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Revisiting The Woods, Celestial Power, and Tag Teams
Lucy sat down on a bar stool that was near the center of the wooden counter, and she sat right next to Cana while smiling happily about how they were sharing an ice cream sundae that was in the delicious flavor of vanilla. Two cherries were topping the sundae that was quite large, as the girls felt like they needed something very sweet to enjoy before having their morning alcohol, and Cana used the spoon in her right hand to get some ice cream from the bottom half of the sundae. She put the cold treat in her mouth while loving its sweet taste, and Cana sighed nicely from how the ice cream was not too soft.
She proceeded to get more of it with her spoon, but Cana turned her head to the left for the purpose of facing Lucy. She gave her a cute smile while moving the spoon forward, wanting to feed Lucy, and the Celestial Spirit Wizard gladly opened her mouth to enjoy the ice cream. Cana was glad to see Lucy consume the ice cream, and she even got to see Lucy comically look shocked from how the sweet treat was quite cold. Lucy wasn't expecting the ice cream to be at such a low temperature in the guild, especially with Natsu being nearby, and she wondered if the ice cream shops were now hiring mages with Ice Magic to keep the treats quite cool for their businesses.
Lucy put her spoon into the sundae, and she managed to get a good portion of it on to the utensil. She gently placed her spoon in Cana's mouth while wanting to get some playful payback, and Lucy giggled while watching Cana eat the ice cream. The fact that romantic couples fed food to each other made Lucy want to do that with Cana on this nice morning, and it certainly helped their chemistry continue to be great. Lucy felt happy enough to lick some ice cream off of Cana's lips, too, and that merely caused both girls to blush light pink.
Cana blissfully smiled at Lucy, before giving her a kiss on the lips that was quite soft, and the brown-haired woman used her right hand to pick up the cherry that was on the right side of the sundae. She ended the small kiss, before putting the cherry in her mouth, and Cana used her fingers to pull off the cherry's stalk. She proceeded to chew on the sweet cherry, before swallowing the pieces of the fruit, and Cana turned her attention to the guild's request board that was nearby. This was the day where she and Lucy would officially be working as a team again, and Cana really hoped that their next job would be a great one.
"Lucy, we should check out the new flyers. Maybe there's a job where we can get rewarded with alcohol for kicking someone's ass." Cana told her in a calm tone while smiling, thinking about the best brands of booze that they could drink.
That prompted Lucy to respond in a kind tone while getting off of her stool, her brown eyes showing confidence, "We're definitely going to succeed at our job today, Cana! If alcohol is the reward, then we can evenly split the amount in the bottle by pouring it into two beer mugs."
Cana told her in a teasing manner while smirking, before letting out a soft giggle, "Well, give all the alcohol to me and you can have all the cash."
Lucy simply walked over to the request board while ignoring Cana's way of negotiating about the reward, and she checked out the flyers that were in different colors. There was one job that would take place in a hot volcano, but the thought of making Cana drop some of her cards into hot magma made Lucy look at that red flyer in a disapproving manner. There was also a task that required someone to take a photo of a snake, but the client who sent in the flyer had the audacity to claim that Fairy Tail was too slow at handling their request. Since the client seemed pretty rude, Lucy didn't even feel like going back to the wilderness for that money.
There was a sapphire blue flyer pinned to the board by a brown pin, but Lucy could not take that job because of how it was reserved for Juvia. Mirenu sent that flyer to Fairy Tail, and she simply wanted the Rain Woman to join her for breakfast. Mirenu also mentioned something about how she needed to make announcements, and she even thanked Juvia at the bottom of the flyer for showing up last night for a discussion on what could be done for Mizu Galleon's S-Class exam. Juvia hadn't shown up to the guild yet, since she was still sleeping, and Lucy decided to just leave that flyer alone. She imagined that guild having an exam that strictly involved water, and Juvia would probably be stationed on one path to battle the candidates.
As Lucy's eyes shifted to the bottom-left corner of the board, she noticed a golden flyer that had a yellow pin on it. Lucy leaned down slightly to see the job's description, but what she saw managed to make her kind smile become a look that expressed utter shock. Lucy felt her heart palpitate with some nervousness from how this task required mages to collect mint leaves from the Kazehana Woods, which was the place where Lucy allowed two of Team Natsu's enemies to flee with all of the delicious leaves, and she gulped while taking three steps back.
Lucy started to look down at the wooden floor while wondering if she would mess it up again in those woods, clenching her left fist tightly, and the way how she slightly trembled in an uncomfortable was something that made Cana get up from the bar stool. She hastily walked towards Lucy to see what just made her feel spooked, and Cana allowed her violet eyes to glance at the gold flyer. The reward was 700,000 jewels, which could help Lucy pay her rent and help Cana purchase tons of alcohol, but the task of collecting mint leaves was something that brought trouble to Lucy in the past. It seemed to make her feel anxious in the present, too, but Cana wanted to make her feel better.
"Relax, Lucy. We'll take that job, but I just know that you'll do great at it. Maybe we'll be the first team to find the mint leaves, and we can just leave with a handful of them. In fact, Mira can come with us to handle anyone who wants to be troublesome." Cana told Lucy with a comforting smile on her face while using her right hand to gently rub her girlfriend's left shoulder.
Mirajane responded in an apologetic manner while looking at Cana with a disappointed facial expression, "Sorry, Cana, but I can't join you. There's something that I have to do, and Lisanna will run the bar during my absence. However, I can stamp your job's flyer before leaving."
Lucy replied to Cana with a soft smile on her face while making herself stand up straight, "You're probably right, Cana. I need to look towards the future, and that means I can't lack confidence anymore. Also, you're my teammate and I can't let you down. In those woods, you'll see me at my absolute best."
Cana decided to hug Lucy from behind, liking that response, and that caused the stellar mage's cheeks to blush cherry pink. She wore a white T-shirt with dark green capri pants to match, liking how they weren't too tight, and Lucy decided to wear those pants before coming to the guild. When she arrived at Cana's dorm room in Fairy Hills to wake her up, Lucy saw them slightly being out of the drawer. Since she thought they looked nice, Lucy took off her blue jeans to wear Cana's pants. The best part about the capri pants was that they really showed off her rump, though.
Lucy felt Cana end the brief hug, and she turned around to face her while liking how they were so close to each other. Cana wore a white bra with some pink capri pants to match, and her sandals were brown. Lucy also wore some sandals, but they were yellow. Cana unpinned the flyer from the board, and she walked over to the counter where Mira would stamp the job for it to be officially in the team's records. Cana felt slightly nervous about this job in the Kazehana Woods, but assuring Lucy that this job of collecting mint laves would have a different outcome than last time was more important right now. Just like in the hot springs of Suikane Town, Cana would help Lucy get over her past mistakes and her fears.
One hour later, in the Fairy Tail guild...
