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Beautiful Rings, Cafe's Cakes, & Holy Tools
Juvia stood near the bar in the Fairy Tail guild with a nice smile on her face while she watched Gray attempt to pick out a flyer from the request board, and the blue-haired woman really hoped that he would find a great task for them to do together. Juvia felt like it would be good to let him choose the job, since Gray needed a break from the recent tension that occurred with Team Natsu, and it would make Juvia feel happy to see Gray be on a mission where he could show her a nice grin of confidence. Also, she wanted to see him be in a fight while taking off his shirt.
Juvia gently leaned against the bar's counter while thinking that her job of being Mirenu's assistant would really just involve a nice list of tasks for her to complete, as that was what Juvia had heard from the newest issue of Sorcerer Magazine, and Juvia would be sure to complete each task for her new guild master. Even if Juvia did not want to possibly walk through mud to get some treasure chests, leaving any tasks undone would probably make Mirenu give her a death glare that would rival Erza's. Juvia didn't want that to happen, so she would obediently complete every task.
She took two small steps towards Gray while wearing a strapless dress that was surprisingly mint green, and Juvia's hair fell in thick waves past her shoulders. Juvia purchased that dress from a popular clothing store in Magnolia, and that was only because of how she was instructed to do that by Mirenu. The brown bag of jewels actually had a light blue note inside of that, and Mirenu told Juvia to purchase that dress with some of the money. That made Juvia wonder if Mirenu desired to have another slow dance, and her cheeks blushed pink with warmth.
Juvia quickly shook her head in a disapproving manner, however, and she did not want feelings of love for Mirenu to be in her head. Juvia continued to tell herself that she really loved Gray, and her feelings for Mirenu were just a result of that beautiful dance combined with Mirenu kissing her neck. The blue roses from yesterday were now in a nice blue vase in Juvia's dorm room at Fairy Hills, and Juvia made sure that they were thriving in a nice amount of water. As she turned her attention back to Gray, Juvia's blue eyes widened in a surprised manner from seeing Gray start to read a certain blue flyer.
"Hello, Juvia. Please come to Suikane Town as soon as possible. I have something very important to speak about with you, my cute assistant. Also, be sure to wear that dress. Your lovely mistress, Mirenu Suijin." Gray read in a calm tone with a relaxed facial expression, before comically looking shocked at how Mirenu ended her request.
Juvia told Gray with a soft smile on her blushing face while her legs moved in a flustered manner, "Gray-sama, Juvia told you that her job is to be an assistant. Juvia is nervous for this first job, but she is also excited."
Gray replied with an annoyed look on his face, thinking that Juvia would have to be naughty with Mirenu, "Well, the fact that you're wearing that dress says many things. Juvia, she might want you to provide her with some... services."
Juvia merely giggled at Gray's idea that she would have to complete some different jobs while wearing this dress, and the Rain Woman really doubted that Mirenu would want her to do lewd things on their second meeting. That would be a little awkward, especially with Juvia being caught in between her usual feelings for Gray and these new feelings about Mirenu, and Juvia couldn't just fall in love with a new person so quickly. At the same time, her advances towards Gray really just weren't working out to where they could be successful.
Juvia watched Gray glance at Fairy Tail's entrance doors on this nice morning, and his expression changed to being a nice smile that seemed hopeful. Juvia could guess that he was hoping for Lucy to show up today, but Gray didn't mind if he would already be gone when she arrived at the guild. The black-haired male really just wanted Lucy to feel okay enough to where she could feel joy from doing jobs again, and he believed that Lucy could do well while Team Natsu was disbanded. Juvia simply sighed at how Gray thought about Lucy, but she also felt concerned.
Erza was recovering in the infirmary right now because of how the Sky Dragon Slayer known as Wendy Marvell wasn't around right now to heal her wounds, so Lucy could take a job without being hassled by the scarlet-haired mage. Juvia really hoped that Lucy didn't feel too scared to come to Fairy Tail, and having tons of anxiety could ruin Lucy's chances of taking jobs that could make her apartment's monthly rent be paid. Juvia decided to have confidence in her eyes while proceeding to run out of the guild, and she was quickly followed by Gray.
As Juvia went down the grey steps of the staircase with her teammate, she smiled while thinking that Mirenu wanted to tell her a really nice secret about Mizu Galleon. Whatever the secret would be, Juvia had no reason to tell anyone else about it. She quickly went down the stairs to reach the dirt path, and Juvia stopped for a moment to see Lucy walking beside Cana. Both of the girls seemed to be smiling nicely, and they both seemed to be warmed up for the jobs that they would handle today. Juvia merely chose to walk on the left side of the dirt path while Lucy moved to the right side, and Juvia got to the blonde-haired girl start to walk right behind Cana.
