Everybody give a big round of applause to our 200th reviewer: MistressKatana! You the bomb!
Brittany Lynn2. Thanks.
crystalinowl, GabbyRedrose, NinjaKitten93, dlynncherry, RosesMcKellar. Trust me. Virgo's punishment aka the costume party will be an epic moment.
The Fakhouri Legacy, KJacket, Unoyoko94. I just love writing Lucy when she is up to no good.
rmadhumita378. The steamy side of my BixLu is driving me out of my head with its tension. I feel so bad for Bickslow. I've tried to help them out a couple times, but it just keeps getting worse. I'm not sure who will snap first. Bickslow or Lucy or me!
Hiro Mashima created Fairy Tail and it's characters. He owns them. I'm just torturing them for fun.
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"So, you and Bickslow are actually dating now?" Wendy was sitting in the only chair the store seemed to have as the other girls kept the dressing room in constant use. She wasn't old enough or bold enough to pull off the types of dresses they were looking at. She would be having a sleepover with Mira tonight while the rest of them went to the club.
"As of yesterday afternoon, yes. Bickslow is my boyfriend." She hung a few bright colored dresses on the door Levy was currently behind. "Levy, we found a couple more I think you might like if that one isn't right."
"Thanks, Lu. This one makes me look even more flat chested than I actually am. Trade me?" A scrap of orange was shoved over the door by the tips of Levy's fingers and Lucy gently handed over the three the girls had found. "Red, Lu? That's a little... bold for me isn't it?"
"Actually I found that one. The black was Mira aand the blue is Juvia's pick. And you aren't flat chested you are petite." Lucy hung the rejected dress on the wheeled 'nope' rack they had stolen from the back of the store. "You do remember what color those stupid bunny suits are right?"
"Please don't talk about those..." Levy grombled at her. Lucy laughed.
"Cana has a stack of more than five out here. She gets next turn once you are done with those." Lucy took herself off to search again. She heard Levy ask for help with her laces. Since Wendy wasn't shopping here she was their designated 'help I can't get into or out of this' person. She had found a green dress for Evergreen to look at and had just tossed a blue one for Juvia on her arm when Mira squeeled and Cana let out a loud whistle.
"Well, Mavis lick me. You look absolutely fuckable in that dress, Lil Blue. Lu, is this the one you found?" She dashed back to see which dress Levy had liked enough to show them. Cana was right, though Lucy wouldn't have worded it that way. The deep red dress left her shoulders bare. It would have had a plunging neckline if it hadn't been laced up in a way that was sure to have Gajeel's fingers itching to untie it. The best part was that the back was laced the same way and the short, formfitting dress made her ass look divine.
"Levy, I told you you could do red. That looks amazing on you."
"Welp." Lisanna scooped up all of the other dresses in the Levy pile and hung them on the 'nope' rack. "We found your dress for tonight." Levy grinned and disappeared to shed her dress.
It didn't take them long after that to find dresses for everyone who would be heading to the club that night, due to the pack hunting way the Fairies shopped. Cana's was, well, very Cana-like. It was basically a big, sheer, black handkerchief folded in half and sewn up the side. The two top corners tied in a knot over one shoulder and left the other bare. She wouldn't be wearing a bra and everyone would be privy to that fact. They found a tight, strapless, golden dress for Evergreen. Meredy ended up displaying her naughty side in a purple two peice that had a lot of straps and showed a lot of skin. Kinana and Laki found matching flapper dresses in silver and black. Mira was the one who found Lisanna's dress. Tigerprint with a scandalous plunging neckline. Juvia went with blue, of course, and sequins that sparkled, according to her, 'like Gray-sama's ice'. Lucy was the last to find her dress. It had been a difficult hunt for her, but she had found the perfect one.
There was a landslide vote that coffee and pastries were needed before they moved on to their next hunt. The poor girl at the cafe had looked horrified when they had come in. Lisanna, little devil angel that she was, had assured her that 'it's just us girls today. No boys and no Erza so no damages.' Cana had passed around her flask and wasn't the only one with a little extra kick in her coffee. Even Lucy had a drop, though not enough the card mage would have even noticed if it was her cup. After they had satisfied their need for carbs and caffeine they headed to the best stocked costume shop in town.
