I chuckled under my breath at Juvia's actions.
We had just arrived at Akane resort and straight away, Juvia had her stalker mode turned on. Before I knew it, I was sitting on the beach in my swimsuit a few steps away from the Fairy Tail members.
I turned back to my notebook and continued to read the contents. Since I'd decided to go with Juvia I had been re-reading all of the filled up journals I'd owned in the past three years, looking for anything about the arc which was about to happen. There was quite a lot about the arcs so I mentally applauded how prepared my past-self was. I needed to be ready with what was happening.
First there was Shou, Wally, Milliana, Simon and of course, Jellal. I knew there powers and didn't deem them important to think of as the enemy because they were innocent. What I was worried about was the three assassins that Jellal ired. One guy had hair magic, much like mine, and could make people go to his side like with what he'll do with Juvia. There was the owl man who ate people to absorb their powers. Finally there was the samurai woman who would fight Erza. Along with this I had things about how the events of this arc would go.
I hoped that my information would be enough to keep things on line with how they should be.
"You should go talk to him." I said to my bashful companion. We were currently standing quite close to Fairy Tail's resident stripper, who surprisingly had kept his clothes on.
"Ah! Are you sure?" Juvia asked, looking very bashful as she gazed at the man.
"Yeah sure, I think I-" But I paused after seeing her sat next to Gray, already in a conversation with him. With a sigh I walked away, looking for my destination. I giggled at the sight of Happy and Natsu getting very heated over the number 17.
Walking up to a crowded poker table I took a seat after noticing a familiar pair of mages a few seats away from them.
The red-headed woman spoke first. "Right now I feel like I can't lose no matter who I'm up against."
"Yeah!" was her blonde companions reply.
A young man stepped in to replace the previous dealer. The spikey blond hair on his head greatly contrasted with his dark skintone, he wore one long earring and had a strange mark on his face. "If thats the case, why don't we enjoy a special game." He suggest while shuffling the cards with skill.
Erza looked at him in mild confusion then down at the cards in shock, I peeked over a man's shoulder to see the word 'death' spelled out with cards.
"A game where your life would be at stake, Erza-nee." Shou said threateningly.
I slowly pulled my hair from its bun so I could easily fight if necessary, though I was a little hesitant on hurting any of Erza's friends.
"You're Shou… Shou, right?" Erza asked in shock, as if this was the last thing she expected, though, as I thought about it, I'm sure it was.
"It's been a while, Nee-san." He replied cooly.
The two exchanged a serious conversation, with Lucy adding in confused questions here and there. Suddenly, darkness flooded the room, interrupting their moment.
I quickly place a hand to the hilt of one of my twin daggers, getting ready to feel some kind of attack, but if never came.
A gunshot echoed through the now empty room. "A gunshot?" Lucy asked in worry, covering her ears.
"What happened?"
"Darkness Magic." I answered, remembering Simon's abilities.
The blonde mage jumped at the sound of my voice. "You're from Phantom Lord! What are you doing here?" she asked almost suspiciously.
"I"m here to help you, but where's Shou?" I said bringing attention to the missing person.
shou "So, I guess you're the one he was talking about."
I frowned in confusion. "What do you mean? Who was talking about me?" I asked, Jellal maybe? But why? Could he know…?
The mage ignored me in favour of turning to Erza instead. He allowed a myriad of cards drop to the floor, revealing the trapped civilians.
erza "This is…!"
lucy, "there are people inside the cards!"
shou "strange?"
erza, "magic?"
shou, "yeah, i can also use it now nee-san"
erza "you, how did…"
a girly laugh, of milliana, is heard and lucy and mona are bound by her magic.
erza "lucy! mona!"
milliana, "feeling spiffy?"
Eventually the rest of Erza's friends returned. They talked for a while, leaving Lucy very confused until Erza explained the situation. We were both left useless as Wally shot Erza and took her, along with Happy, away to the Tower of Heaven. Abandoning Mona and Lucy, their binds tightening by the second.
"Geez!" Lucy complained, "I'm definitely gonna free myself of this thing!" After a few seconds of rolling around, her keys fell on the floor in her reach, "Yes!" she started fumbling with they keys but was stopped by my words.
"That's not gonna work." I informed her, sweatdropping at her actions.
"Why not?" Lucy moaned childishly.
"Milliana's abilities, they cancel out any magic. there's no use trying."
Lucy, ignoring me, then proceeded to summon her Celestial Spirit, "Open! Gate of the Crab! Cancer!"
After a few moments of silence, nothing happened, "I told you." I says childishly.
"I guess you were right…" she says dejectedly, her body suddenly jumps slightly and she makes a noise of pain. "What now?"
"Ah, so sorry." A small voice says, coming from one of the many cards.
"Was that you just now?" she asked, looking down at one of the cards, which I couldn't see.
After Lucy figured out the details of Shou's card magic, she persuaded the Akane mascot to cut her free and eventually the both of us were free.
I stood up, stretching my arms. "Damn. Milliana's magic hurts more than I expected." I say, more to myself that the blonde beside her.
I blink, noticing that Lucy was now gone. Looking around I see her retreating body running to a random destination, and with a quick plea for her to wait, I run to catch up.