Oh my god! Mock exams right after Christmas the fuck? T_T
French! Too much French being imposed on me right now UGH
Umm will be uploading even slower than before now because 1) Away for Christmas 2) having to study during Christmas 3) mock exams happening 4) probably died by the end of it
Anyway~ on with the story! :D
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy, never have and never will. All credits go to Monsieur Mashima Hiro sauf mon OCs! Merci!
Chapter 23
-The next day-
"Alright, we need a plan." Erza announces.
"I got one!" Natsu punches his fist in the air.
"I'm listening." Erza says, crossing her arms when Lucy says, "I don't think that's a good idea." I agree with her.
"Huh, with that flame-brain of his? Of course it's not a good idea." Gray comments.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!" Natsu yells at him.
"Natsu!" Erza calls him in a stern voice.
Natsu glares at Gray and says, "Easy." He shrugs. "We walk up to the village and attack any Vulcans we see."
Gray and I snort at that suggestion. I offer my fist to Gray and he returns the gesture by knocking his fist against mine and we say together, "Flame-brain." Natsu punches the both of us with his arms covered in flames, and we were thrown far away.
I got to my senses and hear someone claims, "Juvia's rival!" She appears out of nowhere, emitting a very dark aura.
"Juvia! What are you doing here?!" Gray asks, surprised.
"Juvia is worried about Gray-sama. Juvia cannot bear to think that Gray-sama was with her (she points a finger directly at me) this whole time! Juvia is sad!" Juvia starts to well up some tears.
'Me? What did I do? Seriously, what is her deal? She's been saying "Juvia's rival" since I met her!' I blink.
"No, no don't cry Juvia! We're just on a mission together with the group." Gray attempts to comfort her, while I still stand there, blinking and confused.
"Really? Does Gray-sama like Lia-san?" (Brain registering what Juvia said) 'Ohhh~ she liiikkesss him' I snicker.
Gray blinks at this and scratches his head. I snort, "Juvia girl, you got it wrong. Don't worry about me stealing this frozen-brain from you because that ain't gonna happen in a million years." I reassure Juvia.
"Who you calling frozen-brain?!" Gray shouts at me.
I stick my tongue out at him and grab Juvia's arm, leading her away from Gray. "Relax Juvia. Hey, you can join us on the mission now that you're here!" I offer.
"Really? You are so kind Lia-san." Juvia says, blushing while Gray walks behind us with his hands in his pockets. "I still think you are my love rival, like Lucy."
"Hurry up or we'll leave you!" I call after him, which causes him to jog up and walk next to us. I smirk at him and he rolls his eyes.
We arrive to where the group is and present Juvia. Lucy giggles, "Typical Juvia."
"Erza-san, is it ok if Juvia joins too?" Juvia asks Erza shyly.
"Of course! We could use your help, especially with these three here constantly fights."
"Thank you!" She clasps her hands together and we take off towards the village.
"Right, here's the plan. We will split up. Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lucy come with me and we will check this side of the village. Wendy, Juvia, Lia and Charle go check the other side. Anything bad happens, send Happy or Charle." We nod and go our separate ways.
-Team Lia-
We walk with caution, looking from left to right. I sense a change in the air vibrations and listen hard. "Did you feel that?" I ask. A sound like feet shifting make my ears perk up. "Wendy, did you hear that?" She nods. Suddenly, there is something huge jump down directly on us. "Guys, out of the way!" I shout.
We jump away from our spot. The spot is now taken by a big and furry Vulcan. "Well he got kind of a doofus face." I say, observing the Vulcan.
The Vulcan flares up, "I am no doofus!" He attacks us and cries out, "What is doofus?"
I turn to Juvia, "Are all Vulcans this stupid or just this one?"
She shrugs, "This is the first Juvia fights with a Vulcan. Juvia is very sorry because Juvia doesn't know."
"Oh it's alright. I'll ask Lucy later. I think she had some experienced with them."
The Vulcan got angrier at my comment. "Stupid human!" He lets out a call and there were at least 3 other Vulcans come for his aid.
"Oops!" I squeak.
Charle is floating at the back and says, "Why do I feel like you are a second Natsu?"
I answer, "Excuse me. Don't compare me with him. I am a female, and way smarter."
"Lia-san, do we have a plan?" Wendy asks me. I blink, 'why is she asking me? I'm not the leader here, am I?'
"Err, Juvia. A little help?" I turn to Juvia in which she responds by shaking her head.
"Ok fine, nothing to worry about. There are four of us against four Vulcans. That's even so it's fine. All of you find a Vulcan partner then." I say.
"Sorry, count three please if you haven't realized I don't have physical capabilities to fight against a Vulcan." Charle comments, with her arms crossed over her chest.
I sighed, "Alright, I'll deal with your Vulcan partner."
"Partner! Oohh ohhh woman!" The Vulcans start to chant. They hop towards us and grab us by the waist in one single motion.
"What the fuck? Let me down you stupid shit!" I yell and kick my legs, trying to free myself. 'This was definitely not the plan...'
-Meanwhile with Team Natsu- Gray's POV
"Should we split up?" I ask the group.
"I vote no." Lucy says with her hands up. 'Typical Lucy.' I smirk to myself.
Suddenly, we are surrounded by several Vulcans. They start to chant, "Get the woman. Woman! Woman!"
"What the heck are they saying?" I ask.
Lucy rubs her arms looking uncomfortable, "Oh no, I know what this means."
"What? What does it mean Lucy?" Erza asks.
"They're perverts. Last time the monkey kicked me out of the cave just to be with Luce here." Natsu says nonchalantly, pointing at Lucy with his thumb.
