Liserpent: Hey guys, I'm back!
Natsu: About time, I've been waiting forever! I'm all fired up now!
Lucy: You idiot, Author-chan has a life you know! She's in high school *punches Natsu in the gut*
Erza: Yes, Author-chan has been trying very hard to keep grades up. Yet, she still makes time for her other activities.
Happy: Aye!
Hikari: Liserpent doesn't own Fairy Tail, but she does own me and her other OCs plus the plot.
Natsu, after recovering: That's right. If she did, Hikari would be a canon character and would end up with Gray.
Gray: What the hell Flame Brain?! Were you not there when she nearly killed me?! As if I'd go out with her!
Hikari: WHAT THE FRICK DID THE TWO OF YOU JUST SAY!? *eyes start glowing and a killer dark aura appears*
Gray: *jumps into Natsu's arms* RUN YOU PYRO!
Natsu: WHY ARE WE RUNNING FROM YOUR GIRLFRIEND?! (says while running)
Gray: CUZ SHE'S SCARY AND WANTS TO KILL US, AND SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND! *mumbles* not yet anyways
Erza and Lucy: *dying of laughter*
Liserpent: Okaaaaay on with the story...
Happy: Aye!
Two girls are running in a garden. One was six and the other was almost four. It was mid-January, the trees were bare. There was about a centimeter of snow on the ground, and numerous pairs of footprints could be seen from where the two girls were running. They were playing tag, and the redhead was chasing her imoto around. They were both laughing and giggling without a care in the world. Just as the redhead was about to tap her sister on the shoulder, a servant called them in and told them their parents wanted to talk to them about something.
The two girls quickly run into the massive castle and head to the throne room. They meet their parents who are sitting on ivory thrones. The two girls curtsied before the king and queen, then waited patiently for them to speak.
"My children, we have something to talk about," their father started. He had black and blue hair, like his younger daughter but amber eyes like his eldest one.
"It's about who will be the next queen," the current queen continued. She had long beautiful red locks and mysterious yet kind obsidian eyes.
"Usually the eldest child becomes the next ruler so that me-" the king continued but was cut off.
"I don't want to be queen, I want to be a knight. I want to serve and protect my kingdom in battle!" the young redhead complained.
Her imoto didn't want her nee-chan's dreams to get crushed, so she proposed something that was unheard of.
"How about I become queen so that Nee-chan can be a knight and serve under my rule. There will still a ruler, and this way, Nee-chan doesn't have to give up her dreams!" the black-bluenette exclaimed.
"Well, I guess that would be okay, I mean there's no rule for the next ruler in this kingdom right?" the queen inquired looking at her husband.
"True. Then it's settled, she'll become queen while her sister becomes a knight," the king declared.
"On one condition!" the youngest cut in. Everyone looked at her with a questioning gaze. "I get to be a warrior queen!"
"Deal!" the two rulers agreed.
"See Nee-chan, you can follow your dreams now!" she exclaimed looking up at her sister with shining eyes.
Gray suddenly bolted upright in his bed. What kind of dream was that? The redhead looked like a younger version of Erza and the other girl looked like Hikari. But Gray doesn't remember either one of them being royalty. However, the rulers looked pretty damn close to them. He just shrugged it off and got ready for the day. As he reached the guild, he remembered that Team Natsu would be accompanying Hikari on her mission that she picked. He groaned. That girl nearly killed him, and now he has to help her? No way. He opened the door and was greeted by a flying chair hurling at him.
"Oi, Squinty Eyes! Let's fight!" the annoying pyro screeched.
"You're on, Flaming Bastard!" Gray replied, and the two started basically World War Z.
~ at the bar ~
Hikari sat on one of the stools and continued to drink her Pepsi that she got from Mira.
"Hikari, do you want anything to eat for breakfast?" Mira kindly asked.
"No thanks, I'm not hungry," the water dragon slayer replied sweetly.
At this, Natsu stopped fighting Gray (A/N: well that's a first) and rushed over to Hikari. Laxus immediately ran over as well.
"You've got to eat something, anything will do!" Natsu started.
"Anything?" Hikari asked while a lightbulb went off in her head.
"Yes anything, just eat something will ya?" Laxus replied in an exasperated tone.
"Then, I want ice cream cake, Mira!" Hikari proudly stated.
"Well, I don't think you should have that so early in the morning... " Mira started. Natsu gave her a pleading look and clutched onto Hikari's arm. She was about to say no because it wouldn't be healthy. But she saw Laxus's pleading look. She couldn't say no to Laxus. No matter how hard she tried. "Oh alright!"
