"Anyone who chooses death doesn't deserve to talk about love!"
-Yato
Natsu who was leaning against the bar asked, "Who's Sabertooth again?"
"They're incredibly strong. Like majorly. They surpassed Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale a while back and now they're the strongest wizard guild around." Romeo explained.
"I've never heard of them till today." Gray said, his arm around Asami who was leaning against him.
"That's because 7 years ago nobody heard of them." Alzack said.
"And then what? They started growing like crazy then?"
"It started when they got a new master. After he took over, 5 incredibly strong wizard's joined and that's all she wrote."
"Wow! 5 new members made that much of a difference." Lucy muttered, impressed that an unpopular guild that she'd never heard about was suddenly number 1.
"Well these guys have some serious guts." Natsu said.
"If they're number 1, than does that mean that Fairy Tail is number 2?" Wendy asked curiously.
"Are you serious?" Happy gave her a look of disbelief.
Asami sweat dropped at her little sister's innocence. "Oh, Wendy." She murmured.
"Wow." Haru mumbled, shaking his head at the small girl.
"Would you take a look around you child." Carla said with a sigh.
Romeo shook his head. "We're dead last."
"They call us Wimpy Fail." Alzack sighed.
"You just had to ask didn't you." Bisca said.
"Oh. I'm sorry." Wendy said, with a flustered look.
Natsu snorted. "Wow! We're last place? That's perfect!This is gonna be fun!"
"For who?" Gray asked.
"Just think about it, Gray. It's gonna be great climbing all the way back to the top all over again! I can't wait!"
"Of course he can't." Asami said, shaking her head fondly at her friends optimism.
Cana approached the group. "Sorry to interrupt. But, have any of you seen Gildarts anywhere?"
"What's the matter? Does wittle Cana start to get lonely whenever daddy's not around." Gray said in mocking tone.
Asami elbowed his in rubs roughly making him give her a confused look. "Really?" She nodded her head over at Lucy.
Gray suddenly felt guilty. "My bad." He said to Lucy.
"It's okay." Lucy waved him off. "Seriously, don't worry about it."
"Seriously, Gray." Asami muttered and he gave her an embarrassed look.
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The following the day the group realized how weak they were. Natsu had fought against Max and was easily overpowered. At least until Natsu used the lightning he got from Laxus and won. But, they were still weaker nonetheless.
They had gone to Porlyusica for help but she refused. Wendy felt a form of familiarity with the pink haired woman who shared the same voice and smell as Grandeeney. She had given Wendy a book of spells after telling them that she was from Edolas. Making her Grandeeney's counterpart.
Later, they found out the Master was stepping down and had Gildarts takeover. Gildarts had run off again but, not before reinstating Laxus back into the guild and giving Makarov his position back as 6th master.
The group had shown to see both Romeo and his father, Macao arguing about something.
"What's the fuss about this time?" Gray asked, walking around naked.
"Seems like typical teenage rebellion to me." Carla muttered.
Asami blinked and glanced down at her little sister and hugged her. "Don't change, Wendy." She muttered in a pleading tone.
Wendy's brown doe eyes flickered up to her sister innocently. "Okay."
Haru chuckled. "She'll grow up eventually." Asami gave him a scared look and shook her head.
"Those of you say I!" Macao yelled and mostly everyone said I.
"But, we've got the Tenrou Team with us this time!" Romeo argued after hearing their complaints. "There's no way we're gonna lose with them on our side."
"What exactly is that you guys are arguing about?" Asami asked feeling genuinely confused along with those who were apart of the group that was gone for 7 years.
"While you guys were all stuck on Tenrou Island, a tournament started to determine the Number 1 guild." Romeo replied.
"Sounds like a lot of fun to me!" Natsu said.
Romeo grinned, happy that at someone was excited. "Guilds from all over the country face against off against each other in magic events. They call it the Grand Magic Games!"
The Tenrou group immediately began to murmur amongst themselves about how fun and exciting this sounded. They realized that Sabertooth had one the previous games and became the top guild. They managed to convince the master when Romeo mentioned the prize money. They had three months to get stronger before the start of the games.
