Welcome back, fluff ahead to conclude the Oración Seis arc. Clearly, any canonical arcs I play around with, will clearly be taken out of order from the actual canon. Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and enjoy this chapter!
8
Cait Shelter
Erza stood chatting with the rune knight's division captain who had introduced himself as Lahar, Captain of the 4th Custody Enforcement Unit. His men were already herding the multitude of dark mages away, and the redhead found herself answering an array of questions, that were borderline accusatory. She shortly reminded the captain that this quest had been approved by the council themselves, and that she and the Allied Forces had just succeeded in saving the magic world from irreversible devastation. Much to her irritation, he just asked where Jura was and she explained, through her clenched teeth, that he was away scouting for some of their missing comrades.
So when Erza heard Gray's voice breaking through the chaos outside the Cait Shelter guildhall, she spun on her heel, ignoring the indignant shout of the captain berating her for walking away in the middle of his debrief. She made her way over to her friend reaching out to slam Gray's head into her iron chest plate in what she considered a hug, he groaned in pain assuring her that he, and the others were okay. Freed was already approaching the rest of the Thunder God Tribe, but Jura joined her and Gray, supporting a still comatose looking Lyon.
"Is he okay?" The scarlet mage asked them.
Gray sighed out and turned to look at his childhood friend. "The two of us were pulled into the same vision, under Midnight's influence, a devastating revisit to our past," Gray explained vaguely. "He'll be okay, I think he's just processing everything, in his own way, in his own time."
Erza wanted to inquire as to what had happened in his past, but she could tell it was not a conversation the ice mage wanted to, or was ready to, have. She knew that he, like most of their generation in Fairytail had come from pretty messed up childhoods, to say the least, but she didn't know the details. He had never shared, and she had never asked, after all, she couldn't expect him to share when she hadn't trusted them with the details of her own past. She simply offered him a smile, "I'm glad you made it back." She turned toward Lahar, who she imagined must be seething at her perceived rudeness, in time to see Freed drop Midnight, in restraints at the captain's feet.
"Well," she said, addressing Jura, "I think as a Wizard Saint, it's your turn to go deal with the interrogation!" He looked at her with pursed lips, biting back a retort before sighing in defeat, there was really no getting out of it, but she didn't have to be so smug.
Jura stalked away with a scowl on his face, as Gray took over supporting Lyon, the two Fairy Tail mages just laughed. Erza noticed that Gray was watching something behind her and turned to look at whatever had caught his attention, a large cloud of dust was moving toward them quickly.
"Is that…" Gray asked, sweat dropping.
"Seems likely."
A magic mobile broke through the dust, speeding a long apparently uncontrolled, and a high-pitched scream filled their ears. "What the hell—"
The vehicle crashed right into the side of Cait Shelter, and both Erza and Gray jumped, their eyes going huge as they looked at each other before running toward the vehicle. The back door opened, and Wendy half climbed out, half fell out of the vehicle, her movements uncoordinated and dizzy, she fell back on her butt a few meters from the magic mobile, "am I… alive…" she wondered as her eyes remained unfocused. Erza looked from her to Natsu who had slumped out of the door Wendy had opened, his body sprawled out the side.
"Uh Erza?" Gray summoned.
The redhead joined him at the front of the magic mobile, Laxus was laid out sideways in the seat his eyes swirling and looking completely out of it.
"What the hell happened?!"
Carla flew out of the back seat looking entirely pissed off. "Wendy's spell wore off a few miles out, succumbing to his motion sickness, but too STUBBORN to stop the vehicle because he is an IDIOT, Laxus jus—" Erza held up a hand to cut the white cat's ranting off, stifling her laughter behind a hand. Gray was already on the ground laughing so hard he'd fallen over. Carla huffed at the exacerbating Fairy Tail mages and stomped over to help Wendy. They pulled the dragon slayers out of the 'death trap,' as named by Natsu's groans, and laid them out on the grass to let them recover. Wendy wouldn't be helping them this time if Carla had anything to say about it, she deemed it their fault that they ended up in this mess.
Lahar approached, to stand at Erza's side, observing the incapacitated slayers, 'I've been hearing tales of the Twin Dragons, but they certainly don't look like much to me,' he thought sarcastically. "These three are really responsible for taking down Brain," he asked the red head flatly.
She briefly considered him with an unimpressed look, but only huffed out in irritation walking away from him to rejoin Jura who was currently speaking to Cait Shelter's guild master.
