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Bubbles Can Be Beautiful, Poison Can Kill, and Darkness Can Haunt With Fear
Lucy and Cana sat down at a table near the bar in Fairy Tail's guildhall, and both girls were enjoying their bottles of alcohol on this calm morning. Cana decided to drink one of the new bottles of cherry-flavored liquor that Mirajane had purchased, pretty glad that she had bought it before her personal day off from work, and Cana drank down several gulps of the delicious booze. Lucy merely drank alcohol from an orange bottle that was a few inches shorter than Cana's pink bottle, and Lucy smiled happily at how her alcohol tasted like orange soda while it seemed pretty sweet.
She wore the stellar costume that was worn on Tenrou Island, liking how it was now dry and warm after a few days with no rainstorms occurring, and Lucy's white outfit looked pretty sexy to Cana. In fact, the card-wielding woman was very happy that a nice breeze blew past them on their way to the guild. She got to see that Lucy wore lacy blue panties, which were in the same brand worn by Cana when they first slept together, and Lucy had blushed light pink from how her lover gently slapped her rump. She felt somewhat embarrassed, but Lucy had let out a nice sigh from feeling Cana's touch.
The girls were getting ready to go check out the request board for the purpose of seeing what jobs were available, and the tasks that they did for the past three days after their first date had turned out to be pretty good. Cana picked out two of the jobs with both of them involving the capture of petty thieves who were trying to take tons of money from people in those towns, and Lucy had picked out their previous task. It had been a brown flyer with the reward of seven-thousand jewels, and all that the girls had to do was catch some fish in a river for the client because of how they could probably reel in more fish than him.
Lucy got up from the table while smiling in a confident manner, feeling ready to pick out the next job that she'd have to handle with Cana, and she started walking to the left side of the guild. As Lucy was taking steps towards the request board, however, she saw Juvia standing in front of the board before walking away with a glum facial expression. The blue-haired woman had a pink flyer in her right hand, but Lucy widened her eyes in shock from seeing that the reward was more than ninety-thousand jewels. As Juvia let out a displeased sigh and walked past her, Lucy decided to turn around and give her a concerned look.
"What's wrong, Juvia? Is Gray unable to help you out today?" Lucy asked her while placing her right hand on Juvia's right shoulder.
She explained in a somewhat disappointed tone, not looking forward to the job, "Mirenu, the mistress of the Mizu Galleon guild, has asked Juvia to take on a tough job that's nearly in the category of S-Class. Gray-sama had to help Erza today with an S-Class job, but he said that they'd be back tonight. Right now, Juvia must go see Mirenu alone."
Lucy asked Juvia in a kind manner while walking back to the table where Cana was waiting for her, "Well, would it be okay if we went with you to see Mirenu?"
Cana answered for Juvia in a confident tone, glad to be overhearing the conversation, "It'll be totally awesome for us to help you, Juvia! In fact, we'll finally get to meet your new guild master!"
Lucy felt surprised while walking over to the table with Juvia, wondering if Cana was seeing this as the job that they could do today, but she did start to smile from hearing Cana tell Juvia how they would be sure to not get in her way. After all, Lucy and Cana did think that they would've run into trouble if they had encountered Juvia during the battle rounds of the S-Class trial that took place on Tenrou Island. She was quite a strong mage, nearly able to win the Naval Battle while throwing out several opponents with her Water Magic, and she was evenly matched with Aquarius.
Juvia sternly declined Cana's offer for her and Lucy to come along, narrowing her blue eyes as she felt like Mirenu would probably minimize the amount of her reward money or give out some punishment that would be harsh, but Cana only wanted to meet Mirenu. She and Lucy would be sure to explain that they came along while not letting that decision be up to Juvia, and Lucy wondered if that woman would contact Master Makarov if anything went wrong. He once got on to Team Natsu's case for completing a job that left a town destroyed, and he didn't like having to pay lots of money as compensation for what his children would do.
Cana started to give Juvia a teasing smirk while saying that the job would probably be a race to see who could impress Gray the most, and Lucy watched Cana look straight into Juvia's eyes as she claimed that there would be no way to win Gray's heart if she was captured by any enemies. That prompted Juvia to comically imagine Gray telling Cana that she was so awesome for saving Juvia, even giving her a bouquet of flowers while he was shirtless, and Juvia's cheeks blushed cherry pink while her fists became tightly clenched.
With ambition strongly entering her eyes, Juvia ran out of the guild while claiming that she would complete this job to make Gray be impressed with her. That prompted Lucy and Cana to start running after her while they both seemed pretty excited for this job, and Lucy hoped that this task would not be too difficult. She recalled hearing rumors yesterday about how Mirenu's town was separated from another town by a bridge, and that area of Fiore was supposedly perfect for people who enjoyed using Water Magic. That seemed interesting, but Lucy also noticed something else.
"Even though we haven't officially told everyone how we're a couple, Cana, Erza is rarely in the guild when we're there." Lucy told Cana in a calm tone, looking somewhat worried about that odd coincidence.
Cana replied nicely to her while smiling confidently, assuring her that things would be okay, "If Erza ever finds out we're a couple and confronts you about it, I'll gladly tell her to step back before things really get crazy."
Lucy responded while starting to smile again, being playful with her partner, "Thanks, Cana. Although, something that's crazy is your rump. I actually think your buns are getting a little bigger, but I don't mind if the weight mainly goes there."
That prompted Cana to slightly narrow her violet eyes as she walked down the staircase with Lucy, being on the left side before deciding to walk in front of her, and the girls hastily went down the stairs. When Cana got down to the last step, though, she purposely bent over in front of Lucy. Not only did the stellar mage blush pink from seeing Cana's red lacy bra, but she gasped in a shocked manner from how Cana's rump was now in her face. Lucy exhaled soft breaths towards Cana's butt while even getting a sniff of that apple cinnamon perfume, and she ended up blushing pink.
Lucy continued to take more sniffs of it while even leaning in to let her lips touch it, but Cana stood up straight and turned around to give her a sultry smirk. She placed her right hand on her lips to blow Lucy a gentle kiss, and then Cana grabbed Lucy's right hand with her left hand. She proceeded to run towards the train station with her, and Cana also blushed pink at how Lucy complimented how her rump looked in those new white jeans that she had purchased two days ago. Their chemistry was getting more playful, and both girls felt relaxed for whatever they'd have to help Juvia do.
Meanwhile, at a private beach in Magnolia...
Speaking of feeling relaxed, Mirajane laid down on the white sand while looking up at the sun that sent heat down to the beach. She rested on the hot sand while being on her stomach, only wearing her white bikini, and Mira giggled cutely at how she picked a great day to be free from work. Some sunglasses that had brown frames were next to her while she decided to sunbathe, and Mira smiled nicely as she thought that a tan would cause her to look sexier. It certainly made Cana be sexy to Lucy, and Mirajane liked hearing updates on their relationship.
The fact that the girls had a nice first date had caused Mira to be excited, wondering if they had gone to any nightclubs or bars, but Cana had informed her that they only visited one bar in Magnolia. Mira thought that wasn't much fun, but she could understand that Cana didn't want Lucy drinking too much alcohol to where she would pass out again. Mirajane heard a wave gently crash on to the shore while she started to stand up, liking how this day at the beach was pretty peaceful, and this beach was private to where only Fairy Tail's mages and other celebrities could have parties here or enjoy surfing.
