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The New Fairy Tail

Fairy Fight Festival Arc

Chapter 31: A Trial by Fire


As the sun rises over Magnolia, the streets are surprisingly empty. As we continue to look through the city, a faint chant can be heard. At the end of the main city street, a large stadium looms. Inside seats thousands of people, in the stands are members of each guild that participated in the Guild Alliance sitting with their respective guild masters, as well as Erza sitting with Jura, Freed, and Bacchus. The crowd is wildly cheering as the twins Chrissy and Rose walk out into the arena,"Good morning, Magnolia!"

"Thank you all for being here to celebrate with us today!" Rose continues where Chrissy left off, "We have people from all over the world as well as very strong and powerful wizards in attendance, so we hope you enjoy the show!" The crowd gives a loud cheer of approval. "Alright, now who's ready-" Rose shoves Chrissy, "Ow, what was that for?" Rose rolls her eyes, "You forgot the important announcement!" Chrissy puts her hands on her cheeks in a shocked expression,"Oh my goodness me how could I forget!" Rose pats Chrissy's shoulder, while pointing her thumb at herself, "It's alright, that's why you got me!" Rose turns to the crowd, "This is not your average Fairy Tail tournament; for the first time since its inception, we will be allowing members from other guilds participate!"

The crowd roars again. Chrissy nods her head,"Yes! However, these wizards will still count as regular wizards and will not get the pass Fairy Tail's S class wizards get to advance straight to the second round." Rose smirks, "That's right, each fighter from a different guild must prove they are up to Fairy Tail standards and can make it past their opponent!" Chrissy adds, "This should make for some interesting fights all throughout the tournament." Rose, in a suddenly professional tone, says, "We would like to thank Dreyar industries as well as the Magic Council for sponsoring this tournament, as well as all of those in attendance." Chrissy waves her arms to get the crowd going,"All right, with that LET'S GET THIS TOURNAMENT STARTED!" The crowd roars with excitement.

The first two combatants enter the arena, as Chrissy and Rose give the introductions, (Chrissy) "Our first matchup of the day will have fighters from the number two and number three guilds facing off." (Rose) "To our left we have the Lady of the Darkness, Queen of the Shadows from Sabertooth, Yuka Cheney!" (Chrissy)"And to our right we have the Conniving Trickster, the Disciple of Deception, Lokore Thonin!" (Rose) "These two competitors have remarkably similar styles of using round about ways to get to their opponents, so this should be a great fight."

The twins do a cute pose, shouting, "Are you ready? Begin!" Then magically disappear.

Instantly Lokore fills the battlefield with clones of himself; they begin running around trying to confuse Yuka. As calm as ever, Yuka closes her eyes as she slowly begins to sink into the ground. The clones stop and begin looking around confused. A shadow claw reaches out of each clone's shadow and they all disappear leaving only the real Lokore being grabbed by his throat. "You can hide from others all you want, but you can never hide from your shadow," Yuka easily flings him out of the ring.

Chrissy and Rose magically appear, both staring in awe "We have our first winner! That was an amazing display on both sides wouldn't you agree Rose?" Rose rapidly nods her head, "Totally! Lokore tried to get the upper hand by making a bunch of clones and hiding in plain sight!"Chrissy continues, "However, the smarter Yuka used her mastery over the shadows to quickly dispatch the clones and find the real one!"Rose finishes, "This cunning and quick thinking has her advancing to the next round!"

The next two combatants enter the ring. Chrissy giggles in excitement, "Up next we have two of Fairy Tail's very own squaring off!" Rose puts on her professional act again, "On our left we have the purple haired Master of Flames, Romeo." Chrissy jumps in the air, "And on ourright we have the handsome, strong, talented, amazing-" Rose shout whispers, "Stick to the script!""*ahem* The Titian of Terror, the Master of Quakes, our big brother Jarvan Vales!" Jarvan roars and the crowd roars with him. Romeo shakes his head in dejection,"Sheesh, you would think I was an outsider compared to him." "HEY! Romeo!" Romeo jumps hearing his name. "Don't hold back alright! I want to put on a great show for these great people!" Jarvan roars again as the crowd cheers.

*Meanwhile in the stands*

Lucy sighs, sweat drop present,"Always the show man. Hopefully with age he will settle down, then again…" Lucy glances over at Elfman and Evergreen who are decked out in posters, jewelry, dolls, and make up all focused around Jarvan, Chrissy, and Rose. Elfman roars, "Yeah Jarvan! Show these people how a real man does things!" Not to be outdone, Evergreen shouts, "Chrissy, Rose, you're doing great! Mommy is so proud!"

*Across from them*

Roxina is sitting next to Jasper who looks really embarrassed. Roxina blinks before regaining her typical cool composure,"Wow your parents are… as lively as I remember." Jasper shrinks down,"Yes, it makes public events like this unbearable. Why are we even here?" Roxina's tone shifts to her serious side, "Madam Councilwoman wanted the council to have a visible presence here and since we are two of her top lieutenants, she felt we needed to accompany her." Roxina nudges him,"Besides, I thought you love being with your family?"

Jasper adjusts in his seat, "Yeah, when I am not on the clock. I have my reputation as a member of the council on display here and I find their behavior… not up to par." "To be fair…" Roxina looks over at her parents who are giving off an aura that has cleared the surrounding area, "If anyone understands how you feel, it would be me."

