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Sado fought off the pull toward consciousness. He didn't want to wake up. He didn't want to lose the amazingly welcoming haze of sleep. Just like he didn't want to inevitably leave his blanket burrito. Why should he? He was comfortable, warm, and he had the most beautiful girl in the entire world sleeping naked in his arms. Who would want to lose that? But waking was an inevitability. Soon enough, his eyes slowly creaked open and he looked down at the angel asleep on his chest. Neither had changed positions last night, their other arms still around each other, and the blankets still wrapping them up like a burrito. However, almost as soon as Sado was fully awake, Mira yawned, her eyes opening even slower than his as she grimaced then turned to smile up at him.
"Good morning," she smiled.
"Good morning," he smiled back, seeing her grimace again as her leg shifted. "You okay?"
"Just really sore," she smiled. "I probably won't be working for a couple days once we get back."
"I'm sorry," he winced.
"Don't be," she smiled. "That was the best night of my entire life. It's worth any amount of soreness. Hell, I'd quit my job as a waitress and as a wizard if it meant that we could do that every night. I might never walk again, but it'd be worth it."
"I might be okay with that," Sado smiled, reaching down and kissing her.
After a few seconds, he finally sighed, unwrapping the blankets and feeling her shiver against him. Then, she pushed herself up, groaning and wincing as she put weight on her legs, Sado helping her up. Then, they walked into the bathroom, Mira getting in the shower while Sado brushed his teeth and shaved. Then, when he was done, he stepped in with her, getting some soap on his hands and beginning to lather her back up, then moving to her shoulders before reaching around to her breasts, Mira moaning almost instantly. She stopped him before he could do much more than that, however, smiling apologetically.
"As much as I want to continue, I'm too sore right now," Mira said.
Sado chuckled, nodding. "Alright."
He kissed her and she stepped out, toweling off and leaving him to wash himself. Then, he stepped out as well, drying off and walking out into the hotel room, pausing to watch her dress herself before dressing himself as well. They packed up before heading downstairs, checking out of the hotel and heading for the train, finding a seat quickly. Mira groaned quietly as she sat down, leaning on his shoulder and chuckling.
"I just about collapsed trying to walk up the station's steps," Mira chuckled.
"I noticed," Sado said. "I can carry you if you want."
"It's alright," Mira smiled. "Besides, I need to be able to walk right when we get back."
"Oh please," Sado snorted. "We both know that by the time we got back to the hotel room, Cana had probably already told all of Fairy Tail."
"Probably," Mira laughed. "Still though. It'd only be worse if you were carrying me."
Sado sighed, shrugging. "Suit yourself. So, what do you want to do the next few days while you're not working?"
"You," Mira smiled. "But since that's going to be problematic, I'd say...relax. It's been a while since we've just relaxed without you being injured."
"True," Sado agreed. "Alright. Relaxation it is."
Mira nodded and yawned, passing out on his shoulder. He chuckled, wrapping an arm around her and resting his cheek on top of her head. An hour later, they pulled into Magnolia and he shook her awake gently. They climbed off the train and began to walk back to the guild hall, arriving in record time. Then, as soon as the doors opened, the cheering and clapping began, then the whistles. Nothing rude, but enough that they could tell Cana had definitely let everyone know. They walked to the bar, sitting down and Sado held his hand out to Cana.
"Can you pass me a beer before you start questioning please?" Sado asked, Cana grinning widely.
She handed him a beer and grinned knowingly. He took a large gulp of it and turned to her, motioning for her to start.
"So how was it?" Cana asked, grinning as both blushed.
"Hey Sado," Macao suddenly asked, sitting beside him. "Did you really chase a man out of his own wedding reception?"
"Trust me, they both deserved it," Sado said. "But to answer your question, yes I did. Quite proudly in fact. It was one of the best parts of the entire mission."
"One of 'em, eh?" Macao grinned knowingly, Sado blushing again and taking a drink from his beer. "So, what'd he do to deserve it?"
Sado slowly lowered his mug, staring at it as his eye twitched in anger at the memory, Mira's face growing serious as well. "Among other things, he tried to hire Mira as a prostitute, even after I told him she wasn't a prostitute. Apparently, the wife did the same thing."
"I'm shocked that he's still breathing," Macao said.
"So am I," Sado said. "He almost wasn't. It took everything I had not to torch the fat fucker. Still though, it's better this way. So, what'd we miss?"
"Not much," Cana said. "It's been really quiet here since you left. Just the usual brawls. Even Laxus hasn't shown his face since that thing with Gajeel and Levy. Oh! But you're just in time for the festival's talent show!"
"Perfect timing," Sado grinned. "You going to sing Mira?"
Mira hummed thoughtfully before smiling and shaking her head. "I think I'm going to throw it. Lucy needs the reward money anyway. I have a rich boyfriend to blow his money on me now." She raised a hand to her necklace and Sado smiled, staring at it for a moment before nodding.
"Somehow I feel like I'm being used," Sado smiled.
Mira giggled. "Let me make it up to you, then."