Mirajane recalled how Lisanna and Elfman had asked her if they needed to take over any jobs that Mirajane might have accidentally missed, but the white-haired woman was usually on top of tracking every single job that was taken. Mira never made errors with jobs, not even her own, so she would have nothing that really needed to be done with urgency. The task of running the bar was left to Lisanna, who would make sure that no one got too drunk, and Elfman would try to break up any brawls that would occur today.
As Mirajane walked up the beach to where her black dress was gently laying on an orange towel that was under a black beach umbrella, she turned around and smiled cutely at the sight of the blue ocean water starting to sparkle. That looked really nice, and Mira closed her eyes as she thought about something that would look even nicer. In fact, she really wished that a certain Celestial Spirit Wizard had asked her if she ever had a whole day to herself. Mira placed her right hand on her lips as she giggled softly, really liking her newest fantasy.
"Lucy, you'd look really good if you're doing that for me or Cana." Mira thought to herself while opening her eyes, blushing a rosy shade of pink at her fantasy as she lovingly smiled.
Mirajane took some steps down towards the shore, before looking to her left, and she began to fantasize about Lucy running down the beach. Mira could picture Lucy in her pink bikini that had yellow stars on it, seeing her run down the beach while looking like she exercised to where her legs would be toned, and Mira also imagined Lucy's hips to be the same size as Cana's. The image of Lucy running towards her was quite nice, but Mirajane focused on how Lucy's breasts would be bouncing as she ran to see her. However, Lucy wouldn't do it of her own free will.
Just like when she had actually punished her, Mira would use seduction in her Darkness Magic to make Lucy obey all of her commands. Mira took some steps forward while blushing more at how she imagined Lucy winking at her while running, letting out some breaths as she sweated profusely, and Mira's blue eyes were filled with delight from imagining Lucy jumping up high with a confident smile on her face. Mira walked all the way down to the shore as she pictured Lucy smiling confidently while diving into the water, having enough weight to where she could make a large splash, and then she imagined Lucy sighing happily from that warm bath in the sea.
Mira got drenched by a large wave in reality, causing her to feel like fate wanted her to enjoy this fantasy, and she took some steps up the beach before laying down on her back. The water that had made contact with her body felt nice and cool, almost like Mira needed to cool down, and she let the sunlight shine down on her body while imagining Lucy emerging from the ocean. In Mirajane's fantasy, Lucy sighed nicely while not minding that her hair came out of the ribbons that were used to keep it in two pigtails.
As Mira laid on the hot sand, she closed her eyes while picturing Lucy walking up to her for the purpose of rubbing her stomach. She watched the imaginary Lucy kneel down by her side to start rubbing her stomach with her left hand while Mira's right leg was gently being rubbed by Lucy's right hand. The warm feeling of this fantasy was represented by how Mira could picture Lucy moving both of her hands up to her breasts, rubbing the right one while the left breast was merely being poked, and Mira elicited a loving moan of approval as she continued to blush.
"If Lucy ever goes to the beach with Cana, then I hope she shows her submissive side." Mira said aloud while blushing, smiling softly as she came back to reality and stood up.
"You're into submissive women, Mira? Wow, aren't you naughty?" A familiar female voice asked in a teasing tone, startling Mirajane to where she sat up while feeling a small crab easily get out from underneath her rump.
Mira asked in an irked tone, narrowing her blue eyes as she recognized that voice, "How much of that did you see, Jenny, and how long were you under me?"
Mirajane glanced to her right side to see the extremely tiny crab vanish in a white puff of smoke, seeing it be replaced by the blonde-haired woman from Blue Pegasus, and Jenny Realight wore a dark blue bikini that showed off the curves of her body. She smirked down at Mira for showing off her perverted side, and Jenny actually came here earlier to think about the nude photo shoot that she recently did for Sorcerer Magazine. That was because of how she lost that bet against Mira in the Grand Magic Games, and Jenny had actually arrived at the beach an hour before Mira. She only transformed into a very tiny crab to spy on her, seeing if there would be any chances for her to be nude, and Jenny burrowed down into the sand to not get crushed by Mira's ass. Going through the sand helped her get out from under it, too.
Jenny slowly walked around Mira while folding her arms, before going over to her left side, and she gently asked in a whisper if Mira was going to pleasure herself over Lucy Heartfilia. Mirajane's face started to become red while she sweated profusely, and Mira watched Jenny squat down by her side. She merely told the current Miss Fiore that Lucy had a girlfriend now, and Mira was just thinking about the day where she punished Lucy. In fact, Mira started to smile in a sly manner while Jenny put her hands on her breasts, and she teasing told her that Lucy gave her some good feelings of pleasure when they were at this beach.
-Mirajane's Flashback-
Mira took Lucy to the beach as her punishment, really miffed that she did not want to buy a black bondage outfit with a whip, and the task of buying it had been an order from Mirajane. Lucy didn't purchase it because of how she seemed scared at the thought of Mira forcing her into bondage, even gulping nervously at the idea of being whipped while the white-haired woman would have to be her mistress, and Mira giggled cutely while intending to make sure that their day at the beach would be fun. Well, it would personally be enjoyable for her.
Mirajane took off her black dress in front of Lucy, causing her to blush a light shade of pink while it fell on the ground, and Lucy gasped softly from seeing Mira smile at her. She was now in a white bikini that showed off her breasts and the curves of her rear with great beauty, and Mira got up close to Lucy while feeling ready to start her punishment. She even pressed her breasts against Lucy's chest while closing her eyes in a gentle manner, smiling with happiness, and Lucy looked quite shocked at how Mira put her hands on both of her cheeks.
"Lucy, you will obey me without question until we're done." Mirajane whispered to her in a loving manner, slightly sounding seductive.
That prompted Lucy to reply in a worried manner, slightly shaking, "Mira, please don't beat me to a pulp."
"Physically harming you would be no fun, Lucy. In fact, you have a very nice body." Mira told her in a more seductive tone, blushing as her lips were mere centimeters away from Lucy's.
Mira exhaled soft breaths against Lucy's lips while a purple aura surrounded her body, and her lips were infused with Darkness Magic. For this punishment, her dark magic would involve seduction. She sent her breaths into Lucy's mouth, and that caused Lucy to blush more while her own thoughts were replaced with what Mira would be thinking about. Mirajane ordered Lucy to take off her clothes, claiming that it was an incredibly hot day, and Lucy proceeded to take off her white T-shirt. She also unbuttoned her khaki shorts and let Mira pull them down to the ground, so that only left Lucy with the task of removing her red flat shoes.
She took off her shoes and wiggled her feet to get the shorts off of her legs, and Lucy was now in a brown bikini. She sighed happily while obeying Mira's command to go down on to the hot sand, and Lucy allowed Mira to caress her body. The barmaid's hands were warm while they stroked Lucy's big breasts, before going down to her stomach, and Mira smirked in a teasing manner as she gently rubbed Lucy's pussy with her right hand. She watched Lucy slowly move her hips while blushing, seeing her bite down on her lower lip to suppress a moan, and Mira continued to kneel by her right side.
