Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
Chapter 14: From Electric Shocker To Earthy Rocker
Another week had gone by, and Lucy had been getting some time to bond with her new magic. It had come as a result of the book being covered in Suna's magical mud that had filled the Desert Resort, and the spell book itself was now in the color of orange. The book had also informed her that this fifth type of magic was Earth Magic, capable of helping Lucy work with much more strength and defense, and she could also work with rocks. The Earth Magic had allowed her to manipulate sand and mud as well, molding objects such as weapons or shields out of them as her non-spell abilities.
Sting had been training with her in the mountains of Fiore where rocky terrain would obviously be located, and he had been helping her get it strong early on for it to not have a weak start like with the Lightning Magic. He had made her try to pick up enormous boulders and turn solid cliffs into sand or mud, but those feats didn't surprise Sting as much as when he saw Lucy eat mud, rocks, and sand to replenish her energy. The book seemed to be making these inedible pure for her each time as well, making an orange aura surround her body, and they weren't hurting her digestive system in any way.
Lucy was so happy to have Sting as her boyfriend and training partner, since they worked really well together on jobs, and they had the white dragon slayer was happy to have someone like Lucy as a girlfriend. The brown-eyed girl had been very supportive of him, cheering him on when he had to handle something that would seem difficult, and Sting loved the way how Lucy could get along with almost anyone. Not only did she possess a great bond with the orange spell book, but she also had a good bond with her Celestial Spirits.
In fact, she even used Scorpio and Taurus to help her test out the Earth Magic by respectively creating vortexes of sand and slamming huge chunks of earth upward with one blow from a mighty axe. Lucy's average running speed had grown majorly overall, most likely thanks to the Lightning Magic, but her average amount of strength was growing because of the Earth Magic. She didn't look more muscular in any way, but Lucy had enjoyed lifting up boulders when her new Earth Magic was there as a nice means of support.
She was currently having lunch with Sting today at the Sabertooth guild, eating a cheeseburger with fries while her boyfriend was eating a large steak, and they were discussing more about the upcoming Grand Magic Games as well as the Grand Fiore League that Rufus had once mentioned. Sting told Lucy that he couldn't compete in the Grand Magic Games this year, since the master of a guild could not be in the tournament, and he was trying his best to hope that Sabertooth would come out on top this year to regain their former glory.
He also let Lucy know that the Grand Fiore League was a tournament like Rufus had said it was, but that competition was not like the Grand Magic Games. There were battles, but there was more to winning than just brute force. Battles in the Grand Fiore League involved appealing, which meant showing off strength and the beauty of spells in very creative ways. Showing off the glamour of spells could also cause opponents to lose points, and Sting let Lucy know that those types of battles would end when one side got knocked out or lost all 100 points.
The Grand Fiore League had judges like the Grand Magic Games did, and that competition also had its own set of rules. For example, the teams in the tournament would have to pick their least and most experienced mages at different times because of special rules informing everyone that the matches would involve full battles. Full battles involved six types of magic on each side, and whichever side ran out of magical power first or got knocked out would be eliminated from the tournament. Even one-on-one battles could be stressful, causing some people to have to choose very carefully for a winning chance.
"Lucy, I hope you are very psyched up for whichever tournament you decide to enter. I want Sabertooth to win the Grand Magic Games, and it would really be awesome to see you win for our guild. You have an entire arsenal of spells in your book, even though the Earth Magic hasn't given us a single spell yet, and I just know you'll do great. In fact, you could even show Fairy Tail a thing or two while you're at it." Sting told her in a calm tone while smirking arrogantly, having complete faith in his girlfriend's abilities while sitting across from her at the table.
She responded in a kind manner, determination in her brown eyes as she smiled back at Sting, "Thank you, Sting! I'm glad that you believe in me, and I won't let you down! I want my new guild to see that I'm nothing like I was in Fairy Tail, and I will definitely show Natsu that the powers of my orange spell book can really make a rocking rumble! I haven't been able to use any dragon-slaying moves like Suna could, and maybe the book is creating the spells with its own unorthodox logic. It keeps on surprises me, no matter how many new spells I get."
