Rated M
M is for MATURE, people.
If I can pretend to be, then you can too!
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING! *sob* However sometimes I wonder if Mashima-sama used to follow me and my friends around to help him dream up a few of his characters!
At least let a girl dream!
Welcome back my lovelies! Step up for ure lickins!
FlameDragonHime: Yep, it's the slaver hat she took from the slave trader Travis when he tried to take her, only to be paid back in kind by a vast retribution of flames.
DiscoPanic: You were my 300th review! Seems like ya get all warm and fuzzy inside so I made sure to extend the Jerza side of things this chap just for you! Just a little insight to the status of their relationship. ;p *lick lick lick!*
MoonTigerLily: That is something that may or may not come up later. We shall see. Luv ya!
ScarletLoveliness: The final chappie for Who Would you Dance With? is still swimming in my head. Lol, Methinks you doth exaggerate with Jellal, but he sure was trying to get a rise out of Erza, XD Luv ya gurl, have a wonderful Friday night!
PhiaFairy: Thank you! I shall try not to take so dang long in the future, but unfortunately I can make no promises. Luv and licks ure way!
Stormie: No one can say that repetition doesn't teach valuable lessons, hehe! I'm sure Cana will find more ways to swindle him out of more IOUs! XD I luv you Stormie~bae!
MyLuv: Ikr! Blushing Erza, haha! And Juvia and the over-active imagination... priceless! Oh! And Happy is always making INNOCENT observations... mwahaha. Luv ta lick ya Luv!
Ivy: Isn't he though? Someone should write a FairyTail X-mas spoof where Gajeel-Grinch steals Christmas. Levy Lu Who would ask, "why Double G, why?"
LoveFiercely: Mmm, did I ever say she had better hearing? I don't recall that, but she can definitely smell the living and yes, her no need for sleep is highly desired by me as well. LOL ure comment on hearing people through closed doors. Who wants that?! XD
MsKittyLick: Pretty sure Loke heard about that very public kiss Natsu gave her if he didn't see it for himself, word travel fast in FairyTail, hehe. BABIES! Luvit da babies! LilMisKittyLick gonna make ME some babies! Mwahahaha! About a dozen will do fine.
Things have been a little hectic at home as of late, but I will continue my efforts to feed a chappie to you at least once a week—cuz I love you and desire to licky da faces.
Episode 36
The Flexibility of Plans
Gee, I hope they don't think I'm starting to act like Natsu, sneaking off like this... Wendy thought to herself as she slowly crept from tree to tree. It wasn't too much further, she could smell him. She made sure to move carefully, there weren't very many times Natsu and Gajeel had let her out without one of them nearby and the few times they had, it was only for the smallest of errands.
She couldn't just sit around though! Not when other members of her guild were going off to search for the other magic guilds. Besides, not all of FairyTail was back yet... what if they were in trouble? A dragon's nose could sniff out friends in trouble better if they weren't kept idle. So, for the good of her guild, and the sake of unity—she sneaked away from home.
At least that's the way she rationalized her actions as she froze behind a tree, listening and waiting for a creep with a gimpy leg to shuffle by. Mavis... I really am becoming like Natsu! Maybe I should just go back home. They might be worried about me!
Her nose twitched and she turned to look in front of her and immediately yelped at the sight of clammy fingers reaching for her over a bush. She turned to get away, but the cold hand found purchase on the old orange tank top that Levy had given her. An involuntary scream escaped from her lungs as she was yanked onto the ground.
This is it! I have to be strong. My brothers would never forgive me if I snuck out just to get gobbled up!
No one could ever say she didn't go down fighting! As soon as those chilling fingertips dug into her shoulder, pushing her further into the dirt, the sky dragon tried to roll out from under its grasp. It was too heavy! Thinking fast, Wendy whirled her foot into the air instead, making contact with its head at the very moment something very loud squished into another something now splattered across her face on the ground next to her head.
"Ooooww!"
"Juvia warned Gray-sama that Wendy needed to be warned differently."
Wendy's eyes widened at the familiar voices as she looked to her side to see the rain woman standing near her holding a thick branch that she'd used to flatten the skull of a crawler heading toward them from an awkward position. Shortly after she'd kicked the owner of the cold hands (which turned out to be Gray), those same clammy fingers grabbed a hold of her ankle. So she was hunched over herself with her head on the ground in mid backward somersault, suspended by the foot that had clocked the ice-make wizard right in the jaw. "J, J, Juvia! ...Gray!"
Squawking indignantly as Gray lifted her up by her ankle and trying to hold her skirt in place, she heard his displeased voice as he glared down at her. "And just what the hell are you doin out here Wendy?"
"I'm uh, well I'm, ACK!"
"Honestly, Gray-sama could put her down..." Juvia said chewing on the inside of her cheek.
"Not a chance. We're takin 'er back to the guild, I ain't gonna deal with both Flametard AND Ironeyes pissed about her bein missin."
"Eeek!" Wendy started flailing her arms, "please don't! I wanna go to Lamia scale too! Agg! Your hands are FREEZING, Lemme go!"
