Template:The Earth Land Chronicles/November 2013

 ''Welcome to the latest issue of The Earth Land Chronicles. This article will a relatively sarcastic overview of things in the Fairy Tail series, which will probably be presented in chronological order. This could include main villains, Dragon Slayers, Celestial Spirits, probably in the order they were revealed. Our first series will be the story arcs of Fairy Tail, with an arc being done each month. So let's continue with the Key of the Starry Sky arc.'' 

SEX!

Hey readers, with the KotSS arc over, we've arrived at what is the manga's longest arc to date, the Grand Magic Games arc.

So we start of with Natsu fighting Max. Now, one would think Natsu could easily deal with simple fodder like Max, but apparently no longer can he, as Max has trained during the 7 years between the disappearance and return of the Tenrou Team and become more formidable. You'd think the anime would hint at this in the KotSS arc, but alas no. Of course, Natsu still wins thanks to that power-up he got from Laxus known as the Lightning Flame Dragon Mode. But still, this makes him and the main gang (cause they're the only ones who really matter y'know) realize that they aren't strong enough in this world. Makes sense in the manga, not so much in the anime where they took down the ROS.

So while Team Natsu and Wendy visits Porlyusica for something along the lines of a potion to make them stronger, Makarov takes Gildarts to the old building to show him Lumen Histoire and tell him he'll be the 5th Guild Master of Fairy Tail. I think we all guessed where this would end up even before it was actually revealed.

Anyways, Porlyusica chases everyone away with a broom like the Baba Yaga but after being close to her, Wendy starts crying about how she gets the feeling of Grandeeney. We then find out from Porlyusica herself that she's really from Edolas and is the counterpart of Grandeeney, from whom she once obtained information regarding some spells to give to Wendy, which she does. At the same time, Makarov is about to announce that Gildarts is gonna be the next master but imagine the laughter when Mira is in his place instead and reads a letter that says that he's not gonna take the job, but for the time being, he'll let Laxus back into the guild and make Makarov the guild master again so he can help them become #1 in Fiore again. He leaves Cana a card to call him with but she doesn't want it and Makarov is all excitedly angry and stuff.

So the way do you become #1? Join the tournament known as the Grand Magic Games, of course! And naturally, when you have a tournament, you need to train your ass off! And where do you train? A populated beach! What do you wear at the beach? Bikinis! Or trunks if you're a dude. But what happens when your friend's buddies take away all your training time by bringing you to a party?

Well, thankfully, there is always a way to boost yourself to the top when you're the main characters. See, it involves some people you used to know and who are now on a quest to eliminate Dark Guilds. They're Crime Sorciere and are comprised of Meredy, Ultear and Jellal. Somehow, they knew where to find our gang and are ready to offer them a power-up in exchange for them checking out the Grand Magic Games arena, from which they've often sensed power similar to Zeref's.

While the others are happy, Jellal is less so and we really see this when he talks to Erza. Ever after so long, he refuses to get over the fact that he killed his friend while he was brainwashed and insists on punishing himself for it rather than forgiving himself. Naturally, Erza's not too happy about this and delivers a much-needed (but insufficient) slap. After this is where we get their "moments" as well as the feelings of every fangirl this couple has, which can be summed up like this:

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Yeah, that's about it. But hey, soon, it's time for the games. The gang meets their guildmates in Crocus as well as Sting and Rogue from the current #1 guild, Sabertooth and both as as huge assholes as you would expect, maybe even more so as these 3rd Generation Dragon Slayers claim to have killed the Dragons that raised them. Naturally, this pisses off Natsu (and Happy gets bullied by their two Exceed, Lector and Frosch) but he doesn't have much time to be pissed since, once they get to their lodge, the preliminaries for the games begin!

So what's up here is that it's some huge-ass revolving sphere where you gotta be one of the first 8 teams to make it to the destination. Despite planning to bring Wendy, Team Natsu ends up going with Elfman and just barely manages to come in 8th place. In 7th is Quatro Cerberus and from 6th to 4th is Mermaid Heel, the all-female Guild, Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale, who decided to enter Jura and Lyon for the first time. What's surprising is Raven Tail is now supposedly a legal guild and is in 3rd. In 2nd is....Team B?

Yup, all guilds can enter 2 teams and Fairy Tail did so, with Laxus, Gajeel, Mira, Juvia and "Mystogan" as a part of it. Yeah, you guessed it, "Mystogan" is really Jellal, who was allowed to come and decided to do so despite his earlier thought that the Dark Magic he sensed might've been coming from himself or his friends due to their association with Zeref. Oh well. And, #1 is Sabertooth. Not really a surprise. Pretty soon, it's time for the games to begin and the first game is called Hidden! Lyon takes it for his team, making Gray do the same for his, since the two have a bet going on and if Lamia Scale wins, Juvia has to join them since Lyon loves her now. Oh, and Juvia joins the game as well.

The game is basically a rip of Assassins Creed and Gray has a lot of trouble cause he's not a video gamer. That, and Nullpudding from Raven Tail keeps going after him. Cue a little fanservice in the form of Juvia's panties. Now for the real stuff, Rufus of Sabertooth has a memory version of Make-Magic, meaning he has the natural advantage here. With his move, he pretty much annihilates everyone, even Nullpudding who dodges his initial move. Sabertooth wins and FTA is at the absolute bottom of the rankings while FTB is only one rank above. Naturally, Gray's emo-side kicks in and he takes a breather elsewhere. But! It's time to start the battles and first up is Lucy vs. Flare from Raven Tail who's been looking at her funny.

For once, Lucy gets to show what she's made of by beating up on Flare til she decides to play dirty and hold Asuka Connell hostage from a distance. Lucy nearly loses here but thankfully, Natsu takes care of the problem and Lucy can fight once more with her secret move: Urano Metria, which she can do alongside Gemini. Sadly though, Obra of Raven Tail cheats and reduces her Magic to 0, causing her to lose the battle and giving her the scorn of the audience. Natsu, though, in one of his best portrayals, comforts her and tells her to save the tears for when they win.

In other news, Ren beats Araña of Mermaid Heel and is supposedly now engaged to Sherry from Lamia Scale. Orga is from Sabertooth, he beats Warcry from Quatro Cerberus and he uses some kind of Lightning Magic, so y'know what's gonna go down with him. NEXT is the big deal! "Mystogan" who's really Jellal vs. Jura. Both were Wizard Saints but now, who's tougher? Well, the battle starts with Jellal trying to play his role by using Mystogan's Magic but soon realizing Jura can't be beaten with it and uses his own Heavenly Body Magic instead.

Still, Jura can counter his moves and so Jellal resorts to using Sema. Sadly though, this would supposedly reveal his true identity and so Ultear, watching from afar, has Meredy sense-link with him and feed her hot peppers and tickle her, meaning Jellal feels all of it. Apparently, this is too much for the former Wizard Saint and makes him collapse, giving the match to Jura. Uh, what? Is that lame or what? I'm getting off this topic though before I get mad.

But, that's the end of this edition of ELC! Well, that's all for this portion of the Grand Magic Games arc! Fairy Tail is really having a hard time, aren't they? You're gonna have to join us next month as we take a look at the next part of Fairy Tail's largest arc (to date).

Till then!




 * Best Quote of the Arc:
 * "Save the tears for when we win." Natsu to Lucy in Chapter 272


 * Best Magic of the Arc:
 * Memory-Make


 * Best Moment of the Arc:
 * The almost-kiss. What, I enjoyed it >_>


 * Best Chapter of the Arc:
 * Chapter 268


 * Best Episode of the Arc:
 * Lucy vs. Flare