The blonde mage had heard rumors of the Grand Magic Games being replaced with the Grand Fiore League, but rumors were never really the real deal. Nobody had a clue about what would happen, except the one piece of information that stayed really consistent. One of these big events would be occurring in two months from now, and they both gave people lots of ambition with pressure added. One tournament would decide the best guild in Fiore with events and battles, but another would decide the Fiore League Champion with battles and the stylishness of a mage included. One had ferocity, and one was simply fabulous. However, both competitions would be fierce.
While Lucy was feeling comfortable in Sabertooth with Sting, how was her old guild doing without her? The curiosity made its way into her cocoa brown eyes, wondering who Fairy Tail would pick for their teams that would compete in this year's Grand Magic Games, and she obviously knew that Lisanna and Elfman would be replacing her and Wendy. However, Lucy certainly had no idea about Natsu's team being disbanded because of the drama and discord that he caused. Was Fairy Tail still in a state of distortion, or had some things managed to be repaired?
At the Fairy Tail guild...
Mirajane had just returned from keeping record of the books checked out in the upstairs library, and she took over the job of barmaid from Cana. Makarov was drinking some beer from a mug while looking confident that Fairy Tail would win again in this year's Grand Magic Games. Just like last year in X791, two teams from Fairy Tail would participate to try and achieve 1st place. Could Fairy Tail bring another year of pride to the guild, making the town of Magnolia celebrate for two years straight with another golden trophy of glory?
Things had been looking pretty good for the Fairy Tail guild right now, especially since Natsu hadn't caused much problems for the former members of his team. They hadn't been talking to him anymore, and the fire dragon slayer simply had to accept the fact that he would have to change his ways for Lisanna to even see a glimmer of hope for their relationship. Natsu's mouth never agreed with his thoughts, however, and this made Mirajane sigh sadly while she saw him with his head down at a table near the guild's entrance.
She knew that her spot in the Grand Magic Games was certainly reserved for her, since she was just as strong as Erza, and Mira was confident that Fairy Tail would get more wins than they did last year. The white-haired woman also hoped that nothing serious would transpire, such as the big incident with the Eclipse Project, and she had hoped that there would be no dragon war of any kind. Mira smiled while cleaning a beer mug with a white rag, and she knew that things like love and good karma would eventually reach everyone in the guild.
Even though she could see Lisanna looking happy while she was chatting with Erza and Gray at a table, Mira knew that her younger sister did want some love in her life. It wasn't exactly her place to intervene and play matchmaker, but Mira had to do something about the discord in her sister's romantic life. Lisanna had told her about everything that had happened with Natsu, realizing that he was just a big jerk who had been using her to make Lucy jealous, and Mira knew that Natsu would have to find a way to make up for his actions.
While she was thinking about that, Mira was suddenly snapped out of her thoughts by Makarov clearing his throat like he wanted to have a chat with her about something important. Fairy Tail did not really care that much for the Grand Fiore League or have any current watch on other guilds to observe their upcoming strategies, so what did Makarov need to discuss with Mira? Could this be something that would be great to talk about, or would it cause a little bit of a tense situation between them?
"Hello, Mira. I see that you're done checking all the books in the library. Everything is in order, I assume, and hope that all of the forbidden books have been moved so that no one will try to get power that they aren't ready to experience. I originally wanted you to burn them, but the First Master has always said that we never know when we may need something later on that is not appreciated by us right now." He said calmly while smiling slightly, taking a sip of his beer before looking at the white-haired girl in front of him.
Mirajane replied nicely while looking cheerful, as she was cleaning a mug with a white rag, "All the books were accounted for, Master Makarov. Well, there seems to be an inconsistency. One of the books in the records was probably checked out, so there's really nothing to worry about. Levy is just borrowing one of the books again for some more knowledge, or maybe Erza is reading one of the naughty hentai novels again. I can't remember what the book was, though."
"What book might that be? Do you have the list to make the task easier on yourself, my child?" Makarov asked out of curiosity, still drinking his beer and getting ready to swallow the last of it.
