Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
Chapter 10: Omega & Alpha, Part three
Lucy and Sting both looked shocked from seeing all of the innocent people being held captive by the beams of electricity, feeling pain from the high voltage surrounding them, and the two mages both wondered why anyone would be doing something like this. Sting's enhanced hearing had allowed him to detect a voice talking about training, and it sounded feminine.
He couldn't believe that a wizard wielding magic would practice their skills on innocent people without showing any kind of remorse, and he knew that his fun with Lucy would have to wait. Sting gave her a confident smirk while having assurance in his charming blue eyes, letting Lucy know that this villain would definitely be stopped, and the white dragon slayer ran towards the area where the cannon had exploded.
Lucy had followed Sting, seeming worried about the enemy, and she had to wonder if this person would be extremely dangerous. That lightning looked painful to the poor people who were trapped by it, and Lucy knew that this criminal had to be stopped. She ran behind Sting, trying to keep up with him, and Lucy hoped that she could also use the fourth spell to end this battle fast. After all, she didn't want this day at the amusement park to be ruined.
The duo ran towards the billowing clouds of black smoke, and they looked stern while keeping their guard up. Lucy noticed a woman walking through the smoke with a deadly smirk on her face, and golden electricity was surrounding her body. Her electrical powers seemed to also be absorbing energy from machines and the rides in the amusement park, causing things like soda machines to dispense all the bottles and slow down the roller coaster as well. If this was some kind of prank, then it was definitely not amusing.
Sting noticed that the electricity was pretty much causing madness in the amusement park, and he also took a good look at his opponent to see exactly what he and Lucy would have to be dealing with. This woman had long blondish hair that fell to her waist, and she had violet eyes as well. She wore a simple yellow T-shirt with some blue jeans to match, and her high heels were black. Despite her looking fashionable, this woman was still an enemy to Lucy. The blonde mage narrowed her cocoa brown eyes, growling a bit while she wondered about this woman's motive.
"Well, this is pretty disappointing. I thought that everyone near the cannon had been grabbed already, unless you two are trying to stop my training. My name is Hikari, by the way." The woman said in a somewhat displeased manner, as she looked at Lucy and Sting.
Sting asked in a stern manner, clenching his fists at the sight of the people who were being shocked by Hikari's electricity, "Are you crazy or something, lady? This style of torture is training to you?"
Hikari giggled a bit while sweetly looking at her opponents, stating that practicing her moves on innocent people would make her become much more powerful while she concurrently drew in electricity like a lightning rod, and Hikari also laughed at the power of her electricity hurting the little girl that had been struck by it. The sight of a weak person being picked on like that was enough to make Lucy look pretty angry, and she opened the red spell book while fierce flames of strength had come into her eyes.
As the antagonist let Sting know that him and Lucy would get a thirty second head start to run away, since they looked weak in Hikari's eyes, she looked surprised to suddenly see Lucy's spell book start glowing with cherry red beams of light emerging from the text on the page. Lucy unleashed the fourth spell instead of starting off with the first spell of Fire Magic, and this move was known as Fire Trick. It caused a cherry red sphere of energy to be fired from Lucy's mouth, and the sphere bounced when it hit the ground and headed towards Hikari while bouncing in a zigzag motion.
She gasped a bit from seeing the ball bouncing towards her, and Hikari shot out a thin beam of lightning from her mouth to counter Lucy's attack. The collision of the two spells caused a miniature golden blast to occur, while six fiery explosions transpired as a result of the sphere bouncing six times to reach its opponent. Each explosion seemed to be more powerful and louder than the last, and Sting looked a bit surprised to see Lucy using the cover of the smoke to supposedly run away instead of fighting the enemy. What was Lucy thinking?
Sting still looked surprised, but then he figured that Lucy was trying to get some distance between the antagonist that seemed to only use short-range moves. The white dragon slayer had also noticed that Lucy's spell of Fire Magic came from her mouth, and he had to wonder if the other spells came out in the same way. If they did, then that would be perfect for a plan that he was formulating. Sting had a creative idea, but he had to get that important info from Lucy before they could even try to fight the enemy.
He explained to her in a calm tone, looking like he had an idea while they hid behind an unattended concession stand that sold cake-like confections, "All right, Lucy. This area looks safe enough. Anyway, we're no match for a user of Lightning Magic in an amusement park. She's obviously been training, and we need to formulate a good plan to save those people. I need to know about all your current spells of Fire Magic, too."
"That girl can't be forgiven for getting innocent people involved in something like that, and we're going to defeat her. All of my spells come from my mouth, Sting. Please tell me you're not thinking of attacking with the cannons or anything like that." Lucy responded calmly, having some hope in her brown eyes while she saw most of the distant smoke begin to fade away.
