I decided to finally let poor Lisanna and Bickslow have some real action between the two. While it's funny to give poor Bickslow have to wait (something I noticed a few of you also enjoyed, ha) I felt I'd messed around with them enough as it was. Poor dears need some real affection.
Chapter 8: In Which Bad Luck Continues… But That Seems to Work
Lisanna stretched out, letting her back pop out as she surveyed the damage around her. Cracked and broken walls, bodies beaten unconscious around her, and every single piece of furniture looked like it bad been broken at the least and at the most had been smashed to little pieces. Yeah, she and Elfman had really messed this place up. It made her grin a bit, a little bit more giddy than she would usually be at the damage. Tenrou Island had been tough, and while she had fought just as hard as everyone else it had made her see she was no Natsu or Laxus, or even Bickslow or Freed.
To go on missions like this, cleaning up a band of bandits near the borders of Fiore that had been bothering travelers and tourists, well it felt good. She wasn't weak, just not as insanely strong as the others. It made her want to train yes, but also let her know she was no dead weight to the guild. It really helped her sense of worth, that was for sure.
"I guess that's that," she said as she transformed back from her Take Over Cat Form to her normal old clothing. She was a little banged up with some minor cuts and bruises on her, but over all she'd fought well. The grin on her face from the fact just wouldn't quit.
"Yeah," Elfman said as he finished tying up the last few of the men who'd been in charge. The leaders weren't going anywhere, not with the beating they'd gotten from him, but it never hurt to be too careful. "I have to admit, I thought this would be a bit harder. The pay is pretty good for such a job."
"Well, their location was pretty out of the way, and the government itself was the one who put out the job," Lisanna said. "I guess they didn't want to risk the soldiers, and the Rune Knights just would have been overkill, don't you think?"
"Yeah, it took real men to go and take care of these losers," he said with a smug grin. Lisanna could tell he was just as pleased with what had really been a dangerous job going down with such ease. "If we Fairy Tail wizards keep handling jobs with combat in them, our reputation will be restored in no time."
"That would be nice," she agreed before pulling out the signal flare in her bag they'd been supplied to set off when the job was done. She moved off to the entrance and pulled the string, sending a magical flame up in the air that exploded in a shower of sparks. "Well, the army should be here any minute to collect these guys. We can get our pay, confirmation on the job being done, and head on home."
It didn't take them long to arrive and after a quick conversation with the sergeant that was in charge of the operation they received their money and thanks for the job being completed swiftly. Elfman was practically swelling with pride when he talked to the military men about how manly such missions were and if he was ever needed again to not hesitate to call. Lisanna just giggled through the whole display before waiting outside for her brother to finish goofing off.
The job really had been a good chance to get back into work and get her feet wet. She didn't mind tending the bar, and she had gotten pretty good at it due to her work in Edolas, but this is where her heart was. The thrill of the mission, the feeling of accomplishment when it was pulled off successfully, and the adrenaline she got from all of it was just too good to pass up. Maybe Mirajane had found her true calling where she was, but such a life would never be for her, not really.
It made her hope when she got back to Magnolia Bickslow would be there. She genuinely did want to learn more magic with him and train, along with their little affair. It would mean getting stronger, getting a chance to know him better, and just having an excuse to spend time with the man. There was virtually no down side that she could see.
"Alright, I guess we're done here," Elfman said as he left the camp as well to join her. "Should we get going?"
"Yeah, sounds good to me," she said with a nod. "It'll be good to get back home soon."
"Did you want to pick out another job when we get back home?" he offered.
"Mmmm, depends," she said. "You've already taken two jobs now. Maybe you should take a break. Besides, I was hoping for a bit of time off to see if Bickslow would show up."
"Bickslow?" he asked with an arched eyebrow. "That guy's not a man."
She couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"You know, I can't help but notice most guys don't fall under your category of men," she pointed out. In fact, she heard him describe women as manly more often.
"I just have very high standards."
"Right, of course."
"Don't see why you need to train with him anyway. You know I'm always available for you, and we have the same kind of magic," he stated.
"Yeah, I know. I just thought I would branch out a bit. There's no harm in it. Besides, you would just teach me how to handle beast or demon souls. I don't think I could really handle that," she replied. It took a lot of strength and willpower to be able to handle such magic and she just didn't feel ready for it. "You know I always want to do my hand to hand with you. No one could possibly top you as a partner in that field. I just… you know, want to see what his magic is about. That's all."
"Well… I guess it is pretty manly of you to expand your horizons, but you need to be careful around him. He seems slippery to me. What kind of man let's dolls fight for him?"