Mirajane happily handed him the record sheet that had the name of every book in Fairy Tail's library written down on it, and there were check marks next to the title of each book if the book had been accounted for. However, mysteriously, one book was unaccounted for. Makarov's eyes scrolled down the long list, and he nearly spat out his beer when he saw the name of the book that Mirajane couldn't find. He looked like he wanted to freak out, causing Mirajane to wonder if somebody had taken something that they shouldn't have.
"It's gone! That book is missing! I can't believe that someone would take that book, out of all the spell books! Mira, how did this happen?! What kind of person would check out something like that, as if anybody can use it?! Which airhead took that book, Mira?!" He asked while looking totally shocked and sounding utterly astounded that a certain book was missing from the guild of Fairy Tail.
His outburst got the attention of everyone in Fairy Tail, making them all wonder what was making Makarov so freaked out, and he had even made his hands bigger to shake Mira by her shoulders in his appalled state. The former members of Natsu's team, as well as the fire dragon slayer, had walked over to the bar to try any attempts to quell the situation. This book was either very important, or it was some kind of forbidden book that was not to be read. Makarov and many other old people certainly knew about this book, but what bothered him so much about it?
"Gramps, what's so bad about a book being missing? Can't you just buy another copy of it? The bookstore is open every day, so it's not that hard for you to just go down there and ask if they have it." Gray asked with a calm look on his face, trying to understand the situation while he pulled the old man away from Mira to at least give one of them a sense of relief.
He explained sternly, hoping that book wasn't in the hands of a dark guild, "It's not that simple, Gray! There is no copy of this book because it was not made by any publishing company for them to have rights to copy it, and a lone mage was the maker of this book! That book has spells in it that contain massive amounts of power, and the book itself isn't even in a modern language! It's unreadable, but this is just unthinkable!"
While his explanation made Gray be wary for anyone who could be having a book with them, Natsu really showed no interest in something like this. By his own logic, there was really no reason to care about a book that no one could probably read. He expressed his thoughts aloud in a brash manner, seeing the book as a complete waste of pages that had just made those trees die in vain, and Natsu was met Makarov's facial expression that now had a stern look while still retaining some of the shock from earlier.
Makarov used his large left hand to pull Natsu by his scarf to be face to face with fire dragon slayer, and he sternly let him know that the book had so many restricted spells inside of it. They could even give a bit of trouble to people like Jura Neekis and Jellal Fernandes, definitely showing the power of this book, and there was another important piece of information about the book. It would only be able to open for a person with a heart that was pure, and it was impossible to make fake feelings slide by for that power. The book could sense a person's true nature, detecting what was in their heart, and it choose its master of its own free will.
Erza looked very stunned to hear something like this, finding it almost unbelievable that an inanimate object could be sentient, and she could not believe that Makarov also mentioned that the book had non-spell abilities like curses and assists to help its master. It really was strange for someone to even make a spell book that seemed so abnormal, but then something in Erza's mind caused her to widen her brown eyes in shock. The talk of a strange book was beginning to make the memories of Lucy resurface, and she certainly had a strange book.
The scarlet-haired mage asked Makarov if the book had any outstanding characters or designs that would make it distinguishable from other spell books, but the guild master unfortunately sighed in a disappointed manner. Whoever made that book was really crafty to not let just anyone know how it looked, making it appear to be like the other books, but Erza had remembered that Lucy's book was red. She presumably had a red book with her, and that's the one Erza needed to find. It sounded easy, right?
However, Makarov had only scratched the surface about the book's info. He did not know that the book was capable of changing colors to hide itself from anyone who may be seeking it, and Erza also did not know that. She wanted to get that book back from Lucy, hoping she wasn't doing anything wrong with it, but where would Erza even start looking? Gray smiled a bit while recommending that the group start their search in far-off areas first, since that may be where Lucy would go, and the ice mage recommended the port town of Castelia as the first place to check out. He dragged Natsu along with Erza and Lisanna, since he also owed Lucy a pretty big apology.
Back at Sabertooth...
With the Grand Magic Games coming up, everyone was eager to know who would be selected to compete this year. Sting had really wanted to join in on the fun, but he also had to maintain his position of being the guild master of Sabertooth. Rogue let him know that the team would definitely do good for him, though, so there would be nothing to worry about. However, there was also the possibility of the Grand Fiore League being the main event. Things were still under speculation, and no one knew what would happen.
