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Discourse In The Desert! Sandstorms, Curiosity, and Revelations!
Lucy sat down at the white table that was near the kitchen area of her apartment, and sunlight shined through the windows while she planned on eating some breakfast. Lucy hoped that this day would be as good as the previous three days, and she smiled in a confident manner while wearing her white stellar costume. Cana had helped her overcome that fear of deep water, which meant that Lucy could now float or just go underwater without freaking out, and the stellar mage hoped that the duo's next mission was one that involved them defeating an evil mermaid or any other malicious creature in the sea.
Cana was probably drinking some high-quality alcohol at the Fairy Tail guild right now, and it was her turn to choose which job would be handled today. There hadn't been any jobs that involved water, other than the jobs that Mirenu sent for Juvia to handle, so Lucy and Cana would just have to deal with the tasks that suited them. There was also the option of asking an S-Class wizard like Mira or Laxus to help them with one of those difficult S-Class jobs, but the blond-haired dragon slayer preferred to handle jobs alone while Mira would probably want lewd fun with Lucy and Cana in exchange for helping them out.
Lucy got up from the chair and walked towards the front door, wondering if the brown-haired woman would need her help with picking out today's task, but her eyes soon widened in a shocked manner from hearing a certain scarlet-haired woman muttering some words about Natsu being in a different town to buy a duplicate of the item that they had taken from the volcano. Lucy quietly giggled to herself as she thought that Natsu couldn't resist going somewhere to find an item that centered around Fire Magic, and he probably flew there with Happy.
She made her way towards the front door while still hearing Erza's footsteps going down the street, and Lucy decided that it would be good for her to run towards the guild. Erza would most likely not chase after her, but Lucy just wanted to go see Cana and have that morning kiss be shared again. Plus, she saw her act of running as a good way of continuing to distance herself from Erza. The two girls were still not speaking, and Lucy folded her arms while feeling like Erza would only talk to her for the purpose of starting an argument. Lucy stood in front of the door while narrowing her cocoa brown eyes, opening it at full speed, but she quickly became shocked from seeing Cana appear in front of her.
"Lucy, I managed to pick out an awesome job for us!" Cana told her in a delighted manner while smiling confidently, having the golden rose in her hair again.
That caused Lucy to reply in a surprised tone, before looking curious about something, "Cana, that's great! Anyway, why did you just warp in front of me?"
"Well, I wanted to surprise you like on that rainy day." Cana answered back with a teasing smirk on her face, blushing while she could smell the honey-scented perfume on Lucy.
As Cana got close enough to where their breasts lightly touched, Lucy stepped back to pull her into the apartment. Cana watched Lucy go to the door and quickly close it, almost like she wanted to avoid something, and Cana gave Lucy a look of calmness as she told her to relax. The card-wielding mage recalled how Gray led Erza to the second floor of the guild when she licked some cherry ice cream off of Lucy's lips, and Happy had gone up there to chat with Erza while Cana kissed Lucy on the lips. She went to the window that was closest to the door, and Cana got to see that Erza just walked past the apartment without acting like things were weird.
Cana turned back to face Lucy while smiling confidently, and she felt like there was no need for them to be concerned about Erza right now. Lucy and Cana had good friends who would keep the news of their relationship from reaching Erza's ears, and Cana herself was not afraid to confront the armor-wielding girl if she ever tried to start drama with Lucy. Cana would gladly give Erza a harsh punch to the face while hopefully making her see that she could not denigrate Lucy in front of her lover, and supporting each other was very important in relationships.
The thought of supporting Lucy made Cana blush more pink as she pulled out a folded orange flyer the left pocket of her red capri pants, and Lucy watched her unfold it to see the task that they'd have to complete. Apparently, the client was a girl who lost her precious ring in the Fukamaru Desert. She would offer a great reward of 300,000 jewels to anyone who could find it, and the ring was supposedly important for her magic. Cana liked the thought of going to a desert, since she preferred hot weather more than frosty weather, and she wondered if her new Earthquake Card could make rocks be blown upward with the sand for the ring to show itself.
