~Lucy's P.O.V~
"So what sort of Ninja magic can you already do?" Hibiki asked. I sighed; this could take 5 minutes or 5 hours, depending on how much she told him. As those 2 blabbered away about magic, I was left with the rest of the Trimen's to entertain me. At the moment I was trying to pry Eve from me.
"Man -argh- have you ever –god dammit- heard of personal space?" I asked, trying to escape from a hug.
"I'm sorry Lucy-Chan, we don't believe in that!" He said snuggling into me. I sighed in defeat, ordering a beer from the waitress. I wasn't a heavy drinker, but I still liked to drink.
"Lucy-San, here" Ren said pushing a drink towards me. "It's not like I got it for you or anything."
"Don't you have sherry?" I asked taking a sip of the beer I had bought. Ren turned beat red, looking away. Muttering something.
"So what have you been up to, Lucy-Chan?" Eve asked me, snuggling deeper still into my shoulder.
"Umm, let's see. I went off to train for a while. So I learnt a caster magic. I've been going of a lot of missions of late. Master Macao's thinking of moving me to an S-class level" Ren interrupted me.
"Like Erza-San?" I flinched. I still miss all my Nakama. "Sorry" He said.
"No, it's okay. I just still miss them" I sighed. "And yeah, like Erza."
"That'd make you really strong then."
"Yeah, I guess" I was fiddling with my drink. Somehow this conversation had started to depress me. "Anyway. Umm I adopted Nina here" I gestured to Nina. "Oh and I had a baby" I took a swing of my drink, not seeing that the conventions around me had stopped.
"A b-baby?" Hibiki asked in a shocked tone. He'd turned away from Nina now, a I saw a little irritation on her face.
"Yep. Emily. She's going on for 8 months soon." (If you remember she was 3 when Lucy returned to the guild. Then there was a 4 month time skip, but it was really subtle. All I said was 'Bisca was now 4 months pregnant')
"Wow" Eve whispered. "What does that mean that you're taken?" He pulled away from the hug. Heh, finally.
"No, I'm not" I took another swing of my beer, it was running on empty.
"Then how do you have a baby?" Ren asked.
"You guys are skirt chases. You don't need to be in a serious relationship to get knocked up, you know."
Eve made a sound that was somewhere in-between a little kid yelping when he sees a birthday cake, and a puppy whining. He came straight back for a hug.
"That means I can keep hugging you!" He smiled at me. Gosh, these guys may be annoying, but they were damn cute!
"Whatever." I looked around the Blue Pegasus guild hall. It was a lot flashier then either of the fairy tail guilds were. With couches, lots of beautiful men and women and I flashy bar! With lots of fancy drinks I'd never heard of. I saw the request board of to one side. My eyes scanned the jobs. Wow! There were a lot that I'd never seen at fairy tail. Now a days we didn't get many big jobs, so seeing all of them bought back memoirs of old times.
Eve noticed where I was looking a giggled. Do guys even giggle? "Yeah, we get a lot of good jobs now a days" He smiled grabbing my hand and dragging me over. "Let's see. There's one to eliminate a demon hoard. A dark guild taking over a town. A curse that's putting people to sleep for weeks. Yeah there's a lot of variety" I sighed at that, heading back over to the bar.
"Yeah fairy tails lucky if we get asked to get rid of wild animals. There's never any fun missions."
"Why don't you come on a mission with us? I mean you're here and all" Ren offered.
"Love to, but no. Master would never allow it. Plus there is the little factor of being in different guilds….."
"That's no biggie. I'm sure master Bob would love to have you. For one missions, of course" Eve rushed.
"I don't know. I mean I do miss the bigger missions, but I can't take Nina on one" I shook my head from side to side. "I mean this is her first actual mission! I could never take her off to kill monsters."
"Why not?" Hibiki asked. "She seems to have grasped the basics of Ninja magic. A little field work would do he good for her" I was shocked. I really hadn't expected today to go like this. I was hoping for her just to get some tips, or maybe a little training. Not be offered a deadly mission.
But as I looked at her I saw her eyes shining. I couldn't turn her down now. Sighing I stood up.
"I'll go ask master Macao" I head a cheer come from all 4 of them. If I didn't know better, I'd say they planned this.
~A few minutes later~
"You sure that's wise Lucy?" Macao asked. I had gone and contacted him, veer lacrima (?).
"Well, no. Not really. But I somehow got roped into it."
"Those Trimen's" Macao muttered. Sighing he smiled. "Well, just don't get into any trouble. If I remember every time there's a team up, the world gets a little closer to ending" I smiled at the screen.
"Don't worrier master. My days of fighting crazed, super powered mages are over. (yeah, no. Lol) I'll see you in a bit" I turned off the screen and headed back towards the Trimen's and Nina.
"Master said we can join you. But nothing crazy" I warned them. I saw Hibiki and Ren high five, Nina smiled from ear to ear, and Eve tried to hug me again.
"Yay. I get to go on a real mission!" Nina cheered. Sighing I picked her up, (Remember she's only 7) and heading over towards the request board.