Sting had told everyone to sit down at tables in the guild while they were awaiting the results of his selections for the upcoming event, thinking that this team would be the strongest team that would definitely help Sabertooth win this year, and Lucy sat at a table with all of her friends near Sabertooth's entrance doors while Sting was behind the golden reception desk located at the back of the guild. After all of her hard work, would Sting make the unbiased decision of choosing Lucy? Did he want to see his girlfriend give it her all?
Lucy wanted the chance to prove her strength against Fairy Tail, and she had worked really hard. Her cocoa brown eyes were filled with confidence while she held the orange spell book in her hands, and the blonde mage hoped that there was also some way for her and Sting to have the grand opportunity to be in a tag-team battle. She wanted him at her side, not just watching from the sidelines during the whole thing, and Lucy had seen Sting's face when he had realized that he couldn't compete alongside her.
She didn't want him to be sad about this, and there had to be some way for the white dragon slayer to show his strength. He had even been bragging about a few new moves that he had created as well, not even have shown them off to anyone yet, and Lucy really wanted Sting to have contributed to the guild's possible win. He had some confidence in his charming blue eyes while taking in a breath of air, and he was getting ready to announce who he had selected to represent the Sabertooth guild.
Lucy was a little nervous about Sting calling her name, since she hadn't exactly been the strongest mage in the guild, and she wasn't the newbie anymore only because of Wendy joining the Sabertooth guild. She thought that Sting would want only the already powerful members on the team, caring only about strength for something like this, but something came as a great shock to her. The white dragon slayer calmly announced with a smile of confidence that the members of Team Sabertooth would be Rogue, Yukino, Rufus, Orga, and Lucy.
The blonde mage exclaimed excitedly, hearing her name be called by her boyfriend, "Sting, that's great! I love you so much, and I will not let you or the team down! I plan to win, and that's exactly what I'll do! We will win for you, Sting, and there has to be some way for you to be a reserve member or something! I can't do this without you, and neither can your fellow teammates!"
Sting looked amazed at the amount of dedication and concern that Lucy had for him, really wanting him to be alongside the team when they were announced for anything, and he blushed a bit from seeing how confident Lucy looked. She had realized that he was feeling a bit down about not being able to compete with everyone else, and Sting was glad to have a girlfriend like Lucy. She really did care for him, wanting him to work with her when they came across enemies, and her speech had really lifted Sting's spirits.
Competition was something that Sting really loved, and he knew that there would have to be some way for him to join his friends in the Grand Magic Games or the Grand Fiore League. He began to give it some thought, but he could not rush into any decision without good judgement. Lector did not want Sting to be upset, either, and the red Exceed knew that his blond friend could beat down anyone in a tournament of any kind. He thanked Lucy for her kind words, and Lector smirked a bit when he knew that Sting had found the right girl to be with.
"What's with all the silence, people? This is a time for us to be cheering, since yours truly will find a way for us all to be happy!" Sting told the silent mages with a somewhat annoyed look, before giving Orga the signal to be the DJ for some music to play and hopefully make things more lively.
20 minutes later...
The entire guild of Sabertooth decided to celebrate the choosing of the team members with a party that included food, music, drinks, and a cake. While Orga was spinning the records and playing some music, Rogue was being admired by many of the girls in the guild who liked him. He would just hold their hands gently, but they would faint from how hot he was to them. This always made Frosch giggle, and it smiled happily at the fact that Rogue had been chosen once again for a chance to redeem himself.
Rufus was simply enjoying the gourmet food while he was reading a book about memories, and he had been interested in Lucy's orange book like the rest of the team had been. Lucy had even shown the languages in the book to Rufus once, but he couldn't decipher a single word. The characters weren't like any language that he had memorized, and even a spell known as Memory-Make: Translate to Japanese had no effect on the pages in the orange spell book. What kind of book was Lucy wielding, anyway?