Lucy walked towards Cana while hearing her read about how this job came with the nice added reward of getting to relax in some hot sand beds, but the girls would have to be in their swimsuits. Lucy felt her cheeks warmly blush pink at the thought of seeing Cana in a swimsuit again, remembering how she wore that nice orange bikini on Tenrou Island, but she toned down her blush as her thumbs twiddled. Lucy may have liked the idea of being in swimsuits with Cana, but they would still have to try and find that ring in the hot desert.
"How can someone lose their jewelry in the sand, anyway?" Lucy asked Cana as she became curious, thinking someone wouldn't drop something near quicksand pits.
Cana responded in a relaxed manner, smiling as she thought about it, "Maybe that girl wanted to sunbathe in the desert, but she cared for her tan more than the ring."
"Maybe I'd look good with a tan, Cana." Lucy told her in a calm manner while smiling, only having the idea of tanning.
As Lucy got closer to Cana, she was soon surprised to see her girlfriend look at her with a blissful smile like she was having another nice fantasy. Cana smiled as she imagined Lucy's creamy fair skin being coated with waves of brown tanning oil, even envisioning her private areas getting tanned, and Lucy looked pretty good with light brown skin while water on her body would just glisten to make her be shiny. Cana sighed happily at that thought, but she was soon brought back to reality by Lucy attempting to take off her stellar costume.
Cana blushed as she calmly told Lucy to keep it on until they could buy swimsuits in the town that was near the desert, and Cana felt glad that she would get to help Lucy pick out a bikini that would probably be just as sexy as the one she wore during the Naval Battle. She proceeded to run towards the front door while hoping that the next train would take them to Fukamaru Town, and Lucy started running after watching her girlfriend leave. Lucy felt glad that she had her keys with her, and she giggled in a confident manner at how nothing would get in the way of her and Cana achieving success on this mission.
15 minutes later, at the Fairy Tail guild...
Erza arrived at the Fairy Tail guild to see that almost everyone was there, and people were chatting together about various topics while they sat down at different tables. The woman who was nicknamed Titania simply went up to the bar for the purpose of getting herself some breakfast. Erza felt like today was the best day for her to take an S-Class job, mainly since all of the former members of Team Natsu were out on different missions, and she could keep the hefty reward all for herself. That was one benefit of taking on an S-Class mission alone, and another benefit was not having to worry about anyone hindering her from completing that mission.
Erza walked past some tables and reached the bar, softly sitting down on one of the stools while Mirajane put some clean beer mugs on the counter, and Erza would just wait until Mira noticed her presence. She put the index finger of her left hand up to her lips while being in her Heart Kreuz Armor, and Erza began to think about how it was weird to see how Cana was now working on a team with Lucy. Erza hadn't encountered them during the S-Class exam, but she did hear that they were partners. To her, however, it was strange that Lucy would always be around someone as sultry as Cana.
"I'll get your strawberry cake for you, Erza!" Mirajane told her in a happy tone while looking up from the beer mugs, before heading towards the storeroom.
Erza asked her in a curious tone while also wondering about other things, her brown eyes showing that she felt puzzled, "That's fine, Mira, but aren't you into gossip? What do you know about Lucy's friendship with Cana, and why do my former teammates sometimes act like I need to be distracted?"
Mira responded in a calm manner as she turned around, ignoring her lewd thoughts about Lucy and Cana as she nicely smiled, "Well, I guess Lucy asked Cana to form a new team with her because of past history. I think they had chemistry for that, Erza. Maybe your former teammates want you to be focused on them, and not on yourself."
That last sentence made Erza want to defensively tell Mira that she was not self-centered, but maybe the way that Gray took her up to the guild's second floor to get advice on keeping calm during Juvia's sexy rewards with Mirenu was some kind of sign that Erza needed to care more about her friends. Ever since the Grand Magic Games had ended, Erza just focused on getting missions done successfully. She wanted Fairy Tail to keep having their name be associated with victory after victory, and Erza would not allow failure.
