Beat the Truth Outta You
The next morning Adamine wasn't sure whether she wanted to get up from bed or not. All night her body had gone from adamant to soft skin over and over again as she'd curled up into a ball. Adam never had fights with Laxus, not verbally at least, and their physical fights were always sparring with each other.
But when she heard knocking on her room's door, Adamine couldn't say, "Fuck off, Laxus" fast enough. When the door opened up, Adamine's hand immediately went to her favorite Plue shaped alarm clock.
She was just about to chuck it until Evergreen stated, "Never thought I'd hear those words from you, Mina. Ever." The curvaceous woman stepped into the bedroom with her hands up in surrender, and once she took one look at the state of Adamine's face, she sat down on the bed with her. Ever's hands probed at Adamine's half gemstone skin, and she asked, "Did you two get into a fight?"
Adamine turned her head quickly. "Seriously, Evergreen, I do not want to have a girl talk session with you about this. I just… want everything to be back to normal."
"Normal? Adamine, there is no such thing as normal in this guild. Besides, you have no other girlfriends as close as moi, so why not girl talk with me about it? I am your best friend in case you forgot." Evergreen glanced at Adamine with a kind smile on her pink stained lips, but she knew Adamine wouldn't talk to her about it this way. If Ever wanted to get something out of Adam, she would have to beat it out of her. Literally. "How about a sparring match then? It's been a while since our last fight?"
Cheering up just the slightest bit, Adamine was about to give a nod but paused. "Where's Laxus?"
"He seemed pissed off this morning. I met him on my way here. Weird to see him mad when you're staying the night. Anyway, where are we going to do this?" Evergreen stood up with Adamine following suit.
"As much as I would loooove to wreck his house right now, Laxus has a small training ground out back. How about there?" Adamine peered at Evergreen through her eyelashes. There was Adamine's mischievous grin. Perfect. Now, Adam would spill all her information, and Ever could relay it to Freed so they could give Bix the upper hand! Ten points for Team EverFreed!
"Sounds good to me," Ever replied.
Once they were on Laxus's training grounds and Adamine had gone through her morning routine of teeth brushing and pony tail tying, Adamine was raring to go. Her camo bandana was a makeshift pony tail holder, and she bounced side to side in a pair of black gym shorts. Her sports bra revealed more than it covered.
Evergreen had actually changed clothes for once. After a long argument in the store one day, Adamine had finally found some workout clothes that Evergreen had found worthy of a fairy. Now, Evergreen was in obviously female designed clothing. It was also green, of course.
In her bare feet, Adamine scratched at the dirt. She kicked it up to coat the bottom layer of her feet for smoother gliding against the rough ground. "I'm not going to go easy on you!" Adamine announced.
Smirking, Evergreen retorted, "Back at you, Stoner. So, you gunna stand there, or are you gunna come fight me?"
Adamine snickered. In the past, a taunt like that from Ever would have sent Adam into all kinds of boiling rage, but once the two became friends, Adamine just took it as an excuse for her to hit the woman.
With a hand made of adamant, Adamine leaped into battle with the fairy mage.
The first hit was a complete miss. Knowing Adamine's fighting style, Evergreen reached into the blow instead of dodging. Her lithe body slipped in and under. Snatching a hold onto Adamine's triceps, Evergreen gave an upward thrust that had Adamine flipping flat on her back. "So about that argument?" Evergreen wondered with a wicked grin.
Adamine completely forgot the reasons why she didn't want to talk about the argument and gave a spinning kick at Evergreen's waistline. The woman blocked it with a two handed technique Adam had shown her years back. "Laxus thinks I want to go back to Lancet."
A short jab connected with Adam's collarbone. Evergreen commented, "You're off your game, Mina. Don't tell me you're actually thinking about going back."
A hiss slipped through Adam's lips at the stinging contact. Diving inwards, Adamine picked Evergreen up by the waist. With a full body thrust, Evergreen went rolling into dirt. It was so strange to see Ever grinning with dirt all over her, but it was her greatest secret. The only person Ever would get down and sweaty with when training was her teammates, and Adam was her greatest comrade. How could Adam ever leave when she had comrades here to take care of as well?
Adamine tossed that thought to the back of her head. "I've considered it," she admitted. In response Adamine was forced to dodge an angry jab to her face.
"Don't you even think like that, Adamine Terra! You may have been their princess once, but you're more than that now. You're a member of the Raijinshuu!" Evergreen reminded. Her face was a mix of concern and boiling anger when she dipped into another one of Adam's hits. The heel of her palm crashed into the underside of Adam's chin, and a serious of popping sounds occurred in Adam's neck as she shot upwards.