She placed her lips near Lucy's, ready to give her a warm first kiss, but Mira cutely rose her head when Lucy closed her eyes and puckered her lips. Mira was merely teasing her, but then she had the nice idea of untying her bra. She undid it while proceeding to get on top of Lucy, letting the bra be on her stomach, and Mira sent the thought of sucking her nipples into Lucy's mind. She slowly moved her body upward to where her breasts were now in Lucy's face, and that prompted Lucy to softly suck on her left nipple. She was loving how Mira's toes managed to interlock with hers, and their hands intertwined. Lucy sucked on her nipple with warmth, even licking it, and Mira blushed while eliciting soft moans of pleasure.
Lucy got her mouth off of that nipple with a nice pop, and she switched to the right nipple. She sucked on that one at a faster pace, causing Mira to moan more while her cheeks were very pink, and Lucy slowed down with her sucking. She closed her eyes while liking how Mira's nipple tasted, and doing it in a slow manner made Mira let out a loving sigh. She felt like Lucy was a younger girl who would gladly obey her thoughts involving pleasure, and Mira got her hands off of Lucy's for the purpose of pulling down her white bikini bottom. Mirajane lowered it all the day down to her feet, and she simply got her feet out of her bikini bottom to now be fully nude. As she laid on top of Lucy, though, Mira gasped in a surprised tone from how Lucy wrapped her legs around her ass. Lucy felt good to have Mira dominate over her, almost wishing she could have an orgasm right now.
Mira told Lucy in a calm tone as she got off of her, before walking around to where the stellar mage could raise her head to look straight at her, "Lucy, you're pretty naughty. That spell must be making you feel like it'll good to have sex with me, but you'll have to get covered in my orgasm. Also, refer to me as your mistress."
Lucy responded while continuing to blush, smiling with admiration as Mira ran her fingers through that beautiful white hair, "Yes, Mira. You're my mistress, and I'll do whatever you say."
Mira replied with lust in her voice, dominance entering her beautiful blue eyes as she smiled down at the blonde-haired girl, "Prove that you'll be my submissive slave, Lucy. Suck on my warm pussy, and enjoy it."
The thought of drinking juices from Mira's pussy caused Lucy to get on her hands and knees while crawling towards Mirajane, loving those orders of pleasuring the woman who temporarily owned her, and Lucy smiled lovingly when she managed to get her face directly against Mira's pussy. Lucy took a nice whiff of it, before giving it a lovely kiss, and she sucked on Mira's womanhood while not minding that some white hairs got in her mouth. Lucy proceeded to suck on Mira's vagina at a slow pace, wanting to arouse her mistress, and Mira ran her fingers through Lucy's blonde hair.
She looked down at Lucy to see her go somewhat faster while using her tongue to lick the wet spots of Mira's walls, and that caused Mirajane to feel warm waves of pleasure throughout her body. She let out soft breaths while focusing her Darkness Magic into her pussy, and Mira ended up making a purple aura be inside of her. It raised the temperature inside her pussy, causing her to let out a loving moan, and Mira clapped her hands once to dispel that aura. The heat caused her to feel more wet, moisture building between her legs while Lucy went back to sucking her pussy, and Mira's juices built up to where they nearly reached her ceiling. Lucy gave one last suck to Mira's pussy, sucking with so much admiration for her mistress, and Mira just let herself have an orgasm.
Her juices were released directly in Lucy's face, even getting on her brown bikini, and Mira panted heavily while blushing. That may not have been her biggest orgasm, but it was still a good one. She watched Lucy start to stand up while the juices made their way down her body, and Mira walked down to the shore with her while she felt like the last part of Lucy's punishment could now be done. Mira walked next to Lucy while seeing her breasts bounce, even liking how some juices fell down from her hair to be on her boobs, and that gave Mira an idea.
She gently touched Lucy's right breast with her left hand while ordering her to run down the beach, and that prompted Lucy to kneel and bow with obedience. She got up again to run down to the unused area of the private beach, running fast while not minding the intense heat, and Mira watched Lucy run back while her breasts bounced. Her ass also bounced while Lucy ran to the other side of the beach, the spell giving her enough energy to where it would be like a good workout, and Lucy continued to kick up dust while she ran on the hot sand. Lucy exhaled some soft breaths as she began to sweat profusely, going back and forth while the dark spell of seduction made her legs start to look more toned, and Mira enjoyed seeing that.
The oldest of the Strauss siblings watched Lucy run back to her while that beautiful blonde hair came out of the two pink ribbons that kept it styled in two pigtails that were at the back of her head, and Mira blushed in a cute manner from seeing Lucy's hair now be down. She got close to Lucy again and smiled nicely, glad that the seductive spell made her find this sunny day at the beach to be enjoyable, and Mira made her lips be mere centimeters away from making contact with Lucy's. She ordered her to blow air into her mouth, which was the command for removing the spell, and the purple aura went back to being inside of Mira's mouth. She swallowed it and giggled at how the punishment went well, and Lucy fell into her arms while losing consciousness. Mirajane gently laid Lucy on the ground, before going back to put on her white bikini, and this would be their little secret. Mirajane thought about keeping this secret from Lucy, though, and she didn't want their friendship to become awkward. In fact, not even a famous woman like Jenny Realight would get to hear about Mira fulfilling her dominant fantasies today. The barmaid didn't want to seem lewd in Sorcerer Magazine, after all.
Three hours later, in the town of Suikane...
After taking the train from Magnolia, Juvia arrived at Suikane Town with Lucy and Cana. Juvia smiled nicely at how Lucy and Cana gasped in amazement from thinking that this place was in the middle of a festival, but she really thought nothing of light blue balloons going up into the air. They were shot down with bubbles of Water Magic that were fired from the hands of young mages who were part of the Mizu Galleon guild, and those balloons burst to let blue glitter fall down from the sky. It came down in beautiful sparkles, which was nice.
Lucy and Cana walked straight down the street while noticing that restaurants were on both sides of it, but the ones on the left side mainly sold sushi and rice balls. The ones on the right side were selling other kinds of Japanese food, and one of the restaurants only sold dishes that involved vegetables. Juvia heard her stomach lightly growl while her eyes were glancing at the restaurant that sold the best sushi, and she hoped to eat when this job was done. The first step to completing this job was to find Mirenu, and the pink flyer only told Juvia that they would meet up somewhere in the town.
The three girls ran up that street while noticing it was paved with blue cobblestones, and they soon came to a branching path. The route to the left led to some blue wooden houses that all had pitched light blue roofs, and they were for the civilians who lived in this town. All of the houses had red chimneys while most of the townspeople were around Lucy's age, and that was due to Mirenu only letting young mages move into her town. She didn't want any elderly people getting hurt in the scenario of the town getting attacked.
Juvia looked to the route on the right to see the sapphire blue statue of Mirenu in the distance, still finding the mistress to be just as egotistical as she was during the first time that Juvia came here with Gray, and she ran in that direction. Juvia and her friends also took notice of someone using Water Magic to create a large bubble of blue water in midair, but they surprisingly inhaled the entire bubble with no effort. It was quickly spat out in the form of smaller bubbles that moved quicker, and Juvia ran much faster to see what was going on up ahead. Cana ran after her with Lucy by her side, but Cana found herself having to jump upward for the purpose of avoiding a bubble that could've hit her. It made a miniature blue blast occur when it hit the ground, and that only seemed like a demonstration of the user's power.
"Juvia has finally arrived, Mistress Mirenu! Whatever the job is, Juvia shall complete it for you!" The Rain Woman shouted to the mistress of Mizu Galleon while running up to the statue, not minding the sounds of bubbles exploding.