"No way! I ain't even usin magic!"
"That doesn't change the fact that your hands feel like the cold, clammy hands of the dead! Eeek!"
With a brooding frown, Gray dropped her while Juvia giggled, "Juvia supposes she doesn't have to worry about Wendy growing up to be a love rival!"
"Ouch..."
The Ice-make wizard turned to Juvia with a agitated glare, "Damnit, Juvia, wouldja cut that out already?"
She merely giggled a little more before kneeling down to Wendy's level. "Wendy-chan? Why go to Lamia Scale? The guild will be worried."
Wendy sat up unhappily, wiping dirt from her eyes. "I was sort of hoping maybe they'd have news on Macao's team... and I wanted to see how Sherria's doing."
Gray folded his arms as his frown softened, "Wendy, it hasn't been all that long since we last checked in with Lamia Scale. If anyone had'a been there, they would've come with Jet."
Gripping her fists tightly, Wendy just shook her head. "I don't care! Anything could have happened since then, and either way Sherria should be there!" Her lip began to wobble as she tried to keep her emotions in check, "if you take me back then I'll just leave again! I know I can sniff out Romeo if I can just find somewhere he's been!"
Gray merely rolled his eyes, but Juvia laid a hand over one of the girl's fists.
Little Wendy has really grown these past two years. She so much like those other two now, but the caring young girl is still there, blossoming into a fine woman.
That thinks my Gray-sama has clammy hands.
"Juvia says she can come." She sung out possibly a bit too loud to sound calm.
"What?" Gray nearly fell over from surprise. "You're kidding right? Not a chance!"
Juvia was sitting on the ground in front of Wendy as she folded her arms and closed her eyes, setting her lips into a petulant frown. "Juvia did not ask Gray-sama to come. Gray-sama volunteered. Juvia says Wendy-chan can come."
Gray groaned, "That ain't happenin' Juvia."
"Come Wendy-chan." The rain woman smiled pleasantly and lifted her to her feet with her and held her shoulders as she started walking them onward. "Now tell Juvia exactly when Wendy-chan discovered Romeo-kun was her one true love! Now don't spare any details!"
"Oh! Er, well—uh..." Wendy stammered glancing back at Gray before Juvia twitched the dragon's shoulder to make her look ahead again.
Gray stood there stubbornly, watching them both walk off without him, "Tch."
"... …."
Once it became dubiously clear that Juvia was not going to wait for him he groaned again, "Damnit!"
To think she was easier to deal with BEFORE we became a thing... shit!
o.o;;
Erza breathed heavily in a scorched field buried with bodies less fortunate than herself. As her eyes scanned the area for anything that moved, they ended their journey with Jellal's knowing smirk. "Something funny, Greenhorn?"
"Not at all Erza." Jellal raised a brow ever so slightly, "our fellow guild mates back at the wall were going mad watching you handle the crowd control all by yourself, as always, quite the lively band."
"Hmm... yes, about that. I did not do good enough," she spoke while reverting to her Clear Heart attire. It was her preferred clothing when venturing out into the unknown with only her weapons to aid her (much less noisy than armor), though it did materialize with a black jacket and boots. One would not want to catch a chill. Sheathing her katana and ensuring her sickles' and spear's proper placement, she continued. "Juvia was able to slip some by me. I failed in my objective."
Knowing full well that trying to compliment her by expressing that she'd more than dominated the battle was an exercise in futility; Jellal simply tilted his chin in the direction of their destination. "Come, Blue Pegasus is to the northeast."
The red head watched him walk on a moment with a small frown... she couldn't keep her intentions secret much longer.
Soon, Erza saw to it that she took the lead, ever so slowly taking a turn towards northwest. It was a surprisingly uneventful walk—until just slightly past midday when Jellal stopped, bringing a halt to their quiet stalemate. The heavenly body wizard's head was masked over as he spoke in his typical low voice, "Erza..."
The battle maiden's shoulders twitched, she'd been waiting for this but it didn't mean she was ready for it! How could she tell him? Even now, to openly expose a weakness... it was mortifying! She could feel his eyes on her back, he was no fool. She'd been leading them in the wrong direction for nearly half a day. Turning around slowly with her long ponytail swaying lightly in the breeze, she could not keep the nervous twitch from her lips, "Ye, yes, Jellal?"
In calm, steady steps, the object of her desire approached her until they were but a hand span apart. She could clearly see the distrust in his eyes and it pained her. The way his voice drawled so naturally husky did not help either, "Is there something you wish to tell me yet?"
Was her face blue? Oh Mavis please don't let her face be blue! It felt blue... with a nibble to her lips, she shamefully averted her eyes, "Oh Jellal... I just, I can't do it!"
Jellal's eyes widened slightly, "Excuse me... Erza? Can't do... what?"
Too late now, it was pouring out of her and no matter how she buried her face in her hands there was no stopping it. "Blue Pegasus! I just can't—go there! Ichiya... he'll smell me coming from a mile away and I just know... ugh!" She lifted her face back at him with eyes filled with unshed tears, "do not make me continue that path!"