As soon as her lips met his, the entire Guild Hall erupted into deafening cheers and Sado's face turned crimson as he raised a hand, flipping them all off as they continued to kiss for several more seconds. Finally, Sado pulled away and sighed heavily.
"They're going to keep doing that for a long time, aren't they?" Sado asked.
"Only for as long as you act embarrassed about finally having the love of your life love you back," Cana smirked.
"I fucking hate you," Sado grumbled. "This is all your fault."
"That's not very polite," Cana smirked. "Is that any way to talk to the person who spent half their night intercepting noise complaints so the two of you wouldn't be interrupted?"
The rest of the guild burst into fits of "Ooo's" and laughter.
"That's two you owe me, by the way," Cana said.
Sado sighed, nodding.
"I'm going to go register for the contest," Mira smiled. "It should be tomorrow, so I'm going to take today off. Maybe a few after as well."
Sado nodded and Mira gave him one last kiss before walking away. Sado sighed, turning back to Cana, draining his beer and holding the mug out for a refill, nodding for Cana to begin her questioning in earnest.
Sado covered his mouth with his hand, choking back his laughter. When Mira had said she was going to throw the contest for the others, he was expecting a trip. Instead, she began to transform her head into different people, such as Happy, Gajeel, Makarov. Each of the others so far had gone with a bikini to try to win votes.
After Mira headed backstage again, Erza went with a gothic schoolgirl style outfit. Levy showed off her Solid Script magic, which would make a word formed out of whatever substance it spelled out, such as the letters for "Iron" made out of iron. Biska walked onto stage with her bikini already on, and to show her skills, requipped a rifle into her hands to shoot four coins at once then caught them. Finally, it was Lucy's turn to go. She walked out on stage, announcing that she and her spirits would be doing a cheer. Sado grinned.
"This aught to be good," Natsu grinned, watching her while munching on a loaf of bread.
Beside them, Gray was lazily watching the stage, as he had been since the beginning, showing absolutely no reaction to Juvia when she had showed off her bikini. Beside Gray was Elfman, who was watching the contest excitedly, except for Mira's performance, which seemed to confuse him.
"Entry Number Eight," a cocky voice interrupted Lucy before she had even summoned a spirit or begun a cheer.
"Hey, hold on, I haven't even started to do my cheer yet!" Lucy shouted.
"I am the very definition of Fairy," the owner of the voice, Evergreen said, walking on stage. "Not to mention the very definition of beauty. I'm the only woman here who embodies everything men desire. Therefore, the winner is me. The lovely Evergreen. Now this idiotic contest can end."
She wore pink sandals, black thigh-high stockings, a green dress that belled outward at the waist and reached to indecently high on her highs and had black on the sides, green gloves that reached mid-bicep and then were attached to the dress with a length of light green cloth that was at the top of the dress, a pair of half-rimmed glasses, pink lipstick, a purple scrunchy to hold her light brown hair up, a pair of earrings that were a simple silver bar dangling from her ears, a silver necklace with four emeralds hanging from it, two per side and spaced out and a ruby in the center, and was holding a maroon folding fan with white fur along the top and a pair of white fur balls dangling from the base of it.
"Fuck," Sado sighed. "I didn't think we were lucky enough that they all skipped town again. Dammit. As if Laxus wasn't enough of a headache."
"Can't you go mess up a different contest?" Lucy demanded. "Gimme a break here, I need the prize money!"
"Lucy! Don't look her in the eye!" Gray shouted.
"I'm sorry, what was your name?" Evergreen asked, turning and lifting her glasses.
And just like that, Lucy was made of stone. Several people in the crowd shouted while Sado stood, hands curling into fists. He had a feeling he didn't want to know what was behind the curtain, but he also had a feeling he'd soon find out.
"This is bad," the contest's announcer said. "Everyone! Get out of here! Now!"
Then, everyone was screaming and running away. Sado and the others who were close friends of Lucy moved closer to the stage, Makarov moving to the front.
"What do you think you're doing Evergreen!?" Makarov demanded. "You'll ruin the festival for everyone!"
"On the contrary," Evergreen laughed as the curtain began to rise. "I think things are just getting interesting."
Sado stared at the petrified Mirajane, flames beginning to flicker from his hands.
"No, Mira!" Elfman shouted.
"She got Erza too!?" Happy gasped.
"Don't be a fool, return them to normal this instant!" Makarov demanded.
"You bitch!" Sado seethed, rocketing off of the ground at Evergreen, flames exploding from his fist as he shot toward her, throwing a punch.
She dove aside and Sado's eyes widened. He was headed straight for Mira.
Shit! He thought.
Then, a wall of ice shot out of the stage, his entire body crashing into it and halting, sliding to the stage where he sighed in relief, turning to the door where Ur was crouching, hands on the floor and an eyebrow raised. The ice wall sank back into the stage and Sado stood.
"Thanks Ur, welcome back," Sado greeted, turning and throwing a punch at Evergreen again, only for a bolt of lightning to hit the stage and Laxus to grab Sado by the throat, lifting him off the ground.
"Well, well, I caught a freak," Laxus grinned, lightning suddenly tearing through Sado's body, making him light up like a Christmas tree, screaming in agony as he convulsed.
