Ever since Kagura came to Paris, she's been trying to focus on fulfilling her obligations to her mother, but she also wants to make friends and have fun with others. She found that with Erza. Back when they both tried for the fencing team and Erza gave her spot to Kagura, the two of them have become good friends. In fact, the two of them were doing some sparing against each other in the park with Jellal watching. Both of them seemed evenly matched with each other until they broke apart and faced each other.
"You're good, Kagura." Erza said.
"And you certainly have kept your skills going despite not having the formal training." Kagura said.
"Jellal, what do you think?" Erza asked.
"I don't know much about fencing, so I think you both looked great out there." Jellal said. Erza was ready to keep going until she spotted Sylph and was trying to tell her that they might be needed.
"Uh... Sorry, I have to go." Erza said. "I promised Lucy I help her out with another plan to win Natsu over."
"Again? Is that girl really so weak that she needs your constant help?" Kagura questioned.
"Lucy isn't weak. She just can't seem to have the courage to do it herself." Jellal said.
"That is the same of being weak in my eyes." Kagura said.
"I'm sorry, Kagura. This is just important to Lucy." Erza said and hurried off so she could do her real responsibilities of being Celestria's spy. That left Jellal and Kagura together, but it wasn't as great as it seemed. Neither of them really knew what to say to each other and it was awkward.
"So... You like Lucy, too. You have any ideas that could help her?" Jellal said.
"I'm leaving." Kagura said as she got her stuff and walked away.
"Hold on. You don't have to leave because of me." Jellal said as she walked after her. "Look, you and Erza are friends and I'm her boyfriend. There's no reason we can't try to get along with each other. Maybe I could help you with your fencing."
"You said so yourself that you know little to nothing about fencing. You can't help." Kagura said. "Besides, I told my mother that was I going to hone my skills. If she find out I lied to her again, she will be most displeased."
"Why is your mother so strict with you?" Jellal asked.
"She wasn't always like this. She changed when..." Kagura stopped herself because she felt she was getting too personal with Jellal. "It's not a concern of yours."
"Hold on. Kagura, I really would like it if we could be friends." Jellal said.
"Why? Just because I'm friends with Erza? If you weren't dating her, do you think you and I could actually be friends?" Kagura said, but Jellal really had no way of answering that. Kagura might have become friends with Lucy and Erza, but having more friends might be a problem. "I'm sorry. Your intentions are good, but..." "Kagura!" Kagura felt like she was in trouble as she saw that her mother found her.
"I thought you said you were practicing." Mrs. Mikazuchi said as she sounded greatly displeased.
"Mother?! What are you even doing here?!" Kagura questioned.
"I was passing by from a stroke of fortune, and I see this? You said you were going to practice, but instead I see you talking to some boy." Mrs. Mikazuchi said.
"It's not what you think." Kagura said, but Mrs. Mikazuchi held up her hand and Kagura became quiet.
"It is time to go." Mrs. Mikazuchi said. Kagura didn't want to displease her mother anymore so she just did what she was told with Jellal feeling bad for her, but there wasn't much he could do at the moment.
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Celestria
Celestria and Salamondra were dealing with another villain, but they were able to take care of the situation. Her Miraculous Starlight and everything was fixed. As for Sylph and Titania, they continued being her spies and watched for the possibility of Black Knight showing himself. So far, it seems like there was nothing going on. Since it looked like they were in the clear, Sylph and Titania found their own hiding spot so they could change back to normal.
"Armor Off!" Titania turned back into Erza, but that was when Jellal showed up.
"Is this a good time?" Jellal asked.
"Jellal!" Erza said as she was worried she was busted. "Careful. I never told Celestria that you know about being Titania. We could be in trouble."
"Sorry." Jellal said.
"Where's Kagura? I thought I left her with you." Erza said.
"Her mother came by, bad timing. She didn't look happy with Kagura." Jellal said with Erza a little concerned.
"Erza?! Where are you?!" Lucy called, but that was trouble for Lucy.
