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"Where is Fairy Tail?!" Natsu stared up at the lacrima vision, asking himself that very same question. Where was their competing team? A whole team had already been taken out and they had yet to even show.
"Where are they?" Gray demanded. "Why the hell are they playing hide and go seek right now?"
"Maybe something happened?" Kinana asked.
"I doubt it." Erza replied. "We would have heard the explosions of a fight if anything had gone wrong before the day started." Natsu didn't comment on their absence, he had no reason too. At this point, all he could do was wonder pointlessly. If they were playing hide and seek to cause tension, they were doing a damn good job.
"Natsu?" Lucy calling his name broke him out of his trance. He turned to look at her.
"Hm?" Lucy's fists clenched as they rested on the edge of the stand.
"I have a really bad feeling about this." She murmured.
Where is Fairy Tail?!" Blake smirked as he heard Ross announce this.
"Who knows." He said. "Maybe at their hotel?"
"Where is Fairy Tail?!" Michael looked up towards the scoreboard at this question, which made him frown.
"They still haven't showed up?" He asked. "What the hell are they playing at?" Finally, he supposed that Bella wasn't going to show up to fight him, so he needed another distraction. Now that the others had boosted their score up by taking out all of Quatro Cerberus and some of Blue Pegasus, they had a comfortable lead.
So, Michael made up his mind.
He turned, adjusted to his surroundings, and decided on a direction to take, which he hoped would ultimately lead him to his destination, which was Fairy Tail's hotel. He had a pretty decent idea of where in the city it was, but he needed to get to an area he recognized first. Michael chuckled. After all the reassuring he'd given Kyoko, he as not only not listening to her and avoiding Fairy Tail, he was outright looking for them. He really didn't see what was wrong with that though. The odds of them actually still being at their hotel was unlikely.
Or maybe they'd overslept?
He knew that wasn't it, but it was a good way to distract himself while he searched for the hotel. After all, what was the worst that could happen?
Kumi gracefully dodged out of the way of the rock giant as it swung at her, once again angering her opponent as she snickered.
"Too slow, nyah!" She teased, landing crouched, preparing to jump out of the way again. "You really need to work on your speed, nyah." Kendra crossed her arms angrily.
"Well maybe if you stopped moving I'd be able to get you!" She shouted back.
"Now where would the fun in that be?" Kumi responded. The rock giant went after her again, which forced Kumi to slid underneath it, giving her an opening at Kendra. Kumi opened her hand and an orange cat paw shaped rope shot out of it. Kendra tried to dodge it, but it wrapped around her ankles and prevented her from moving. Kumi shot out another rope, and it wrapped itself around Kendra's chest this time, and she tightened it, trying to squeeze the life from the other girl.
"Let...Go..." Kendra hissed in between sharp breaths, and Kumi chuckled.
"Now, where would the fun in that be?" She demanded, watching as the girl kept struggling against her. "Save it, nyah. You're not getting free." Kumi clenched her fist, and Kendra cried out as it tightened. Kumi watched as she struggled some more before finally, it started to stop. Finally, the girl gave up and stopped trying to free herself, so Kumi let her go. Kendra didn't try to get up, so Kumi smiled.
"And it looks like that's it for Kendra!" Ross announced. "Kumi's squeezed her unconscious, earning Mermaid Heel a point!" Kumi turned and sighed, looking around.
"I suppose I should go and look for someone else now." She said to herself. "I doubt we'll be able to make a come back but, at the very least, we can get some more points..." She began to walk off, looking for her next target.
Until a multicolored explosion went off.
Kumi cried out and sailed through the air, slamming into a rooftop as she landed. She looked up to find Juno standing on the street, her outstretched hand glowing.
"Sorry, Kumi." The girls said, the color brightening around her palm. "It's nothing personal."
"That doesn't make it better...Nyah!" Kumi as blown into another wall and struggled to stand, but another explosion went off before she could. As oppose to Kendra and her marionette based magic, Juno was stronger and better at keeping Kumi at bay.
Also Kumi had exhausted a lot of magic by fighting Kendra, leaving her open for the assault.
After a few more explosions, Kumi could no longer stand. Ross announced her defeat, and she chuckled as Juno walked up to her.
"You guys really want to win badly don't you?" She asked weakly, rolling over to face Juno, who nodded.
"We do." She answered. "I do hope I didn't injure you too badly."
