Hey everybody and welcome to The Dragon Tamer chapter 7! OMG Did you read the newest manga update of Fairy Tail?! I DIED! It was so beautiful! COBRA IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER! Those Dragons don't stand a chance! And what is up with Rouge's new do? I like his past self waaaaaay better!
You know, I really want Lucy to do something amazing in battle for once….sure she closed the Eclipse doors, but other than that she has just gotten beaten in the Magic Games arc -_- By everybody, too! God it's annoying 'cause I love Lucy3
Anywho, last time Lucy goes looking for the objects Natsu wants in the very guild that captured him! They tell her to go ask Cana…? What's a Cana?
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Gray smirks at Lucy and points in the direction of a corner in the guild. She follows his line of sight to see the most scantily dressings she has ever seen. The woman was beautiful, yes, and she left nothing to imagination with her tight green bikini top and brown shorts. She is leaning against the wall with a large barrel in her arms. Her face is flushed a bright red and Lucy knows she is most likely drunk. The woman gives a wave at the princess before gesturing for her to come on over. Steeling herself and preparing for the worst, Lucy makes her way towards the older woman with long brown hair. All part way to let her pass, and many even move tables out of the way for her, something Lucy thinks is a waste of time. Even so, she allows them to do what they think is appropriate behavior in front of the Princess of Fiore. When she finally makes it over to the drunken woman, she smiles, "Greetings miss." She says politely, trying to make a good impression.
The drunken woman flashes a large smirk and kicks out a chair at her, which she just barely dodges. Her brown eyes go huge as it comes to a rest directly in front of the woman and she recognizes the familiar presence of Wendy by her side. She turns her head to see the maid, still slightly red faced, scowling darkly at the drunk woman, "Cana-chan, do not be so violent with her Highness!" She barks. It is then Lucy catches the gleam of the blade, hidden in Wendy's palm. It flashes brilliantly and Lucy is quick to calm down her servant.
"Wendy-chan, it is quite alright. You need not jump to conclusions. This pleasant lady was just pulling out a chair for me." Lucy reprimands, making the maid back down and bow her head in apology to both her mistress and Cana. The blonde gathers up her skirts before sitting down in front of the drunken woman across from her. Wendy still eyes Cana distrustfully so Lucy dismisses her with a simple, "Leave, please. Go talk to that Romeo boy again." As Wendy backs away in a respectful manner, Lucy makes eye contact with the maiden in front of her. She was sitting in the most unlady-like way she has ever seen, with her legs open wide as she lounges against the wall. If Lucy didn't trust what Gray and Gajeel told her earlier, she would've immediately dismissed this woman as a corner street whore and would've gone on to a more dignified looking individual. Making sure she looked like the princess she was, the blonde offers the woman a polite if not stressed smile, "I apologize for my maid, Miss Cana, she can be a little overzealous at times."
Cana takes a long swing out of her barrel that Lucy assumes is filled with alcohol before smirking, "'Miss Cana'? Hm…" She scratches her chin in thought, "I quite like that. I guess you want me to bow to you or somethin'." Her voice if rough, almost arrogant. This was certainly the most peculiar woman Lucy has ever seen!
The princess simply shrugs, "If you want to, I'd rather just get on with what I need to do." She smoothes down her thick skirt for any wrinkles, and while doing so she can't help comparing herself to Cana. The drunken woman was definitely the prettier one, much to Lucy's disdain, and seemed far more confident. Lucy feels anger stir within her, and to keep it back she ends her thoughts with a sharp reminder that she was the High Princess of Fiore and could have anything she ever asked for, while this woman would have to work and work and might not even get what she wants at times. Satisfied that she was better than this Cana woman, she crosses her legs under her dress and her smile grows into a genuine groove.
Cana quirks an eyebrow at her, "I'd rather not, and you're in a hurry. What do you need, your Highness?" She gulps down yet another pint of ale. She reaches over and grabs a stray cup, dumping out its contents and using her pants leg to wipe off the rim. She fills it with golden liquid from her barrel, some splashing out, before she offers it to Lucy, "Want some?"
She denies with a shake of her head and a raise of a dainty hand, "No thank you, Miss Cana, I don't drink."
"Why, you allergic or somethin'?" Cana bluntly questions with a confused look on her face as if the very thought of someone not liking alcohol was impossible.
Lucy shakes her head, "No I am not."
"You fancies don't drink, then? Always thought that was quite a tiring occupation." Cana continues to inquire.