She gave Hikari a slice of ice cream, and Hikari devoured it in less than a second.
"That was amazing!" she exclaimed with tears pouring down from her eyes after finishing it. She looks like Erza eating strawberry cake just now. Gray remembered that this girl almost killed him, not to mention tried to drink Juvia. He walked over to her and tapped the siren on her shoulder.
Hikari turned around and faced the ice mage with wide eyes. "Who are you?"
"Don't you remember me, you know, the one you almost killed?!" Gray replied rather incredulously.
"Don't recall that, though that would make sense since you seem weak. So yeah, I wouldn't remember fighting you even if I did," she said nonchalantly.
This got Gray really mad.
"You may be strong but you have terrible memory Water Witch!"
"What did you just say Squinty Eyes?!" Hikari got up from the bar stool and was standing in front of Gray, her fists clenched tightly. Never insult this dragon slayer of you want to live.
"You heard me Dragon Girl. Why don't we have a duel to see who's stronger?!"
"You're on Ice Princess!" By now, their faces were close to each other. They're just as close as Natsu's and Gray's faces whenever they fight. A light blue magic circle appeared on Gray's hands and a dark blue one appeared on Hikari's. They were going to have the duel right then and right now.
"Could you do us a favor and take it outside so you don't destroy the guild?" Mira asked politely, hoping the two just wouldn't destroy the guild and get the master angry.
Tension filled the atmosphere of the guild as everyone watched the scene between the two. Everyone had the same thought: Oh shit.
~time skip from rules being explained/boundaries set~
"Begin!" Laxus calls out after Freed placed the runes for boundaries.
"I've never lost to the same opponent twice ever since I came to Fairy Tail!" Gray shouted from one side.
"Really? Then I'm honored to be the first." With that, she ran towards him with extreme speed. She pulled a sword from her back, and it started to glow a silver-white color. Hikari slashed the sword at Gray with precision and stood behind him. Her sword was on her back again.
"You missed," Gray said smirking.
"Did I?" she replied with no expression.
All of a sudden Gray started keeling over in pain. Clutching his stomach, he stood up again and turned around to face Hikari only to see that she was no longer there. Gray turned back around and still didn't see her. He then remembers that she had wings and immediately looked up towards the sky. Hikari was flying in the air, ready to make her next move.
"Roar of the Water Dragon!" Unlike Natsu who brings his fists together, Hikari brought her palm together, and blue sparks formed in her onyx eyes. Water swirled around her. Instead of squatting, she spun one leg back and jumped up. With her wings, she was able to jump up even higher. A huge stream of boiling hot water came out of her mouth and through her hands, all directed towards Gray with impressive control.
"Ice Make: Shield!" But it didn't protect him as he thought it would. The water dragon roar was able to melt the shield and hit Gray throwing him back. Hikari sucked up all of the melted water that was once a shield.
"Thanks for the meal!" she mocked with a grin.
Gray grit his teeth. He had numerous scratches and bruises on his body, but he was determined to win. "Ice Make: Arrows."
Many arrows hurtled towards Hikari. She used one of her swords to deflect all of the arrows. All but one. The last one grazed her cheek. This time, she got serious. At first, she wanted to teach him not to mess with her. Now, she wanted to win and show him who's stronger.
Water suddenly swirled around her. The blue shades of her hair turned to a brighter and lighter blue. Her hairs shortened to at least her shoulder. Her eyes held the most difference. Before, they were onyx. Now, they were an amethyst color that faded to a light orangish white. Her wings were even larger now, and the water coiled around her arms like whips. (A/N: Izzy Lightwood! XD)
"That's her Ocean Empress form," Natsu remarked.
"Her what?" Wendy asked.
"Hikari's dad was a Requip mage. While Erza inherited the full extent of the power, Hikari was able to get some of it. She's able to change her form based on either her emotional state or the situation. In this case, Hikari's form changed into her Ocean Empress one. This form allows her to use the full extent of her water dragon slayer powers. Any water magic she uses gets enhanced," Happy explained. "Hikari can control any type of liquid such as wine, water, beer, soda, and... "
"And blood," Erza finished. Then she motioned to the fight going on.
Hikari's hands were in front of her with her eyes glowing. Gray was in front of her, on his hands and knees. He cried out in immense pain. He couldn't move a muscle on his own. When Hikari threw her hands down, Gray fell flat on his face. That left many scratches on his face.
"Gray-sama!"