"Lisanna, Mira, I'm going to say it right now. Don't you dare dress as something you could just transform into with a takeover. Be creative. I want us to stretch the poor overworked minds of the poor boys in our guild. No mermaids for Juvia and no fortune telling gypsies for Cana. Evergreen! You get me right?" Evergreen and Meredy had been there for the conversation with Virgo. They knew what was up.
"Right. Get creative. So I really should choose something that isn't a fairy shouldn't I?"
"Exactly. Because everyone expects that. We are going for sexy and mind bending. Accept Wendy. Keep the sexy to a minimum ok, kiddo? Now. Let's mess with their heads!"
"Aye sir!" The girls took off to start hunting in pairs. Mira and Meredy headed in one direction. Laki and Kinana in the other. Levy and Wendy went looking for something that was, well, their size. Juvia and Lisanna headed toward a rack filled with fuzzy, furry things. Cana an Evergreen both stood there looking lost. Lucy shook her head.o have no clue what to do with yourselves outside of your comfort zone do you?" When they both looked a little embarrassed she linked her arms through theirs and headed for the least occupied section of the store. "I'll help. Virgo already has my costume in the works so I don't need to find one for myself."
"What are you going to be, Lu?"
"It's a secret. Let's just say I was inspired by a friend. Ok. Let's see what we have here... mermaids, pirates, sailors, a sexy clown fish... how is That sexy? Some people are weird. Pirates are drunkards, but to close to your usual style is say, Cana. I bet you could pull off a damn sexy pirate though, Ever."
"This one is kinda cute."
"Snatch it up. You may as well try it on."
"I may as well toss a mermaid in my pile." Cana muttered, looking through a variety of sparkling tails. "This blue is a pretty color."
"Yep. Next rack! Angels and demons. Classic, but not for us. Though..." she shuffled through a sea of red and black, tossing one over her arm. "Moving on. Divine creatures and beings of various types, Egyptian linin and bling. Cana's skin tone could pull off being queen of the nile..."
"Queen of Denial," Cana smirked. She pulled out one of the smaller costumes. "Would be Lil Blue." They all chuckled.
"Lucy? Do you think..." Evergreen ran her hand over a sheer white Grecian goddess costume.
"With your hair? Absolutely!"
"My, my hair?"
"Yeah. It's gorgeous. All wavy and bouncy. I'm jealous. Mine is so boring and strait." Evergreen smacked her with her fan. "Ow! What was that for?"
"Your hair is spun gold, Lucy, and Bix can't keep his fingers out of it so don't complain. Mine is just... brown. Not light brown, not dark brown, just brown."
"Hey," Cana nudged Evergreen's shoulder. "I saw your man playing in your 'just brown' hair at lunch and looking pretty pleased with himself. Tell Mama Cana, is he a hair puller?"
"Cana!" Evergreen and Lucy both screamed together. They were saved from their continually tipsy friend by Kinana calling for her.
"There you are. So you know how Lucy said to bend the boys brains?" She held up her find. "How do you feel about pigtails?"
"Kinana, you naughty bitch. It's perfect!" Cana snatched the hanger from her and practically ran into the dressing room. The girls had all gathered by the time she came back out. Wendy turned red as a tomato, declaring that she didn't understand and didn't want to. The rest of them grinned.
It really was perfect. She was wearing a short sleeved white button down. At least it would have been if it had buttons and wasn't cropped to just below her breasts and tied between them. There was an open navy vest over the shoulders and the white thigh high stockings were held up with navy and red plaid garters. The same plaid was used in her pleated miniskirt and the loose stubby tie that served as a necklace . There were even black framed glasses perched on her nose. All Cana needed was pigtails to be the naughtiest, drunkest schoolgirl ever.
"Well, minds will be bent..." Juvia sounded flustered.
"Minds will be bending her over tables you mean!"
"Lisanna!" Mira gasped.
"What? It's true."
"Ok then!" Lucy clapped her hands. "Kinana and Cana have set the bar a little high, but I bet we can still top it. Evergreen, you wanna try yours on next? I'm starting piles for Wendy and Levy. Don't start me a pile. Virgo has mine. I'll go fetch our nope rack from the back."
"Juvia is starting a pile for herself and also for Kinana and Mira."
"Here, Evergreen." Mira handed Evergreen another costume before she took off to hunt some more, Cana joining her when she emerged from the dressing room clad in her usual attire.