"Nothing a nap won't fix, nyah..." She replied. Juno nodded, and then turned to leave. "...You'd better hope Fairy Tail doesn't show up." Juno paused and looked over her shoulder at Kumi, who smirked. "Cause unless you devastate enough people to prevent their advance, you're losing..." Kumi coughed, but she new Juno got the message. The raven haired woman turned and continued to leave as Kumi remained on the ground, wondering how the rest of the Games would pan out.
"I'm only a stepping stone, the real battle hasn't even begun yet..."
Winter felt herself get blown back through several buildings, and she tried to slow herself down. Landing on the street on the opposite side of the buildings, she brought her hands together and blasted dark wind into the hole where she'd come from, hoping to land a hit on the foe throwing her around senselessly.
The buildings started to collapse, blocking the flow of the air and cutting Winter's attack off. She grimaced as the buildings were blown away, revealing her foe.
"Winter honey, you need to try a bit harder." Nami said, a bright smile on her face. "You're not doing so hot right now." Winter didn't have the heart to respond, seeing as the odds of her coming out of the battle with a victory was incredibly unlikely. "How about you just surrender before I make you look even worse?" Winter knew she had a lot of battle wounds already, but she wasn't willing to heal herself yet. If she was in this for the long haul, she'd need to wait until her absolute limit, not whenever she felt hurt.
This woman is way out of my league...he best I can do realistically is slow her down for someone else...
Winter inhaled deeply.
"Sky God's Bellow!" She shouted, the dark winds spouting fourth and soaring towards Nami, who reached to her back and drew her katana. The woman positioned it in front of her.
Winter watched in shock as Nami cleaved right through her attack. The winds faded, and Nami whipped her hair back over her shoulder and chuckled.
"Nice try." She said. "But sadly, not enough. Now, how about you surrender before I end this fight?"
"Why are you so determined on ending this without violence?" Winter demanded. "Just defeat me by using your full strength."
"That strength is reserved for someone else." Nami replied. "So I'd rather end this without you making me try too hard." Winter felt offended. Was Nami so unimpressed by her that she wasn't using her full power and keeping it on hold for someone more powerful? That stung a bit.
"Still, if you want this over so badly, you might as well open the well!" Winter replied, the wind whipping around Nami violently. Soon enough, a black tornado appeared around the girl, and Winter could no longer see her inside. She waited, but she wasn't holding her breath. Nami wasn't going to go out so cheaply, not in a million years.
The sunlight shining on her shadowed out a bit. Winter looked up just in time to dodge the strike from the girl from above. She rolled back and stood, only to see Nami shove her katana into the ground below her.
"If you're going to be that way, I suppose I have no choice." She said. The katana glowed, and Winter felt incredibly light.
And she shot up into the air at lightning speed. Winter wailed in surprise as she barreled upwards. Once she stopped, she was hovering at least a hundred feet above the earth.
"Fall" Winter gulped at this. She started to speed downwards, picking up an insane amount of speed on the way. She brought her hands together and tried to use the wind to slow her fall, but gravity out did the wind. Winter braced her impact as she got close and closer, only able to slow the fall a little bit.
BOOM!
Nami watched as the smoke cleared, revealing the crater Winter's impact had made as she connected with the pavement. Once more smoke billowed away, the girl was lying face down in said dirt, not moving.
"I-I think it's over for Winter Vastia!" Ross shouted. Or will she heal herself and jump right back into this fight?!" Nami, like Ross, waited for the answer to this as well. A few seconds passed, and Winter still didn't move from the dirt. "Unfortunately, I have no choice but to declare this a win for Nami Mikazuchi, earning Mermaid Heel another point!" Nami sighed as she slid down into the crater and walked towards Winter, shaking the girl softly.
"You okay?" She asked. After a few seconds, Winter coughed and lifted her head up a bit.
"Yeah..." She answered. "I'm guessing they declared me a loss?"
"Uh huh." Nami answered, and Winter sighed.
"I guess getting knocked out cold does that." She said, mist starting to flow around her. Nami watched as her wounds healed and closed, and the scars faded as well. "I'll be okay, you keep going." Nami nodded and jumped out of the crater, turning to leave. "Do your best, Nami."
"Thanks." Nami said, waving to Winter as she walked away. Once she got a fair distance away, she stopped and looked over at the scoreboard.