Speaking of Lucy, she sat at a table with Sting and Lector while smiling happily at the fact that the white dragon slayer had brought her a three-layered cake as her reward for giving such an inspiring speech to cheer him up. He had really wanted to thank her for really lifting his mood, and Lucy had also done it as a way of returning the favor from when Sting saved her from drowning in Suna's mud that had filled up the Desert Resort. He had saved her life, and she definitely felt like she owed him for that kind act.
After all, it's not every day that a girl got to spend a great amount of time with the guy that she really liked. Lucy had gotten the 400,000 jewels from that job in the Desert Resort, giving half of the money to Sting, and he had really helped her out in that battle against Suna. Despite being tough at times, Lucy certainly did get to see Sting's sweet side. He cut a slice of the vanilla cake for himself, revealing the cake's interior to be creamy chocolate, and Sting had playfully put some vanilla frosting on Lucy's face before licking the rest off of the cake slice.
She cut a slice of cake for herself as well, putting it on the golden plate, and Lucy wiped the frosting off of her face before she tasted it. The vanilla frosting was delicious and really sweet, having an elegant sugary taste, and the chocolate cake tasted as if it was the finest chocolate in the country of Fiore. It tasted so heavenly with sugar added, making it simply delightful. Lucy cut up her second slice with a spoon, before feeding it to Sting in a cute manner like some girlfriends would do for their boyfriends.
"Thanks for making me feel better, Lucy. You're a really kind and cool girl, and getting to know you is just the most awesome thing in the world to me. Without you, I'd probably still be the same jerk from last year who was manipulated by Minerva to help Sabertooth win the Grand Magic Games. That's not the case with you, though. Instead of manipulating me, you encourage me. I couldn't ask for a better partner." Sting told her in a kind tone while making his left hand touch her right hand in an affectionate manner as he smiled while looking into her beautiful brown eyes.
Lucy responded happily while giggling a bit, blushing a light shade of pink from Sting's soft hands touching her hands, "Sting, those are the sweetest things that you have ever said to me! I only learned how to be more confident from being by your side on jobs, and I love how I'm getting to know you as well. You're such a great guy, better than Natsu or any other guy in Fairy Tail, and you really make me feel like I can do anything with courage in my heart."
They could both feel their hearts beating from this beautiful moment that they were sharing while looking into each other's eyes, sensing the love that they had for each other, and Lucy smiled a bit from noticing that her boyfriend still had some creamy chocolate on his lips. She slowly leaned over the table, preparing to get the delicious off with a very sweet kiss that Sting would certainly share with her, but the sound of Sabertooth's entrance doors being kicked open certainly put a halt to her simple yet perfect plan.
Sting quickly turned his head to see that Team Natsu had just barged into the guild, and Natsu looked angry. What could they possibly be here for, and what could be so upsetting to them? Lucy could only wonder if they had come here to try and pick a fight with Sabertooth, since that is something reckless that Natsu would do, and she saw the flames that were engulfing his fists. She had also wondered if they had come here to take Wendy back to Fairy Tail, even though she had left of her own free will.
"This is the only place in Castelia Town that we haven't checked! We know how much you bastards hate us, so give it back! Tell us where that red book is, or I'll burn you all down in the biggest blaze possible! None of you losers can reach up to my level, anyway!" Natsu exclaimed with an angry look on his face, as he glared at everyone in the guild's lobby while intending to find what he was looking for.
The white dragon slayer noticed that Natsu had been looking around the guild, but he hadn't looked in the direction of Lucy yet. Wendy was in that same direction with Carla and Happy, and Sting certainly did not want a dramatic guy like Natsu causing problems for people who had left the guild because of his behavior. He made white light engulf his hands while telling Natsu to calm down and leave, or he would forcefully be charged with trespassing on another guild's property, but the fire dragon slayer simply punched Sting in the face.
This made Lucy gasp in shock, worried for Sting, and she became even more concerned when Natsu used his Fire Dragon's Sword Horn to slam Sting into the wall before hitting him with fiery punches that made him scream in pain. Sting was burning from the heat, since Natsu was being very vicious enough to not even stop for a second, and seeing him was definitely making Lucy's blood come to a boil. She couldn't believe that Natsu was now trying to kill her new boyfriend because he told that dense idiot to leave the premises, and Lucy's building rage caused her orange spell book to emit orange beams of light from the fifth section where the Earth Magic was located.