Since Lucy and Cana went out of the guild, that gave Natsu some time to continue with planning something quite special for them. He stood in front of the bar while looking at a white banner that was on the table, and Lisanna was currently looking at a nearby kit of paint colors while thinking about what to paint on it. Wishing that Lucy and Cana had a great engagement would probably come out of nowhere, especially since the two girls didn't even seem to have wedding plans, and Lisanna didn't want to make them be stunned by the sign's message.
She also wondered about what would be the best designs for decorating the sign, smiling as she thought of making it be filled with red cherries, and Lisanna even thought of putting cute pink hearts all over the banner. The youngest Strauss sibling was standing in front of the table that had the kit of paint, which was close to where the banner was located, but Lisanna looked at Natsu to see him give her a puzzled facial expression about what to put on the banner. That matter could be saved for last, though, and that is what Natsu decided to do.
He watched Gray and Juvia enter the guild with smiles on their faces, both of the mages feeling good about the task that they would take together, and Natsu watched Juvia go towards the request board. That prompted him to walk away from the bar for the purpose of talking to Gray, and Natsu would be glad to tell his ice-wielding rival that they were moving smoothly with the plan of doing something nice for Lucy and Cana. Natsu was keeping the rings in some jewelry boxes that Lisanna bought for him last night, and he just hoped that Gray would handle his fair share of the plan.
Gray looked at Natsu with a calm facial expression, before giving him a thumbs-up to inform him that he was done with his part of their plan, and Gray merely ordered food from some good restaurants that were also open during the nighttime. He chose to order delicious types of food from those particular restaurants because of how Natsu told him that he saw Lucy with Cana on their first nightly date, and Gray really believed that the girls would like several plates of hot food at this event. As Gray was about to ask Natsu if the cake was still cold, the interior of the guildhall made him slightly frown.
"If this is going to be a special event, then shouldn't there be more decorations in the guildhall?" Gray asked Natsu while he looked somewhat disappointed, thinking that the guild would've looked amazing.
Natsu exclaimed in a shocked manner while he also looked appalled at Gray's question, "Well, ice stripper, I didn't imagine that we'd have to decorate the entire guildhall! Maybe we need bowls of flowers on the tables, or maybe ribbons around the walls and request board would look good to you!"
Gray replied calmly with a nice smile on his face while his dark blue eyes showed amazement, "Flame-brain, you just had good ideas in the middle of your complaining! We could totally do that to make the guildhall look better."
Before Natsu had his chance to gladly suggest that roses were the ideal flowers for this situation, Gray took notice of Juvia happily running up to him with a sapphire blue flyer in her left hand. Gray could only guess that the flyer was sent by Mirenu, who wanted Juvia to run another errand for her, and Natsu got to see Gray's cheeks blush light pink from thinking that the task would involve swimming with Mirenu to help her enjoy exercising. Juvia looked delighted about this particular task, especially since Mirenu would reward her for just showing up.
Juvia nicely told Gray that Mirenu was going to make announcements in Mizu Galleon, but she would not tell him that the back of the flyer had a little note from her sultry mistress. Mirenu nicely thanked Juvia for all of her hard work, and she also liked how Juvia seemed to enjoy their private sessions more than she did in the beginning of her job as the assistant. Mirenu's note also praised Juvia for smartly suggesting that the candidates shouldn't be handcuffed together while working in pairs, but she'd save the handcuffs for another matter.
Gray's cheeks lost their blush as he wondered about when Mirenu would make those announcements, and he didn't want to be late for whatever the mistress of Mizu Galleon might say. If Juvia wasn't on time, then Mirenu might fire her for missing some important information. Gray thought about how it would be better for him to say that it was entirely his fault that Juvia was late, and that would probably cause Mirenu to show her some leniency. However, she would probably seduce Gray with her love to where he would vow to be punctual around her.
Since Gray didn't want to start imagining the thought of Mirenu seducing him again, he kindly smiled at Natsu before running out of the guild with Juvia. Gray held Juvia's right hand with his left hand, which caused her whole face to be filled with a pink blush, and she started to comically imagine Gray telling Mirenu that he would be glad to help Juvia out with her task of preparing a romantic picnic, and Juvia simply smiled in a happy manner at the thought of feeding food to Gray. The duo went down the stairs quite fast to reach the dirt path, leaving Natsu to just have a surprised facial expression while thinking out loud.
"Well, Gray seems to be enjoying how Juvia works for that woman. She probably gets paid well for doing stuff, but those other rewards must be really awesome." Natsu said aloud to himself while looking surprised, before turning around to smile cheerfully about how things were going well.
Lisanna told Natsu in a calm tone, smiling softly as she walked back to the bar, "Well, Natsu, being the assistant to a guild mistress is like working for a famous person. Juvia once told me how Mirenu made her strip bare after using Water Magic to catch a giant fish, and Mirenu gave Juvia a full-body massage before they got steamy."
Natsu replied with an excited facial expression, thinking something different, "Juvia got a massage while some flames were around the table for it to be hot, and she got to bathe in a hot spring! Man, she gets awesome rewards."
Lisanna let out a soft sigh of disappointment from how he didn't correctly interpret the meaning of her words, and she simply continued to stare at the blank banner that would be hung above the bar. Aside from the cake that would be placed on the counter, there were currently no other desserts on the list of things that needed to be purchased. Lisanna had a calm look in her cute blue eyes while thinking of calling Gray on her Communications Lacrima Crystal, but Lisanna would probably just ask Elfman to do it when he was finished with his job in Magnolia Town.
As Lisanna turned her attention to some beer mugs that needed to be cleaned with the white rag, she started smiling softly from thinking that Mira was probably going to enjoy herself on the errand that she had to handle. Lisanna hoped that her older sister would have fun on that job, but she did start to have curiosity in her eyes about where Mira had to go. She would normally tell her siblings about certain jobs that she had to handle on her own, but Mira didn't inform Lisanna or Elfman about where she'd go today. Mirajane actually wanted Lisanna to not be in the situation, since she would have no reason to get some payback that was really needed.
Two hours later, in the Mizu Galleon guild...
The guildhall of Mizu Galleon had blue carpeting with sapphire blue walls to match, just like in Mirenu's bedroom, and the round tables were light blue while the wizards of this guild calmly talked to each other about various topics. They sat down at the tables while not paying any mind to how Mirenu was at the dark blue counter that stood across from the entrance doors, but some of the female mages did show their praise for Mirenu when she came downstairs. Mirenu merely stared at everyone who had gathered in the guildhall, even seeing a mage that she didn't recognize be at a table by herself, but she slightly smiled from how her guild was mostly filled with women right now.
