Fairy Tail V: Tale of the World Slayer
Tower of Heaven Arc: Part 1
Chapter 11:
The Resort
JellalRavan:
It is time for the moment I have been waiting for. Luke will soon face his past for real and fight for his future.
In this arc Luke's and Erza's relationship will be put to the ultimate test and the War of the Slayers will unofficially start, the real battles will take place throughout the fanfic and end after the canon ending of Fairy Tail! At the end of the war, the Worldslayer will descend…
Luke:
Didn't you spoil the story now?
Erza:
I don't want to hear any spoilers!
JellalRavan:
I-I-I… Okey… I did give a bit of spoilers! But the ones that read this fanfic will still be able to enyoj this!
Gray:
I don't know about that…
JellalRavan:
Do you have a problem with me, you stripper!
Natsu:
Hahahaha, he called you a stripper!
Gray:
You wanna fight, Pinky!?
Natsu:
Bring it on, mr. Strippalot!
Erza:
NO FIGHTING!
Gray and Natsu:
YES MA'AM!
JellalRavan:
Thanks Erza! Now, I hope you who read this will enjoy this chapter! I don't own Fairy Tail!
Luke's POV
A lot of things had happened after we had returned from the Lupinas job. The job had gone worse than I could ever imagine. Natsu and Gray destroyed everything, same goes for Erza. Lucy only complained… I had no time to keep them all in check, I had to look after three strong and destructive wizards and one who only complained and asked me to stop them more… Try it yourselves! It isn't easy! Even if you are a SS-class wizard… We had to do another job, given to Lucy from Mirajane, to make sure that Lucy could get money for her rent.
The one who issued the job-request made us put on a play and I had to act with the rest of my team… The way the job tuned out… It was even worse this time… Natsu, Gray and Erza had trouble acting and Lucy and I couldn't stop them from destroying the theater as well.
Erza even made me play the bad guy, not a bad part for me, but when she wasn't frozen thanks to stage fright, she would literally try to kill me together with Gray and Natsu… I had to end them with a powerful attack to make sure that they didn't do any more damage, but my attack wrecked the whole theater…
But the play was a hit, or at least I think it was, the audience did seem to like it…
But after playing it over and over again, I did get tired and wanted to go home, money or not, I didn't like to act in front of others… Erza even made me sing.
"You have a wonderful voice!" She said. "They will love it!" She said.
"Just like a real phoenix!" Happy added. I didn't even know if my singing-voice was so great because of my magic, but nothing I said made my team change their mind.
The audience did like my singing, but I was close to run away from the stage because I was so embarrassed. I had problems with crowds and being social with people I didn't know!
"Never make me do that again!" I told Erza when we were done with the job.
The thing is that, before we left, Lucy helped Loki, who was a celestial spirit all along and she saved his life. He had killed his last master and was trapped in our world because of it. Lucy met with the Celestial Spirit King and he made Loki, or Leo, her spirit.
To thank Lucy, Loki, no, Leo! (Ehh, I'll never be able to get it right…). Anyway, Leo gave Lucy tickets to a special beach resort. We decided to go as soon as we could, but sadly, that was the start of my hurting good bye to my friends.
At the Fairy Tail Guild
"Seems Loki gave you your tickets!" I said as Erza and I met up with the rest of the team at the guild. She was already wearing a bikini and she was looking so good I had problems not staring at her.
"Yeah, it was really nice of him!" Lucy said; she was still holding her new key, the Key of Lion. I wasn't surprised that she had saved Loki; Lucy was really a formidable person.
"Come on!" Natsu encouraged us; he was as fired up as always. "Let's get going already!"
"Right! I can't wait to get there!" Gray added.
Just as long as you don't strip… I thought as I checked my backpack for my extra cash.
"Hurry up than!" Erza said; she had packed tons of stuff for the trip, again…
"Aye sir!" Happy agreed and I couldn't help but smile.
"Oh, wait, you guys!" Mirajane came running with a magazine in her hand. "You better read this Luke!" She handed me the magazine.
It was Sorcerer Weekly and I was on the cover, looking like a model…
I surely don't look like that! I thought as we all looked at the cover thinking the same thing.
"Did they do another article about me!?" I growled infuriated.
"C'mon, the publicity cannot be that bad!" Lucy said as I started to read the article out loud, starting with the title.
"'The Phoenix-Fairy and the Phoenix-Phantom: One magical Relation.
In the latest news, we can tell you that the Fairy Tail guild, led by Makarov Dreyar, have been fighting, and winning, a guild war against the top-notch guild Phantom Lord, formerly led by Jose Porla. The battle ended with the Fairies on top and Phantom Lord have been disbanded by the Magical Council due to that they started the war.'" I stopped for a bit and looked at Mira.
"It doesn't sound so bad…" Gray said looking at Mira as well.
"Keep reading!" She urged us.
