Yes yes, another chapter! It`s my March Break, what else am I going to do?! Get a life?! Psssh...

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Nashi actually didn't wake under a bunch of debris like she had the day before, which felt better. It was a nice comfortable bed in the hotel that the rest of their guild had been moved to two days before. Sitting up, albeit painfully, she looked out the window and into the street. The city had been magically repaired overnight, so any traces of the complete trashing the day before had vanished.

Turning, Nashi had to force herself to remember this has her room alone. The others had been given rooms for themselves, which was good, because with all of them so completely battered from the day before no one wanted to wait for someone else to finish using the washroom.

Nashi didn't feel that bad, given the fact that Wendy had dedicated her whole night to making sure they could move at all, and Nashi was in her debt for that. But even still her muscles and bones ached from the extreme lengths she'd gone to the day before.

The day before.

Nashi closed her eyes and put her head in her hands as she thought about it.

Everything's changed.

Blake. The Olympians...

Nashi felt apprehensive about the whole thing. What did they want with them? With her? She hadn't gotten the chance to ask Blake before the boy disappeared.

Shaking it off, Nashi decided it was time to get out of bed and prepare herself for the day ahead of her. After all the closing ceremony for the Games was today, which meant she'd have to make an appearance as part of the winning team. She didn't really want too, but she wasn't about to turn it down. Getting out of bed and throwing on a clean pink shirt and jeans that had been left out for her - seeing as her normal outfit had been torn to shreds - Nashi winced as she walked slowly towards the door out of her room and into the hall, looking around for her friends. They must've still been sleeping or had already made their way downstairs. So, naturally, she followed suit and slowly made her way down the stairs.

Once she made it into the lobby, the sound of her guild could be heard from the bar, which was obviously set aside for them as per usual. Once she made it in the entrance, she scanned around for her friends, but couldn't see any of them in the sea of people who appeared to be both her own guild and people from others.

"Morning sweetheart." Nashi turned to her right to find her parents sitting at at a table near the entrance of the bar, and she smiled warmly at them.

"Good morning." She answered. Her mother smiled at her.

"Did you sleep okay?" Nashi shrugged.

"Yes, I suppose." She answered. Her father laughed.

"Your were probably out like a light after eating that Holy Light." He joked, and Nashi chuckled weakly. He had a point after all. The second Nashi hit her bed who knew how many hours ago she was out before Drake had even turned the light off and left the room.

"You got me there." She replied. "Have you guys seen the others?" her mother pointed to the near back of the bar."

"I saw Damien go back there a few minutes ago, it might be where they are." Nashi nodded and thanked her mother, before wading through the sea of people in the bar to find her friends. She soon found them at the back at her mother had told her, all quietly eating or drinking.

"Hey." She said, earning some attention.

"Morning." Ultear said, picking at her food. Nashi sat down next to Drake, and he moved back in the booth to accommodate for her.

Silence.

Nashi didn't like it.

But she knew why it was happening.

They were missing someone.

"She hasn't come out of her room, has she?" Nashi asked quietly, and Simon shook his head.

"No." He answered. "We have yet to see her." Nashi frowned and looked down at her lap, where her clenched fists sat.

Elise was still in her room.

Nashi knew why.

"Drake...I can walk."

"Don't bullshit me." The man answered, still carrying Nashi princess style. "I don't mind, really." Nashi pouted and crossed her arms.

"Well I do. Stop."

"Nah."

"Drake! Put me down!"

"No, I'm good."

"Drake!" Drake laughed and shifted a bit, making Nashi's head hit his chest.

"What are you going to do, oh Holy White Fire Dragon?" He teased. "Burn me?" Nashi chuckled lightly.

"You know it." She had no clue where they were walking, but she soon figured out it was the hotel their guild had been moved too to keep them away from the start of the final day. Looking up from her comfortable position, Nashi could see that the others had already appeared there, looking downright terrible.

"Hey, there she is!" Damien said with a laugh as he massaged a vicious looking mark on his right arm. "The Holy White Fire Dragon!" Nashi blushed as her friends watched her.

"I just did what I had too."

