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•.•.•.•. Run Devil Run •.•.•

The next morning. I woke up the earliest and saw everyone still snoring soundly. My lip curled into a smile and I stretched my legs, yawning once again. Breakfast... I suppose I'll make pancakes for those brats heh. My body made all the way to the tiny kitchen when a message popped on Jellal's phone. Unable to control my curiosity, I tiptoed to the sleeping blue haired boy and slipped his phone out of his hand.

Zeref: Is the plan working?

My eyes widened. What? Wait, was this whole thing was a setup? My hands shook as I typed back.

Jellal: What's the plan again?

I know, it's wrong but I need this knowledge. We're hanging out with the enemy for Mavis' sake!

Zeref: Figure out the Celestial's plan and crush their chances of being number one, Jellal have you forgotten?!

I quickly type back, not wanting him to know who it was.

Jellal: No sir, the plan is working perfectly as planned.

Zeref: Good.. I'll be expecting results later on.

I turned his phone off and tucked it into Jellal's arm. What Juvia said was true. Ignite was using us. Natsu was using me. We were all being used..

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"Shut up Sting!" I heard Lucy's angry voice echo the room.

Sting laughed and patted her head which she madly blushed.

"So Erza, how's everything going with your group? Any possible plans?" I hear Jellal's voice, perking up my senses.

I glance towards the two couple and listen carefully.

"Not really, we're practicing hard for the MBC Music Battle but nothing else," Erza says, slightly suspicious.

I made a note to myself to remind everyone of the backstabbing that Ignite has done. Right now, I didn't even want to speak to any one of them.

"Ari!!!!"

Great.... I turned my head to see a grinning Natsu running towards me. I took a deep breath and faked a smile. It was time for payback...

"Hey Natsu!" I greet keeping my smile up.

Natsu ruffles my hair as pink tints his cheeks.

"I missed ya, how'd ya sleep?" he asks, scratching the back of his neck.

"Good, although I slept on the floor with nothing but my pyjamas, but overall, I slept nice," I say.

"Same... Hey the guys and I are going to rehearse downstairs at the music room, you girls wanna come?" he asks, which I thought was strange.

"Sure," I agree casually, wanting to know their plans.

Natsu hugs me slightly before running over to Jellal and the other guys. I narrow my eyes and glare at them. Those stupid idiots won't know what's coming after them.. =~=

"Er-San! Lu, Juvia, Wendy!" I call them, gesturing my hand.

They all glance towards me and notice my seriousness. Erza was the first to come and nodded.

"You and Juvia were right, Ariana," she says, strictly.

Lucy nods.

"They're totally using us," she agrees.

Wendy nods slightly too, frowning. I blink my eyes with surprise. So they already knew? Well, the boys did make it obvious..

"So what do we do now?" I ask, gesturing towards Erza.

Erza hums finally lights up.

"We have to avoid them at all cause and act very obnoxious and annoying around them, got it? That's the first stage of our plan," she instructs.

We all nod in agreement and secretly pack our stuff while the boys were busy in the washroom.

"You guys done?" I whisper loudly enough for them to hear.

"Yeah, let's head out," Lu orders, pointing to the door.

Wendy was the first to get out, then Juvia, Lu, Erza, and then me. I closed the door as silently as possible and all the girls ran for our room. We told ourselves to never speak of this again...

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Two weeks have gone pretty quickly. The Celestials have been practicing like their butts off for the Battle that was coming up soon and we decided to perform Red Light By: F(x).

It seemed legit I mean we were over all that girly stuff anyway. Right now the girls and I were taking a break courtesy of our wonderful yet the match maker manager, Mira Jane.

"Cheers for the Battle in 3 days!" Lu raises her glass full of sparkling water and clinks it with the rest of ours.

Juvia and Wendy both smile and start digging in their cake while Erza runs over to the cashier and asks for 3 whole strawberry shortcake cakes. I laugh as a ding catches my attention. I unlock my phone to see a message from Mira.

Mira: Come to FT ASAP! We have to discuss about your outfits! Ahhh I totally forgot about it >•<

I smile, giggling inwardly on how childish Mira could be. I scrolled down through my messages and sucked in a breath when I saw a certain name text me at least 10 times. Natsu Dragneel... A member of Ignite, our rival and enemy..

I turned my phone off and sighed, losing my appetite. I had absolutely no more feelings for Natsu. He used me. Like a little puppet with strings. That was unacceptable.. Nobody controls me, well except for Master M but he only orders our albums and everything, which I'm totally grateful for. But Natsu, he's.. He's just different. Just like Fire and Water. They don't match, and that's how Natsu and I are..

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Another boring day rehearsing for the Music Battle. It turns out that there was also a dance battle which one of the members from each group had to show off for the audience. It couldn't be Wendy or Juvia because they were both too shy to go up, not Erza because yes, she's just really bad at dancing. Me, nah, I was already going out for the duet so Lucy had the dance.

I actually really felt bad for her because the director told her that she had to show off some "sexy moves" if she wanted to win. What was this? A stripping club?!

Ignite.. That name still clings onto all of our minds. Two weeks and we haven't heard from any of them. I mean, Erza told me that she seen Jellal a couple of times but they never made any contact with each other.

"You guys ready for dress rehearsal?" Mira asks, smiling kindly as always.

We all nod and Mira claps giddily.

"You guys are going to do great, beat those Ignite guys up, kay?" Mira complements.

We strain a smile and once she was out of our sight, our smiles turned into frowns. Lucy had to admit once. She missed Sting's stupidity. Wendy missed Romeo's jokes. Erza, Juvia, and I were the ones who kept out secrets to ourselves.

"Welcome, Number one girl group in Korea, Seoul, the Celestials!" our announcer cues us in.

"Ready?" Wendy asks.

We nod quickly as she heads up first. I should forget about Ignite and Natsu. They're both the past. I don't have to worry about them anymore.

Then why does my heart ache when I say that? And why do I feel like someone's watching me?

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Next chapter is coming up! MBC Music Battle!