*Back in the ring*

"Ready?! Fight!" Romeo instantly disappears and the crowd gasps in shock. Jarvan raises an eyebrow, "Huh? Where'd he go?" Jarvan cautiously walks around the ring confused. "Hey hey big guy, up here." Jarvan looks up and sees Romeo floating. Romeo is using fire on the bottom of his feet to stay floating and is making multiple medium sized balls of blue fire that are floating around him. Jarvan turns to his sisters,"Yo, isn't that against the rules to be up there?" The crowd begins to murmur. Chrissy clears her throat to get everyone's attention, "While there are clear rules for boundaries when it comes to horizontal movement, when it comes to vertical movement there is no limit."

Rose pops up with a diagram right next to Chrissy. On the diagram there are two rings, one ring has Xs on the sides while the second ring has a check mark right above it. Rose pushes up invisible glasses, "So in other words, everything on the sides of the ring is ring out territory, while everything above is free space." Jarvan shakes his head, "Hey Romeo, how about you come down here and fight me like a real man?!" Romeo shakes his head, "Well I would if you weren't twice my size, so I decided to use my brain to even out the playing field." Jarvan begins to flex his muscles, "Well if you won't come down to me, then I'ma have to come up there and get you." "I would advise again-"

Before he can finish his statement, Jarvan jumps up surprisingly high. He flies right into a flame ball that swallows him. For a moment everything is silent, then the color of the flame shifts from blue to orange. An explosion sends Jarvan crashing back down to the ground. Romeo chuckles, "I was gonna warn you, these may be small, but they pack a punch. Each one has the ability to read you and decide which kind of fire would best hurt you. I like to call this technique 'Trial by Fire.' Pretty cool, right?" Jarvan gets up rubbing his head.

"It might be if I didn't have to face you." Romeo chuckles, "Might as well give up, there's no way you'll be able to get past all of my fireballs without hurting yourself in the process." Jarvan looks at all the fire surrounding Romeo, "That sure is a lot of fire, it must have taken a lot of energy." Jarvan kneels down and puts his hand on the ground, "I wonder how much will be left after they're all gone." Romeo looks around sweating, realizing he is trapped,"Um hey, Jarvan buddy.. it would be really bad if all of these went off at once, especially with me trapped up here so how about we-"

A magic circle appears under Jarvan, and several stone pillars rise from the ground, smashing into flame balls. For a second there is nothing, then the orbs turn purple and all explode at the same time. Once the smoke from the explosion settles, Romeo is hovering in the same spot and covered in soot. He coughs once then comes crashing down to the arena. Chrissy runs back on stage, "In a stunning display that showed the big guy is more than just muscle, Jarvan used the ground below him to make pillars which detonated all of Romeo's fire mines at once!" Rose suddenly appears next to Chrissy,"Therefore we declare the winner of this fight is…" In unison, the twins shout, "Jarvan Vales!"

The crowd cheers with excitement as Jarvan walks over to Romeo and puts his hand out for him to grab. Romeo takes the hand, "Congrats big man, you were the better–" Jarvan pulls him in close and head butts him, leaving the crowd shocked. "Ow! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Jarvan shouts back, "I TOLD YOU TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY! That set up had WAY too many holes in it to be an actual tested strategy. You would have done better fighting hand to hand." Romeo looks up at Jarvan surprised then begins to laugh,"You caught me; that wasn't me giving it 100%, but this was the best use of the time." Romeo points to the big board, "I don't think I stood a chance in the next round." On the big board, it shows the next round will be Natsu versus Jarvan. Like his soul left his body, Jarvan's face turned pale white.

Romeo pats him on the back,"Heh, good luck. You're gonna need it."

Chrissy and Rose are standing in the middle of the arena hand in hand. Chrissy is practically bouncing in place, "Alright, it's time for our next battle." Rose shakes her head at her twin's antics,"This will be a battle of youth, as we have our two youngest mages squaring off against each other." Chrissy giggles,"That's right! On our left we have the Young Master of Multistyle, the Lady of Everlasting Kicks, from the guild Lamia Scale, Junshi!" Junshi walks up and begins bowing to the crowd, who cheers her. Rose continues in a dark, eerie voice,"And on our right we have the Demon of Ice, the Prince of Cold, coming from the Ice Devil guild, we have Brazz Fullbuster!

With every step Brazz takes, more of the ground freezes; a cold breeze blows through the arena making everyone's breath visible. He has a very annoyed look on his face,"I told you guys when I signed up, I didn't want to fight any little kids, especially this brat!" Junshi looks at him and smiles her usual smile, "It is okay if you are scared Brazz, I remember my first time fighting someone I thought was stronger than me." Brazz's attention focuses on Junshi, his face shadowed, "What did you say?" Junshi's smile grows a little bigger, "I know it can be intimidating, but as long as you try your best no one will care when you lose."

There is a blast of frigid air, followed by the temperature dropping tremendously. Brazz gains a dark smile, "You know what, this works out perfectly. You've been annoying me since we first met, so this is a perfect opportunity to shut you up." The frigid air comes rushing towards Junshi, but as it gets close a wall of green energy blocks it. Junshi herself is glowing green, "I am glad you are finally focused. Now we can begin." Junshi gets in a fighting stance. Chrissy and Rose cautiously glance at each other, before shrugging.

"READY?! FIGHT!"


N/N: First upload of 2023, let's goooooooo. Hope all you lovely readers are doing fantastic this year c:

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