Chapter Fifteen - Freed, Part Two
I teleported us directly outside the guild. "Welcome to Fairy Tail!" I spread my arms wide. "I know it may not look like much, compared to where you come from, but it's home."
I opened the doors, and noticed the soft smile on Freed's face as he was immediately enveloped in the homey-feel of the guild. "Everyone, I'm back, and I brought a new member!"
"She's doing it again," Macao said.
"Excuse me, but doing what?" Freed asked him.
Wakaba shook his head. "Ever since Ellie arrived-"
"Elle!" I yelled at him. The only reason they called me 'Ellie' was because it sounded childish. I was fine with them calling me Ellie for any other reason, but not because it sounded 'cutesy'.
Wakaba continued. "She's been pulling out all of these kid mages out of nowhere. You're popping up like flies. First Juvia, then Levy, now you!"
I snickered. "Oh, I'm just getting started!"
"What are you doing, Elle?" Macao asked.
I cackled evilly. "I'm building an army!"
Silence.
I dropped the act. "I'm kidding. Yeesh."
As I took Freed away from those idiots and towards Enno for a stamp, I heard Macao say, "She may be kidding, but sometimes it really seems that way, doesn't it?"
Yeah, I thought. Sometimes it does.
Freed, the adorable polite child that he was, bowed to the girls when he met them. "It is a pleasure to meet the ones that Ella-sama has spoken of so highly," he said. Then he turned to Laxus, and did the same thing he did to me, with one knee on the ground.
"Laxus-sama," he breathed. "It is an honor to meet you. Just like with Ella-sama, my sword is yours if you need it. I am here to help serve you."
A moment of shocked silence. Then…
"Elle, what the hell did you do!" Laxus cried.
I cackled. "Nothing!"
"Elle, I'm serious," he yelled, running at me (probably to shake some sense back into me or something).
I took off running.
I haven't had this much fun in ages.
Or…ever, really.
"Damn it, Elle, get back here!"
It seems that now that Laxus has cursed, he's not going to stop.
I cackled loudly and dramatically as I ran through the doors back into the guild hall, causing a scene. Every eye was on us as they watched Laxus chase me around the hall.
"That's it!" Laxus yelled. "Lightning Dragon Roar!"
What he'd done was smart; he obviously wasn't trying to hurt me, just block me off into a corner.
Except he kinda forgot how powerful his roars were, and now there was a hole in the wall.
"Shit!" Laxus cried.
"So that's how it is, huh?" I asked him. "You wanna fight?"
"Uh…no, not really," Laxus said.
"Do it! Do it!" Cana cheered from the sidelines.
"Go Onee-sama!" Juvia said happily.
"If you're going to fight, dammit, TAKE IT OUTSIDE!" Makarov shouted, looking sadly at the wall.
"It's not like it's anything worse than Gildarts has done," Laxus said.
But the pressure was on him now, and the entire guild made their way outside to watch our fight.
"Elle, please, you're scary," Laxus said (finally not acting like a damn tsundere, for once). "I feel like fighting you would be like fighting Gildarts."
My eyes twinkled. "You think I'm as strong as Gildarts?"
"No!" he yelled. "But you're really powerful, and you're kinda insane!"
"You take that back!" I yelled at him.
Everyone stared at us.
"I am not kinda insane, I'm completely insane!" I started laughing evilly again.
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Laxus cried.
I paused my laughing. "Was I supposed to make you feel better?"
He sweatdropped.
"Come on, fight already!" Cana yelled.
"Yeah, this seems pretty interesting…" Levy said.
"Indeed," Freed said. "What a brilliant strategy to teach me about fighting. As expected of Ella-sama, of course."
I sweatdropped. He was supposed to worship Laxus. Not me!
"Alright, Freed," I told him. "I'm gonna put you to the test."
He hesitated.
"Don't be worried," I told him. "I need you to draw runes that will stop any magic from leaving our battle space. Can you do that?"
He nodded as he pulled his sword. "Yes, Ella-sama. Give us a moment."
"You know, I don't think I even know what type of magic Ellie has," Wakaba muttered.
"My magic is called 'Go Fuck Yourself'," I told him.
"What does that mean?" Juvia asked.
"Nothing," Cana said. "She's just messing with the adults because she finds them annoying."
"Oh," Juvia said. "Thank you, Cana-san."
Freed finished drawing the runes, and Laxus worriedly looked at me from across the training grounds.
I sighed, he really didn't want to do this.
"You know what, I have a better idea!" I said. "Instead of fighting Laxus, I'm going to fight Macao!"
"What?" Macao cried. "I'm not fighting you, Elle, you're nine!"
"Yeah, plus you couldn't take Macao," Wakaba said.
"Oh yeah?" I asked. "I can take both of you! At the same time."
Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck fuck FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
I had just spent a fuck-ton of energy teleporting Freed and requipping his room. NOT GOOD.
You're lucky if you're strong enough to take on one of them, but you can't do both! You idiot!
The crowd had gasped at my declaration. Macao and Wakaba immediately denied fighting, though because of my age or because of Laxus's fear was another matter.
"What?" I asked them. "You chicken?"
The two looked at each other. "At least have Laxus as a partner," Macao suggested.
Take it! Take it take it take it, Elle!
I scoffed. "Please, we'd roast you two in a few seconds. If it's just one of us, you might actually have a fighting chance."
Noooooooooo! What's wrong with my mouth! Ahhhhhhhhh! I'm doomed and I'm going to lose after acting so cocky, Ahhhhhhhh that's so fucking embarrassing!
"Okay, that's it!" Wakaba said. "I'm doing it!"
Macao sighed. "Fine."
They entered the field and Laxus safely made his way to the sidelines, with the rest of the kids.
I measured my magic. Ignoring the last two of my spells (which would be stupid to use here), I could probably only use five or six attacks.
