[fireworks and cheers]
[BEER GIRL] Beer here!
Get your beer here!
[CHAPATI] The big day is finally here, folks!
The Grand Magic games will be getting underway shortly!
This is going to be a year to remember!
♪
[cheering crowd]
Wow, would you listen to that crowd.
I didn't think there'd be so many people watching.
The city is full of wizards from all over the country.
Of course folks want to see them in action.
Purple is so lame.
I'd rather wear my regular clothes instead of this crap.
Purple or not, you'll just have to deal.
Unless you want to tell Master why you think
the clothes he picked are so 'lame'?
You won't hear me complaining; I think they're adorable.
And comfy. Skin tight.
[LUCY] It's not skin tight; you're half naked!
Uhh... I don't really care about the color.
But I doubt I can squeeze into this thing.
Oh man, that's perfect!
[LUCY] Well, you could use it as a sock, I guess.
Did you spend those three months bench-pressing a mountain range?
She's the one who should be standing
here with the rest of you, not me.
[ELFMAN] Do you think she'll be all right?
You found 'em?
Where the heck were they?
[HAPPY] Lisanna and I found them in the palace's gardens.
You with us?
Natsu.
What happened out there?
It's all just a big blur.
Sorry. I wish that I could remember.
What's wrong?
[PORLYUSICA] She appears to have magic deficiency syndrome.
[LUCY] Porlyusica!
Wait, what are you doing here?
[PORLYUSICA] Something wrong with cheering you on?
No, ma'am!
Calm down, I wasn't scolding you, child.
Don't be so nervous, I'm not going to eat you.
[LISANNA] Right.
I'm here because I was concerned.
I heard what happened and thought I might be of help.
Now.
A moment ago you mentioned, "magic deficiency syndrome."
Yes.
It's a condition of weakened physical strength
brought on by an acute case of magic depletion.
They've both had nearly all of their magic power sucked out.
Don't worry; they'll fully recover with enough bed rest.
Who did this to you?
It's still a big blur for the most part.
But, I remember seeing a weird, black animal.
[scream]
[Wendy cries]
Wendy.
[WENDY] I'm sorry. I let you down.
I trained so hard to help you but now. I'm just useless!
[WENDY] Hey, Elfman.
[WENDY] Please take my place. Win for me.
Sure! You can count on me, kid.
All right. Everybody needs to leave.
They can't heal if they don't get proper rest.
[ERZA] Let's go.
There's nothing we can do here.
We might as well try to focus on the Grand Magic Games.
[HAPPY] You're right.
That's the only way we're gonna become number one again.
No need for water-works, child.
After all, those ridiculous games go on for several days.
I'm sure you'll get to participate, once you're well.
And make no mistake, you will recover now that I'm here.
On my honor as a healer.
Thanks for all your help, Grandeena.
[PORLYUSICA] Do not call me by that name!
[HAPPY] New Guild!
[NATSU] The person who attacked Wendy, do you think
they're taking part in the games as well?
[LUCY] I'd say there's a big possibility.
You gotta wonder too, if they did it to
weaken our team, or for some other reason.
Keep your eyes on the prize for now.
Winning this thing is the best way to get revenge for Wendy.
We're just moments away from the
start of the Grand Magic Games, folks!
I'm lead commentator... Chapati Lola,
and I'll be handling the play-by-play while former
Council member Yajima provides commentary!
Mr. Yajima. Glad to have you with us sir.
Glad to be here.
And let's not forget our special guest.
A member of Blue Pegasus and current holder of the title
"Miss Fiore"; the ravishing Jenny Realite!
Blue Pegasus is bringing home the gold this year!
Ready? Let's go.
[CHAPATI] Now!
The time has come to meet our competitors!
[CHAPATI] First up, in eighth place:
an old school bunch of wild wizards from Magnolia!
They had luck in the prelims, and now they're
raring to take back first place by force!
It's Fairy Tail!
[crowd boos]
What the hell?
I didn't see that comin'.
I wanna go home now.
Who would've thought they'd make
it this far after losing every year?
Securing a spot in the prelims was no small feat for them.
[CHAPATI] Will the Tenrou Team's sensational return help
Fairy Tail become Fiore's greatest guild?
[ERZA] Don't let it get to you.
I'm proud of them.
Way to go, kiddos!
Now get out there and show 'em what you can do.
[MAKAROV] Cheer 'til you bust a lung!
Hooray! Hooray!
Fairy Tail's number one!
The cheers of our comrades are all the support we need.
[ALL] Fairy Tail's number one!
[NATSU] Hey, do you see that?
