So, my friend told me to put a disclaimer, but the thing is, you OBVIOUSLY KNOW I don't own Fairytail. If I did, I would add a whole bunch of NaLu moments and fire that fuker of a director for the sake of the Anime. So…
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN FAIRYTAIL. HAPPY JADE?!
Hold up... I...I need to do what now?!
Crescent stared at Lucy's slacked jaw and huge eyes. Why was this such surprise?
"W-w-wait... I need to do what?" Lucy stuttered, rubbing the back of her head, ruffling her blonde locks. Crescent sighed. At least she wasn't overreacting...
"Why are you so surprised Lucy?" Crescent sighed. Lucy only smiled apologetically.
"Well... I kinda wasn't expecting that... I mean like... I'll still learn my stellar magic right?" Lucy asked hopefully. Crescent smirked. That's why.
"Of course, But, you know that it won't be enough." Crescent stated. Lucy's eyes bugged out.
"NOT ENOUGH?! WHAT THE HELL AM I THEN?!" she cried. Crescent only shook his head and sighed. This girl was too much.
"Calm down Lucy! Geez, what's up with your mood swings? You PMSing?" Crescent snickered. Lucy puffed her red cheeks up before evilly smirking.
"No, but how do you know about PMSing?... Did…McKenna… Give you some... Lessons?" she smirked deviously at Crescent's cherry red face and gaping mouth.
"W-W-WHAT?! N-no! God! You such a pervert Lucy!" he screamed at her, trying to gain his dignity back. Lucy only gave him a cheeky grin.
"Not as much as you!~" She replied with a sing song voice. Crescent's growl vibrated against his throat. Like he said, she was too much.
XOXOXOXOX~
Lucy trudged behind Crescent with a pout visible on her lips. Why were they going back to the house? Shouldn't he be teaching her new magic?
"Crescent!~ Why do we have to go back to the house? I thought that you were going to teach me a new magic!~ Crescent~ Teach meee!" she whined. Crescent's left eye twitched before he barred his fangs at her.
"Shut up Lucy! I am! Just wait! God you're such a baby!" He shouted at her, his paws trying not to punch something, or specifically someone. Lucy just pouted at him before she brushed her now long blonde locks out of her face. She felt the slash on her face, directly next to her hairline and under her eye through the cheek bone. She sighed as she remembered how painful it was. It had been aching for weeks, and still Crescent made her train! Helpful her ass! It was painful as hell. The "flexible" exercises were no help either. Well, she came this far, she couldn't turn back now.
The loud swinging of the oak door reminded her that she was back at Crescent huge ass of a mansion.
"MCKENNA!" Crescent shouted that echoed through the empty corridors.
"Coming Crescent!" a familiar voice called back. Lucy just shook her head. What poor McKenna did to please Crescent, she still didn't understand why she stuck with him for all these years!
"McKenna! It's time." Crescent seriously told McKenna as she appeared at the stairs. McKenna froze before walking towards them. Her house slippers made louder than normal taps on the floor. Lucy gulped; the vibe in the air definitely wasn't a good one...
"You need to learn another magic?" McKenna looked at Lucy sternly. The sweet and gentle McKenna Lucy had grown to love like a second mother was now gone. In her place was a serious, strong women that was now glaring at her with determined, searing blue eyes. Lucy gulped, definitely different...
"Y-Yes! I wanna learn!" Lucy said at first shaking but now brimming to the top with confidence and excitement. McKenna and Crescent smirked.
"Great! We start now!" McKenna commanded. Lucy cocked her head.
"What? What do you mean? Are... you... going... to teach me?" Lucy asked incredulously. McKenna smirked. "N-N-NOWAY!" Lucy shouted with glee. McKenna was a mage, just like her. "What's your magic?! How long have you had it? Why didn't you tell me!?" Lucy bombarded her with questioned. A pale hand appeared in her vision, right in front of her face. Lucy abruptly stopped with her questions.