She used some of her Water Magic to create a small bubble in her right hand, and Mirenu gave it enough density to where it would seem hard like iron. She made her bubble harshly clink against an empty blue champagne glass that was on the counter, breaking the glass to where its loud sound got everyone's attention, and Mirenu cleared her throat before stating her announcements. She wanted her guild members to be pleased with her actions, so she would just announce one thing at a time. The guild mistress rung the small bell in her left hand, almost like a signal, and Mirenu felt like she could now make her announcement.
"Attention, my lovely mages of Mizu Galleon. You're all most likely of how I've been in such a good mood, but there is one matter that recently irked me. You see, somebody decided to have enough willpower to defy an order about giving out a reward for me. You can all just get a reminder of how I like to handle disobedience." Mirenu explained to the guild members in a calm tone, before starting to faintly smirk at the groans of a woman who crawled from a nearby hallway to not miss the announcement.
Erza asked Mirenu in a frustrated manner while crawling on her hands and knees, not liking the heavy handcuffs and shackles that were respectively placed on her wrists and and ankles, "Why are you making me wear these, Mirenu? Aren't my bra and panties enough of a uniform for you to perceive me as your bitch?"
Mirenu told Erza in a calm manner as she began to frown, trying to hide her smirk of delight, "Erza, be a good dog and come here. Your mistress has something for you."
Erza mustered up the willpower to quickly crawl over to Mirenu's left leg, panting with her tongue out like an animal from how the handcuffs weighed her down, and a black metal collar was also around her neck. The chains on the handcuffs and shackles were making soft noises while she crawled, and Erza raised her head to look up at Mirenu. The woman with light blue hair smiled nicely while raising her right hand high in the air, before bringing it down to make her hand slap Erza across the face, and Mirenu's slap left a red bruise underneath Erza's left eye.
As Erza felt the harsh slap bring pain to her face, she fell backwards while wondering what she did to deserve that. Erza may have fulfilled the task of telling all of the women in the guildhall that she was Mirenu's new slave, but the fact that she got kisses on the lips from some of those women didn't make her defiant. The stern woman refused to give a new female wizard her nice reward for completing her first mission that had actually been quite dangerous, and Mirenu wanted Erza to give it out because of how that clashed with her scheduled bath in the hot springs.
When Mirenu asked that female mage if her reward was nice, she had surprised Mirenu by telling her that she never received it. The fact that Erza didn't even do it late at night really made Mirenu feel miffed, and she wouldn't tolerate that defiance. She wore her brown houndstooth bikini while proceeding to sit on Erza's face, pressing her ass down on it, and Mirenu put the bell down on the counter before stroking Erza's left leg with her left hand. She watched Erza's body start to shake with pleasure, and Mirenu kindly told her to just relax. She continued to stroke Erza's leg in a tender manner, which made her let out a groan that she tried to suppress, and Mirenu sexily smiled.
She got off of Erza and faced the counter, really wanting to punish her, and Mirenu correctly guessed that Erza would stand up while she took in a breath of air. Mirenu swung her left foot backwards for it to harshly kick Erza in the chest, before quickly taking steps back to slam her rump against Erza's pussy, and the force of her attacks was strong enough to make Erza be sent flying backwards to where she crashed into a wooden table. Mirenu turned to face her bruised servant while giving her a look of disapproval, and Erza stayed on all fours while being intimidated by Mirenu's eyes that showed no mercy.
"Erza, why did you not kiss that girl who deserved her reward? Do you not find her to be stronger than a submissive woman like you, or are you too hesitant to kiss her?" Mirenu asked her in a calm tone while walking towards the damaged table, prepared to use higher-level spells if Erza gave her a bad answer.
Erza responded softly while proceeding to stay on all fours, looking at the door to avoid Mirenu's gaze, "I... I'm still trying to fight my feelings for you. Kissing a woman is something I can't enjoy, Mirenu, but I'll kiss that girl to keep you from killing me. Let her do what she wants to me, Mistress Mirenu."
Mirenu replied to Erza while smiling in a seductive manner, liking what Erza said while her ass cheeks began to blush pink, "You just have to let these feelings consume you, my bitch. You're so weak that you can barely fight me, and I've been towering over you in your dreams. I'll let you kiss that girl, and maybe you'll just let the taste of a woman flow through you to where it will feel like you're in a hot spring."
The mistress of Mizu Galleon turned to her left to see a pink-haired girl who was around Erza's age, and her hair went all the way down to her back while she wore a brown dress that only had her brown bra and brown panties underneath it. This girl's eyes were also brown, and she slowly got up from the table while making eye contact with Mirenu. Everyone watched her walk towards Erza, who shook her ass at the girl to encourage her that she needed to do this, and the girl's name was Risa Yosuga. They would most likely share one kiss, and Risa started to smile while thinking that the famous Erza Scarlet wouldn't be too rough with it.
Risa walked around to where she could face Erza, before squatting down to make eye contact, and she felt Erza give her a soft kiss on the lips. Erza felt Risa return the kiss while starting to blush, loving how Risa had sweet lips that tasted like strawberry wine, and Erza's eyes widened in shock from how Risa escalated the intensity of it. She even used her hands to push Erza's body upward, before making her fall back on to the floor while their lips still touched, and Erza's hair came out of the upward ponytail. She felt Risa gently be on her, and Erza sweated profusely while blushing.
As Risa broke the kiss and moved her left hand down to Erza's panties, she smiled while making that hand go under Erza's back to grope her butt in a gentle manner. Erza bit down on her lower lip, trying to suppress a moan, but feeling her underwear start to be wet from pleasure made Erza gently close her eyes. She let Risa grope her ass while her touch felt nice, and Erza gave in to the warm feelings that flowed throughout her body. She let out a nice sigh while gently moving her legs around, and Risa soon got off of her while blushing pink from kissing the former Fairy Tail wizard.
Mirenu watched Risa go back to her seat, before using her left hand to gently pat her head, and she watched Erza roll on to her stomach. Erza got on all fours while her face became filled with a pink blush, and she started to gaze up at Mirenu like she was a goddess. Erza even imagined Mirenu standing on a pedestal while she was naked, and the fantasy of getting to touch her smooth skin made feelings of admiration enter the eyes of the woman who was nicknamed Titania. Erza crawled forward while hearing her mistress start to giggle at how she truly behaved like a dog, which would keep her from getting killed, but what happened next wouldn't keep her from getting humiliated.
"Excuse me, Mistress Mirenu, but don't you think that Erza's punishment should be colder or harsher? If you're dominating over your new servant, don't you need a nice whip for the bondage?" Mirajane asked nicely while getting out of her chair, not minding that Erza was stunned to hear her voice.
Erza started to say in a somewhat worried tone, trying to fight the heavy weight of her shackles, "Mirenu, you don't have to make me be punished in harsher ways. Really, I'm fine with this."
Mirenu responded with a devious smirk on her face while thinking about that suggestion, shifting her attention to Erza, "That's actually not a bad idea for how I can punish you, Erza. If I whip you, then you certainly won't have anymore decisions that involve defying me."