Fuckkkkkkkkkkk.
What do I do if I get that far and haven't done anything?
Do five attacks and then teleport and kick them in the nuts. Duh.
Huh. That could work.
But still, fuuuuiuuuuuuuuck.
"Go, Onee-sama!" Juvia shouted, jumping in the air.
"Yeah, kick their asses!" Cana yelled.
Man, why were they all so fucking adorable!
I turned to look at the two. "I'm ready."
"Get ready," Makarov said. "Get set….fight!"
Macao made the first move. "Purple Rain," he shouted, and a series of tiny flames shot at me, a bit like bullets.
I gritted my teeth. They weren't even trying. I know I'm a kid, but still.
"Earth Rock Shield!" I shouted summoning the ground in front of me like a wall. "Earth's Green Fist!"
Just like before, the wall turned into a giant stone fist and it flew in the direction of Macao and Wakaba, slamming them to the other side of the training grounds.
Is that one or two attacks? I thought.
Two. Go with two.
"Incredible," Freed breathed.
Laxus nodded. "Yeah. That's how she took out the bandits. Two hits. That was all it took."
"Onee-sama…" Juvia whispered, stars in her eyes.
"Don't underestimate me," I said darkly, as Macao and Wakaba got up from the ground. "I know how to fight, and I know my magic. I'm a member of Fairy Tail, just like you, so give it your all, understood!"
Why are you encouraging them?
I. DON'T. Know!
"Alright kid, we hear you," Wakaba said.
Nooooo, don't hear me!
"Loud and clear," Macao finished.
Quiet and muffled, please! Ahhhhh!
"Purple Net!" Macao shouted, and a net made of fire came my way. I dodged it, right into another spell. "Smoke Crush!" Wakaba shouted, and fists made of smoke attacked me.
I dodged the fists as well as I could, though I got scraped up a bit, and shouted, "Arms of the Earth!"
Vines shot from the ground and curled around Macao and Wakaba, stretching them out, helplessly.
"You wield, yet?" I asked happily, trying to hide my panting.
Three attacks.
"Nope," Macao smirked.
Wakaba disappeared, turning into smoke, and I realized I had caught a clone.
"Smoke Balls!" came from behind me, and I dodged before I could get hit…leaving all of the smoke-like balls to pummel Macao.
"Wakaba!" he shouted.
"Sorry," Wakaba said.
"Melting Earth!" I yelled, plunging my hand into the ground. The floor under both of them liquidated, and they started to sink. "Earth's Green Fist!" came next, and they were both knocked completely into the liquidating ground before it hardened around them and locked them in place. The only part of them that could be seen was their heads.
"Elle wins!" Makarov announced.
Oh thank heavens I am EXHAUSTED.
The kids ran over and glomped me. Well, mostly the girls.
And by girls, I really mean Juvia, who hit me like a train.
Cana joined the hug a second later, and Levy stood next to the hug jumping up and down excitedly. "That was so cool, Elle-chan!"
I smiled at her. "Thank you, Levy."
Laxus smirked. Whether because he just watched me beat up two adults or because he escaped said beating was unknown. "Nice job, Elle."
"As expected from Ella-sama," Freed said, happily.
"Don't expect too much from me, Freed," I told him, pulling him into the hug. "I'm still young, and there are plenty of people out there that are stronger than me. I just know when to pick and choose my battles. That's how I come out victorious in the end."
What? What the hell are you talking about? If you knew how to pick your battles you wouldn't have just fought Macao and Wakaba!
Ahhh,shut up, I'm trying to sound cool!
"Is that why you only took the other kids with you when you saved me?" Levy asked.
I nodded. "Definitely. Macao and Wakaba gave me much more of a workout; I barely used any magic at all during the fight with the bandits."
"Elle?" Macao asked. "Could you get us out of here, please?"
"I could," I said. Not. "But I'm going to wait. Take a lesson from this. Don't underestimate your opponents. Even if they are children, that doesn't mean they aren't strong. This would've been a much more even match if you gave it your all from the get go. It might've even ended as a tie."
"But we wouldn't win?" Wakaba asked.
I smiled at him. "I've got more than a few tricks up my sleeve, and it's the first time you've ever seen me fight. I would have ended up blindsiding you eventually, and I would've won when I've taken you by surprise."
And by 'tricks up my sleeve' I meant 'teleport to their sides and kick them in the nuts'.
I mean, it works.
And, as I said before, I was exhausted. The REAL reason I wasn't getting them out of the ground was because I probably didn't have any strength for another spell. I got as far as I did through a mix of bluffs, their own underestimation and lack of knowledge, and a lot of luck.
Macao sighed. "I have to ask…what about the other kids?"
I smiled. "The other kids? It's simple. Laxus could beat you both, and if Juvia and Cana teamed up they probably could too. Levy and Freed, after they get to know each other and practice their magic more, will work well together too, and could probably beat you. But not for a while."
Juvia and Cana could probably use water and Summon Lightning for a powerful combination, and if Laxus used Lightning Dragon's Iron Fist, he could probably knock them out extremely quickly.
I honestly don't know why he was so scared of me, but it was probably a good thing, with how crazy the guild gets in the future. I'd need all the help I could get in controlling them.
We went inside to continue our training, leaving Macao and Wakaba stuck in the ground.
Okay, a few things.
One, I'm sure I'll probably get some protesters about Elle at this point, but she mostly won this battle out of bluffs. She knows that she's not that strong, and this was just an example of her mouth getting away from her, plus a lot of luck.
Also, this chapter (and the next) is here because I got so many lovely reviews (I love you all!). I also got a review with some constructive-criticism, and because of that added a scene at the end of Chapter Three, and halfway through Chapter Thirteen, if you want to check it out.