"Calm down Lucy! Let me answer the question before you ask another question! I can't keep up with an energetic person like you!" She pouted. Lucy stopped her ranting and patiently looked at McKenna. McKenna nodded her head in approval. "Like I was saying, I am going to be your new teacher on your second magic. My specialty is equip magic. Not reequip, equip magic." McKenna calmly stated. Lucy nodded her head while processing the information.
"So… Your magic is different from Erza's magic? How so?" Lucy questioned. McKenna grinned.
"I was going to get there but you didn't let me finish. Equip magic is very, very similar to Reequip magic. The only difference is that when you use Equip magic, you have to retrieve your magic from a specific place. The place is your choice. For example, when I want to equip a sword, I bring my right hand to my left hip to retract it." McKenna demonstrated. Her right hand made its way to her left hip. When her pale hand made it to its destination, a white light flashed at her hand before a sword was in her hand, aimed straight at Lucy, the tip dangerously close to her forehead. Lucy's eyes widened before she recovered from the shock and flipped backwards on reflex.
"Kenna! Don't do that to me!" Lucy wailed, calling McKenna by her nickname. McKenna laughed at Lucy's childish behavior.
"Sorry dear." She giggled out. Lucy pouted at her before making a nervous face and patting her pointer fingers together in nervousness.
"Umm… Kenna… I won't have to do any of that connection crap do I?" Lucy shivered as she remembered her painful experience when turning into a wolf. McKenna looked at Lucy before laughing.
"No, No!" she laughed. "Don't worry about that! You're not turning into some kind of animal!" she snorted. Crescent puffed his checks, offended at her comment before mumbling about collecting squirrels. Lucy sighed in relief. No more transformation shit.
"Not only can you extract weapons, you can summon a suit, not armor. A suit is more flexible and compatible then armor which can add weight to your speed and reflexes. The thing is though, since you still want to learn stellar magic, you have a choice. Either a lot of weapons and a few suits or many suits but a couple of weapons. Your choice." McKenna told her. Lucy scrunched her eyebrows in thought. Lucy needed to think this out. Since she had her stellar magic... That would add on defense and offense. If she had more weapons, she would have tons of offense. But with the suits, she would a tremendous amount of defense. The shadow magic would add bonuses on both sides. Lucy's delicate finger traced her scars on her face, a habit she picked up. Her brown eyes furrowed in concentration. Offence or Defense? With offence, she could help her friends fight. With defense she could protect them. Lucy was a strong girl now, not someone who needed saving, the one doing the saving actually. Lucy sighed. She didn't want to be the same girl that would always need help, she wanted to someone that could fight. Fight for her nakama, for her family, for Natsu. She took a deep breath before looking McKenna straight in the eye, brown eyes locking with blue.
"I chose weapons." Lucy breathed out, her gaze never faltering. McKenna grinned.
"Good choice." She chuckled.
XOXOXOX~
McKenna took a proud stance with her chin slightly held up, her hands on her hips.
"When you use equip magic, you need to focus on what you are trying to receive along with where you are going to extract it. The difficult thing is though; you have to focus your magic on two different places, your hand and the destination of which you will receive the weapon of choice. Pick a weapon and where to extract it." McKenna commanded Lucy. "I suggest the katana; it's one of the easiest." McKenna winked at her. Lucy pondered for a moment, thinking of a good place.
"I think my back would be fine, can I extract two katanas? In both hands?" Lucy curiously asked. McKenna's nodded her head with a smile. Lucy was definitely smart.
"Sure! Why not, but it will need a little more energy than one." McKenna informed her. Lucy smiled, ready to take up a challenge.
"Bring it!" she cheered. McKenna chuckled.
"Alright, let's start. First, you'll need katana's to store in your archive. Here" A white light beamed from her tailbone where her hand was, and there appeared two extremely thin katana's. The white blades gleamed in the light, the back ribbons tied at the handles fluttered gently. The black edge of the blades gave an eerie presence against the white metal. Lucy graciously looked at McKenna before swinging the katanas around, giving it a test round. As expected, the katanas was light, swift and dangerous. Lucy loved it. But something was holding her back.