[LUCY] Look!
[ERZA] I see it!
[MAVIS] Hooray! Hooray!
Fairy Tail is number one!
Woo hoo!
Master Mavis, what in the world are you doing here?
What else?
I came to cheer you on, silly!
Yes, I can see that, but aren't you, you know, dead?
[MAVIS] There's no way I was going to miss this!
You don't need to worry.
Only those who bear our guild's emblem can see me.
Yeah, well.
That's not really what I was concerned about.
I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself;
it's so dull being stuck on Tenrou Island!
Even Master Mavis came out to cheer for us?
We've got this in the bag.
At least the ghost likes us.
Next up, the team that came in seventh place in the pre-lims.
[CHAPATI] The rowdy army of hellhounds.
Quatro Cerberus!
Let's get wild, ya with me?
I expect a win this year, fellas.
Don't disappoint me.
And coming in sixth is a guild filled
to the brim with the fairer sex!
[CHAPATI] The dancers of the great, blue sea.
Mermaid Heel!
I didn't know there was a guild full of ladies!
[CHAPATI] In fifth place!
With azure wings that glimmer in the darkness.
It's Blue Pegasus!
Hey guys! Do your best!
[CHAPATI] Next, in fourth place! The goddess of love and strife!
The sacred destroyer!
Lamia Scale!
Why'd you only come in fourth place, huh?
I thought I told you kids not to hold back!
Yeah, sorry about that, old hag.
I wasn't watching where I was going.
I've never seen her before.
She looks like a smaller version of that girl Sherry.
Please try to stay on your feet.
No promises, Lyon.
This is Shelia; she's one of Sherry's cousins.
[NATSU] That makes sense!
And she's crazy strong to boot!
I need a lot more love if I wanna compete with Sherry.
I was praising you!
[YUKA] Calm down and chase a ball or something.
Being love-crazy must run in the family.
[LYON] Don't forget our agreement, Gray.
[LYON] If we win, Juvia becomes a member of Lamia Scale.
[GRAY] Last time I checked I never agreed to that bet.
Not that it matters, 'cause you guys're gonna lose.
Then, if we win, I'll take Miss Erza as my one and only.
You'll do no such thing, you troll!
Your parfum is like candy to my nostrils.
And I'll take you, I guess.
Not that I'm into you or anything like that.
[LUCY] Thank you, Ren.
It's good to know that some things never change.
Then I'll take Wendy!
Um.
[EVE] Whoa, you really sprouted, didn't you?
That's cool, I'm into thick chicks.
Laugh it up.
Hey, Boss!
If we lose, I wanna be given to this guild!
Man, I was gonna call dibs!
Have you ever seen any of those Cerberus guys before?
[CERBERUS GUILD] Get wild! Get wild!
Who's the fur? Some dude?
[ROCKER] Let's go!
Now to introduce our third place contestants!
What a shocker!
Swooping in from a midnight dreary, this dark and gloomy
bunch are making their debut in this year's games.
Give it up for Raven Tail!
What the heck are they doin' here?
This is bad.
Their leader is Master Makarov's son, Ivan.
But that means they're--.
Why is a dark guild participating?
Have you officials lost your minds or
were you just incompetent to begin with?
You're making a scene, Master.
[MAKAROV] Well?
He's gonna bust a vessel!
I'm sensing intense malice from them.
Isn't Raven Tail a dark guild?
I dunno, I've never heard of 'em before today.
Well. Their records appear to be in order.
They're an old guild.
Official sources state they've been active over seven years,
but they were only recently approved for
official guild status by the Magic Council.
If they have official status then they're technically
not a dark guild and are, therefore, eligible to compete.
Curse you, Ivan!
I don't know how you did it, but whatever
you're planning, I swear I'll stop you.
You really shouldn't get so
worked up old man it's bad for your health.
[IVAN] I want you to live to see your guild fall.
[IVAN (ALEXEI)] Fairy Tail.
[IVAN (ALEXEI)] I trust your friend is recovering?
You were the ones who attacked Wendy?
I'm gonna make you regret it!
[IVAN (ALEXEI)] The festival's just getting started.
[MAKAROV] Ivan!
[CHAPATI] Hold on!
We've still got two teams who made
it through the qualifying round!
Oh, yeah!
I wonder which of the other teams made it through.
You can bet on one of 'em bein' Sabertooth.
As for the other one.
Huh.
All the well-known guilds have already been announced.
So it's possible one of these teams is somehow tied to Zeref.
That's assuming Jellal's intuition was right.
I guess we'll know soon.
Our first place runner up is...
Oh wow!
What a surprise!
