Chapter 5

We watched Natsu, Erza, Gray, Lucy and Elfman walk out when they were called before we rushed to our entry. We heard the crowd get angry and we shrugged it off. Fairy Tail have another surprise they would like to give you! We made it to our entrance when the fourth guild got announced. When Raven Tail got announced as the third place guild, Gajeel growled.

"It's alright, Gajeel. They might not try anything with the Rune Knights around," I said.

Gajeel nodded and we heard Chapiti start to announce us.

"In second place we have, oh, this is a surprise. We have Fairy Tail Team B!"

We walked into the arena and the look on Team A's faces was priceless. Elfman was visibly panicking at the sight of Mirajane.

"We won't go easy on you just because we're part of the same guild!" Natsu shouted.

"Same goes for you Flame Brain!" Gajeel agreed.

Both Fairy Tail teams turned around when Chapiti started talking again.

"And in first place is SABERTOOTH!" Chapiti announced.

The crowd roared with approval, unlike the boos of disapproval that both Fairy Tail teams got. They all looked strong but the girl, she didn't look as strong as the others. I caught Sting looking at me. His smirk grew wider and I know that he was mocking me. Pity though, he didn't know how strong my magic was. I was really looking forward to beating him into a pulp. I narrowed my eyes at him and Sting looked away. He started looking at Natsu, obviously trying to anger him. Wrong move, Sting.

"The first event is Hidden. Each team must select a member to compete. Points are divided as shown in the arena."

A rock appeared in the arena with the week's events and how the scoring system works. First place gets 10 points. Second place gets 8 points. Third place gets 6 points. Fourth place gets 4 points. Fifth place gets 3 points, sixth place gets 2 points, seventh place gets 1 point and last place gets none. If a fight ends in a draw, both teams get 5 points.

"Members have started to step forward. From Fairy Tail A: Gray Fulbuster, from Fairy Tail B: Juvia Locksar, from Raven Tail: Nullpudding, from Mermaid Heel: Beth Vanderwood, from Blue Pegasus: Eve Tearm, from Lamia Scale: Lyon Vastia, from Quatro Cerebus: Jager and from Sabertooth: Rufus Lore!"

The crowd went wild at seeing Rufus step forward. I rolled my eyes at this. Why couldn't they just shut up. Literally everyone knew that Sabertooth was the crowd favourite.

"The rules of Hidden are simple. Mages win a point if they hit an opponent. They will lose a point if they are attacked by another competitor or attack a clone. Ten seconds after being attacked, the mage will respawn in another part of the city. Restarts can happen as many times as necessary until the time limit is reached. The winner is the mage with the most points after thirty minutes."

A city appeared around the competing mages and they wer scattered at different ends of the city. The leftover mages walked to their waiting areas, eager to see who was going to win. Both Fairy Tail teams focused on their competing members, except for me, who was watching to see what magic the other mages have and comparing their strength to Juvia's and Gray's. One mage that I couldn't spot however, was Rufus. I wanted to call him a coward for running from a fight, but I knew that it wasn't the case. He was going to study them, just the same as me. Cunning guy. My eyes flickered over the the image depicting Gray. It seems that he had found trouble. Nullpudding had snuck up behind him and... Gray attacked except it apparently wasn't the real Nullpudding. Gray disappeared as I looked at the scoreboard.

Raven Tail - Nullpudding - 1 point

Sabertooth - Rufus - 0 points

Mermaid Heel - Beth - 0 points

Lamia Scale - Lyon - 0 points

Blue Pagasus - Eve - 0 points

Quatro Cerebus - Yeager - 0 points

Fairy Tail A - Gray - -1 point

Fairy Tail B - Juvia - -1 point

Gray reappeared at another part in town and he looks as if he had an epiphany.

The whole of Hidden consisted of Gray being attacked by Nullpudding, until he met Lyon. They started talking about... Really? Were they really talking Juvia? Speak of the devil, Juvia was standing on a roof, right above the bickering boys. She jumped down and I caught a glimpse of Lyon's expression. Hehe, sucker. He definitely saw Juvia's underwear. Boy, I couldn't wait to see who would win this stand-off. Lyon, nah, he's too busy focusing on what he just saw. Juvia, nope, she wouldn't be able to hit Gray - she'll want him to have the points. So, that leaves Gray, but can he do it?

"I promised Master I'd defeat you!" Juvia said.

She's really going to fight him? Her own 'love'? I have to see that.

"You promised the old man?"

"Yes."

This is going to be good. Juvia tells him what Makarov promised us and he totally blows up. I laughed, it was outrageous.

As Juvia and Grey were preparing to fight, Nullpudding found them and attacked, again. I frowned. He had every oppurtunity to attack the other guilds' competitors but he only targeted us. I looked over at the Raven Tail waiting area. They didn't seem to be too into the game, only Fairy Tail's reactions. Strange. I shifted my gaze back to the arena. I vaguely noticed Chapiti saying something about Rufus. I looked up and surprise, surprise, he was standing on a building. I heard everyone screaming in shock.

"I remember... I remember it all. Memory make... into a night of falling stars!" Rufuss shouted.

From his outstretched hands, came seven bursts of light. All but one hit their target, Nullpudding. He jumped up and tried to hit Rufus, but he hit a projection.

"That was a memory of me standing there. I have no need for decoys."

Rufus then proceeded to hit Nullpudding. He then gave a speech of how 'boring' Hidden was. I looked over at Sabertooth. They all wore smug looks. At the very last moment, Nullpudding had once again struck Gray. And with that, Hidden finished.