Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)

Chapter 12: The Second Battle, The Secret Plan

Wendy's arrival to the guild of Sabertooth had certainly been a surprise to Lucy, but she was happy to see her young friend from Fairy Tail show up for a visit while Happy and Carla had accompanied her. The two girls did have some catching up to do, having not seen each other in an entire month, and Lucy had also hoped that Wendy would be okay with her decision to join Sabertooth. She obviously would not be coming back to her old guild anytime soon, due to Natsu being so rude to her, but what choice did Lucy have?

Sting had also narrowed his blue eyes at the young sky dragon slayer, hoping this wasn't some setup by Natsu to gain information about the rival guild, and Wendy smiled slightly while telling him that she truly was only here to check on her friend. Wendy had missed Lucy, and she had also heard about the drama from Happy. Natsu had been causing many problems in the Fairy Tail guild, and Wendy could clearly see why Lucy had joined another guild. Her new life seemed to be going pretty well, even though this was her second official day in Sabertooth.

Lucy had gotten a plate of waffles for Wendy to eat, as the blue-haired girl pulled up a chair to have a place at the table, and she also informed her friend about the new spell book that she had received from Heidi. It really made both girls curious, wondering why Lucy was the destined person for the book of many strange spells, and Lucy easily managed to understand the words in yellow text on some of the pages. A few spells appeared to have been written, most likely as a sign that the book was trying to tell Lucy something, but she refused to read it aloud. Even though the text had been written, Lucy still had to create the images.

After all, even the first spell of Fire Magic had proven to be pretty dangerous against a fire dragon slayer like Natsu. This new type of magic, presumably the Lightning Magic that Lucy had gained from the envelope after winning her first contest battle against Courtney, could be pretty deadly. She didn't want to accidentally blow up the entire Sabertooth guild with her weakest spell of Lightning Magic, and showing too much strength on the first day of the upcoming Grand Magic Games would probably make her seem arrogant in the eyes of the other mages who would not know what was going on while they would compete against her.

"There's no need to worry about a thing, Lucy. I'm going to be your opponent today, and consider this as your first fight in the guild of Sabertooth. Just because I like you, I won't go easy on you. After all, fighting at a higher difficulty will actually help you get better in the long run. Besides, if you ever run into Minerva again, I can bet that you might want to try and beat her down to get some payback for what she did to you last year in the Naval Battle." The white dragon slayer explained to her in a calm tone, still looking cocky at the thrill of getting to experience this new magic firsthand.

She had to test out these new moves in a safe location, also hoping that the place would have the conditions met for Lightning Magic to work, but where in the world could Lucy go without causing much damage? She didn't want to test them out on a beach or in a park, since innocent people might get badly hurt, and she had a bit of frustration in her cocoa brown eyes while explaining her dilemma to her new friends. Orga smirked arrogantly while wanting to have a battle of lightning against lightning, but Sting stepped in with a cocky grin as he chuckled a bit.

Lucy replied happily while eating her chocolate waffles that were covered in hot fudge and whip cream, her cocoa brown eyes beginning to twinkle with the joy of testing out these new spells, "You won't regret having me in your guild, Sting! I'm going to come at you with everything that I've got today! Well, only the Lightning Magic. This book has many rules, and you've seen how conditional it can be at times. This Lightning Magic is mostly used for speed, as Courtney stated in the letter that she sent to the guild, so I have to strike strong while moving fast."

As she sat back down, Lucy could see Sting looking like he was definitely in the mood for this. He wanted to see how much strength she had, but he wouldn't be a rude jerk about it like how Natsu had been. He would be training with her, assisting her in getting better, and Sting also wanted to see how strong he had gotten as well. After all, the girl that he loved had managed to beat the dragon slayer who was considered to be his greatest rival. Sting didn't want to get shown up by either of them, especially since he was now a guild master.

He had also informed Lucy that the Grand Magic Games would be transpiring in a few months from now, determining fairly which guild had the right to earn the title of the best guild in the country of Fiore, but Rogue gave Sting a stern look while reminding him that the masters of the many guilds were not allowed to participate in the tournament. That really made Sting feel discouraged, having wanted to get some redemption for what happened in the tag battle when he and Rogue couldn't even defeat Natsu when he was alone, and Sting sighed a bit while looking down.

