Chapter 16

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"ASU!!"

Lucy called out to him, fear peeking in her heart. What if Natsu targeted her next?

Natsu's head whipped towards her, blood dripping from his mouth. Lucy flinched. He approached her slowly, panting. Filled with determination, Lucy's body suddenly glowed and her spirit friends passed in front of her eyes, all smiling at her, saying, "Ganbatte!"

The spirit king was last, "Be brave, my old friend. You had helped us all, now it's our turn to help you." Lucy's body felt lighter, and Lucy saw her wounds healing. The spirit king smirked before vanishing. Lucy was back in reality, and she knew what she should do.

"Natsu! Listen to me! This is not you. Resist the curse! And you, curse, you better leave! Or Natsu's gonna beat your ass!" Lucy yelled at him. Natsu stopped in his tracks and doubled over in pain. "What's happening?!" Seraphine suddenly became alarmed. Tora looked alarmed too. "Her voice must have reached his conscious! Don't listen to her!" Tora yelled at him.

Slowly, the black particles starting receding until it went back to the guild mark. Natsu fell on the ground, panting hard. "Wh-what?! He could suppressed it!"

Natsu struggled to get up, leaning on 1 elbow, "I'll never let you control me!" Natsu panted. "Natsu!" Lucy almost cried in happiness. Suddenly the room got cold and Seraphine and Tora froze, literally. "Gray!" Lucy exclaimed as Gray appeared from behind the 2 frozen people. "What happened here?!" Gray exclaimed, running to Juvia. Juvia's back and left arm were torn, and her breathing were ragged. Gray untied her, Erza, and Lucy. "What's Erza doing here?! If she's Erza, then who's the Erza we've been with these past few days?!"

CRASH

Seraphine and Tora stepped out of their ice, cracking their necks and knuckles, "Such weak ice. Are you really an ice mage?" Seraphine asked, a bored expression on her face. "Well at least he defeated Shizune." Tora chuckled, and was immediately hit by Satsuki on the head. "How rude. I wasn't defeated." Shizune pouted. Seraphine rolled her eyes, "Time to take out the trash."

"Fire Dragon Roar!" Natsu roared upwards, making a hole in the ceiling. The building rumbled, "Uh oh. You shouldn't have done that." Tora mumbled. The building rumbled again, and expanded slowly until it was full size, destroying and replacing Fairy Tail guild.

Lucy ran to the nearest window, ignoring the sharp pain from her feet. Everyone from the guild had just arrived, and was taken aback by the new building.

"Welcome Fairy Tail! Please head inside and we'll begin the game immediately." A voice boomed from the roof. "What do you want?!" Master Makarov yelled. "Relax. We're just gonna have some fun. Now please proceed inside." The booming voice continued. The Fairy Tail members were pushed inside by an invisible force. "Let the game... begin."

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When they entered, huge mouths were everywhere. "Welcome to Red Paradox, where all the fun belongs. There are 3 games in total. For each game you beat, you will get a reward. Please proceed forward and enjoy yourself. Fufufufufu..." Then the mouths vanished.

The members cautiously moved forward when suddenly several metal bars fell from the ceiling, separating them into groups. "What's happening?!" "What's with these bars?!" "How do we get out of here?!" "SILENCE!" Everyone shut up after Master yelled. "Don't lose your cool." He said. The huge mouths appeared again, "Very well said, Makarov. Now, the first game is the last stand, so keep killing each other until only one of you is left in each section. Only then, will the bars be removed. The reward for the first game is," The ceiling opened and Erza dropped out, her hands tied to the waist, naked and was bruised and bloody. She was hung by the waist, and she was limp, like a lifeless doll. "ERZA!"

Everyone turned to look at the Erza they had with them, and that Erza slowly disappeared into thin air. "The Erza you had with you was just a projection. We've captured the real Erza from way back. Anyway, let's start the game!" The huge mouths disappeared again. "W-we have to kill each other?" Jet asked, trembling. Suddenly Gajeel punched Elfman. "What are you doing, Gajeel?!" Mira Jane screamed from the other section. "What choice do we have?!" Gajeel yelled back, more to himself than her.

Mira sunk to the floor, sobbing. "Stop it Gajeel, there's got to be a way out of this!" Levy said, wrapping her arms around his waist to stop it. Gajeel relaxed. "There isn't." Freed said. "Let's get killing." Laxus cracked his knuckles.

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"Fairy Tail have a big number." Shizune muttered. Tora yawned, "I'll go get Christmas, Berry, and Kuma." He jumped and disappeared. A big hand rose from the floor and caught Lucy by the neck. "I'll have you go with me. You're our precious cargo after all." Seraphine said from across the room. The shadow expanded beneath her and connected to Lucy's, then they both melt into the shadow.

"Gray! Help me up!" Natsu exclaimed. "Whoa, what happened to your guild mark?!" Gray asked as he slung Natsu's arm across his shoulder. "Nothing." Natsu gritted his teeth. Just you wait, Red Paradox...

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"Well done. The survivors are Gajeel Redfox, Makarov Dreyar, Mira Jane Strauss, Laxus Dreyar, Wendy Marvell, and Panther Lily. You may proceed." The bars lifted and Erza was dropped. The survivors made their way to Erza, careful as to not step on the bloody corpses. "Erza!" Wendy rushed to her first. "Can you heal her major wounds?" Master asked and Wendy nodded. She immediately performed healing magic on Erza while sobbing, "She's okay now. Just sleeping." Wendy said, wiping her tears.

"Save your tears for our celebration later." Gajeel said, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. Wendy nodded.

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"For the second game, each of you will have a death match with one another until there's only 3 of you left. The reward is this." The ceiling opened and Juvia dropped out, hanging with the same condition as Erza before.

"Start!"

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SIDE STORIES

Friendship Points: 0

Love Points: 8

Hate Points : 0

Lucy's Side Stories

• On Fire (Natsu & Lucy) 10 Love
• Sleepy Picnic (Sting & Lucy) 10 Love
• Girls Night Out (Lucy, Erza, Levy, Mira, & Juvia) 10 Friendships

Sting's Side Stories

• Twins (Sting & Rogue) 10 Friendships
• Rubiks Cube (Sting & Lucy) 10 Love

Natsu's Side Stories

• Fire and Water (Natsu & Lucy) 10 Love
• Dress Commotion (Natsu, Lucy, & Happy) 10 Friendships

Gray's Side Stories

Water and Ice (Gray & Juvia) 10 Love
• Best Frenemies (Gray & Natsu) 10 Friendships
• Water Dragon (Gray & Juvia) 10 Love

Rogue's Side Stories

• Black and White (Rogue & Sting) 10 Friendships
• From The Shadows (Rogue & Yukino) 10 Love

More characters' side stories coming up!

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