One Vulcan swipes up Erza by the waist; we watch Erza, stuck between the Vulcan's grasp. Her eye twitches and she requips into her armor and weapons and breaks free from the Vulcan's arms. She then attacks the Vulcan with her swords, knocking it out. She turns to us and we blink. I see that the other Vulcans close in on Lucy and I call out her name to warn her. Lucy takes out a cylindrical object and out came this bluish flexible matter and she slashes the Vulcans with it and they are knocked out. 'Wow, just by using that! She really has gotten stronger since the Grand Magic Games.'
"Gray!" Erza calls out my name.
I whip my head just in time to see a Vulcan about to attack me and I quickly react. "Ice Make: Lance!" I knock it out and continue to attack some other Vulcans.
Lucy calls out Loke to fight alongside her, and I catch Loke's eyes and we nod to each other. She continues to use her flexible whip that she calls Fleuve d'étoile while Loke attacks with his Regulus magic.
Erza continues to attack any Vulcans that comes her way, I almost felt sorry for them. It seems brutal and she ends up with a pile of Vulcans in front of her and step up one foot on them and says, "Anymore Vulcans?" I swear the Vulcans ran away from her.
"Woi, don't just sit there Natsu!" I scold Natsu as I find him squatting next to an unconscious Vulcan.
"What? Look, Gray!" He points at the Vulcan that he is currently staring at.
I am curious so I go to see what he is pointing at. "The Vulcan's wearing a necklace?" I ask.
"Yeah, could he be the boss?"
I shrug at that. "If he's the boss, the rest would have stopped attacking."
"Sooo... Oh wait a minute! I think the Vulcan took over someone! Like what happened with Macao! This was smells different." Natsu exclaims.
"You think so?" I look at Erza and Lucy; they were finishing off the last two Vulcans. 'Wait, why did we leave all the fighting to the girls?'
Then, both of them come over and Lucy moans, "You guys let us do all the job! What are you doing anyway?"
"I think someone's been taken over by this Vulcan. Look, its wearing a necklace." Natsu points out. The necklace has a dream catcher pendant.
-Team Lia-
'Ok, looks like this Vulcan is not going to let me go.' I sigh, then I transform into a cat. My body becomes small and I slip easily through the Vulcan's arms.
"Haaaaa?! Woman?!" The Vulcan stops running and is looking around for me. I stand there, and finally the Vulcan sees me. "Neko?" The Vulcan scratched his head. "Cat?"
I laugh and transform into myself again, then take out my claws and give the stupid Vulcan a good beating. After I knock it out, I turn around to see the others running towards me with the other Vulcans running after them. My eyes turn wide. Charle screams, "THESE VULCANS ARE CRAAZYY!"
Wendy asks, "Are you all right Lia-san?" They arrive next to me and prepare for battle.
I nod and say, "Let's do this, guys." We are standing in battle stance in a circle with our backs to each other. Each one of us is facing a Vulcan while Charle is floating above us shouting out warnings.
I take out my pair of Sais and attack the Vulcan in front of me. It retaliates and lashes out at me with its large hands. I dodge and kick it in the stomach, sending it flying backwards. It comes running towards me with steam blowing out of its nostrils. I jump high above the Vulcan and quickly make the Sais disappear and summon my two short swords, then slash the Vulcan with it. The Vulcan is knocked out and I land onto the ground with my legs bent and hands on the floor. I make my swords disappear and see Juvia attack her Vulcan with Water magic, "Water Nebula!" while Wendy attacks hers with Air magic, "Wings of the Sky Dragon!" All the Vulcans are unconscious.
I sense a movement behind me and I quickly react by rolling sideways, and another Vulcan appears. Then, more and more Vulcans appear and we fight them off together. We dodge and kick, we attack and defend, and by the end of it, all of the Vulcans are down, knocked out and I am breathless, already getting tired from using all the magic. Wendy and Juvia don't even look like the whole thing affected them. 'Oh well, they've been mages longer than I have and they obviously are stronger than me.' I smile at the thought and resolve to be strong as them.
Some of the Vulcans transform into humans and I gasp. "What is this?"
"Oh no, I suppose some of the people have been taken over by the Vulcans." Wendy says.
"That's terrible. Let's help them!" Juvia says running to a man's aid that was a Vulcan a few minutes ago.
We help carry the wounded into some of the house and found other villagers that come out of their hiding places. They help nurse the wounded while we go looking for Natsu and the rest. We walk until we found the group squatting next to a Vulcan. "What the hell are they doing?" I ask out loud.
"Juvia thinks they are looking for something from the Vulcan. Oh no! Gray-sama is looking at the Vulcan and not me!" Juvia has her hands on her cheeks, and then takes off running towards Gray. 'Err, what?'
I look at Wendy and she has an apologetic expression on. I shrug and say, "Come on." I jog together with Wendy towards the group.
"What's happening, everyone?" Wendy asks.
"Natsu reckons this Vulcan took over somebody because it is wearing a necklace." Erza informs us.
They move aside to give us space to take a look. I inspect the Vulcan and Natsu points at the necklace and that's when I gasp, disbelief and horror wash over me. "The- the necklace!" I stutter.
"What? You know this necklace?" Lucy asks me.
I squat down and hold the necklace and look closely at it. 'Yes, this is it. I am not mistaken. It's the one.' I nod to Lucy and hold the Vulcans face in my hands, and I whisper, "Mizu-chan!"
Well, there ya go. How was it? Sorry took ages :D
Anyway, for those sitting A-levels and other exams out there, GOOD LUCK! We all need it -_-