However, Rufus countered Rogue's little statement by reminding him and Sting that there were other competitions in Fiore to determine different things. There was even a baking competition for people who enjoyed cooking, and the winner would get 10 million jewels while winning a trophy for their guild. Even if Sabertooth was not able to win in everything, they could earn wins in other things. That seemed totally fair for them, right? At least they wouldn't be looking like jerks, with Minerva not able to be on their team anymore.

Rufus gave Lucy a kind look while giving her an explanation on something known as the Grand Fiore League, and it was a competition that was different from the Grand Magic Games. There were no strange events involved, no major points for winners while losers got nothing, but there were battles. It was like a tournament of 128 people, involving seven rounds, and the winner would receive a fantastic trophy for their guild while being known as the Champion Mage in the entire country of Fiore. The winner could even challenge the Elite Four and the Champion after the main tournament was done, if they wanted to really win it all.

While Sting had taken Lucy's concerns about safety with the spells into consideration, a small smile formed on his face when he thought of the perfect place to train and help Lucy work with that Lightning Magic. Besides, she would probably like the plan that Sting had in mind. He was going to give her a pretty good fight, but he also knew how to give a girl a very good time as well. Sting had seen that look of ambition in Lucy's cocoa brown eyes, seeing her desire to become much stronger, and work wasn't good without some fun included.

When everyone had finished eating their breakfast, Sting got up from the table and ran out of Sabertooth's entrance doors while having that cocky smirk on his face. He had ran so fast, prompting everyone else to look a bit startled by him suddenly leaving the guild, and Lucy was the first person to run after him. She had wondered what he was up to, since Sting was looking pretty confident, and Lucy hoped that her training with Sting would be great. She was followed by everyone else, including Wendy, and they knew how excited Sting could get. While Sabertooth seemed to be having a good morning, how were things going in Fairy Tail?

At the Fairy Tail guild...

After she had finished giving Natsu his breakfast, seeing the fire dragon slayer leave the bar when he was no longer hungry, Marina had a sly smirk on her face while knowing that she had a pretty important job to do. In order to keep the destructive power of Fairy Tail from ever reaching the guild known as Aqua Kyogre, the teal-haired girl realized that attacking the fairies would not be a good move. She simply had to make the guild implode from the inside out, as only she could, and there was a really perfect way to do that.

As she had gone to her dorm room at Fairy Hills, laying on the bed in only her large lacy blue bra and lacy blue panties, Marina laid under the warm comforter while knowing that her target had already been spoken of in gossip by the other guild members. She was going to mess with Natsu's head, play a few flirty games with the fire dragon slayer's weak mind, and Marina wanted Natsu to truly get karma for what he had done to Lucy. Despite not being her friend or enemy, Marina still knew that Shelly wanted her rival to be in top shape. That meant Lucy had to physically, mentally, and emotionally be ready for battles, so Natsu would have to pay for stabbing her in the heart with his knife of unfaithfulness while he had loved Lisanna.

That also entered the mind of the Aqua Kyogre grunt, making her have a plotting look in her green eyes while she wondered where the best place could be to put Lisanna in all of this. She would not want to be the typical person who would tell the white-haired mage that Natsu was looking somewhat infatuated with her large breasts, and Marina knew that she could not use Natsu's method of sneaking around with him for so many months. That would just be repeating Natsu's same actions with a third woman involved, but Marina sighed a bit in pleasure while she wanted it to a very special moment.

With the end motive in mind, the real first question actually entered her mind. How in the world could she get Natsu alone with her, for him to start swaying over to her side? It would truly be the best move to make some discord occur between him and Lisanna, if that would really be possible, and that would certainly cause the guild to implode on itself. Conflicts could definitely tear a team apart, especially if they can already have the habit of getting dysfunctional, and let's just say that Fairy Tail was like a sword. If Marina could expand the cracks in that sword, would the sword not shatter into pieces? It certainly would, which definitely seemed great.

