"And here in eighth place is Team Fairy Tail!" Chapati announced excitedly. The team, consisting of Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Erza Scarlet, and Elfman Strauss came through one of the eight stone archways. Natsu raised a fist in the air, while the rest of the team stopped behind him. Many of the crowd booed and shouted insults, making the Fairy Tail team sigh in disappointment.

"Er, and in seventh place is Team Quatro Cerberus, kabo!" Mato said hastily, and a few people cheered for the group. Rocker, Nobarly, Jager, Semmes, and Warcry all grinned smugly at the Fairies.

"Coming in a close sixth is Team Mermaid Heel!" Chapati shouted, slightly blushing for some reason. It became clear why, because a group of all girls and women pranced out of a third archway. Kagura Mikazuchi, Arana Webb, Beth Vanderwood, Risley Law, and Millianna all posed and winked at the crowd, causing many adoring men and women to scream their approval.

"Fifth is Team Blue Pegasus, kabo!" Mato called, still grinning his pumpkin grin. Jenny Realight, Eve Tearm, Ren Akasuki, Hibiki Lates, and a strange bunny man all posed, just like Mermaid Heel had, and smirked at the women more than the crowd.

"Team Lamia Scale takes fourth place!" Yajima said, finally contributing to his job as a commentator. Jura Neekis, Lyon Vastia, Yuka Suzuki, Toby Horhorta, and Sherria Blendy all stepped out of the fifth archway, Sherria waving and smiling enthusiastically.

"Third is... What's this? Fairy Tail Team B!" Chapati announced in shock. This caused an uproar in the crowd and in the arena as Fairy Tail Team B came into the light. Gajeel Redfox, Laxus Dreyar, Mirajane Strauss, Mystogan, and Juvia Lockser all looked around, not looking impressed. Only Mira smiled, and even that looked menacing. That is, until Juvia caught sight of her beloved ice mage.

"Gray-sama!" she called, waving energetically. Gray merely looked away, causing the water mage to slump to the ground in defeat.

"In second place is... Sabertooth, kabo!" Mato cheered, throwing a gloved fist in the air. The crowd had another uproar, but this time it was in approval and excitement. Sting Eucliffe, Rogue Cheney, Rufus Lore, Yukino Agria, and Orga Nanagear gave small smiles, though they glared at the last entryway. The audience's applause subsided, and a few were exchanging uneasy murmurs when they realized that their favorite guild was only in second. If they were second, who was first?

"And in first place... this is quite a shock! Team Straw Hat!" Yajima said, his brows raised to show his surprise. The crowd didn't applaud, instead staring at the last entrance. When nobody entered, Mato cleared his throat.

"We said... TEAM STRAW HAT, KABO!" he shouted into the microphone, making many have to cover their ears.

"That's us!" came a loud cry, and God Usopp came running into the arena, waving a flag. Cat Thief Nami came behind him, shaking her head. Black Leg Sanji was next, noodling behind Nami like a lost puppy. Roronoa Zoro was the fourth, shaking his head as he entered, one hand resting on his swords. Everyone waited expectantly for the fifth member.

"I'M COMIIING!" someone screeched, and Team Straw Hat immediately paled, running to the sides as if escaping a cannonball. They might as well have been, because a split second after they ran, a figure shot out of the entryway like a bullet. He flew across the arena, straight at Fairy Tail Team A.

"What the-" Natsu started to say, but suddenly he was greeting a head of red hair as the figure crashed into Erza, knocking her into him. The three fell back, Erza letting out a tiny, girlish scream, with Natsu taking all of the weight.

"W-what was that?" Yajima gasped. The figure, revealed to be a boy, stood up quickly.

"Sorry! Sorry!" he apologized, grabbing Erza's shoulder and pulling her to her feet. He tried to do the same with Natsu, but the fire wizard was out cold.

"And what gave you the right to use me as a cushion?" Erza said threateningly, getting ready to activate her magic.

"Gah! I'm sorry!" the boy said again, running back towards Team Straw Hat.

