Speculation

A/N: I don't feel like I have a good handle on the characters, but especially the male characters, so idk when or if the guys speculating about the girls will happen.

Instead, here's some Cana and Wendy goodness. (I really like to write fics that will scar the mind of poor little Wendy, don't I?) It's not really speculation-themed, but I put it here anyways. Sisterly Cana is the best Cana (Maybe). This is pretty short compared to other chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Speculation Part IV

It was a quiet morning in Fairy Hills when Cana woke up. Laki and Evergreen were out on missions, Erza was already up for her morning run, Levy was at Gajeel's for the night, and Juvia had gotten an early start that morning to meet Gray before he left. She slumped through the halls on her way to the guild to begin another day of drinking with the possibility of getting a mission.

Behind a door she heard Wendy shuffling around nervously, which was unusual. Typically the young girl would be up at dawn to go help Porlyusica out if she was in town. If she didn't, she was usually at the guild hall learning from the older mages.

Cana knocked on the door before opening it. Carla was nowhere to be seen, and Wendy was desperately trying to hide a book under her bed. The older mage, sensing the book to be a part of the odd scene, got to Wendy in time and grabbed the book from her hands.

Looking at the leather bound cover, and even the spine, there was nothing spectacular about the book. It was a deep red with minor gold decoration and no title inscribed into the leather. Cana looked up to see Wendy squirm as she opened the book to the title page. Inside, in bold lettering it read: Female Human Reproduction.

"Why d'you have this, Wendy?" Cana suspected that she knew why, but since there were so many possibilities, she wasn't going to assume anything.

"Well," Wendy said, reluctant to speak to Cana about it.

"Well?" Cana asked, not willing to accept Wendy's nervousness for an answer.

"It seems all the girls in the guild I know well all have boyfriends now," she said.

"Is this about our girl talk we're always having?" Cana wouldn't admit that she encouraged it, even When Wendy was in the room.

Wendy nodded.

"So what has Porlyusica told you? I'm sure you know something," Cana said.

"Well, menstruation and childbirth," Wendy quietly replied.

"About sex," Cana clarified.

"Just the basics," she almost whispered back.

"Like what?" Cana asked again, beginning to flip through the book in an attempt to figure out exactly what Wendy would have learned. It was full of anatomical drawings and scientific gibberish that Cana knew she had no hope of understanding.

"That a man and a woman do something involving their… you know," Wendy said with a shaking voice.

Cana huffed and plopped herself down onto Wendy's bed. "You're thirteen now, right? You're old enough to be taught about this."

Wendy blushed.

"I think I was your age," Cana added. "Me, Mira, and Erza all had to get the talk from Porlyusica, and she wasn't helpful at all, other than giving us a birth control potion to take. And don't get me started on when we got our periods for the first time!"

Although she didn't want to hear anything what was coming, Wendy assumed it was better than whatever the older mages had gotten. Cana patted the bed, encouraging the young mage to sit next to her. Eventually, she did.

"So let's get this over with," Cana said. "And we never have to talk about this again."

Wendy gulped, slightly afraid to hear what Cana was going to say.

"So, sex is something adults do for fun and occasionally to have kids. Though mostly for fun. In most cases, it's a guy and a girl. The guy's penis gets hard and then it goes-"

"I already know that," Wendy squeaked.

"Then what do you want to know?"

"I want to understand what you were talking about," Wendy whispered with a blush.

"Well, aren't you turning into the little perv?" Cana said with smarmy glee. Wendy's face turned bright red. "No, I get it. You're curious. It makes sense since you're one of the youngest members, always having to listen to us talk about things kids your age shouldn't hear."

Wendy nodded. After collecting herself, she finally asked a question. "Does it feel good?"

"Yeah," Cana revealed with no shame. "Why else would people do it for fun? Though the first time can hurt a bit, or if you get into it too quickly. But the pain can add to the fun for some people."

"So it's complicated?" Wendy queried.

"Well, there's lots of ways you could do it, and lots of ways people enjoy doing it. Sometimes it's two guys, two girls, more than two people. Some people use toys or costumes," Cana continued.

"Toys?" Wendy was not acquainted with adult toys, and was thus very confused as to what Cana was talking about.

"Didn't you see Erza's vibrator?" Cana asked the girl.

"Did I?"

"The little purple bullet-shaped thing in her drawer," Cana described.

"Oh," Wendy blushed. "That's what that was."

"You've probably heard them talked about a lot," Cana said. "They save a lot of us trouble when the boys are out."

"How?"

"I'm sure you've heard of masturbation," Cana sighed, worried that Carla had truly sheltered the young dragon slayer too much.

Wendy blushed, not offering a response to Cana, but that didn't matter. Cana got that the young girl knew what it meant.

"It was in the book then?"

Wendy nodded.

"Either way you would've figured it out for yourself, so it doesn't matter much if I tell you about that," Cana informed Wendy. "Though if you need to sneak anything in for yourself past Carla, you can always hide it in my room."

"T- that won't be necessary!" Wendy insisted.

