Hi minna~ Sorry for the late update. This chapter is somehow like an omake of the Ryuuzetsu Land chapter but this happens after the dragons' attack. I really hope Hibiki will be fine though… -.-
Enough of these talks! Let's continue to the story!
Disclaimer: Hiro Mashima-sensei owns Fairy Tail.
Reika: Oy, who's that?
twinSlayer: Someone that's not so important for you to know. Chotto, he's important!
Reika: Huh?
twinSlayer: He's the one who created Hibiki for ya!
Reika: Really? That makes him a God!
twinSlayer: Not really -.- ….Not like you could understand it if I explain it to you though. Ask Hibiki.
"Which one do you prefer? The blue one or the string?"
"Honey, I don't want either of them."
"But you have to, unless you want me to stark naked at the theme park."
"What?" He turns his head. "You're kidding! Don't be too serious in matters of this, hun."
"It is! I just didn't want you to be embarrassed. You know, having a wife that doesn't know how to be stylish in her own clothing, while you are one of the biggest flirt in town."
"Former flirt, okay?"
"Yeah, whatever. Please, choose one of your own taste. I don't want to be dumb in these kinds of things."
Hibiki stares at the hanged bikinis while thinking. Finally, after two minutes of silence, he says, "I like the red one."
"Though that one is thong but okay-"
"-But you can't wear that to Ryuuzetsu Land."
"Then what's the point of you choosing it?" She archs her brow.
"It's for you to wear tonight." While smirking, he hugs her from behind, kissing her neck. "In our bedroom, okay?" Reika feels goosebumps all over her skin.
"Yay!", exclaims her after seeing the slides and roller coasters at the theme park. "Time to go all out!"
"I'm going to meet my guild members for a while." Suddenly, something snaps in his mind. "Honey! Before you go playing", he grabs her shoulder, "Don't ever change into any other outfits, got that?"
She looks back at the oversized white T-shirt and short pants she borrowed from Hibiki. "But this one might fly away if I ride the roller coaster…It's too big."
"Listen, sweetie", he faces her while maintaining his soft tone, "Your body is not for display. It's for your husband and only belonged to him. Okay?"
"Why?", she asks innocently.
He sighs. She's just too pure for this world. "Okay, honey, to tell you the truth…", he pauses for a while before continuing, "…Men actually like to ravish women's body with their eyes which are shown like hot items in gift shops. But they wouldn't want to be responsible for them; they only love them for their body. So don't be like one of the girls. I want my wife to be reserved and only show her body to the one who deserves her, her husband." He kisses her hands. "Which is me, and only me."
Seriously, her husband is dead romantic and hot. Even the girl who wasn't head over heels towards him at first was left stunned by his words. Reika blinks several times before snapping back to the real world. And afterwards, she blushes furiously, and steams form at her ear canals.
"O-Oka-kay…." she stutters. Her eyes doesn't have the guts to look at him in the eye, because she was afraid she might lose control (of her embarrassment, okay? Don't think about those dirty things. This is Reika we're talking about)
But suddenly…
"Hey lovebirds!" A voice interrupts their cheesy moments. Sounds like someone they know…
"Gray! Don't shout like that! They are having their happy moments there!" A hand flies to Gray's head. It is Lucy!
"Oy popsicle! Why did you stop huh? Scaredy-cat!" And Natsu!
"Hi newly-weds!" And there's Alzack and Bisca, holding Asuka in her hand.
"There you are!" Makarov and Laxus!
"Rei-chan~! Let's ride the roller coaster~!" And Strauss siblings!
"Looks like you're here to have fun too." Scarlet woman!
"Ohayo, Reika nee-san, Hibiki nii-san." Wendy and Romeo! And Charla's there too!
And as it seems, the whole Fairy Tail is here in the theme park, playing with glee. Hibiki and Reika just stare at the bunch of (crazy) members of the guild while their eyes are as wide as saucers.
"Honey", Hibiki turns to Reika, which is now sweating like hell. "Did you tell them we're going here?"
She scratches her neck sheepishly, looking away. "I think I kinda told them before this."
He looks at her with a death glare. "You…."
"Sorry…" She quickly plasters her pitiful expression. "Really sorry…. It slipped through my mouth."