Mirajane had changed into a black bondage outfit before getting on the train that would take her to Suikane Town, even wearing black stockings that went all the way up to her thighs, and she also wore some black high-heeled shoes to complete the outfit. Mirajane also held a black whip in her right hand, but it was rolled up while she started walking towards Erza. Mira thought about using the spell known as Satan Soul to be in her demonic form, but she realized that Erza saw it several times to where it probably wouldn't make her feel scared.
The sight of Mira in a bondage outfit did scare Erza, especially when Mirenu took some steps back to let Mira stand in front of her, and the barmaid unrolled her black whip to where Erza could see that it was at least ten inches in length. Mira raised her right arm upward while Erza rolled on to her stomach for the purpose of not getting hit in the face, but anything that Erza did would be futile. Everyone in the guild got to hear Mira crack that whip against Erza's left leg, which caused her to let out a scream of pain, and Mira even whipped Erza's right leg when she attempted to crawl away.
Mira gave three more harsh whippings to both of Erza's legs, actually loving how she was screaming, and Mira soon dropped her whip to the ground. She knelt down on the blue carpeting, before raising her left arm upward, and Mira aggressively slapped Erza's butt cheeks with that hand. She hit her quite hard to where Erza clenched her teeth, not wanting to elicit more screams, and Erza soon gasped in shock from feeling Mira's fingers be on the lace that lined her white panties. Mirajane pulled Erza's underwear down, exposing her large butt to everyone, and Mira made those panties go all the way down to where they were touching Erza's shackles.
Erza felt Mira roughly slap her ass cheeks two more times, feeling the bruises sting with a burning sensation, and Mira made a violet aura of Darkness Magic engulf her hands as she continued to smack Erza's ass. The magical power in her slaps amplified their intensity, as well as helping Mira make Erza feel like her ass was burning, but Mira was only getting started with making Erza receive karma for her horrible actions. She pushed the index finger of her left hand into Erza's asshole, pumping it in and out at a fast rate, and Erza's knuckles were against the ground while Mira used the index and middle fingers of her right hand to pump Erza's pussy roughly.
"Mira, you're going so fast... Ohhhhh... This is so rough, but I can't fight how I feel like I want more..." Erza stated in a pleasured tone while blushing, sweating profusely as her fast movements made her boobs bounce forward and backward.
That caused Mirajane to reply with a somewhat sadistic smile on her face, feeling glad to finally get payback, "It's good to see that you're someone's bitch now, Erza, but I just wish that it was all on video. That would certainly be nice for us all to see, especially since you're like Mizu Galleon's whore. Although, get your own orb for this."
Erza responded with a stunned facial expression, before letting out several hot breaths, "That's why you're here, Mira? You must think that humiliating me will make things better for Lucy, but I don't even care about how she was embarrassed in Fairy Tail. She hit me with her big ass in the desert, and she deserved it after making me feel that smooth skin covered in warm honey."
Mirenu got to see Mirajane cease with pumping her fingers in and out of Erza, but that was not because of how Erza start to feel her orgasm build up. Mira frowned in a disapproving manner from hearing Erza not care how she affected Lucy's emotional state, and she clenched her fists tightly while really wanting Erza to feel the same amount of pain that was dealt to Lucy on that tense night. Physical pain wasn't what Mirajane mainly wanted Erza to experience, however, and she slowly turned around while the violet aura began to fade away from her hands.
Risa was one of the mages who seemed very curious about why Mira stopped attacking Erza, and she let her eyes follow the sight of Mira getting up from the carpet to walk towards the guild's counter. Mira went up to it like she planned to take Risa's upcoming shift as the barmaid, but she went around to the back of the counter and noticed some bottles on a back shelf. They were not all bottles of booze, even though they seemed tall enough to hold good amounts of alcohol, and Mira simply picked up a brown glass bottle that had tons of liquid swishing inside of it.
She opened the bottle for a moment to smell its contents, only to hastily put the black bottle cap back on, and Mira simply walked out from behind the counter with a frown that showed her desire for vengeance. Mira glared down at Erza while thinking about all the stories that she heard in Fairy Tail, such as how Lucy got pushed into an ice cold lake for chastising Erza, and Mira held the bottle tightly while thinking that Erza would never have the guts to push her into a lake. If Erza felt good about unleashing her frustrations on weaker people, then she needed to be doused in her own sadism.
Erza turned over on her back while using some of her strength to be on her knees, closing her eyes to avoid the possible scenario of the bottle's broken shards being used by Mira to impale her, and she got to hear the sound of Mira's boots going across the carpet. The soft sound of Mira opening the bottle again made Erza gasp in shock while opening her eyes, quickly looking at Mirenu with a pleading facial expression while begging her to stop this, but Mirenu merely folded her arms and seemed to not care. The fact that Erza did other misdeeds that didn't involve disobedience to Mirenu made the sultry mistress feel like it wasn't right for her to intervene right now, and she doubted that Mira would kill Erza without having another female guild member in Fairy Tail to offer as a slave.
Erza exclaimed in a repulsed tone while the liquid was poured all over her body, watching it make her hair and skin become charred in a brown color, "This stuff smells horrible, Mira! Whatever it is, it's so warm and you'll regret doing this to me!"
Mira replied nicely as she started to smile in a pleased manner, her blue eyes noticing the bottle's label, "It's eel fish sauce, Erza. It smells bad, but that shouldn't bother you because of how you have a putrid personality."
Erza groaned in a stern manner, before stating to Mira with rage in her eyes, "When I get free from these restraints, you'll regret what you've done. Mira, don't act like you're better than me. I bet that Mirenu's giving me these weights to make me get stronger, and I'll come to Fairy Tail to give you a beating. Afterwards, I'll surprise Lucy in her apartment to give her rough sex that she can't refuse. If that slut tries to push me off, then my muscles will crush her body and-"
Before Erza could finish that last threat, Mirajane picked up the black whip and made it crack loudly from hitting Erza's skin. She struck her arms and legs with it in a harsh way, making red burn marks and bruise marks appear, and Mira frowned while Erza screamed in a pained manner. Mirajane continued to hit her with the whip while frowning, not minding that cuts started to appear on Erza's skin, and Mira gave her a final whipping to the face. Erza's left cheek now had a red bruise that looked quite painful, and Mira gave her one last look of shame before walking out of the Mizu Galleon guild.
As Mira left the guild with several wizards silently viewing her as extremely scary, Mirenu walked towards Erza while seductively smiling at how she looked quite weak. Erza hated how she had been beaten down, but kneeling in front of Mirenu made Erza realize that she truly couldn't fight against how her new mistress was making her feel like she needed to be submissive. Not talking back to Mira would've probably been a good idea, and it would've made Mirenu feel calm enough to announce the S-Class exam. She would also announce that Erza was her new slave who got to eat strawberry cake and drink beverages from doggy dishes, but the sight of Gray and Juvia entering the guild made her feel like those things could be announced to ease the tension. Before that could be done, however, Mirenu did politely order Erza to take a shower for a few hours after being healed.