As Jura saw her walking toward them, she said, "I don't think I've ever dealt with a council representative as insolent as that man, and they're ALL pretty infuriating." She stated to the sound of Jura's laughter. He would never admit it out loud, being aligned with the council himself, but she was absolutely right. As far as he was concerned, the bureaucratic bullshit they insisted on upholding had led them astray.
. . .
Hours of interrogation later, Lahar had led his division away, with the cubic weapon newly sealed with a triple layer enchantment courtesy of Freed, and the Allied Forces were finally free to celebrate their incredible victory over the Oración Seis. Though their win was still tainted a little with the awareness that the Cait Shelter guild would never be the same, there was simply no way to restore the magic power stolen from them. Only a few of their mages had been away on missions at the time, so it left Wendy as part of a guild that couldn't possibly help her grow as a mage.
"Master, what will we do?" The young girl asked, sitting next to him as they looked out over the bustling activity of the their guildmates and the other light mages.
"Child, look at our family, don't you see?" He said vaguely, gesturing out to Cait Shelter's former mages that were laughing, eating and dancing with the rambunctious Fairy Tail mages. Wendy did as he instructed but didn't understand what the elderly man was getting at, she glanced at him in confusion and he chuckled in response. "Do you see any tears? Any regret? Any single one of our comrades who appears lost without their magic?"
Realization fell over her face, he was right, sure… but that didn't make it okay.
The guild master placed a hand on her shoulder, fixing her with a soft smile, "our guild knew about Nirvana," he said bluntly, and Wendy gasped. He went on to explain that their guild had stumbled on to the devastating power of the weapon decades ago, the secrets of Nirvana had been handed down through their guild masters and their senior mages over the years. "We should have alerted the council, but we were scared about the consequences of such a weapon being unleashed on the world." He paused, watching as the fire and ice mages broke into another brawl for one reason or another, 'hm, they certainly are a lively bunch.' Breaking out of his sidetracked thought, he addressed Wendy again, "our fears caused us to hide from the world, hoping the weapon would never be discovered. But at the same time, it would be there, should we ever need it, as in the event of a magical war ever breaking out." He sighed, "it was selfish, and we paid the price."
Erza approached the duo at that moment, "Wendy come join us, we can't celebrate without you," she told the girl whole heartedly, "without you choosing to accompany us, this mission would have been lost before it ever got started."
A blush covered Wendy's cheeks immediately. She turned back to the old master, "go have fun with your new comrades, all your Cait Shelter family would ever want, is to see you happy" he told her gently.
The young sky slayer got to her feet, running off to Natsu and Lucy who were dancing among a crowd of her guildmates. Haru, Laxus and Gray were chatting at one of the tables that had been dragged outside, beers in hand and sharing stories. Sherry was hanging off Lyon, trying to coax him out of his trance, and seemed to be making some progress. The Thunder God Tribe were cheering for Freed as he danced drunkenly on a table, he probably wouldn't be happy the next morning when Bixlow replayed the lacrima video he was recording. All in all, the energy was exuberant, and Wendy couldn't help getting caught up in it as the stellar and fire mages spotted her and enthusiastically called out for her to join them.
The old guild master watched with a smile; the redhead still stood a few feet in front of him watching the party as well. "Erza, I have a request of you, and your guild."
The scarlet mage glanced over her shoulder, "if it is in my power to grant, I will happily do so."
"Take Wendy with you."
To say she was surprised would be an understatement, the redhead's mouth worked as she tried to formulate a response. "Wouldn't that break her heart? You all are her family."
"It will likely be hard for her, true, but we will no longer be a wizarding guild, staying with us would hold her back from her potential." Erza could tell he was breaking over the request, so she didn't debate him on it.
"If she should wish it, we would gladly accept her at Fairy Tail, but it needs to be her choice as well."
. . .
The party continued long into the night, and during those hours, Cait Shelter's master and Erza had pulled Wendy and Carla aside to talk with the sky slayer about the choice she would have to make for her future as a mage. It was decided among the senior mages that Cait Shelter would not disband, they were family through and through, magic or not, but they would convert to a merchant guild. Wendy would not be forced to leave, this was her family as well, but, the elderly man told her, he believed that she would be discarding her future as a mage. Wendy didn't hold the same sins as the senior mages of Cait Shelter, she had never known about Nirvana, and her identity had always been more tightly bound to her magic than the rest of them. It was her only remaining connection to Grandeeney.
