The trio of Garsot, Natsu, and Tails were still standing at the start of the race when everyone but their opponents had taken off through the blades. With hesitation he started walking towards the swinging blades, looking to his sides to steal a glance from his partners, both of which gave a faint nod before looking back at the unamused Annie who was too busy playing with Mr. Tibbers to give any attention to what was going on.<br/><br/>"Let's do this," Garsot cried out as he bolted towards the first obstacle. As he approached the razor sharp blades he noticed that just lke with everything else he was able to sense the very vibrations that were caused by the said obstacle's movement. This gave him a great advantage while moving through them and effortlessly made it to the other side without any risk of damage, propelling himself forward with sound blasts that shot him at great speeds through the air. Once past the danger, he looked back to see how his companions were faring, happy to see that they were close behind as they too made it beyond the swinging axes.<br/><br/>"Ha, too easy," a confident smile playing upon the face of Natsu as he comes to the side of Garsot with Tails shortly behind, "though I'm surprised you were able to make it through fuzzy butt."<br/><br/>The two of them clashed heads once again before being pulled away by Garsot," Now is not the time for..." he is cut off as a loud explosion followed by shards of sharp metal flying through the air. Some shards that were flying towards the trio were deflected by a sound barrier produced by Garsot.<br/><br/>The explosion came from the direction of what used to be the first obstable, which is now only a pile of rubble and billowing smoke as Annie and Mr. Tibbers casually walk past the destruction, Annie with a slight frown on her face as she takes a gaze at the work around her, "These type of things bore me," she spoke with a sweet yet sinister voice. She raised her hand and pointed her finger at Garsot, a swirl of fire forming at the tip.<br/><br/>A smirk was on the face of Natsu as he watched the fire forming at the tip of his opponent's finger. 'So she's a fire wielder eh," he thought to himself as he waited for the attack to take off. As he expected, the fire launched from Annie's finger and quickly flew through the air about to strike Garsot. With quick reflexes Natsu moved in front and opened his mouth wide, eating the fire completely.<br/><br/>An irritated scowl formed on the face of Annie who thought her attack was going to be fast enough to strike, "Hmph" she grunts in annoyance.<br/><br/>"What the hell was that," Garsot asked with a surprised look on his face.<br/><br/>"I can eat fire," Natsu replied as he kept his view on Annie, "Now I am fired up," he yells as he prepares his Fire Dragon's Iron Fist. In a swift motion he launches himself towards Annie, preparing to strike. As he is just about to hit she swipes her hand in a streaking motion in front of her body, a wide spray of fire launching forward. "You never learn do..." Natsu is unable to finish his sentence as his body falls to the ground and is unable to move, his attack being canceled as the flame's from Annie hit his body and stun him.<br/><br/>Taking advantage of the moment, Annie has Mr. Tibbers grab the stunned demon before cruelly smiling towards Tails and Garsot, "Now we get to play our game." The two, with Natsu hostage jump into an opening in the ground, the bitter laugh of Annie echoing as they apparently move further away.<br/><br/>"Well, looks like its time to move on to our next obstacle," Tails says nonchalantly as he starts to walk towards the rest of the group that have gotten far out of sight by now. He stops abruptly as Garsot's hand holds firmly onto one of his tails.<br/><br/>A stern looks from Garsot pierces through Tails before pointing to the hole in the ground, "We are going," he commands as he runs to the hole and jumps in followed by Tails. The duo slides through a large tunnel for a few minutes before coming out the other side, finding themselves inside a large room with square tiles spread throughout.