"I can't possibly take this Kenna; it's yours, not mine." Lucy reluctantly held out the katana for McKenna to take back. McKenna profusely refused.
"Nonsense Lucy! It's yours now! I could always find another!" McKenna smiled one of those 'don't worry about it' grins. Lucy sighed in relief.
"If you say so!" Lucy greedily started swinging again, did she love the feeling of it. The feeling of the blades moving with her, glide through the air. The swishing sounds brought peace in her heart. Swish, swish, swish. Lucy sighed in content. The blades spun in her hands, her heart soaring.
"Its name is White Death." A voice interrupted Lucy's peace. Lucy stopped her ministration and looked at McKenna.
"White Death?" Lucy questioned. McKenna nodded.
"It moves gracefully, swiftly and as quickly as death. The white represents the peace the blade brings. You feel so relaxed don't you?" McKenna knew that distant look in Lucy's eyes only a user of White Death can only put on. Lucy nodded sheepishly.
"Yah, definitely." Lucy responded.
"You can play with it later, for now though, send it to your archive, nowhere specific, almost like your sending it into a spirit realm, like your stellar spirits." McKenna tried to explain. Lucy nodded, understanding what McKenna was trying to tell her.
"Alright, I'll try." Lucy's forehead creased in concentration, lips slightly puckering. A gold light faintly surrounded the katana, a soft sprinkle of dust swirled around and around and around the thin swords. As Lucy progressed, the gold dust started growing stronger, turning into a gold glow, and soon enough a gold light.
"Keep it coming Lucy! You're almost there!" McKenna cheered on. McKenna had a feeling Lucy would be able to do this on her first try. She was in fact Lucy Heartfilia, daughter of Layla Heartfilia. A gold burst streamed into her vision, along with a slightly panting Lucy. A surprised look crossed McKenna's pretty face. That was pretty fast for a starter. Well, like she thought, Lucy's wasn't normal. A victorious grin sprouted on Lucy's face, eyes beaming with excitement and glee.
"Hell ya!" she shouted. McKenna only shook her head, an amused grin on her face. The child never grew.
"Now I want you to summon the katana. The thing is though, you can't summon it from your hands, you have to summon it from you back."
"Got it!" Lucy sternly told herself that she would make this. She felt the warm flow of magic collect onto her back, between the shoulder blades. Lucy calmed herself, letting the magic flow just like how Crescent told her before. Her right hands reached behind the conjunction on her neck. McKenna gave a perplexed look. Wasn't she summoning two blades? What happened to her other hand? Before she could stop Lucy, a gold light flashed behind Lucy's shoulder. Her arm retracted itself and her left hand came to meet its twin. The left palm flicked itself against the thin handles, grasping the left handle in the left hand before pulling back in a straight line along with the right. In both hands now, where the two blades gleaming ominously. Lucy proudly looked at her hands in satisfaction, proud that her plan had worked. McKenna blinked. What? By the way Lucy moved... It made it look like she just split one katana into two.
"What did you just do?" McKenna inquired, eyebrows arched. Lucy grinned.
"Well I thought if I needed my other hand for something, I could just fight with two katanas in one hand since they're really thin and if I wanted to use two, then I would just pull that little stunt and maybe also confuse my opponent as well." Lucy told her cheery. McKenna gaped at her. She had never, ever thought of that. McKenna collected herself before giving her a proud smile. If she were only this focused all the time.
"That was quite a show! I love the idea, I should try it sometime!" McKenna giggled at her. Lucy laughed along with her. This was definitely going to be more fun than the grouchy old fart's lessons. Definitely.
8 months later~
Equip! Lucy furiously thought to herself as she dodged McKenna's dangerous spear. She tumbled in the air and kneeled into the ground, dirt coating her arms and legs. Her regular shorts and t-shirt weren't helping. Her hands swiftly made their way to her thighs. A bright, gold flash appeared before twin guns were placed in her hands. Bang! Bang! The shots whizzed past McKenna's head. A white shine surrounded McKenna's body. In the place of McKenna's clothes, there was white, flexible jumpsuit, tightly hugging her body. Lucy growled. She hated this suit.