"Good morning, Juvia and Gray. It's nice to get jobs after having some comfort, and I now love the flavor of cherry." Lucy calmly told them while smiling, before letting her left hand gently brush against Cana's back.
Juvia responded politely in a kind tone, staring awkwardly at Lucy, "Juvia is pleased that you're going to the guild, Lucy, but Gray-sama told her about what happened. Please don't make yourself be overly happy."
Cana told Juvia in a nice tone while having a sultry look in her violet eyes, "Juvia, Lucy was very happy to talk things out with me last night. We even shared some potent alcohol, and got free spa treatments in every area."
That comically made Lucy seem blush a light shade of pink, but she only seemed embarrassed instead of irritated. Juvia and Gray walked past them, but the water-wielding woman turned around to see Lucy wearing an orange lacy bra with black capri pants to match. That outfit wasn't what Lucy usually wore, and her sandals were purple. Juvia allowed her eyes to also see Cana wearing brown capri pants with a black bra to compliment them, but she soon turned back around while making her thoughts shift back to this task from Mirenu.
Juvia began to clench her fists while seeming like she really needed to impress her new guild master, and she also wanted to impress Gray. Even though Juvia saw him calmly smile at Lucy while she talked, Juvia began to fantasize about him being shirtless while obeying her request to feel how her butt seemed big in those capri pants. Juvia even imagined Gray letting out a nice breath on Lucy's forehead while his left hand stroked her blonde hair, and Juvia's desire to be better than her love rival caused her to look quite focused while ambition filled her eyes. As that ambition allowed her to run quite fast, Gray simply ran after her while wondering if Mirenu made her feel emotions more immensely than before.
Three hours later, in Suikane Town...
After arriving at the town of Suikane, Juvia walked down the main street with Gray at a fast pace while really hoping that she did not keep Mirenu waiting. Being punctual for jobs or meetings would always help Juvia be perceived better by clients and guild masters, so she would not make her new mistress wait around for her to show up. Juvia looked around the main street that featured many restaurants while she walked past them, but Mirenu didn't seem to be on this street. Gray looked down at the blue cobblestone path for a moment, and he calmly smiled at how it looked nice.
Juvia soon reached the crossroads with Gray, but she decided to go on the left path instead of the right path. There were actually some streets on this path, and they all had some interesting attractions for the tourists to enjoy. Juvia remained focused on her mission, and she narrowed her eyes while choosing to check out the first street on this path. When Juvia started to go down this street with Gray, she gasped in an amazed manner at what it featured. Gray merely seemed bored about this street, though, and he just didn't think it was impressive.
The street that they walked on featured some jewelry shops on the left side, as well as concession stands that involved mages from different towns selling beautiful rings, and there were some nice cafes on the other side of the street. One of them even had a nice patio area, and Juvia felt quite surprised that Suikane Town had a street like this. Gems could even be sold to the vendors at concession stands, and Mirenu was always sure to sell some of the gems from her S-Class treasure hunts. That allowed her to keep on funding Suikane Town for the purpose of making it better, and she could also get more money for the Mizu Galleon guild.
Juvia went past two of the jewelry stores to see that Mirenu was in front of a concession stand, and she gave the vendor a snobby look while deciding to not sell her ring. Juvia slightly blushed as she ran up to the older woman, and she would be glad to hear whatever Mirenu wanted to talk about. Gray ran up to the situation while seeming quite startled to see that Mirenu wore a short skirt in a light blue color. She also wore a cerulean blue midriff shirt that exposed her belly, and the fact that she wore dark green high-heeled shoes made Gray quite surprised that this woman was Juvia's guild master.
"Mistress Mirenu, Juvia is here!" Juvia told her in a happy tone, before stopping to pant while she smiled.
Mirenu responded with a pleased facial expression while sounding delighted to see her servant, "Hello, Juvia. It seems you read my note about buying the dress, and you look wonderful in it. That dress matches my high heels, and you know they are good for my beautiful feet. Also, I see we have a guest for your first task."
Juvia kindly explained with a somewhat nervous look in her eyes, hoping it was okay, "Juvia brought Gray-sama along because of how he wanted us to do a job together, Mistress Mirenu. Please allow him to listen to our conversation."
Mirenu felt like it wouldn't be troublesome to let Gray hear what she would say, and she smiled nicely while making Juvia see her right palm. The Rain Woman and her teammate got to see that a gold ring was appropriately on the ring finger of Mirenu's right hand, and three sapphire blue orbs were on three different sides of it to form a triangle. Juvia gasped in pleasure from seeing the ring, as she perceived it to be beautiful, and the sunlight made the ring glow with a blue color for five seconds. Mirenu was going to sell it, but the fact that the vendor wanted to buy it at a lower price than Mirenu's offer only made the guild mistress be quite miffed.
