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Nashi watches with envy as she stares at her guildmates competing in the Grand Magic Games. Almost every year, they've managed to always come out number one and win money only to spend it on more drinks at the guild. Although, it still gave everyone a sense of accomplishment to come out on top of everyone else. Nashi just wished that she could be chosen to participate with her guildmates fighting right now.
Ever since the moment that Nashi was born, everyone knew something was certainly strange about her. She wasn't immune to fire and in fact got burned very easily by anything hot. She also couldn't hold the celestial keys right enough to summon a spirit that Lucy bought at a mage store. She also wasn't strong. She never cried from too much pain from her guildmates, but one time, Storm was being rough with her older brother again as always and a chunk of his ice came barreling at her face and would've killed her if Wendy didn't have healing magic.
Lucy decided it would be best to bring her to Porlyusica to have her body checked. After a long time of testing her, she finally figured out the theory she was basing her tests on.
Nashi wasn't a mage.
To an ordinary human, it'd seem likely and maybe even relieving to know this, but Nashi felt like a bird without her wings. Here she was in a guild full of people with extraordinary magic while being weaker than a feather. She was the exact opposite of her parents and brother. Nashi was weak.
After the guild heard the news, some tried to convince her that it didn't matter. "You can still be stronger than everyone in the guild" or "You're still powerful", but she knew they just pitied her. Dear Mavis does she ever hate that word so much.
So here she sat up front and center in the stands at the age of 17 still without magic wishing for a chance to compete. She knew her dreams were probably hopeless as she'd get beaten up in a second, but Nashi wanted to have fun. She wanted to prove to her parents that she wasn't useless.
These past few months, she's been training with herself to make herself stronger. Sure, she may not have magic, but she's been practicing with Erza's old swords that she's found wandering around. She's also been working on her punches and kicks. She's stronger than she was years ago when she'd break down at the sight of her guild mark on her right hand just like her mom. Nashi may be weak, but she's for sure stronger than anyone would ever imagine from a mage without magic.
She sighed as she imagined herself instead of her brother with her [Erza's old] sword instead of his fire swinging at the opponent and making him/her look at her with fear. She wanted to prove herself to everyone. She wanted to be strong.
"Luke Dragneel has now managed to beat down his opponent in just a few seconds!", the reporter says on the wide screen lacrima with enthusiasm.
"That's my boy!", Natsu yells with a grin making everyone else including Nashi to cheer for Luke.
"How are you, Nashi," Lucy asks as she walks over to where Nashi is sitting.
Nashi rolls her eyes. Lucy started to constantly ask her how she was after they found out about her being powerless seven years ago. She hated how her mom saw her just like everyone else in the guild: Fragile and weak.
"I'm fine, Mom. Now get out of my way," Nashi waves her off, "Nova is about to start."
Lucy sighs before sitting next to Nashi.
Nashi continues to watch in amazement as Nova defeats her enemy in the same amount of time of Luke- maybe less.
"And there we go with the day ending in Fairy Tail taking the lead. Will they continue to win or will someone be able to take the Fairies down starting with their tail? My name is Mason, and I'll see you tomorrow," the lacrima disappears, and everyone stands up to leave.
"It doesn't surprise me that we're in the lead again as always," Natsu says.
"You shouldn't jinx yourself, Natsu," Gray sighs.
"What the hell is a jinx?", Natsu asks with a brow raised.
"Don't cuss around children," Lucy mutters at Natsu.
Nashi scans the room for any children until she realizes who Lucy was talking about. "I'm not a kid, Mom. I'm 17. I've heard worse from Dad," Nashi rolls her eyes again.
"I just don't want your mouth to be as filthy as Natsu's," Lucy sighs.
"Like at night when we-", Lucy quickly covers his mouth with a blush, and Nashi gags.
"Okay, I was wrong. That's the worst thing I've heard from Dad," Nashi cringes.
"That was uncalled for," Erza scolds Natsu.
"S-Sorry, Erza," Natsu quickly apologizes making Nashi laugh.
"The only reason you defeated your opponent faster than mine is because I had a harder enemy," Nashi can hear Luke's voice from a few feet away in the large crowd.
"It's okay to be weaker than me, Luke," Nova giggles beside him.
Nashi continues to trail behind her parents eavesdropping on her guildmates' conversation.
"Or weaker than everyone in the guild," Storm snickers from behind.
"Shut up, Snow-head! You were slower than Nova and me combined," Luke yells loudly.
"No way in hell was I slower than that, Smokey-breath!", Storm defends loudly.
"There's Nashi. We'll just ask her," Luke says before his footsteps grow louder and louder to Nashi as he comes closer.
"Who was faster? Me or Storm?", Luke asks.
"You were-"
"Aha!", Luke grins.
"-but your opponent was really weak compared to Storm's," Nashi shrugs.