However, her tendency to not allow failure was what made Team Natsu start to have a crack in their unity. As Mirajane went into the storeroom to get a delicious strawberry cake, Erza thought about that day in the Kazehana Woods. One thought in her mind told her that it was pretty wrong to blame Lucy for the whole job ending in failure, especially since those enemies were strong enough to knock out the other members with ease, but Erza stayed with how she personally felt like Lucy could've done something instead of letting those two mages get away.
If Erza truly cared about Lucy or even how she felt, then that one taste of defeat would've been no big deal to her. Instead, the scarlet-haired woman was self-centered enough to act like her priorities mattered the most on missions. Erza stood no chance against Sayaka, even if Fairy Tail was the best guild in Fiore, but she cared about defeating her rival more than the Cascade Drops that were for a client. Lucy was a really good friend by forfeiting for Erza after she had lost consciousness, and the way Erza retaliated against Lucy really made her look just as bad as Minerva.
As Mira came back from the storeroom with a large pink cake on a white plate, Erza tightly clenched her right fist and narrowed her brown eyes. She hoped that Lucy wasn't secretly calling her a self-centered bitch behind her back, and Erza noticed how some of the guild's mages didn't even talk to her anymore. In fact, Natsu didn't even ask her if she wanted to go with him to get a duplicate of the Cinnabar Ring that they had to deliver by sunset. It seemed like Natsu and Gray helped Happy distract her when she wanted to glance in the direction of where Lucy was located, and Erza was upset enough to get off of her stool for the purpose of walking over to a table where a certain sky dragon slayer was enjoying a large cup of sugary tea with some chocolate cookies.
Erza said and asked with a calm facial expression, noticing the blue-haired girl being alone, "Hello, Wendy. Where's Carla?"
Wendy explained with a kind smile on her face while holding the cup in her right hand, "Hello, Erza-san. Carla went out earlier with Natsu-san and Happy to make sure that they didn't get into trouble on their hunt for that ring, so I'll go handle my job in the Fukamaru Desert alone. It's not too difficult, and Cana-san might need my help if we cross paths."
Erza asked Wendy with a nice smile on her face, liking that last sentence as her lips formed a faint smirk for one second, "Wendy, why don't you let me come along? You've heard stories of me taking down monsters in that desert before, right?"
Wendy merely nodded in a puzzled manner, as she never heard Erza boast about her accomplishments, and that only made Erza decide to tell her a brief story of how she defeated five female wizards who had tried to kill her. Erza told the younger girl how she used her swords to slice those mages into pieces, and she had only attacked them because of how they started the fight. Wendy didn't really care for how Erza could defeat enemies, since that wasn't the job that they'd be doing in the Fukamaru Desert, and she proceeded to eat her cookies.
Erza thought about how it would be good for her to finally confront Lucy, and the strong woman would definitely beat her ex-friend to a pulp if Lucy admitted to spreading rumors about her. Erza had passed by Lucy's apartment last night to surprisingly see through the window that Lucy was not home. Erza found that to be pretty odd, but she didn't rule out the possibility of Lucy staying in someone else's bedroom because she felt comfortable with them. Erza wouldn't try to gossip like Mira to find out where Lucy liked to be, though.
She frowned while wondering if Lucy seemed to be in a good mood a few days ago because of a guy, and Erza assumed that Cana must have heard about that during the time where she was the barmaid. That would probably explain why Lucy was blushing before Gray had that nosebleed, and Erza felt like giggling softly at how she was supposedly aware of the gossip that Lucy was trying to hide with Cana. She would be glad to tell Lucy that her new boyfriend was probably desperate, and Erza would love to tell him how Lucy always freaked out when she was groped or sexually touched anywhere else.
Erza decided to walk away from that table while calmly telling Wendy that she would wait for her outside, and she giggled softly at the thought of Lucy angrily reacting to how her secret boyfriend was now known. If Lucy tried to hit her, then Erza would probably grab her wrist and break it like Lucy was an enemy. If Lucy decided to talk trash to her before they fought, then Erza would make her beg for mercy. An even better sight to Erza would be how she and Wendy worked well together while Lucy would hinder Cana, and Erza felt like the desert was her territory for domination.
Four hours later, in the Fukamaru Desert...