"This looks good!" Ren called pulling off a request.
"Destroy the dark guild Bedded wench? Not on your life."
"How about….. Oh this one looks good" Ren said holding up a request. "All we'd have to do is… Kill a few werewolves."
"Oh hell no. Werewolves are terrifyingly strong" I refused to mess with them. Nina sighed. Moving her gave from the board to mine. Her grey eyes held my for a few moments, silently saying 'don't be a bully! Let me do something fun!' Sighing I returned my gaze to the board. Searching for something fun but not harmful to our health.
Then I spotted it. A small flyer, with a few cursive words written in black ink. Slightly yellowing at the sides, indicating that it had been there for a while. Fare price, and only involved taking down 4 mages. There were 5 of us, should be simple. I pulled it off and showed it to the other 4 members of my rag tag team.
A smile crept on to Hibiki's face. "Sounds fun."
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Mater Bob had approved of the job. And after giving us a run down on how we now represented 2 guilds and we can't be rude or destroy anything, he sent us off wishing us the best of luck.
"You know, this is just a little bit fun" I chirped. Nina had crawled out of my arms as soon as we had left the guild, and was now skipping along besides my leg.
"It is isn't it?" Flashing a toothy grin at me she happily skipped a little ahead.
"So, you're a mother now are you?" Hibiki asked. He had moved his way around Eve and was now at my other side. Sighing a turned my head to meet his gaze.
"Yeah. She's so cute" I squealed. "I left her with Virgo, so she should be alright for a while."
"Wait!" Eve said stepping in front of us and holding up his hands. "If you left her with one of your spirits, then your magic is being drained right now. What if we need you in a fight?"
"Oh it's alright. My magic should support her for 2 or 3 weeks in this world. But it would start to hurt her, so we should finish this as fast as we can. If not faster."
"2 or 3 weeks?" Ren muttered. "Thant's a long time Lucy."
"Weeeeeell, I did get a big power boost last year" I smiled mischievously. Why what had happened to me was no smiling matter, around my friends I was always in a better mood.
"One day you're going to tell us what happened to you" Hibiki warned. My smile fell from my face.
"No. I don't think I will."
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Our employer was a young woman maybe late 20's. She had shoulder length green hair that matched her green eyes. A bowler hat, rimmed with a dark green cut ribbon. She wore a black suit with a green undershirt. She carried a can, even though she didn't walk with a limp. The can it's self could tell you how much she was worth. With an emerald on the top, it was a light wood colour with spirals cut downwards.
Her name was Jay.
"It's so good of you to take this job" She said shaking our hands, a warm smile on her face
"Well we're happy to help" Eve smile sitting neck to her. Her smile melted away.
"Hmmm. Could you please sit on the other couch. I'm not good with people."
"Oh. S-sure I'll just….." Eve muttered standing up and walking away. I could basically see the tears in his eyes.
"I must thank you for taking this job. I would have done it myself, but I would stand no chance against them."
"Who are them, miss?" Nina asked. Good girl, always ask the questions.
"If I tell you, will you still take the job?"
"We accepted it, so we have to. Right?" Nina looked at our faces. Each of use in turn nodding at her.
"They are a thorn in my neck" She stopped for a moment. With one sudden movement she stood and walked over to the fire place, taking hold of an old photograph. In it I saw 4 people who looked to be having a great time, smiling and laughing at something I couldn't make out. Slightly off to the side I saw Jay, her wide eyes fixed on what made the others so happy. Someone had just put their arm around Jay, laughing hysterically.
"They call themselves The League of Extraordinary Can Users. There an old group. Older than the Dragon wars" I gasped. That was 400 years ago! "Yes, they're quiet old. They are also unpredictable. Changing sides almost as soon as they have affiliated themselves with one. They are brutal, untrustworthy, incomprehensible blood thirsty beings. But they are intelligent. So much so that they probable already know you're coming. There are already laying down traps to ensnare each individual person. Your magic will have no effect on them. They will hunt you down like dogs on a rabbits trail. So I ask you once more. Will you take this job? Now you know slightly what you are up against."
Sighing I stood up. Why do I always get these kinds of jobs? "We took the job. We have to see it through" Jay lifted her head, and looked me straight in the eyes. Her green orbs staring so intently at mine that I thought I would be lost again.
"You girl. I am so sorry" a tear leaked from her left eye. Had she known what I was thinking? "I am so sorry to have to place you in another situation like this. After the life you have led I'm sure all you want to do is rest. But you cannot. For I see more suffering in your future."
"H-how do you know what my future holds?" I asked. My body had gone numb. This woman scared me.
"My name is Jennie. Also known as the Jaybird. I am the only clairvoyant who is never wrong. I am also the guild master, as it were, of The League of Extraordinary Can Users. And right know I implore you to stop my friends" Jay dropped the photo graph, and for the first time I saw what the group where smiling at.
(Heh. Cliff hanger. So sorry. I just got on holidays so I might be able to get 2 chapters per day. I'm having so much fun right now, I'm going to start the next chapter.
I think i got all the spelling mistakes this time, but if not sorry.)