"It's Lucy! She doesn't know I'm Titania, so act like you know nothing!" Erza said because she knows it be trouble if they both knew the truth of the situation.
"Erza, did you see... Jellal!" Lucy called as she was surprised to see him there. "Jellal! I didn't know you were here!"
"I was looking for Erza. I didn't know you were here either, Lucy. Erza told me you were coming up with some sort of plan to win Natsu over." Jellal said with Lucy unsure on what to say. "You know what, never mind that. It's probably a good thing you're here. I need to talk to both of you about Kagura since you two are her only friends."
"Kagura? Is something wrong?" Lucy asked.
"I'm just a little worried about her. Her mother comes down on her pretty hard." Jellal said. "She was about to tell me something that sounded personal, but she shut herself up. She told me her mother was kinder before something happened."
"She told you that? You're worried? Sounds like progress." Erza said, but Lucy didn't understand. "Since Jellal is my boyfriend and Kagura is my friend, they see each other a lot, but they don't really talk to each other. I seem to be the only thing they have in common. I would love it if Kagura had more friends, and hearing this is telling me that progress between the two is being made."
"That sounds sweet." Lucy said. "If Kagura really is having some sort of problem, maybe we should go over to her place and talk to her. Let her know she can talk to us about any problems she's having."
"Kagura is pretty stubborn, but it's worth a try if she's really having a problem." Erza said as all three of them want to help her.
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Kagura
"Mother, I swear it wasn't what you think." Kagura said as she tried to explain the situation to her mother. "I met with a friend to practice my sword fighting skills, but she was called away for something. I was in the middle of leaving to train alone when her boyfriend talked to me. I assure you that I am not lying."
"I sincerely hope not." Mrs. Mikazuchi claimed. "Kagura, I worry you are too distracted, and that these friends of yours are the source of that distraction. You have a responsibility to uphold my expectations! Do you know what I expect?!"
"You expect me to follow in the footsteps of your, Grandmother, and her mother before." Kagura said. "You believe that since we are living in a world where women are being belittled by men, I have to make myself strong to oppose their masculine ways."
"That's right." Mrs. Mikazuchi said.
"But not all men are like that. After all, you had a son. I had my brother who cared for me." Kagura said, but that was the wrong thing to say. Mrs. Mikazuchi tightened her grip and seemed rather angry.
"You do not to tell me what he was like before!" Mrs. Mikazuchi said with Kagura feeling her mother was about to unleash her wrath. "Kagura, I feel I've been too lenient with you. You will stay focus on your studies and your extracurriculars, and nothing more! That means you will not see these friends of yours!"
"What?! Mother, you can't!" Kagura disagreed.
"I can and will!" Mrs. Mikazuchi threatened. "I'm also aware that one of those friends of yours gave you the spot on the fencing team that THEY earned, not you! You were shown pity and you took it! You need to be reminded of strength, honor, and discipline!" She said as she took a kendo staff and threw it to Kagura. "Prove to me you earned where you are in life, and never speak of your brother to me again!" She said as she walked right into the next room and slammed her door shut. She was clearly furious. Kagura took the kendo sword, but felt rage and despair. She walked right over to something else. It would seem that there was a small memorial shrine of some man.
"Simon... Brother..." Kagura mumbled with sadness as she truly missed this man. She missed her kindhearted brother who was always there to support her. Without his support, she doesn't have the strength to speak to her mother.
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Black Knight
"Poor girl... All she wants is to please her family, but suffers from the pain of a loved one gone. I know what that pain is like." Black Knight said as he took an etherious and filled it with dark power. "Fly, my evil etherious. Let's give her the power she cries for!"
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Kagura
Kagura just sat in front of the shrine in misery. The etherious made it's way to her and went into the kendo stick that she carried with her being connected to Black Knight now.
"Fleche, you want power? You want to prove to your mother that you are the kind of female warrior she wants you to be? I can give you that power." Black Knight said.
"No. I don't want your kind of help. You are only ever interested in helping yourself." Kagura said as she tried to resist.