After the train arrived at the town of Fukamaru, Lucy and Cana got off at the station and headed into the town. They asked some of the females around their age about where they could find the fashion store, and the one with swimsuits was thankfully located near the desert's entrance that was on the western side of the town. Lucy and Cana managed to pick out some nice swimsuits that weren't too expensive, and they were allowed to leave their clothes in the stall that they chose to share. The protagonists paid for their swimsuits, and they quickly left the store to go into the heated town.
Lucy and Cana currently ran through the desert at high speeds, kicking up dust and sand as they wanted to quickly reach the client, and Lucy felt her cheeks blush light pink from seeing Cana's toned legs. Both of the girls were barefoot while they ran, letting their breasts bounce while they sweated profusely from the intense heat, and Lucy started to pant while they were about to go past five large sandstorms that were swirling around in a circle. Lucy put her hands on her knees while her legs felt somewhat tired, and her hair was down while the wind blew some sand towards her and Cana.
Lucy was about to force herself into running more, but Cana chose to pick her up and carry her in a bridal-style manner. As Cana easily held her lover in her arms, she giggled and blushed cutely from how Lucy chose to feel her strong arms with her soft hands. Cana ran past the sandstorms with her to see that this path continued to go straight, but then it curved to the right while appearing to make several more curved turns. Cana went all the way to the end of the straight route with Lucy, before going on to that right curve, and they got to see that the five curves in that route led to four quicksand pits that actually had some nice treasures at the end of them.
As Cana took some steps further with Lucy, they both saw someone surprisingly emerge from the ground while she jumped up high. This woman came back down to the ground quickly, and she had wavy orange hair that fell slightly past her shoulders. She had deep orange eyes, and her stature was slim while she looked beautiful and delicate. She wore a brown two-piece bikini that was lacy, really glad that it showed off her curves, and seeing the girls who were now in this area only made her smile with delight while assuming that they'd help her.
"You must be the beautiful mages who are here to help me find my ring. The sand may be hot, but softening it with Earth Magic made it easier for digging. My name is Michiru Sabaku, and I couldn't dig for the ring yesterday because some mages made the ground around here be hard." The woman told the mages in a calm tone while an orange aura engulfed her feet, smiling as she blew them kisses like she was famous.
Cana asked her in a teasing manner while smirking, putting Lucy down for her to stand up, "Did you lose it while sunbathing, and have to soften the ground while everyone was asleep?"
Michiru exclaimed while looking offended, embarrassingly blushing at her mistake, "I didn't think that honey would make it slip off so quickly, and it's not funny! My precious Quake Ring could have been pushed several feet underground, but you can look for it by yourselves! In fact, you may be able to slip through the hot sand!"
Before Lucy could ask her about that last part, Michiru shot out two orange spheres of energy from her hands. They both struck Lucy and Cana in the stomach, but then Michiru's spheres quickly exploded in gooey bursts! The orange goop reacted to the harsh sunlight for it to start becoming brown and yellow like honey, and the goop coated the girls from head to toe while it expanded across their bodies. Cana blushed from how she felt every part of her body getting oiled up, and Lucy closed her eyes while ignoring how the honey made her blonde hair become honey brown.
The color of Cana's skin and hair didn't change much while she looked down at the two-piece yellow bikini that showed off the beauty of her curves, but Cana blushed when she saw how the honey changed Lucy. The Celestial Spirit Wizard now had tan skin, having it be in shade of Minerva's tan skin while she wasn't as tan as Cana, and Lucy's lacy light blue two piece bikini had some honey dripping off of it. The honey made Lucy look shiny, too, and the sunlight just allowed her to look beautiful while being covered in that warm honey.
Lucy and Cana took some steps forward, only to end up slipping on the warm honey, and they landed on their stomachs while Michiru chose to go deeper into the Fukamaru Desert. She walked away from the girls while calmly telling them to dig in that area, and Michiru hoped that they could find her precious ring before one of the other mages came along to see that the ground wasn't hard anymore. She was one of the few wizards in her guild that was capable of making the ground softer, which was good for cushioning falls, but other people didn't want to be using boulders that were soft like feather cushions for their training.
