A/N
~Dark~ Here's a new chapter! Also thank you for the reviews as always we appreciate it them a LOT! *Gets starry eyes of thankfulness*
~Light~ Also, if all goes as planned this book will end in maybe two or three chapters and we'll start on the sequel for it. *Insert evil laugh*
~FS-Chan~ Hopeful these two idiots will rewrite the sequel to A New Member...It kind of sucks. *Suddenly gets chills as two demonic auras appear behind him* I'm going to die, aren't I?
~Twins~ Yes...in the most painful way... *calmly as the sounds of Barney and the Wiggles plays in the background*
~Random Person~ None of them own Fairy Tail. Also FS might not be in the next chapter A/N.
"Alright Mira, spill." Lucy demanded as she and the girls cornered the bartender in the back room away from everyone else. Mira looked at them, confused, before blushing slightly as she realized what they all wanted to know.
"What are you talking about?" She asked trying avoid looking at them as she searched for a bags of sugar and flour. "I just had it earlier..." She thought to herself before hearing a slight rustle behind her making her turn her head slightly to look at the group of women. Erza stood beside Levy and Lisanna holding the small bags of sugar and flour as Lucy and Juvia grinned at her.
"May I have those?" Mira asked with a raised brow. The girls all smiled before Lisanna stepped up and grabbed her arm in a tight grip disguised as a hug.
"Come on tell us!" Lisanna said, her face cheerful but her voice holding a slight threat in it. "What happened between you and Laxus?" She asked blinking up at her sister as the other girls sweat dropped.
"Nothing, we ate dinner at his place then watched a movie and then I went home." Mirajane said easily getting out of Lisanna's grasp and grabbing the flour. The younger girls all groaned and surrounded her again as she moved over to the giant mixing bowl of half made cookie dough.
"Please Mira? Juvia knows that you know we know that you did more than that." The water mage said confusing everyone for a minute before Levy pulled the bowl away and off the table with Lucy's help.
"You won't get this back until you tell us everything. And that means all the details!" Levy said with a smile as Mira shot her a mildly annoyed look.
"Did he cook? What did you eat? What movie did you see? Did he walk you home? Is he sweet?" The girls all asked at once making Mira panic slightly and clench the bag of flour tight enough for it to explode, covering the group in flour. The room was silent for a minute before everyone broke out in fits of laughter, easing the tension in the room.
"Alright alright! I'll tell you!" Mira said between laughs as she tried to wipe the flour out of her eyes. "But you guys have to help me out with something...or well two somethings." Mira said earning nods of agreements as Erza went and grabbed another bag of into teams of two the group easily cleaned up all traces of the flour and helped bake the batches of chocolate chip cookies.
"Alright, now spill all the details." Lisanna asked with a twinkle in her eyes as all the other girls leaned forward to listen to the Take Over Mage. Ten minutes later the girls were all impressed with how great the date with Laxus had gone.
"So he cooked?" Erza asked earning a nod from the white haired woman.
"And he picked out The Notebook to watch with you?" Lucy asked making the woman smile and nod as she poured tea for herself and everyone.
"So the gruff idiot does have a soft spot!" Erza exclaimed happily making everyone laugh before the topic turned more serious.
"So...what do you need help with?" Levy asked as they all sat around the table nibbling on a few of the already finished white chocolate treats. The girls zeroed in on the white haired mage as she carefully set her drink down and looked at it silently.
"Well...to put it simply I need help with Namina." Mira said looking up at the girls around her. "Ever since we got back she seems to be keeping her distance. I don't know if it's my fault or if it's something else, and seeing as you are all mothers now I guess...well I hoped you might be able to help me in that department." Mira said, her words coming out faster as she spoke before she sighed and waited for their response.
"Juvia is confused. How are you having problems getting close to your daughter?" Juvia asked making Mira sigh quietly before going on to explain.
"After we brought her back I guess I thought Namina would want to stay near me, but it seems to be the opposite. I've tried getting to know her more, and trying to be a mother for her but nothing seems to be working. The relationship we had before the hot springs was better than the one we have now." Mira said the last part sounding slightly bitter. The girls all became thoughtful before Lucy started to smile.
"I think this is the part where our own kids come into play. Gale, Elizabeth, my twins, and Kade are all on a team with Namina. So why not get them to help as well? I mean what's the worst that could happen?" Lucy asked cheerfully, making Mira smile as she joined in the plan to connect with her daughter.
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"Are you sure?" Laxus asked the enchanter sitting across from him in an oddly quiet part of thee guild. Freed nodded with his eyes closed as Laxus stared at the two notebooks in front of him, one old and brown and the other a royal blue and looking quiet new. Neither man spoke for a while each lost in their own thoughts before Freed opened his eyes and smirked at the slayer in front of him.
"I didn't know you had it in you." Freed teased making Laxus shoot him a glare as a light blush brushed his face making Freed's smirk widen into a smile.
"It-I- I mean Ugh! Freed!" Laxus roared making the green haired man laugh before both began to fight each other.
