Chapter 85

"Eh?! Fairy Tail B?!" Gajeel exlaimed as he saw Laxus and the others claim the first place.

"Yo-You-! Why are you guys here?!" Gray pointed at them, still in disbelief that they have another team.

"Laxus?! Mira?!"

"Hmm, that's wonderful. I shouldn't have expected less from Fairy Tail, only them has enough powerful mages to form several teams." Said Hibiki while looking at the team B.

"Men~! They aren't the strongest for nothing~!" Said Ichiya.

At Raven Tail team, the man wearing a mask was looking at Gajeel and Laxus. "Laxus...Gajeel..."

"Hey what is going on!?" Gajeel exclaimed as he went towards the team B.

[Well, it seems that a lot of people are confused by the new revisions to the rules this year, Yajima-san]

{That's right, this year, a guild can not only have one, but two teams enter this tournament}

"Nobody told us about this.." Lucy said before looking at her guild master.

"Master....Gramps..." Elfman also did the same.

Meanwhile, at the Fairy Tail group.

"Gyahahaha! See that!? That's how we do it in Fairy Tail! Hahaha!" Makarov stood up while waving his hands.

Natsu just gave an amused smirked as he watches the dumbfounded look of the team A.

[But with this set up, there is also a possibility that you will fight against each other, especially in the matches. Will Fairy Tail be okay of hurting their comrades?]

{They'll be fine, they fight each other all the time}

[That's right! I forgot about that! Thank you for reminding me, Yajima-san!]

"But...that's kind of unfair isn't it?" Said Jenny, "I mean, what if there is a competition like a battle royal where the teams will only send 1 member each? Only Fairy Tail have two members."

[That's true, though you forgot one thing Jenny-san! Fairy Tail in itself is already unfair! This year the other teams are quite lucky since Kagura, Ultear, and the twin dragon slayers weren't participating]

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT CRAP!" Gajeel yelled, gaining the attention of the other teams, he pointed his finger at Laxus and continue, "I don't care if we are at the same guild! If we fight each other! Then give me everything you've got!"

"Hahaha! Don't leave us out on that!" a muscular man who wouldn't lose to Laxus walked towards the team B, a purple Sabertooth emblem was on his right shoulder.

"Sairorg Bael...An S-class mage of Sabertooth." Meredy whispered to Laxus and Mirajane, "I have heard that he was the disciple of Wolfheim, one of the Four Gods of Ishgar."

"That guy? Well, he does look strong, and the magic power leaking from his body is already very huge." Laxus murmured, though he was heard by Sairorg.

"Hahaha! You're able to sense it?! That means you are strong, I have heard that you are one of the strongest mages of Fairy Tail back then, I hope you still are now! I can't wait to fight you in this tournament!" Said Sairorg as he patted Laxus' shoulder.

"Youth!" Gai, a man wearing a green jumpsuit with thick eyebrows suddenly appeared beside Laxus, surprising him.

"Such a youthful rivalry! You're spring of youth is simply breathtaking!"

'This guy....is too strong.' Laxus thought, looking at Gai beside him. He could bȧrėly even react to his speed, one moment he was a few meters away, and he blinks he was already beside him. 'Are the competitors of each guild really this strong? If so, then I'm glad we experienced that torture Natsu calls training.'

"Oi! Don't forget about us! They ain't the only one competing here!" Gajeel said, Gray was standing beside him.

"That's right, we also aren't pushovers."

Sairorg grinned and faced them, "Of course! As a Future God of Ishgar, I accept all your challenges! Sabertooth will win this year!"

"Yeah! Like a cherry blossom tree after the winter! We will beautifully bloom! Taking everyone's breath with our spring of youth!"

"Sairorg, Gai, that's enough." Esdeath called out, her called voice silenced everyone in the arena. Her presence alone was enough to make everyone be wary of her.

Alex, no longer has this sleepy look on  his face as he stared at Esdeath. He can still remember it, two years ago, how Esdeath fought Ariel on equal grounds and only lost because she was out of bounds.

Mirajane also lost her smile, she can feel how dangerous Esdeath is. Erza was also observing her, Esdeath is perhaps the most powerful woman they had to fight.

Raven, from the Mermaid Heel also know how dangerous Esdeath was, she has fought her before and she always loses, the closest thing she can do was to delay the fight and end in a draw, she did it a year ago.

"Hmm~ I will simply never forget how scary lady Esdeath is, only master is the one who can match her in Sabertooth." Said Rufus as he fixed his hat.

Ariel, who has been silent all this time, laughed, as the tension in the air disappears. Esdeath glared at Ariel and a scowl formed on her face.

"Ariel....I see you decided to join this year, be careful and don't lose to anyone until I beat you." she said, as Ariel just grinned and crossed her arms, not bothering to reply.

Even with her carefree attitude, Ariel was incredibly serious at this moment. Two years ago, when the two of them fought, she only won because Esdeath was thrown outside of the ring, but now, Ariel's strength remained stagnant while Esdeath has grown stronger, she knew that she would lose if the two of them fought.

'If only that event a year ago didn't happen....'

[Thank you waiting everyone! Now, the Grand Magic Games First Event has been unveiled!]

A large rectangular stone emerged from the ground, it has numbers one to seven with number two to seven having question marks, while the number one has the word "hidden+battle" beside it.

[As for the event "hidden" each team can select one member to participate, while on the battle part, the organizers will pair up card selected from the fans vote]

"Huh? This.."

"They are the one that will select for the battle?"

"So if you got unlucky, you'll used your magic power in the event and still get chosen to battle, that's kinda unfair."

[The battle's rule is quite simple, the two mages will battle, the winner will earn ten points while the other won get any, if its a tie each of them will receive five points!]

[Now! Without further ado! Let the Grand Magic Games Opening Game "Hidden" Begin!]