Unknown to Natsu or anyone else, though, Marina's blackberry perfume was a perfected invention that had been made in the experimental labs of Aqua Kyogre. This perfume was made with the black oil from the Shadow Crystal that had been found in the far-off land of Almia, and the crystal's power had been able to implant darkness into the minds of everyone in that region for a while with its energy waves of darkness. However, the perfume was not designed to make anyone who smelled it become evil. Its purpose was to manipulate the mind of anyone who smelled it, luring them into an attracted state of mind, and the tension that Natsu had created in the guild would have more tension on it.

Of course, the perfume would not make him completely be head over heels for Marina. Natsu had only taken a slight whiff of her scent, so it would take a little while for anything really romantic to occur. Marina knew that she could use him to her advantage while all that time would be going by, though, and she simply had to hope that he would be the perfect tool for her. She still had no idea about what to do for a really good finishing move, but a soft knock at her door had really changed that. Marina looked curious while she heard someone knocking on her door again, and she wondered about who it could be.

The teal-haired girl got out from under the comforter, before getting out of bed to see who was knocking on her door, and she slowly turned the doorknob to see that her surprise visitor was none other than Natsu Dragneel. This would certainly put Marina's plan into motion, but why in the world was Natsu even here? He knew that males weren't allowed in Fairy Hills, but he had actually sneaked in here a few times to get down and dirty with Lisanna on some nights. Since she was out on a job with Juvia right now, why was he here?

"Your name is Marina, right? Well, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for blowing the whip cream on to your shirt. I know that the cream stains will probably not come out anytime soon, even if you put that shirt in the washing machine, but you're just so very..." Natsu asked and explained in an apologetic manner while looking really sorry, before his nose caught the scent of Marina's blackberry perfume. Natsu's strong nose was making him smell it all over, even around her large breasts, and he could only look at her in such a smitten way that made his knees go weak.

He could only look at her in a dazed manner, seeing the beautiful girl standing in front of him, and Marina smirked deviously at the sight of the perfume taking effect on the fire dragon slayer. His high libido from having dirty nights with Lucy and Lisanna also played a really big factor in this, making him slowly walk towards the woman who gently bounced her breasts in front of his face, and Natsu was not even thinking of Lisanna while he closed the door behind him after Marina let him come into her room. Things were probably about to get hot.

Marina responded nicely as she maintained her smirk, whispering in a sultry manner while she put a finger to his lips, "If you want to apologize and flatter me, then get into bed with me and show me how good you are. Come on, you fire dragon slayer. If you want me in any way, then heat me up to get it started. Let's get steamy and warm while we sleep together as well. You'll be doing my bidding while we're secretly in a supposed love, and just let the whole guild implode on you. I even have a present for you and Lisanna to see, so look forward to it."

As she went back to her bed to get under the comforter, the teal-haired girl could only watch as Natsu stripped down to nothing while letting his clothes fall to the floor. He simply jumped into her bed, slightly making her feel pain when he had landed on her body, and the fire dragon slayer got under the comforter with her while the perfume would just begin its simple work of letting Natsu relax with Marina. Her bed was so blue and comfy, so very soft, and it made Natsu feel like he was in heaven while Marina rolled over on her side to feint a pink blush on her cheeks. She was certainly a hot actress with her plan, and let's just say that the scenes were about to begin. (The lemon will be shown later on, since it would seem more appropriate with the plot.)

On a beach...

Sting had led Lucy and the others to the beach near the town of Humilau, a resort town that attracted tourists during the summertime with its department store, great waves for surfing, outside pools and many of the tourists had occupied the marvelous-looking villas atop the green grassy hills overlooking the sandy beach and the ocean. The townspeople lived in huts that were on wooden piers, and one of the piers actually led to the Grand Fiore League where the mysterious tournament would be taking place.

The white dragon slayer walked down the beach, seeing no one around right now, and this was the perfect time for him and Lucy to have a training battle. No innocent people would get hurt, and Sting would also try not to damage the beach too much. He wanted to see how powerful he was, and he also wanted to see what Lucy's new spells would be like. Would they be based on power, trickery, succession, or something else? Either way, this made Sting look very excited. He also had given the stamp and color kit to Rogue, since Lucy would be getting her guild mark today.

