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"I'm just saying Elise, if you had..."
"Tetsu if you say one more god damn word I swear to God I'm going to cut you." The threat caused a wave of snickers to pass over the table of friends. Tetsu had non stop bothered Elise since the day had ended, and it was clear she was at the end of her rope. As Elise glared at Tetsu, Azzie started to rub her shoulder.
"Don't listen to his taunting, Elise-sama." She said with a smile. "You did just fine. I can gurantee Tetsu would have done terribly."
"I never said I wouldn't." Tetsu replied immediately as Azzie tried to defuse the oncoming fight. "But I didn't prance around telling Elise how I'd win and then not."
"One more god damn word..." Elise warned him, making him stick his tongue out at her. As the previous argument died away, the group moved on to other topics concerning the day.
"But we all saw Blake's magic, right?" Drake asked, making everyone nod. "That Plasma Magic sure is something."
"It's Lost Magic." Azzie supplied. "I remember Kronos saying something about it." Katsuchi made a face.
"Yeah, me too." He said. "He said something about how difficult of a magic it is to learn." This raised a few red flags in Nashi's mind. She had nothing against Blake as a person, but Kronos had talked about his magic, which she and the others had never seen before. She wasn't really sure if she was supposed to be suspicious. Damien sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"He might be a bigger problem then we're sizing him up to be." He said. "Those blasts he was using against Grace didn't look like they took all that much out of him." Nashi had to agree. Blake seemed rather indifferent on his attacks.
"If it comes down to it, we can persevere." She said. Just as she was about to add to this sentence, the door to the bar was thrown open. Turning to look, Nashi saw a women she had not seen in a long time.
"What's with the faces?" Aunt Cana demanded with a wide smile. "You'd think you guys would be happier to see me!" Nashi broke into a grin as the rest of Quatro Cerberus followed her in. She watched as her mother and father rushed to greet her.
"It's so good to see you, Cana!" Her mother said happily, crushing Cana in a hug. Can broke away and stared at her stomach incredulously.
"When the hell did this happen?!" She demanded. "And why was I not informed immediately?!" Nashi's mother laughed awkwardly.
"Sorry Cana, you're just so far away all the time with Quatro..."
"You did not take long to getting busy, did you Natsu?" Cana asked with a smirk as she put Nashi's father in a headlock. "Back nearly as long as Lucy's been pregnant, huh?" He just laughed and freed himself.
"At least I'm aware of it this time." he said, casting a glance in Nashi's direction. She stuck her tongue out at him, making him laugh. As everyone made their way into the bar, Nashi saw Quatro's team headed their way, making everyone else perk up.
"No need for the stares, we're here on good terms!" Reyna said, holding her hands up as they got close. Seeing Reyna closer up, Nashi could see the resemblance she bore to both Cana and her father Bacchus. "Figured we'd meet our competition!"
"It's nice to finally meet you, Reyna." Ultear said with a smile. "After all, you our extended family." Reyna nodded with a laugh as she pulled up a chair next to Nashi.
"Yep! Although I didn't think I'd meet you guys by watching you tear a hole in the Games." She said. The rest of the team sat, but Ryo seemed a bit pensive, his eyes darting towards Damien every now and then. This made Damien snort.
"I don't bite, dude." He told Ryo matter of factly, making him jump. "That fight was nothing personal, I just don't play around with my opponent."
"R-Right." Ryo said, laughing awkwardly. "I've just never been thrown around like that."
"Least he didn't kill you." Simon offered, making Ryo pale. "I've seen him do it." Damien rolled his eyes.
"Eoin had it coming." Damien said. "So did Taisho" Simon nodded in a half paying attention manner, which only made Damien more miffed.
"All of you guys are insanely powerful from what I can tell." Akihiro said, sounding impressed. "And only half of you have shown off what you can do." This reminded Nashi that Elise, Simon, and herself had yet to show off the efforts they made while training. Perhaps the next day she'd be able too? "We really have no place fighting you."
"Don't be like that." Nashi quipped. "I'm sure you guys have a chance." Reyna chuckled.
"I don't think so." She replied. "Not just us either, but some other teams as well." Nashi raised an eyebrow curiously.
"What do you mean?" Reyna looked over at her, dead serious.
"I'm saying these Games are blatantly between two teams. Take a wild guess at who the second one is."
Michael really didn't want to get too drunk, even if it was rather hard. His friends felt the same, as they may have to compete in the morning.
"I'm going to eat too much" Blake moaned from Michael's left. "I'm going to bed."
"See ya." Michael said as the tan man got up. "And congrats for today man. You did fantastic!"
"Yeah, yeah" Blake mumbled, waving him off. "I'm sure it'll be nothing by the end of this." Michael smiled as he returned to his drink, Juno taking Blake's seat next to him.
"Sup?" Michael asked her, mouth full of food. She sighed.
"Don't speak with your mouth full."
"Who are you, my.."
"Mom?" Juno finished, narrowing her eyes at Michael. "I might as well be, you don't listen when she tells you either." Michael laughed, and then choked due to the food he was attempting to swallow. Juno growled and rubbed his back, making him moan in satisfaction leaning into her.
"You give amazing back rubs." he complimented. She sighed but didn't stop rubbing his back, making him smile. Juno often gave up on trying to discipline him. He really only didn't listen cause it bothered her.
"You really should start taking these Games a bit more seriously." She told him.