Mirenu Suijin replied in a calm tone while having a bored facial expression, her eyes also showing boredom, "Hello, Juvia. Today's job may involve your luck turning terrible, but I'm confident that you can handle it. Although, I don't approve of you needing two mages to back you up. It makes Mizu Galleon seem like our best mages can't individually be strong, but I'll allow it just this once because you're my assistant."
Cana responded for Juvia while walking up to the situation with Lucy, smiling softly, "Sorry about that, Miss Mirenu. I'm Cana Alberona, and this is Lucy Heartfilia. Juvia didn't want us here, but we felt like joining in on her mission."
Mirenu told her in a somewhat snobby tone, having a lustful look in her eyes, "You're very pretty, but you must be foolish to come here. Anyway, the job is simple. Bring back one of our wizards who got kidnapped by the guild that's on the other side of the bridge. From what the ransom note said, she works for them while being in a trance like she's hypnotized. The border-patrolling punks of Lavender Curse are taunting us by saying she's so close, yet too far away for any of us to go get her."
Juvia gave Mirenu a confident smile while promising to not let her down, as she needed to impress Gray, and she felt like her chances of failing would be quite low. The bridge was located past the streets that were respectively for the town's fashion and hot spring baths, and Juvia recalled going on that same bridge four days ago to find a purple ring that one of Mizu Galleon's mages had dropped when they ran from trouble. Juvia quickly ran back to the street with the sushi restaurants, before making a left turn to see that road split into the two paths Mirenu spoke about, and taking either path would eventually lead Juvia to the border bridge.
Cana merely stayed near the statue of Mirenu with Lucy by her side, seeing that Mirenu used that bubble spell to teach new mages how to use Water Magic, and Mirenu was a woman who had her light blue hair in a bob style. She had dark blue eyes, and wore blue dark blue earrings that resembled the Cascade Drops. She wore a dark blue choker, and some dark blue high-heeled shoes. Mirenu's attire, however, was a light blue vest top that left the undersides of her breasts exposed while she also showed off her stomach, and her sapphire blue skirt was quite short.
The two mages behind her resembled Sherry Blendy and Flare Corona, respectively having orange hair and green hair that matched their eye colors, and the guild behind them was a large building that looked similar to the Fairy Tail guild. That building was entirely blue while the top arched window had the guild's insignia in its center, and Mirenu had the insignia on the back of her left hand. She was quite proud of the elite wizards who worked for her, only disliking how some of the beginners weren't great, but Mizu Galleon didn't officially have requirements for people to get the past the light blue entrance doors.
As Mirenu continued to look at Cana, her eyes turned to Lucy. The blonde-haired girl gazed up at the statue of Mirenu blowing a kiss with her right hand while she stood on a high pedestal, and Lucy liked how the maker of the statue made blue waves appear to crash near Mirenu's feet. As Lucy looked back at the female leader of the guild, her eyes suddenly widened at how Juvia was probably running far ahead of them. Lucy didn't want to Juvia to get caught in any traps that would be deadly, and she was ready to run after her while feelings of concern entered her cocoa brown eyes.
"Well, we should get going now. It was good to meet you, Mirenu." Lucy told her in a calm tone, before walking away with Cana and smiling kindly.
Mirenu told Cana and Lucy with a stern facial expression, hoping they weren't being cocky, "Wait, you two! Just so you don't go in blindly, the Lavender Curse guild's woods have a different terrain than my area. Also, those henchmen probably specialize in dark magic. Be careful, and I hope you can still breathe when it's over. Any lakes in their territory aren't yours to drink from."
Lucy turned around and asked her while feeling slightly anxious, not liking that last sentence, "They have lakes?"
Before Mirenu could say anything else to Lucy, Cana grabbed Lucy's right hand with her left hand and started running away from that part of the town. Cana felt like she could definitely protect Lucy on this mission, grinning with confidence while also having the determination to get this job, and she heard Mirenu fire something into the air as they were running. Mirenu had shot out a blue bubble from her left hand while aiming it straight up in the air, and she moved her right hand to the left until the bubble seemed to be over the road leading to the hot springs. To Mirenu, that was the quicker path to the bridge.
Cana kept her eye on that bubble while picking up on how it was some kind of way to locate Juvia, and she went down that road containing restaurants with Lucy. Cana gasped in surprise from seeing that cobblestone path on the left side of the street, thinking it must've been easy for wizards from other guilds to overlook that path, and she turned around to see that the other side of the street had a cobblestone path leading somewhere. The thought of Juvia getting hurt made Cana turn back around, though, and she ran down the road while intending to go past the hot springs.
10 minutes later, in the Poison Woods...
After Lucy and Cana caught up to Juvia, the trio crossed the bridge to now be on grey ground that was somewhat marshy. There were violet trees that had amethyst purple leaves on them, but some of the other purple trees nearly looked dead while purple gases could be seen rising up from some small pools of purple water that bordered some parts of the route that the girls were walking on. Lucy covered her nose from how the area began smelling putrid, which was weirdly happening simultaneously with two purple trees sprouting out of the ground, and this area before the town of dark mages was known as the Poison Woods.
Juvia walked through the woods while narrowing her eyes, ready to fight if she or her friends spotted any dark wizards who were intent on attacking them, and she noticed that the poisonous gases created something that resembled a purple aroma. She carefully went to the left while avoiding a bubbling pool of purple water, and Juvia felt like it was best to keep her guard up. She continued to walk past some purple trees while the purple aroma started reeking more with toxicity, and the wielder of Water Magic soon saw something quite odd.
There was a large tree up ahead that had many purple leaves, looking as big as the one that Team Natsu saw in the Kazehana Woods, but Juvia and her friends all looked curious to see the leaves dripping with thick purple goop. When that muck touched the ground, it corroded that earth away like acid and steam rose from it. The leaves startled to rustle in hasty manner like something was in that tree, and one of the branches creaked loudly like something just got on it. Juvia looked up at the tree in a stern manner, wondering if someone was there.
As she proceeded to take some steps forward, blobs of purple goop were fired at her from that tree! The poisonous goop struck Juvia's blue flat shoes while she gasped in shock, and Cana looked concerned while asking Juvia if that muck was hurting her. Juvia easily raised her feet while finding the goop to just be really sticky, and she sternly turned her attention to the rustling tree. She stretched out her right palm while manipulating purple water to rise up from a nearby circular pool, but the moment it went towards the tree was the perfect time for someone else to strike.
Cana shouted while looking alarmed, seeing some purple flames be fired at Juvia from a tree that several feet behind the group, "Juvia, look out!"
Lucy asked as she turned around, having a startled facial expression, "Did they let us walk through the woods, and just wait to strike?"
A female voice replied in a sadistic tone, seeming somewhat impressed, "Wow, you're pretty smart to have the right assumption on your first try. This is our turf, loser, and you should leave before getting lost in our woods."
Juvia was struck by the purple flames and screamed in pain, their heat not being like ordinary fire, and Lucy narrowed her brown eyes while she saw a brown-haired woman jump out of the tree. She grinned in a sadistic manner from how those fiery attacks hit their target, and the woman calmly claimed that she'd have to get her sniping skills improved for the more dangerous spells that would come soon. This woman wore a purple bodysuit with no sleeves while her brown hair went down to her ankles, and she wore light purple gloves. Her ankle boots were also purple, and the woman had a violet choker around her neck. It was shaped like many purple flames, and she grinned evilly.