"'In the fatal battles, one of the members of Fairy Tail showed much of his power as he stood against one of his own. Luke Drakeson, commonly known as "Blue Era", fought Phantom's own phoenixslayer, Cindera Mei, and displayed the true power of Fairy Tail.'"
"These are lies!" Erza yelled. "You didn't just beat her and what do they mean by "The true power of Fairy Tail"?" She sounded more displeased about the mentioning of Cindera.
"It sounds good!" I told her. "As long as it sounds good to the reader they will write anything!" I sighted as I was tired over how often the damn magazine would make up such stupid stories.
"Keep reading!" Mira told me again.
"'Even though they were enemies at first, the two phoenixslayers have a bond like sister and brother and know each other from way back. This love of siblings was shown even more when Luke made sure that Cindera got a place in Fairy Tail, even though she hurt his fellow guildmates. Luke have proven again that he is one amazing boy.'"
I stopped myself and sighted again.
"'Luke have been one of our favorite candidates for the best mage boyfriend in Fiore and now he has proved to us once again that he truly is one amazing and loving and caring guy. We hope that he can find a girlfriend with our help as we are trying to get him on our dating panel for the upcoming "Date a Mage Contest!" We have been trying for a time now, but the shy boy is not sure if he is ready for such a commitment.
"I want a woman who can be as protective for me as I would be for her!" The young phoenixslayer told us in our latest interview. So to all girls who is up for a dreamy boyfriend but still wants to have a leading role in the relationship, Luke Drakeson is your guy.'"
The article ended and I was pissed off and embarrassed over how the stupid magazine had twisted my words. I had an interview with them before the whole Phantom Lord-thing, but I told them that I had already found a girl who could protect me and that I could protect as well.
"Those bastards twisted my words! AGAIN!" I roared as I clenched my fist and turned the magazine to dust with my magic.
Erza was eyeing me with eyes full of rage and I didn't blame her. The stupid magazine had been after me ever since I had saved a girl in my age from a beast running berserk in Hargeon. I had become a hero and Sorcerer Weekly had been after me ever since.
"They don't even know half the truth about what happened and they state that you still is single!" Erza raged and I saw Lucy backing away along with Natsu and Gray.
"Actually, I don't even care!" I admitted.
"What?!" Erza asked as she looked at me with her dominate eyes, wanting my full answered.
"I know I didn't say that! And so do you!" I told her and gave her a smile. "I only care about you and the guild!" I said as I put my arm around her shoulder.
"It won't be that easy…" Mirajane said and I knew I had it coming. "That magazine is a few days old and recently Luke has got a lot of visitors here at the guild…"
"'Visitors?'" I repeated.
"All kinds of girls that want to meet you, some even wanted to marry you right there and then." Mira said it as if it was the most normal ting in the world, but I just stood there with my mouth opened and said nothing.
"So…" Gray mumbled. "Luke got more fans now after the magazine said that he was still single and in search of a girlfriend…"
"It isn't funny!" I told them as Happy started to giggle.
"Marriage…" Erza whispered as she spaced out.
"Don't space out on me like that!" I begged of her as I didn't want to lose her support.
"Wait a sec!" Lucy asked of us. "When did Luke get so popular all of a sudden?"
"Funny hearing that from you, Luce!" Natsu told the blonde. "Luke have always been popular, and yet you were so surprised when you first met Luke, I almost thought you was kiddin with us."
"Yeah, even if he doesn't like to think of himself as popular, Luke is one of the most known members of Fairy Tail!" Gray added. "He is strong, cute and can cock, any girl would want him!"
"Lucy, you said you know a lot about Fairy Tail." Happy said. "From all of those magazines, you must have seen and heard about Luke and his popularity with the ladies!" The blue cat smiled at us.
"You even asked him if he was in love with Jenny in Blue Pegasus!" Mirajane added; making me remember the ball I and Jenny attended, well she attended it; I had been the chef of the whole party on par with a request.
"I rather you guys don't bring that up!" I told them as I didn't want to remember the whole damn ball. It ended with a bang, literally.
"Enough of this!" Erza commanded. "We are to spend some quality time at this resort! AND NEITHER YOU OR ANY DAMN BIMBOS WILL STOP ME FROM ENJOYING MYSELF WITH LUKE!" She was like a devil when she spoke, red eyes and a burning aura.
Another part of her charm. I thought as I smiled at her.
"YES MA'AM!" Natsu, Gray and Lucy replied in fear.
"Then, let's go!" I said as I used my magic and my white robe turned to a beach outfit perfect for the upcoming day. A simple white shirt showing of my abs and a pair of blue bathing shorts, along with a red scarf I got from Erza as a birthday gift a few years back.
Erza stared at me and I think she blushed a bit. The thought of her blushing because of my looks made me blush as well.
Why does she make me blush so much, we have been going out for some time now!