He remains quiet. Waiting for reply, she continuously biting her lower lips and protruding it, nervous of his oncoming rage while still not looking at him in the eye. On the other hand, Hibiki is thinking about how to punish this cute girl in front of him. Sure, she didn't tell them on purpose, but he won't let this one mistake slide either. Then, and idea pops into his perverted mind…
"You're going to get this tonight, honey…" He kisses her right earlobe and bits it lightly, and quickly walks away to find the other two Trimen at the other side of the theme park. Reika, heart stomping like hell, while her mind is still registering what did he mean by those words.
"Hey, Reika!" Lucy calls for her that is standing still at her position since her man walks away just now. "Wanna give a go at the new stage?"
Reika gives a weird look at Lucy. "You serious? Me? On the stage?"
"Oh, come on…" Lucy pats her back, "I perfectly know you love to sing that Glitter song by that Morinaga girl and the sad song from Britney. I know you can hit this one." She shows her a piece of song sheet to Reika. "Think you can handle it?"
"Demi Lovato? Hell yeah!" She flies her fist into the air. "I feel like screaming to the top of my lungs now! Is this the new song?"
"Yup. One of the top ten in Billboard chart. By the way, how did you know about this new song? I thought you like those retro ones. I mean, that Britney's songs are so way back then." Lucy crosses her arms.
Reika sneers. "Tch, it's Hibiki."
"Okay. No further explanation needed. I've understood it already." She smiles. Yeah, if you can see, Hibiki has already changed Reika to a more feminine and lovely woman. Reika that first stepped into Fairy Tail months ago are now Reika Laytis, a whole new girl, no, scratch that. A whole new woman. Although she is still a demon in battlefield, but at least she has calmed down faster now. And Lucy likes that change. Besides, it's for the better, right?
"Now", Lucy pulls her hand onto the stage and hands her one microphone. "Duet. Is that okay with you?"
Reika confidently grabs the microphone and says, "I'm always okay with anything. Don't you know me?"
"Yeah", Lucy giggles, "I almost forgot about that side of you." And she counts the beat with the musician backstage as the opening is done by Reika.
1…
2…
3…
Reika:
Puttin' my defences up
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I'd have a heart attack
Lucy:
Never put my love out on the line
Never said yes to the right guy
Never had trouble getting what I want
But when it comes to you, I'm never good enough
Reika:
When I don't care
I can play 'em like a Ken doll
Won't wash my hair
Then make 'em bounce like a basketball
Both:
But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear high heels
Yes you, make me so nervous
That I just can't hold your handc/o
You make me glow, but I cover up
Won't let it show, so I'm
Puttin' my defences up
Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I'd have a heart attack (x3)Lucy:
Never break a sweat for the other guys
When you come around, I get paralyzed
And everytime I try to be myself
It comes out wrong like a cry for help
Reika:
It's just not fair
Pain's more trouble than love is worth
I gasp for air
It feels so good, but you know it hurts
Both:
But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear perfume
For you, make me so nervous
That I just can't hold your handc/o
You make me glow, but I cover up
Won't let it show, so I'm
Puttin' my defences up
Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I'd have a heart attack (x3)
Lucy:
The feelings got lost in my lungs
They're burning, I'd rather be numb
And there's no one else to blame
Reika:
So scared I take off and I run
I'm flying too close to the sun
And I burst into flamesc/o
You make me glow, but I cover up
Won't let it show, so I'm
Puttin' my defences up
'Cause I don't wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I'd have a heart attack (x2)
I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack (x2)
And the gathering crowd gives a huge applause to the impromptu duet. Panting, Lucy wants to get off the stage but the crowd is wailing "More! More! More!" She glances to Reika, who is now smiling widely.
"Oh, come on Lucy~" She pulls Lucy back onto the stage. "They want more~~"
Lucy know, that tone of hers is never good news. "Reika, I want to take a dip at the pool down there. I didn't come here for just singing…"
Reika pouts. She goes silent for a moment before letting Lucy go. "Okay, sorry then."
-This is what I don't like. Her resemblance to Natsu makes me pity her easily.- Lucy thought. "Okay, I'll go and ask if Natsu wants to accompany you." She jumps off the stage and runs to find her teammate. Seconds later, she is back with Natsu and Gray. Seems like those two are in the middle of a fight when Lucy asked Natsu the favor.
"Here. They want to have a singing contest." She sweatdrops.
"I'm gonna sing my throats out to take you down, ash-for-brains!"
"Bring it on, you ice-salvage!"
Reika stares at the two. "Thanks Lucy. I know how to handle these two." She stands in between them and challenges, "You two have a better idea on how to make a fight more interesting?"
