The Silent One

Chapter 16

At the Sun Bar where both the Fairy Tail team and Oyakata-sama were having a conversation.

Oyakata-sama smiled, listening to the report of the group that had witnessed the Eclipse. "So my swordsmen has been kidnapped along with your member, how unfortunate..." 

"You're saying that Lucy and Y/N have been arrested by the Royal Army, and they've been charged as collaborators in some strange plan?" Erza summarized, fuming with anger.

"So what's the deal? If either of us doesn't win, we don't get those 2 back?" Laxus spoke, referring to both of the team's comrades.

Gray nodded, adding his suspicions in. "I don't know if we could trust what that old guy said though."

Natsu, who was tied up to a pillar, was screaming his head off.

"What I'm saying is who cares about that?! I've gotta rescue them RIGHT NOW!" 

"Please calm down, Natsu-san!" Wendy assured Natsu, as he was stomping his legs against the wooden ground, with Carla shaking her head at Natsu acting like a child throwing a tantrum.

Erza looked over to the masters, "Kagaya-san, Master, what do you think about this?"

Makarov rubbed his chin as Kagaya just kept smiling, yet his white eyes were serious.

"If we're up against the kingdom, no half-baked plan will succeed, I also don't think they've abused their own citizens either."

"I would assume that till this Eclipse plan of theirs is over, we can only guess that they've kept our precious members as hostages."

"But it still doesn't make sense. her we know about this government secret, but they just let us go, what's that about?" Gajeel questioned, recalling the earlier events.

"I see the logic in setting free people who might later act as witnesses in the treason trial of Arcadios." Lily said, with Carla asking "Even if they may leak vital top-secret information?..."

Erza looked down, her arms crossed her chest, thinking out loud.

"Perhaps they decided it could remain hidden no longer."

"If they had just locked us up, it wouldn't have spread, though."Gray pointed out.

"I wonder about that. Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel are members of a team in the Grand Magic Games. If you were suddenly absent from the Games tomorrow, they might figure out where you went." Mira added, looking solemn about the topic.

"Juvia doesn't think even a kingdom would want a wizard's guild as enemies," 

Erza brought her face up, "To us, arresting Lucy and Y/N may be seen as an absurd act, but it is not inconsistent with the Royal Army's justice."

"QUIT THE USELESS TALK, AND LET'S GO RESCUE THEM!" Natsu screeched, breaking the ropes that had held him.

"CALM DOWN!" Makarov yelled, not facing Natsu, and enlarged his fist, slamming it on Natsu.

"When a member of our family is taken, it's no time for a festival. I assume you all feel the same?"

As everyone had a poker face, Kagaya even dropped his smile.

"I heard from many people that Fairy Tail is known to go on full-on rage mode without thinking through, and that's never the best technique. However, I do not believe that you guys will keep this in the shadow." 

"No, never will Fairy Tail do such." Makarov said, grinning at Kagaya.

With Y/N, Lucy, Yukino

As the 3 celestial wizards were all in different areas of their cell, remaining silent, Yukino broke the silence between them.

"I never thought it would come to this... I've always seemed to attract bad luck," Yukino muttered, blaming herself for getting all of them into this.

Lucy looked back to Yukino, smiling "What are you talking about! If you have time to be depressed, think up a way to break out instead!"

"Lucy-san..." 

"But if we want to get out, we gotta get our keys back and get Y/N out of those cuffs!" Lucy pointed out, as the said girl had cuffs on her wrist to avoid magic energy flowing freely through her body.

"Please forgive me." Yukino apologize, as Lucy still remained to look determined, assured her, saying "It's not your fault!"

Yukino, continuing to be depressed, as Lucy continued.

"All 3 of us caught up in a royal power play, that's all! It's all about whether they should do this Eclipse plan or not, right? And to tell the truth, I have no idea who is right about this!"

"...They must try it." 

Lucy and Y/N both looked surprised at Yukino's remark, as she started talking about her past life.

"I once had an older sister, her name was Sorano. I managed to fail in anything I tried, and my parents would become angry at me. But my sister would always protect me."

Y/N's eyes widen a bit, seeing an older feminine figure in front of a younger her, protecting her from something.

"she was so nice and pretty, I loved my sister more than anything..."

As Yukino ranted about her sister and what had happened to her family, Y/N's e/c eyes scanned around the room, only seeing stones and stones.

Sighing, she fell down to her knees, waiting for sleep to fall upon her.

July 6th, the final day of the Grand Magic Games

As the final day had arrived, fireworks were displayed in the air.

"Finally, the day has finally come! The closing day of the Festival of Wizardry, The Grand Magic Games! Whether it be through smiles or tears, today we will know which guild is the ultimate winner!"

As all 6 guilds made their way into the field, by their team rankings, with Fairy Tail coming out last, showing that they were in 1st place, confusing the audience. 