"The faster we get to the resort the faster can you two can get a room!" Gray said as the team started to get going.
"Wha?" I squealed in surprise.
"It would be a good thing for us to share a room." Erza said, sounding more mature now. "I'd like it; we haven't shared a bed since we took down that assassin a few months back."
I was stunned. I liked what she said, but I had problem with comprehending it.
"I'd like it too!" I said as we started to run so we could catch up with the others.
At Akane Resort.
Erza's POV
We were spending most of the day at the beach. We swam, made sand castles, buried Gray and Luke even agreed to take part in a cocking contest; he made an amazing strawberry cake and named it The Scarlet Dream… (He really knows what a girl like!) And of course he won… And made even more girls go crazy over him. (Damn, that just makes me pissed!)
After Luke had won the contest, he was allowed to use the Hotel's biggest inflatable mattress and we all paddled around in the water, sadly, Natsu didn't like it since it made him motion sick.
We played volleyball for some time and even beat the said best team on the beach, not much effort was needed. But Gray stripped in front of everyone on the beach and Natsu took his bathing shorts to get back at Gray for slamming a volleyball in his head. Gray had to use Happy as a cover.
Later that day
It was an amazing day. I really enjoyed it. But something started to disturb me as Luke and I went to our room.
Should I tell him, will he understand? Will he even believe me? I was the worst girlfriend, I doubted my boyfriend who was willing to give his life for me. But can I tell him just like that?
I had too many questions in my head at the moment. Luke had told me about his past. That he was used by some sort of cult to become an artificial phoenixslayer and that he and his brother, Jellal, had tried to free the kids that the cult was using, but they failed to save themselves. Luke got separated from his brother and their friends and he had even lost his memories of his brother, until just recently when Cindera gave him her memories.
Luke didn't say anything about it, but I knew that he was thinking about his brother and their past often, more often than what he would want to. I wanted to tell him everything about my past as well, but I had never been able to bring myself to do it. And now when I knew that Jellal was his brother… Things got a lot more complicated.
I do not love him! I love Luke! I told myself this, but I knew I was lying to myself.
"Here we are." Luke said as we found our room.
Loki had made sure that we would share the same room and Luke and I were equally amazed by the room when we entered it.
The room was huge. It wasn't even a room, it was a suite. The suite had three rooms, a big bedroom (with an amazing king size bed), a bathroom (with a big bathtub, no, it was more like a pool) and a form of living room with fancy furniture and a couch of the likes I had never seen, it was bouncy and big enough for at least five people to sit in.
Candy and cake was already prepared for us in the living room and the bathroom had many shampoos and similar stuff that was good for one's hair and body.
"This candy…" Luke mumbled as he ate them (he had a bit of a sweet tooth). "They are well made! Really sweet!"
"Anything with strawberry?" I asked as I returned from the bathroom.
"Yeah! A lot of it! Loki must have told the staff that we like strawberries!" He said and handed me a red caramel
Another good thing about Luke, he was great because he liked strawberries and cake just as much as I did.
The candy was delicious! And there were plenty of them, sweet ones, sour ones and few were salty, but so yummy.
Luke told me he was going for a walk to check on an old friend that was staying at the hotel as well. We met her at the beach when we played volleyball. She was a form of fox-girl named Freya and she had known Luke as long as me, if not longer. She was lesbian so I didn't mid him going to see her. She was a part of Blue Pegasus and they didn't meet so often.
"I'll be back before you know it!" Luke said as he kissed me good bye. He had put on more formal clothes than the beach outfit, he was wearing a white tuxedo with matching pants and his red scarf I had given to him, but he still looked casual for wearing such fancy clothes, and he even left the tux unbuttoned.
"Luke…" I grabbed his sleeve and he looked into my eyes. His green eyes were full of concern and warmth. "Don't take too long!" I told him in a whisper.
I really can't tell him after all… I was disappointed at myself. I hoped it didn't show.
My boyfriend gave me a quick hug and promised me to be back soon as he left the suite.
I was alone now…
I was still wearing my black bikini and blushed as I remembered Luke complimenting me for how I looked. Even without wearing the bikini, he always gave me compliments, often out of the blue to surprise me. When we first started dating I didn't know how to respond, but Mira told me that even though Luke was a guy, he would rather have me compliment him back or kiss him quick instead of me just blushing and stay quiet.
I stepped out on the suites balcony and saw a lounger. The sun was setting and I laid down on the lounger and sighted in a mix of happiness and regret.
I had a great time to day… I really did, even if I couldn't tell Luke about my past… I thought as I drifted off into a troublesome dream, a dream of my past, about the Tower of Heaven and Jellal…
JellalRavan:
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! It will be more and more drama and fighting in the coming chapters, but i have a lot to do in school so I hope I can write as much as I want to!
Anyway! See you in the next chapter! ^^