Sting gestured at Lucy to run past the other members of Team Natsu while she still had a chance, and he smiled a bit from seeing her use the non-spell ability of lightning speed from the Lightning Magic. He thought that she had used that to flee quickly, but then something surprised him and Natsu. Lucy came in between them, a stern look on her face while anger entered her brown eyes, and her emotions kept up building up while she proceeded to start off this battle with quite a rocking rumble.
"I call upon thee, the first spell, Rocky Roll!" Lucy shouted with strong emotions in her voice while the orange spell book continued to glow, taking Natsu and Sting by surprise.
A brown boulder appeared on her left hand, and she threw it like a bowling ball towards Natsu. He evaded the attack, following up with Fire Dragon's Roar as a means of paying Lucy back for humiliating him, but Lucy's boulder rolled back around quickly to shield its blonde master from the flames. This spell turned Natsu's flames into mud, making the boulder grow in size while it rolled even faster, and it managed to strike him from behind with tremendous force. An orange blast of Earth Magic transpired, but all of its power was concentrated into one point to damage Natsu.
When the smoke cleared up, the fire dragon slayer was almost unconscious while he was down on the ground. He tried to stand up, but Lucy grabbed him by his spiky pink hair and repeatedly slammed his head against the ground with massive amounts of force for trying to hurt Sting. She also wanted payback for what Natsu had done to her as well, and she also slammed her left fist against his back with a punch that was as hard as the densest rocks in Fiore. Despite all of that, the fire dragon slayer's durability helped him stand up again.
He turned around to face Lucy, a bit shocked to see that she was in the town that was across the sea, but he was more angry with her for defending his greatest rival. He threw a large fireball at her, hating the fact that a supposed weakling got in his way, and this prompted Lucy to activate the second spell of Earth Magic. It was known as Sand Fang, and this move caused Lucy to unleash four beams of brown sand from her hands. They all took the shape of a beast's mouth, having numerous fangs, and they all bit Natsu's fireball at the same time.
While this attack seemed mediocre, the sand mouths were eating away at the fireball while crushing it with enormous pressure. They all lunged at Natsu, determined to help their master, and the sand mouths bit down hard on his arms and legs. Natsu screamed in pain from the sand crushing his body with intense pressure, biting with a grip that kept getting tighter, and the sand began to make painful gashes in his arms and legs. He growled angrily at Lucy, not determined to let her get the best of him, but who had the stronger conviction?
Seeing no other choice, Natsu told Lucy in a harsh tone while glaring at her as flames engulfed his fists, "All you ever do is use that book's spells, you idiot! They can't power you up at all, but I'm fired up enough to show you why weak trash was never allowed on my team! Prepare to lose, you little weakling, and this fight won't be interrupted!"
He charged at her while running at high speeds, his fists blazing brightly, and Natsu swung a punch at Lucy. However, she quickly leaped back and narrowed her brown eyes at him while activating the third spell that was known as Rocky Combat. Lucy's fists and bare feet became surrounded by an orange aura, and she jumped up into the air while more power was building up in the palms of her hands and on the soles of her feet. Natsu jumped high in the air above her, looking down on her in a literal and mocking sense, but Lucy waited for his descent. When he was coming down near her, Lucy dealt a powerful uppercut to his jaw.
She began to deliver a series of powerful punches and kicks to Natsu's body, really making him feel the pain that he had caused her, and Lucy felt the Earth Magic boost up her attack power with every hit. She used one last punch to catch Natsu off guard, but then Lucy grabbed Natsu's left leg before throwing him down to the ground with all of her might. The fire dragon slayer was sent smashing hard into a table, crashing right through part of a wall in the guild, and this spell had exponentially increased Lucy's strength with every hit. A 24-hit combo would certainly knock out Natsu, that's for sure.
Lucy asked the other three Fairy Tail mages in a heated tone while she panted a bit, looking somewhat aggressive while the orange aura surrounded her body, "Does anyone else want to try and hurt my boyfriend?!"