Her partner came out of the tree near Juvia, and she had her violet hair in two Chinese-style buns that were on her head. She wore a purple qipao-style blouse that was sleeveless, and some cherry red pants. Her sandals were brown, and her eyes were hazel. She looked straight at the eyes of the other antagonist, seeing them to be dark green, and both women smirked as they walked towards the trio. The brown-haired woman decided to face Lucy and Cana while Juvia would gladly take on the purple-haired opponent, and these women actually kept their hostage deeper in the woods that led to the town.
Juvia was hit once again by five flames that moved at high speeds, one more flame being fired to strike some purple goop on the ground, and that created a violet blast! It destroyed the tree while setting its remains ablaze, and the purple-haired woman found herself having to evade that attack. Juvia was mainly caught in that blast, causing her to scream in more pain while her clothes were somewhat burnt from the fire, and Lucy narrowed her eyes while realizing that the female foes only planned to target Juvia. Not only were they good at abducting tresspassers, but these high-level wizards also patrolled these woods on a daily basis.
Seeing that Juvia could have trouble with two tricky opponents, Lucy ran towards the fire-wielding villain to punch her in the face with her right hand. She managed to knock her down to the ground, before deciding to run towards the grey path that was straight ahead. It had bordered by two purple trees while a brown broken sign had actually been there to inform people that they'd be heading deeper into the woods, and Lucy didn't care if she'd have to go far. Cana ran after her while smiling confidently, thinking that Lucy had the right idea to split up that pair of villains, and the sound of the older woman growling in anger from being punched was actually music to Cana's ears.
"Juvia, you can handle that girl who uses poisonous attacks! We'll take care of the other one for you, so don't worry!"
The woman chasing Cana and Lucy told them in a somewhat offended tone, "I have a name, you idiot! I'm Darcy Jupetta, and you won't be able to hide from me! Get back here, and I'll send you both into the darkness for that punch!"
Juvia replied to her friends while seeing them to run off, starting to smile at how Lucy bravely threw that punch, "Thanks for that, Lucy! Juvia shall catch up to you soon! Juvia will make this fast, and return the favor to you!"
The woman who she was left with responded in a rude manner, now smirking in a snobby way, "Don't make promises that you may not be able to keep."
Juvia's opponent introduced herself as Paola Habunake, and she shot out a large blob of poison from her mouth. It moved slow, though, and Juvia smiled while thinking she would be able to evade that attack. As she tried to step back, though, Juvia gasped in a surprised manner from feeling her feet be stuck to the ground! She looked down to see that the purple goop on her feet had hardened while it rose up to cover her ankles, and Juvia couldn't break free from it. She soon saw Paola shoot out a purple vortex of acid that was small, but it was hot enough to burn through her own attack.
It split the large blob into five smaller ones that headed for Juvia at high speeds, and amethyst purple blast occurred when they hit her! She screamed in pain while feeling the toxicity be thick while it was in the air, and the goop around her feet broke apart. Juvia was sent rolling backwards while her arms and legs had hot purple burns on them, and some blood trickled down her left leg. She had slightly scraped it while rolling, but Juvia began to stand up while she didn't intend to lose. Her legs were shaky while she noticed Paola inhaling water from a nearby puddle, spitting it all upward while her gunk took the shape of purple bubbles, and they would all come down soon in a chain attack.
Juvia stretched out her hands towards her foe while using purple water from a pond for her Water Cyclone spell, and she thought about Gray while firing the large attack at Paola. It moved at rapid speeds, but the shower of poisonous bubbles came down to blow Juvia's spell up. She dropped her jaw in shock as the bubbles created blasts, each one seeming more powerful than the last, and those toxic bubbles had exploded to leave behind amethyst purple flames. They weren't like Darcy's flames, but Juvia could see that Paola found a similar method to make her gunk explode.
Juvia started to cough from inhaling the toxic gases, not liking that she breathed in the poison, and it was gradually showing its effect. She also felt very sick while throwing up, her face turning pale while the purple burns on he body began to glow, and the poison found its way into the tiniest parts of those wounds. Juvia struggled to stand up while thinking that she couldn't leave Lucy and Cana by themselves against Darcy, and she also didn't want to disappoint Mirenu. Juvia found this job to be difficult, though, and she couldn't hit Paola at all. Her moves seemed easy to counter, almost like they were obvious, and Juvia widened her eyes in shock from realizing something pertaining to that. If Darcy and Paola liked having tricks in their magic, then Juvia needed to adapt to that.
"Juvia can see that you enjoy playing around with those spells, so Juvia shall play along with you!" She stated in a fierce manner to her foe, putting her hands together as she turned around to look at the purple water.
Paola asked in a surprised tone while seeing Juvia aim her left hand at that water, "Huh? How can you possibly turn this around? Are you not aware that my poison is damaging you from within?"
Juvia explained to her in a stern manner as she turned back around, thinking about how Gray could also make weapons from pure ice, "If ice can be made from within ice, then watery spells can be created from within water!"
Juvia aimed her left hand back at the purple pool, focusing her magical power on the water, and a large bubble rose from the toxic pond. The Rain Woman focused her magical power on the bubble, making it be surrounded by a blue aura, and Juvia purified the bubble with her magic. She made four more bubbles rise up from the pond while they were slightly smaller, and they attached themselves to the larger bubble. The attack began to be engulfed in a blue aura while the four small bubbles got purified, and Juvia moved her left hand towards Paola very quickly.
The new attack headed straight for Paola, who was caught off guard by Juvia's surprising move, and the spell struck her directly! It created a blue blast that was large while four light blue blasts occurred after it, and that much magical energy dealt serious damage to Juvia's enemy. It had also burst upon making contact, causing water to splash on the ground, and Juvia smiled happily from seeing puddles of blue water be left behind. To Juvia, the only bad thing in this situation was that Gray couldn't be here to see her use that fierce spell.
The blue clouds of smoke cleared up to reveal that Paola was on the ground, but she managed to get back on her feet while being moderately bruised from that spell. Juvia wouldn't give her time to recover, though, and she focused her Water Magic down on four of the puddles. Some large twisters soon rose up from them, being filled with power, and Juvia sent them all towards Paola at high speeds. She watched the wielder of Poison Magic shoot out an amethyst purple sphere from her mouth, aiming it at the ground, and Paola watched her sphere create a powerful blast!
It sent her high into the air, but Juvia wouldn't let her send down more poisonous bubbles. She turned around to face the purple water again, and Juvia used both of her hands to manipulate it. She made the water swirl around at a fast pace, thinking hard about what this spell needed to be, and Juvia made both of her hands spin around in a clockwise manner. The water spun in that direction, and Juvia raised her hands upward for several drills of water to emerge from the poisoned water. Sending her Water Magic into the seven drills caused them to turn blue, and Juvia gasped in amazement from how she remembered seeing this at one of Mirenu's lessons for newbies.
"Miss Mirenu, Juvia will show you that she can be a great assistant! Even on a job like this, she won't let you or Fairy Tail down! This is the Aqua Drill Destruction spell that I saw you use!" Juvia shouted fiercely with determination in her blue eyes, wanting to show her power.
Paola shouted in an astounded tone, not expecting Juvia to counter her tactic like that, "No way!"