"Luffy, you moron!" Nami ran forward and banged Luffy on the head, sending the boy crashing to the ground. The crowd stared with shock on their faces, not having moved an inch since Luffy barreled into Erza. Luffy got up, brushed some dust off of himself, then looked around and pinpointed the commentator's box.

"Hi! I'm Monkey D. Luffy!" he said, grinning and waving his hands. Nami hit him again, making him stop with a whimper.

"Nobody clapped for us," Usopp muttered nervously, looking around at the dead crowd. Luffy blinked, then looked around as well. He hummed in agreement, then went and climbed up a wall until he was face-to-face with the rest of the Fairy Tail guild.

"Hey! Are you alive?" he asked, prodding a short old man with his finger. A little girl, named Asuka, giggled.

"That was cool, mister!" she said, smiling at him. Luffy grinned back.

"A-again, that was Team Straw Hat!" Chapati announced, trying to bring things back to life. The old man Luffy had been poking suddenly jolted, and Luffy hopped off the wall. The crowd still didn't clap, but Luffy didn't seem to notice or care. Instead, he looked around for the rest of his guild.

"Hey, old man!" he shouted, waving and smiling. The old man he was waving to, named Rayleigh, gave a small smirk and waved back.

"I-impossible! Is that..." Chapati's jaw dropped.

"Dark Knight Rayleigh!" Yajima finished, his brows raised so high his eyes were actually showing.

"N-no way... kabo..." Mato gaped, but his pumpkin face showed no emotion.

"A-anyways..." Chapati straightened his fake hairdo, for it had listed far to the left, "we should start the games now..."
"R-right, kabo!" Mato agreed instantly. Yajima gave a small hum to voice his agreement.

"You all have previously read and agreed to the rules, right?" Yajima said. All of the teams nodded, except for Team Straw Hat. Luffy looked confused.

"There were rules?" he whispered to Nami.

"Good! Then the first challenge is called 'Hidden'. Choose a team member to participate, kabo!" Mato stated.

"Usopp should go," Sanji and Zoro said simultaneously.

"Why me?" Usopp wailed.

"You always hide when the fighting gets bad. You're pretty good at hiding," Nami added. Luffy started laughing at Usopp's hurt and dejected face.
"F-fine..." he mumbled, stepping forward.

"From Team Straw Hat is God Usopp!" Chapati called, and there was silence.

"From Team Sabertooth is Rufus!"

"From Team Mermaid Heel is Beth!"
"Team Blue Pegasus sends out Eve!"
"Team Lamia Scale gives out Lyon!"
"Fairy Tail Team A sends Gray!"
"Fairy Tail Team B has Juvia!"

"And last, from Team Quatro Cerberus, is Semmes!"
"This turned out to be an interesting mix, kabo!" Mato commented. The ground started shaking, and the teams exited the arena to stand with their guilds. The chosen participants stayed where they were as buildings rose from the ground, blocking their views of each other and trapping them inside the arena.

"The rules are-"

"-blah blah, blather blabber blub blip bloop bergen bark-"

"-and, begin!"

Beth, Eve, Rufus, Gray, Lyon, and Juvia were immediately on the move. Semmes stayed paused, but he spread his arms out wide, ready to spin, forgetting that everyone there were most likely clones. Usopp immediately disappeared into the crowd, and even the lacrimas were having a hard time finding him.

"Found you," Beth muttered from beneath Usopp's feet. Usopp felt the slight turbulence below him, and he whipped out his slingshot in a heartbeat, already knowing of Beth's tunneling powers. The second the girl's rust-colored hair showed above the ground, he released the dark green pellet.

"Certain Kill; Usopp's Death Trap!" he whisper-shouted, wanting to make her fear him but also wanting to stay below the radar. The dark pellet, which turned out to be a seed, exploded into a giant venus flytrap, catching Beth in it's giant mouth. Beth screamed in fear and surprise, but she dissolved into golden specks before anybody heard her. The plant withered into a seed again, and Usopp picked it up and placed it into his pouch.