Sting now had his plan complete, now knowing that Lucy's spells would emerge from her mouth, and he had some very sharp ideas in his mind. They had to save all those people who were trapped before they could even think of defeating Hikari, and the white dragon slayer had noticed that the captured people were now spread apart from each other while they were all still linked to the lightning that surrounded Hikari's body. If they were like strings connected to a puppet, then wouldn't it be a great idea to cut the strings?
He told Lucy that he also asked for her to do two things for him in this battle, hoping that she would definitely do them, and Sting smiled from seeing the confidence in her eyes. The thirty seconds were now up, and that wasn't the time to think of Hikari looking for Sting and Lucy. The two mages both thought that this was now the perfect time to give quite a shock to a shocking enemy. They would definitely be giving her quite a jolt, and lightning probably wouldn't manage to strike. (Interesting puns, huh?)
5 minutes later...
Hikari walked around the city, keeping her guard up while she looked for her opponents, and she heard some rustling from some nearby bushes. The violet-eyed woman turned around quickly to see Sting and Lucy emerge from hiding, and she threw some spears of lightning at the duo. They dodged her spears, seeing them create yellow blasts of energy when they hit the ground. The antagonist also wondered why Lucy had turned to the side, not facing forward Sting quickly pointed his fingers at Hikari, causing Lucy to immediately turn straight and activate the fifth spell of Fire Magic.
This spell was known as Fiery Whip, and it made Lucy unleash a beam of fire that moved in a snake-like manner to reach its target. Hikari smirked a bit while she easily got out of the way of the attack, not even caring that it hit the lightning that had imprisoned a young woman, and the fiery explosion gave Sting some time to run away with Lucy. Hikari growled angrily at them for trying to run away from her, and she chased after her prey. What kind of plan did Sting have, anyway, and why did he need Lucy's spells to come from her mouth?
The duo simply followed the sight of lightning beams, and they stopped in front of another one that had imprisoned one of the workers in the amusement park. Hikari appeared in front of them, however, having impressive speed. She grinned evilly while firing a large beam of lightning at Sting, only for him to cancel it out with White Dragon's Holy Breath. This provided the perfect chance for Lucy to use the sixth spell of Fire Magic, and it was known as Flame Cutter. This spell simply allowed Lucy to slash at the lightning rope with long red nails that were engulfed in flames, setting it ablaze, and it was cut in an instant. The man had been freed from the lightning, and he quickly ran for cover. A side effect of this spell was that it could even be used offensively with the flames turning into volcanic liquid to burn an opponent even more.
Sting and Lucy ran away once again, quickly on route to the next beam of lightning, and Hikari groaned in frustration from seeing her opponents run away again. Lucy smiled at Sting while they were running, and she was glad to have him help her out back there. Sting smiled back in a confident manner, seeing their plan working like a charm, and the duo quickly reached the next lightning beam that imprisoned a female surfer. Hikari got in their way once again, however, and she smirked while letting them know she could move at lightning speed.
However, that did not matter one bit to Sting or Lucy. They knew that combination play wasn't supposed to work well with mages whose spells came from the mouth, most likely because of the timing and hesitation to turn the right way, but Sting got around that dilemma by making sure that Lucy would immediately turn to face the right direction for her spells to hit the lightning beams. By turning around fast and using a spell that came from the mouth, Lucy could use it with a lot more speed and a lot more precision.
Hikari charged up a large ball of electricity in her hands while she looked stern, not letting Lucy and Sting interrupt her selfish ways of training, and she quickly threw it at the two mages. However, Lucy intercepted her attack by activating the seventh move from the red spell book. This new skill was known as Flame Shield, and it caused Lucy to suddenly spin around in circles at extremely high speeds to make a large twister of fire surround herself and Sting. Hikari's attack made contact with the twister, trying to push through it, only to be absorbed at be reflected back at Hikari in the form of numerous fiery drills.
She managed to dodge the ones that about to hit her, not even taking note of the ones that Lucy had purposely manipulated to strike the six remaining lightning beams, and fiery explosions occurred all throughout the amusement park. Yukino and the others wondered about what in the world could be going on, and nobody had gotten hurt from Lucy's spell. She managed to inhale all the flames in the town, saving the rides as well, and Lucy quickly ran away with Sting when the fiery twister had faded away.
The antagonist exclaimed in a harsh tone, annoyance in her violet eyes as she looked pretty pissed off about what was happening, "How long do you two plan to keep on running?! If you're going to fight, just stop and face me! Besides, your aim is horrible if all those fancy spells can't even leave a single mark on me!"