She giggled cutely while deciding to remove the ring with her left hand, and Mirenu surprised Juvia by placing it on the ring finger of her right hand. Mirenu told Juvia that she needed to take care of a minor issue in the town that was past the guild known as Lavender Curse, and the members of that guild took jobs while mainly being on the other side of the bridge. Mirenu did not allow her wizards to go there without permission, since the dark mages who patrolled the border seemed quite hostile, and she sternly warned Juvia to not cross that bridge without having good reasons to do that.
The fact that Mirenu gave her ring to Juvia also caused her to nicely explain that some thieves would target her on missions because of how she sometimes wore expensive rings, and she really wanted it to be in the hands of Mizu Galleon's newest mage. Mirenu even gave Juvia a slightly snobbish look while saying how she did not need the ring's ability anymore, and that only made Juvia gasp in shock from how she received a good item from her new mistress. She definitely wouldn't use the new power without knowing exactly what it was, since its level of power was probably recognized by thieves who searched for Mirenu.
Even though Juvia nodded happily while being quite glad to accept this new ring, Gray gave Mirenu a puzzled look. He decided not to outright say anything about the ring, but the icy mage felt like entrusting the ring to Juvia was a decision that asked for troublesome consequences. If a thief saw Juvia with that ring, then they could target her instead of Mirenu. Gray was not attracted to Juvia at all, but he wouldn't want her to be some kind of shield for Mirenu to use. Also, there was something other than Lavender Curse that seemed worrisome.
Gray asked Mirenu with a curious look on his face while his eyes showed how the situation puzzled him, "You fear that Lavender Curse's mages might harm Juvia, but what about other guilds? You do realize that other people know about magic rings, right?"
Mirenu turned her attention to him and replied with a smile of assurance, "I'm well aware of that, but Juvia simply came here to hear me talk about the ring. She won't have to wear it forever, and I doubt that any legal guilds want to create a scandal with any mages who work under a woman of blue beauty."
Gray told her in a calm tone as he started to frown, "Well, at least I can sarcastically thank you if any people from Raven Tail try to mess with us like how they did in the Grand Magic Games."
Mirenu simply blinked her eyes at Gray while thinking that he really needed to just relax, and she gave Juvia a gentle hug as she fully believed that her assistant could make good use of the ring while keeping it safe. Mirenu felt so glad that Juvia actually came to listen to her instructions, and seeing how the ring looked very nice on Juvia's finger only made Mirenu feel like Juvia deserved a little kiss on her right cheek. The kiss may have been a small one, but Mirenu giggled about it while hearing Juvia elicit a soft gasp.
She watched Juvia's cheeks blush cherry pink while her eyes were filled with bliss for a moment, and Mirenu wondered if her little kiss of seduction would make Juvia want more sweet rewards. She ended up seeing Juvia close her eyes while looking conflicted, however, and that only made Mirenu think that Juvia needed to be accustomed to her kisses. Gray comically dropped his jaw from seeing Mirenu kiss Juvia's cheek, and the fact that she felt mixed between disliking it and enjoying it made him feel like they all needed to just calm down at a nice cafe. That way, they could just talk about Juvia's job while Gray would be able to get some breakfast.
20 minutes later, at a cafe...
Mirenu sat down at a brown round table in the patio area of the cafe with Juvia sitting next to her, and Gray was across from them while he used a fork to eat some slices of blueberry pancakes. Mirenu calmly smiled while thinking that Gray wouldn't be a nuisance, even though he did find it shocking that she was a guild, and she would probably let Juvia bring at least one other wizard with her on missions to make Mizu Galleon possibly have a nice pair of good mages. She watched him eat his tall stack of pancakes that were covered in blueberry syrup, and then she turned her attention to Juvia.
Mirenu felt generous enough to pay for Juvia's sugary tea that was paired with the blueberry cake that she ordered, and Mirenu ordered five slices of blueberry cake for herself to eat. The three wizards had to wait for their food because of how there were many mages and citizens at this outdoor cafe, and it had a brown wooden floor while the wooden walls were white. Mirenu sat in her brown chair while using the spoon in her left hand to get a big chunk of cake on this nice morning, and her dark blue eyes looked relaxed as she gently stroked Juvia's hair with her right hand.
"Juvia, if you don't mind telling me, what were you doing in Fairy Tail before we crossed paths?" Mirenu asked her in a nice tone while smiling, sounding slightly sultry.
Juvia replied with a nice smile, happy to inform Mirenu of her experiences, "Juvia recently helped Gray-sama be victorious against Lyon and Chelia in the Grand Magic Games, Mistress Mirenu! Juvia also recently delivered bottles of blueberry alcohol to a client, and they hoped to see her Water Magic be used more in the next tournament."
