Okay, I figured out what was wrong with my poll, so it should be up and running now. Don't be quick to vote. I'm making you all ship Lucy and Akito, then I'll have it to where you start shipping her with other people. I'm the person writing it, so you can't really do anything about my tactics. Personally, I ship ErLu in fanfictions, but I couldn't see it actually happening in the series. We all are aware that Hiro Mashima is a NaLu shipper anyways, so it's going to happen, whether we like it or not. And on the poll, it's a multi-choice because of all the options you have. So, go vote, I fixed it, it should show up now. And if it doesn't I'm probably going to burn this pc and go buy an apple product, even though I hate Macbooks. Seriously, my sister has one and its mere presence makes me irritable. Thank god she's going back to college soon, but so is one of my other sisters that has the car with wifi, so that kind of sucks. But at least the sister that cooks is still here. If you can't tell I have a lot of sisters, Five actually, and one is a twin! I'm getting off track. Anyways, go vote!
"We are now arriving at your destination. Please collect all belongings and proceed out of the car." The female voice spoke over the intercom.
Lucy shook Akito awake before grabbing her bag off the seat in front of her. "Had a nice nap?" Lucy asked before giggling at the mage's drool covered face.
"Mhmm," She yawned out before grabbing her bag and proceeding out of the car with Lucy in tow. "We need to head east for 16 miles, and then the village is just north a little ways."
"Are we going to stay in town for the night? The sun's starting to set already." Lucy asked pointing to the fading light behind them.
"No, I've been in these woods before, there's nothing we can't handle." Lucy giggled before skipping ahead.
Akito started skipping too as they headed east into the emerald forest.
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Akito and Lucy cheered as they entered through the village gate.
"Quiet down or else you'll wake the whole village." A man said as he approached them.
"Sorry!" Lucy whisper-yelled before walking over to the man, "We're from Mage Light, here to help the town."
"That's why I'm out here waiting. I'm supposed to bring you to the place where you'll be staying for the next few weeks. I'm Geo, by the way." He put his hand out. Both of the girls shook it and introduced themselves before following him into the surprisingly large village. He led them straight to the center where a large straw hut was awaiting.
"This is where you'll be staying for the time being. I'd think that you'd want some rest. Someone will come and get you once we get back to rebuilding." We gestured them in before bowing and heading on his way.
Lucy and Akito plopped down on the single bed before breathing sighs of relief.
"That guy was weird." Akito spoke to the low ceiling. "I hope not everyone here is like that.
"I'm with you on that. And why would he be so polite about it. We are literally in the middle of the forest, I doubt anyone cares."
"Maybe he's just buttering us up so we'll do more work."
"That's why we're here in the first place. I'll probably just have Virgo and Scorpio help. Maybe even have Gemini transform into Laki to help with the buildings themselves."
"Who's Laki?"
"She's a wood-make mage from Fairy Tail. I wasn't that close to her, but we were still friends."
"Tell me about Fairy Tail, I've always wondered what it was like there."
"It's always loud. It seems like every minute someone is starting a brawl or a drinking contest. We have this girl, Cana that could out-drink everyone there."
"I remember her from the games, a card mage if I'm correct?"
"Yep, and a good one too. She'd always try to get us to let her read our fortunes. One time I let her, and she ended up going into graphic detail about my first time. I was only sixteen, so she scarred me up to this day."
"Sounds like my type of girl," Akito chuckled while nudging Lucy in the side.
"Anyways, our barmaid, Mirajane, is the sweetest person you'll ever meet, and seems to be the sanest one. But in reality, she just as crazy as the rest. Fairy Tail does that to you. She and her two siblings are take-over mages. They use specific types of souls and fuse them with their body. Mira's is Satan soul, Lisanna's is animal soul, and Elfman's is Beast soul. And no, I have no idea how it works. Then we have Fairy Tail's strongest team, Team Natsu. It consisted of Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Erza Scarlet, Happy, and me. I assume you know who the first four were?" Akito nodded. "We were a force to be reckoned with, notorious among our guildmates for destroying cities and decimating monsters. Erza and Gray went on missions with other people sometimes, but Natsu and I were a team, never going on a mission without each other. We had so many adventures, it was great."
"What changed?"Akito asked before Lucy could continue.
"Natsu did something that I could never forgive him for."
"What?"
"He broke a promise."
"Lucy, that's not something to break a friendship that took years to build over."
"I'm a Celestial mage, promises mean everything to me."
"Oh.." Akito got up and went over to her bag, changing for the night. Lucy followed soon after and slid under the sheets next to her.
Akito slid an arm around Lucy as she began to sniffle. She quickly turned into the younger woman's chest before crying herself to sleep. 'I guess a promise does mean a lot to her.' Akito thought before letting sleep consume her.
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Lucy opened her eyes as she felt the sun peak threw the closed shutters loosely attached to the hut. She groaned as she rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up. Akito shifted before going back to her soft snoring.
"How does the sun not wake her up?" Lucy whispered under her breath.