Lisanna felt she was a lot better equipped to judge just how much of a man Bickslow was than her brother, but no way would she say so. Right, like that would go over well. Instead she just shrugged as they continued their hike to town, letting idle chit-chat take place until they got to the train station. Buying their tickets with part of the reward money, she was all to happy to sink down in the seat of the waiting lobby and relax as they waited for the departure time, Elfman going off to buy some lunch for them before they left.
Over all, the journey back was pretty uneventful. Once boarded, she just sat in her seat and watched the scenery pass by. It was just a couple lay overs and transfers and they were nearly home, though it had taken them far into the night and into the next day. Maybe she should think about getting a magical car like what Erza had. It would be a whole lot faster, though pretty draining. She wondered if she could handle such a strain. Maybe it would be good for her in the long run, helping her build up her magical stores of her body.
She should ask Erza if she could borrow hers and give it some test runs. After all, such items were expensive and it's not like she had that much money to drop on one. Still, it'd probably be easier than trains in the long run and cheaper. If she said it was for training she was sure the wizard would have no problem with it.
They were close to home, just a town away in Onibus when a message rang over the intercom.
"Hello, passengers. This is the conductor speaking. Unfortunately it seems the tracks between Onibus and Magnolia have been damaged, and thus a delay will be in place. I would ask everyone continuing on to Magnolia to disembark at Onibus. Replacement tickets will be issued for the next available train. I repeat, if you are heading to Magnolia, please disembark at Onibus and arrangements will be made once the tracks are fixed."
"Are you kidding me?" Lisanna sighed. So much for getting back to wait for Bickslow. She had figured she'd be lucky enough to arrive back before him and wait for him. He'd seemed so out of it when she'd had to break their last meeting. Would he get mad if she wasn't there when he got back? Worse yet, what if went and took another job?
She probably should have figured on them both being so busy when she'd started this. No wonder he wanted to sleep with other woman. She was hardly available for him.
"Nothing to do about it," Elfman replied. "We'll just have to see about getting the tickets exchanged, and there are plenty of nice hotels around in Onibus. Either that or we can work on your muscles a bit and hike back if you want to."
"Nice, but expensive," she sighed, weighing the option of just going on foot to get back in time to see if Bickslow was back yet. "You think the station will be willing to spring for hotel rooms as compensation if we have to stay?"
"Probably not, but we can ask," he answered.
By the time they'd collected their bags and made their way off the train, she was feeling kind of down. When she'd first asked Bickslow to start sleeping with her, she'd envisioned a hot affair, full of passionate nights and endless pleasures. Why in the world hadn't she figured on the real world getting in the way? Perhaps she should have been more realistic.
"Natsu and Lucy are so lucky. They get to travel together. Bet they never have a problem finding time alone," she sighed to herself. She was almost jealous of those two. Their relationship seemed rocky, but she could tell by looking at it from the outside that they were going to hook up. Heck, from what she heard Natsu was already sleeping over at the blonde's house all the time anyway. She wondered for a second if they'd already crossed that threshold of sleeping together. Nah, Lucy still seemed way too shy for that. Maybe they just needed more time. Still, at least Celestial Wizard had privacy to do whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted.
"Elfman! Is that you?"
Both Strauss siblings looked up to see none other than Evergreen making her way through the crowd to approach them, followed by Freed and Bickslow. No way! What luck!
"I thought it was you. Then again, who else could have your ungodly bulk. It's not hard to miss you in a crowd," she stated as she reached them. "What are you two doing here? Did you get delayed by the trains as well?"
"Yeah. We just got off ours a few minutes ago," Lisanna said as she glanced over at Bickslow a couple times, still smiling. He gave a grin back, sticking his tongue out of his mouth. She barely resisted the urge to giggle. "We were told the tracks were damaged or something."
"Sadly, that's very much true. There was some minor flooding near Magnolia," Freed explained. "Nothing major. I heard not even the town was reached, but the tracks were submerged. It'll probably take a day to drain the water back out through the canals, if not longer."
"We were trying to get our own tickets exchanged, but we've given up getting through these lines," Evergreen said as she fanned herself. "We got here a few hours ago from the south and it's been nothing but a headache ever since. Because they don't know when the tracks will be clear they don't want to issue replacement tickets until they know exactly what trains can go out. It's causing a fiasco for those in a hurry so we decided just to get a hotel for the night and try again in the morning."
True enough, it seemed the station was crammed full of irritated people who were demanding help and refunds from the poor employees. Didn't look like any of them would be getting service any time soon.