Juvia commanded her drills to attack Paola, sending them all straight up at her while using her right hand to manipulate the water twisters, and she made her twisters send their water into four of the drills. They grew to a considerably large size while spinning much faster, surprising Paola, and all seven drills struck her to create a bombardment of light blue explosions. She screamed in agony while the lower half of her blouse was ripped off, and her cherry red pants had several tears on them. Juvia watched her foe descend to the ground, and she landed right on her face.
Paola could not even move, being so bruised by that attack while the wounds on her body had blood leaking out of them, and she soon lost consciousness. Juvia panted heavily from using so much magical power, smiling softly at how she ended up defeating Paola, but Juvia herself was also wounded to where her legs were shaky. The poison was still in her system, though, and Juvia now felt burning pain in her body when she tried to move. Juvia coughed some more while feeling sicker from the poison, hearing her stomach also groan in pain, and she ended up falling to the ground. Juvia slowly lost consciousness as she felt like it wouldn't be possible for her to catch up with her friends, but she still believed that Cana and Lucy would also achieve victory in the deeper part of the woods.
Ten minutes later, deep in the Poison Woods...
Lucy and Cana ran deep into the Poison Woods, going on a winding path while noticing how the leaves on the trees were in a violet shade of purple while this area had the purple aroma be thicker than how it was in the first section of the forest, but the girls were determined to lead Darcy far away from Juvia's fight against Paola. They had heard several loud explosions, but neither one of them chose to turn around. They went far into the woods while hearing Darcy pant behind them, her footsteps still being quick, and she was probably miffed from how the girls were leading her on this chase.
Lucy continued to run while smiling, but she soon came to a halt while starting to look very cautious. She was directly in front of a circular lake that was filled with purple water, seeing it bubble in a vicious manner as steam rose up from it, and Cana stood next to her while also looking alarmed at the sight of that water. She soon noticed a violet hand rising out of the water with long feminine nails that were in the shade of orchid, and that hand soon exploded in a purple blast of Darkness Magic! Lucy and Cana heard a woman's cackling laughter that sounded quite dark and sinister, and they quickly looked around this area.
There were purple berries on several of the trees while they resembled blueberries, and some of the purple bushes even had those same berries on them. Lucy thought about taking her mind off of the lake by eating some of the berries, but she also groaned in frustration from seeing that this was a dead end. The town was past these woods, but the dark mages who resided there would probably help one of their own wizards instead of helping the mages from Fairy Tail. As Lucy turned around to see if they could find another path, Darcy slowly walked into the area while her look of annoyance slowly changed into a devilish smirk.
This area was actually where Cana and Lucy needed to be, so Darcy snapped the fingers of her right hand to make one of trees start to vanish. It had merely been an illusion created by her to hide a woman who had white hair that fell to her hips while she wore a black T-shirt and a purple skirt with white high-heeled shoes to match. Her eyes were pink while having no pupils, almost like she was in a trance, but the dangerous thing about this situation was how the girl floated in a purple ball of Darkness Magic. The sphere was of an average size, but seeing Cana pull out her cards from the left pocket of her white jeans and look at the captured female made Darcy smirk more before giggling.
"Don't even think about trying to free her, you bitch. If either of you attempts to break that sphere before defeating me, I'll just detonate it and use flames to turn her into ash. You can only free her by defeating me."
Cana replied sternly as she narrowed her eyes, feeling fierce, "Bring it on, then!"
Lucy added in a fierce tone, looking determined to win as she took two keys out of the right pocket of her white skirt, "You'll feel the power of Fairy Tail!"
She smiled at which keys had been chosen, before opening the Gate of The Ram and the Gate of The Maiden, and Lucy was able to summon Aries and Virgo. Lucy decided to run several feet away from Cana with her spirits while wondering who Darcy would strike first, and Cana started the battle by throwing a blue card towards her foe. It was the Blue Twister Card, and a large twister of water simply emerged from it. Cana felt confident while commanding it to strike Darcy directly, and any fire that she created would probably be put out.
Darcy merely frowned while creating a large ball of purple flames in her hands, and she threw it at the twister. The collision created a thick layer of steam, but it faded away quickly to reveal that Darcy's flames were in a ring in front of her while they burned with ferocity. She folded her arms while nicely informing the girls that the flames gained their heat from vengeful souls of the dead, and Cana couldn't kill something that was already deceased. The flames lunged at Cana in an aggressive manner, exploding as they made contact with her body, and she threw another card before falling into the poisoned water.
Cana's skin was charred with purple burns while she coughed from taking in some poison, but she quickly swam up to see if her Fire Blaze Card would have a good effect. Seven beams of fire emerged from that card while they moved at high speeds, but Darcy's brown eyes became purple while she moved her right hand downward. A purple ring of Darkness Magic soon appeared in that hand while it was aimed at the flames, and Cana managed to get out of the water in time to see what would happen. Gravity came down upon the flames, sending them down to the ground while they set it ablaze, and Darcy made the index finger of her right hand move in a way to command those flames to obey her.
Virgo looked stern as she ran towards Darcy, not intending to let her set the girls on fire, and she managed to throw several punches at the foe's face. Darcy stood her ground while being pushed back by Virgo, and Lucy gasped from seeing those red flames go into the palm of her hand. Darcy's dark energy converted them into becoming purple, and she snickered in a devious manner while throwing that fire at some trees. Five trees were set ablaze with purple flames, before exploding in violet blasts that were quite vicious, and Darcy ordered some smaller flames to detach themselves from the larger ones. She could control them with only her thoughts, making them burn several of the trees, and the evil woman grinned at her opponents as fire made this battle seem fun.
"Welcome... to my torture chamber, girls." Darcy told Lucy and Cana in a sultry tone while looking sadistic, her voice starting to sound menacing.
Cana told Lucy in a concerned tone while seeing Darcy raise her arms up towards the sky, "Watch out, Lucy! Something tells me that she's just getting warmed up!"
Lucy replied to her while having an idea, recalling how she once blocked an attack from Juvia, "If offensive spells won't work, then we'll just go to defensive ones! Aries, make a Wool Wall!"
The pink-haired spirit frowned in a shy manner while creating a rectangular wall of pink wool that was very fluffy, and Lucy smiled at how Darcy's attack probably wouldn't burn through that thick wool. However, there was the matter of Virgo being so close to Darcy. Cana watched Virgo deliver a powerful punch to the antagonist's forehead, only to see her right hand come back down to her side, and Virgo felt gravity come down on her with an immense amount of force! She screamed in pain from the pressure while also hearing something come down from the sky, and Cana gasped in a startled manner from seeing that purple projectile.
It was known as Dark Lunar Bomb, and this spell struck Virgo with enough power to create a massive violet blast! The Celestial Spirit took lots of damage, and she was sent flying backwards. Virgo landed near some flames while luckily escaping from the gravity spell, and she stood up to see Darcy throw a fireball at the ground! It created a fiery explosion that was weirdly in an orchid purple color, and those large flames headed straight for Virgo. They all latched on to her, engulfing her in fire, and Virgo acted like she was kicking the air to make some off them fly off of her.
The flames that remained on her body began to melt, turning into purple goop, and Virgo winced in pain from how it felt so hot while being on her skin. The goop felt like hot wax, and it made several burns be on Virgo's body. However, that wasn't the worst part of it. Lucy took some steps away from Aries to see Darcy's head suddenly rise out of the goop that had been on Virgo's neck, and Darcy smirked in a sinister manner while her right hand rose upward from Virgo's arm. The same thing happened with Virgo's left arm, and Darcy stabbed Virgo with her long nails. She made purple flames engulf her hands, causing Virgo to become covered in the flames that were extremely hot, and Lucy gasped in a shocked manner from seeing Darcy's strategy.