"But you clearly can't be what your mother wants you to be." Black Knight said. "Your brother isn't around to help you. You need to be able to help yourself. Once you deliver me the miraculous of Celestria and Salamondra, it will prove to your mother that you are a warrior. You can be who you want to be after that. At the very least, you will have the strength needed to stand against her." Kagura tried to resist, but she knows she lacks the power to stand up to her mother.
"Very well." Kagura said as she accepted Black Knight's power and transformed again. As for Kagura's mother, she remained in her room. However, she was thinking about what she and Kagura just talked about. She looked over to a family photo she kept by her bed of her and her two children. Back when times seemed...happier. However, she was cut out of her thoughts when she heard a noise.
"Kagura? What is going on?" Mrs. Mikazuchi asked as she opened up the door, but she saw Fleche was standing there instead of Kagura. "Kagura?!" Meanwhile, Jellal and the girls arrived at her apartment building.
"Is this really a good idea? We don't want to get Kagura into anymore trouble." Jellal said.
"It will be fine. We'll just talk to her and say we're just concerned about Kagura." Lucy said as she was sure everything was going to be just fine. Just then, they heard something crash through glass. They looked up and saw Fleche emerged out of the building and landed on the street. "Fleche?!"
"Kagura?!" Erza said as she couldn't believe she was like this.
"Erza... Lucy... For your own sake, stay away." Fleche warned.
"Kagura, what are you doing?! What is going on?!" Erza said.
"I finally have the power to oppose my mother and become what I should really be." Fleche answered. "To keep this power, I must find and defeat Celestria and Salamondra. For your own safety, do not follow me."
"Kagura! Stop!" Mrs. Mikazuchi called from the apartment as she looked down at her daughter.
"No, Mother. I'm becoming who you wanted me to be. After I have fulfill my obligations, I'll be back for you." Fleche said and took off. None of them liked the looks of this at all.
"I've got to go after her!" Erza said as she didn't argue about it and just went after her.
"I'm... I'm gonna go see if I can get some help!" Lucy said as she took off.
"Lucy! Wait!" Jellal called, but she was already gone. Jellal felt like he had to do something as well, so he went after Erza. Lucy ran around a corner and found a safe spot for her to transform.
"Stella, Twinkle!" Lucy transformed and got to work on helping Kagura.
"Kagura!" Mrs. Mikazuchi called as she made it outside the building and wanted to go after her.
"Wait!" Celestria called as she showed up and stopped her from going anywhere. "It's too dangerous. Your daughter isn't in the right state of mind right now."
"She is my daughter! I must do something!" Mrs. Mikazuchi insisted.
"It's not safe. I don't know the whole story, but I do know that your daughter isn't happy with you." Celestria said. "Whatever is going on between the two of you, it sounded like something happened that caused a shift in your relationship. Try to remember that your relationship with your daughter should be more important than what you expect out of her." When she said that, it did have Mrs. Mikazuchi think about her actions. "I'll bring your daughter back. Please just remain here where it's safe." She hurried off with Mrs. Mikazuchi thinking about what she's going to do when her daughter returns.
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Fleche
Fleche made her way through the streets and was slicing through everything in a way to get Celestria's and Salamondra's attention. As for Erza, she continued to chased down Fleche to help her friend.
"Erza, wait!" Jellal called as he went after her and was able to catch her. "Erza, change into Titania so you can fight her."
"I don't want to fight her! Besides, I can't do that without Black Knight knowing I'm still active. Titania is suppose to be gone."
"But what are you going to do?" Jellal questioned.
"I'm hoping I can reason with her." Erza said as she hurried to help her friend. Fleche continued destroying everything to get the hero's attention, but Erza ignored the danger and kept going. "Kagura! Stop!" That seemed to have gotten her attention as Fleche turned to her.
"Erza, I told you to stay away for your own good. You are not the one I wish to challenge." Fleche said.
"Kagura, what are you doing? Whatever your problem is, we can help you." Erza said. "Jellal told me what happened after you left. Jellal, Lucy, and myself were on our way to come talk to you and your mother because we were worried about you. Just talk to me."