Natsu and Gray stares at Reika before Natsu yells, "Get out of the way, Reika, he's getting on my nerves!"
"Yeah, move. This guy is such a pain in the ass."
"Sing with me and after this we can have a threesome. How's that for the deal?"
The two stops their electrified-eye-contact for a while and look at each other before agreeing. "Sounds great."
"Yeah, a change in methods are sometimes good. But hey, no girly songs okay?"
"Who do you think I am, Gray?"
"Okay. What do you suggest?"
"Radioactive by the Imagine Dragon." Gray and Natsu reflex by stomping their fists to their other palm.
"That choice of yours…" Natsu's mouth lits with fire. "….Never fail to impress me. Come on, black head!"
"I 've told you not to call me that, pinky!"
Her hands moves, signaling to the DJ back there to start the music and the opening echoes seconds after that. Everyone's attention starts to be diverted back on the stage. For more effect, the stage releases smokes as the genre of the song fits perfectly. Three silhouettes are seen, standing coolly like a boss, facing backwards from the audience.
Natsu:
I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals
Gray:
I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa
Together:
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm Radioactive, Radioactive
Whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm Radioactive, Radioactive
Reika:
I raise my flags, don my clothes
It's a revolution, I suppose
We're painted red to fit right in
Whoa
Natsu & Gray:
I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa
Together:
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm Radioactive, Radioactive
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm Radioactive, Radioactive
Reika:
All systems go, the sun hasn't died
Deep in my bones, straight from inside
Together:
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm Radioactive, Radioactive
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm Radioactive, Radioactive
The crowd goes frenzy as the song ended. Natsu and Gray shows satisfaction with their performance on stage.
Reika jeers. "Talk about born-performers."
"Don't you give that big talk here. We've got a fight to do now!" Natsu lifts his fist clad in fire. "I'm now all revved up!"
"Chotto, Natsu." Her hand stops her twin before he had the chance to punch Gray. "If I'm not mistaken, Hibiki said Fairy Tail damaged this theme park earlier this year. You want to bring it down again?"
"Yeah, now that you mentioned it", Gray brings his right palm to his chin, reminiscing back. "I think I lost consciousness that time and I woke up….."
-….Hugging Lyon in the lump of ice.- He didn't finish his sentence as he knew Natsu would make fun of him to the rest of his life. Deciding it's best for him not to talk more on that, he changes the topic. "Basically, you aren't allowed to go on rampage here, okay?"
"Yeah, you're name's on the blacklist of I'm not mistaken", she adds, causing grieve hovering over her twin.
"So no fun?" Natsu pouts. His eyes searches for Lucy to tease after this.
"You know, there's a ghost house built at the opposite site of this theme park", Gray tries to cheer him up," And if you want to bring Lucy too, I'm in."
"What do you have in mind?" Natsu starts to grin evilly. Gray forms the same smile.
"I have lots of methods to scare her butts off." They giggle with grim. Reika sweatdrops, seeing her friends acting like ten-year-old kids. -Nahh….Sometimes I act like that too. I wonder how Hibiki can put up with me…- she ponders.
Her feets starts to move to find her husband and ended up seeing him with Ayumi, Christine and Julie. Wait. IS HE FLIRTING?!
"Such beauties left uncovered by sufficient clothes really made my soul sublime…", he tells the trio. Then, Ren and Eve comes (I wonder where did those sparkles came from) and continues his sentence, "Spend the night with us and you'll know the meaning of 'eternal heaven' ."
Reika facepalms and sighs. But just this once, she lets this slide. Once in a while, he needs to let it all out too. Hence, she decides to just walk away and maybe try the water slide. It looks fun.
On her way, she saw Juvia hiding behind the bars of the slide tower. Her brows tilts, seeing the strange shine in Juvia's eyes. It looks like something she recognize. Yeah, love.
"Gray-sama's body is really toned." She leans her left palm on her forehead, trying not to faint upon seeing her beloved underwear prince on the go down at the pool. Again, Reika shooks her head and sighs.
Reika asks Juvia if she wants to play the water slide with her up there. But then, Juvia went all red before covering her body with her white pale hands. "Sorry, Juvia doesn't see you there. She is embarrassed if anyone saw her body because she is not pretty."
She blinks. "Really? That person must be blind. I can only see a beautiful water princess in front of me, equipped with a very pretty heart." -Tch, now I'm good at pick-up lines too. Thanks to Hibiki.-
Juvia is stunned with Reika's sudden words. Later, she smiles. Astonishing as ever.