"Alright! I'm all fired up!" Natsu yelled with fire already coming from his mouth as Gajeel popped his knuckles and Gray smirked and stripped out of his shirt.
"Shut up Ash Brains." Gray said just as Natsu tackled him and punched his jaw causing both to crash to the floor in front of Gajeel. Gajeel seeing a chance kicked both of them and sent them crashing into a nearby table where Cana and her husband Bacchus sat drinking and laughing.
"Go Natsu!" Happy cheered from his area above the fighting. Carla and Lily rolled their eyes at the blue exceed before doing the same for their own slayers.
"Wendy, fight gracefully and win!" Carla said earning looks from the two exceeds beside her before Lector suddenly flew up to them and sat down next Lily on the beam.
"Sting-kun would win this fight if he was here." Lector said smugly before Happy flew at him and roared playfully sending both crashing down into the fighting below.
"Joy." Carla said blandly but Lily could see the hint of a smile on her face.
"There goes your husband." Lily said dryly making the white exceed blush before somehow knocking him off of their beam leaving her to be the only exceed out of the fighting.
"Light Bomb!" Carla heard Lee yell followed by a small ball of light flying into the center of the fighting exploding with a flash! Suddenly as the light faded from her vision another object took hold of it.
"Why!" The voice of a boy yelled as the sight of a dark night filled with turmoil grew in her vision.
"...nothing." A man said softly as tears ran down a woman's face. Sobs could be heard coming from someone as cold laughter echoed.
"...my fault! I couldn't..." The boy said just as someone smiled weakly, blood running out of the corner of their mouths.
"I got it." The voice, weak and raspy, said just as the scene moved away from the partly shadowed face to show a creature with skin like a worm and a dark slimy green battling against someone with white hair and wings shaped like a bat and dragon. The creature had the torso of a man with his hands replaced by pincers as he laughed and calmly swung his arm out ignoring the lightning coming from his opponent.
"Die!" The demon roared as the vision faded leaving the echoes of someone crying.
Carla blinked the crying still echoing in her ears as a sense of foreboding began to take over her. "What's going to happen?" She whispered as she looked down at the joyful guild, no longer feeling as elated as before.
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"You guys are way to mean." I groaned as I was dragged over to a nearby beauty parlor. "Guys! Help me!" I yelled at the two male idiots watching me being dragged to my doom. They both moved as if to help me before their faces took on looks of fear.
"Bye Nami-chan!" They yelled as they raced away, kicking up dust in their wake. I yelled at them and struggled to pull away from the three girls.
"Cowards! Get back here!" I yelled as I was pulled into the shop and immediately sent into a whirl wind of being turned into a girl by a group of women who seemed oblivious to my fighting.
An hour and a half later I was wearing a pale blue dress that went all the way down to my knees with a dark blue lining along its edges, my hair was cleaned and straightened with the silver highlights brightened enough to make my hair seem like it was glowing. I was wearing a pair of simple white slip on flats that went well with my hair and that the others said brought out the color of my eyes, which were shadowed lightly by a light shade of grey eye shadow. All in all I looked older, maybe twelve or thirteen, but I felt like a doll of some kind.
"You're so cute, Nami-chan!" Layla gushed making me shot her a deadly glare as Elizabeth and Gale laughed. Both wore simple outfits like my own but Gale's dress was a royal purple with a light gold trim and flats that matched. Her black hair was held back by a matching headband with small gold triangles scattered over it. She only had a light touch of blush on her face but even that was barely noticed.
Elizabeth wore a dark maroon dress with a single strap with her red hair pulled back in a pony tail that was pinned up against her head in a bun. She wore a pair of black pumps without any make up on her face, but even that seemed to draw out the sharpness of her eyes as she watched everyone.
"My name is Namina. Not Nami-chan, and you guys are so dead when I get out of this." I told them making my voice angry even though I wasn't angry anymore. The girls only laughed before Layla jumped in front of us with an evil look. Her outfit was a bright yellow with pink lace and long sleeves that gaped low. It looked like a kimono without the fold on the front. Her hair was straitened like mine except with a sort of braided crown circling it. Unlike her innocent appearance though she was staring at me with mischievous look that would have put Levy and Lucy both to shame.
"Now that's over with, all we have to do now is wait for the guys to get ready and we'll all go out to eat!" Layla said sending a chill down my spine. Immediately I regretted everything leading up to my next words.
"Do what!" I yelled stopping in my tracks. Gale and the others looked at each other with a smile before looking at me. "I'm not going!" I told them making Layla and Gale laugh as Elizabeth looked at me calmly.
"How about a deal. You spend a day with Mira and you don't have to come. Otherwise you come with us." Elizabeth said making me glare at them in return.
"I knew something was up!" I thought angrily before stomping past them angrily. "I'll hang out with Mira. But only for a day!" I yelled raising one finger in the air as the girls behind me cheered making my face drop.
"They had this all planned out from the beginning." I said with a silent groan as Layla tackled me in a hug and made a face that made me think of a cat as she squeezed me tightly.
"Was that so hard Nami-chan?" She asked making me slap at her weakly as Gale joined her both laughing and acting like two attention starved cats.