Jellal slowly shook his head in disbelief. This is why she'd been so quiet? So foreboding? "You do realize that going on this trip was your idea, yes?"
"It wasn't!" Erza jumped at him, "my plan was to send someone else to Blue Pegasus! It was never to be me!"
"But the duty is ours now..."
"We will still fulfill our duty, Jellal!" Erza pointed a explanatory finger up in the air, "I have every intention of speaking with Blue Pegasus," she began to become excited the more she told him of her plan, "just not in person."
Jellal's brow twitched, betraying his tightly held thoughts but was thankfully saved from exposure due to the hood he wore. She has gone crazy... is this some nefarious spell that has been placed upon her? Surely she cannot be that disturbed to see the perfume wizard...
Under Jellal's unyielding gaze, Erza explained more quickly. "If we just travel to Crocus instead, then we can get the lacrima up and running again. That way," her voice took a turn to cheerful, "we can simply call Blue Pegasus!"
"The capitol?..." She's mad, completely out of her mind. "The journey there will take more than twice the time it would to get to your allies' guild. That, and may I mention that we would be wandering into the most densely populated city in all of Fio—"
He grunted when Erza buried her head into his shoulder and clung to him tightly. "The greater the hardship, the greater the reward, please Jellal... I simply cannot go to Blue Pegasus! What if he... sniffs me..." Erza shuttered, reliving a particular memory not unlike the horror the world has since taken a turn toward. (MAAAAAAANNNNNNN)
Jellal was completely taken aback by how passionately she did not wish to see Ichiya. How could he refuse such a woman as this? Taking her shoulders, he positioned her to gaze into his eyes. "Erza... you are the senior member of FairyTail here. I will follow your lead." A hint of a smirk graced his lips, forever hidden from her by the scarves wrapping his face, "though as a member of your guild, I must press the issue once more." Jellal narrowed his eyes, "are you sure breaking orders is the best course of action?"
The relief in her eyes was obvious. Her head tilted as though it felt heavy as she said, "I feel this is the only course of action, we will still get word to them—and if all goes well we can get word to all just as we could have before all of," Erza stepped back from him and used both her arms to motion to everywhere, "this."
"You know I will follow you to the ends of the earth, Erza. If this is your plan, then I will stand by you."
The battle maiden grew the barest tease of a blush.
Perhaps... I do not need to keep—all—my weaknesses to myself...
She cleared her throat and stated general geography that of course Jellal already knew. "Very well. Crocus is to the west, south of the mountains that Sabertooth resides on. As you said, it is a long journey. We should make haste."
As Erza moved to leave, the wizard she turned from lifted a hand from his cloak to catch her wrist, causing her to stop and look over her shoulder back to him. When he did nothing more, nor release her arm she inquired, "Jellal?"
A rather feminine yelp was heard when he suddenly whirled her into his arms with only a flick of his wrist, but the sound only survived by the echoes of trees for it was quickly cut off. Before the warrior was able to realize where she'd been pulled, Jellal held the back of her neck firm and kissed her deeply. Erza sighed in delighted surprise and pressed her hand flat against his chest as the other grasped the back of his tunic. No matter how many times she'd tasted him now, he never failed to delight. His tongue was able to caress hers with such majesty that even the edges of closed eyes could see sparks. The feel of his other hand slipping below her shoulders to dip down her back sent a rush of heat to instantaneously warm every inch of her body, forcing a moan to pour from her mouth to his.
Erza leaned into him, reciprocating his passion. Feeling pleased when her efforts caused him to take a step back to steady himself, she smiled inside and out. Victory was hers despite his sneak attack. Breaking away from such an embrace was not easy, but few things were in her life. Raising both her hands to his shoulders, she pulled away just enough to make him lean forward to try and keep contact as she continued to deny him with a sly smile.
A smile he mirrored when he realized her intent to halt them so soon. Through that smile, Jellal drawled, "Pointing out directions will not make me forget the great Erza Scarlet is defecting her orders..." His eyes flicked to the lustrous red hair his fingers began toying with, "however more endeavors such as this... has a way of making a man forget about just about anything."
The battle maiden chuckled silently, enjoying the way her breasts pressed against him with the absence of armor. "I trust that you have enough fortitude to recall something as rare as this no matter what the future holds." Her eyes sparkled with mirth when he hummed his disagreement. Erza stroked her love's cheek affectionately, "our agreement still stands, Jellal. Best be on the lookout for a baker during our journey..."
Backing away from him with a smirk so cunning that fox would be proud, she turned to walk in the direction of their new destination while Jellal watched her sway her hips ever so slightly.
The wizard stared unashamed as his expression translated his determined thoughts with ease while he adjusted the cloth back over the bottom half of his face. His blood boiled with anticipation.
Oh you will have your wedding cake, Erza. No post-apocalyptic world will keep me from having you for my bride...
Didn't make the extra dialogue this time around, but my love for you will never waver. ^.^ Many licks your way!
All for you my lovelies
Seriphia aka Lick
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