This year's competition just got a whole
lot more interesting, folks!
[CHAPATI] It's Fairy Tail Team B!
[ELFMAN] Big Sis?
[NATSU] Gajeel?
[GRAY] Juvia?
[LUCY] And Laxus?
How is that fair?
I certainly didn't expect them to have two teams.
Hold up! I need some answers!
Someone explain how Mystogan's even here!
It can't be.
Jellal? Is that you in there?
Shhh...
[NATSU AND GRAY] You kiddin' me?
Beautiful.
[SHELIA] So she's the one you've been fawning over.
[HIBIKI] Of course they got two teams in.
I wouldn't expect anything less.
[IVAN (ALEXEI)] Laxus and Gajeel are joining the party.
[ROCKER] How come they have two teams?
They giving Fairy Tail a handicap
'cause they suck so hard?
That's way past wild, man.
You know...
I think the newly implemented rules may
have left our audience a bit perplexed, Mr. Yajima.
Care to explain?
Sure thing.
The committee in charge of the Grand Magic Games permitted each
guild to enter two teams, which they felt would
make the preliminaries more exciting.
Why didn't you tell us this was your plan, Master?
[MAKAROV] You like that?
This is how the Fairy Tail guild takes care of business, baby!
I'm not sure the committee really
thought this new rule through.
I mean, this is a team-based competition.
Won't having two teams from the same guild
kind of stack the odds?
You worry too much; to be honest,
I don't think it'll be a problem.
Well, it's totally unfair if you ask me.
Let's say there's an event where each team chooses a
member to compete against the others in a battle royale.
There's nothing to stop the Fairy Tail
members from teaming up with each other.
It does give them an advantage.
But I guess that's their reward for being the only guild out
of over one hundred with two teams in the games.
You certainly have the upper hand.
Way to go, Mocky!
Mocky?
I see!
That's why so many teams entered the tournament!
This is a big loada crap!
Being in the same guild don't mean jack;
if I fight against any of you, I'm not pulling any punches!
As long as we're in this tournament you're
my enemies, and I ain't gonna lose to any of you?
I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm lookin' forward to makin' you eat dirt, Salamander.
Gajeel's a lot stronger than he was three months ago.
Well, Natsu's no creampuff either!
Team B has got some serious power;
it won't be easy to take them down!
What's the matter? You look terrified!
That's 'cause I am!
So. What are you doing here?
This is wrong.
Your master is a very understanding person.
Once I explained the situation, he gave my plan his blessing.
You said it was impossible to get near the coliseum.
[JELLAL] It was.
Until this opportunity presented itself.
It's against the rules.
You're not an official member of Fairy Tail.
[JELLAL] As I understand it, Mystogan
and I are essentially one and the same.
Don't be so uptight!
This is a festival!
We're all friends here.
Right?
Kiss and make up.
[JELLAL] It'll be fine.
Trust me.
By the way, "Mystogan."
You're not usually this much of a chatty Kathy.
Keep it in mind.
[JELLAL] Understood.
The hooded man down there.
He doesn't seem to be a member of our guild.
[MAKAROV] I'm so sorry!
I had to!
Please forgive me!
I said it was a bad idea from the start.
Don't think we didn't try to stop him!
I don't sense any malevolence coming from him.
[MAVIS] In fact, he seems to possess the same heart
as those bearing our guild's emblem.
It'd take way too long to explain, but I guess you
could say he's technically a member of Fairy Tail.
I get it.
He's Earth Land' version of Prince Jellal.
I thought he seemed familiar.
[MAVIS] Is he strong?
Oh yes! For sure!
It wasn't that long ago that he was one of
the ten Wizard Saints!
[MAVIS] Then he can stay!
With him on our team we're sure to be number one!
[DROY] 'Course she's fine with it.
Who cares about rules when there's
a tournament to win, right?
We should make that part of the charter at this point.
[JELLAL] So, have you managed to find anything yet?
I'm suspicious of Raven Tail but beyond
that I have nothing solid.
[JELLAL] This is their debut in the games.
We've sensed the power in previous years
so it can't be them.
[ERZA] What about you? Any sign of this "strange power?"
[JELLAL] No. Not yet.
Even Gajeel came to play.
And last, but certainly not least, is the team
that came in first place in the preliminaries!
[crowd cheers]
[CHAPATI] That's right!
You know them!
You love them!
Now, get on your feet and scream for
the most powerful guild in all of Fiore!
The one and only Sabertooth!
[NATSU] Can't wait to bring them down.
[STING] Why so serious?
S'just a game.
There a reason you keep gawkin', pretty boy?