Erza had assured her that Fairy Tail would love to have her and Carla should that be her choice, and picking up (ease dropping) on the conversation Natsu and Haru had come barrelling over to add their approvals. A deep blush painted Haru's cheeks due to alcohols' affects and he was practically a mirror image of Natsu's naturally loud and boisterous personality. Natsu's magic caused him to metabolize alcohol at a much faster rate and he was practically sober, but as the Twin Dragons blurted out how amazing it would be to have another dragon slayer join the guild, among other ramblings as their arms waved about and they shouted over one another, you'd never know it. Wendy laughed at their antics.
"Thank you guys, can I think about it?" She asked shyly, not wanting to seem ungrateful.
The Fairy Tail mages agreed and wandered back over to the party that was winding down, various people were slumped over the tables or passed out on the ground. The trio sat down at the table where Lucy was already sleeping peacefully draped over the tabletop, Happy curled up next to her with his head resting on her arm. Gray was still awake but everything he said was punctuated with a yawn. Eventually the group wound down to catch some sleep as well, it was a half day's journey back to Magnolia and they were all excited to get home.
. . .
It was still very early in the morning and the sun was hanging low in the sky, when the Fairy Tail mages found themselves packing stuff into the two magic mobiles to get back to Clover Town. Erza was barking orders at Gray and Haru who were both sporting horrible hang overs and moving incredibly sluggishly. Natsu felt for his fellow dragon slayer, as if traveling wasn't bad enough, he didn't want to think about how much worse it would be with Erza's driving compounded by a hangover. The Lamia Scale mages had bid farewell before the sun was even driving away the darkness, eager to get home and hoping that the familiar space would help Lyon make more progress. Natsu and Erza were, surprisingly, already up and waved goodbye to the foursome, Natsu recklessly shouting about wanting to, 'take on a wizard saint,' next time he and Jura crossed paths.
As Erza secured another of her suitcases to the roof of a magic mobile, Wendy and Carla strolled toward her. The redhead smiled and said a cheerful good morning, asking if she slept okay. She was dying to know what decision the pair had come to the night before but didn't want to pry.
"So, Wendy! Are you ready to go? You're going to love Fairy Tail!" Erza's eye twitched as a certain pink-haired idiot lacked the ability to read the mood, or apply any tact, she rapped the back of her fist into the pinkette's head, hard. He grabbed the back of his head with a drawn out, "owwww, what was that for Erza?"
But to the knight's surprise Wendy just laughed, "yes, let's get going." Only then did Erza notice that the light blue guild mark was missing from the girl's arm.
Instead of asking if Wendy was okay and keeping the pain of her decision at the surface, Erza wrapped an arm around the younger's shoulders, "Can you help me with these last couple bags?" Wendy nodded, running over to grab one of the suitcases grateful for a distraction.
With everything packed up, Erza shouted out, "alright Fairy Tail! Finish up your goodbyes and get your butts over here! It's time we go home!"
Cheers sounded from all around the Cait Shelter guild. The Thunder God Tribe, Gray and Laxus climbed into one vehicle with Freed at the wheel, Laxus grumbling about how this would not be nearly as much fun as the drive up. Erza jumped up and fixed the SE plug of the second vehicle to her arm, as Natsu, Haru, Lucy and Happy got situated in the back. Wendy joined Erza up front with Carla cuddled in her arms. As Freed and Erza pulled the magic mobiles out, they paused to sing out some last farewells to their new friends, and Wendy wailed out her own goodbyes, waving her entire arm as she promised to visit through tears. The guildmaster walked up to the idling vehicle and took Wendy's hand in his own, "we are all so proud of you, Wendy. We will be watching and cheering for you," and the small dragon slayer cried all the louder. As the vehicles began driving away, even in the grips of motion sickness, Natsu thrust his arm out the window a finger and thumb extended, and the other Fairy Tail mages mimicked the action as they noticed. The newly minted Cait Shelter merchant guild waved back until the vehicles disappeared from sight.
Fairy Tail
"We're HOME!" The fire mage roared, with a small puff of fire as the group piled into the guildhall in the late afternoon, they were immediately swamped by their guildmates dragging each of them off in random directions to hear the stories and celebrate the crushing defeat of the Oración Seis. Wendy was swamped with excited people right away, and Lucy stayed near her to prevent her friends from overwhelming the poor girl, like they did her when she first joined. Erza and Laxus sat on either side of Makorav, debriefing him on the mission, and watching their Fairy Tail family dart around talking with animated gestures and watching the Allied Forces team dramatically acting out the big fights.