"The time for talking has passed." Fleche claimed. "There is nothing left to say. Now is the time for action."
"Action for what?" Erza questioned. "There's plenty left to say because I don't understand what you are doing."
"Mother thinks I have become too weak, too distracted, too undisciplined." Fleche said. "I have become the type of female warrior that she wants me to be."
"Kagura, you know this won't solve anything." Erza said. "You know that Black Knight is just using you to get what he wants. He couldn't really care about whatever problems you are facing. Besides, how is fighting the likes of Celestria and Salamondra, not to mention destroying Paris, is going to help with anything?"
"It will prove that I am the strong warrior she desires me to be. If I was that strong before, I wouldn't have needed to rely on my brother to protect me before." Fleche claimed.
"Brother?! What brother?!" Erza said as she and Jellal were shocked to hear that for they didn't know.
"My older brother. His name was Simon." Fleche claimed. "He watched over me and helped me with mother. That all changed...when he lost him." She admitted with sadness. Erza had no idea about her brother. "Now that he is gone, I can't rely on him to protect me. I can't rely on anyone to protect me!"
"But we're your friends! We'll help you!" Erza insisted.
"Friends? You and Lucy are my only friends." Kagura admitted. "Jellal might be your boyfriend, but he is no friend of mine." She claimed with it bothering Jellal. "You two alone can't help me. Now, it is time for you to leave me. If you won't leave willing, I'll force you to stay away." Fleche moved quickly and struck Erza with great speed.
"Erza!" Jellal called, but helped arrived as Erza was pulled away from there by Celestria and was dropped off over to Jellal. "Is she okay?" He asked as Celestria looked over her condition.
"I think so. It looks like the wind was just knocked out of her." Celestria said. "She'll be fine."
"Quite the timing you have, Celestria." Fleche said with suspicion. "How much of that did you hear?"
"Enough. Kagura, this isn't the answer. You can just talk things over with your mother." Celestria insisted. "Your brother wouldn't want you to be like this."
"Never speak of my brother when you don't know him!" Fleche shouted as she tried to attack her. She charged right at her and tried attacking her. Fleche tried swinging her saber right at her, but Celestria jumped right over and tried to lure her away from her friends. "You won't escape from me!" She claimed as she kept trying to attach her, but Celestria was doing her best to avoid her attacks. While they were fighting, Jellal lifted Erza and carried her out of there. When Fleche tried again, Celestria was able to grab her saber and gave her a good throw over her shoulder with Fleche being thrown down the street, but she landed on her feet. "Is that all you've got?"
"How's this?!" Fleche looked to the side and spotted Salamondra's staff extending towards her and smashed against her. She was knocked against the building with Salamondra's staff retracting.
"Nice shot." Celestria said.
"No problem." Salamondra said as he joined her. "So, what's Flech ticked off about this time? She being a sore loser again?"
"This is serious, Salamondra." Celestria said as she found this a non-joking matter. "She's greatly upset with herself and it traces back to her mother and late brother."
"What?" Salamondra said as he was surprised to hear about that.
"You shouldn't get distracted with matters that don't concern you!" Fleche claimed as she jumped in the air and came down at both of them with her constantly thrusting her saber at them, but they moved out of the way and tried coming up with a plan.
"Last time, the etherious was in her saber, wasn't it?" Salamondra questioned.
"Yeah, but it's become attached to her arm. How are we going to break it if we can't separate her from it?" Celestria questioned as that seems to be the biggest challenge. As for Jellal, he carried Erza out of there and found a safe place for her to rest.
"You okay, Erza?" Jellal asked.
"Yeah. I just need to take it easy. She got me pretty good." Erza said. "Jellal, you've got to try and help Kagura."
"Me? I'm not close to her like you. I wouldn't know how." Jellal said.
"I'm sure you'll figure something out. Please, Jellal... For me..." Erza pleaded and Jellal couldn't say no. How can he possibly help Kagura?