Cana placed her hands on to the sand, and she began to dig through the sand while narrowing her violet eyes. She thought that Michiru's ring wouldn't be buried quite deep, especially if she recently lost it, and it was pretty easy for her to create a nice hole in the desert. She grabbed sand out of that hole and threw it behind her, planning to just make a large pile of it until the ring was found, and Cana felt very confident that they wouldn't fail. Cana watched Lucy try to dig through the hot sand, only to see her scream about how the sand was so hot, and she looked puzzled about why Lucy's keys weren't with her.
"Lucy, why didn't you at least bring Virgo's key to the desert?" Cana asked her in a calm tone while continuing to dig.
The stellar mage responded nicely while feeling sweat go down her body, "Even if Virgo can go deep underground, I wouldn't want to make her suffer in this heat. Plus, it might be much hotter underground."
"Oh, ok. That makes sense, and you probably made the right decision." Cana told her with a nice smile on her face, thinking that the job was now more of a nice challenge.
As Lucy closed her eyes and put her hand down in the hole for the purpose of helping Cana dig, making her mind be deluded into thinking that the sand felt nice, she opened her eyes in a shocked manner from feeling something like a crack in the ground. That would be impossible to find, especially since the sand went downward for several miles, and Lucy gave a Cana an astounded look from how her fingers felt something like a rock. Lucy placed her hands on both sides of it while attempting to pull it out of the sand, but firmly touching that rock only made cracks appear on it like a virus was breaking through it.
Cana looked down at the rock for a moment, and she saw it break into several pieces while sand came out of its remains. An orange ring came out of the largest hollow piece of the broken rock, and Cana appropriately got it on the ring finger of her left hand. She liked how it appeared to be an orange piece of jewelry with orange orbs on the left and right sides of it, and this ring shined with thin orange beams of light emerging from it when the ring was under the sunlight. Cana assumed that Michiru's ring fell down until it landed on that rock, and the mages who sent their Earth Magic into the ground for it to be denser must've used enough pressure to create a crack in that rock. The rock must've been weakened by all that pressure, and Michiru only made it weaker by making pressure rise up quickly when she retracted everyone else's Earth Magic into her hands for the ground to lose its denseness.
10 minutes later, near the desert's entrance...
Erza and Wendy looked straight at the sandstorms that raked the desert, seeing how those twisters of sand reached high heights while they spun in a counterclockwise direction, and the sky dragon slayer pulled out the orange flyer from the left pocket of her purple dress. The client for this job was Michiru, who seemed to not be in the area, but the description of the job stated that she wanted a mage's summoned sandstorms to be eradicated as payback for how she lost something that was quite precious to her. She would give Wendy a great reward, too.
Wendy aimed her Sky Dragon's Roar at one of the swirling sandstorms while focusing her magical power into the attack, and she shot out a tornado-like beam that was in a light blue color. Upon striking the sandstorm, a light blue explosion occurred! Its power made the ground be somewhat shaky, nearly making Erza fall back on her butt, and Wendy smiled in a proud manner at how her attack was quite strong. The twister of sand ending up bursting to where sand went in all directions, though, so Wendy did have to close her eyes for a moment.
After thirty more seconds of keeping her eyes closed, Wendy opened them and unleashed her Sky Dragon's Roar spell again. She hit another vicious sandstorm, ultimately destroying it with the large amount of power in her attack, and Erza was surprised to see how her friend's attack became more powerful after the Grand Magic Games. Wendy may have only gained Second Origin from Ultear to end up getting a draw in her match against Chelia Blendy from Lamia Scale, but she did encounter another user of Wind Magic after the tournament had ended.
In fact, Wendy remained calm while immense focus made its way into her brown eyes. She decided to try out a new technique that she had been practicing up in the mountains recently with Carla, and Wendy looked straight up at the sky to see some white clouds that were slowly floating through the air. She fired a light blue beam of energy up at the cloud while making this attack be much larger than her Sky Dragon's Roar, and the attack created a light blue explosion that was extremely large! It could decimate airborne foes, but the aftereffect of this spell would be amazing to witness.