Lucy was about to explain everything at clear it up for her, but Sting wanted to troll his opponent by making her turn around to see the little girl with brown hair who resembled Wendy. She was eating cotton candy while watching the battle from afar, and Hikari looked utterly shocked to see that she had somehow escaped her lightning. The violet-eyed woman gasped in amazement at the sight of her lightning beams no longer being in the town, and everyone had escaped. How in the world had they gotten free?
At that moment, she widened her eyes in disbelief when she remembered about Lucy's spells. The fire attacks that Hikari had dodged weren't even being aimed at her, and Lucy had just been distracting her while she was saving all those people. Hikari had definitely been played like a sap, stupidly thinking that her opponents had their attention on her the whole time, and Sting laughed a bit while he was impressed that his plan managed to work so well. Lucy had helped him out as well, you know.
Hikari shouted viciously with her eyes now narrowed, "You creeps! You must think I'm some stupid idiot for you to mess around with! Do you really think I'll let you make a fool out of me?! I'll show you what my electricity is all about, you jokers!"
She charged up a lot of electricity, having absorbed enough of it for one last finishing move, and Hikari put it all into her left fist. She quickly ran towards Sting, attempting to finish him off for making her look so stupid in front of everyone, but Lucy would not let Hikari lay one finger on the guy that she loved. She activated the final spell of Fire Magic, determined to finish this battle as well, and the spell was known as Fiery Fueled Flare. This spell caused a red aura to surround Lucy's body, and the aura quickly turned into a burst of cherry red flames that engulfed Lucy's body. She wasn't hurt at all, and Lucy smiled a bit from feeling so much power in this move.
Lucy ran towards Hikari, feeling herself move much faster with much more power, and Lucy quickly made this spell's power go all the way into her right fist. She struck Hikari in the face with her flame-engulfed fist, and Hikari did the same to Lucy with her lightning-engulfed fist. Both girls kept pushing the power of their attacks, not holding back, and the fierceness of their power caused their moves to combine and create a large orange maelstrom of red fire and yellow electricity. The loud explosion could be heard by everyone, meaning that one side had pushed through, but who won?
Rufus had come running towards Sting with the other members of the group, and the Memory-Make mage memorized the image of the billowing clouds of black smoke before forgetting them all to make the smoke quickly fade away. Everyone looked surprised to see Lucy and Hikari both panting heavily while they both could barely stand after taking each other's attacks like that, and they were both bruised and bloodied. The fire and lightning had made both girls have charred skin, and Lucy couldn't even hold her red spell book because of electricity surrounding it. Hikari grinned evilly, but then she fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
Lucy was about to fall backwards and hit the ground, but Sting caught her in his arms. He smiled at her while activating White Drive to heal himself and anyone that he was currently touching, so the light was making Lucy become perfectly healed like no damage had ever occurred. She blushed a bit while looking at Sting, proud that his plan worked pretty well, and Lucy knew that he was definitely the right guy for her. He had seen her as useful, something that Natsu could never see her as, and Lucy kept blushing while she got out of Sting's arms.
"Now that we saved the town and everyone is okay, can we have some fun?" She asked the white dragon slayer in a sweet manner, holding his hands in hers.
Sting replied calmly, smirking while looking at Lucy with satisfaction in his relaxed blue eyes, "Sure, Lucy. We definitely need to enjoy ourselves, especially after a battle like that."
The two mages could feel how this battle had improved their chemistry with each other, making them grow closer, and Lucy was really glad to have visited Sting today. He had actually wanted to have a day of fun with her, wanting to be around her, and their teamwork in this battle was really showing how they could work well together. Sting liked seeing Lucy looking happy like this, seeing the beautiful pink blush on her face, and he was really glad to be helping her forget the trouble that Natsu had given her earlier today.
Lucy's heart was beating happily while she looked at Sting, feeling the calmness and joy in his blue eyes, and she really loved the fact that he had returned her small feelings at the cafe. He liked being around her, loving how they could be together on jobs, and Sting really loved to make her happy. He had feelings for her, enjoying the fact that she was always supporting him in his plans, and Sting also admired the fact that Lucy wasn't so reckless with those powerful spells of Fire Magic. She was so fierce, protecting Sting, and he would look out for her as well. He was about to give her a kiss on the lips, but then the soft flapping of wings got his attention.
The white dragon slayer looked a bit annoyed at the fact that this certain cat interrupted his first official kiss with Lucy, and he saw it smirk arrogantly as it landed on Lucy's head. It was his red Exceed named Lector, and Sting had to wonder why he was here when he was supposed to be out shopping for some dinner that they would have tonight. He had probably spent all of the jewels on fish or something, but why would Lector even be here? Did he have some important business to discuss with the master of Sabertooth?
