Another day started up in Enchant. Everyone else woke up and helped themselves to some breakfast. The only ones that didn't show up were Natsu and Lucy. That didn't last long as the two of them showed up.
"There you are. Lucy, what happened to you last night? It was like you disappeared." Siena said.
"Natsu, why did you lock the door to our bedroom?" Happy asked. "I had to sleep with Gray and Laurence and it wasn't really any fun."
"Excuse me, but you weren't a picnic either. You were dreamy of fish and tried to eat me." Laurence said.
"Sorry about that. I got a little distracted." Natsu said.
"Yeah. Natsu and I were having a little too much of a good time together." Lucy said with a shy smile. She took a little step and showed she and Natsu were holding hands. They all saw it and couldn't believe what this meant for the two of them.
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E.R.
Natalia with Bron and Yukana were out in the kingdom again. They were getting ready to make another attack on the city.
"It's almost time." Bron said.
"How much longer until Phantaru is ready?" Yukana asked.
"Not much longer." All of them turned around and saw Phantaru standing behind them with his cape flowing in the wind.
"My ultimate spell is almost set." Phantaru said. "I just need another few hours, but I worry that those meddlesome troublemakers will continue to get in the way. They've already defeated Sadu and Daiku. I want the three of you to do whatever you can to take them out before they ruin anything."
"Understood." Bron said.
"Right." Natalia said.
"You got it." Yukana said.
"Go." Phantaru said and Bron and Yukana already did. "Natalia, you wait a second."
"What's the matter?" Natalia asked.
"I need you to understand that our goals comes above everything else." Phantaru said. "If I hear that you had a chance to kill our enemies, but you let it go, I won't be pleased. Either come back with a victory after facing an opponent or don't come back at all." He gave her a threating look that sent shivers down her spine. She didn't know how, but Phantaru was aware of what happened between her and Natsu and he wants to her kill him next time.
"I understand." Natalia said and left with the others.
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The Castle
"Oh my gosh! This is so great!" Siena said hugged Lucy. "I am so happy that you sorted your feelings and got the man you wanted."
"Siena, calm down." Laurence said.
"I just can't help it. I'm so happy for my new friend." Siena said. All of them were actually happy for Natsu and Lucy. Of course, for those in Fairy Tail, it was pretty obvious.
"Thanks. This is a little bit of uncharted territory for me." Lucy said, but she was happy she stepped into it.
"Just try to keep it out of our business. If this job ends up as a failure because of this, we know who to blame." Nagare said as he took a sip of some juice and annoyed everyone again.
"Fairy Tail! Platinum Angel! Please come quickly!" Ragger called out and all of them hurried upon his request. All of them hurried outside and saw attacks happening in the city.
"They're at it again?" Wendy said.
"How do they think just destroying the city will help them find Eclear?" Hitomo said.
"Who cares? We're here with a mission to take them down and that's what we're going to do." Nagare said.
"There should only be four of them at this point." Hitomo said. "We should split up and take them down before they escape again."
"Sounds good to me. That Natalia and I never actually finished our fight." Natsu said. This time, all of them are on the same page, all of them headed out to face the enemy.
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Lucy and Siena
Lucy and Siena were partnered up again and tried to find the remaining members of E.R. and all they did was follow a path of destruction. As they followed that trail, Lucy hated every bit of it
"I can't believe these guys." Lucy said. "How could they just attack innocent people and their homes?"
"They really are rats. Destroying everything in sight and they just disappear without facing their consequences." Siena said. "The question is why they're doing this." Both of them kept running until they felt they were hit with a strong force of snow and cold wind.
"Where did this come from?" Lucy said.
"Our attacking of the city is a way for us to get you all to come out." They were able to look ahead and saw Yukana walking towards them with the snow clearing away.
"That's the same girl from yesterday." Lucy said.
"My name is Yukana."
"So you attack the city just to lure us out?" Siena asked.
"Part of the reason." Yukana said. "Taking all of you on together would have been a tough situation for us. It's a simple divide and conquer technique. The other reason is the goal of E.R."
"Your goal? You mean reviving Eclear?" Lucy questioned.
"That's right. First, we need to find him and if we have to destroy an entire city to do just that, we shall." Yukana said.
"How could you be so cold?" Lucy said.
"I use Snow Magic. I practically have to be." Yukana said. "I think that's enough talk. It's time I eliminated the two of you. White Fang!" She swung her arm and created snow that was wrapping around the two of them and the cold was becoming harsh.
"I don't think so." Lucy said as she reached for her keys. "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus!" The gate opened and Taurus came through.
"Wow! That's amazing! This is the first time I've ever seen Celestial Magic before." Siena said.
"Moo! Seeing you two ladies hug those otters of yours warms me up." Taurus said.
"Say what?" Siena said.
"Keep those eyes forward and take down the enemy!" Lucy said.
"Sure thing, Lucy." Taurus said until he saw Yukana. "Moo! Look at that bod!" Taurus went to Yukana for his own pleasure, but Yukana blasted him with snow and he was forced to go back.
"What a freak." Yukana said.
"Lucy, please tell me you have more serious fighters." Siena said.
"I know they're weird, but they pull through when I need them." Lucy said, but Siena had a hard time believing that after seeing Taurus. "Open, Gate of Scorpion: Scorpio!"
"Wicked!"
"Typical. Wizards who use your kind of magic always rely on their spirits to fight their battles for them." Yukana said.
"That's what you think. I don't use my spirits like a shield." Lucy said as she used her Star Dress and went into her Scorpio Form.
"What?! How did you change clothes like that?" Siena said. "I thought that Erza friend of yours was the only one could do that."
"It's known as Star Dress. It allows me to change into forms like this and give me my spirits' power." Lucy said. "It makes me feel like my spirits and I are really one. Let's do this, Scorpio."
"You got it. Sand Buster!" Scorpio said as he unleashed the sand twister. Lucy dived in and rode the sand. Yukana tried to block out the sand, but Lucy appeared in front of her and gave a powerful kick. However, Yukana just turned into snow.
"Another clone made out of snow?!" Lucy said.
"I'm over here." Lucy saw Yukana just further ahead of her. "White Fury!" Yukana blasted Lucy with some snow and pushed her back.
"Lucy!" Scoprio called out as he was concerned for her.
"That was a nice little trick, but you're going to need more than fancy outfits to beat me." Yukana said. Lucy tried to stand back on her legs, but with all the blasts of cold air she's been getting, it's making it a little difficult. Fortunately for Lucy, Siena stepped forward.
"Siena?" Lucy said.
"It's okay. I've got this." Siena said.
"So it's your turn?" Yukana said.
"You might find me a little harder to beat." Siena said. What surprised all of them was that Siena was starting to fade away and could no longer be seen.
"Where did she go?" Lucy questioned as she looked around.
"Ran away? I don't blame her." Yukana said, but she was proven wrong as she felt something hit her right in the gut. Then, it felt like someone punched her right across the face and sent her rolling a few feet. Siena reappeared right after Yukana was taken down.
"Sorry, but I didn't run." Siena said.
"I know that magic." Yukana said as she tried to get back up. "Stealth, also known as Assassination Magic. A little unexpected coming from someone like you."
"That's right! A member of the Spriggan 12 used the same sort of magic." Lucy said as she remembered him. "It completely conceals the user's presence. Even her scent is blocked and she can't even be heard."
"I know it might be a little unfair to fight what you can't see, but I think I can make a little exception." Siena said as she started to fade away again. "I think this fight just got a little bitterer."