The High Princess of Fiore shakes her head, "No, most of us 'fancies' drink just as much as the next person, but as the princess I must practice self control and I must stay untainted. As a commoner you wouldn't understand."
Cana raises an eyebrow once again before tipping back the glass and drinking it down with enthusiastic gulps, "A commoner, eh? Interesting way to put it…Well, Lucy-hime, what can I do for ye?"
Lucy makes eye contact with the other woman and says evenly, "I would like to have the possessions of the Fire Dragon Gray-san, Gajeel-san and Laxus-san captured recently. They told me that they gave them to you-what I am looking for is a scarf, and perhaps a book of some sort."
Cana stares at the blonde for a few seconds, making her feel very uncomfortable under her scrutinizing and confident gaze, before she opens up her soft lips to say, "Yeah, I have those items. A Dragon-scaled scarf and leather bound book."
A big smile comes to Lucy's face as she imagines Natsu's happy face as she hands him the items. Her brown eyes sparkle and she says cheerfully, "May I have them, then?"
Cana's big smirk returns to her reddened face as she takes a long gulp of ale from her barrel. She sits up and criss-crosses her legs in her beat up chair, leaning forward with the barrel under one arm. Her eyes glint mischievously, and Lucy's grin droops slightly, "Yeah, you can have them…if you beat me in a game of champions."
Lucy is confused. She did not know what this 'game of champions' was, but it sounded quite exciting! She finds herself moving forward in suspense towards the other woman and she says, "What is this 'game of champions'?"
The people that were watching them begin to laugh and chuckle amongst themselves, making Lucy's face flare in embarrassment and pull back. Cana stares at her bewilderedly before starting to laugh herself, "'what is this game of champions' she says!" She laughs a bit longer along with everybody else before she stops and looks at Lucy with a playful grin, "It's simple, really, all you have to do…" Somebody hands her two tiny shot glasses and she fills one up with alcohol from her barrel, the other is already filled. She sets them down, some of the liquid escaping the glass and drenching the already filthy table. Lucy stares at the contents, already knowing where this was going, "Is beat me at my own game! Drink more than me, you win! But if I win…" She picks up the glass and gazes into the amber liquid, "I get a job of my choosing at yer fancy-schmancie palace."
The princess's eyes widen. She wanted a job? Didn't being a mage and belonging to a mage guild count as an occupation? Steeling herself and making her face become impassive, she says simply, "And if I win?"
"You get that reptile's shit back, that's what!" Cana says before she drinks down the ale in her glass. After she swallows it, "You are given an unfair advantage, though. I'm already drunk! And…" She points towards Lucy's cup, "You were given the easy stuff while I drink the man's drink. Let's begin, sweetheart." She shoots the stuff down like its nothing, and then sets the glass back down.
Lucy eyes her shot glass warily. She has never really drunken anything like this before. What if it tastes horrible? What if it made her stomach upset? Deciding to fall back on her imperial strength, she straightens herself up and says in a dangerous tone, "I could have you arrested, you know. I could, with all my power, have you imprisoned and hung for treason against the High Princess of Fiore. No one would dare question my power, and no one would dare remember you." She narrows her brown eyes at the woman across from her, hoping to get the reaction she wanted from her. To her surprise, Cana only continues to smirk while others back away in fear.
"Then you would have no idea where I hid the objects." She retaliates smoothly. She has done this before.
"Then I can have you tortured until you fess up." Lucy has also done this before. Cana was now in her territory, in what Lucy has been trained to do since she was a little girl in her mother's arms. She was certain the mage woman would not win this one.
"You're very right." Cana says in her drunken slur, but her eyes are completely focused and glinting humorously, "But you're not that type of person, are you?" She tilts her head to the side as she watches the royal maiden, that smug smirk still playing on her lips. Oh how Lucy wanted to reach out and smack it off of her!
Lucy stares at her for a few more long seconds, making everybody in the room extremely uncomfortable, before she opens her mouth to speak, "….you're right." She sighs lowly and everybody in the room chuckles nervously in relief. Slowly, she reaches over, wrapping her warm fingers around the tiny class. She lifts it up, making sure none of the contents spilled out and gently presses it to her light pink lips. She looks over at Cana, who nods her head to encourage her, before she tips both the glass and her head back and lets the amber liquid flow into her mouth. The initial taste is horrible, burning through her mouth and down her throat. She coughs loudly and slams the glass down on the table, surprised that she didn't break it. Her insides were on fire! She has never tasted something so bitter and disgusting yet so exhilarating and addicting at the same time that it made her wanting more! With huge brown eyes she gags a bit and manages out, "W-w-wo-cough-w! W-what is that?!"