Then, Laxus turned, hurling Sado into a table, shattering it and walking to Mira, grinning.
"Such a shame someone so beautiful had to go out like this," Laxus said. "I really wanted to..." He grinned evilly at Sado before turning, kissing Mira, his tongue dragging over her lips.
Sado stood, flames exploding off of him instantly, but he hesitated. If he attacked Laxus, Mira was dead.
"Laxus! Stop this at once!" Makarov ordered.
"Or what?" Laxus asked, turning back to them. "You gonna put me in timeout old man?"
"I'll kill you!" Sado snarled, voice much deeper than it should be.
"Oh, scary," Laxus grinned. "I don't think Mira would like that much, do you?"
"She'll get over it," Sado snarled. "You're going to die for this."
"Hah! If you could reach me at all, I'd be scared," Laxus snarled. "Did you even notice?"
"Oh, I noticed them," Sado snarled. "Freed, the master of Letter Magic and Dark Ecriture, and Bickslow, a master of Seith Magic and Figure Eyes. I'm well aware that you've given them orders to protect your coward ass. I was just waiting for you to give the order."
"No, what you were doing is hoping I'd be stupid enough to step away from your girlfriend," Laxus grinned. "You know, maybe when this is all over, I'll have Evergreen spare her, and then make her my toy."
Sado's flames grew higher, rapidly spreading up his arms and then over the rest of his body.
"Easy Sado," Gray said. "We can't do anything to him yet."
"Trust me, I'm not going to do anything to risk Mira," Sado snarled.
"Turn them back right now!" Makarov shouted.
"Sorry, not going to happen," Laxus smirked. "You see, as stone these girls are quite fragile. In other words, I'm taking them all hostage. either you follow the rules, or I shatter them all one by one. Or, I could just smash 'em all right now."
"I'm not amused Laxus, stop fooling around!" Makarov seethed.
"I'm serious old man," Laxus said as Freed landed beside him.
"I've always wondered who was the strongest in the guild," Freed said. "Now it's time to find out."
"I'll prove it right now!" Sado snarled. "Fight me! All four of you!"
"You must think we're fools," Laxus said. "I take more than two steps away from my hostages and Ur there will shield them in a wall of ice that both of us together can't break, allowing you to go all out on me. No, I think we'll be following the rules. Even you. But really there's only one rule. Whoever's left standing in the end is the winner. It's a Fairy Tail Battle Royale!"
"Nice and simple!" Natsu grinned. "That's just how I like it. I'm fired up now!"
"Glad you could see it my way," Laxus said. "If nothing else you got the right attitude."
"Natsu," Sado snarled. "Laxus is mine. Anyone else you want, you can have. I'll even fight you myself if you want. But only after I've forced Evergreen to turn Mira back, and killed Laxus."
"Big words," Laxus grinned. "Didn't go so hot for you last time, though."
"I stopped fighting," Sado said. "You didn't. This time you'll stop breathing. I won't."
"Like I said, big words," Laxus smirked.
"Naturally, if you want me to turn the girls back to normal, you're going to have to defeat us first," Evergreen said.
"But those aren't bad odds," Bickslow said. "There's four of us and like a hundred of you guys."
"Lots of you! Lots of you!" his possessed totem-heads, which floated around with him and that he could fire beams of energy out of, chanted.
"You have three hours and not a second more," Evergreen said. "After that these pretty statues of yours will be reduced to dust."
"All of Magnolia will serve as the battlefield," Laxus said. "The fight will begin when, and if, you can find us."
"Laxus, how could you!?" Makarov demanded, growing giant. "I won't stand for this!"
"Now, now, simmer down, old man!" Laxus grinned, shining brightly. "It's all part of the festival right!? It'll be fun! Let the Battle of Fairy Tail begin!"
Then, the light faded and he was gone.
"Let's go!" Elfman shouted. "We gotta man up and go save our girls!"
Every wizard in the building began to shout and cheer, sprinting out of the guild hall. Sado took a deep breath then turned, walking toward the door.
"Sado," Makarov said.
"Master," Sado said. "If you ask it of me afterward, I'll leave the guild. I'll even go to prison. But I'm going to kill him. And I'm probably going to cripple Evergreen. For now, though, I'm the best bet for ending this quickly."
Makarov hesitated before stepping aside. "Please, I know what he's done is unforgivable. But please don't kill him."
Sado stared at him in silence for a moment before continuing to the door. He stopped just before the door, staring up at the ancient writing above him in the doorway where a barrier had been formed, Gray and Ur standing just outside of it, waiting for him.
"Stone statues and anyone over the age of eighty years may not pass," Sado read, Makarov, who was standing beside him, sighing.
"I see," Makarov said. "Freed's enchantments."
"It's fine," Sado said. "I'll deal with him too if I have to. Ur, find Freed and tear him apart. Gray, Bickslow's yours. I'll be handling Evergreen myself."
Both ice wizards nodded and ran off to find their targets. Sado gave them a few moments to get clear of his wrath.
"You want a war, Laxus?" Sado snarled, deciding he had waited long enough. "Fine. Just sit tight. I'll be right there to kill you!"
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