"Damn it, Evergreen. I know that, but I left a country without a queen. I'm responsible for…" Adam's voice broke on the words. Moisture formed in her eyes, but Adamine forced the tears away.
As she swiped at her face, Evergreen took that as an opportunity. The cunning woman shot forward and kicked Adam to the ground so hard, that when she fell she just laid there.
Evergreen stepped warily towards Adamine. This was one of her tactics. She would play dead before shooting up to deliver a surprise blow that would rock you out of this world, but when Ever stepped closer, her lips parted.
Moisture was brimming at just the surface of her eyes. The bright emerald of her irises looked liquefied when Ever got within arm's length of Adam. "Mina," Evergreen muttered. Louder she asked, "Mina, what on Earthland do you think you're responsible for?"
"E-E-Everything!" Adam stammered, quickly hiding her tears behind her hands. The slim hands shifted from gemstones to soft skin in her stress, and Adam's lacrima glowed feverishly. The seven emerald seals that kept her power in check were reacting wildly to this sudden upset.
Evergreen tried to hide the shock of seeing Adam flat out cry for the first time, and she fell to the woman's side. "Mina, it can't be that bad. Come on. What could you have possibly done?"
Slim hands reached out to scoop the adamantine brunette up from the, and to Ever's surprise Adam wrapped her arms around her. "E-everything, Ever. Absolutely everything. I fucked up so bad and didn't even realize what I did wrong until it was too late."
Hands smoothed down the dirt that tainted Adam's smooth, diamond skin. "You aren't making any sense, Mina."
"Ah, Evergreen, I don't wanna see Fairy Tail go down the same way Kindred Spirit did. What I d-did to S-S-Spyro… I don't wanna screw anybody up anymore!"
"Shh. Shh. Shh. Calm down, Mina. Calm down. Who's Spyro?"
Evergreen wasn't really sure what she needed to do. Her hands moved in comforting circles along Adamine's skin, and she had somehow wound up rocking her like a mother would her child. Adam's quiet sobs rocked her body so hard that Evergreen had to support herself on her knees. Whoever this Spyro was he or she had apparently meant a lot to Adamine.
"He was Mina's adoptive father, and Bickslow's dad," a voice broke in from out of nowhere. When Evergreen glanced up, her eyes met the red orbs of Adam's hellhound companion.
The chibi sized canine was in her Heaven Soul as she approached, and her face was a stoic mask that hid all emotions. Even though Adam stiffened at the sound of Black Pearl's approach, she couldn't stop crying. Evergreen felt like she was standing at a ledge with an unknown enemy at her back and Adamine just across the fall.
Black Pearl kissed Adamine's head then stated, "Here. I'll tell you everything."
Hollis blew smoke rings from his lips as he monitored just who and what came through the front doors of the stone guild Fairy Tail. The massive structure held a ton of tough mages. It was the home of the group that had won the Grand Magic Games. After doing a bit of research and watching the games from a lacrima in Lancet, Hollis now knew that Adamine was being protected by Laxus Dreyar, a powerful lightning mage who had taken out one of the Ten Wizard Saints. Not only was that guy protecting her, but the Forsaken Princes Urian and Isaac were here. With Laxus's personal guard and the Forsaken Princes around, Hollis knew this wouldn't be a slip in and slip out job. He was going to fight one of them.
Still, he couldn't help but raise a brow at the sight of Urian and Isaac. He hadn't expected magic to be from two of the top royals, but his body sung with the presence of magic whenever the two of them were around. Although he had no clue what either one of them used, he knew he needed to be on top of his game. If the two of them could veil their magical energy well enough for the Lancet guard not to know their secret, they were well versed in magic. The fact that there were magic royals pissed Hollis off to no end, but there was a good side to it. Urian and Isaac fought on the side of the mages. If Isaac did take over, the mages would be freed, but Hollis and the rest of Exile would still be convicts. It didn't help Hollis's cause any, but it was good to know that not all royals were douche bags.
In other news, Hollis still had the rest of Exile to deal with. Those idiots were due to hit port on Halloween, but Hollis still had an edge on them. He knew where the princess was staying, and he knew how they were going to guard her during the Masquerade Ball. Oh, yeah. He had this in the bag. Now, he just had to figure out how to keep a certain lightning dragon slayer and two princes out of his hair.
Ugh. I feel like this chapter was such a downer after the tension in the last one. Ergh. At least the action is soon to come. I just felt like I needed to delve into the plot a little more. I hope you enjoyed it even though I'm not too proud of this one.
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