Erza found it hard to believe that she had gotten out of the contest. Granted she was thankful. Often Mirajan'e schemes backfired, and Jellal was not here for the opening ceremonies (if you want to call it that). Jellal had left for the duration of the festivities, and he was really the only one she desired to kiss anyway. Everyone else was sure to pale in comparison.

Mirajane passed Erza after the game had ended, and the participants began to meander off their separate ways. She handed Erza a small envelope. "You are excused from this festival. The details on why you will find inside."

Erza hesitantly held the envelope in her hand. She wondered if the thing would blow up in her face, both literally and figuratively. She cautiously lifted the tab on the back and pulled a small card out.

He's staying in a cabin in the woods. There is a small crude map on the back that should provide ample directions to get you there. Go! Fill me in when you get back!

Erza blinked a few times before she smiled to herself and prepared to quietly sneak out of the guild hall.

Meredy grinned a few feet away as she watched the events unfold. She knew what Erza would read in that envelope. She had help Mirajane plan it all out. Jellal might not be happy at first though. But surely he would come around in the end. Then he would have to thank her.

The games struck Meredy as odd, granted unlike the Fairy Tail mages she was not accustomed to Mirajane's matchmaking ways. She had made a point to speak to Mirajane about her opinion on the games, and why she shouldn't participate in them. She told Mira that with her sensory link magic she would likely cheat through the game, although looking at the guild hall now watching people pair off cheating might have been the easier route.

Meredy had already determined who she would be spending the day with. She hesitantly took a deep breath and looked his way. Poor Oric looked flustered and upset. Perhaps, she should fix that...

Meredy walked over to Oric and sat down across from him. "What's wrong?"

Oric blinked at her a couple times. "Oh, er, uh nothing."

Oric wasn't overly shy but when it came to the pinkette beauty he floundered a lot with his words. "All these couples paired off, makes us feel like the odd ones out doesn't?" Meredy asked him.

Oric wondered to himself what Meredy may be getting at. "Perhaps. I didn't give it a lot of thought." Yup, he was lying through his teeth there. He watched as she initially went up stage with all the other girls. He felt his forehead wrinkle in puzzlement when she whispered something to Mira. Then he frowned when he realized she was walking off the stage and wouldn't be participating.

"I could have participated I guess. But, I would have cheated." Oh, if she had cheated that would have probably been embarrassing. "I mean I would just activate my sensory link magic apply it to the boy who was kissing me and easily figure out who he was. Which that of course would tip the game heavily in my favor." She watched as Oric's frown became deeper before she continued. "I mean I already know who I want to spend the day with. I just don't have to kiss a lot of other guys to get there."

Oric frowned her way. Then he glanced around the room hesitantly. Who was it she could have wanted to spend the day with?

"Wow, you look spooked. Do you want to know? I can make my sensory link magic work the opposite way, so he won't even overhear us talking." Oric didn't want to know, not if it wasn't him. But before he could protest Meredy had taken his hand and the symbol of her magic working appeared on his wrist. Then he saw images appear in his mind. They had all happened at different times over the past month or so. A good majority of them were those time he would gaze at her longingly then get caught. But there were a few other times when they were laughing with each other over something trivial. He gasped as Meredy released the magic. She smiled at him, "now you know."

"Me?" He asked perplexed.

Meredy merely smiled coyly and nodded. "Yup, you."

Oric got over his temporary shyness to say. "Ya know, I feel a bit cheated. All the other boys got to kiss the girl they were spending days with..."

He didn't get to finish his sentence because Meredy pulled him across the table and planted her lips on his. The kiss was quick but it effectively cut off his words and made what he was about to say obsolete. "No room for argument now. So let's grab one of those itineraries for this festival and plan out our day together."

When Juvia read Gray's name off the token before she read it aloud she gasped. He actually had kissed her. He had been the one to send the tingles up and down her spine, and the electricity to zing over her body.

"Gray Fullbuster," she said aloud.

Gray stiffened in his seat. He wasn't scared that she figured out which kiss was his. He was surprised that his kiss had lit her on fire the same way it had him. Because that was the only reasoning that made sense on why he was the one she ended up choosing.

Luckily she didn't dance his way. If she had appeared to him over eager she would have probably scared him all over again. No her steps were measured. Gray gulped as he watched her movements. In this moment it felt like she was the predator and he was her prey. It didn't make him nervous though. It turned him on.

When Juvia reached his table she sat on the corner just hovering next to where his arms crossed on the table. "It was a pleasant surprise that you participated."

"I...I wasn't going to."

"Why did you then?"

"Hell, I'm not sure what compelled me. The look in Lyon's eyes as this 'game' was announced bothered me. Then when he got in your line I suddenly was there also."

"Hmm, I bet I can guess which kiss was Lyon's." She smiled at the memory. Not because she enjoyed it, it wasn't a bad kiss there just wasn't a spark. No, she smiled because she realized something very very revealing. Gray was jealous. "I bet he was the one that dipped me."

Juvia watched as Gray seethed with annoyance. Yup, he was definitely jealous. "He is a pretty good kisser." She paused to watched how Gray clenched his fists so tightly the knuckles turned white before she continued her thought outwardly. "It wasn't his kiss that left me wanting more though."