That caused Mirenu to respond in a pleased manner while she began to blush, "Well, that's quite fascinating to hear. You must enjoy making that water be very hot and steamy at certain times, my dear Juvia."
Mirenu's words made Juvia's cheeks blush while she nicely disclosed that her water could be very warm when she thought about someone who made her heart flutter with romance, and Juvia began to get flustered as she comically drank down all of her sugary tea that was in the white cup. Juvia sighed happily after drinking that hot tea, but she turned to Mirenu and blushed more while still wondering how she could balance her usual feelings for Gray against how she found herself becoming attracted to her interesting mistress.
Juvia faced Mirenu while trying to elicit a relaxed breath, but she ended up exhaling a warm breath from her mouth while blushing at Mirenu. That only made her new guild master giggle sweetly while she continued to stroke her hair, and Mirenu soon moved her right hand over to Juvia's left breast. She gently groped it for a few seconds, before hearing Juvia try to suppress a cute moan, and Mirenu actually liked how Juvia seemed pretty flustered around her. She appreciated women who noticed her good personality and her beauty, so she was glad to have this nice effect on Juvia.
Her actions caused Juvia to put the white cup down on its white plate, and the Rain Woman used her left hand to stroke Mirenu's light blue hair. It felt quite soft and nice while Juvia's nose got a wonderful whiff of a blueberry aroma, and that scent was actually from the shampoo that Mirenu used when she wanted to make her hair seem stunning. Juvia blushed while looking at Mirenu's hair, as she imagined her mistress asking her for a shower together, and she ended up giving a soft kiss to the left side of Mirenu's head. That made Juvia quickly be brought back to realty, though, and she looked at Mirenu in an extremely apologetic manner while blushing cherry pink as she thought of how to apologize for her imagination's impulses. Mirenu blinked her eyes in a sweet manner at how Juvia was being cute, and she simply planted another kiss on the left side of Juvia's neck again to make her feel some pleasure.
As Gray ate his pancakes and tried to keep his mind off of the two women, two females at a nearby table had a nice view of something precious. One of them was a blonde-haired woman with green eyes, and she wore an elegant brown dress with ruffles at the bottom while a white bow was at the top of her dress. The woman had a red slice of cherry cake on her plate while a brown bag of gold coins was next to it, and the younger girl who sat across from her had hazel eyes. The younger female's hair was blonde while it fell down into some curls, and she wore a simple yellow sundress that was somewhat torn.
"Kanako, it looks like we're pretty lucky. Check out that table with those three mages." The older woman told the young girl with a scheming look on her face, her eyes widening in delight for a moment.
The young female replied confidently as she also began to smirk from seeing the situation, "Kotomi, that's one of the rings you told me about. Although, it looks like Mirenu gave it to some rookie."
Kotomi told her with a stern facial expression, before deviously grinning, "We heard that Mirenu had it, but we don't need to deal with the trouble of going after a guild master. It looks like we have a flustered punk on our hands, and that ring shall soon be on my hand. Also, thanks for your help with getting this loot."
The older woman was Kotomi Nagasawa, and she congratulated her teammate on how their late-night task of taking gold coins from a jeweler really paid off. That vendor may have left Suikane Town last night to get back to the town where Sabertooth's guild was located, but Kotomi and Kanako were glad to leave their room at the inn for the purpose of following that female vendor. When that woman reached Goldenrod Town, she was ambushed and brutally robbed by the pair of women who even stole valuable rings and gems from the pockets of her blue jeans. Kanako was glad to have also found the woman's bag of gold coins, and they were worth the same amount as 300,000 jewels.
Kotomi's partner was named Kanako Matsuzaki, and she had a dark green chest of gems next to her plate of chocolate chip pancakes. Kanako may have been around the same age as Wendy, but she felt quite glad to help her partner break into jewelry stores that were in several towns. They enjoyed being thieves, but stealing from this town was too risky with several tourists around. There were some fancy rings that Kanako wanted to put in the small treasure chest, but Kotomi didn't want anything useless to be in their possession while they would keep making themselves rich.
Kotomi glanced at the gold ring that was on the ring finger of her right hand, and she smiled proudly while charging up a yellow sphere of lightning in her hands. The scheming criminal made it be nullified by another spell of her magic, however, and only Kanako got to see how Kotomi's power was really juiced up because of the gold ring that had six yellow orbs on it while they were in a hexagonal formation. Kotomi couldn't have obtained this ring without Kanako's help, and she giggled evilly while liking the fact that they had history with the same guild.