"Damn right you did." Simon said. "I saw it from lying spread eagle on the ground a few hundred feet away." They shared a laugh at this.

"So we one, huh?" Ultear asked. "By one point too?"

"You're welcome." Nashi answered, making everyone laugh again. After the laughter stopped, Nashi took a moment to look around, and she frowned.

"Where's Elise?" Thankfully, Drake voiced her question before she could. Ultear shrugged.

"Don't know. She hasn't shown up yet." Nashi made a face at this. She hoped that didn't mean Elise was seriously hurt.

But then, footsteps sounded in the distance. Nashi looked up, and located their source.

Elise and Keita were walking towards them. Elise looked awful, and Keita seemed to be guiding her down the street towards them. Once they got close enough, Nashi smiled.

"Good, we were worried about you Elise." The girl didn't say anything, which made Nashi a bit confused. "Elise?" Again, no response. Keita looked up from the girl.

"Don't bother." He said.

"Huh?" Simon asked. "Why not?" Keita looked down.

"Well...She..."

"You people..." Elise hissed under her breath. "Lied to me." Nashi made a face.

"What?" Elise didn't look up, but Nashi sensed something was horribly off about the girl.

"Phantom Dove." Elise whispered. "Apocalypse...I...I was..."

...

Nashi felt like she was falling out of the sky all over again.

Had Elise...?

"I'm sorry..." Keita whispered. "It's...It's my fault..."

"I remember everything..." Elise said. "...All of it...That I...That they...I was...!" The girl started to cry silently, and Keita rubbed her shoulder, trying to be helpful. "And you just hid it from me?! How could you?!"

No one spoke.

No one had an answer for her.

"Elise," Ultear started, making her way towards the girl. "We were just trying to help you, we didn't mean for..." Ultear reached out to touch the girl, and Elise jerked back from her touch as if it was poisonous.

"Don't come near me..." She said. "I...I need time to think..." Without another word, Elise turned and walked into the hotel, and disappeared.

No one had any words.

And then their guild came rushing out of nowhere, and Nashi was enveloped by praise and kind words, and the conversation at hand made her mind shift away from the girl.

Nashi had not seen the girl since she'd retreated to whatever room she was in, and it troubled her greatly. Obviously remembering what happened...What those men did...Had destroyed her.

"Just give her time..." Drake said under his breath, his gaze buried at the bottom of his mug. "She needs time to be alone right now."

"I know..." Nashi replied. "But...She shouldn't deal with it alone..."

"She has too." Simon said. "She won't talk to anyone else right now, and I know that for a fact. Gajeel and Levy tried to get into her room all night." The group went quiet again, because no one knew what they were supposed to say.

"So..." Damien said, coughing. "The closing ceremony is today, huh?"

"Uh huh." Ultear confirmed. "And we have to be at the Domus Flau by four o'clock, is what that committee member said." That made sense to Nashi.

"So here's where the winning guild is hiding themselves!" Nashi looked over towards the entrance to find Sabertooth standing in the lobby. Sting smirked. "Thought you'd be out singing high praises about that monstrous daughter of yours, Natsu-san."

"Didn't need too." Nashi's father quipped immediately. "The damage the city had done to it should've been bragging enough."

"Yeah yeah." Sabertooth's Master said, waving him off. "She only did that thanks to my son, so don't get too cocky" Soon enough the other guild dispersed into the bar to talk to others and, soon enough, that meant Sabertooth's team had made their way over to them too.

Well, most of it. They were conveniently missing someone.

"Morning!" Michael greeted happily, raising a hand to greet them all, everyone else standing on either side of him. "Don't shoot, we're here on good terms you know."

"Wasn't planning on it, but I'll hold my fire." Simon replied with a smile. "Sit down guys." The team heeded Simon's request and searched for chairs, but Michael had other ideas.

He just squeezed himself into the seat next to Nashi. This in turn made her cheeks light up.

"What do you think you're doing?" She asked, squished between Michael and Drake. The wounded White Dragon laughed.

"Nothing." He replied. Nashi shoved him and he fell onto the floor in front of his friends, who laughed at him accordingly. Juno just threw a chair at him, which he caught and used to sit down next to the others.

