Chapter 11~ I'm all fired up!
Disclaimer~ I would love to own Fairy Tail, BUT THAT BELONGS TO HIRO MASHIMA, NOT THIS DORK!
Erza came at me full blast, did she know how to hold back? Erza came straight and forward, I prepared to block. Erza smirked at my attempt, she knocked the sword out my hand. I fell on my bum. Way to go Lucy, down in three seconds.
"I have now realized you don't know how to hold a sword." Erza said. Erza didn't seemed disappointed. I don't think Erza expected much out of me, I don't blame her. Erza had to give me props though, I fought a person with a spatula, and won. But Angel was just inexperienced as I am now. I might sound like I'm going to give up, but I'm not. I'm going to try and try 'till I learn how master this sword fighting.
"You're right." I stated. Erza pulled her sword in front of her to show me something.
"You have to have a firm grip, or else." Erza tightened her grip to her sword. What did she mean or else?
"What do you mean?" I gulped. Was the sword going to turn on me or something? What if I accidently stabbed myself. Knowing me I would probably find a way to do that.
"You'll sprain or worse brake your wrist." Erza brought her sword out to the side. Oh god, If I had a problem with a sprain ankle, a broken wrist is going to hurt way more.
"So how do I not brake my wrist?" I questioned. The last thing I want to do is feel my wrist brake.
"Do not wiggle your wrist around when swinging." Erza showed what not to do by wiggling her wrist around.
"Keep your sword perpendicular to the ground until the match starts." Erza showed me what she meant.
"Holding the sword is easy," Erza smiled. "Wielding it is a whole different story." Okay, I could do this... right?
"I'm going to test how strong your swing is." Erza spoke while pulling a log out of nowhere. Seriously, where does she hide these things? Does she have some kind of magical pouch that holds unlimited things? I seriously wouldn't be surprised.
"I want you to chop this in half," Erza pointed horizontally. "Don't hold back." The log was extremely thick. It was about as thick as Natsu's thigh, not like I look at his thighs or anything. I just noticed Natsu has thigh muscles, I swear I'm not weird! The log was about two more inches taller than me. I have to cut down something like this in one go. This was not going to be as easy as it seems.
"Remember to keep your ground." Erza added. Erza's instructions were more informative than I thought they would be. When I first saw Erza, I thought she was a brute. I thought she was going to kill Natsu and then me. But Erza was being super helpful. I rose my sword up to my hip level.
I held my sword with both hands preparing myself to strike the log. I dug my feet to the ground and swung my arms back. I used every ounce of my strength into this one blow. My sword got halfway through the log before it stopped. You would think by looking at Erza wield a sword it would be easy, it's really not. I turned over to Erza to see her surprised. Why did she have a look of shock on her face. This was nothing special compared to her so why? Was I that bad?
"What's with the look?" I asked. Erza snapped out of her thoughts and came stomping over to me. I was scared. Erza had a look of determination in her eyes.
"E-Erza!" I yelped. Erza pulled my head into her armor. My head against her armor made a huge Clang! sound. My head was ringing, I wanted to pull back but she pulled tighter.
"Why?" I breathe out. Erza pulls me out of her tight grip and starts patting my head like a dog.
"Not even I was that good when I first started." Erza smiled. S-She was complimenting me?
"But I didn't cut the log in half like you asked." I was so confused. She wanted me to cut it in half didn't she?
"Well not on your first try of course!" Erza exclaimed.
"So what did you expect?" She probably thought I was going to be some wimpy girl. That's what everyone expects out of a princess. Before my mother passed away, she used to teach me martial arts. Mama would always tell me "You've got to have the upper hand of your enemy!" She would say it with such pride, I felt she hadn't told me everything before she passed. I was just getting good too, but then she got sick, and that's when we all became distance. My father was once a kind man, but something snapped inside him when she died. I don't know what it was but it just happened.
"I expected you not even leave a dent in it." Erza said causally.
"Do I look like a wimp to you?" I hissed. Erza chuckled.
"Well the way Natsu was handling you," Erza smirked. "It looked like he had the upper hand." I was felt my cheeks heat up.
"He's a dragon! That's not a fair match." I whined.
"I would have taken him down." Erza chuckled. Of course she would say that! Erza was truly a she-beast. Natsu and Happy weren't lying when they said that, I know that now. I huffed and kicked a rock like a little kid. I'm supposed to be mature, not acting like a child.
"Well unless you were enjoying it." Erza held in her laughter this time.
"N-No I was not!" I growled. Erza couldn't help but laugh at me. I guess the childish side gets the best of me at times like this.
"Anyways! Back to training!" Erza pointed back to the circle. Great! What was she going to make me do now?
"What are we doing this time?" I asked while getting into a fighting stance.
"You're going to try and knock my sword out my hand." Erza simply stated. She said it like it was easy. When I went against her the first time she took me out in seconds. No pain no gain right? So I step back into the circle and dig my feet into the ground. No way was I going to lose my grip on my sword again. I was going to show Erza I could do this! Erza moved onto the other side and looked amused.
"You ready Lucy?" Erza asked. I could feel myself tense at her question. Was I ready? I think I could hold her off a little longer than last time. I breathe in and out trying to calm myself down. I close my eyes and imagine the most peaceful thing that comes to mind. I was thinking of times with mama until the unexpected happened. Natsu popped up! Him and his big goofy grin. That grin that always makes me excited for something. I was snapped out of my thoughts when Erza said something.
"Are you okay Lucy?" Erza asked.