Lector told him in a calm tone while he maintained his smirk and folded his arms, "I put the dinner in your office, Master. Be sure to eat it later. Anyway, I saw you all going towards this town and I wanted to join you. Then, I saw the explosions and decided to just stay away and let you handle it. Sting-kun, even if they wouldn't let you on a ride, I know that you demolished the people who must've cut in front of you!"
Sting replied nicely while his eyes shifted from Lector to Lucy, "That wasn't me, Lector. It was actually Lucy Heartfilia, the girl who wields keys and a spell book."
Lucy could feel Lector standing on her head, and she slowly picked him up before smiling at the sight of such a cute red cat. Lucy hugged Lector tightly, seeing him to be just as cute as Happy and Carla, and the red Exceed gasped for air. That prompted the blonde mage to cease the happy hug, not wanting to suffocate Lector, and Lucy's stomach suddenly let out a loud growl that made Sting laugh. She was obviously hungry after having such a heated and electrified fight with Hikari, and Sting suggested that the newly formed trio have lunch and some fun now.
10 minutes later...
After finding an abandoned picnic table on the grassy part of the park, Lucy sat under the shade of a nearby tree with Sting and Lector. Rogue and the others had also joined their friends, and everyone was mostly curious about what had happened earlier with Hikari. Sting had asked Lucy to have a strong amount of confidence in that battle, and he had also asked her to have the heart of a mage who could protect everyone. She had been getting stronger, no doubt, and Sting was happy to see Lucy biting into a large cheeseburger while she sat next to him.
The red spell book was still on the table, continuing to have electricity surrounding it, and even a Lightning God Slayer couldn't touch the book without getting electrocuted. If the spells weren't of a dragon or a god, then where had the languages and types of magic originated from? Lucy had hoped that the book wasn't permanently damaged or something, and Yukino also looked concerned about it. What was going on with the book, and would it still listen to Lucy? Could something be happening from within it?
Rufus even tried using his Memory-Make Magic to get the yellow electricity off of the book, but that also had failed to work. Suddenly, the yellow lightning began to change into a yellow aura in front of everyone's eyes. The book opened itself up to a new section, making Lucy very curious about what was going to transpire, and the aura had entered into the spell book! It began to make a new set of pages all have a yellow glow, and some spells were being written in the yellow text of what seemed to be a fourth language.
There were also unreadable words in saffron-colored text, meaning that Lucy couldn't read these spells at all, and the blonde female was careful to not silently or actually read any of the spells that were appearing. Yukino had taken notice of the red spell book changing to the color of yellow, and she really had to wonder if that was a book from the Celestial Spirit World. Lucy found herself able to absorb the electricity of the arcade building near the picnic area, and many game geeks began to complain about the electrical shortage.
It was all being sent into her hands, giving her some energy, and Lucy was also thankful that the backup generator of the arcade had kicked in to satisfy its customers. While that made Lucy let out a sigh of relief, she became a bit startled from seeing a white card appear on the first page of this new magic. The message was once again in one of the olden languages, but Lucy was able to clearly read it. Sting had to wonder what those characters even said, and the message may not even be something that Lucy wanted to know.
"Welcome, blonde maiden and master of the book. You must know another rule, and I think you are ready for it. When an opponent's type of magic should ever come into contact with the book that can only be used by a pure and innocent soul, that magic of opposition may come to recognize you as a friend. You may accept it and have it join you, if you wish." Lucy read in a calm manner while smiling softly, before looking at the book and shaking her head in approval for the new magic to join her arsenal.
Sting told her in a relaxed manner while he turned to face her, looking into her cocoa brown eyes, "Speaking of new members joining things, we want you to join our guild for real. I like having you around, Lucy. You're so awesome, and you really do deserve better than Natsu."
Before Lucy could even reply, Sting gently pressed his lips against hers in an affectionate manner. He was giving her a soft kiss, most likely to repay her for giving him that accidental kiss back at the cafe, and Sting had to show his feelings for a great girl that helped him save the whole amusement park. Lucy blushed cherry pink from feeling Sting give her such a soft and relaxed kiss, and her happiness was growing warm like a beautiful blaze as she returned the kiss to him. He really was a much nicer guy than Natsu, and Lucy could now tell that fate made her have an end in Fairy Tail to truly have a lovely new beginning in Sabertooth.
How was the 10th chapter? Did you like it? Sting and Lucy have officially had their first kiss, and their chemistry has greatly grown! Sorry if anything seemed rushed, by the way. Lucy now has a new guild to be in, and a new type of magic. However, she won't use it in the next chapter. Anyway, how will things go tomorrow in Sabertooth? Will Lucy see a familiar face of friendship when she least expects it? Will a certain team in Fairy Tail begin to have their friendship broken, after someone is fed up with the attitude of someone else? Standby for the update!