It Doesn't Matter || Sting Eucliffe Love Story (Book 1)

~ Chapter 9: Number 1 ~

It was the third day of the Grand Magic Games, and today's game was 'Pandemonium.' Mato the pumpkin announcer explained the rules - defeat as many monsters as you can that lie inside the large magical castle before them.

The participants were: Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail A, Milliana of Mermaid Heel, Novali of Quatro Puppy, Orga Nanagia of Sabertooth, Hibiki Lates of Blue Pegasus, Jura Neekis of Lamia Scale, Obra of Raven Tail and Akiko Moonlite of Fairy Tail B.

After drawing straws to decide the order, it was found that Erza had claimed the spot to go first while Akiko had claimed the spot to go last. Not that she minded. It was now time for Erza to choose the amount of monsters she's fighting.

"Inside this castle," Erza started. "Wait one hundred monsters. I choose to challenge... All of them!" She finished.

Akiko smiles to herself as she watches Erza enters the magical castle, and with that, she began her fight against the large monsters.

It wasn't that long before Erza had defeated all of the monsters she had challenged, earning Fairy Tail first place. Everyone was cheering in happiness at the girl's victory.

"Ok everyone, after some deliberation, we decided the seven remaining teams need to be ranked," Mato began. "So we'll have another contest. It might be a little bit on the boring side compared to Pandemonium but it will suffice."

Behind the pumpkin appeared a weird device, revealing to be a Magic Power Finder or known as MPF. It will measure a wizard's magic power - this is more of an individual strength than knowledge or anything such as that. The higher the score you get, the better for this contest. Akiko chuckled to herself. "Ain't too fun as the last, but it'll do, I suppose," she muttered to herself.

Milliana was first up, receiving a score of 365. Second, was Novali, earning himself a score of 124. Third was Hibiki Lates, receiving a power of 95. At the moment, he was crying due to his score. It was pathetic to say the least.

"Now now, don't cry, Hibiki," Akiko said, ruffling Hibiki's hair as he cried on her chest. A small smile present on her lips in amusement.

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Sting was practically fuming in anger as he saw Akiko comforting the crying Hibiki. Everyone could easily tell, since he had a deadly aura around him. He swore that he was going to beat Hibiki up once he gets the chance to.

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Next up was Obra, he received a measly 4. The next contestant Orga Nanagia. He received a score of 3825, almost ten times stronger than Milliana.

Akiko raised an eyebrow, before saying "Not too bad."

Everyone sweat-dropped as Orga sang a song for the crowd, or rather rapped but who cares for the specifics.

It was time for the second last contestant, Jura of Lamia Scale. He received a score of 8544.

"The final challenger is Fairy Tail Team B's Ice Serpent, Akiko! I certainly wouldn't want to follow after Jura, that's for sure! But this is Akiko we're talking about, suspect a elegant show that no one will forget!"

The black-haired female walked over to the MPF, a small smile coming to her lips. She breathed in, the area suddenly turns cold, no, freezing. Black ice particles could be seen everywhere. A large magic circle appeared in front of Akiko. "Ice God...," she began. "Bellow!"

A high velocity of black wind and ice particles shot from her mouth, through the magic circle and towards the MPF. THe attack was so large that the device was engulfed in it, everyone covered their eyes as a mist of cold air took its place. It cleared, only to reveal her score, 9999, the MPF was no more.

"Oh my goodness! I can't believe it ladies and gentlemen! The MPF is history! Her power is off the charts!" Chapati announced. "This guild is beyond incredible! Fairy Tail is taking this event by storm! Is this their true strength? Can anyone stop them now?"

The ice surrounding the arena disappeared in an instant, Akiko said "No one's going to stop us. We've only just started to show you our true power," she breathed in. "Fairy Tail will be number 1 again!"

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Sting was shocked to say the least. No way... She's that strong... And that was just an Ice god bellow? She's a god slayer... My mate is full of surprises... He felt a small amount of pride just blossom inside his heart.

Yeah, she's my mate.

And no one's going to take that away.