"Staying does sound pretty smart," Lisanna agreed. "Though from the looks of things we'll probably have to spring for it ourselves. Even if they station was willing to pay, it doesn't look like we'd get help from them any time soon."
"We could always just walk," Elfman suggested. "For your training."
"But it's late in the afternoon, and you're talking about whole forests and a desert to get through," Lisanna said while she thought of those headaches, and worst off, no Bickslow if they trekked back home. "It'll be dark before we could make it back. We'd be lucky if we made it back to Magnolia in the morning. We'd only be saving a couple hours, and that's only if we didn't stop for camp."
"I agree," Freed said. "Speaking from personal experience when I made the trip with Wendy, it's not a venture to take lightly. By the time we reached there, she was the only one in good health."
"Well, Wendy is more of a man that you'll ever-"
"Big Brother," Lisanna cut off quickly. "Look, we're already here and it doesn't seem smart to try to walk. Why not stay here for the night?"
"Yes, and besides what kind of man makes a young lady go on some hike just because he's too cheap to spring for a hotel?" Ever asked with a snort.
"It's not being cheap!" he snapped at her. "It's manly to meet a goal head on!"
"Well maybe you haven't noticed but your sister is not a man!"
"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"
"IT'S TRUE, YOU IDIOT! MORE THAN THAT, IT'S NOT AN INSULT!"
"Uh… should we try to split them up?" Lisanna asked as the two continued to scream at one another.
"Why?" Bickslow asked with a laugh. "This is hilarious!"
"Hee hee! Fight! Fight!" his dolls encouraged, obviously finding it funny as well.
"Do you really think it would even do any good?" Freed pointed out.
"Yeah, probably not," she agreed before sighing. "Well, I guess we're staying then. Honestly, it does seem like the best option anyway."
Bickslow glanced over at her from behind Freed's back and his smile suddenly seemed to go dark. It took every once of will power not to shiver at the sight.
"We're leaving," Bickslow said loudly to the fighting pair and the three went off. Sure enough it didn't take long for Evergreen and Elfman to shout in surprise and run after them.
"Hey! Don't leave me behind!" they both shouted together, causing everyone to laugh a bit, except of course those two who just got red in embarrassment and anger.
In the end, they all decided to get a hotel together and when a train became available, just to get on it as a large group and head home. Lisanna couldn't be happier for the arrangement, feeling it would be great for getting some time with her lover.
"You know what, I'm feeling kind of hungry," Evergreen said once they'd gotten rooms. One for Bickslow and Freed, one for Lisanna and her brother and then one Ever could have to herself. She'd refused to room with her team, insisting a lady needed her space, though she had offered to room with Lisanna, which had been nice but Elfman had insisted on Lisanna sleeping with him. He really put the emphasis on protective sibling, didn't he?
"It is a bit early for dinner, but if you want to get a meal now that might be wise," Freed said as he handed out the keys they'd gotten for the rooms.
"I think I will. Well, are you coming, Elfman?" she asked out of the blue, causing the large man to stare at her.
"W-what?" he asked.
"I think I'll do some shopping afterward, and I need someone to carry my bags for me," she said with a shrug.
"I'm not your errand boy, woman!"
"Oh? You're not man enough to handle it?" she asked with an arched eyebrow. "Well, never mind. I'll just have Freed and Bickslow come with me then."
"Now wait a minute! I'm more than man enough to carry anything you get! Those two don't have enough muscles for the way you shop!" he objected quickly.
"Well, if you insist," she sighed out, though Lisanna could tell she was grinning from behind her fan.
"I do! Come on! We're going to dinner and you better not even think about paying! That's the man's job, and you aint nearly man enough to do that!"
"I think that's the first smart thing you've said since I've seen you," she laughed as the two walked off.
"Wow… is it really that easy?" Lisanna asked. Her brother had been played so hard, it made her happy she was the one with the pay from their job and not him. She'd hate to think of all their home repair money going toward jewelry and wine or whatever else the woman would want to get. Let her spend her own money on that stuff.
"No, he's just that big of an idiot," Bickslow snickered.
"That's not nice!" Lisanna protested, but he only giggled loudly with his babies.
"Don't take offense, Lisanna," Freed said. "Evergreen has just always had that affect on men. She doesn't mean anything malicious by it. It's just her way of getting a date, not that she'd admit it. Deep down, she's actually very shy about her feelings towards your brother but I can assure you that they are genuine."
