A/N: SUDDEN TIMESKIP. Because A: episode 12 and 13 are hilarious, and B: Kap's writers block is bad. More protective Sucy! Because I crave that shit like AIR.
A Potato: Thank you very much my cherished friend! Your kind words make me smile! Akko's masochism makes me giggle and also aggressively vibrate a finger to thumb. Its that top tier gay blushy crushy sheit and also a pretty natural progression of her interactions with Sucy? I mean having a cute girl who's slightly dom naturally, messing with you is bound to jiggle them hormones.
Magicantix: Hey there friend! Thank you for the reviews, your words are very kind! And totally go for it! I would love to read your take on their relationship, no matter what you think of your own ability! Writing is a skill that really boils down to looking at inspiration; be that art, other works or what have you; and then going full Shia Labeouf and just doing it. The more you do it, the quicker you improve! I can look back at earlier works from a few months ago and clearly see the improvement.
And yes. I wonder what she could have been dreaming about? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
On Diakko, what can I say? Its a gud ship with some good parallels and canon backing behind it. Though to be honest Andrew x Akko has a similar amount of backing and I enjoy that as much. My perspective is that you can infer a lot of subtext between interactions, especially with an anime like LWA: where the waters around ships are muddier and vague. I for instance infer quite a bit of subtext; I try to stay as close as I can to how the relationship is portrayed in canon, but I am a die hard shipper so there's bound to be embellishment.
In a piece of fiction where the writers choose to step back from confirming anything, it is totally up to the viewer to conclude one way or the other; where one person sees clear signs of rivalry turned love, another person might see a hostile relationship morphed into a deep friendship. Where I may see a quiet girl unsure of how affection works falling for her first and best friend, another may see a tsundere girl not wanting to admit she has a best friend at all.
Tldr: Its subjective and I intend to keep it that way.
The lack of a followup to 8 burns me as well, but that is tied to a deeper issue with how LWA uses its cast; many main characters (like Lotte and Sucy) are pushed to the back in the later episodes. Eh what are you gonna do? ¯\_ツ_/¯ Let's just hope a season 2 happens and we get more from our best girl. Thank you very much for the reviews! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
And I hope you all enjoy as well! Reviews are very much appreciated!
Akko strode confidently from Professor Ursula's room, a determined spring in her step as she marched. Despite the trainwreck that was yesterday, Atsuko would not back down; she would become the Moonlight Witch.
Everyone would see.
Diana would see.
Akko's face scrunched up, remembering how the platinum blonde had told her off in front of everyone.
"'You have no right to study here!'" She parroted sardonically, fueling her determination with spite.
In retrospect, pretending to be Diana wasn't her greatest idea, she had ultimately brought the outcome upon herself. Though when an opportunity presented itself, she had to make the most out of it; a page from Amanda's life philosophy.
Life is full of doors, opening and closing around you, and when one closes, another opens.
Another door opened that very moment, a hand yanking Akko inside forcefully. The brunette was pushed up against a wall, two witches blocking off her paths of escape. She shrunk back, hands in front of her defensively.
"There you are Akko!" Hannah barked, leaning forward into her face.
"How dare you trick us like that the other day!" Barbara leaned in as well, hands against her hips in an irritated manner.
Akko shrunk back further, trying an awkward forced smile. "So sorry about that.." In all honesty she absolutely wasn't. These two had tortured her since day one, and a door just so happened to open to enable their comeuppance.
"You really think an apology is enough?" The redhead took a step forward, well kept eyebrows creased in anger. "Seriously!" Barbara continued. "Do you have any idea how embarrassing that was?"
Just as it seemed the two were going to approach further, they pulled back, turning to each other with wicked grins growing across their lips.
"Well.." One began.
"But.." The other started milliseconds after.
"We'll forgive you, since you three poor souls get to be the sacrifices~" Hannah's lip pouted in mock pity, holding in a giggle.
Barbara was not so subtle however. "I can't wait to see everyone laugh at you!" Twisted glee was clear on her face; an expression Akko was familiar with, though this grin was different: holding malice within the eyes instead of the love she was used to. "You are so perfect for sacrifices!"
Leaning in again, the redhead let her joy leak through. "Akko the idiot, creepy Sucy.."
"And the girl less noticeable then air, Lotte!" Always on the same wavelength as her accomplice, the raven haired witch finished off the trio, bringing a hand towards her mouth to stifle giggles. "You three are a pack of losers!"
Akko's cheeks bloated, eyes burning into the floor angrily as her tormentors laughed. She felt her fists clench, struggling against her heart, screaming at her to square up and fight these harlots. 'You can't get into a fight at school.. that will disqualify you for Moonlight Witch!'