When Lucy returned, with the wheeled rack already baring the mermaid Cana had never even tried on, Evergreen's discarded pirate was added. The outfit Mira had handed her followed. Lucy's help was needed to drape Evergreen in gauzy white linen and golden trinkets.
"What do you think? You like it? Cancer would probably be thrilled to do your hair to match it."
"I love it!"
"Let's show the girls." The girls all agreed that Evergreen made a breathtaking Aphrodite. Lucy helped her out of the costume and Kinana was shoved into the dressing room next. She came out with one maybe and several nope rack items.
By that time Levy and Wendy had a costume from almost every girl in their piles and were forced into a catwalk style showing. When they were done a blushing Wendy was in possession of the corseted red dress and a pair of devil horns Lucy had found earlier. Lisanna was the proud finder of Levy's 'little' bad wolf persona. Lucy started putting things from the nope rack back where they had been found between costume showings.
Kinana's maybe was nope racked when Meredy found her something that they all agreed was ideal, considering who her boyfriend was. The bright poisonous green complemented her dark purple hair nicely. The main costume was a flirty little dress with leaves and green flowers playing peekaboo in the layered skirt. Leafy vines wrapped up her legs and arms, and a large flower perched askew on her head.
Mira and Lisanna were having some sort of argument about monkeys, that must have been an inside joke because none of the non-Straus ladies understood it, when Levy squealed and ran across the store, coming back with a costume that she shoved into Mira's hands right before shoving her into the dressing room. When she came out she was wearing tiny black shorts and a tailed red jacket trimmed with gold braid. A riding crop was already in her hand and Levy tossed her a black top hat the moment she showed her face.
"You need black boots to finish it off, but I bet you have ots to finish it off, but I bet you have t off, but I bet you have u have some, right?"
"Of course. I love it, Levy. I'm going to try on the rest of my pile though. Just in case." She took said pile with her back to the dressing room.
"What gave you that idea, Levy?" Lucy couldn't help asking.
"Well...the monkey thing." Levy looked a little unsure of herself. "You know, not my circus, not my monkeys?" Cana started cackling.
"Because Fairy Tail is totally Mira's circus. That's awesome, Lil Blue." Levy beamed. All of Mira's pile went to the nope rack. She kept the ringleader costume.
When Juvia ended up being a very cute, almost furless polar bear Cana suggested Lisanna be a zookeeper. This idea was rejected on the grounds that it just wasn't mind bending enough. Wendy won that round when she mentioned Natsu's love of ninjas and a black and red leather ninja costume was produced complete with full body fishnet 'chain armor'.
Kinana was declared a genius when it was revealed that Meredy's chosen costume had been her contribution to that pile. A longsleeved white shirt with a v neck and lapels was tucked into a highwaisted black pinstripe pencil skirt. Suspenders, a matching pinstripe tie similar to Cana's, and a black fedora made her a cotton candy haired mafia princess. Considering her background it was hilarious.
Lucy, Meredy, and Evergreen were peppered with questions, threats, and demands in an attempt to discover what Virgo was making for her costume. None of them caved. All they would do was shake their heads and grin in a way that made even Mira a little uneasy.
Laki's perfect mind bending look was the hardest to find. Pirates, gypsies, and genies were tried and discarded. Her... uniqueness... was taken into account and black leather, maids, and other... odd things were tried. Even some twisted version of a rune knights uniform, which they all agreed was in poor taste but should still be worn in Captain Lahar's presence at the earliest opportunity. Nothing worked.
In the end it was a comment made by Cobra at lunch that gave them the perfect inspiration. Laki would be a unicorn. White booty shorts with a fluffy rainbow tail and a white corset laced with pink ribbon. Furry rainbow legwarmers and wristcuffs, along with ribbons and flowers for her hair, and a golden unicorn horn.
Lucy declared that turning their lovable sadistic thesaurus into a unicorn deserved a prize. Ice cream was hunted down before they split up to prepare for their evening. Meredy went home with Lucy. Bickslow and Laxus had already agreed at lunch to meet them there before heading to the club. Meredy and Laxus declared that they were 'just hanging out'. For Lucy and Bickslow however this would be their first official date. Lucy had been fighting nerves all afternoon, which she knew was silly seeing as how she had spent the last week in his presence, and he had seen her first thing in the morning and hadn't run screaming yet.
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To be continued