As team Fairy Tail had exchanged Natsu with Juvia, team B was making their way back to the palace, saving certain 2 celestial wizards.

Mira looked at where the fireworks were displayed, saying "It looks like the final day of the Grand Magic Games has begun."

"Right! This is our chance!"

"But how do we sneak into the castle without giving ourselves away?" Wendy asked, facing towards the pinkette as she kept running.

"I have a plan for that!" Happy exclaimed, smirking.

"I just know it's going to be a terrible idea."

"Hmm." Both exceed behind the blue one said.

- Back at the Domus Flau -

"We begin the namesake of the games, The Grand Magic Games! This time the battlefield is the entire city of Crocus! Each team is scattered throughout the town, and is now standing by! When any member wandering through the town meets an enemy, a battle must ensue! Knock out your opponent or stop him or her from continuing to fight, and your team gets 1 point added to its score, the leader of the team gets 5 points!"

The lacrima appeared, showing all 10 Hashiras, including Y/N, whose arm was held by cuffs.

"The game will keep going possibly till night, so till then, we will have the Hashiras to watch over us in case of demons appearing, so you will not have to worry for any deaths!"

A certain team's spirits were lifted slightly, seeing their family safe from the clutch of the royalty.

"Listen up, we have no choice but to win. This is to get Lucy back!"

The 4 behind Erza nodded, prepared to fight.

"Who will obtain the honor and stand at the pinnacle of the magic world? Let the final Grand Magic Games begin!"

Y/N's POV

Walking on the roofs in the town with my hands swinging against my sides, I started doing constant concentration breathing, knowing what situation I was in.

They said themselves that I had to be part of this so that it didn't seem suspicious to the viewers why the strongest Hashira was gone, so here I am, stuck in magical cuffs to do the opposite of what the names do.

Listening to Chaptai's comments about how the other guilds were doing, I watched as other teams beating up the puppies first, earning them points.

Wise choice, since they're the weakest guild out of all 6 of them.

Walking around, I found a sleeping red cat that bore the Sabertooth mark on his back. 

So he was the one who was missing from the Sabertooth's balcony.

Gently placing him in my cloak, I continued my way around the town for demons.

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As night approaches, multiple demons have already appeared. If my estimate were to be correct, I've killed about 23 demons, in total, about 90 demons have appeared within Crocus.

Watching as Fairy Tail stood strong at Sting, who was prepared to use the 'power awakens in him', he had hesitated.

I wasn't so sure why, but he had all of a sudden stopped, and surrendered to Fairy Tail, naming Fairy Tail the strongest guild again after 7 years.

Jumping down there, revealing myself to the 6 of them, they hadn't noticed me as I had hidden my presence. 

"Sting..." Erza started, walking up to him.

"Why did you not attack us?"

"Because, I got the feeling, that I'd never see Lector again. I thought that if I won, I could see him again, but for some reason, I got a feeling I wouldn't. I don't get it myself, it's like you were too bright to look at, and as I am now, I wouldn't be able to see him."

Taking this as a cue for me to appear, I stepped over to the blonde's side, poking his shoulder, where he and the others watched me pull the edge of my cloak, to reveal the said cat.

Poking Lector in the face, forcing him to wake up, both boys started crying and running towards each other.

3rd POV

As the team watched the reunion of the exceed and dragon slayer, Erza asked her team.

"Has anyone seen the signal flare-"

Boom

Facing up towards where the sound had come from, the black haired girl's eyes widen.

"OYAKATA-SAMA!" screams filled the air, with the scent of ashes.

Hurried, the girl jumped into action, rushing towards the scene, where she saw Himejima fighting a demon she doesn't recognize at all.

"It's Muzan, Kibutsuji Muzan! This guy won't die even if you cut his head off!"

Y/N's blood started to boil, her body suddenly felt something she hadn't felt in years.

Rage.

All the Hashiras made their move, preparing to attack the Demon King in front of them.

"Breath of Mist, 4th form,"

"Breath of Insect, Butterfly Dance,"

"Breath of Snake, 1st form,"

"Breath of Love, 5th form,"

"Breath of Water, 3rd form,"

"Breath of Wind, 7th form,"

"Breath of Thunder, 4th form,"

"Dance of the Fire God, Sunflower Lance,"

Muzan, instead of being in fear, grinned.

A sound of the biwa was heard, and the floor behind them all turned into a shoji, as everyone fell down.

"You seriously thought you could corner me? You're all going to hell now!" Muzan roared, his voice heard all over Crocus.

"You pathetic demon hunter pest, I'm slaughtering you all tonight!"

Tanjiro, whose veins were popping out, yelled at the creature who had killed his family.

"You're the one going to hell, Muzan! You're not getting away, I will defeat you for sure!"

"Come and get me if you can then, Kamado Tanjiro!"

Word Count: 1782

September 17th, 2021