"A few representatives from the Magic Council came by to take Angel into custody yesterday evening," he informed the two, he held up two glittering zodiac keys, "we took it upon ourselves to relieve her of her keys as compensation for what she put Lucy through." The elderly man snickered evilly, and the redhead was reminded, not for the first time, that this man was truly terrifying when anyone hurt his children.
When they had him fully caught up on everything that had transpired, the guild master jumped up onto the bar counter, thrusted his beer into the air and yelled, "listen up brats, grab a drink! We have once again proven to all of Fiore that Fairy Tail is undeniably the strongest guild! We have all our family home safely, and we have two bran new members in Wendy and Carla!" A large grin split the man's face as he watched all his brats take up their own drinks and thrust them forward in a collective cheers. "Today we PARTY," he roared and proceeded to down his beer in a few large gulps pink already covering his cheeks. The guild broke into further chaos, with brawls, story-telling, barrel surfing, dancing and a lot of drinking.
Lucy found herself at a table alone with Haru, as Natsu was encompassed in a jumbled fight with multiple others, including Erza who's cake had been knocked from her hands when the pinkette was thrown into her. Prompting the two S class into an all-out brawl, they were riled up and exchanging blows enthusiastically, unceremoniously sending any mage unlucky enough to end up in their path, flying. Haru took another gulp of his beer when he registered Lucy thanking him for his part in rescuing her, he looked at her with some guilt, taking Lucy aback.
"Something you should know," he paused setting his beer down, and avoiding eye contact, "when Gemini infiltrated the guild… Natsu was the only one that knew, without of a shadow of a doubt, knew, that there was something wrong about you." Lucy's eyebrows raised, she hadn't realized that anyone figured out there was an imposter, she'd just assumed that they'd only responded to the ultimatum that Oración Seis had sent. "You shouldn't be thanking me, I should be apologizing, I should have known there was something wrong too. Or, at the very least, I should have trusted in Natsu. What kind of friend am I?"
The blonde could tell he was spiraling, she covered his clenched fist with her hand and gave it a squeeze, "you couldn't have known, I am sure you were just watching out for Natsu in your own way." Haru finally met her eyes, his perceived failure marring his expression, "look Haru, it doesn't matter how it happened, you were part of the team that helped bring me home, helped save all of the light guilds. I think you let yourself get stuck in Natsu's shadow too often, comparing yourself to him, but you're different people, with different strengths. You should know, even being so new to the guild still, I can tell Natsu admires you too, I don't think he would be the mage he is, without you."
Gratitude swelled in his chest and he turned his hand to squeeze hers back, "thanks for that Lucy, I'm glad you're home safe. Fairy Tail wouldn't be the same without you." The two continued to talk on lighter subjects, both just appreciating the energy that being surrounded by their guildmates afforded them.
As night fell on Magnolia, Lucy announced that she was exhausted, mentally and physically from her ordeal, and the Twin Dragons agreed. Taking down multiple S-class level dark mages, sustaining drive mode to the point of completely exhausting their magical containers, two blow-out parties and way more transport than either of them would like to experience in a lifetime, had them both completely drained as well. Natsu dragged Happy away from his failed flirting attempts with the white cat, and the four made their way out of the guild, calling their goodnights over the noise.
They made their way through the streets, Happy floating overhead and raving about Carla's beauty and what kind of fish he should bring her tomorrow. Haru recommended mackerel, the stellar mage thought he was joking but he launched into a very serious pep talk with the cat about how to prepare it and how to gift it to his crush for the best results. She gaped at him, apparently, Haru had a thing for mackerel that rivaled Natsu's love for literally ANY meat. When they reached the fork that split their paths home, Lucy stopped and pulled them both in for a hug, murmuring a genuine thanks for the hundredth time.
Haru said good night and walked a few feet, Happy hovering over his shoulder, before turning to look back, "you coming Natsu?"
"I'm going to walk Lucy home," he glanced at her to see if she had any objections, she said he didn't have to do that, but didn't put up any real protest. "I'll catch you later man!"