"Well… as long as it works for them," she said. Not like she could judge based on her own relationship status right now. It probably wasn't any more normal than what she'd just witnessed.
"In any case, I think I'll be retiring for the day," Freed said. "I'm am feeling a bit fatigued myself."
"You're not going to get anything to eat, man?" Bickslow asked him.
"I will probably eat in the cafe attached to the hotel later on when I'm hungry. Either that or just some room service," he said. "It really is too early for dinner, at least for me. What about you, Bickslow? Will you be out of the room for a while?"
"Yeah, might as well hang out somewhere," he said with a shrug before grinning at Lisanna. "Want to do something?"
"Oh, uh sure," she said with a nod. "I just have to get my things up to my room and then we can head out."
"Well, you two have fun then. I'll take our bags up for us, Bickslow," Freed offered before collecting their things along with Evergreen's and heading to the elevator. They just took the stairs instead and they didn't even get to the second floor before he pulled her off into a corner to lip lock with her.
"Oh god, Bickslow," she mewled against his lips. "I missed you."
"I missed you too, babe," he grunted before moving to attack her neck. She just pushed herself against him, not caring if anyone saw. Who in this town knew them? To anyone they could just be a happy couple unable to contain themselves in each others arms. "Fuck, I really missed this."
"Do you think Freed suspected anything?" she gasped out when he yanked the side of her t-shirt down to bite at her shoulder. She hissed but didn't stop him, too wrapped up in seeing him again to care. Besides, she was sort of covered in scratches anyway. What was one more small mark?
"Nah. Like I'm the type to sit around in a hotel room all day," he groaned.
"Well, I can think of a couple things we could do in my room," she said with coy look. Without a moment of hesitation, he grabbed her wrist and yanked her up the rest of the stairs while the babies carried her luggage for her. They were already kissing again by the time they reached her room, her struggling with the lock as he ground himself against her. Literally tumbling into the room, she kicked the door closed after nearly falling on the floor with him and pulled him to the bed, giggling the whole time.
"Babies," he groaned as she started to yank off his shirt and kiss at his chest. "Go to sleep."
"Awww. Exhibitionist Lisanna!" they whined but he only waved his hand and they fell straight down from where they'd been floating around.
"That doesn't hurt them, does it?" she asked, feeling a bit concern for them as they hit the floor.
"Nah. They're fine. Besides, they don't need to be seeing us right now."
"Yeah, I think I'd like to avoid that again," she agreed as she shoved him down to lay on the bed and made quick work of his pants.
"Damn, Lisanna. Eager much?" he groaned, though he didn't look like he minded at all.
"It's been nearly two weeks since we saw one another," she said as she yanked her shirt off and shimmied out of her shorts. "I was kicking myself the whole time for not meeting you in the guild hall like we'd agreed."
"Yeah, but it wasn't a big deal," he said before she kissed him to shut him up.
"It was to me," she confessed. "I really wanted to see you that night. If I hadn't been up half the night with my brother and sister, I would have been with you, trust me."
She felt him grab her sides so harshly it would surely bruise, but she didn't mind. The two still in their underwear, they kissed passionately on her bed, rubbing against one another eagerly.
"If you say things like that, I'm gonna start getting possessive," he growled out. "You don't know how badly I want you."
"Sure I do. I-"
"No," he said suddenly, his gaze so intense that for a second she wondered if he was going to use his eyes on her. "You really don't."
She could only stare at him but the intense moment seemed to break because in a second he bucked up into her and she cried out happily. It didn't ever seem to take much to get her going with him and she was pleased as punch to see him reaching for his pants and grabbing little plastic packages from his pockets.
"You had those on hand? Really?" she asked with a groan. Maybe they were for some other girl, but for now she was going to tell herself it was because he was just so eager to sleep with her the second he got home and saw her.
"I didn't want to risk our next meeting," he hissed. She didn't quite believe him, but didn't say anything. Why ruin her own little fantasy?
"Did you think of this a lot?" she purred to him as her fingers trailed down his well sculptured chest, feeling all the dips and curves of the muscles underneath his skin. He was already covered in a thin layer of sweat and panting hard, though that probably had to do with the fact she was sitting right on the bulge in his boxers.
"All fucking day," he groaned out. "You?"
"Every second," she agreed before she gave a little twist of her hips that made him bite back a scream. She'd been so frustrated with the lack of him, she'd grabbed a couple of dirty magazines and had been reading them whenever her brother hadn't been looking. She'd picked up a couple tricks she was just dying to try out with him. She grabbed his hands and shoved them up above over his head. His eyes widened, clearly surprised but he didn't fight against her grip even though she knew that he could have easily overpowered her. "Grab the headboard, and don't you dare let go until I tell you that you can."