"Whatever you say, Wendy," Cana replied, half joking, even though she did feel bad that the young girl was so sheltered by her exceed partner. "Anything else?"

"About what I heard in the bath," Wendy said, breathing deeply to calm the blush on her cheeks. "Can you explain some of that stuff to me?"

"Like what?" Cana began to kick her legs up nervously, knowing this was the stuff she least wanted to explain to the young girl. Still, considering Carla's attitude towards Wendy growing up, Cana felt some responsibility to do so.

Wendy paused, and blushed once again. "We don't have to," the girl insisted.

"Well, if you don't ask me, you probably won't find out from anyone else," Cana reminded her.

They sat in silence while Wendy considered Cana's words before the younger mage opened her mouth. "What's… anal?"

Cana's jaw dropped. She'd anticipated such a question, but wasn't mentally ready to answer the question, it having been Wendy that asked it. Pretending not to be phased, she talked. "It's when the man's penis goes into the back door," Cana stated. Wendy still looked embarrassed or confused, forcing Cana to go on. "Your butt."

"B- but," Wendy protested. "Doesn't that hurt? Or injure you?"

"Not if you do it right, but even then," Cana paused. "It's not always great. Depends on the guy." She shrugged.

"I don't have to do that," Wendy hoped.

"No," Cana advised her, "but it can be more fun if you do. Though, most of the girls in the guild don't."

"Does spanking have to do with it?" Wendy asked Cana. Despite all her mental energy, Cana was not ready for that question. She didn't even recall it coming up in any conversation.

Cana stared at the young girl. "Why don't we talk about that another day? Or you could ask Mira, she likes it."

Cana hopped off the bed and moved for the door, hoping her movement would prevent any further or more awkward questions. She'd had enough and she knew she couldn't take any more for the day.

"Well, I need to go to the guild to, uh, look for a mission," Cana said before grabbing the handle. She looked back one more time to see something of a dejected look on Wendy's face. Despite her rough exterior, she hated to see the girl she regarded as something of a younger sister sad. She'd felt rejection too many times herself. Cana considered what she should do. "But, if you have any more questions, just come to my room when I'm here, Okay?"

"Okay," Wendy assured Cana. "I'll do that."

With that, Cana walked out of the room before practically sprinting to the guild for a drink.

Mira watched as Cana slumped down on the bar.

"Is something wrong?" The barmaid asked her friend.

"Just get me some beer," Cana groaned.

Mira poured a beer for Cana and waited. Throughout the day the barrels would add up and Cana would become as close to drunk as she ever would be. It was at that time Mira the gossip hound would come out to ask Cana about her morning. By then Erza had come to hang out in the guild hall and look for missions. Wendy hadn't shown up, although it wasn't unusual that she would spend the day learning more about healing from Porlyusica or studying with Carla.

"Do you know why Cana's down, Erza?" Mira asked.

Erza shook her head. "I saw her coming out of Wendy's room this morning, and then she ran to the guild." That gave Mira a spark of inspiration.

Mira moved gracefully over to Cana's table, bringing a new barrel with her. Cana acknowledged her presence, but was too focused on drinking to say anything.

"How was your morning, Cana?"

The drunken mage groaned and lay her torso down on the table, twisting her head to look in Mira's general direction. "Wendy…"

Mira raised one of her eyebrows to show she wanted to know more, even if Cana couldn't see her face.

"I made a mistake," Cana moaned out. She shielded her eyes.

"What happened?" Mira asked, sounding innocent and sympathetic. If less intoxicated, Cana would see right through her act.

"That night, in the hot spring, when we were talking about Erza," Cana continued. Mira waited as Cana tried to find a way to spit everything out. "When we were talking about sex."

Mira held back pointing out that Cana was the primary offender on that note.

"Wendy heard us. She was curious, so I had to explain things to her this morning," Cana finished.

Mira giggled. "Did she have any questions?"

"Lots," Cana spat out. She took several large gulps of beer.

"And did you answer them?"

"I had to! The girl got herself a useless book to try and figure it out and Carla wouldn't have told her anything anyways," Cana slurred.

"Well, I'll leave you to your beer," Mira practically sang out.

"God knows I need beer right now," Cana told the barmaid as she danced off to serve another customer.

When Mira saw Wendy finally enter the guild, she went up to the young girl. "Hello, Wendy! Have you learned anything interesting today?" Mira greeted her.

Wendy nodded quickly and walked past her without making eye contact. Apparently Cana wasn't the only one traumatized by that little talk. Little did she realize that she herself would have to face the same conversation with Wendy when the girl came up to Mira a few days after her talk with Cana.

"Mira?" Her big eyes avoided Mira's. "Cana said you might know something about why people like spanking? She said you like it."

"Oh, I don't know if I could tell you," the demon replied. Oh, yes. Now she knew what Cana was feeling that day, and she would avoid making that embarrassment worse at all costs. "Why don't you ask Erza? She knows." With a smile, Mira watched as Wendy walked out of the guild to go find the armored mage. Her only regret was that she couldn't see the conversation between the two happen.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed! (I have a problem finding good ways to end things and I should fix that but it probably won't happen soon)