"Oh, I'm so switching my bet over to the Moon Goddess now!"
"Can't he get up and fight back?"
People were starting to exchange their bets, and many were worried about their favorite. Meanwhile, Gray was just standing there with his hands stiffly at his sides and face towards the sky. His dark blue irises were tearing up. The pain she caused was almost unbearable.
What Gray didn't know was Hikari could only control his blood for a few minutes at a time before she became weak. It took a lot of power, and she knew even though she could easily win this way, it would cause karma to herself later.
Gray's arms suddenly became slack again. He noticed the water dragon slayer sprouting wings once more. Hikari was fixated in one place for a moment, her aquatic wings fluttering ever so softly. Suddenly, Hikari started flying towards Gray with incredible speed, her sword still in her hands.
"Ice Make Cannon!" Gray shouted, then blasted the iced cannonball towards the dragon slayer.
Hikari easily slashed through it with her sword which resulted in ice shards flying past her. Her wings caught onto the shards. They started to grow longer. The ice shards also made the wings sharper as Hikari flew down towards the now worn out ice mage.
Soon enough, Hikari was dangerously close to Gray. He knew he couldn't beat her now, his reaction time wasn't fast enough. Plus, how could I fight her when she looks so hot, her sword in her hand and ready to fight whoever's in her way, wings which were casting shadows in all the right places, stoic features yet eyes that are blazing with the desire to win... I mean what?!
There was a split second of silence. Gray's eyes widened as he realized what was going on, and Hikari's lips formed a slight smirk. She raised the sword above her head and hit Gray's head with the bottom of the hilt. As he landed on the ground with a thud, Hikari stood behind him, wings receding into her back while she changed back to her normal form. She placed her sword on her back after brandishing it with a flare.
Everyone in the vicinity was silent. This was the first time Gray lost to someone for the second time since he joined. Twas shocking.
After Laxus announced her victory, the young water mage winked at the crowd and held up a peace sign. Soon, people started leaving since the fight was over. Team Natsu went over and congratulated their imoto for an amazing job.
"That should show him!" Natsu shouted happily. Everyone just laughed.
Gray suddenly groaned from his position on the ground, alerting everyone that he was still indeed alive and needed to be taken care of. Hikari rushed over and dropped to her knees. Holding her palms out, she started healing him with her magic. Gray looked up at her in confusion.
"I need all of Team Natsu to be in healthy conditions for the mission don't I?" she answered with a smile, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks and a hand outstretched for the ice mage to take. Gray just shook his head with a small smile and took the offered hand, feeling a jolt of electricity course through him at the contact.
"ARI CHAAAAAANNNNNN!" a loud voice screamed.
A flurry of blue flew passed Team Natsu and stopped directly in front of Hikari, who was currently holding Gray's hand since she was helping him up. Oh, and Gray's half-naked by the way.
"YAH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ARI CHAN?!" the blue cat yelled at the ice mage before slapping him with her tail across the face with extreme power (liserpent: it's one of the cat's powers, curling her tail into a ball then packing a powerful punch w/it). Gray was knocked out and fell to the floor again.
Hikari just laughed and hugged the little neko.
"Guys, meet my tomboy exceed, Lapis!" Hikari introduced happily, gesturing to the cat who was now resting on her shoulder.
Everyone said hi, and they all decided they should head back to the guild since the sun was setting now. Tomorrow, they would set out on their quest. Hikari didn't forget Gray and helped him up once again. They trailed behind the rest as they walked back, blushing since they felt the jolt again. The sunset casts a warm and comforting glow on the band of heroes.
~ meanwhile ~
"Damn she's strong. I wanna fight her now," Gajeel remarked as he leaned back on a random building. "Do you know much about her, Shrimp?"
"I know she was one of Fairy Tail's strongest before she left, but honestly, it seems like she's gotten even stronger," Levy answered, irked by the iron dragon slayer's remark about her height.
"Well, I know she's a dragon slayer, yet she seems... different," Gajeel stated. "What about you Pantherlily?"
The two mages looked at the exceed only to see him ogling at the exceed on Hikari's shoulder, with hearts in his eyes.
"She's amazing..." he trailed, staring.
Oh boy!
liserpent: OML HI IM SRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A YEAR! GOMEN! I've been p busy w/school, life, and 2 breakups.
Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza, Hikari: YOU STILL SHOULD'VE UPDATED
Happy: Aye!
liserpent: Aish, anyways I'm sry for the delay, but this is like over 2000 words, so hope u enjoyed loves, don't forget to comment, vote, follow, etc!