"Damnit Kenna! Go easy on me!" she shouted infuriately. McKenna laughed evilly.
"You know I never go easy on you!" she cackled back before disappearing from Lucy's sight. Shit. Lucy thought. An elbow collided with Lucy's ribs, flinging her backwards into a tree. Lucy groaned. She picked herself up from the dent in the tree before a fist pounded into the dent, making it deeper. Poor tree. The Sonic Suit was its name. The white suit had the ability to make its user go to the speed of light. This meant that even with Lucy's wolf sight, she wouldn't be able to keep up. A foot imbedded itself into Lucy's back kicking her to the ground. Blood dribbled from her mouth, making a small trail to her chin.
"Fuck! Kenna! That one hurt!" she cried. An evil laugh rung through her ears.
"It was meant to~!" replied a sing song voice. Lucy internally sobbed. Even if Kenna was a sweet loveable mother at home, she was a freakin demon at battle… or practice…
"Shit!" Lucy cursed when the darts whizzed past her face, that was a close one! Lucy quickly sunk into a nearby shadow, disappearing from any view.
"Come out Lucy!~" McKenna called. The silence only greeted her. Clash! Lucy's huge sword (when I say huge I mean huge) clashed with McKenna's sword. Lucy gritted her teeth as McKenna pushed back with a huge amount of force. What do I do?! I'm in head lock with her… an idea swam into her mind. Lucy quickly pulled back, startling McKenna for a fraction of a second, but that was all that it took. Lucy's hands went to her wrists and she pulled out daggers after daggers, all aimed at McKenna. 1, 2, 3, 4…8… how many daggers did she have?! Lucy grinned in success as she grazed McKenna's arms and legs with the multiple daggers. Her victory was short lived though when McKenna disappeared from sight.
"Got cha!" McKenna sang as she punched Lucy right in the gut. Lucy coughed while clutching her stomach. That was going to hurt in the morning.
"Son of a fuck Kenna! You're really trying to kill me!" Lucy cried. McKenna only smiled. She shot towards Lucy, preparing for a second punch to face, but was stopped shortly. A black orbed connected with her face, dragging her across the dirt. Smart Lucy. Lucy, slightly panting, gave a victorious grin. Lucy summoned a black force field around her, knowing it wasn't going to last long. A bang sounded with a crack following right after. Yep, it wasn't going to last long. Lucy muttered under her breath something about McKenna being a raging bull before being coated in a gold shower. Lucy now stood in gray, scale textured jumpsuit that tightly wrapped around her body. Her hair, tied up with a black ribbon, stood in a tall pony tail and black zip up boots reaching her knees. Metal surrounded her wrist to her elbows. Fingerless gloved hands firmly clenched. Why didn't she change into this early? This is so much more better…The shield gave way as McKenna gave a huge blow, shattering the black shield. McKenna raced to Lucy.
"Found you!" she giggled. Lucy grimaced before dodging to her left. She dug her hand into a shadow, pulling up a black battle axe. When training with Crescent she also learned how to wield different types of weapons, now she knew how to handle different weapons at different times. Although, Lucy rarely used her make shift shadow weapons anymore because it quickly drained her magic. Equip magic was easier for her too. Lucy dangerously swung the battle axe around, trying to at least nick McKenna. No such luck. A fist collided with her face, the sheer force of it reeling her back. Her jaw throbbed. She hissed in pain. That's it! No more miss nice Lucy! She growled before shifting into her wolf form, brown eyes glinting dangerously. McKenna smirked. Finally, the real battle was starting. Lucy gave a battle howl before jumping onto McKenna. The heavy weight of the blonde wolf brought McKenna to the ground. A paw swiped at her head, effectively showing stars in McKenna's eyes. She roughly threw Lucy off, aiming for the nearby tree. As Lucy spun in the air, she transformed back into a human, boots landing on the trunk. She propelled herself off and equipped a club and swung at McKenna. McKenna ducked at ran towards the opposite in which Lucy landed in. An AK47 appeared in her hands as she pulled it from her leg. She ducked down and shot at McKenna, all the shots missing.