"Sky Dragon's Aero Cannon!" Wendy loudly shouted in a fierce manner while seeing the explosion shine with light blue beams of energy emanating from it.
Erza exclaimed while looking very shocked, her brown eyes showing complete surprise as she recognized that type of wind spell, "Wendy, that move looks like one of-"
The sound of her voice was drowned out by seven crescent-shaped light blue blades creating extremely powerful blasts when they hit the sand, making a cavernous hole that was quite large, and the light blue blast in the center was surrounded by the other six blasts. This spell got the attention of two wizards who were in the desert, making them be surprised that Wendy was here, and the young girl closed her eyes while feeling sand go all over the desert. Thankfully, she did not get in anyone's way of finding items or building a sandcastle out in the desert.
The clouds of smoke and dust cleared up to reveal how Wendy's spell easily tore through the soft sand, and she opened her eyes while sniffing the air. As Wendy looked down at the white shirt that was behind her dress and the black stockings that were around her legs, she picked up on the strong scent of honey while also smelling the familiar scents of some friends. That caused her to happily smile while running down to the other end of the path, avoiding the hole, and Erza ran after her while guessing that Lucy was nearby.
As Erza followed Wendy, she thought of how Lucy would probably scream in fear from seeing her show up unexpectedly. After all, Erza had dealt a harsh punch to Lucy's right eye and felt like the victor in their fight. If Lucy wanted to fight her, then Erza would be happy to beat her down and throw her down into the darkness of that hole. She felt like Lucy was a weakling who could never defeat her, and Erza requipped to be in a black bikini for the purpose of trying to make Lucy's possible boldness and confidence vanish while wanting to make her relive that bad memory.
Still, something else was on Erza's mind. She narrowed her eyes while thinking that Wendy couldn't use a spell like that on her own, and Erza assumed that her friend must've received a boost in power from a certain mage. Erza clenched her right fist while wondering if Wendy and Carla ran into a pair of mages who gave Team Natsu quite a beating, but Erza tried her best to smile as she felt like Wendy couldn't have possibly defeated both of them or taken one down with only Carla by her side. Wanting to not just have assumptions be in her head, though, Erza gulped before deciding to ask that important question to Wendy.
"Wendy, did you encounter Ryōhei Bihaeng and Kazumi Cuì during one of your jobs?" Erza asked her in a calm manner as she started to look nervous, now clenching both of her fists.
The blue-haired girl replied nicely, smiling as she had a different opinion of them, "Yes, Erza-san. Ryōhei and Kazumi worked with me to stop an evil priestess who wanted to use the Wind Magic of the Jade Orb for evil, and Ryōhei let me eat his Aero Aegis spell to make the finishing blow be amazing. Kazumi was the referee for the battle we had later in that day, and I ate some of his spells before beating him in that close fight."
Erza loudly responded in shock, feeling both impressed and displeased from hearing this, "Are you fucking kidding me? Wendy, you seriously beat him?"
Wendy turned around and kindly told her friend that it wasn't good to curse, but Erza was astounded that Wendy seemed like Ryōhei's Aero Aegis move was nothing for her to handle. She had actually gotten hit by that attack first during their fight in the jungle, but Wendy let him unleash his attacks for her to see how they worked. Wendy may have some of her own attacks in his direction, but at least she didn't make her attacks seem quite powerful to where Ryōhei had to unleash spells that were like his trump cards.
Wendy turned back around and ran to the end of the straight path, quite happy that her mission was successful, but she soon turned her head to see the sight of Cana giving Lucy a soft kiss on the lips while they both blushed light pink from how it was loving and warm. Wendy watched Cana's left hand go all the way down to Lucy's rear, giving her left cheek a soft pinch, and Cana loved how Lucy's body was so slippery. Cana broke the brief kiss while sliding her body down against Lucy's, unleashing a honey-scented breath against her bellybutton to make Lucy sigh happily, but the moment her hands groped Lucy's large butt was the same moment that Wendy gasped in shock. Cana quickly stood up and looked shocked while Lucy turned around to face her young friend, and all three of them became quiet while Wendy felt her face blush pink from what she just witnessed. After thirty more seconds, Erza walked up to Wendy while looking curious about why the girls all stood there in silence.