Kanako and Kotomi would definitely come back to finish their food, but the hazel-eyed mage got up while proceeding to just walk past the table where Juvia sat with Gray and Mirenu. Kotomi followed her while they acted as if they were taking a break from breakfast to check out the jewelry at a concession stand, but their eyes glanced down at Juvia's ring for at least two seconds to see that it was actually the newest ring that they were after. Since it was the correct ring that Kotomi wanted, she and Kanako walked to the other end of the cafe before turning back around to go back to their food. The two females also thought that Juvia didn't look tough, which made them really find their breakfast to be enjoyable.
Four hours later, in Magnolia Town...
After finishing breakfast at the cafe with Mirenu, Juvia felt like she could now go back home with Gray. That did not stop Mirenu from taking her into the guildhall of Mizu Galleon, and Juvia's mistress only took her there to make her see that she would get a nice reward of 90,000 jewels. The brown bag of money was in Juvia's dorm room, and all that she could do was place it on her blue bed without even opening it. Juvia's mind wasn't focused on money right now, and she was really thinking about the woman who gave her the cash. Juvia was not even having Gray in her thoughts right now, but she would give him some of the money from the job.
Mirenu was such a sultry guild master who even enjoyed eating breakfast with Juvia, and the fact that Mirenu was pretty curious about her new assistant only made Juvia's cheeks blush pink while she walked on a dirt path that overlooked the grassy area near a calm river. Juvia would be glad to tell Mirenu some more facts about her life, but she hoped that they would not move too fast in their first few days of being friends. Juvia twiddled her thumbs as she began to smile, liking how her heart palpitated with warmth around the older woman, and she hoped that their friendship could be slow with niceness like their dance.
As Juvia thought about Mirenu, she looked down at the gold ring with a cute smile while promising to keep it safe. Juvia would be sure to polish it every day for the purpose of seeing the blue orbs glimmer with their beauty, and she would also hope to not let it fall off during any of the brawls that occurred in the Fairy Tail guild. After all, it would be weird for Wendy or Gajeel to pick up that ring and someday encounter Mirenu. Those dragon slayers would probably return the ring to her, but Mirenu would probably perceive Juvia as an incompetent fool for not being careful enough.
Impressing her new guild master was something that Juvia really wanted to do, as that would help her be on Mirenu's good side, and Juvia would gladly handle the jobs that Mirenu sent to her. The fact that she was being given rings and roses only made Juvia start to look shy while blushing, though, and it would be good for her to repay Mirenu in some way for her gifts. Juvia couldn't just take the ring without giving Mirenu something great in return, and she tried to think of the best present that her guild mistress would like later on. Juvia also planned to write her a letter, too.
"Mistress Mirenu, Juvia has just wanted to say that these past few days have been great with you. She is grateful to you, and wants to give you this as a way of showing her gratitude. Juvia hopes you love it, Mistress Mirenu, and she is thinking of you." Juvia thought aloud to herself with a calm smile on her face, thinking that her letter could start off with that intro.
A young female voice replied from behind her, speaking in a rude tone, "You should really think of how to deal with my Divine Lightning!"
Juvia exclaimed as she quickly turned around, being snapped out of her thoughts, "What?!"
Before Juvia could think of counterattacking, Kanako fired a light yellow sphere of energy from her left hand! She missed on purpose to strike the ground near Juvia, creating a burst of yellow light while the force of the blast sent Juvia sliding down to the grassy area, and Kanako merely frowned while seeing Juvia laying down on her stomach. Juvia slowly stood up for the purpose of turning back around to see that an average-sized crater was created that attack, and she was hasty with turning her attention to the young female who walked down the grassy slope.
Juvia was about to ask her why she did that, but the sight of Kotomi taking some steps towards her from the other side of the grass caused the Rain Woman to narrow her eyes. Kanako ran over to Kotomi's side while they both gave Juvia some scheming smirks, and the two criminals felt like their task would be very easy. Juvia assumed that they were dark mages who were here to mess with Fairy Tail, so she clenched her fists while deciding that she could be the one to make them run away after trying to cause trouble.
Kotomi felt pretty glad that they decided to follow Juvia home to Magnolia while they kept a safe distance from her, and the best time to snatch the ring would be when Juvia was by herself. Kotomi didn't really care about the type of magic that Juvia wielded, as she thought that it would make no difference in her quest to get that ring, and she felt like this was a nice sight of a gambling and greedy mage going up against a wizard who could've probably died from Kanako's strike if it had hit her directly. Kotomi did understand how the situation was looking, however.
Juvia used her Water Magic to activate the spell known as Water Cyclone, and she began to look fierce while making the water in the river form a large vortex. Juvia aimed it straight at Kotomi, only to see Kanako fire arrows of light yellow magic from her palms, and they exploded after colliding with her attack! Both of their moves canceled each other out while some white clouds of smoke appeared, and Juvia got to hear the older woman with blonde hair start to clap her hands in an applauding manner for a few seconds.