She spots Storm smirking while Luke glares at her. "Whatever," he huffs.
"Sore loser," Storm coughs out.
"You were still slower than me, so you can't call me a loser, Idiot," Luke mutters beside Nashi.
"But I still defeated someone stronger than me," Storm points out.
They continue with their arguing which makes Nashi sigh. She never understood why they had to take after their Dads with the fighting. They were always competing against each other to prove who was stronger. Sometimes she wished she had a rival like that no matter how weird of a wish it was. At least there'd be one person to accept her as a good enough challenge rather than the fragile weak person who couldn't fight.
"What are you both doing?", Rosemary asks with a scary look on her face. She was just as scary as her mother.
"N-Nothing," Storm and Luke both stammer out.
Rosemary gives Nashi a questioning look which she returns with a mere shrug of the shoulders.
She gives a quick karate chop to both of their heads before turning to her brother, Reiki. They were both twins with matching red hair except the brother had a blue birthmark over his right eye. He tended to keep to his self more than the raging Rosemary.
Storm and Luke both groan which makes Nashi burst out laughing at how they act differently around Rosemary.
Nashi lays in her hotel room in boredom. She wasn't exactly tired and felt full of energy. Normally when she felt this way, she'd sneak out of the house and train by herself far into the woods, but at the moment, she's in a hotel in Fiore next to her parents' room.
But since when has these things stopped her from sneaking out?
She always found a way to vent her feelings out by fighting. Even if she didn't have magic, she felt like she was a good fighter using her bare fists and kicks. Fighting allowed her to release her emotions in a way nothing else could.
She gets dressed in her usual outfit of a dark red vest with gold trimming forming a "t" shape on her chest, baggy white shorts tied with thin rope, and sandals. She grabs her special white scarf that her mom knitted for her when she was a baby and wraps it around her neck.
She then opens her hotel window and peers down. To her, it looks as if she's on the second floor. She crawls out and lands on her feet once she jumps down to the hard concrete. After that, she gives her limbs a quick stretch before walking around the empty city to find an area to train at.
She sighed once she realizes that she forgot the sword that she brought from home. She'll just have to give her legs a workout.
She continues strolling down the street shivering slightly at the cold of the night. It certainly seemed different at night. The city looked so dark and empty at night while being so lively and bright during the day. Normally, people would be hustling around the busy city of flowers. Nashi liked it better during the night. It was peaceful.
She ends up in the woods behind the castle and grins. She practices her high kicks, low kicks, and middle kicks. Then, she moves on to her punches. After being done with those, she climbs up the tree and jumps down. She climbs up the tree once again before jumping off and repeating the process. Trees give great workouts.
By the time that she finished, she was sweating and panting from out of breath. She hated how she seemed to lack so much energy no matter how much she practiced and practiced. It wasn't like she never slept or ate healthy foods. She was probably healthier than everyone in her guild due to their drinking habits and eating large amounts of food. She couldn't understand how they managed to last for so long. Nashi tried everything, but they barely had to try to beat her for something.
She sighs in disappointment. She just needs to sleep, and she'll feel better tomorrow.
"Why is a young lady like you doing out at a time like this," a deep voice says behind her.
Nashi turns around and replies, "Just got bored."
She stares the man who looks about 20 and drunk. He's staggering with his movements and slurring with his speech.
"If you're bored, how about I give you a grand ol' time," he smirks.
"Not interested," she says as she tries to walk away, but he grabs her wrist.
"Are you sure," he grips her wrist tighter when she tries to pull his hand off.
"I'm very sure, asshole," she kicks his crotch.
He winces in pain but keeps his deathly grip on Nashi, "You bitch!" His hand comes up to give a slap, but her reflexes are quick. Her other free hand catches his wrist.
"You chose the wrong person to mess with," she glares at him and flips him over her back. He falls to the ground with a groan before getting up to walk away. Nashi sure did sober him up.
She walks the rest of the way to the hotel with a sense of accomplishment. That would officially be the first opponent she's ever taken down to the ground. In fact, she wanted to share the news with anyone, but everyone was currently in bed doing the one thing she should be doing: sleeping.
Once reaching the tall building, she climbs up the wall, easier said than done, to her hotel room. She scolds herself for forgetting to close the window as she reaches inside her room. Remembering that she's drenched with sweat, Nashi sighs because she knows she can't take a shower. Someone may wake up from the noise, so she decides to just sleep while feeling dirty.
She quickly changes back into her pajamas before taking her scarf off and draping it around her bed frame. Nashi slides into her comfortable bed and closes her eyes leaving her to dream about fighting and being the strongest mage in Fairy Tail.
If only dreams could be reality...
Natsu & Lucy:
* Nashi
* Luke
Gray & Juvia:
* Storm
Erza & Jellal:
* Rosemary
* Reiki
Mira & Laxus:
* Nova