Meanwhile, in the Kazehana Woods...
Lucy and Cana walked past several trees that had green mint leaves on them, liking how the plants made the woods smell quite sweet, and feeling some breezes blow past them only caused the minty aroma to enter their nostrils. Cana inhaled the scent of the mint leaves while smiling softly, really liking how these were the leaves that were primarily used by certain mages to make chocolate treats that were infused with a mint flavor, and she wouldn't forget to take a plentiful amount of leaves to the nearest town that had a dessert shop.
As Cana walked down a calm path with Lucy, she noticed that her girlfriend still had anxiety in her eyes while they walked down the quiet route together. Cana held Lucy's right hand with her left hand to assure her that nothing would go wrong on this job, and she happily smiled at Lucy while feeling confident about how there were going to be many leaves for them to collect from the largest tree in the woods. Lucy softly smiled at Cana while trying to be positive about how she was back in these woods again, and she only chose to not say negative things because of how that might lead to the team experiencing failure.
Lucy let her brown eyes shift to the left while hearing the wind make the trees rustle, and she rested her head on to Cana's left shoulder while hoping to be protected. Cana merely let out a cute giggle from how Lucy's head was on her shoulder, and her cheeks blushed light pink while she playfully pulled Lucy closer to her. That simply caused Lucy's cheeks to blush pink, and her soft smile started to become a happier facial expression while she started to think about how the situation was truly different from the previous time.
Not only was Cana with her, but they worked well together on jobs that they decided to handle as a team. That was quite different from how Erza was the source of dysfunction in Team Natsu before they decided to disband, so Lucy did start to feel better about this situation. She also liked how Cana always seemed to be quite confident, such as when she used the Fairy Glitter spell to break the Magic Power Finder in the Grand Magic Games, and Lucy gently sniffed Cana's lovely perfume while being so glad that she cheered her on in the Grand Magic Games.
"Lucy, I can see the tree! Let's go get those leaves, and then we'll get our reward money!" Cana told her in a happy manner, before quickly running towards the tree that was at the end of the path.
Lucy replied with a happy look in her eyes, seeing the tree up ahead to be full of leaves, "Cana, you were totally right! We're the first team to reach the tree today, and we'll get to pick the sweetest mint leaves! I'm so happy to where I could kiss you!"
Cana responded in a teasing manner while being flirty, thinking of a nice way for them to celebrate, "You can chew on the longest mint leaf from one end, and I'll eat it from the other side. I hope that my sweet mint breath will feel like sugar going on to your lips, sweetie."
Lucy blushed more from the thought of that, as they already went through the romantic activity of eating ice cream together, and she simply let out a giggle of happiness from the thought of enjoying a minty kiss with Cana. The girls kept running towards the tree, and Lucy's eyes became filled with delight from how the tree looked alive. It had many mint green leaves on it while not looking like a dead tree anymore, and that was actually because of some mages who used their Plant Magic to regrow the tree. They even made it slightly bigger than before, which was nice.
When Cana reached the large tree with Lucy, she noticed how a small breeze only made one leaf fall from the tree. There had to be a quicker way of getting those leaves down to the ground, and Cana pulled out her new deck of cards from the right pocket of her pink capri pants. She smiled at her cards while watching Lucy take the card from the top of the deck, and Cana watched Lucy gasp in a happy manner while seeing the card. That was just a Wind Card, which could create wind, but Lucy felt like it could be used in a good way.
Lucy aimed the card at the tree while focusing her magical power into it, and she was pushed back by the force of the spell. A vortex of mint green winds emerged from the card, and it went towards the mint leaves that were on the tree. The vortex broke through one of the tree's large branches, making a good amount of leaves fall to the ground, and Lucy got to see the vortex's winds fade away after hitting their target. Cana ran towards the branch that fell to the ground while smiling in a victorious manner, definitely glad to be on a team with Lucy, and she briefly squatted down to pick up clumps of leaves that would go in her shoulder bag.
As Cana started to put the leaves into her bag that was covered in beautiful blue feathers, Lucy ran over to her while having a happy smile on her face. Upon seeing the leaves, Lucy could only dance in a playful manner about how she and Cana were successful at this job. She put more clumps of leaves into Cana's bag, filling it to the top, and Lucy watched her girlfriend stand up while looking quite cheerful. Lucy could only put her hands on Cana's shoulders in a gentle manner that was also affectionate, and she only felt happiness from how Cana liked her decision to use that card.
"We did great on this job, Cana. I may have been in these woods before, but I couldn't succeed here without you." Lucy told her lover in a calm tone while smiling softly, feeling grateful to have Cana around.
Cana replied to Lucy with a confident smile on her face while wrapping her arms around her waist, "We'll always do great on jobs, Lucy. It's because of how we work well together, and my life was actually kinda boring before that night you gave me the cherry from your milkshake. You make my life better, too, my sweet Lucy."
Lucy responded nicely while blushing, her eyes twinkling with delight, "You're the best girlfriend ever, Cana. After we get back to your dorm room, we can drink booze and eat cherries to make the situation be very sweet."
Both of the girls closed their eyes while slowly moving their lips towards each other, ready to share their latest kiss that would make feelings of bliss to occur, but they were suddenly interrupted by the sound of someone clapping their hands in a slow manner. Lucy and Cana soon heard the footsteps of two other people approaching them from the other path in the woods that led to the tree, and Cana turned to them while narrowing her violet eyes. When Lucy took notice of who those people were, however, her eyes widened in shock.
One of those people wore an orange jean jacket with light green jeans, and the dark green sneakers that he wore also complimented his dark green hair that been in a moptop style. This guy was Ryōhei Bihaeng, and he simply looked smug while his female partner finished rudely clapping at how they were getting to see a cute romance happen in the Kazehana Woods. Lucy made her eyes look at Kazumi Cui, a woman who had wavy hair that was light green, and noticing her light green T-shirt that had the lime green skirt to match only made Lucy see that the past came back to haunt her. Kazumi's emerald green flat shoes still looked quite clean, and she took steps forward with Ryōhei to really see who got here before them.
As Kazumi noticed Lucy putting her right hand in the right pocket of her green capri pants to pull out the ring that her golden keys were on, the woman with smugness in her forest green eyes could only start to smirk in a mean way from recognizing Lucy. Kazumi honestly never expected to see her in these woods again, especially after how the other members of Team Natsu took harsh beatings in that fight, and she did her best to refrain from laughing. Ryōhei felt like it was troublesome to see another team be here, and seeing the high amount of leaves in Cana's shoulder bag only made him give the girls a threatening look about how they couldn't take anymore leaves.