"Relax, punk. We're not here to pick a fight with you, and all we want is that ring. I'm Kotomi Nagasawa, and this little girl who changed my life is Kanako Matsuzaki. We may be former mages of Ruby Sakurajima, but just hand over that ring and be on your merry way." Kotomi explained to Juvia in a calm tone, smiling confidently.
Juvia shouted to her in a defensive tone while her face showed a look of refusal, "Juvia will not give Mirenu's ring to you, and you two are quite evil for ambushing Juvia like this!"
Kotomi refuted her words in a cocky manner while letting Juvia see her own special ring, smiling arrogantly as nothing seemed wrong with how they got treasure, "We may be evil, but this kid helped me become pretty rich! I'm unbeatable with this one ring, too."
Juvia sternly informed Kotomi that their fight was just getting started, so she probably wouldn't be unbeatable today. Juvia refused to hand over the ring, and she used her Water Magic to activate the spell known as Water Slicer. She fired several crescent-shaped blades of water from her hands, and that only made the antagonists dodge her projectiles while Kotomi smirked. She fired a spiraling beam of electricity from her right hand, and it quickly split into five beams that all converged to strike Juvia! They created a large yellow blast of Lightning Magic that even had sparks coming off of it, and Kotomi giggled in a sinister manner at her Lightning Rave spell.
Juvia screamed in pain from the high voltage of this electricity, and it felt quite powerful to where bruises were on her body. Kotomi charged up a sphere of yellow lightning in her right hand, and she threw it at high speeds! Juvia was quick to try and make a shield of water with her left hand, but the sphere's electric explosion went through the water to greatly damage Juvia! She ended up being electrocuted, and that spell was known as Electric Volt. The water that was on the ground had electricity flowing in it, but Juvia unknowingly aimed the ring at the water for it to faintly glow while having the effect of purifying that water.
Kanako narrowed her eyes as she aimed her right palm at Juvia, and she activated a move known as Holy Aura. It caused her to fire a light yellow beam from her right hand, but she got to see Juvia create a blue bubble of water in front of her body. The bubble's water had enough density to where it absorbed the attack without instantly popping, but Kanako snapped her fingers to make the attack detonate in a powerful blast! Its light blinded Juvia for about forty seconds while Kotomi aimed her right hand down at the ground, and her next move was about to shake up the battle.
She activated a spell called Lightning Surge, and Kotomi sent six bursts of lightning into the ground. Juvia gasped in a stertled manner from feeling the ground rumble beneath her feet, and she was sent flying into the air while chunks of the ground broke apart. The six bursts of lightning went upward to strike her consecutively, causing Juvia to let out agonizing screams of pain, and blood was coming out of some bruises while she used her strength to aim her right hand at the river's water. Before Juvia could even create a spell, however, Kanako jumped up into the air and grinned evilly while her hand was in front of Juvia's eyes. She merely created a light yellow ball that was the size of her right hand, but it quickly ended up bursting to make Juvia see an intense flash of light. She closed her eyes while falling into the shallow river, and hearing her enemies laugh in a sadistic manner only made Juvia clench her fists. She slowly opened her eyes to see Kanako walking back to Kotomi's side, and Juvia was curious.
"Kotomi, where did you find that girl? Is she that helpful for you to launch fast and devastating attacks at Juvia?" The Rain Woman asked with a curious facial expression while her eyes showed sternness.
Kotomi explained with an arrogant grin on her face, before evilly smirking, "I just found her being homeless in our town, punk. I got lucky with now having potent magic like you, and now I'll keep enjoying this good life of getting rich. This little girl was kicked out of Ruby Sakurajima a year before me, and I was kicked out for fucking up on one job while I couldn't even use powerful magic. When we met and she convinced me steal the ring from a jewelry store, my life changed. The guild master who kicked me out got beaten down pretty damn badly to where she died in the hospital, and all those years of being broke made me see what it was like to steal for wealth! Being rich is better, especially when you want greed and revenge."
Juvia told Kotomi in a stern tone after her right eye twitched in anger, closing her eyes from noticing everything, "Stop right there, Kotomi. Juvia understands that you're a lowlife and a scumbag, but Juvia cannot believe that even someone such as you is so selfish. You wear nice clothes and jewelry, but Kanako is wearing those torn clothes. Juvia wonders how she can look like that when Kanako is supposedly the best person that came along in your life."
Kotomi responded in amused manner, chuckling after hearing what Juvia say, "Wow, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! This girl is just a tool to me, you idiot! There's no reason for me to care how she looks! It's just like our types of magic, punk! They're just tools, and not human!"