She had thrown that fireball near herself on purpose because it was part of that spell, and she could attach the flames to her opponent before melting them down. Judging by how she wasn't tearing through Virgo's appendages and now moving her limbs lower to brutally punch Virgo's legs, Darcy could make herself transparent like a ghost. Virgo attempted to grab her head with her burning right arm, only to see Darcy grin evilly while making her head emerge from Virgo's chest area, and Virgo's hand went right through Darcy's head like she was a ghost. Darcy was about to hit Virgo with a lethal attack, but she fell to the ground and became normal while seeing her opponent disappear.
Lucy told her in a serious tone while glaring at her, still holding Virgo's key, "If I close the gates of my Celestial Spirits, then you can't injure them anymore!"
Darcy replied as she looked impressed, having never encountered a responsible summoner, "Well, you're one of the wiser mages I've had to fight. However, you must know that keeping a summoned being in battle drains your magical power."
That only made Lucy respond in a more confident manner, not even thinking about the lake, "No matter what attack you throw at me or Cana, we'll take it!"
Cana backed up Lucy's statement by standing up and grinning confidently as she picked up one of her cards, not caring which one it was, and she simply aimed it at Darcy. That was actually the Electric Chain Lightning Card, and it caused a yellow sphere of electricity to be fired from the card. It struck Darcy in the stomach, electrocuting her with yellow lightning, and she coughed up some blood while not liking how Cana hit her in the moment where she lowered her guard. She threw a purple flame at the next sphere that appeared, ignoring how it made the yellow aura around her body grow even brighter, and Darcy felt like Lucy needed to be put in her place.
She made another purple ring of dark magic appear in the palm of her right hand, and she aimed that hand at Lucy. The protagonists were all surprised to see Darcy make gravity push upward from below Lucy's feet, and she was sent flying high into the air! Darcy followed that up by firing a purple sphere of dark energy straight up at Lucy, and it only engulfed her while Darcy didn't see any reason to make it explode. The sphere was positioned several feet above the poisonous lake, and Darcy made herself be engulfed in a purple flame that was average-sized.
Cana and Aries looked puzzled about where she had gone, but they soon turned around from hearing Lucy gasp in shock. Darcy appeared in that sphere while she and Lucy floated because of the gravity, but Lucy couldn't break free from it. Even punching the sphere's walls had no effect, and Darcy merely snickered. This move was known as Death's Gravidon, and it allowed the user to trap their target in a field of dense gravity. The maximum amount of pressure was used to kill opponents, but Darcy set the amount for this situation to only be half of that.
She floated towards Lucy while seeing her kick the walls, chuckling in an amused manner at how Lucy also couldn't go up because of gravity pushing her down, and Darcy smirked evilly as she wondered why Lucy looked as if she wanted to panic. Darcy dodged the punch that Lucy attempted to throw with her left hand, and she retaliated by giving Lucy a harsh kick to her left breast. That made Lucy cough up some blood, and she couldn't dodge the next five punches that were dealt to her body. As Lucy fell down to the bottom of the sphere, though, Darcy grabbed her left arm with her right hand and pulled her up to where their eyes could meet. Her eyes were still purple while she decided to let Lucy hear her thoughts, but Darcy would get inside her mind.
"Fear is what makes us feel scared and terrified, even to the point where we can feel nightmares from it. Let's just see what your fear is!" Darcy thought to herself in a sinister tone, grinning in a vicious manner as she placed her right palm on Lucy's forehead.
Lucy responded while looking panicked, not wanting to remember that horror, "No, please! Don't make me see that!"
"Didn't you have your head in the clouds before, and talk with such arrogance?" Darcy thought to herself while seeing many details of a certain memory that Lucy hated to think about, ready to make it appear in front of her.
Lucy felt Darcy remove her hand from her forehead while seeing her float several feet away, but Lucy's enemy actually used dark magic to mess with her head. Blinking just once caused Lucy to gasp in horror while seeing Darcy change into being Minerva, the older woman having her black hair styled into two bun-shaped loops that were on both sides of her head, and Minerva was in the same blue swimsuit that she wore during the Grand Magic Games. Lucy let out alarmed breaths while removing her white stellar costume, hallucinating that it was floating down to the bottom of a sphere that had been filled with purple water, and Lucy was left in her lacy pink bra with lacy pink panties to match.
Darcy shot out seven fireballs from her hand while altering gravity to make them rush towards Lucy, and the Celestial Spirit Wizard could only see Minerva firing those projectiles at her. She was quickly struck by them, her body getting burned by the powerful flames, and one last flame hit Lucy for her to be sent flying back against the sphere! She screamed in agonizing pain while Darcy increased the amount of gravity to put more of a strain on Lucy's body, and this situation was not looking good at all. In fact, the torture was just beginning.
Lucy could only see Minerva shooting out a royal purple sphere from her left hand, and it was aimed precisely at the center of the sphere they were in. With one snap of her fingers, Minerva made the gravity roughly pull Lucy towards that sphere. When her body made contact with it, the sphere detonated in a massive violet blast! Lucy coughed up blood while not being able to fight Minerva, and she let out another scream of pain. As Lucy attempted to float away, she saw Minerva quickly come towards her with a sadistic grin on her face. Minerva dealt a harsh kick to Lucy's chest, and then she put her into a tight headlock.
Minerva's right arm was around Lucy's neck, but then she released her from that tight grip to kick her in the back with her left foot. Lucy couldn't even react to that because of how Minerva grabbed her left arm with her right hand, and she slashed at her skin while her hands became purple like the one that was in the poisoned lake. Her feminine nails slashed across Lucy's arm, causing blood to come out, and the pain made Lucy close her eyes while she sunk to the bottom of the sphere. She soon felt Minerva put her arms around her waist, squeezing quite tightly, and then Minerva turned Lucy around to face her.
She calmly told Lucy while they were face to face, wanting to psychologically torture her, "You're afraid of me, and you can't even stand deep water because of me. If I wanted to, I could make you bleed all over our Naval Battle. I can hear your thoughts of fear and desperation."
Lucy responded in a terrified manner while her brown eyes widened in shock, feeling Minerva's hands slowly go down her arms, "Don't kill me, Minerva! Stay away from me! You're wrong about me!"
Minerva replied as she seemed disappointed, before smirking evilly and raising her right hand upward, "It's sad to see you deny how you fear that I'll kill you. You've been scared of me, ever since the Naval Battle. I've even been in some of your nightmares involving water. I loved how you made me the shark that ripped you apart, since I'll torture you even worse than before!"
Darcy laughed while Lucy could only hear the voice of Minerva, and she made gravity quickly descend upon Lucy. The stellar mage was sent down to the bottom of sphere, hitting it pretty hard, and Darcy brought her up quickly before repeating that torture. She spoke as Minerva while telling Lucy that her body wouldn't be able to handle the sudden shifts in pressure, and Lucy felt her body be in immense pain while she was slammed down against the sphere again. She was brought up once again, only to be slammed down once again, and Darcy increased the gravity each time.