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Team Natsu had decided to head off together to train with Wendy, Carla, Juvia, Levy, Jet and Droy joining them at the beach. The Thunder Legion and the others had all set off on their own to train before the games.
Asami sat on the sand with her eyes closed with her legs criss crossed. She began to try to summon the water in the air towards her. There was a huge possibility that there wasn't going to be water for her to use in her attacks. She wanted to be able to summon as much water as possible in a short amount of time. She wouldn't be able to sit calmly if they were in a fight. Which was why...
"Sky Dragon Roar!" Wendy launched her attack at her sister who moved away.
Asami felt just a few drops of water hit her. She sighed and shook her head. She glanced over at Wendy who was helping her. In return she would help her little sister with learning the spells in the book that Grandeeney left her. Her blue eyes flickered over to Gray who was in the water practicing his Ice Make magic and then her eyes fell on Haru and Carla who were watching them. They were all in their swimsuits as they all trained. "Not even close." She murmured and looked over at her sister. "Let's try it again, okay?"
Wendy nodded. In a way this was also helping her in moving faster with her attacks. "Alright."
They continued the rest of the day going back and forth and spent most of the evening reading over the book of spells Wendy had.
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On day 2, the group gathered once more on the beach. Virgo had suddenly popped up from beneath an unsuspecting Lucy.
Virgo bowed. "The Celestial Spirit World is on the brink of destruction. I beg you, we really need Fairy Tail's help right now."
The group gasped in shock. "That's horrible." Asami muttered.
"Is there anything that we can do?" Gray asked.
"I've been asked to bring you to our world all at once. The King would like to explain the situation himself." Virgo said.
"Alright. Lead the way, Virgo!" Natsu said. "Our friends need help and we won't let them down."
"Wait a minute. I thought humans were unable to enter the Celestial Spirit World." Lucy said.
"Well there is one way, princess. You'll all have to wear Celestial Spirit garments. Here we go!" Virgo stated as a large magic circle appeared beneath them.
They were all suddenly falling and landed on the ground. "This is the Celestial Spirit World?" Lucy asked in awe.
"It's so pretty!" Wendy exclaimed, her eyes flickering to all of their surroundings.
"You're right." Asami agreed, she was no longer wearing her navy colored bikini. Instead she was now wearing a dark green halter dress that reached above her knees that had white and gold patterns. She also wore gold ankle boots that matched her outfit. She was matching with Gray's outfit and Haru was also matching.
They all looked up when they heard a loud booming voice. "And so we meet again, human girl. I bid you welcome to our world."
"Massive."
"Mustache."
"So you're the ruler of this kingdom?" Erza asked.
Asami, Wendy, and Levy sweat dropped. Does she have to ask so rudely?
"Indeed I am." The Celestial Spirit King said not feeling offended. "
"Is it true that your world is on the brink of destruction?" Lucy asked, remembering the reason that they came here.
"Smile." The king said after staring at Lucy for a moment. "Lucy and friends. I have requested your presence so that we might honor your return from the prison of time. Now! Let us celebrate!" He announced.
The group blinked in surprise when all of the celestial spirits popped up with cheerful looks on their faces. "I thought you were facing destruction!" Lucy said looking at Virgo accusingly.
"I lied." Virgo stated bluntly.
"What?!"
"Let the merriment begin! Tonight we shall eat and drink. As we celebrate the return of Lucy and her colleagues!" The king said after the spirits explained that they wanted to all party and the easiest way was to bring Lucy and her friends instead of the other way around.
Wendy had wandered off to thank Horologium and Gray was talking to Loki. Haru and the exceed were all talking to the other spirits. Asami found herself sitting with Aquarius.
"Excuse me but, aren't you the girl who once joined with Lucy?" The blue haired spirit asked.
Asami furrowed her brows. "What do you mean by joined with?"
"You've got a boyfriend don't ya?" Aquarius asked slyly.
Asami flushed. "Um well actually, I'm engaged." She said shyly as she held out her finger that had the beautiful ring that Gray had proposed to her with.