The water mage shrugged with a knowing look at the blue cat, who for once, didn't sing his annoying phrases. Instead he launched into another discussion on how to win favour with Carla. Haru waved goodbye to two and continued home.
Lucy looked at Natsu who threw an arm around her good shoulder and beamed down at her, "let's get you home, shall we?" The pair walked toward her apartment, the blonde was beyond excited to crawl into her own bed tonight, but she supposed she could make a couple mugs of herbal tea and hang out with Natsu for a bit longer. Especially after learning that he'd been feverously investigating Gemini-Lucy even when everyone told him he was imagining things, she just felt safe and supported around him. She popped the key in the door and led him inside with her, he dropped onto her couch while she set the kettle on the stove to boil. Natsu hadn't been sure she would let him come inside with her, he assumed she'd probably want a quiet night alone, a hot bath, a deep sleep in a cozy bed. But maybe, just maybe, she needed his presence to reassure her, as much as he found himself needing hers. In the dead of night, with all the adrenaline from the mission gone, and without the parties to distract him anymore, everything he'd experienced came crashing down on him. Knowing Lucy had been kidnapped, the vivid deaths of his friends that he'd tortured himself with in Midnight's nightmare void. He was standing up and moving toward her before he realized he'd made the decision to do so.
Lucy felt Natsu's presence behind her, and then his arms slowly wrapped around her middle, pulling her into his body. His forehead dropped to her shoulder as he let out a shaky breath, "I thought I was going to lose you," he said, barely audible. Natsu was a pretty tactile guy, he had been in her personal space since the day they'd met, but this immediately felt different, felt much more intimate. She lifted a trembling hand to his head, carding her fingers through pink locks, she felt him tense up before relaxing into the calming touch.
"I'm okay, Natsu, I'm right here," she reassured him, it seemed he needed to hear it though, as she felt him nodding against her shoulder. She turned in his grasp, bringing her hands to cradle his face and pressed her forehead to his, "we'll always be together." They stood there for a long moment, neither one of them moving, neither of them speaking, the tea completely forgotten. Somehow, having only had him in her life for a couple months, he'd taken point as one of the strongest relationships in her life, she'd never had a friend like him. But even as she considered their friendship, she knew something was shifting between them.
Without moving to look at her, Natsu asked, "Can I… Can I stay the night?"
Gently pulling away to observe the man in front of her Lucy squeaked out, "what?" Immediately flushing a pink at what the implications could be.
"Not like that," he responded slowly, unaffected by where he knew her brain had gone, "I just…" He struggled to convey what he needed because there wasn't really a rhyme or reason to what he knew he needed. "We just got you home, and I just have this irrational fear that you'll disappear." He mirrored her blush a bit, "I know, it's stupid."
"No, it's not stupid at all." She told him as she threaded her fingers through his, "in all honesty, I could use a friend tonight too, two weeks being surrounded by enemies… not knowing what was going to happen to me… living in fear of how Gemini could be using my likeness to hurt you all… it was awful." She exhaled loudly.
He smiled at her, his relief was palpable, "but," she said with a devious grin, punching him in the shoulder, "you sleep on the couch." He eyed the small couch with a touch of distain. She laughed and announced she was going to go take a hot bath, he should make himself at home, he usually did so anyway.
After the world's best bath, she had crawled into some comfortable PJs, and dropped a couple blankets on Natsu's stomach where he was stretched out on her couch. He had shrugged out of his vest and combat boots and had placed his neatly folded scarf on the coffee table next to him, he mumbled a thanks to her and watched her retreat to her bed. "Sleep well Natsu," the blonde said softly.
Lucy had honestly been concerned that she'd have one of the nightmares she'd been experiencing while she was in the Oración Seis' hands and disrupt Natsu's sleep as a result. So, when a frantic shout jolted her awake and she'd realized that it was actually the pinkette who was tossing and reaching for something unknown in his sleep, it took her a moment to process. She moved to his side, shaking his shoulder, "Natsu, Natsu wake up, it's just a nightmare." He bolted upright, panting with a fist against his chest, he turned and took in the worried expression on the blonde's face.
"Lucy," he questioned, giving his head a shake. She came around the couch to sit on the edge next to him, asking if he was okay.
"Y-yeah. Yeah, I'm okay." Lucy wasn't sure if he was reassuring her, or himself.
She placed a hand on his knee, holding his gaze, "do you want to talk about it?"