She slowly stood up before changing to workout gear, attaching her belt and tying her hair up before walking outside. A few of the villagers were up and about, getting all the work gear out and waking up fellow citizens. A girl with light green hair approached her.
"Are you the mage who's helping us?"The petite girl asked.
"I'm one of them. My partner is still sleeping. I'm Lucy, by the way."
"Naomi, and it's actually my job to go and wake your partner up." Naomi said while pointing to the hut.
"Go right ahead." Lucy stepped aside and watched the girl go into the hut.
"It's nice to see you again." Lucy jumped as a firm and grasped her shoulder and spun her around.
"Will you stop doing that?" She said, well, yelled, at Geo.
"It's not my fault you scare easily." He deeply chuckled out.
"It's your fault for scaring me in the first place."Lucy steamed out, crossing her arms. She looked down, trying to hide her blush. "Just bring me to the damage."
He looped their arms together before quickly guiding her to the north corner of the village. Lucy gasped when she saw the large chunks of rock and large trees strewn about. It was hard to believe this was a natural disaster. What had seemed like the town hall was broken in millions of pieces. Surrounding structures were crushed by the force when the town hall had collapsed. The trees that were still standing had miles of roots sticking up everywhere, enough below to keep them there. Lucy hopped over a protruding root before surveying the damage.
"Once Akito gets here, I'll start working."
"Then wait no longer." Lucy spun around to come face-to-face with her partner.
"Ready to work?" Lucy asked as her walked over. "Kya~~~" Lucy screeched as she tripped on a rock.
She quickly grabbed onto the outstretched arms in front of her, realizing who's they were. "Thanks, Akito."
"Anytime, so what's our plan?" She asked after helping Lucy up.
"Virgo and Capricorn could help with the rebuilding, and Taurus could help with removing the rubble. I'll have Gemini transform as needed. I was thinking that you could do the same as Gemini, seeing as you have the same magic." Lucy scratched the back of her neck, blushing for some reason.
"I think that'd work, but can you keep all those gates open for that long?" Akito placed her hands on Lucy's shoulders and gave them a firm squeeze, "I don't want you to wear yourself out."
"I'll be fine. I can alternate in between if it gets bad enough." Lucy walked over to a clear area and began shouting her incantations.(A/N: What's with those anyways? I guess it's so we know which one she's calling out, but it'd be very beneficial if she didn't have to. Natsu and Erza can use their magic without incantations, why can't Lucy? I'm pretty sure Gray doesn't have to, so I just think it's stupid that she has to, but I must remain true to the manga, so I don't really have a choice) "Open! Gate of the Maiden, Virgo!" And one by one, she called her spirits out, calling them all at once would demolish her magic reserves.
"So you guys know what to do?" "Yes, Ms. Luuuccccyyyyy!~~~And might I add, you're looking particularly gooooorrgeous today!~~~ "Get to work, Taurus!" The bull solemnly shuffled over to the rubble, starting to remove and salvage what he could. All the other spirits were doing their part, along with Akito and some of the stronger villagers. Lucy wasn't allowed to help, she needed to keep four spirits out, Akito wouldn't let her waste her energy. She felt kind of useless, but was assured by Geo that she gave them four more able bodies, which they were pretty short on. Lucy sighed as she watched everyone else work, she really wanted to help.
Eventually, they were finished. Taurus went back hours ago, so they finally let Lucy help. They were done by nightfall, much to the villagers liking. They were all able to move into their new homes within minutes. Lucy and Akito thought about staying, but wanted to get back to the guild as soon as possible. So, they collected their reward and started heading back to the nearby town.
As they were walking through the woods in the dead of night, they came upon a lit fire. Akito quickly transformed into a wolf and searched out the area. She didn't smell anything but burning wood and the smoldering grass surrounding the fire. She searched the perimeter, but found nothing.
"Who would just leave a fire burning? It's horrible for the environment." Akito growled as she transformed back into a human.
"We should stay here and watch it, in case someone comes back. We don't want to burn down the forest, after all." Lucy sat down and laid against a tree, Akito soon sitting next to her. They silently watched the fire, Akito slowly drifting off to sleep.
'I guess she did work hard.' Lucy thought to herself. She stood up and retreated into the forest to get more wood for the dying fire. When she returned, she froze and dropped the wood. There was a large figure standing there. The fire cast shadows over his face, making it impossible to see, but she'd know that tuft of feathers anywhere.
"I didn't expect to see you here, bunny girl."
It doesn't count as a cliffhanger because you know who it is, so don't come to my house and demanding answers. (I'm talking to you Hill.) Anyways, I'm always open to ideas that you have, and any advice you could give me. But fuck trolls. Here's a message to all the people who like shit-posting: Fuck. You. You. Mother. Fucker. I'm mainly saying this because there was someone shit-posting, but I moderate my reviews, so you guys never saw it. I normally don't delete reviews, but I couldn't let those types of things be heard about my writing. Anyways, thanks for reading!~
Au Revoir, Pixies~~~~~~