Aquarius smiled. "That's amazing. At least you know how to step up your game and haven't ended up like Lucy."
Asami sweat dropped when she caught sight of the blonde with her cheeks puffed out. "I guess." She muttered and watched as Aquarius immediately took off when she saw Scorpio.
"Hey." Gray said sitting down beside her.
She smiled at him. "Hey." She giggled when she saw Haru dancing with a bunch of the Nikola mimicking him. Both her and Gray joined in. They all ate and danced together. Asami spent more time bonding with Aquarius and Juvia who joined in.
Lyra sang a song that had brought tears to Lucy's eyes. She had thanked them.
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Once they all finished their celebration, the group gathered where they had first arrived. Said their goodbyes but, not before Virgo told them that 3 months had passed on Earthland. Time worked differently in the Celestial Spirit world.
The group stared dumbfounded at the ocean. They all began to sulk when Jet and Droy showed up asking if they had trained while away.
After changing back into their regular clothes, they went back to sulking. They had 5 days until the games began.
A pigeon suddenly landed on Erza's head. "It has a note." Asami muttered as she untied the piece of paper.
Haru took it from her hand and read it outloud. "Hey, Fairy Tail. You better come to the broken suspension bridge on the western hill."
"Dumb note thinking it's the boss of us." Natsu huffed.
"No kidding. I don't like the tone one bit." Gray said.
"What should we do?" Wendy asked looking between Erza and Asami who were sharing a look.
"Well?" Asami raised a brow at the scarlet haired woman.
Erza thought for a moment before deciding. "I think we should go."
Some of them voiced out their concerns but, still went nonetheless.
They stared at the broken bridge before it suddenly was put back together. "The bridge fixed itself." Levy muttered.
"Alright,what do we do now?" Gray asked.
"Obviously we're supposed to cross it." Erza said putting a hand on her hip.
"Whoever we're dealing with is on the other side. Let's get crossing!" Natsu said, slamming a fist to his palm.
"Is he volunteering?" Lucy asked.
"Sure is." Gray slapped Natsu on the back making the Salamander land on the bridge. "See ya!"
"Don't shove a guy who isn't ready! I could've fallen!" Natsu scolded him and suddenly felt nauseous.
"Are you really getting sick from a freaking bridge?" Gray said with disbelief in his tone.
"I don't get why you're so shocked." Haru muttered.
They all crossed after they confessed that they used Natsu as a lab rat.
Suddenly three hooded figures approached them. Both Natsu and Asami recognized their scents. "You came." A deep voice came from beneath the hood as they reveal their faces. It was Jellal with Ultear and Meredy behind him. "Thank you. It's nice to see you again."
"It's really you." Erza murmured, feeling shocked to see Jellal.
"You haven't changed, Erza." Jellal said. "I take it that my prison break reached you some time ago.
"Yes." The redhead nodded.
Asami stared at the pink haired girl who was now a young woman as the Erza and Jellal conversed. It was shocking to see how much Meredy had changed in 7 years.
"Meredy." She muttered.
Meredy hearing her name switched her gaze from Ultear who made a joke and looked over to see Asami. She smiled at the ravenette. "Long time no see, Asami!"
Jellal explained that he remembered every bad thing he had done. He had been so filled with guilt for everything he had done. He, Ultear, and Meredy were an independent guild who did good in order to atone for their sins.
They asked a favor from the group. Every year they sensed something off coming from the colosseum where the games took place. They wanted Fairy Tail to check it out while they are there during the games since Crime Sorciere couldn't get near.
In return, Ultear offered to help them awaken their 2nd origin. It'll allow their magic to grow but they'll also be able to use it longer.
Natsu offered to go up first. Lucy, Asami, and Gray could only watch in pity hearing their friends screams of pain. Levy, Juvia and Wendy trembled with fear. Jet and Droy said they were leaving.
"Alright you guys are up next." Ultear switched her gaze to the group.
The all tensed and suddenly felt pain all over their bodies. Haru watched in worry as he saw Asami and Gray in pain. He sighed knowing that in order to win the games they had to get stronger and since they missed the three months of training for partying, this was their punishment.