The guild members around her are giggling amongst themselves, and Cana says, "The juice we give to our newborns. You really are an 'untainted princess' aren't you? I feel so sorry for you; never have had a drop of alcohol in your life!"
"Well," Lucy coughs a few more times, regaining her air of professionalism even though she felt like she was about to jump out of her seat. She can feel Wendy beside her again but says nothing about it, "considering I have an almost religious status to uphold, I cannot dawdle with such earthly matters." She says the word 'earthly' with great distaste, trying to seem like the noble she wasn't. Personally…she was having quite a bit of fun here in the Fairy Tail wizarding guild.
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"And the blondie's out only six pints in!" Droy, an overweight mage commentaries in a loud voice, over the cheering and laughing of the crowd that has crowded around the town women.
"Personally, Droy, I'm surprised she even lasted this long!"Jet, a thin and tall mage wearing the most peculiar hat, responds with a big grin on his face while reaching over and poking the super-warm cheek of the K. princess. She groans and stares off into space with a tiny, lopsided grin on her face. She definitely was as drunk as a skunk. Cana, on the other hand, was still drinking while shaking her head at the girl with disappointment.
"Me too, Jet, me too." Cana remarks as she pours herself another glass. The princess groans again as she feels vomit rush up her throat. Oh no! She was going to throw up in front of all these people! This was not the way the Princess of Fiore should be acting in front of her subjects! Of course, at the moment she didn't really care. She launches up from her seat, stumbling and almost tripping, but then she pushes through the crowd, making her way towards the front doors of the guild. She rushes out and right when the cool air hits her face, she upchucks everything she just drank out onto the city street. She regurgitates a few more times, the alcohol and stomach acid mix bringing tears to her eyes. She should have known there was no way she could beat a woman like Cana in a drinking contest. She was obviously the heaviest drinker in the entire guild! God, she was so stupid! She should have just done what her father would do, bust up in there and demand the objects or off with their heads! But Lucy wasn't like that; she couldn't just kill someone for not telling her where something was. She stares at the ground in shame, tears in her eyes and her hands on her knees. She wipes her mouth before standing up straight and adjusting her tiara.
The sudden feeling of a hand on her back makes her jump slightly, and she turns her head to see Cana beside her with a bundle in her other hand. She has a sympathetic smile on her face and a flush in her cheeks. Lucy offers a tiny smile back but then her cheeks puff up again and she spews her guts all over the ground. Cana stays with her, rubbing her back comfortingly and saying encouraging words. She could be quite sweet when she wanted to be. Lucy's face was very red as she stands up again, insides twisting painfully. Cana throws her arm around the blonde's petite shoulders and says softly, "Sorry I made you do that. Got to keep up my rep, don't I?"
Lucy nods her head, not fully understanding but just going with it, "Yeah…so, you won. Which job in my palace do you desire?"
Cana thinks for a moment, tapping her chin with her index finger with a thoughtful look on her beautiful face. She stays that way for but a moment, before she looks at her and says, "Make me the Royal Alcohol Taster!" She has a big smile on her face, even though such a job did not exist.
Lucy cocks her head to the right and says, "We don't have that type of job. The closest to it is the Royal Food Taster, to make sure there is no poison laced in the food."
Cana cross her arms over her chest, being careful about the bundle in her other hand and scowls, "Well that's no fun! Fine, I'll be whoever makes the drinks! I can make a knock-out vodka and ale mix!" Delighted with her new idea, she looks to the princess to confirm.
Lucy thinks for a second before looking at the alcoholic with a wide and genuine smile, "Yeah, you'll do great in Erza's kitchens!"
"Yay, that sounds-" Cana begins in a flamboyant manner, before she suddenly stops smiling and just looks horrified, "W-wait…did you say….Erza's kitchens?" She was shaking all over and already sweating profusely at the thought of the red-haired beast they call a maiden.
Lucy looks confused and she says, "Yeah…? Erza is my head cook, she does a splendid job! You'll just love working with her, she's very fun!" Of course, Lucy did know how scary Erza could be. Did Cana know her from somewhere?
Gulping loudly, Cana nods her head with a nervous and grim smile, "Y-yeah…fun." She scratches the back of her head, which makes the bundle's brown wax paper crinkle. Her eyes land on it like she just noticed it was there and she looks up at Lucy again. She offers it to her with a real smile, "Here, thought you deserved this. You never drank before, so it was understandable you wouldn't be able to hold much."