She opened up her yellow spell book to see that there were only four readable spells of Lightning Magic, certainly a lesser number of moves than what Sting had, but Lucy also knew that he would try to make this a fair fight. He wouldn't make it easy on her, but it would be fair. These unknown spells could probably be what Hikari had used back in the amusement park, but Lucy knew that the book did have its weird way of making some strange spells that could also prove to be very effective in battles. She informed him of the slight drawback, and Sting agreed to keep things even.

Rogue and the others simply sat on one of the grassy hills that stood over the beach, wanting to see what would happen in this battle, and Wendy looked really curious about the book that Lucy was wielding. She wondered about what was in it, wondering what kind of spells Lucy would be using, and the young sky dragon slayer smiled a bit while she began to cheer for her friend. Happy and Carla were also cheering for Lucy as well, but Lector smirked arrogantly as he thought that Sting would definitely win this match.

"All right, Lucy. This will be a practice match between us, and I want to see how strong this new type of magic really is. Since you only have four spells, we'll go by the Grand Magic League rules in the fourth-round battles. This will be a four-on-four fight with one type of magic allowed for each side, and you win by either knocking out your opponent or when the opposing side runs out of magical power. If you're ready, then let's begin." Sting explained calmly with strength in his charming blue eyes, before smirking and going into a combat stance.

Suddenly, a voice responded in a calm manner while it seemed to be coming from the other side of the beach, "Well, it looks like we cross paths again. Hello, Lucy Heartfilia. I do hope that you plan on crying on the beach like how you cried in my hot spring. You and Sting the stooge are having a little practice match, but don't feel good if you win. After all, honey, it's probably the only win that you'll ever get. Don't feel bad, though. Mostly everyone except me has to be a loser in this day and age, and you're really weak."

Sting and Lucy both looked across the beach to see Shelly walking towards them, smirking evilly while she had been in her signature lacy white bra and lacy white panties, prompting the blonde girl to harshly glare at her rival while her mind went back to the day that Shelly kicked her in the stomach at the Oceanic Museum. Lucy had been becoming stronger, smarter, better, faster, and she wanted some payback for that incident. Just because Shelly had berated her to teach the blonde girl a lesson, that did not mean that Lucy had settled things with her. Let's not forget that Shelly almost kissed Sting, the dragon slayer who Lucy shared a mutual attraction with.

Wendy looked a bit confused by what was going on right now, thinking that Shelly was a very nice person, and the young sky dragon slayer could not understand why the blue-eyed woman was fighting Lucy. Rogue had calmly explained to Wendy that Sting was now in love with Lucy, and how they had their first kiss. She also had been seeing Sting as her motivation to do much better, since he was not a jerk like Natsu, and Lucy wanted to show him that she could beat down Shelly in their rematch. The two girls had stern glares on their faces, eager to fight, and Lucy made the first move while opening the yellow spell book.

She used the first spell that was known as Thunder Jolt, and this move caused Lucy's body to become surrounded by yellow electricity while she could feel the voltage charging up from within her. She released all the electricity in the form of seven lightning bolts at Shelly, only for the tanned woman to maintain her evil smirk while she created seven small bubbles of water to counteract Lucy's attack. The blonde mage thought nothing of them at first, until the bubbles were dense enough to not burst from taking such an attack like that. Seven miniature yellow blasts of Lightning Magic transpired in midair, and they had made the bubbles finally burst.

The blonde mage looked frustrated while knowing that she couldn't attack in simple ways like that, but the side effect of her first spell had raised her speed. Lucy had to find some ways to counter Shelly's defensive moves. She smiled confidently while activating her second spell, and it was known as Luminous Lightning. This move made a yellow sphere of Lightning Magic form in between Lucy's hands, and sparks of yellow lightning were coming off of the sphere. She quickly threw it at Shelly, only to have the antagonist create a Water Clone of herself from the puddle of her last spell. The clone of Shelly took the attack, being hit by a large yellow blast of Lightning Magic, and electricity flowed throughout her body while it paralyzed her. Not wanting a damaged tool on the field, Shelly dispelled her clone to turn it back into water.