"If you're a boy, Juvia thinks she will fall in love with you", she jokes. Reika gives a nervous laugh. "Thank goodness I'm a female, a married one by the way."
Reika's hand gestures, pointing upwards. "Wanna try this water slide?"
Shocked, Juvia asks her back, "A-Ano…Isn't this slide for couples? Juvia means, it's called 'Love Slide' for a reason."
"Why should I care? My husband's somewhere in this theme park having his good time with his friends. I can't stand here doing nothing!" she pulls Juvia's hands and drags her to the upper part of the tower.
As they reach there, Juvia hesitates to slide down. "Juvia thinks its better for us to slide one by one."
"Why?" Reika retorts.
"Because…" She leans forward to whisper to Reika's ear, "The couple behind us think that we're lesbo. Juvia's normal and she knows you don't swing that way to, considering you're married."
Hearing that, Reika tries to eavesdrop the couple's conversation. Seconds after that, her forehead twitches with anger. She glares to the couple and hisses, "We're not homos you punk." And that is enough to shut their mouth.
"Ne…Juvia. How about we add some fun to this water slide?"
"What are you planning, Reika-san?"
Reika holds Juvia's hands and points out to the water rushing down the slide. "Gonna get fast and wet, don't you think?"
Misinterpreting her words, Juvia blushes really hardly. "Umm….Juvia thinks that your words might be misunderstood easily."
Reika looks at Juvia. "Hmm? Is there other meanings aside from playing water slide?" She gives her infamous blank stare.
Surely, Reika wouldn't know about that. Juvia ignores her ashamed feeling and uses her magic to make the water flows faster. Reika, on the other hand, are already on a sitting position at the slide, ready to roll.
"Okay, Juvia! I'm going first!" Next, her hands let go the sides of the rail and off her body goes down the slide with overwhelming speed. "WOOOOHOOOOOOO~~"
"Juvia thinks this is gonna be fun too", she thought as her hands trembles of excitement. Just about that moment, her eyes caught a flash of her Gray-sama talking with another girl, which is Kinana. Seeing that hateful moment, Juvia goes mad.
"Ugh…Why do I feel like this water is becoming hotter and faster?" Reika starts to worry about her accelerating speed at the slide and the rising temperature. In between the gushing water, she hardly look at Juvia who are still up there, with a red face. Embarrassed or angry? She doesn't know, because her mind is focused on her life that is in grave danger now!
"JuvIAAAAAA~~~!" Reika calls for Juvia which possibly can't be heard by the mad rain woman as she continues to let the speed increase. Reika's tone becomes higher and higher as she realizes the slide is nearing the end. And judging from the speed she is in, a crash is expected. Mind you, water slap at the whole body is never good.
"JUVIAAAA!" She screams with all her might. Hibiki heard her voice and looks at his wife at the Love Slide, going down with an insane speed. His eyes nearly pops out.
"What the-?" Knowing the time of the crash is nearing, he sprints to the front of the slide, wanting to catch his beloved. "What the hell?!"
"Hibiki? What happen?" Ren asks as he saw his best friends running to the slide. Eve also stares at the scene, doing nothing.
"HIBIKIIII~~~!" Cries her as she saw her husband going towards the front. "Don't stand there! You'll get-"
BLAMM!
Dusts flies to the air. Everybody's attention is attracted to the accident as they stopped doing their activities just now. They ended up blasting a wall rather than splashing down at the pool, and that just shows how great the speed are.
"-Crashed too….Ouch…" She glances at Hibiki who is wincing in pain, and the to the wall that cracked because of the impact. "Are you okay?"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He still got the time to scold her. "WANT TO KILL YOURSELF?!"
"I was just playin-"
"-THAT'S SUICIDE!"He cuts, stressed out by her actions that sometimes drives him crazy.
"I'm sorry." She whimpers like a puppy. Reika tries to get Hibiki up when she realizes that her left arm isn't functioning well. Oh great, her arm is broken. But who cares, Reika would prioritize her husband rather than herself, and because he was mad at her, Reika wants to hide her injuries from his knowledge. She knows, he would be more stressed if he were to know about that.
"Lemme take a look if you have any scratches", she tries to be as normal as she can, while her face constantly maintaining her poker face. Hibiki looks at his wounded arm. "It's bleeding. You have any plasters?"