"Damnit!" Lucy shouted. She quickly did a barrel roll to avoid McKenna's kick the face. McKenna really did have no mercy. Too bad McKenna caught her. McKenna's slender hands grasped onto Lucy's shoulders and slammed her into a tree. Lucy was sitting on the ground with McKenna towering her, caging her in the position. Lucy heard her quick panting and knew she had drained a lot of magical energy. She was in such deep shit right now…Wait… Lucy smirked at her realization.
"You lost Lucy, I won." She grinned. Lucy grinned.
"Not yet." She replied back, ripping a piece of her shadow and stuffing it into her mouth. McKenna gasped as she felt a bit of her magical energy slip from her. Lucy felt the energy ripple through her, giving her a burst of adrenaline. She grasped her forearms and flipped them, McKenna now below Lucy and Lucy caging her. Lucy laughed weakly.
"I win!" she chuckled. McKenna laughed.
"Yes, fair and square… I should have expected that…" McKenna commented. Lucy rolled off McKenna and laid down next to her, staring up at the trees leafy foliage. The green leaves of summer brushed against each other in the wind. A gentle breeze blew through her hair, cooling her sweaty head. Lucy sighed in content. This was really peaceful.
"Hey! Crescent you there?!" a deep baritone voice called. Lucy shot up, looking around for the voice. A dark, handsome haired male walked up to the two women. A really handsome man… "Who are you?" His deep voice vibrated through her system. Lucy shivered. How could this man be so… sexy? He seemed to be around the age of 18. His midnight hair flopped in the perfect direction, a little messy, making him look like the easy type. His tan skin brightened his white smile. Lucy's eyes trailed down his unzipped jacket and the bulging abs and muscle that stuck out of his white shirt. Oh shit, he was really hot. The define curves of his jaw was mesmerizing along with the perfect curve of the nose and crease of the lips. Oh god, she was being a perv. The small stubbles of hair on his chin and jaw line made him look even more attractive. The cross earring dangled from his left ear, swaying with the wind. The chain piercings on his right also jingled slightly. What really got her though, were his piercing ocean blue eyes. They seemed to bore down to her soul. When she locked eyes with him, it felt like she could stay there forever, staring into the depths of the sea itself. His eyes expressed the way he was. They showed hardship and wisdom that someone his age didn't have. They also were hard and stern, like he had seen things that weren't meant to be seen by 18 year olds. He broke her gaze and started to observe her like she had done for him. She shivered at his gaze and brought her hands up to her breast out of instinct. A lazy smile made its way to his face. God damnit, why did he have to be so cute?
"W-who is this?" Lucy cursed her stuttering. The mysterious man raised his eyebrow.
"Excuse me?" he said with an amused tone. Damn, she will never get use to that tone. "I'm the one that lives here." He smiled. Lucy stared at him. What?
"Mom, can you please explain to me why this hot chick is here?" He asked to McKenna, moving his head to point to Lucy.
"It's nothing dear, someone Crescent met." She replied with a sweet smile.
"Hold up! Did you just say 'MOM'?!" Lucy shouted. The man gave her a perplexed look.
"Yah, I'm Erin Nightshade. Son of Crescent and McKenna Nightshade." He responded, a hint of pride blended with his perfect voice.
"THE FUCK?!" Lucy screamed.
Well… What ya think? I made this pretty long… I guess… Just so you know, Lucy still likes Natsu, it's just a girls instinct to check out sexy guys -.-" it's inevitable. I didn't copy the last name of Nightshade from anyone; it's just that it sounded good together… I also realized that I never mentioned their last names… =.=" I spent 30 minutes trying to think of a good name. Literally. I felt like such a jerk when I didn't wish you guys a happy new year so, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Sorry I'm late… anyway, hope you enjoyed! I tried cutting down the cursing but I don't know if it really changed… Anyway, I just realized that we almost 50 reviews! So happy! :D Bring me more joy with more reviews! I'll try updating faster! Promise!
-TheLostHope