Cana hadn't forgotten about that morning where she was in Lucy's apartment, and hearing about how those two mages seemed pretty greedy to satisfy a client only made her start to smile in a confident manner. Even though Kazumi was trying not to laugh, Cana could tell that she was underestimating the team from Fairy Tail. Lucy felt Cana's right hand touch her left hand in an assuring manner while it felt quite warm, and Lucy began to narrow her brown eyes at the mages. Even if they wanted some leaves, taking some from one single branch would be enough.
"Well, Ryōhei, it looks like we have to deal with the blonde wimp who came back to get the same rough beating that we gave to her pathetic crew." Kazumi arrogantly told her partner, looking quite smug as she eyed Lucy.
Cana responded for Lucy with a stern look on her face, slightly stepping forward, "You're the wimps who won't be defeating us, and we'll fight you in a tag-team battle."
Ryōhei told Cana and Lucy while smirking in a cocky manner, pulling his left arm backward, "Just because you're women, don't assume that I'll go easy on you."
Lucy started off the battle by pulling out the golden keys that were on a silver ring, and she took one key off of the ring while feeling more confident about winning. She quickly opened the Gate of The Lion, which summoned Loke, and Lucy hoped that the strength of this spirit could help her end this battle quickly. The orange-haired spirit with hazel eyes appeared in front of Lucy, smiling nicely while he'd be happy to fight for her, and Loke rushed towards the opponents. Ryōhei made some green winds appear in his left hand while the sight of Loke didn't faze him, and he simply stood still.
The green winds formed a mint green orb in his hand, and Ryōhei stretched his left arm forward. The orb propelled off of his hand at high speeds to harshly strike Loke in the chest, before becoming a spiraling vortex of mint green winds, and the vortex detonated to create a mint green blast that was of an average size. Ryōhei unleashed a gust of wind from his mouth to blow away the clouds of smoke, liking how Loke was bruised up from that attack, and he moved his hands in a slow manner like he was directing the wind in the area.
Cana used this time to look through her cards, finding a white one that had a picture of a golden ring on it, and she surprised everyone by throwing this card at Lucy's feet. Lucy watched the card glow in a golden color while its ability was sent into her, and a golden ring started to float above her head. She curiously looked at Cana, who merely smiled about using that card, and Lucy wondered if Cana didn't attack the foes because of how she wanted to see the types of spells that they would be wielding. This fight seemed to be looking rough, and it was definitely going to be difficult.
Ryōhei concentrated the air to blow towards Loke in the form of a massive gust that sent him flying upward, and Ryōhei aimed his left hand at the spirit while firing five projectiles. They were mint green wings that flew through the air at rapid speeds, before curving upward to be above Loke, and the attractive spirit used his Regulus magic to activate a move known as Lion Brilliance. Loke released a large amount of light that covered a wide radius, blinding everyone's eyes, and Ryōhei wasn't able to properly aim his projectiles now. Many rays of light made contact with the golden ring that was floating above Lucy's head, causing it to glow just as brightly, and a golden aura engulfed her body.
"What's going on here, Cana?" Lucy asked in a curious tone while slightly opening her eyes to see her body surrounded by this aura.
Cana explained with her eyes closed, waiting for the light to fade away, "It's the Celestial Lotus Card, Lucy. When a spell of Celestial Spirit Magic strikes that ring in any way, it's said to amplify your magical power and throw in some bonuses."
Kazumi told the girls in a cocky manner while keeping her eyes shut, overhearing Cana's words, "Your new ability won't matter, and we can defeat you pretty easily!"
As the light faded away, Kazumi opened her eyes and placed her right hand on the ground to absorb Plant Magic from the roots in the ground. She looked straight at Lucy, who also opened her eyes, and Kazumi fired several sharp-edged green leaves from her mouth. Lucy nearly panicked at the sight of the leaves spinning towards her like they would harshly slice her skin, but her cocoa brown eyes became hazel while seeing the image of a new spell for a split second. Lucy placed her hands in front of her chest in a defensive manner while focusing her magical power into them, and that ended up causing something interesting to happen.
Two grey pillars rose up from the ground while a golden wall of celestial energy was between them, and the emblem of a yellow star was in the middle of this move that was called Stellar Shield. The golden wall glowed when the leaves made contact with it, before it became pale green, and it stretched backwards right before bouncing the projectiles off of it. They were sent back at Kazumi, who looked stunned to see that happen, and seven golden blasts of celestial energy transpired around her! She screamed in pain while being stunned at what just transpired, and Cana opened her eyes just in time to see the last blast.
She looked over at Lucy, who comically dropped her jaw while the shield faded away, and Cana felt pretty glad to have bought this new deck of cards on the night that she came back from the wilds with Lucy. Celestial Lotus was also a spell in some of the books that pertained to Celestial Spirit Magic, too. Lucy curiously looked down at the aura around her hands while wondering what other new spells resulted from this new ability, She hoped to use them, but Lucy wouldn't use them recklessly. (A/N: I know that these spells aren't canon for Lucy, but please go along with it.)
Ryōhei allowed his eyes to see the situation, shocked that Kazumi was hurt by that attack, and he dispelled the heavy winds that kept Loke floating in the air. He lowered his left hand down to his side for the projectiles to fall down towards Loke, but Ryōhei got to see the spirit swiftly evade them. Loke watched the mint green blasts occur, and he decided to return to the Celestial Spirit World for the purpose of not draining Lucy's magical power while she used her spells. As Loke's little role in the fight ended, Cana chose to smile while throwing down one card that had a picture of the ground breaking apart.
"I'm going to activate this Earthquake Card, and it should certainly rock the battle quite hard!" Cana exclaimed fiercely while aiming her left hand at the card, sending magical power into it.
Kazumi shouted as she was badly bruised from the earlier attack, not intending to lose, "If you're gonna destroy the ground, then that's perfect for us!"
Ryōhei added smugly while resisting the urge to laugh, having dealt with Earth Magic before, "Just try to shake up this battle with tremors, and you'll get maimed by my winds!"
Cana's card that involved Earth Magic shook the ground quite violently, breaking it apart to where several cracks in the brown ground could be seen, and several chunks of earth were dangerous to walk on because of how the magic would make them be explosive. That did not stop Kazumi, however, and she kept kneeling down while placing her hands on the ground. She surprised Cana and Lucy by quickly making four green plant roots emerge from the broken ground that was right in front of them, but Kazumi was surprised to see Cana aggressively kick Lucy away with her right foot.
As Lucy rolled across the ground, she quickly stood up to hear Cana groan in pain. One of the plant roots wrapped itself around her waist while the other two tightly constricted her legs. Kazumi moved her right hand upward to raise those roots higher up from the ground, and they were covered in dark green thorns. The last plant root had a tight grip on Cana's right hand that mainly held her cards, causing her enough pain to where some of them fell from her grasp, and Cana could only watch Ryōhei carry out his attack.