With two spells now unable to work, Lucy had to think of something. She had to win this battle against Shelly, but that would never happen if her attacks were so easy to read. Lucy had to find some way to psych Shelly out, and her cocoa brown eyes widened in shock while she remembered what Courtney had said about this type of magic. It focused around speed, referring to how fast electricity and light could travel, so Lucy had to use more speed than power in her moves. With that now in mind, the blonde mage just had to get moving. Would this new ability change the tide of this fight?

Lucy created the third spell quickly, imagining it to be quite good, and this move was known as Electric Blitz. This move caused a yellow aura to surround Lucy's body, as yellow lightning came down from the clouds above to strike her, and she began to move really fast while grinning confidently. Lucy was able to run around Shelly at fast speeds, looking like she was teleporting in flashes of lightning, and the blonde mage delivered a series of powerful punches and kicks to her opponent's body. They had been infused with electricity as well, making Shelly get massively shocked, and her body began to glow with a yellow light. What was going on?

The tanned woman had been coughing up blood while her body had been bruised from Lucy's powerful punches and kicks, obviously damaged by such an unexpected move that did not really give away all the details in is name, and eight miniature yellow blasts of light transpired on Shelly's body! Lucy had struck her eight times, so this definitely made sense. Shelly growled angrily while seeing her blood on the ground, appalled at the fact that Lucy had gotten strong enough to land such powerful combo hits, and she clenched her fists while she knew that it was now time to play for real.

She put her hands together, almost like she was in a praying stance, but the blue-eyed woman looked stern as water from the ocean began to enter her hands for this last attack. Shelly absorbed some of it, not all of the ocean's water, and she put her hands apart while having them closed into fists for a moment. Lucy looked curious about what her opponent would do, but the blonde mage noticed that the yellow aura around Shelly kept proceeding to get brighter. What in the world was going on with her? Lucy narrowed her cautious brown eyes, seeing Shelly open her hands to reveal two blue cannons attached to the centers of her palms, and this woman meant serious business.

Shelly told Lucy in a calm tone, smirking with joy at the sight of how her rival looked so cautious, "Keep looking cautious, Lucy Heartfilia, because this next spell is one of my favorites! It's known for washing away the garbage, and it'll wash away someone as weak as you! Let's see how you fare against my Scalding Hydro Cannon!"

Lucy gulped a bit while knowing that the name didn't sound too good, but she had to be brave. Sting was watching her, knowing that this was her personal rivalry, and the white dragon slayer believed that Lucy could win. Upon remembering why she was doing this, Lucy knew that she could not let Sting down. She had originally planned to battle him, but now he could watch from the sidelines to see how powerful she truly was. As Shelly unleashed two large vortexes that combined into a much larger one, she suddenly screamed in pain while electricity began to flow throughout her body!

"Fourth spell of Lightning Magic, I call upon thee! Lightning Beam! Show this watery woman that she made a pretty big mistake to try and kiss Sting, especially since she doesn't even seem to know simple physics!" Lucy shouted with strong emotions in her voice, looking determined to beat Shelly while noticing the delayed side effect of electrocution plus paralysis in her third spell, and she aimed her thin beam at Shelly's giant vortex! Everyone looked surprised to see something so small taking on something that was so much larger, thinking that this would never work, but this was not normal electricity.

Sting and Lector widened their eyes in amazement from seeing the electricity of Lucy's lightning beam flow through the vortex while spinning around rapidly, still going on a path towards Shelly, and water was simply conducting electricity. The lightning was now on a trail towards Shelly, who could not move after using such a powerful attack, and the black-haired woman needed time to recharge. When the lightning quickly got into her cannons, destroying the water at its source, an extremely large blast of Lightning Magic had transpired! It was eight times the size of the normal blast that Lucy had made for the spell's effect, and that was because of the third spell having the properties of chain power. Shelly could be heard screaming while the blast's power was striking her from everywhere, and Lucy screamed in agony as the vortex of scalding hot water had struck her as well!

A tremendously large blue blast of Water Magic had occurred on the beach, the noise getting the attention of many tourists watching from atop the grassy hills, and Sting was anxious to see who had won. The smoke faded away slowly, as both girls could be heard panting loudly, and the last few clouds parted to incredibly reveal that both of them were still standing while they were bruised and bloodied from taking each other's attacks. Shelly had been walking towards Lucy, who fell to her knees after using up so much magical power, and the elite female of Aqua Kyogre had giggled a bit while she changed her evil smirk to a heckling grin for this moment.