She was pleased when he silently nodded and gripped the bars, his eyes still wide as he watched her slowly pulled one of the packages open. She winked at him as she slipped his boxers off his hips, intentionally going as slow as possible, the condom clenched in her teeth. The girl really did want to make it up to him that she'd broken her promise to see him after all. Moving slowly down his body, she made sure the piece of rubber was properly set in her mouth before she slowly moved down his member. His gasp hit her ears as she placed his condom on with her mouth, dragging her teeth over it as she pulled away.
There was certainly a sense of smugness in her when he could only gape at her.
"Where… the fuck… did you learn that?" he gasped out.
"I've been practicing," she informed him. "I wanted to make sure you enjoyed it when I saw you next."
"Oh?" he asked, his expression darkening. "With who?"
"Jealous much?" she asked teasingly as she curled a finger under his chin. "You were the one who said we wouldn't be sleeping with just each other."
"And you said you didn't want to have other guys," he bit out. She had to admit, it sent a little thrill in her that despite his words, he clearly didn't like the thought of anyone touching her. Another part of her thought that was bull though, considering he'd probably dipped into a couple girls himself on his trip. She only leaned against him though, rubbing her hands over his shoulders as she traced her tongue over the shell of his ear.
"Unless you want to go and pulverize the few cucumbers and bananas I no doubt made feel very lucky with my mouth to learn that trick for you, you don't have any reason to be mad," she promised him. "I really don't want anyone else."
He grumbled a bit but she couldn't make out what he was saying. Oh well, it didn't matter. No doubt he was just being a typical territorial man. Wanted plenty of girls but goodness forbid she go looking. He was just lucky she liked the fact he looked smoldering when he was upset or else she'd probably kick him out of the room until he could calm down.
"Relax, Bickslow," she said as she stripped off her bra and panties. "Trust me, there's no one else. You're the one I was thinking about the entire trip. It was driving me crazy to be without you."
"Sure that craziness didn't tempt you?"
"Oh, it did, trust me. In all sorts of delicious ways," she informed him as she lined up with his member and began to sink down on it, holding it in both hands to keep him in place for her. "Which is exactly why there is now a line of molested fruit and vegetables between here and the border of Fiore because I needed your touch so badly."
He groaned and twisted around, but didn't let go of the bars and she sighed happily. She could already feel it herself, that wonderful feeling that came with being connected to him. There was no harm in letting him set the pace as she rode him happily, crying out his name over and over as they fucked one another. His jealousy was clear to her, inexperienced maybe but she wasn't dumb, and he wasn't hiding it very well.
It was just as well though, since she was already starting to feel just as jealous as he obviously was. As hard as they had to fight to get some time alone together, she felt she had more claim on him than some random girl he'd just find on a job. Lisanna never felt she was the jealous type. She'd certainly never felt envy over Natsu hanging out with other girls, both before and after Edolas, but the thought of Bickslow with anyone else drove her crazy. She wanted him to see how good she could be in bed, how much she'd practiced just to pleasure him. Her hands planted on his washboard abs for stability as she rode his cock, her chest bouncing from the exertion but refusing to give up until he cried out and came inside of her, showing him her stamina and that she could go as long as he needed her to.
No one could scream his name like she could, would work so hard to get him to come. Even when they did eventually part ways and end this, she didn't want some other woman involved during it and tainting their memories together. She just wanted him and for him to feel so satisfied with her that he wouldn't even have the desire to go out with another girl.
They fucked so hard she knew she'd have bruises that would match those from her fight, but Lisanna didn't care. When she finally screamed and collapsed against him, she only clung to him and kissed him even more passionately. She didn't protest when he flipped her on her stomach and yanked her hips up, slamming into her from behind so hard her face and hands were pushed up against the headboard, or when he yanked her into his lap and literally made her bounce on his cock as she cried from the intensity of the pleasure. His touch was both harsh and somehow sweet, caressing her after every time with a tenderness that felt so perfect even as it contradicted the almost violent sex.
And maybe she just imagined it but when he fucked her for the last time, leaning her over the dresser and making it bang so loudly she was glad it wasn't late enough for anyone to be sleeping next door and thus hear the noise, she could have sworn she kept hearing him hiss how she belonged to him and only him.
Maybe it was just wishful thinking though.
Chapter 8
Yeah, these two are perfect together and I will go down with this ship. Nothing can persuade me otherwise.
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