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Because you were getting all red." Erza smirked. Oh my god. Why the heck was I blushing? Thank you Natsu, even when you're not here you make me red. What the heck is going on?
"I was just nervous." I smiled. That was probably the fakest and most terrible smile of all time. I got back into fighting stance. No time to be thinking of things like that right now! If Erza didn't look amused before than she was even more than ever. Erza got ready to come at me but uttered something totally uncalled for.
"I bet you were thinking of Natsu." Erza chuckled. Oh come on! She really knows how to distract people from the things they want to do.
"Well you probably think of Jellal every chance you get!" I sang. Erza was shocked. Oh no, childish Lucy came out.
"H-How did you know?" Erza babbled. I was literally dumbfounded. I didn't even know she liked him. I'm such a dork sometimes, it hurts to admit it.
"Woman instinct?" I guessed. Erza nodded her head and got back to the fight we were suppose to have.
"You'll have to teach me about that sometime later." Erza said seriously. She was serious. I was not Lucy the match maker! Why do I have a feeling that's going to happen?
"Never mind that, lets fight!" I laughed. Even though this was training, it was fun to hang out with Erza.
"You sure you're ready this time?" Erza questioned while looking into my eyes as if she was searching for something.
"I'm all fired up!" I pumped my fist into the air. Oh no! I was starting to sound like Natsu! Erza chuckled a little at my comment. I noticed that Erza had only used one hand while fighting me, maybe I can use that to my advantage. Erza took a step back, but she started to charge at me. I dodged out of her way. Erza turned back fast though. I didn't expect that. Erza came close to cutting my face until I blocked it. Her sword pressed into my mine so that we were neck and neck. Whoever slipped up first would lose this fight.
I pushed harder and realized that would only force the sword into her face. How was I going to get out of this without losing. I wanted to show Natsu that I could defend myself. I know that might sound weird but I really wanted to prove to Natsu that I could defend myself. I wanted him to see me more than some helpless princess. I wanted to win this to show him my skills.
This reminds me of a time I saw a sword fight between two men. They were neck and neck just like me and Erza were now. The blue knight was way more skilled than the red knight. Yet the red knight won. The red knight had glided his sword downward and pushed up, causing the blue knight to lose his sword. Maybe if I tried that move right here and right now, I could win.
Erza pushed a little bit harder on me. I knew she was holding back but that didn't matter. I had to do this fast or else this wouldn't work. Erza wondered why I was stalling and pushed harder. I was now or never. I glided my sword down just above her hand and pushed up. I pushed with everything I had. I guess I had more strength in me than I thought. I closed my eyes and heard a something.
Clang!
I opened my eyes to a shocked Erza. I looked down to my hand to see my sword still there. My eye's wandered over to Erza's hands and there was nothing. I had won. I won! I wanted to jump for joy but I was too shocked. I thought I would have screwed up somewhere along that move, but I didn't. I looked over to Erza's sword and something I didn't expect to see. There was a chip in her sword. I immediately felt bad. I ruined her sword.
"I'm so sorry Erza." I kneeled down to her sword and slide my hand over the chip. How did I even manage to do that?
"Sorry for what?" Erza asked while smiling. How could she say that with a smile? I ruined her sword.
"I ruined you sword." I said in shame. I didn't want to break it. I just wanted to prove myself. I wanted her to see me as cool as I see her. Instead I broke her sword.
"It's okay Lucy." Erza ruffled my hair.
"No it's not, I ruined something of yours, I'm so sorry Erza." I felt like crying. I couldn't cry in front of her. I'm such an idiot.
"Lucy, I have a whole lot more," Erza smiled. "That was just a training sword." What? I was about to cry over a training sword. And what the heck did she mean she had a whole lot more. The more I get to know Erza, the scarier she seems to get.
"You should have told me that sooner." I chuckled. Erza laughed along with me.
"Well I didn't really think you would pull that move out." Erza stated.
"Oh that move." I laughed nervously.
"Yeah that took me a year to learn." Erza said.
"Really?" I asked. That's just unbelievable.
"Yeah, where did you learn it?" Erza questioned. Should I tell her? Will she laugh at me?
"I saw it back at the kingdom and remembered it, so I used it." I felt so proud that I accomplished it.
"Hmm that's interesting, who knew you could get it so accurately." Erza said.
"Yep, I didn't even know I had it in me." I chimed. Erza nodded her head thoughtfully and started to walk back to the cave.
"Hey where you going?" I called. Erza kept walking forward.
"It's been four hours, it's time to rest." Erza called back. F-four hours? I felt like it's been only 30 minutes. How could time fly by so quickly? I looked around and saw it was already getting dark. How could I lose track of time like that? I came back to Earthland when Erza called to me to hurry up. I caught up to her and followed her. Erza went through these caves like she knew them like the back of her hand. We finally made it to the main room when Happy came out of the kitchen screaming. Happy looked at Erza and I, he flew back into the smoking kitchen. Wait, smoking?
"NATSU DRAGNEEL WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Erza thundered. Oh Natsu, what did you do?
Authors Note~ Hello friends! This chapter focused more on Lucy's training more than anything. I added some Nalu, kind off. What do you think Natsu did? You can leave a review and guess what the little devil did to upset the great Erza! Oh and I read all your review's and let me tell you, I love you guys. Sierra I'm glad my story made your mood better! To be truthful your responses make me want to cry with joy! I hope you all have a good day or night! Next time you will see Natsu Dragneel maybe getting his butt beat, and Nalu and a new paring Jerza!
Until next time
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