From hearing that, Juvia could only clench her fists tightly while seeing this as a more serious fight. This wasn't just a battle to keep Mirenu's ring out of the hands of criminals, but Juvia would try her best to make Kotomi pay for thinking that another person was just a dispensable tool. Juvia could only glare at her while the blue orbs on the ring started to glimmer, and Juvia could feel her wounds starting to heal while she was angry enough to make a large cloud of rain form overhead. It quickly made rain fall, which only made Kotomi smirk evilly as she looked down at her hand to charge up another sphere of lightning, but the tide of this battle would shift like the tides of water.
The moment she glanced down at her hand was the moment that Juvia rushed towards her, and water engulfed Juvia's left fist. She gave Kotomi a harsh punch to the face, making her fall before rolling across the ground, and Juvia was ready to fight. Kanako aimed her right hand upward, and she fired a spiraling beam of yellow light into the air. It quickly exploded to create an intense flash of light, but seven spiraling beams of light came down towards Juvia. She surprised Kanako and Kotomi by creating a large bubble of water, and Juvia watched it explode in a light blue blast after hitting the ground!
Kanako's own beams damaged the ground that was broken up, creating several blasts while the light was intense, and Kanako was now feeling the pain of her own attacks! She screamed in pain from how the energy was making harsh bruises be on her body, but she was soon saved by Kotomi sending a ring of yellow electricity towards the area above blasts. Kotomi charged up that move in her right hand, and she ordered it to nullify that light. Her spell was called Voltage's Ring, and it could even be at a tiny size to have its electricity cancel out other spells.
That didn't stop the duo from facing Juvia's wrath, however, and she was still in midair while aggressively moving her right hand to move the water. Juvia made two large twisters of water rise up from the riverbed, and she glared down at Kotomi while sending them straight towards her. Kanako decided to aim her left hand up at Juvia, which only prompted the blue-haired woman to create a third twister, and she was glad to send it towards the criminals at high speeds! Kotomi and Kanako couldn't react fast enough while they looked quite shocked at Juvia's spell, and they were struck by her twisters! They created three light blue blasts that were quite powerful, and Juvia watched the villains let out screams of pain while they also became completely drenched by her scalding water. When the blue clouds of smoke began to fade away, Juvia frowned at the young girl who stood next to Kotomi.
"Kanako, why are you even with Kotomi? Instead of walking away, why do you let her be selfish and keep using you for her own personal gain? You don't have to listen to her orders about robbing jewelry stores and harming people, so stop being with such an evil person!" Juvia asked her with a stern facial expression, really interested in hearing her answer.
The young girl replied with an evil grin on her face, pleasure in her hazel eyes, "You seem to really not understand our relationship, fool. The more Kotomi and I use our spells, the stronger we get! This is great for me, especially since Kotomi and I are dark mages who are just using each other to get what we want! If she's cruel and a scumbag, that's fine with me! Her lightning can even make my Holy Magic show you how this fight is still gonna be a gamble that ends in our favor!"
Kotomi calmly told Kanako as she crouched down and looked at Juvia with a vicious smile, "Let's show this punk how we killed that guild master of Ruby Sakurajima, kid. After this, we can go kill Mirenu for trying to make her precious ring be out of her hands."
Kanako replied while having a cruel and sadistic grin on her face, "Yeah, Kotomi, we'll beat her down into the ground with that spell. Let's hopefully use it more than once for some fun."
The two criminals only made Juvia become fiercer, as she tightly clenched her fists while not wanting her new guild master to get hurt, and all of the rain that made water fill the battlefield would certainly be used to her advantage. Juvia closed her eyes while sending her emotions into the Water Magic that she wielded, and she soon opened them to see that the water aggressively moved while the orbs on the ring were shining brighter than before. Juvia aimed her right hand at the water, and she manipulated it to where a large bubble of blue water was created! Juvia moved her right hand to create another Water Cyclone, and that large vortex of water went into the bubble while it rapidly started spinning in a clockwise manner.
Kanako fired a large sphere of yellow light from her right hand while Kotomi placed her left hand on the ball to create the Lightning Surge spell again. The electric spheres went into Kanako's move that was known as Holy Priestess' Judgement, and Kanako finished it up by also adding her Holy Aura spell to the fusion. She watched her spell now have light yellow beams swirling around it, and Kanako also got to see Kotomi push the spell towards Juvia at high speeds with her right hand! The two criminals snickered while thinking that this battle would end in their favor, and they felt that getting the ring from Juvia when she was dead would be a good idea.