"What's with that face? Got nothing to say?" One of the imps goaded, leaning in further.
A familiar aura of pressure stopped Akko from responding; someone else was in the room, someone angry.
"Maybe she's trying to stay civil; unlike you two, talking about someone while they're listening." Sucy's voice was ice cold, every single word dripping with venom; a venom Akko could never survive.
"Who's creepy?"
The three witches felt a shiver roll through their spine, Hannah and Barbara nervously turning their heads back to see the alchemist's long pink hair, shadows casting over her one remaining eye. Lotte stood at the door, hugging her books, light reflecting off her glasses to hide the tearful sheen to her eyes.
Sucy stepped forward; though they were all roughly similar heights, the alchemist seemingly towered over the three girls. "O-Oh... Hi- uh -S-Sucy..." Hannah tried, shrinking back behind her friend, who was forcibly used as a human shield.
The waves of malice stung Akko's nose and she felt her hands begin to shake; Sucy was often mischievous, a little mean, but never had she felt so hateful.
"What are we all up to here?" The pink haired witch pulled out a glass vile, nonchalantly fiddling with its cap. "Because it sounded like nothing good." Sucy opened the vial as a large beetle scuttled across the floor, dripping a tiny amount onto its shell when it passed underneath her hand.
The effect was instant, a purple mass grew from the contact point, spreading out and covering the bug's entire body, crushing the poor creature to death before devouring it whole. The three watched in abject horror as the vile mass began to fizzle and burn itself to ash, fearfully returning their gaze to the poison master.
Akko gulped, recognizing the mixture's colour from last week's testing. What had once simply blinded her temporarily, was now a cold and efficient killing machine.
Barbara was the first to regain her spine, stuttering out an explanation with an awkward laugh. "Aha.. We were j-just messing around, right Akko?" The same grip that had pushed her against the wall now pulled her away from it, setting her next to Barbara.
Even though they completely deserved whatever the unstable alchemist had planned, Akko wasn't keen on the idea of anyone getting murdered today, or ever for that matter. "Y-Yeah!" She stumbled. "Just messing around Sucy!"
"Really." Sucy was not buying it, but seemingly understood Akko's intention. Her aura of pressure letting up, she took a step forward, lifting her head to make her eye visible. "Akko doesn't have time to be messing around. And neither do you two."
Lifting an arm up towards the door, the alchemist offered escape. "Don't you two have a festival to be planning?"
Jumping at the chance, the two girls smiled in fear, quickly shuffling towards the door. "Ah yes! W-We should g-get going!" Hannah waved awkwardly, breaking into a sprint as soon as the exit was an arms reach away.
Sucy didn't watch them go, instead gliding up to her guinea pig and grabbing her face with both hands, checking her over for any forming bruises or welts. "Why did you let them off so fast?" The alchemist asked quietly, straightening Akko's slightly roughed up uniform. "I was going to let them have it."
"You were going to murder them." Akko pointed out, reaching up to grasp Sucy's wrists.
Her one visible eye closed as she laughed darkly. "Sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. I have to protect what's mine."
Atsuko flushed, a tiny smile trying to break through her scolding expression. "Well protecting me is all well and good, but remember what Professor Lukic said about murder with magic." A fate worse than death, the most terrible thing one can imagine multiplied tenfold.
The alchemist dropped her hands, shifting her glance off to the side, focusing hard on a blank wall. "It would've been worth it." She muttered under her breath.
"Now come on, we have your stupid plan to work on." Akko was suddenly yanked along behind her friend, who grabbed Lotte on the way through the door, pulling them both down the hall to parts unknown.
Not having to focus on walking, Akko's thoughts drifted. Sucy was always so contradictory; dangerous, frightening, sweet, caring. She joked about murder, but a voice in the back of Akko's head was deadly serious. That single ruby was filled with absolute malice; she would have done serious harm to those girls if Akko didn't step in.
She had to try to avoid trouble from now on, lest Sucy do something insane in her defense.
A/N: Nothing's more dangerous than a mother bear protecting her cubs, and similarly, nothing is more dangerous than a possessive Sucy protecting her love. It's an aspect of Sucy's character I really really enjoy, how afraid the other students are of her- rightly so most of the time -and how protective Sucy is of the things she cares about. It all combines to make a very fun set of interactions between those she loves and cares about, herself, and those she deems a threat.
This was really fun to write. I think we all wanted to see Sucy throw down to protect her friends (That neck cracking!) Though it's getting a bit more difficult to come up with ideas for chapters, as my brain is absorbed with plot ideas for my other fic.
That being said, feel free in your reviews or in PMs to pitch in ideas for future chapters!
I hope you enjoyed my friends! Tell me how it was.