"You guys put up an amazing fight." Ultear said. "Really impressive."

"That's more or less your praise to take." Juno replied, smiling. "You had been attacked outside of the Games and still went on to win, and by one point no less..."

"Where's Blake?" Damien asked, making Nashi bury her face in her mug she'd been served and Michael to look anywhere but the group. Kyoko shrugged.

"No idea." She replied. "I think he went home already, honestly." The group chatter didn't stop from it, but Nashi knew why Blake was missing. He'd probably been recalled or was on the run at this point.

"Hey," It was Michael, who had pulled his chair closer to her. "You did great the other day." Nashi smiled.

"Thanks." She replied. "Do you know where he went?" Michael nodded.

"I, uh, told my Dad he was the one who attacked you guys." He said. Sent him home with a few other guild members to make sure he doesn't pull something." Nashi nodded slowly.

"But not that he...?" She trailed off, and Michael shook his head.

"No. I didn't. But I...I wanted to better his chances he didn't get kicked out."

"Why?"

"Because...I'm worried if he's left alone and defied them, which he might have, they'll go after him...And I don't want him hurt." Nashi watched the conflict flicker through Michael's eyes.

"Hey." She said, making him look over at her. "You're a good friend. Not a lot of people would be willing to keep tat to themselves." Michael frowned.

"Yeah, I guess."

"So anyway," Keita said. "We do have to be at the Domus Flau by four, and..."

"Well well, Keita-chan, you beat me to the punch!" A pair of hands grabbed Keita's cheeks and pulled at them viciously, making Keita cry out in surprise. Looking past him, Nashi saw Nami standing their, bandaged to hell but still had a smirk on her face, as she pulled at the boys cheeks.

"Nawi!" Keita shouted, making everyone chuckle as he tried to pronounce his words with his cheeks like that "Sta it!" Nami laughed and relinquished her grasp on the boy.

"Buzzkill." She said in his ear, making him roll his eyes. Nashi saw that Mermaid Heel had also joined them, and Nami had announced their appearance. The circle around the booth changed slightly to allow the girls to sit, and Nami did so.

"And wrapped Keita into her embrace with one arm, making him growl into her side.

"And shut up and enjoy the affection." Nami told him and refused to let go. "It's not like any others girls give you any attention."

"Yeah, you're all the trouble I need in that department." Keita shot back, making himself a shadow and freeing himself. Nashi watched the pair quizzically, not sure what to think.

"So, Nami?" It was Ultear who spoke. "What's up with you and Keita?"

"Hm?" Nami asked, looking over. Keita looked frightened and starting waving his hands back and forth.

"Yeah you two got a weird thing going on." Damien said. "You used to date or something?" These words made Keita look downright terrified, and he slowly looked at Nami, who gaze had gone to the floor.

"Keita-chan." The tone Nami used was horrifying, and Nashi felt bad for the boy. "Why are they making that assumption? Like everyone else?"

"U-Uh..." Keita struggled for words as Sabertooth and Mermaid Heel started to laugh. "I_I honestly' couldn't..."

"Maybe because you didn't tell them? Well? Did you?"

"N-No..." Nami stood and slammed her foot against the floor, and Keita yelped as he flew upwards and hit the roof from the change in his gravity, this caused the other two guilds to laugh but Nashi just felt confused.

"Every time!" Nami shouted. "Are you embarrassed by this fact or what?!"

"N-No! Not at all!"

"Then why does everyone new we meet assume I'm your girlfriend or that I used to be?! I'm your older sister!"

"I'm sorry! It never came up! Just put me down!"

"W-Wait a minute." Simon said, Nami looking over at him. "You're Keita's sister?"

Well duh, Scarlet." Nami replied, snapping her fingers. Keita's gravity changed again, and he now floated next to her. She grabbed his face and brought it next to hers. "Can't you see the family resemblance?"

Now that Nashi got a good look at them, she had to agree that they looked strikingly similar. Their hair color, facial structure...They were siblings, no doubt about that. Nami growled and cut her magic off, which made Keita drop to the floor and groan in indignation.

"You deserved that." She said flatly. "Making more people have that stupid assumption..."