However, Juvia gently placed her right hand against her watery bubble to make its temperature be scalding hot while her glimmering ring penetrated the bubble for a few moments. Juvia gasped in shock from seeing her bubble become light blue while it began to shine, and she glanced at her right hand to see that the ring was causing that to happen. Mirenu wanted Juvia to wear this ring, as well as the green dress, and thinking about the desire to not let Mirenu down made Juvia narrow her eyes again while planning to do more than just defeat her foes with this spell. As she aggressively punched the large spell towards her enemies, Juvia sent Water Magic into her feet for them to become engulfed in a blue aura.
The two spells made contact with each other, and Juvia watched the attack of her enemies push with more strength. However, that spell began to get absorbed by Juvia's bubble that was still shining. Kotomi and Kanako were stunned to see this happen while Juvia's attack shined brighter than before, and its speed grew to where they couldn't possibly outrun it. Both of the criminals ended up taking the massive attack directly, and the light blue explosion was immense to where Kanako and Kotomi felt tremendous pain. Their attack may have been strong, but the defensive properties of Juvia's spell allowed her to take their attack and slam it right back at them with powerful Water Magic thrown in as a bonus.
"Damn... What the hell was that?!" Kotomi asked while looking pained, struggling to stand up as the light was blinding her eyes.
Kanako exclaimed in an alarmed manner while hearing fast footsteps and trying to deal with the water's scalding burns, "Kotomi, the light is still too bright! I can't tell which one of us she's coming for!"
Juvia told Kotomi in a fierce tone as she startled her by running up close to where she could angrily glare at her, "It looks like you aren't so unbeatable, Kotomi! Juvia shall keep you from stealing this ring by letting you have a beating for being so cruel!"
Before Kotomi could respond, Juvia aggressively punched her in the face seven times. She made Kotomi slide backwards, before stepping back to hit her in the chest with a powerful headbutt, and Kotomi was sent rolling across the grass while the explosion made her fancy dress have several tears. Kanako ran towards Kotomi, only to see Juvia create a blue bubble of water that struck her with its density, and the younger girl was sent sliding across the ground while still groaning from her harsh burns. Kotomi had harsh burns on her arms and legs, and she groaned in pain while only having enough strength to be on her knees in front of Juvia.
Kotomi looked up at Juvia while the light faded to see a serious expression on her face, frowning like when Meredy threatened to kill Gray, and Kotomi began to feel her body tremble while Kanako also began to get scared from how Juvia's body emitted a sapphire blue aura. They crawled backwards while Juvia slowly took some steps towards them, and she maintained her frown while sternly telling them to not even think of targeting Mirenu or she would do worse things that didn't involve a battlefield of scalding hot blue water. Even though Kotomi wore golden high-heeled shoes while Kanako wore hazel flat shoes, no amount of riches could protect them from Juvia's wrath.
Kotomi attempted to fire some of her lightning at Juvia, only to see it not come out at all, and that was because of how Kanako's spell called Holy Priestess' Judgement damaged her while it also nullified her magic for several hours. Kanako was also hit by that attack, so she also couldn't activate any magic. Juvia sternly ordered them to not target her again, and she did not want to see them stealing in any part of Magnolia Town while they could still breathe. The blasts had been quite loud while Juvia's cloud of immense rain began to fade away, so Juvia would report this incident to any mages who decided to just watch the battle from afar.
As Juvia turned around while Kotomi and Kanako whimpered like cowards, she began to smile proudly while wishing that Mirenu could've seen how she fought so hard as a wizard of Mizu Galleon. Juvia would be sure to give her new guild master a report about this fight, since the criminals wanted the ring, and the thought of Mirenu joyfully hugging Juvia for protecting the ring only made her sigh cutely while her cheeks blushed pink. However, Juvia began to pant heavily from using up so much magical power. She didn't need to immediately take the vicious girls back to the town where Ruby Sakurajima's guild was located, but Juvia would be sure to tell them that it was better than having their fate decided by her lovely mistress.
How was Chapter 4? Did you like it? Juvia completed her first assignment for Mirenu, but it wasn't the most relaxing day in the world for her. Mirenu is certainly using her charms on Juvia, and the Rain Woman seems like she's becoming somewhat attracted to her. Anyway, what shall happen when Juvia decides to tell Mirenu about what occurred? Will Gray get to see one of Juvia's rewards for her hard work? What will Juvia give her new mistress as a nice gift? Standby for the update!
Now, to the reviews!
spanky1988ajw: The wait is over, my friend!
Guest: Yeah, Gray really does not deserve Juvia's cuteness.
FireBlitz: Once again, thank you so much! I'm glad you're loving Juvia and Mirenu's pairing.
Kreio: I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far, my friend. As for Lucy x Cana in a high school AU setting, I might do that after this story ends. That might not be for a while, though. After all, the next piece to this story will only be Chapter 5.