"That's one point for Team Straw Hat!" Chapati shouted. "And another point for Sabertooth!" Usopp looked up and saw that Sabertooth had already gotten two points. He huffed indignantly, then snuck away to one of the buidings.

"And another point is lost for Quatro Cerberus, kabo!" Mato sounded dismayed, because Semmes kept attacking the clones. Cerberus already had negative eight points.

"I got you now! Tabasco Star!" Usopp said triumphantly, aiming a tabasco star straight at Juvia's wide open mouth. She was shouting at Lyon, who was trying to get past her to get to Gray. The tabasco star landed perfectly in Juvia's mouth, and she suddenly turned bright red, and disappeared into gold dust. Lyon blinked, and Gray took this moment to knock him out.

"A point for Fairy Tail Team A! And another point for the Straw Hats!" Yamaji announced, impressed that Usopp was so skilled in his marksmanship. He hadn't expected the weakest-looking member of the guild to actually posess some skills, let alone transformation magic. He watched Usopp grin, and his eyes turned back to their normal color. He had been using a cat transformation, but only in his eyes, to see farther away. He spotted Rufus, who was just standing on a roof, eyes closed. He pulled out another pellet, this one pure white.

"Certain Death; Usopp's Snow Bomb!" he said to himself, shooting the pellet straight at Rufus. The pellet hit the man right in his forehead, then exploded into a mound of powdery snow, burying the Sabertooth mage up to his feathers. The snow melted instantly, releasing a puff of dust where Rufus had once been.

"Another for the Straw Hats! This is so unexpected, kabo!" Mato screamed into the microphone. The audience finally decided that the Straw Hats were a good guild, and clapped enthusiastically.

"Go Usopp! I believe in you!" Nami shouted, waving a fist in the air.

"Go Usopp! Go Usopp!" Chopper and Luffy cheered, doing their weird chopsticks and basket dance. Where they got the materials, we shall never know.

"Fairy Tail Team B loses another point," Yajima stated blandly. Juvia had hugged the first Gray she had seen, dropping her to negative two points.

"Come on, Juvia!" Natsu shouted. "Beat them all!"
"Shouldn't you cheer for Gray?" Lucy asked, confused.

"No way. I'd never cheer for that snowball," Natsu said flatly, making Lucy sigh and facepalm.

More points and more blather later...

"And time! What a surprise!" Chapati fixed his wig again. "The Straw Hats come in first with ten points, with Fairy Tail Team A and B close in second with nine points each! Sabertooth is in fourth with seven points, Lamia Scale fifth with six points, Mermaid Heel sixth with five points, Blue Pegasus seventh, with four points, and Quatro Cerberus eighth with zero points!"

"The Straw Hats are really ramping it up in there," Yajima commented, leaning back in his seat. "Making alliances so early in the games..."
"That really was unexpected, kabo!" Mato agreed. "That's all the excitement for today, kabo! There will be an event called 'Chariot' tomorrow, as well as a battle! There was a battle planned for today, but there is no time, no time, kabo!" The crowd groaned in disapppointment, and the commentators chuckled.

"Hey! You can't go back there! ARGH!" The commentators turned around, and the crowd looked over to the box they were sitting in. A certain straw-hat-wearing boy barged in, face alight with mischief, and he snatched Chahati's microphone from it's stand.

"MY NAME'S MONKEY D. LUFFY, AND I'M GOING TO WIN THIS!" he shouted, making many have to cover their ears. "GET READY!"
"GET OUT!" the commentators screamed, kicking the boy out of the box. He ran off with a loud laugh, and the crowd couldn't help but join in.

"That guild sure is interesting..." Yajima murmured, smiling a little under his moustache.

I'm just saying now, you will know what they speak of soon. And yes, Fairy Tail is tied for second with themselves. And yes, the Straw Hats are in first. Hate all you want, but that's how I do it. *Holds arms out* Come at me, bros.

Oh, and thank you to solarbear for letting me borrow this idea!