"Nope. Just wash it, I think. It's not that severe." She moves her hands and a magic circle forms as some water appears and wash the wounds. She didn't move her left hand so much as she is trying to hide the pain. "There you go. Nice and clean. You can go flirting after this without worries."
"You saw?" His face seems astonished. She stands up and replies, "Well, just the part where you talked about soul subliming and stuff, I don't care."
Reika wants to walk away but his hands halts her movement. "You're jealous?", he asks.
She doesn't reply, but her body says it all. She is jealous.
"Oh honey, I'm sorry…I don't know you'll be this much brittle. Okay, I won't flirt anymore. If I do, you can kill me. Deal?"
Her eyes widen. "Kill you? You're serious?"
"That shows how serious I am. I don't want to hurt you anymore, honey." His hands accidentally holds the broken part of her arm. She winces a bit and that caught his attention. "Something wrong?"
"It's nothi-ARRGHHH!" She nearly screams as he pinches the broken part.
"This is not nothing, Reika." He lifts the short sleeve of the shirt until it reaches her shoulder. "It's bruised! Reika, why didn't you tell me you're injured?"
"It's just some broken arm, nothing serious." She 'Tch'ed as she tries to get out of his grasps.
"Oh no you don't. You're not going anywhere, young lady. Come with me to the infirmary or I'll lift you off the ground and bring you like a rucksack."
"Is it really that severe?"
As Hibiki opens his mouth to answer, a loud voice echoes at the theme park. "IS IT PARTY TIME? COZ I HEARD AN EXPLOSION JUST NOW!"
Natsu bursts into flames and starts running around. He was the one who shouted just now! "Everybody, let's parteeyyhhh!"
"Oy moron, stop!" Gray unintentionally joins him running. He just wants to stop that dragon slayer from going around destroying things again. "Stop this instant!"
"Natsu!" Lucy too.
"Don't run! It's slippery here!" Laki warns them but they most certainly couldn't hear it in the banging voices of the three.
"Natsu nii-chan! Don't burn that!" Wendy cries.
"Oy flame head! I said stop!" Finally Gray manages to punch Natsu but got a reply kick almost instantly.
"What did you say, popsicle?"
"You scum!" And the two start fighting again, while the other Fairy Tail tries to stop them.
"No one takes Gray-sama away from Juvia!"
"Natsu! Gray! Stop!"
"Arrghhh! Laki-san, why did Juvia attack me?!"
"Take shelter, Kinana-san!"
"Ara ara…Everybody is so energetic."
"Don't just stand there, Mira! Stop them or Fairy Tail gonna have another debt to be paid coming after this!"
"Who is the one that burns the cake stall huh?!"
"Wendy, run!"
"Hai, Charle!"
And the ruckus goes on. Reika and Hibiki runs away from the scene but afterwards Reika insists Hibiki to go back alone. She wants to join them in stopping Natsu (Author: Psshh…Yeah right.)
"Your hand is broken. Keep that in mind, okay? No heavy attacks. No touching at the broken part. If it stings, stop fighting."
"Okay, dear… I will always remember that. Now, go and find yourself a shelter, because this one will get a little harsh…" Although Hibiki sees her smiling at that time, he can sense that her magic is slowly overflowing, waiting its moment to burst out.
Once she is back in the theme park again, her hands are already covered in water whips. Then, she swaps into her demon mode…..
She jumps forward.
"YOU GUUUUYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
Waiting is boring and torturing at the same time. Because sometimes you can't bear the growing curiousity from within. That's why sometimes you fill your waiting time with activities. Any activities. And Hibiki decides to eavesdrop their fightings through his telepathy pendant hanging at Reika's neck. But after series of chuckling, his face turns worried.
His feets stomp away from the Ryuuzetsu Land as far as he could. Wanna know why?
Because he heard they say in sync…
"KARYUUU NO KOUEN!"
"ICE MAKE: BATTLE AXE!"
"REQUIP! PURGATORY ARMOR!"
"TAKE OVER: SATAN SOUL!"
"WATER STRIKE: PANDEMONIUM!"
"WATER SLICER!"
And after that, Ryuuzetsu Land is again, blown away by the Fairy Tail members.
And that's the end of this chapter! I had fun writing this one coz it has a lot of stuffs. My idea was pouring out I tell you! My fingers can't keep up sometimes. But after that, the ideas just 'poof'…. I could only say "Damn brain why did you have to be so naughty?! Don't tease me like this! It's torturing!"
Haha…I was talking to myself. I know, it's weird. XD
So, till next chapter! Ja', ne~