He fired a mint green tornado from his right hand, before making it go towards Cana at high speeds, and Ryōhei watched her get struck by his attack! It created a mint green blast of energy while Cana screamed in pain, but the attack wasn't done. The winds of the blast were absorbed into Ryōhei's right hand. He proceeded to unleash crescent-shaped blades of wind from that wind, and they looked quite powerful. They all struck Cana consecutively, causing her to feel tremendous pain, and six mint green blasts occurred around her while the slicing winds even made cuts be on her skin. They sliced the roots that captured her, however, and Cana fell to the ground.
Lucy narrowed her hazel eyes while seeing the image of a new spell in her mind, and she aimed her left hand at Ryōhei. The wind-wielding mage was surprised to see a golden sphere appear in Lucy's right hand, and three golden stars soon floated around it while forming a triangle. Lucy ran towards Ryōhei while holding the sphere, dodging to the left for the purpose of avoiding a small tornado that he unleashed from his mouth, and Lucy felt herself run at high speeds while looking intent on making her foes pay for hurting Cana. When Lucy got close to Ryōhei, she swerved to her left and avoided the punch that he swung in her direction. She slammed the sphere against his chest, watching the attack quickly detonate in a golden blast that was quite large, and Lucy wasted no time with running back to check on her girlfriend.
"Cana, are you okay? Do you think that we should run away?" Lucy asked her in a worried tone while looking concerned, not wanting Cana to possibly die.
Cana replied softly while she slowly got back on her feet, "Lucy, we're not running from this fight. You were happy to take this job because of how you ended up getting the leaves for us, and now you're fully facing the past. You're going to defeat your enemies from that day, Lucy, and I'll be happy to help you kick their asses."
Lucy responded calmly as she turned around to see the smoke clearing, wondering what could really be done, "This fight is really getting difficult, and it would be better if we could use our own special techniques to beat them."
At that moment, Lucy envisioned another spell in her mind while Cana proceeded to pick up one of her cards. Upon seeing Kazumi get back on her feet, Lucy decided to activate her newest spell now. It was known as Celestial Falling Stars, and Lucy looked straight up while recalling a spell that sounded similar. She shot out a golden ball of energy from her mouth while watching it go upward, and Lucy watched it burst into several projectiles that would go back down to the ground in the form of gold meteorites. Several of them struck Ryōhei, causing him to yell in pain from their power, and the golden blasts that engulfed him were also quite bright to where he had to close his eyes.
Kazumi fired ten green seeds from her hands, and they were engulfed in a dark green aura while she aimed them at the female protagonists. Kazumi's seeds hit the ground, before sprouting into tornadoes of leaves were quite tall, and they felt the impact of the meteorites. Kazumi's leaf tornadoes ended up being evenly matched with Lucy's attack, as neither side was able to break through, and she groaned in frustration while firing two more green seeds from her hands. They sprouted into leaf tornadoes, before aggressively heading towards Lucy, and Cana looked ready to retaliate.
She applied magical power to a card that was known as the Blue Sky Bomb Card, and that card caused Cana to shoot out a sky blue ball of energy from her mouth. It spun rapidly in a clockwise direction while the air around it only made the size of the spell grow twice as large, and the Blue Sky Bomb spun much faster. It sliced right through Kazumi's leaf tornadoes while absorbing more air, and it struck her quite harshly before creating a massive blast of sky blue energy! That card was actually made by someone who liked seeing Wendy's Sky Dragon Slayer Magic during the third day of the Grand Magic Games, and it came with a nice side effect.
It increased Cana's energy to where she could move much faster, and the alcohol-loving woman ran towards Ryōhei. He managed to stand up in time to see that she was about to attack, and the arrogant male pushed her backwards with a strong gust of ind from his left hand. He ran over to Kazumi while the smoke cleared, believing that they really needed to bet everything on a combination move for them to get those leaves, and he briefly engulfed Kazumi in some mint green Wind Magic that would heal all of her wounds. She was soon able to stand up while the smoke began to fade away, and Ryōhei made Wind Magic engulf his body for him to heal. As he turned to face Lucy and Cana, Ryōhei felt like he could combine his best move with Kazumi's spell to end this fight.
"Well, Blondie, you're going to get the honor of seeing this move for a second time. Feel the power of this wind attack, and you may recall it to be Aero Aegis!" Ryōhei told her in a stern tone while not intending to lose, thinking that this attack would end the battle.
Kazumi added with a frown on her face, reminding Lucy of last time, "Botanical Blast sent that mighty red-haired woman falling to her knees, and her armor couldn't fight against it. Let's see if you'll risk making it explode."
Lucy told them both in a confident tone while smiling, believing that her teamwork with Cana wouldn't go to waste, "Cana and I have worked very hard as a team, and she has always had the strength to help me out many times. Romance has bloomed between us, but I must also have a protective heart to assist her when she needs me!"
Ryōhei took some steps forward, stretching his arms out in opposite directions, and he made two mint green orbs of Wind Magic form in his hands. He proceeded to slam his hands together while the winds merged together to make a sphere that was quite large, and Ryōhei threw the sphere up in the air. It soon became an extremely large vortex that was slightly taller than the largest tree in the woods, and a mint green aura engulfed Ryōhei while he smirked at his foes. Cana was quite surprised to see a spell like this while the winds pushed against her, and even Lucy's confident smile slightly waned.
Kazumi activated the Botanical Blast spell, and she simply fired five dark green leaves from her right hand. They circled around the large vortex of winds while its magical power was sent towards them, and the leaves became much sharper. The boost of power also made them double in size, and their own energy made the tornado alternate between the shades of mint green and dark green. Cana glanced down at some of her cards while groaning in frustration, seeing that none of them could nullify that spell, and she saved one card from falling into a crack of the broken earth.
Lucy saw a spell in her mind, causing her eyes to widen in shock while they were still hazel, and she surprised Cana by picking up one of the cards. Lucy activated the Rainbow Flame Card, which was a card that Cana only felt like using for a fireworks display at some point, and Lucy sent her Celestial Spirit Magic into this card. She watched its effect activate, seeing seven flames appear while they were in different colors of the rainbow, and Lucy would merge that power with her newest spell. She made a gold ring of energy be shot out of her left hand, watching it be around the red flame, and Lucy commanded that flame to attack the Aero Aegis spell.
The red flame headed towards the tornado at high speeds, and it soon grew to a much larger size while the gold ring around it also became red. That caused the flame to have more power, and it simply struck Ryōhei's spell directly to make it be pushed back! The collision made winds blow towards Cana and Lucy, being quite harsh while they ripped a branch off of the large tree, and the heat of that flame was intense to where everyone began to sweat. Lucy fired another gold ring from her hand, and she aimed it at the orange flame while naming her previous explosion Celestial Fire Blast.