The sight of Erza being in the desert made Lucy break the silence by loudly gasping in shock, but she simply stood next to Cana while ignoring how the sound of those blasts was making Michiru walk back towards the desert's entrance. Lucy narrowed her eyes at Erza while seeing the scarlet-haired mage start to smirk at her in a condescending way, but she took one step back from seeing Erza take a step towards her. Lucy groaned in frustration as she really hoped that Erza didn't want to fight her right now, especially since she and Cana didn't have their items of Holder Magic with them, and Lucy also wasn't interested in doing something that wasn't part of the job.
As Erza stroked her long ponytail with her right hand, she took some more steps forward while keeping her eyes on Lucy. Erza allowed her breasts to nicely bounce while feeling the heat of the sun come down on her body, and her eyes were once again filled with curiosity from seeing that Lucy's cheeks were blushing pink right now. The stellar mage hadn't calmed herself down from Cana recently kissing and groping her, and she continued to frown at Erza while ignoring how she walked in a sultry manner. If Erza was going to punch her in the face, then Lucy would be ready to block her attack.
"How long has it been, Lucy? Are you blushing from thinking about your desperate boyfriend, or are you getting turned on from seeing me be so sexy in the desert?" Erza asked her in a taunting manner while getting up close to her, getting a whiff of that warm honey.
Lucy responded in a calm manner while folding her arms, smiling in disbelief, "Wow, Erza. I've seen you be stupid before, but you're stupid to assume I would ever think you're sexy. Also, I don't have a boyfriend and I'm happy about it. Erza, you just love to start drama and assume idiotic things like a stupid bitch."
Cana told Erza in a stern tone from seeing her raise up her right fist and pull it back, "Erza, we have to finish this job. If you're going to be a nuisance to me and Lucy, then leave. We don't want to waste our time with how you don't like Lucy."
Erza attempted to punch Lucy in the face, only for Cana to grab her wrist, and the alcohol-loving woman's fierce glare towards Erza was a silent warning for her to not even think of messing with Lucy or she'd regret it. Cana aggressively kept the grip of her left hand tight on Erza's wrist, and she watched Lucy take some steps back. The fact that Erza even tried to hit her made Lucy clench her fists tightly while feeling like she had enough of Erza denigrating her. As Cana decided to let go of Erza's wrist, Lucy ran towards her enemy and even used the honey on the soles of her feet to make herself slide faster. Cana and Wendy got to see Lucy tackle Erza down on to the sand, which was payback for how Erza started their fight at the lake.
Lucy smiled while silently thanking Michiru for the warm honey that coated her body, and she giggled while letting herself slide down the front side of Erza's body. Lucy was glad to see that warm honey dripped on to Erza's body, too, and she stood up before gently kicking some sand on to Erza's left leg. That prompted Erza to get up while looking enraged at how Lucy dirtied her swimsuit, and she attempted to punch her. Lucy slid to the left for the purpose of dodging Erza's punch, and Lucy wanted to truly show Erza that she wouldn't fear her. With no hesitation in her mind, she slammed her left fist against Erza's face to give her a black eye.
Her harsh punch sent Erza rolling across the ground, but Lucy was determined to show her that this fight would end in her favor. She quickly ran towards Erza, but the scarlet-haired mage was able to lift up her right leg while being on her hands and knees. She kicked Lucy in her right breast, causing the blonde-haired mage to groan in pain while feeling the force of that kick, and Lucy was sent sliding backwards on the hot sand. She took several steps back while panting, wanting distance between herself and Erza, but Lucy soon gasped from seeing Erza harshly run towards her at high speeds.
