Since this is not a comment about the lastes chapter (286) or the next chapter (287) I posted my comment in this thread.
In fact right now I write about what will happened to Fairy Tail regarding the battles portion, the third battle of the team A agaisnt Lamia Scale and the tag team battles of the fourth day:
As I said in my lastest poster some days ago, I believe that Luxus fight will not end in the next chapter, but most likely his battle would end in chapter 288, even if only the first part of it.
After that we will have a fight between a member of Fairy Tail team A against Lamia Scale.
Most likely for Lamia Scale will fight Chelia, counting what Mashima posted on twitter.
There is even the possibilities that she will fight in the 4th contest, in chapter 289, while at the second part of the chapter 288 we will have a fight between Gray against Lyon, which would end in a draw.
To tell the truth we could have a rematch between Natsu and Yuka, but I would be disappointed, because even if Yuka became stronger in this lastest 7 years, I don’t think that he has a change against this Natsu.
I have always wanted to see if Natsu would be able to deal with the ice of Lyon or Gray, the special ice that Natsu was not able to melt to Galuna island (but now that Natsu can use even lighting I don’t like this thing).
There is even the possibility that if Erza will be chosen the team would call a substitute, then I believe that will be chosen as replacement Levy.
Anyways as I said above most likely for Lamia Scale will fight Chelia.
For this reason I believe that the one who will fight with her will be Wendy, even their look is similar.
I believe that at the end Wendy will win.
I want to write about the tag team battle of the 4th battle.
I believe that we will have only two member for each team, I believe that both of the two member for each team will stay on the battlefield at the same time, we will have a 2 vs 2 battle royal.
I believe that for this match the winner point will be double.
I even think that for each elimination the team will take 10 points while only 5 points for each member of the other team that will be able to endure after 30 minutes (perhaps for these battles even the time will change).
For what I said above I believe that if a team will eliminate the two member of the other team it will get 20 points.
If will be 2 vs 0 only that time will take points, but if it will be 1 vs 0 (so if one of the two member of the winner team will be knocking out) the loser team would get anyways 10 points.
If the match will end in 2 vs 1, the winner team would get 15 points while the loser team would get 5 point (because the result would be like 1 lost and 1 draw).
Until this lastest chapter I was unsure about the tag team match.
I thought of two possibilities:
1) For the tag team battle we would get a Fairy Tail team A vs Fairy tail team B.
2) For the tag team battle we would get Sabertooth vs Natsu and Wendy, while in one of the two match of the 3rd day we would get Fairy Tail vs Mermaid Hell (or Erza vs Milliana or another member of Sabertooth against Lluvia), while Fairy Tail team B would fight Raven Tail for the tag team match.
I thought this because I believe that we would get all the 6 dragonslayer on the fourth day battles, we would get Luxus vs Gazille vs Raven Tail, for their relationship with Ivan.
While I thought that Sabertooth would fight Wendy and Natsu, I thought Sabertooth would win because Natsu could decide to protect Wendy.
For example Wendy could receive a dangerous punch that would have injured her, but Natsu could see it and then he could decide to take it.
The hit would have knocking out Natsu.
Then Natsu would say (because Sting and Rogue would have ask him the reason for it) something about his nakama/friend, than that are more importants that a single winner.
This could even make decide Wendy to ask Porlyusica to help her with the two spell left by Grandine (perhaps she could do that even alone, obviously she will mastered it in the two days where there will not be any battles or contest (infact Porlyusica said that the tournament last for 7 days, so most likely after the fourth day we will have two days of hiatus)).
But after this last chapter right now I believe that in the tag team battle we will have Fairy Tail team A fight against Fairy Tail team B.
Obviously if will not be Wendy the one who would fight Lamia Scale we could see Fairy Tail team A vs Sabertooth and then Fairy Tail team B vs Mermaid Hell (if so I believe that will be Cana and the Lluvia the one who would fight them).
To tell you the truth counting that most likely Sabertooth and Mermaid Hell (for Gerard matter) will be the opponent for Fairy Tail in the 5th day I believe that we will have a match between the two team of Fairy Tail.
I believe that for Fairy Tail B will battle Lluvia and Gazille.
For Fairy Tail team A one will be surely Natsu, the other will be one between Gray and Erza.
I would prefer Erza, because I want that Gray will fight only in the 5th day, but with him we would get a rematch of Phantom Lord arc, where this time I believe will win Fairy Tail team B.
If Gray will fight there is the change that another bet will be done, regarding only the result of this match.
If will fight Erza I would really happy if we will have a rematch about the S class exam against Lluvia.
I believe that at the beginning Erza would dominate, but then for some reason Lluvia will use her true power, the power that she used against Meldy, and then she will win.
Perhaps she will be jealous of Erza because Gray would cheer for Erza, or perhaps Lluvia will remember the batsu game, then she will understand that if they would lose the team A would be too far away by her team, so she would not be able to have Gray for a day.
Perhaps Lluvia will remember the batsu game alone, or perhaps Erza will make her remember it (because Erza would want to test Lluvia’s power (because her power could be useful against Zereff)), or one of the member of her team.
Anyways I believe that Lluvia would summon/use an incredible amout of water, an amout so big that even Erza’s special armour (the one that she used against Lluvia on the test) will not be able to annul that water, so Erza would be defeated, perhaps her armour would be crushed.
Anyways I believe that Gazille will be knocking out.
I believe this even if I don’t think know if Natsu will defeat him, a double ko against Natsu or if by Lluvia’s fault.
In fact Natsu and Gazille could be involved by Lluvia’s attack and then knocking out, or perhaps after seeing Erza knocking out by Lluvia in someway both Natsu and Gazille will fall the shock.