"Lucy, you really made a card have an awesome purpose. Maybe you should choose what cards go in my next deck, sweetie." Cana told her in a happy tone while smiling, wanting to see what would happen next.
Lucy replied with fierceness in her eyes, feeling ready to win, "This next move is my Celestial Dynamic Punch, and that will be followed by Celestial Light!"
Kazumi exclaimed in a stunned manner, seeing some flames fall towards her leaves, "She must be wanting to make my leaves explode, if she's using a move like this!"
Cana watched Lucy punch the orange flame and the gold ring, sending them straight at the windy vortex, and the orange flame grew much larger in size while it roared with intensity. It struck the windy vortex quite harshly, before making it move in a counterclockwise manner, and the attack pushed the Aero Aegis spell back towards the green-haired mages. Lucy fired another gold ring from her hand, and it made contact with the yellow flame. Lucy punched that yellow fire towards the mint green vortex, and she started to pant while watching her attack strike its target.
Lucy looked at the vortex that was now spinning slower while also witnessing Kazumi's leaves detonating in dark green blasts because of the orange flames, and she wondered if throwing a fourth ring would be good. She decided to throw it at the lime green flame, which caused it to grow much larger, and Cana watched Lucy kick it upward with her right foot. It went towards the windy vortex, making it be struck by lime green flames, and Lucy called that her Celestial Celadon Bomb. As green flames quickly fell from the green twister, Ryōhei aggressively put more power into it for the spell to go towards the girls.
Lucy and Cana were stunned to see the spell come towards them while wondering if the next gold ring would do anything, but firing a gold ring at the sky blue flame caused something interesting to happen. When Lucy threw that flame at Ryōhei's attack, the sky blue flame got larger while it started to merge with Ryōhei's winds for them to become sky blue. He attempted to manipulate his Aero Aegis attack, but it soon exploded in two massive blasts! The first one was sky blue, and the second one was in a mint green color. The winds of those blasts were quite heavy, blowing leaves off of the trees while its slicing winds also made Cana and Lucy have many cuts on their bodies, but everyone ended up getting pushed back against some trees. That sky blue blast was fierce to Lucy, and she would gladly name it Blue Sky's Cerulean Implosion.
The winds quickly died down while the gold ring above Lucy's head began to fade away, and this simply meant that the effect of Cana's Celestial Lotus Card was wearing off. As she panted heavily, Lucy's hazel eyes became cocoa brown again while her hair was over her eyes. Cana still had a good amount of leaves in her blue shoulder bag while she filled it up with two more small clumps of them, and she slowly stood up to notice that her foes were simply blinking their eyes at how the Aero Aegis spell exploded harshly to leave a cavernous hole in the ground. That was just as epic as when Natsu and Gajeel fought against Sting and Rogue from Sabertooth, but Cana's footsteps got their attention.
"Lucy may have wanted to finish things with a flashy move, but I guess that the sky blue flame is like Wendy's magic. It sent so much energy into your attack, but it exploded from gaining too much force. Unless you can conjure up another Aero Aegis, I suggest you leave before I deal the finishing blow." Cana told Ryōhei and Kazumi in a stern tone while glaring at them, not wanting to lose.
Ryōhei replied calmly as he noticed a branch with leaves on the ground, before looking up at Cana, "Well, just know that we managed to get some leaves. That's why we came here, and I guess we'll have to settle for that. However, I'll give your friend Lucy some respect for blowing up my spell."
Kazumi told Cana in a stern tone while comically looking angry and pointing with the index finger of her left hand, "We'll take our leaves, but just remember that we're leaving the woods because it took us by surprise to see that spell get destroyed! This can be Blondie's victory, but it's the only one she'll get from us! Next time, we'll trounce both of you and be here first to do it!"
Cana watched Ryōhei walk towards the branch that recently fell, and he simply picked it up with his right hand before running back down the path that he and Kazumi came from. Kazumi looked at Cana one last time to see her fierce glare while the determination to win was in her eyes, and the girl with wavy hair hastily ran after her teammate. Cana thought about trying to go after the duo, but hearing Lucy softly groan made her turn back around to see how the Celestial Spirit Wizard was doing. If she needed to be healed, then Cana would definitely use the Healing Card that was still in her hand.
She walked back towards Lucy, who managed to stand up, and Cana ended up receiving a nice hug from the stellar mage. Lucy smiled happily at how she technically won this fight, as those final blasts made her enemies not have the nerve to see what else was probably in her arsenal of Celestial Spirit Magic, and all of that confidence really came from how her lover had been by her side. The fact that Lucy also managed to help Cana get the leaves caused her to truly see today as a victory, and she felt like her past had finally been dealt with.
Lucy broke the hug, and she proceeded to hold hands with Cana while a breeze gently blew past them. Their clothes may have been somewhat torn from the fighting and the girls may have been bruised up, but that didn't stop Lucy from closing her eyes. Cana closed her eyes, too, and the two girls both liked how they worked together to win. Lucy moved her lips towards Cana's lips while Cana did the same thing, and both of the girls began to blush while liking this moment. They ended up sharing a nice kiss, feeling blissful while their arms wrapped around each other, and Cana placed her arms around Lucy's neck in a sultry manner.
Lucy wrapped her arms around Cana's waist, before making her hands shift down to where she could playfully squeeze Cana's rear, and Lucy soon felt her girlfriend intensify the kiss while she gently rubbed the back of her pink capri pants. Lucy kissed back while some rays of sunlight shined down on the Kazehana Woods, and she really loved having a great romance that grew from that fateful night at the bar. When Lucy first drank that alcohol with Cana, their romantic feelings for each other were like tiny flowers. After everything that Lucy and Cana went through, their romance was now like beautiful flowers that bloomed alongside the trees that grew to be quite large. In fact, the breeze even moved some leaves towards others for them to form the shape of a heart behind the girls.
How was Chapter 19? Did you like it? Lucy and Cana took a job in the Kazehana Woods, and they ended up succeeding while Lucy fought hard against her opponents. Also, sorry if this fight wasn't as great as the others. Anyway, this story will have its final chapter coming up next! There are still surprises, though! How will the guild look, after the hard work of Natsu and others? Who will lead Lucy and Cana to their great surprise? Will the girls have a day that's even more special for them, too? Shall Cana ask Mira for help with something? Standby for the update!
Now, to the reviews!
OBSERVER01 nli: Once again, thank you so much!
Shiranai Atsune: Yes, my friend. I'm here with a story that's fun to write and to read. As for my other stories that aren't finished, I'm not sure if I'll continue working on them.
Guest: I'm glad that you're happy about Lucy and Cana being together again, my friend. They won't be apart again, so don't worry. Also, I agree with you on how it's good to see Erza getting taken down a peg.
Arno: The next chapter is the last one, and there will be a nice epilogue that shows how Cana and Lucy are doing.