She watched Erza kick up lots of sand and dust while she ran, feeling like she couldn't possibly evade Erza's next punch, and Lucy used the warm honey to quickly slide to her right. She noticed Erza starting to be near her while it seemed like she'd be satisfied with trying to hit Cana, but Lucy wouldn't allow Erza to hit her lover. Cana watched Lucy close her eyes and shift all the weight of her large ass to her left butt cheek, and Erza gasped while looking completely shocked at how she was pushed down by Lucy's soft rump. Erza may have disliked Lucy, but she found herself blushing from how the celestial mage's rear was large and warm. She would agree with Cana on how it looked good when it appeared to be tanned, too. As Lucy walked over to Erza and sat down on her back until Michiru arrived, Wendy felt like walking over to Cana.
"Cana-san, do you mind if we get some distance from them and talk?" Wendy asked the older woman while looking shy, still blushing from what happened before Erza saw Lucy.
Cana responded in a calm manner while smiling at Wendy, seeing that Lucy had the situation pinned down, "Sure, Wendy. Whatever you want to talk about, I'll gladly listen."
"Thank you..." Wendy told her as she continued to blush while walking past Lucy and Erza, her blue flat shoes making her footsteps sound quite soft.
Cana walked further down the desert path that led to the quicksand pits, and she went past Michiru while loving how the honey felt so nice against her body. Cana decided t go all the way to the final curve that was at the end of the desert, walking quite fast while she definitely wanted to be away from Erza, and she walked on the hot sand that had an increasing temperature. She would remember to give Michiru the Quake Ring later, but it seemed like Wendy was really surprised by what she had seen. As Cana went further into the desert, she sighed while softly smiling at how she and Lucy couldn't avoid anyone else inevitably discovering their relationship.
Cana's violet eyes were filled with calmness as she heard Wendy running to catch up with her, and that caused her to stop walking at fast speeds. They were now far enough to where Erza wouldn't be able to hear their conversation, and Cana watched Wendy pant softly while her hands were on her knees. She soon saw the young girl stand up straight while giving her a curious look, and Cana gulped with some nervousness while hoping that Wendy wouldn't ask if she could lick some of the warm honey off of her skin.
Wendy kindly asked the older woman about why she and Lucy shared that kiss, and Cana squatted down to be at eye level with her friend. She calmly informed Wendy about how she was in a relationship with Lucy, and there was nothing wrong with two girls being together. Wendy looked curious while nicely asking Cana if she would ever marry Lucy, and that question caused Cana's cheeks to blush cherry pink while looking startled by that question. Cana loved Lucy, but marriage wasn't on their minds yet. Wendy happily asked her if she wanted Lucy to wear a pretty dress, though, and Cana could definitely smile at the thought of Lucy in a nice dress.
As she smiled, though, Cana shifted her attention back to one of Lucy's issues. She calmly told Wendy to promise her that Erza wouldn't hear about their relationship, as she would probably just create explosive drama, and Cana didn't want Erza to criticize Lucy for being in love with a woman. She felt like Erza could be easy for her to handle, and Cana would've punched Erza very hard if Lucy hadn't tackled her down. Wendy ended her questions by smiling nicely and asking Cana if other girl-on-girl couples existed, and Cana smirked in a teasing manner while telling Wendy that some of them resulted from good friendships like how she was friendly with Chelia. That comically made Wendy's face blush pink while she closed her eyes in embarrassment from thinking about that happening later on in life, and Cana merely laughed in a playful manner from seeing that. Wendy soon smiled at Cana, though, and she giggled while feeling like someone as caring as Cana was a good match for someone as nice as Lucy.
How was Chapter 12? Did you like it? I wanted this chapter to have some tension, but the nice and comedic moments blended well with it. Anyway, Lucy's relationship with Cana is good to where they can have moments that are cute and sexy. Despite how their job was simple, the task of dealing with Erza was unexpected for them. What will happen when Lucy and Cana go out on another date? Will they have some fun experiences, and see some nice things? Standby for the update!
Now, to the reviews!
OBSERVER01 nli: Once again, thank you so much!
696: I'm glad you enjoyed their steamy time in the hot spring, my friend.
Jun-K: I'm glad that you enjoyed the previous chapter. It is good to have Lucy and Cana enjoy nice breaks after tense situations, just to create a nice balance. I'm glad that you'll be the first person to read my highschool AU CaLu story, if I decide to write one. When I'm not writing stories and not busy with college classes, then I can take requests.