Lucy struggled to stand up while seeing the delusion of Minerva floating down towards her, and she could only stand there as Minerva's hands became engulfed in a purple aura. Minerva slashed at Lucy's arms and legs, causing her to bleed while not caring that she'd leave physical scars, and she aggressively grabbed Lucy's right arm to sadistically dislocate her shoulder. That painful feeling made Lucy let out a horrified scream, and she weakly released her arm from the grip of Minerva's left hand. She soon looked up to see the smaller sphere from earlier, not wanting to deal with it, but the torture wasn't done.
Minerva altered the gravity again to where she'd be pushed upward with Lucy at a fast pace, but she vanished into a purple flame that was quickly created in her right hand. Lucy ended up colliding with the sphere again, causing her to be engulfed in a massive blast that created several flames, and Lucy's skin became charred brown while tears escaped from her eyes. She truly felt afraid of Minerva, and Lucy felt even worse pain that what she had endured back then. The spell that Darcy inflicted on Lucy caused her to feel that this water was cold, frigid to the point where it would be fitting for her death.
As Lucy was overtaken by her fear and Darcy's torture, Cana could only angrily glare at the situation while she had discovered that none of her cards were able to dispel any type of magic. She found it to be totally sick that Darcy got into Lucy's head and found the person who she feared, and Cana didn't want Lucy to end up dying. Tears filled her eyes as she couldn't stand the thought of her lover dying, and Cana decided to shine some light into that darkness. The Electric Lightning Chain Card was still usable for some more shots, but there was another way to get Lucy out of that dark sphere.
"Hey, dark witch! Let's see how you like this!" Cana exclaimed in a fierce tone, looking determined to beat Darcy to a pulp.
Cana added sternly as she turned to face Aries, who still looked pretty shy, "Aries, I need your help! Follow my exact orders as if I'm Lucy!"
That caused Aries to nervously reply as she twiddled her thumbs, blushing in a timid manner, "I'll... I'll try my best!"
Cana glanced at the cards that were still on the ground, and she started to smile while using her left hand to pick up one that had seemed useless in the first place. This was the Electric Charge card, and Cana focused her magical power into it. The card had a picture of a yellow sphere with electric sparks coming off of it, and that's what came out of the card. It moved quite slow while Darcy emerged from one of one her flames that was in the large sphere, and she chose to ignore Cana's move. She appeared in front of Lucy as Minerva while feeling ready to deliver to finishing blow with her right fist, but the yellow aura from earlier surrounded her body while she was roughly pulled from her own sphere of gravity. The ball of lightning started to move faster from how its target was closer to it, and the spell ended up being several feet away from Cana.
Darcy was pulled to the sphere of lightning that electrocuted her while Cana told Aries to fire several pink Wool Bombs at Darcy, and that wool was great for creating lots of static electricity. That helped Cana with firing off the last three balls that could be used in the electric chain, and they all hit Darcy with ease. The aura around her body increased in size while she couldn't break free from the sphere, and Darcy screamed in pain from how all the electricity was shocking her. The large balls of wool were perfect for that, but they quickly got dispelled because of Aries returning to the Celestial Spirit World for the purpose of letting Lucy have some magical power remaining.
Cana picked up one card that was great for this situation, and it was simply known as the Lightning Beam Card. She took several steps back while recalling how the electric chain spheres powered up spells of Lightning Magic, and she wasted no time with activating this card. It caused a spiraling yellow beam of lightning to emerge at high speeds, heading straight for Darcy because of all that electricity, and the attack grew five times its regular size upon her. Darcy screamed worriedly from seeing that spell's power, not expecting it, and the lightning beam created a yellow blast that was just as massive as the ones in her gravitational spell.
Clouds of smoke filled this area of the woods while Cana could not see a thing, but she ran straight ahead because of Darcy being in that direction. She felt like her wounds were not as bad as Lucy's, and the fact that Darcy struggled to stand up made Cana even more enraged. Her anger caused her legs to run faster, jumping through the smoke to where she could surprise Darcy, and the menacing glare on Cana's face certainly wiped away Darcy's moment of smirking at how she was durable enough to withstand most attacks.
"I never want to hear Lucy in that much pain ever again! How dare you torture my girlfriend! You're going to get killed before you kill her, bitch!" Cana exclaimed in an enraged tone, tackling down Darcy to where she would be on top of her.
Darcy replied with a frown on her face, before smiling in a rude manner, "Try to kill me, and see if that will make her any happier. She's so terrified of Minerva to where this might scar her for life. It's fun for me to inflict trauma on garbage like her."
As Cana harshly punched Darcy three times in her left temple, she heard that large sphere begin to crack. It broke apart like glass white its pieces landed on the ground, vanishing because of how Darcy didn't have enough strength left to maintain the spell, and Cana watched Lucy fall into the mucky purple water. She looked alarmed while getting off of Darcy, not wanting Lucy to die from being poisoned, and Cana ran towards the lake. Lucy's white stellar costume fell down to the ground, and it wasn't even wet. The sphere containing the kidnapped mage also broke apart, and she fell to the ground while her pink eyes returned to normal.
She regained consciousness quickly to see that Darcy was killed while she also took notice of how a battle had transpired, and this mage working under Mirenu gasped in a surprised manner from seeing Cana use both of her hands to pull Lucy out of the poisonous lake. Lucy had severe burns on her body while she was also wounded quite badly, and the poison had gotten into some of her bruises. She slowly opened her eyes while feeling like the pain was immense, and Lucy's heart palpitated quite fast while she was still feeling frightened.
Cana stayed on her knees while Lucy began to open her eyes, and she turned back around to see Darcy's eyes become brown again. Her spell of torment against Lucy began to wear off, making Lucy now see that Cana was in front of her while the nightmare was now over, and Lucy hugged Cana tightly as she cried from how that delusion was one of the most awful things that she ever experienced. Lucy looked down at her body to see that she had fallen into the poisoned lake, trembling as she felt internal pain from how that poisoned water was now inside of her, and she was really glad that Cana didn't let her drown.
Cana continued to hug Lucy as she also felt injured and poisoned, not caring that the mage who was rescued decided to pull out the Communications Lacrima Crystal from the left pocket of her purple skirt for the purpose of contacting Mirenu, and Cana rubbed Lucy's back with her left hand while hearing her continue to cry about how deep water made her feel so afraid. Cana frowned while feeling Lucy's hands wrap around her waist, and she'd definitely have to think about how to help Lucy get past that fear.
How was Chapter 10? Did you like it? Sorry if it's too long, but I wanted these fights to be better than the one that happened earlier in the story. Also, Gray will find out that Juvia went on this mission without him. Anyway, what kind of compensation will Cana and Lucy get for assisting Juvia? How will Cana help Lucy get past her fear? Who will have to keep their mouth shut around a certain person? Standby for the update!
Now, to the reviews!
OBSERVER01 nli: Once again, thank you so much!
melku: The guild members who aren't aware of Lucy's relationship with Cana will find out about it, and Erza will hear about it in one of the upcoming chapters. Juvia and Gray's sexy dealings with Mirenu will be featured in one of the upcoming chapters as well, and I hope you like how I expanded how Mirajane punished Lucy at the beach.
696: I'm glad that you enjoyed the lemon scenes. Lucy and Cana having sex in the wilds is an interesting idea, and I'll think about if that can happen in the story. Also, thanks for telling me about Lucy's breast size.