Yukino never really felt shy with him before. Sure she felt shy a vast majority of the time but this was very different. She walked off the stage automatically. It was as if a magnet were dragging her feet toward his frame. She felt she was seeing this all through tunnel vision, her eyes shadowed around her zeroing in on only him. Rogue stood tall and stiff against a wooden pillar. Frosch had comfortably landed on his shoulder and rested happily there.

"Hi," Yukino blushed. What a silly thing to say they had arrived here together and she was being all coy and aloof. But his half smile in response had her heart pounding more in happiness then nervousness.

"I think we covered more then hi just now. Don't you?" Rogue's comment caught her off guard.

They gazed at each other for several minutes. Frosch's eyeballs ping ponging between the two of them. Before she finally interrupted them, "Yukino? Do you know what that kiss meant up there?"

Yukino turned toward Frosch. She was surprised that she had forgotten the exceed was there. But it was hard to see anything else but Rogue right now. His presence was now captivating her attention in so many ways. She found herself wondering if she listened to his heart what it would sound like. Would it be beating as loudly and as forcefully as her own? If she touched him right now, just a brief trailing of her fingertips over a sliver of bare skin, would he fill the tingles that she felt when he gently touched his lips to hers at first. The tingles of course had quickly turned to a blazing fire when he had deepend the kiss. A throat being cleared awoke her from her internal debate.

Oh yes Frosch had asked her something. "What the kiss meant?" Yukino blinked at the exceed in confusion.

Rogue half smiled at her again. "Your confusion is quite a sight. I'm surprised at how even that expression is tempting me so."

Tempting, he thinks I'm tempting? Wait...he...we..ooooh!

Yukino licked her now parched lips. "I...uh...think I get it."

"Do you now?"

Yukino nodded.

"No, you really don't, Yukino. You can't understand completely. But I will do my best to enlighten you. You, Yukino, are my light and as your shadow I will always have your back."

Yukino felt the moisture run down her cheek before she realized her eyes had sprung a leak. That was single handily the most romantic thing anyone had ever said to her. She couldn't wait to hear more in the future.

Sting smiled happily as Mikayla made her way to his table. No point in dwelling in the past sorry, that granted only just happened about five minutes ago. It was time to move on toward the future. A pink exceed that somehow Sting hadn't noticed joined her.

It briefly registered at the corner of his vision how Lector was giving himself a bath and making sure his vest was perfectly straight. He smirked. I guess this situation will also be working out for Lector as well.

Mikayla sat at the table. Her hands fidgeting in her lap. "Sorry, I, uh..I'm not sure what to say."

"We should probably begin by getting to know each other. What guild are you from? I don't see your mark anywhere." Yeah, he looked all over her body and specifically studied the uncovered flesh with the most intensity.

"Uh, well...I'm not in a guild actually. I didn't know about this festival. I came here because I was thinking about joining Fairy Tail. I thought perhaps the Strauss family might help me with my magic. I'm kind of green when it comes to my abilities."

"So, you're a takeover mage?"

Mikayla sighed. This was always the thought everyone jumped to when she mentioned how she wanted to be tutored by the Strauss family. "No, my abilities..my magic is quite a bit more complicated then that."

"Enlighten me."

"My magic, it's similar to both celestial magic and takeover magic. Like a crossover between the two. Well, plus some chaos spells thrown in."

"I don't think I understand."

"I collect forms. I study animals very closely and I absorb their essence."

"Essence? Is that like their soul?" This was beginning to sound creepy.

"More like I clone their personality, shape, and abilities. I can then call that shape at will. I can either cast that shape in front of me separate, as an ally or I can change into the shape itself. The problem is because of my chaos magic changing into said shape can be dangerous for me. I don't mean to but sometimes I get lost in the animals mind."

"How does that connect to chaos magic?"

This was the most difficult part to explain. She had scared people before. Before she could say something Linnea intervened. "Her chaos magic comes from her father. She has no control over it but sometimes she can seep into someone's mind and cause any number of paranoia related phenomenon. If she herself gets wrapped up in the mind of the animal she shifts into her own paranoia. The magic can inflict itself upon her. She could in fact, go crazy."

"That all sounds quite impressive. That's a lot of magic pumping in that little body of yours. Also, it's rare that a magic is genetically passed down. Have you looked into your family tree?"

"Oh, I don't have to. My mom she can't cast a spell to save her life. Her mother was the takeover mage. My father's mother was a celestial mage. I think that's where the ally bit comes from. My father is where I get the chaos magic from."

"Wait, do you mean to tell me that you inherited not one but three magical abilities? How?"

"Uh, well...my father is a dragon slayer. Dragon slayer magic infused with the mate magic when resulting in a pregnancy seems to lead to magically enhanced children."

Sting had froze when she said the first part. "WAIT! BACK UP! YOUR FATHER IS A DRAGON SLAYER?"

Mikalya became startled by his shouting. Then shivered nervously as she realized the whole guild hall turned toward the two of them. Just what she wanted to be...the center of attention.