"Oh shut up..." Keita hissed, standing back up to sit down again. Damien laughed at this.

"We're going to need more booze for everyone." He said, shifting out of the booth. "I'll go look into that." Nashi watched Damien walk towards the bar, and then he was hit by someone tackling him.

"Aw, Damien!" A voice squealed. "It's so thoughtful of you to come and greet me!"

"Ah! What the...?!" Nashi watched as the voice laughed and backed up, revealing Bella Realight.

"I just get in the door and you're coming to see me?" She asked, raising a hand to her mouth and watching Damien with a smile. "Such a gentlemen."

"I didn't even see you until you tackled me..." Damien muttered under his breath. Bella laughed.

"Aw you're so modest! Don't worry, That's such a...!"

"Realight!" Another voice shouted. This time it was Terra, standing in the door and watching Bella angrily. "I'm giving you three seconds to explain what you meant out there before I kick your teeth in!" Bella feigned fear and backed up into Damien's chest.

"Damien, protect me!" She shouted. "Terra's after me!"

"This looks like a you problem..."

"Ah, don't be like that!"

"Stay out of this Dreyar! She has some explaining to do before I kill her!"

"Stay away, Neekis!" Nashi watched this scene unfold as the rest of Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale also joined the gigantic party forming.

"Anyone care to explain what's going on over there?" Simon asked as Nashi watched Bella using Damien as a meat shield between herself and Terra. The man seemed rather unimpressed. Winter chuckled.

"Bella was taunting Terra the whole way over here." She explained, crossing her legs as she sat. "Saying stuff about how if she wanted to fight for Damien's affection, they could have done it more civilly. I think she's just doing this to piss Terra off, honestly."

"And nothing pisses Terra off more than relationships!" Grace shouted, startling more than a few people.

"Bella's always pulling stunts like this anyway." Mami answered. "She gets a kick out of it. It's sort of sick, honestly." Just as the group's conversation started becoming a bit more relaxed, the door was kicked open once more.

"Let's get wasted, everyone!" It was Reyna and Quatro Cerberus who showed up last, and Nashi wasn't surprised to see the daughter of the heaviest drinkers she knew carrying two six packs with her. "The day is still young!"

Once all the teams had situated themselves down in a large group all consisting of different conversations, Nashi took a moment to admire it all. Everyone seemed to be having lot of fun talking with each other, which was good seeing as they'd all been at each others throats for a week.

"Say 'Ah!' Damien!"

"Bella, cut it out!" Damien shouted, pushing the fork away from his mouth. "I know your just trying to work me over again." Bella looked offended.

"I'd never!" She replied.

"Just like you didn't yesterday?" Terra asked offhandedly, making Bella look over at her with a smirk. She grabbed Damien's arm and pulled herself closer to him, making Damien's eyes shift around uncomfortably.

"Jealous, Neekis?" Bella demanded. "I'm just getting to know my fellow Demon Lord."

"That doesn't look like getting to know to me."

"Maybe because you're a romance deprived girl who doesn't know a thing about it?"

"Watch what you say, Realight..."

"Even though she's right?" Winter teased with a knowing smirk, making Terra's face go red. Nashi laughed at the small exchange. She was shocked to learn of Bella being a Demon Lord, but the girl seemed innocent enough.

Looking around, it occurred to Nashi that she'd never expected to find herself surrounded by so many friends.

I think it's safe to say the Games worked out alright.

The man watched the Domus Flau fill up with people, who were getting ready to watch the closing ceremony.

"Are you ready? Did you set up all the necessary items?"

I did." He answered, steam billowing out if his mechanical arm. "I just need the ceremony to start and I'll fill her up."

"Remember, only target her. Once you're done, escape. We don't need another agent getting defeated at their hands this week."

"Understood. I'll make END fill to 100% capacity and escape."

"Excellent. Do not mess this up, Our back up plan for this failing is risky, and I'm not sure I trust Hades enough to implement it effectively."

"I'll do it. Not to worry."

"See that you do." The Master of the Olympians ceased communications, and the man continued watching people file in excitedly.

If only they knew what was in store.

Technically this is the start of the arc, so I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!