"Hey, Lucy. Looking good."
"How's it going, Lucy?"
"That was a great battle you had."
"Thanks." Lucy said as she waved to the crowd. Lucy was always a sight to behold for some guys, but she was more than just looks. She was also was really nice, smart, and a pretty good chaotic player. She was the kind of person that a lot of people would like.
"Lucy, over here!" Natsu called out. Lucy spotted him and went right over, but someone held out their leg and she ended up tripping. It would seem the kind of attention Lucy gets also draws out the kind you don't really want. Luckily, Natsu was able to catch her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, but what was that?" Lucy asked.
"That was me." They both looked and spotted another female player. She wore a black and crimson dress with black stilettos and long white hair with bangs. "I figured Miss Popularity would like to come back down to Earth."
"Excuse me?" Lucy said.
"It's a little annoying seeing you walk around with all the eyes on you. I don't even see anything special."
"It's not like I encourage it or anything. I just act like myself and they act friendly." Lucy said.
"I see. You're just lame and pathetic. Must be out of pity that they all give you so much attention." Lucy felt offended and bothered by it with Natsu not liking this either.
"Hey, Lucy is a great person." Natsu said. "Show her some respect or else I'll make sure you do. I don't care if you are a girl."
"Who are you anyway?" Lucy asked.
"My name is Krystal and I only respect people who aren't pathetic." Krystal said. "People that have some power to them and knows how to use that power."
"Oh! I think I get your type." Lucy said. "You're insecure and you're one of those mean girls that thinks she's better than everyone, thinks she can do whatever she wants and doesn't care what she does as long as she gets what she wants."
"Wow. You already know me, but don't expect us to be BFFs." Krystal said. "I don't even see why people would respect you here. Around here, if you don't have game, you don't have anything."
"How do you know I don't have game?" Lucy said as she was starting to get really irritated by her.
"That's easy. You're a goody-goody girl that isn't cool and actually does what she's told. In other words, you're so not cool." Krystal said. "Besides, you're a little girl compared to a real woman...like me."
"You want me to knock the bleach off her head?" Natsu said as he was more than willing to fight for Lucy.
"No. I've got this one." Lucy said. "I don't know what makes people like you think someone isn't cool simply because they want to stay out of trouble, but I am no little girl. You're no woman either, you appear to be a witch!"
"Is that so? Well, there's one way to prove that I'm right. What do you say?" Krystal asked.
"A battle? You're on." Lucy said.
"You're volunteering to be humiliated? That's probably the only good thing about you." Krystal said. "You're on." This girl is obviously trouble. Only she brings it rather than inviting it and Lucy is going to try to keep it away.
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The Oron Drone
Lucy and Krystal headed over to the Oron Drone and were setting themselves up their little battle. Lucy really doesn't feel like loosing to someone like her.
'I'll show this witch I've got game and girl power.' Lucy thought as she set her deck. 'What better way to show girl power than an all-girl team? I'll use Lomma, Kinnianne, Lystone, Deenha, Laarina, and the best female creature around: Intress. Now for mugic. Since I have Kinnianne, I can use mipedian mugic. So I'll use Song of Recovery and Fanfare of the Vanishing. Kinnianne has two mugicians, but if I give her a mugician's lyre, she'll have three. My creatures mostly use earth and water. So I'll also use Geo Flourish. I better use the Song of Dyad to heal or deal damage.'
"Players, lock your decks." Both of them finished and set their teams. "Because Chaos-Queen issued the challenge, Heartful-Star will attack first." Lucy spun the location randomizer and got it started. "The first location...Gloomuck Swamp. Choose the attacking and target creatures."
"Lomma attacks Skithia." Lucy said. they both selected their creatures and turned into them with this battle getting started.
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The Portcourt
"Come on, Lucy. No way you can lose to that witch." Natsu said as he kept a close eye on this battle.
"Natsu!" He looked and saw Zach and Erza showed up.
"There you are. Where's Lucy?" Erza said.
"There." Natsu said as he pointed to the screen. "Some witch was calling Lucy out and challenged her. Now Lucy needs to put her in place."
"They're battling in Gloomuck Swamp. That's good since Skithia's fire attacks will be weakened." Zach said as they both began to watch the battle. They saw Skithia carefully moving through the swamp. Suddenly, Lomma jumped out of the grass and blasted Skithia with a powerful blast of water. Skithia got up and tried using Ember Swarm, but Lomma was able to easily knock the attacks away and fired Hydro Balls from her eyes. In almost no time, Skithia ended up being coded.
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The Drone
"What was that you saying earlier about how I don't have game?" Lucy said. "A little hard to believe since I easily coded your Skithia."
"Anyone can get lucky." Krystal said and spun her location randomizer.
"The next location...Eye of the Maelstrom."
"Tharax attacks Kinnianne." They selected their creatures and were now sent to a windy place with a giant hand in the eye of the storm. Kinnianne pushed through the winds and looked around for Tharax. Too bad he found her first as he blasted Kinnianne in the back with flames.