Lucy reaches up and takes the bundle from her gently. She could feel something hard and rectangular at the bottom, while at the top was nothing but soft squishiness. She tugs on the twine that keeps it sealed and pulls back the wrappings. Her eyes widen as she takes in the sight of a beautiful Dragon-scaled white scarf, folded perfectly on top of a medium-sized leather bound book. This must be Natsu's stuff! Lucy looks up at Cana with a huge smile, "Oh thank you, Cana!" She envelopes the mage maiden into a tight hug, where Cana squeezes her once.
"Okay, tiger, you can let go now." Cana says amusedly. Lucy nods her head and backs up, looking down at the objects. Her smile broadens into a grin as she feels the soft fabric of the scarf and the rough texture of the book. Natsu was going to be so happy she found these!
"A million thanks, Cana! Natsu's going to be so happy that he got his stuff back!" Lucy exclaims with an excited aura. She turns and looks at the setting sun, amazed that she had spent so much time inside of the guild. The thought of last night makes her cheeks flare up, especially the memory of him being naked, and she turns away, he'll be coming tonight…he swore he would…I can't wait! She thinks to herself before bowing her head in thanks to Cana. "Sincerely grateful, Cana!"
Cana nods her head and smiles, "Of course, Lucy-hime."
The informal name used by yet another mage in the guild Fairy Tail makes her eyes widen. She has never been called this before, and it excited her. She was never really allowed to make friends out of either her social class or the castle, and this was invigorating. Already she loved Fairy Tail and was certain she would come back again. Lucy smiles again, "You can start work in two day's time that gives you plenty hours to pack and get a carriage ready."
Cana nods before questioning, "I will be able to come back here, yes?" At Lucy's nod, she grins, "Well, can't wait! I'm going to go rub it in everyone's faces that I get to work at the palace as the alcohol maker, no less! I'll get Wendy for you!" She rushes back inside, entering with a joyous yell and a mocking call. Lucy watches after her with a small smile, happy that she was able to make the day of such a fantastic woman.
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"They're gone already?" Gray questions as he lounges against the bar with a mug of ale in his palm. A tobacco roll rests between his lips, the wispy smoke rising up and into the rafters above. He takes a long drag and blows out through his nose, almost looking like a Dragon himself. "Shame, Lucy-hime is quite the hottie." He says with a smirk.
Cana reaches over and smacks the back of his head, "Enough of that, Gray. Lucy-hime is very gracious….but yeah, she does have big tits." She laughs loudly along with Gray before they both take large gulps of alcohol. "But seriously, she's a nice girl…she's going to be a great leader."
Gray stares at the ground for a moment, "Do you think…she could stop the raids?"
Cana watches him with careful eyes, not entirely sure what to say. The raids from Sabertooth Kingdom have been going on for many years now, some leaving entire provinces in shambles. The only answer was war, they all knew this well. But everyone knows that Sabertooth Kingdom will never play fair, especially their guild of deadly assassin mages known simply as Sabertooth Guild. No one knows much about them, only that they'll do anything to win. Cana did not know if Lucy would be strong enough to make a peace treaty, or even if she would want to. War was inevitable…Cana simply shrugs with a smile and says, "Only time will tell, Gray. I wonder how our little Natsu's doing, especially after finding out the single hardest person to get to in the entire world is his destined mate."
Gray snorts, "Lucky bastard-if he snags her, not only does he get a beautiful woman with huge tits, he gets an entire kingdom too! It's no fair!" He takes another drag while Cana takes a gulp out of her mug.
She scratches her chin thoughtfully and says, "Yeah…he would, wouldn't he? Gray," She looks at him with clever and plotting eyes, a sly smirk on her lips, "I think I know how to stop the raids and save this country."
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Here you are chapter 7 of The Dragon Tamer! I know, super late, I had a lot of things to do this week. I was going to upload this yesterday, but I couldn't finish it and I went to the zoo all freakin' day. We got home late and I was so tired I feel asleep immediately!
Well, sorry won't be able to post Let Me In this week, or any other things for that matter. Forgive me!
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"Here you go, Natsu!"
"Wow, thanks!"
"Lucy, I have heard noises from your room. What are you doing in there? I am worried."
"Lucy, this is Dan Straight from the Kingdom of Knights. He's here as a suitor."
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