Nothing important.
At least we finally know who our biggest competition is.
You're the man, Sting!
The best in the whole wide world!
I'm cheering for you, too! Isn't that great?
It appears that Sabertooth has an Exceed cheer squad!
Natsu, Natsu, he's our man!
Burnin' butts across the land!
All in all, I'd say we have
an impressive group of wizards here!
Any comments on our lineup, Mr. Yajima?
Yeah...
Mermaid Heel makes me pine for my youth.
[CHAPATI] Um, that's not quite what I meant.
We've kept everyone waiting long enough!
It's about time we unveil the official schedule
for this year's tournament!
There's gonna be a lot of action in the next few days.
Now we're talkin'!
Each one of the rounds will begin with a contest!
Participants will then be ranked from first to eighth place!
[CHAPATI] The teams will be awarded points depending
on how they ranked in the contest.
Additionally, the teams are allowed to select which
of their members they want to compete.
After that, we have battles!
These bouts should come as quite a treat to all you loyal fans
since it was your suggestions that created these matchups!
Interesting.
Sounds like they get to choose who fights who.
So then, if you don't watch how much magic you
use in a contest, you could find yourself
thrown into a battle with no time to rest.
[CHAPATI] The battle rules are simple!
Each team will square off as shown here!
The winning teams will be awarded ten points,
while the losing teams get jack squat!
[CHAPATI] In the case of a draw,
both teams will be awarded five points.
Ready for action? Let's get things started with the
first contest of the Grand Magic Games,
one that we call "Hidden"!
[FEMALE 157B] "Hidden"? What's that?
[MALE 157B] How should I know?
[CHAPATI] At this time, we'd like each team
to select one member to compete!
Once your selections are made,
the rules will be explained in their entirety.
[YAEGER] Let me start us off right!
It's all yours.
May the Wild be with you!
[ALL] Go Wild!
[CHAPATI] The first challenger has stepped forward!
Representing Quatro Cerberus; it's Yaeger!
The first one'll be easy. I'll size up our opponents.
We're counting on you.
[CHAPATI] From Mermaid Heel, the adorable Beth Vanderwood!
[IVAN (ALEXEI)] Nalpudding. You go.
I won't letcha down, boss man.
[CHAPATI] From Raven Tail, Nalpudding!
I'll take this one.
We're sending you out there in style!
[HIBIKI AND REN] Look out ladies, here comes Eve!
[CHAPATI] Blue Pegasus sends out Eve Tilm!
Gotta love those lively cheers!
I shall handle this.
I'm feeling inspired by the birds' lovely songs.
[CHAPATI] Keep your eyes on this one, folks!
From Sabertooth, the minstrel who
sings to the red moon: Rufus Lore!
They're going nuts for the pretty boy?
I don't get it.
Whatever the rules, I'm sure the name is a clue.
I have a feeling that stealth and guile
will be essential to win.
If only Wendy wasn't out of commission.
She'd be perfect.
I'll do it, guys!
I could use a warm up anyway;
you just sit back and let a real man handle it.
It's called hidden, so I don't think
sending out a giant is a great idea.
Sounds like in this game the smaller you
are the better, so that means it's down to me or Yuka.
Who're you callin' small?
No.
We shall take the lead from the start.
Just leave it to me.
[CHAPATI] From Lamia Scale, Lyon Bastia!
Yeah?
In that case, I got this one.
I've been itchin' to see what this tournament's all about.
[CHAPATI] From Fairy Tail Team A, the icy Gray Fullbuster!
If my darling's competing, then so will I!
Hey!
Don't go throwin' the fight for your boyfriend, ya hear?
[CHAPATI] From Fairy Tail Team B, Juvia Loxar!
The competitors have been chosen
and the long wait is finally over!
[CHAPATI] Grab a refreshment and get glued to your seat,
'cause you're not gonna want to miss a
single nail-biting moment of "Hidden!"
♪
[NATSU] Ugh, what's with the army of Grays?
Lame!
[HAPPY] This has gotta be heaven for Juvia!
[NATSU] But they're not the real deal!
It's weird!
[HAPPY] I wish I could use copy magic.
[NATSU] What would you use it for?
[HAPPY] I'd make copy after copy of the tastiest fish around!
[NATSU] So you're saying you'd be a "copy cat"?
[HAPPY] Ugh, and you thought the "Gray Army" was lame?
[HAPPY AND NATSU ] Next time: Night of Shooting Stars!
[HAPPY] Watch it or I'm gonna make an army
of Erzas who're all really mad at you!
[NATSU] Oh, no! Anything but that!