"Not so hot now, are you?" Tharax said as he kept attacking Kinnianne with fire.
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The Portcourt
"Eye of the Maelstrom. Not a good place for a muge like Kinnianne." Zach said. "That's exactly what Kinnianne is."
"That girl isn't showing any mercy. What's this girl's deal?" Natsu said.
"Some people are rotten because they're insecure, have had a hard experience in the past." Zach said. "Others are just like that because they like it. It makes them feel good while others feel bad."
"Let's just hope Lucy can still win this." Erza said as they saw Kinnianne use Lava-lanche and blasted Tharax with it, but Tharax pushed through and blasted Kinnianne with flames and had her on her back.
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The Battle
"Looks like it's game over." Tharax said as he came closer to Kinnianne and was ready to finish this.
"Not while I have mugic to play." Kinnianne said. "Song of Recovery!" Kinnianne played her first mugic and a purple light came down and gave her some energy. "Now for this." She pulled out her battlegear and played the lyre. "Fanfare of the Vanishing." She played mugic again and she suddenly vanished.
"Where did she go?" Tharax questioned as he looked around for her.
"Rock Wave!" Rocks shot out of the ground and smashed against Tharax and coded him. Kinnianne turned back to Lucy and was feeling good with herself and so were her friends.
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The Portcourt
"Oh yeah, Lucy! Two for two!" Natsu cheered, but he realized something was off. "Hang on. That was mipedian mugic she cast. How did she do that?"
"Kinnianne's the ambassador to the mipedians and has learned how to cast their mugic." Zach said. "Lucy's got a real chance of winning this."
"Perhaps, but I doubt her opponent will take this lightly." Erza said and she was right.
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The Drone
"That's it! I'm done messing around!" Krystal said.
"Now you're getting serious?" Lucy said. "You didn't leave a strong first impression. So let's see if you're the one that even has game. Lystone attacks Rothar." The tables turned on this one as Rothar launched an energy fist and coded Lystone.
"Rothar attacks Lomma." Lomma launched stingers at him, but he avoided them and blasted Lomma with her getting coded as well.
"Laarina attacks Ragetrod." Laarina unleashed Rip Tide and blasted Ragetrod with Ragetrod getting coded as well.
"Zaur attacks Deenha." Zaur charged right at Deenha and smashed his tail against her and got her coded as well.
"Laarina attacks Zaur." Zaur fought back Laarina, but Larrina smashed the ground open and Zaur fell through with the ground collapsing ending the battle.
"Rothar attacks Kinnianne." Kinnianne tried pushing back, but Rothar charged his way through and smashed his horns against Kinnianne and beat her.
"Laarina attacks Rothar." Rothar nearly had her, but Larrina used Vine Snare and tossed him over a waterfall and fall finished him.
"Swassa attacks Laarina." Swassa unleashed a blast of lightning while Laarina was standing in water and coded her. The battle was coming to an end as they each only have one creature left now. "Ready to give up? This is your last chance."
"No way. I'm not going to let myself be pushed around by you." Lucy said. She refused to let a girl like this just have her way. They entered their last battle and it was in the Passage to the Underworld. Lucy was Intress now and she kept her guard up for Swassa. Intressed had a shield called an Aqua Shield ready. She heard rocks shift around and saw Swassa found her first.
"Lightning Burst!" Swassa unleashed some lightning and blasted Intress with her being pushed back. "Power Pulse!" She launched green energy fists and blasted Intress again as she hit the rock wall. Swassa decided to use some electrical webs and held Intress down with her taking some damage. "This is where the battle ends.
"I wouldn't be so sure." Intress said as she tried to get herself free.
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The Portcourt
"This isn't looking good. I'm not sure if I can watch." Zach said as he covered his eyes. Lucy's friends were concerned she was in real trouble.
"Come on, Lucy. Don't lose to her." Natsu said as he hoped for her to win. Swassa was about to finish her as she unleashed an energy blast, but Intress got an arm free and used her shield to block the attack and it was destroyed.
"Yes!" Erza said. "She sacrificed her Aqua Shield and gained some energy back. She's still in this."
"Song of Dyad!"
"Song of Dyad?" Zach said and looked and saw Swassa hit by mugic and weakened her. "Yes! That mugic not only heals. it can be used to deal damage as well."
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The Battle
"Geo Flourish!" Intress used mugic again and healed herself. Intress was able to pull herself out of the web and has ran out of patience. "You're right about one thing. This battle must end. Pebble Storm!" Intress unleashed a barrage of rocks and blasted Swassa off the cliff. She fell further and further down with Intress looking down on her, just like behavior. Swassa soon hit bottom and was instantly coded.
"The winner: Heartful-Star."
"Yes!" Lucy cheered with Krystal very angry. "So are we good now?"
"Are you kidding? I'll pay you back for this one day." Krystal said as she took her scanner and stormed off.
"Oh well. Getting people like that to change isn't easy." Lucy said. Not only has Lucy won the battle, but she stood up for herself and prevailed. It was good vs evil and good won this battle as usual.