Where the hell are you Scarlet? Why are you making this so difficult?
Keita watched as Mami hit the dirt hard and struggled to stand.
"Is it over?" he asked, and the ginger girl growled.
"Not a chance!" She replied. "I'm still good!" Keita sighed as the girl rushed her again.
"How many times do I have to tell you, you moron?" Keita asked as the girls fist soared through him. "You can't hit a shadow." He slammed his leg into her midsection, throwing her away from him and into the dirt once more. "I mean really, it isn't that hard too..."
"Mami, Mami, Mami, what is going on here?" Keita turned, as did Mami, at the voice. Bella Realight stood behind him, watching him closely.
"Bella..." Mami said weakly. "What're you doing here?"
"Helping." Bella answered. Her gaze drifted over to Keita, and she bit her lip. "Hey there." Keita felt his face flush at her gaze, and he turned away."Aw, shy are we?"
"N-No..." Keita answered, still unable to look the girl in the eye. She was very distracting.
"Aw, don't be so awkward!" Bella said with a laugh. "Or maybe you should stay awkward..." She purred, making Keita choke. "It is such a turn on."
"Here we go..." Mami muttered.
"Keita, honey?" Keita didn't want to look up, but he did regardless, meeting her eyes. "Can you do something for me?"
"Anything." Keita blurted without thinking. She was so gorgeous, he couldn't help himself. Bella giggled at this, making his head spin.
"I want you to go and find someone else to fight." She answered. "Anyone at all...I don't really care who. Okay?"
"Got it. Anyone else."
"Aw, thanks honey! See you later!"
Bella watched as Keita ran off, looking for someone else to fight, leaving her and Mami alone.
"I still don't understand how you're able to do that." Mami said with a sigh. "Seems like such an effective tool."
"And you'll never get it, Mami dearest." Bella replied, smirking at the other girl on her team. "Now, shall we continue on our way?"
"I suppose. Are we going together?"
"God no, I don't want to be seen with you, you muscle bound moron." Bella quipped, teasing Mami about her strength perfume. "Go and find, like, a tree to cut down or something." Mami rolled her eyes, but walked away.
"Shut up." the girl said simply. Bella watched her friend go, before she turned and walked away herself. She stopped, and growled.
"Playing with these idiots is no fun." She hissed under her breath. "There so simple minded, all I have to do is bite my lip and purr a bit and they're surrendering, waiting, or taking off all at my behest..." She grabbed her head and wailed angrily. "I just want a challenge! And there's only one man in this competition capable of really challenging me!" She let go of her head, and looked down at her open hand.
A black magic circle appeared there.
"Where are you, Damien Dreyar?"
Michael had made it too Fairy Tail's hotel, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary there. The hotel looked fine, and no one seemed present.
"Maybe they aren't here after all." She said, rubbing the back of his head. "Then again, why would they be?" Michael turned and walked away from the hotel.
He stopped as he reached the street, and turned to look at the hotel. A sinking feeling appeared in his stomach as he watched it. It appeared completely vacated, like no life was present.
And that unsettled him a great deal.
"Ah fuck it." He said, turning and walking back up to the hotels front door. "Looking couldn't hurt much, am I right?" Michael reached for the handle to open the door, waiting to see if Fairy Tail really was present.
His hand went right through the door like it was a ghost.
Michael stared down at the door in surprise. He retracted his hand, and tried to grab the handle once more. The same thing happened.
"Okay I know I feel like it's lifeless, but I didn't mean a god damn ghost hotel." He said. He tried it again, but it didn't make a damn bit of difference. Growling, Michael turned and looked around. "Is this some kind of prank?" he demanded. "A joke? A trap?"
No one answered him.
"Hello?!" He called again. "Fuck!" He clenched his fists and looked down at his feet, trying to process why the hotel was a ghost.
Something was lying at his feet.
It was a lacrima.
Michael made a face and stared at it. He leaned down and graze the top of the lacrima with his fingers, and they illuminated like a light was shining on them.
An illusion lacrima.
That was projecting the ghost hotel.
Michael growled and blasted the illusion lacrima with holy light, causing it too shatter immediately.
"What in the fuck is going on?" He demanded.
The smell of smoke filled his lungs, and his eyes widened. He slowly turned to look back at the hotel, trying to locate the source of the smell.
A smoldering wreckage stared back at him.
Heh, more cliffhangers. I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!