"I am." he said. Juno stopped rubbing and Michael looked over, seeing her scathing stare.
"I've known you all my life." She stated. "I know when your lying to me." Michael laughed and leaned forward onto the table, watching the rest pf his guild eat and chatter meaninglessly.
"I just don't see the need to take it seriously." He replied. "There's only one thing I care about competing."
"Winning?" Juno asked. Michael shook his head and looked back at her.
"Nashi." He replied. "She's all I care about." A pink tinge rose to Juno's cheeks at this, and she looked away.
"You don't have to be so blunt about your next escapade." he murmured, twirling a strand of hair around her finger. Michael made a face before he realized what she was inferring.
"No no, I don't mean that." he said, smacking her shoulder. "I'm not talking about courting her. I mean I want to fight her." Juno raised an eyebrow at him, and he leaned back on the chair looking at the ceiling. "Ever since I met her, I've had the itch to test just how powerful my apparent 'opposite' is." He looked over at her. "You know what I mean?" Juno raised a hand to her chin, humming as she thought.
"I do, sort of." She replied. "Like Rina wanting to fight Damien."
"Yeah, like that." Michael agreed. "Everyone knows she and I are...well, rivals of sorts. Our fathers were, and they fought, so naturally we will too. I just want to know when." He then frowned. "And who'll win." Juno chuckled.
"I hate to say history repeats itself often, but..." She trailed off with a knowing smirk, and Michael sighed.
"Yeah yeah, her Dad destroyed mine. I see what your getting at." This made her giggle. "I just want the chance." Silence fell over the pair, before Michael spotted a familiar Shadow Dragon Slayer sneaking out of the party, presumably to be by himself. "You stay here, okay? I'm going to go see what Keita's doing."
"Alright. See you." Michael nodded and got up from his seat, following Keita out the door and down the hall, trailing his scent to a balcony.
"What're you doing?" He demanded as he walked up behind Keita as he looked out over Crocus. Keita sighed.
"I don't like crowds." he replied quietly. "You know that." Michael nodded and leaned on the railing next to his friend.
"Yeah I know." Michael ran a hand through his hair as wind blew past them. "You did a good job today, by the way."
"Thanks, man."
"Not only beating Elise, but that speed wizard from Lamia Scale. Awesome job." Keita stayed silent, and Michael frowned. "I something bothering you? Usually you at least talk to me."
"...It's Elise." He finally said, and Michael nodded.
"You want to fight her?" he assumed, but Keita shook his head.
"No, not that." He said. "But that's inevitable." he was quiet for a moment before he sighed and cocked his head slightly to look at Michael. "I sense...A darkness in her." Michael raised an eyebrow at this, so Keita continued. "I don't know what it is but...Something isn't right with her."
"Yeah, she is sort of abrasive." Michael said quietly, trying to see what Keita was, but his friend shook his head.
"She is, but it still isn't what I mean. You may not be able to see it thanks to me being more in tune with darkness."
"Maybe." Michael agreed. Silence fell over the pair before Michael sighed and rubbed his head. "Man, I have no idea what your talking about."
"Just drop it, then." Keita advised. "Don't concern yourself with it."
"And let you?" Michael asked, making Keita stay silent. "I didn't take you for the type to care about someone you don't know, let alone someone who's been rude to you nine times out of ten."
"I don't either, but..." he didn't finish his sentence, just letting it hang in the air. "Forget it, doesn't matter. Go back and party man, all that running today made me tired."
"You did no running." Michael informed him flatly, but Keita grumbled incoherently as he pushed past him. "Goodnight."
"G'night." Keita replied, leaving Michael alone. As he returned his gaze to the city, he pondered Keita's words.
He said forget it...But how can I possibly do that?
"Hello ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome, to the third day of the Grand Magic Games!" Katsuchi flinched as Ross roared at the crowd, announcing what everyone already knew. The man didn't know how to not be hyped. "And today, oh today, do I have a treat for everyone!"
"You shutting up?" Katsuchi asked hopefully, making Tetsu and Azzie smile.
"That'd be a treat." Azzie agreed.
"Because today everyone, today, we have a special event! Now I know that the first event, Hidden, also falls into the same category as this next event, but we all know this one is going to be much better in every sense of the term!" This made Katsuchi curious. What was this event that had Ross so hyped up? Katsuchi knew nothing of the Games prior to this and what the event and Hidden had in common, so he just had to sit and wait until Ross told them what was happening.
"Because today everyone, today, we have a special event! Now I know that the first event, Hidden, also falls into the same category as this next event, but we all know this one is going to be much better in every sense of the term!"
"He's trying way to hard." Simon said as the crowd continued to cheer, which forced Ross to wait until they died down a little bit. He just wanted to know what the event was so they could get down to it. As he waited, he recalled what Reyna had told them the night before, and how obvious it was, at least to her, what two teams were competing for first.
Them and Sabertooth.
Looking at it from an outside point of view, Simon could see where she was coming from. Even though only two days had passed, Sabertooth and Fairy Tail had been near the top of the leaderboard both days. Meanwhile her team...well, wasn't. But Simon didn't want to jinx anything by saying they had in the bag.
"And today ladies and gentlemen, we have a high risk, high reward, crazy event of Pandemonium!"
I swear this is the last recycled event. Let's be honest, it's not that surprising out of any event I recycled, it was this one. It was pretty hype originally.
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