forced to careen of course when Ken set up Data Blast attacks in her path. He turned and attacked her again, this one reaching it's mark and causing her to hit the ground of the stadium.
"Sorry," he told her as she stood. "But I do still have to win, so I hope this doesn't ruin my chances at getting a date."
"Oh shut up" Kim hissed, launching herself at him again. She dodged his blasts and got right in his face, hitting him several times and blowing him back. Kim soared into the air above Ken, and the man watched her warily as she started to circle.
"Why're you avoiding me?" He asked her as she flew around. "Come down!" Kim laughed.
"No, I think I'm about down with you." She replied, increasing her speed. Soon enough, the dust in the arena started to kick up around Ken, making him look around before his eyes widened.
"Oh crap...!" He shouted as the dust started to circulate ever faster. Soon enough, Ken found himself trapped in the eye of a miniature cyclone. Nashi could no longer see him in the midst of it, but he was certainly in danger. Kim smiled as she landed a little ways away from it, snapping her fingers. The cyclone disappeared, and Ken dropped to the ground, unconscious.
"She created a vacuum." Simon said, "Ken couldn't breath."
"And now he's out cold." Elise said with a chuckle as the timer went off.
"That's it! Kimberly has earned ten points for Mermaid Heel! What a display of her power! Nashi had to agree that Kim had some strength behind her. Ken wasn't really built for offense, but he could still do some damage if he wanted to. Kim walked over to Ken and nudged his face. When he looked up, she smiled and offered him her hand. He smiled weakly and took it, causing the crowd to cheer loudly. "And what a display of good sportsmanship! Let's give these two another round of applause!" The crowd listened and applauded, Nashi included. It had been a decent fight.
Azzie watched as the pair disappeared off of the field, leaving it empty for the final battle, with was Fairy Tail and Quatro Cerberus.
"Who do you think is up now?" Katsuchi asked, leaning forward in his seat.
"I don't know." Tetsu replied. "And after watching Elise not keep her word, I sort of don't care either." Azzie and Katsuchi chuckled at this.
"You really need to leave her be." Azzie advised, patting his back. "She's going to kill you." Tetsu grinned mischievously.
"All the better."
And it appears out final battle for the day will be Damien Dreyar from Fairy Tail versus Ryo from Quatro Cerberus!"
Damien cracked his neck as he heard his name announced. This would be a piece of cake.
"Don't overdo it." Simon advised him as he turned to leave. Damien laughed and turned.
"You mean I can't decimate him in a few blows?" he joked, making Nashi laugh.
"You can, just don't play with the poor guy." She told him. Damien shrugged as he turned to leave for the arena, walking quietly towards the entrance. Before he did, he paused and sighed, turning to face the presence he felt behind him.
"What?" He demanded, Xisplate watching him silently. "I'm kind of in a hurry." Xisplate grinned darkly.
"I can't watch you compete?"
"Fuck off."
"I so love our talks, Damien my boy." Damien sighed and turned his back on the demon, who laughed. "Take this a little easier Damien! You won't even need me or Vantros for this."
"I know that, thank you." he replied. "I just want you to leave me alone." Xisplate shrugged.
"Now why would I do that?" Damien shrugged as well as he entered the arena.
"True, then you'd just be giving me what I asked for." he did not hear the demon say anything in reply, so he kept quiet as he walked to the center of the arena, the crowd speaking in hushed whispers. Probably about him . His last name was practically been paraded around by Ross when he ad been announced, so it honestly came as no surprise. Looking up, his opponent was a scrawny guy who looked a little frightened.
"Sorry in advance." Damien told him, making his eyes widen.
"W-What?"
Nashi saw Damien and the black haired guy named Ryo meet in the center of the arena, and the crowd still did not stop muttering about Damien. She could tell why, he wasn't exactly an unknown like Blake had been. Hearing Drake exhale loudly, Nashi turned to find him leaning up against the wall, eyes closed.
"Not going to watch?" She asked him. He chuckled without opening his eyes.
"Any need to?" he replied. "I think we all know the outcome." Nashi rolled her eyes and returned her gaze to the arena, when Ross cleared his throat.
"As usual, the limit is thirty minutes! FIGHT!" Ryo attacked quickly, throwing what appeared to be sand magic as a wave of it went right for Damien, who waited with an unimpressed look on his face. Soon enough he was engulfed in it, and the crowd watched with baited breath.
Except for Nashi and the others, who were waiting for him to stop toying with his opponent.
And they didn't have to wait long.
The sand exploded outward from Damien, who was now in his base demon form, red armor and all. The crowd watched as Damien opened his eyes, the mere sight scaring Ryo practically shitless. Damien raised his open hand and darkness exploded outwards it Ryo's direction, engulfing him just as the sand had Damien, multiplied by three.
"Told you." Drake said. Nashi turned and threw a small fireball in his direction for the snark, but he dodged it. Damien flew at Ryo without holding back, going in for blow after blow as the poor guy was thrown around like a rag doll. Soon enough Ryo hit the ground, unmoving. Damien landed near him and turned back into his human form, waiting as the bell was rung to signal the end.
"H-Holy shit!" Ross shouted. "Talk about a display here ladies and gents! Damien was ended this battle in a record one minute thirty-five seconds! He's definitely earned these ten points for Fairy Tail!"
Michael's hair was standing up on end as Damien returned to his human form, Ryo lying face down.
"Is he for real?" He asked weakly. "That was incredible."
"Incredibly terrifying." Juno replied, shivering. "I have goosebumps over here just from looking at that form."
"He's the Masters son, and a Dreyar at that." Blake said from behind them. "So naturally he's going to be a complete and utter destructive force." Michael nodded as he looked up at the lacrima vision, which was now displaying the scores after the day.
1st Sabertooth: 48 pts
2nd Fairy Tail: 44 pts
3rd Lamia Scale: 28 pts
4th Mermaid Heel: 18 pts
5th Blue Pegasus: 14 pts
6th Quatro Cerberus: 7 pts
They were winning, but only just. Fairy Tail was right behind them. Looking over at there booth, he watched them speaking to each other. Soon enough, Nashi sensed his gaze and looked over in his direction. He smiled and waved, and she repeated the small notion. He smiled as she walked away with her friends, presumably leaving the arena for the day. Turning to leave himself, Michael had the sneaking suspicion they would not keep their lead for very long.
As you guys can tell, this is already a two guild competition. But I assume that was obvious from the start? As usual, please point out any scoring mistakes if you see any. I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! let's try and get five!