Fairy Tail: The Guild Hidden in The Leaf: Book One

End of the Finals

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"Haha, you won, Lucy!" Laxus shouted as Lucy came back to the contestants' box. He then proceeded to give her a big hug. If they were in a match, Laxus would have won as Lucy fainted upon that with a clueless Laxus staring down at her.

"Will Freed Uchiha Justine please report to the arena?" Genma announced as Gajeel had already made his way to the arena. However, Freed had not shown.

"The crowd is becoming quite restless" the Kazekage said to the Hokage.

"Yes, that sure was a great match" replied the Hokage.

"I'm sure that is part of the reason, but its most likely because of this next match. For experienced lords and shinobi leaders, there isn't a match they'd enjoy more" said the Kazekage, referring to Freed and Gajeel's match. "By the way, where is he?"

One of the Hokage's guards whispered in his ear that Freed was still missing. He also mentioned the question of Orochimaru.

"What's going on?" Mira said. "Where's Freed? Is he even here for his match?" She looked over at Evergreen and Bickslow and saw that something was up.

"What the heck is that guy doing? Is he even planning on coming?" Shikamaru said.

"Of course he's coming, this is Freed after all. He's not going to pass up a chance to fight Gajeel" replied Laxus. 'Freed, what's taking you so long?'

"We have no choice" the Hokage said. "The rules say he must be disqualified."

"Lord Hokage. Please wait a little longer before disqualifying him" requested the Kazekage.

"I beg your pardon, but anyone who takes punctuality lightly doesn't have what it takes to be a chunin" the Hokage's guard said. "Unless there is a suitable reason for the Lords to wait, we must go on as scheduled."

"I see" said the Kazekage. "If that is the case, then there is a more than suitable reason. The majority of the shinobi Lords are here because of this match, including myself. Freed is a member of the Uchiha clan after all, and we of the Wind country request that our Gajeel be given the chance to fight him."

"Lord Hokage what should we do?" asked his guard.

"There is no guarantee that Freed will come, but at least we can postpone his match until the very end. We will make this exception and have the match later on" said the Hokage. With that, the guard went to inform the examiner.

Baki remembered what Gajeel said to him a few days ago. 'Did he really kill him?' Baki thought.

Hiashi found this little interruption to be a suitable time to finally have a chat with Neji.

Neji was in the stadium's infirmary, recovering from the match and reflecting on a few things that Laxus had said.

"Huh?...Oh, Lord Hyuga" one of the medic said.

"Sorry, but could you leave us alone for a little?" requested the Hyuga lord.

Neji struggled to sit up, still sore. "What do you want?" he said harshly.

"I came to tell you the truth of that day" Hiashi said.

"Truth?" asked Neji.

Hiashi nodded. "That day, I was fully prepared to die." Hiashi's comment struck Neji.