"I only came to this beach for some relaxation time, yet we cross paths again. It is like fate, Lucy Heartfilia, and fate has decided that you'll kneel before me like how you're doing now. It may have ended in a tie, but I am the superior one out of the two of us. Your first two spells couldn't even touch me, and yet it took two of your spells to weaken me so much while only one of mine has left you looking burnt to a crisp. You're catching up to me at a fast rate, yet you focus too much on bonding with your spells for friendship. I use mine for power, and my level of mastery with my spells matches my level of sexiness. You're still weak, trying to show off for that weak dragon slayer."

Lucy replied in a determined manner, strength entering her cocoa brown eyes as she was slowly able to stand up, "We may have tied today, but just watch me in the Grand Magic Games! I'll become strong enough to break a Magic Power Finder, and then I'll break all your smart remarks about me. By the way, don't you ever try kissing Sting in front of me. I won't let another guy be taken away from me, and I will get stronger. Those are words that I won't take back, Shelly Izumi, and I follow the honest path. I don't steal like you do, and you'll go down. Don't ever call Sting weak around me because he got me this far, and our love will go all the way to the end..."

Before the blonde mage could say anymore, however, her body gave way while she had been panting heavily. Lucy had collapsed on the sand, not moving anymore, and Lucy knelt down beside her rival to feel for a pulse. Lucy was still alive, having a heartbeat, but she just needed some rest. She also placed her left hand on Lucy's left cheek as well, seeing that she had definitely taken care of her skin as much as she trained really hard. Yukino, Frosch, Lector, Sting and Happy all ran to the aid of their friend, Wendy quickly running alongside them to check out the wounds of both women, and Shelly simply got up to stand aside while the allies of Lucy had come running.

Wendy knelt down beside her blonde friend to heal her stamina, restoring her energy to a good amount that would help her move again, and the young sky dragon slayer noticed that Lucy soon let out a faint groan. Sting stood beside her while looking concerned, hoping that his love interest would be okay, but he also smiled a bit while kissing his girlfriend's cheek to let her know that he was really impressed with how she had fought Shelly to a draw this time. Lucy really had improved, even though that fourth spell was risky in the end, and Shelly smirked a bit while starting to walk off from the scene.

"Shelly-san, please wait! Your injuries must need healing, and you should get some rest as well!" Wendy shouted to the tanned woman while running after her with a concerned facial expression, now that she had given Lucy at least enough energy to walk while not knowing that inhaling some wind would also help the blonde mage feel revitalized.

The black-haired woman responded kindly to Wendy while taking a brown flyer out of the left cup of her lacy white bra to give to the little girl, "Don't feel the need to worry about me, little girl from Fairy Tail. I can easily heal in no time at all because of the dense and defensive Water Magic constantly flowing throughout my body, which explains why I survived Lucy's attack while I can still stand after enduring something so powerful. Still, she's quite a creative rival. Give her this job when she wakes up, and it may help her get stronger. Also, tell her to kiss Sting already to be his girlfriend or I'll do it to spite her. No one likes getting hurt twice, so tell her to kick it up a notch with the love."

As Shelly stepped on a certain part of the sand that was near the ocean, Wendy looked curious to see it take Shelly down in what seemed like a quicksand way of reaching Aqua Kyogre's hideout. She sunk down into the sand while holding her breath and covering her ears, and the hole closed up fast before Wendy could try following her. As Lucy began to wake up, Wendy read the flyer to herself. She could not believe that Aqua Kyogre had jobs like this, even though she still did not know that they were a dark guild, and Shelly had really given Lucy an interesting opportunity to improve her skills.

How was Chapter 12? Did you like it? Sorry if the fight between Lucy and Shelly wasn't good for a second battle, but this one will lead up to another one! The StiCy is also getting better as well, and Lucy will definitely improve her bond with Sting! Anyway, where will Shelly's flyer send Lucy? Will a certain iron dragon slayer be near there, but something else preoccupies him? If so, what is it? Standby for the update!