Lisanna and Gray stepped back quickly, not wanting to be caught in the fray, but Erza just stood there with a surprised look on her face. She could not believe that Lucy had joined the guild of Sabertooth, the rival guild of Fairy Tail, and Erza looked even more surprised to see Wendy here with Carla. Even Happy left the guild because of Natsu's antics, surprising the scarlet-haired mage. Wendy even had the Sabertooth guild mark replacing the Fairy Tail insignia, still in blue, and Erza couldn't believe that her friends wouldn't be coming back.
Erza could see the heated temper in Lucy's brown eyes, the orange aura around her body giving off a tremendous amount of magical power, and the scarlet-haired woman just had to wonder why she was sensing this animosity from Lucy. The blonde mage had every right to hate Natsu for the things that he did, but she really hated him to such a degree where her emotions were strengthening her level of power by this much? Erza knew there was no way for her to stop this level of power, and she motioned for Gray to try and cool Lucy down with some ice.
The ice mage gulped a bit with some worry in his dark blue eyes, as he unleashed ten large ice shards to try and freeze Lucy, but she unleashed the fourth spell of Earth Magic to end things here. This spell was known as Muddy Bombs, and the effect caused Lucy to spit ten blobs of brown mud from her mouth. When one made contact with an ice shard, a large orange blast of energy would occur with the side effect of leaving behind sand that would enter Lucy's hands to give her some more energy and defensive power.
As the fourth spell had taken a lot out of Lucy, she had managed to cool down and pant heavily while Erza asked nicely, "Wow, Lucy. You're dating Sting? He's taking good care of you, right?"
Lucy responded kindly while glaring outside at Natsu and eating a piece of the wall that had fallen apart, restoring her energy with Earth Magic, "Yeah, he's the best boyfriend that I've ever had. Sting is the greatest guy ever, and he was really sweet when we had our first kiss."
Gray had gone over to Natsu for him to apologize to Lucy for the conflict that he started with her, but he could only be frozen with shock like when Lisanna had coldly rejected him. Natsu couldn't believe what he heard, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing when the white dragon slayer walked over to Lucy. He was unharmed, fully healed like Natsu never damaged him, and this was most likely because of him eating the light from Lucy's energy blasts. They certainly did have healing properties for a dragon slayer like him, and Natsu nearly felt like fainting when he saw Lucy and Sting share a soft kiss of victory.
Natsu dropped his jaw at the fact that he had not only lost Lisanna, but the girl that he tried to make jealous had actually moved on from him. Lucy wasn't even moping over Natsu like he thought she had been doing, and he could not believe that she was actually able to damage him. The pain from the third spell made Natsu clutch his chest tightly while his arms and legs were in excruciating pain, and Gray sighed in an annoyed manner while deciding to carry Natsu on his back. Erza also felt bad for the disturbance that Fairy Tail had caused, since Lucy had an orange book and not a red one, prompting Titania to leave Sting with a hammer made out of rocks that had been gathering dust in her inventory. The Rock Hammer could create and mold rocks to fix buildings, rather than destroying them, and all it took was one strike on or through the areas of damage.
While Erza and her team walked away from the Sabertooth guild, having supposedly failed utterly in their missions from Erza's viewpoint on the situation, Sting asked Lucy as he looked pretty curious, "Hey, Lucy. Instead of ending it so quick, couldn't you have just healed me first and let me handle Natsu afterwards?"
"You know how much I don't like Natsu for what he did, and I wasn't even using my full power to beat him down into the ground where his low attitude is located. The Grand Magic Games is where this will all finally be settled, or maybe it'll all end for Natsu in the Grand Fiore League." Lucy replied coldly with a harsh look in her brown eyes, before trying to brush her dark thoughts aside and enjoy the fact that she was now on the competing team for the guild that was run by the guy who could always make her present and future better than her past.
How was Chapter 14? Did you like it? Sting and Lucy have gotten more development in their relationship, and they keep getting cuter! Sorry about Sting not fighting Natsu, but that will happen later in the story. However, he will show off his moves before that happens. Anyway, will Natsu ever regain Lisanna's trust? Will Lucy and another Fairy Tail mage meet up when an OC from that person's past catches up with them? Will this antagonist know Lucy as well? Standby for the update!