He paused, considering the offer before shaking his head, "no, it's just… a nightmare I recently subjected myself to." He explained honestly, just seeing the stellar mage in front of him returned his grip on reality. He briefly wondered if Haru, or Gray were going to experience recuring nightmares thanks to that awful magic as well.
"Midnight's magic?" She carefully suggested, she didn't want to push him too far if he didn't want to talk.
Natsu just nodded, she knew about the nightmare magic, though she didn't know anything of the specifics of what the boys had seen when they were trapped in their voids. She placed a hand on his cheek, not knowing that it was a vivid reminder of her own death that he experienced in his nightmare and he flinched slightly. Undeterred, the blonde stood from her spot and led him to her bed, momentary surprise flickered across his face, but he didn't question her. He crawled into her bed, and she curled herself into his side pulling the blankets over them both. The soft sound of her even breathing relaxed him, and he focused on matching his own elevated breathing rate to hers. It didn't take long for them both to fall into a deep, dreamless sleep.
. . .
Haru walked into the guildhall the next morning with Happy perched comfortably on his shoulder, he immediately noticed Natsu and Lucy in one of the booths along the back wall. Lucy was flipping through a copy of Sorcerer's Weekly, a mug of tea in her hand, and Natsu was stretched out on the opposite side, looking bored and letting his fire jump between two extended fingers.
The water slayer slid into the booth next to Lucy because Natsu was taking up all the available space on his side. Happy jumped up on the table, pulling a fish from his pouch. Without looking at Lucy, Haru addressed his partner, "so I noticed you didn't come home last night."
"Nope." Natsu replied popping the 'p.'
Lucy looked up from the magazine at Haru, who was now looking at her with a smug look, the implications all over his expression. She immediately flushed, reverting to her usual frantic denial that anything had happened, which was true mind you, but the water mage didn't seem to think so. Natsu did nothing to aid her panic, as she tried and failed to make a convincing appeal.
"Natsu!" She yelled at him, "a little help!?"
"She looooooves him!" The blue cat sang.
"Stupid cat!"
Both dragon slayers dissolved into fits of laughter, and Lucy fumed at them, clearly, she was missing the joke, which, she lamented, she was likely the butt of. That pissed her off more, "mind telling me what's so damn funny?"
"He knows full well that we didn't have sex, Loonie." She twitched at his bluntness and the use of 'Loonie,' he only used that pet name when she was freaking out about something that he perceived to be too silly to get worked up about.
"You better get explaining, pyro!"
Haru cut in, knowing Natsu's explanation would likely be as tactless as his previous comment, "people who are… intimate," he started, elongating the word to further frazzle the blonde, "have each other's scents all over them, it's hard to miss for a dragon slayer."
Lucy looked from Haru to Natsu who was smirking and tapping his nose. Without a word, she threw her arms up in exacerbation, shoved Haru out of the booth and stomped away, leaving them both laughing at her expense.
She flopped onto a stool at the bar dropping her magazine on the counter as she sprawled her torso over the surface, letting out a loud groan.
"Oh my," Mira said walking up to the celestial mage, "what's wrong Lucy?"
"I hate boys," she whined out, giving an exaggerated pout for emphasis.
Mira's eyes trailed over to their twin dragons, still absorbed in something apparently hilarious in the booth across the room. "But I think you and Natsu are so cute together!" She squealed, hands clasping in front of her.
Lucy's eyes bulged, and she lifted herself from the counter to shoot Mira an incredulous look, "what is with everyone and my love life today," she barked out. "There is nothing going on between me and Natsu," she added for good measure, though she honestly wasn't so sure herself anymore. But the twinkle in Mirajane's eye did not disappear.
"I don't know about that, we've actually got bets going," she stated cheerily.
Lucy fixed her with a deadly look, "what?" She ground out flatly between clenched teeth. "Who would be betting on something like that?!" She exclaimed louder than she meant to, noticing that she had drawn the majority of the guild's attention. Mira continued to smile sweetly, and Lucy wanted to die of embarrassment, dropping her forehead to counter again.
"I must adjust my previous statement; I hate you all."
A/N. This was a fun chapter to write, I enjoy banter between Haru and Lucy… totally amusing to play with. The dragon slayers being left alone to drive a magic mobile was also super fun. So, what did you all think? Curious, do you enjoy the action-packed chapters, or the fun fluffier chapters more? See you Wednesday for Chapter 9!
R&R. xx Loka Muse