A Railgun In Fairy Tail, The Soul Slayer Chronicles: Book 4, Gods

Return Of The Espada

Down in the stadium of Babel, fans were cheering wildly and speaking to each other in confusion at the same time. Ever since the lightning infused Cero Oscuros had been seen in the sky blasting out from the Perplexo sphere, fans had been talking all around about the possibility of somebody extremely powerful entering the games.

Hours had then passed, with activities, concessions, and singers in the stadium gracing the crowds and keeping them entertained as they waited for the 6 guilds that would make it.

Soon the spots began to fill up. The 2nd and 3rd place guilds, after they reached the teleportation pads that were supposedly in the center of the sphere, preferred not to be seen, supposedly going in right away to discuss strategy. Nobody knew yet who they were, but the rumors were they were much stronger then they appeared, not that anyone had even seen them yet.

The first place guild, of course, was Mad Telepath, nobody was surprised about their making it. They were the top guild, the winners of the Power Developement Festival 3 years running.

The 4th place guild was Sabertooth, a big delight to those from 5 years ago, who still remembered the old guilds before they suddenly dissapeared in Soul Society. And now of course, there was only 5th and 6th place left, which were yet to be claimed.

Lucy anxiously stared up at the Perplexo Sphere from the stands, feeling extremely nervous since the blast earlier had felt so familiar..

"Mikoto.." Lucy murmured. "Natsu.."

"H-hey Lucy.. is this seat taken?"

Lucy turned to see Mikoto's friends Ruiko Saten and Kazari Uiharu standing there holding tubs of popcorn. Uiharu as usual, was wearing flowers all over her hair.

"Oh hey Ruiko.. Kazari, sure, these seats are all yours!"

"Thanks!" Saten said brightly as she and Uiharu sat down. "So.. Natsu and Mikoto haven't made it out yet? I thought with Erza they would surely make first place.."

"Something's wrong.." Lucy mumbled. "I know it."

"Don't worry." said Saten. "Mikoto's tough, and if there's anything I know about Natsu besides the fact he'll go wild over discount donuts, is that he's so explosive, if I were the other guilds I'd be scared out of my mind."

"L-Lucy? Do you know where Laxus is?" Uiharu asked looking around the seats at all the Fairy Tail guild members.

"I think he went to the bathroom." said Lucy. "Happy and Elli are going with Index to get some concessions... hopefully they'll keep her from eating people out of business.."

"Aye, we failed."

Happy and Elli had just returned with Index whose hands were laden with 25 hotdogs, with three in her mouth. "Hath Toutha come outh yeth?"

"Eh?" said Lucy.

"She's asking if Touma's back yet." said Elli.

"No.. it's been 3 hours though.. I wonder if everyone but 4 of them have been eliminated." said Uiharu.

"No, if that were the case, they would use the observation lacrima in the event to pick the ones who lasted the longest out of all the eliminated guilds." said Lucy. "It's strange that it's taken so long though.."

"Hey! Does anyone know if Natsu made it!? I'm dying to see him!" said a sudden voice.

A spikey blonde haired youth with a scar near his eyebrow leapt down from the stands above, accompanied by a red furred cat on his shoulder.

"Sting!" said Lucy. "What are you doing here!?"

"I kinda got bored up there just waiting." said Sting Eucliffe, the White Dragon Slayer of Sabertooth. "So me and Lector thought we'd come and see how you Fairies were all doing. Man, being the guild master sucks when you're not allowed to participate yourself."