"Whoa!" Celestria shouted as they saw her be thrown down the street and smashed into a car. It looks like it wasn't going well for the heroes. Fleche tried striking Salamondra again, but he kept blocking each one of her attacks until he kicked her back.
"Celestria, we're not getting anywhere like this! I might have to use my Dragon Fire to destroy her saber!" Salamondra said.
"It's too risky. She's just too fast." Celestria warned. "If you aren't careful, you could end up using it on her and do some serious harm to her."
"Any ideas as to how we can beat her?" Salamondra questioned.
"I'll let you know when I think of something." Celestria said.
"You won't have the time to do even that!" Fleche called as she charged for the attack. Salamondra extended his staff forward to try and stop her, but Fleche jumped right over it. "The same trick won't work twice on me!" She called as she came down with her saber out, but Salamondra moved out of the way.
"Celestria!" Jellal called as he hurried to her and helped her up. "Are you okay?"
"I am. Thank you, but you need to get out of here. It's too dangerous to stay." Celestria said.
"Wait." Jellal said as he stood his ground. "I want to help. Please let me."
"I can't. It's not safe." Celestria said.
"I know, but I want to help." Jellal said. "Kagura is actually a close friend to Erza. She and I might not be close friends, or even friends at all, but I have to do something. Kagura is important to Erza. That means she's important to me." When he said that, it had Celestria thinking. She can't deny a request like that. Besides, they might actually need help against the likes of Fleche.
"Give me a moment. Let's see what I get from this." Celestria said as whatever item she gets could be the answer. "Open the Celestial Gate!" She used her powers and ended up getting a bottle of maple syrup with the Virgo sign on it. "Maple Syrup?"
"You need me to make pancakes?" Jellal questioned. Celestria tried to think of how to use the syrup. She spotted the road, a car, Felche's feet, and Jellal.
"Maybe there is a way you can help." Celestria said as she knew what to do. "Salamondra, try and hold Fleche off! I have a plan!" She said as she took Jellal and ran off.
"Me hold her off?!" Salamondra questioned as he was barely able to keep up with her.
"Seems that Celestria is really a coward to leave you alone to fight." Fleche said. "No worries, Salamondra. I will soon free you from your suffering!" She claimed as she went to attack him some more.
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Celestria
Celestria made sure no one was around as she took Jellal to a secure place so it would be just the two of them. Once she thought it was safe, she used her whip and pulled out a brass knuckle brace.
"Jellal Fernandez, this is the miraculous of the minotaur." Celestria said. "It will grant you great force empowered by earth. You will use it for the greater good, but you will return it to me once the mission is over. Can I trust you?"
"Of course. I want to do what I can to help Kagura." Jellal said as he slipped it on and turning silver and blue, but Bull ended up flying out of the miraculous.
"You're my holder? Well, you look like a tough guy, but I guess we'll see how tough you are." Bull claimed.
"Trust me, Bull, he's up to it. Are you ready, Jellal?" Celestria asked with Jellal confirming that he was.
"You just need to say "Bull, Strike"!" Bull told him.
"Bull, Strike!" Bull was pulled into the miraculous and Jellal transformed. He was given a brass-like suit that had the head of a bull printed on it. with brown boots and gloves. His weapon was a gauntlet placed over his right arm with his miraculous. Jellal was also given a brown mask around his eyes with it looking like horns were coming out of it and a ring-like piece went around his nose and mouth. He was even given his own set of horns.
"Looks good. Your power will allow you to deal a powerful blow with just one strike." Celestria said. "We can use it to destroy Fleche's saber."
"But can't Salamondra's Dragon Fire do that?" Jellal questioned.
"It's too risky. The saber is attached to her arm. Using his Dragon Fire could harm her in the process, but your powers are less risky." Celestria said. "Here's my plan..." She said as she told him what she needed him to do.
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Salamondra
Salamondra continued to do his best to fight off Fleche until Celestria's plan was ready, but Fleche is a skilled swordswoman. Salamondra tried another attempt to attack her directly, but Fleche was ready for him. She deflected his attack and was able to knock Salamondra's weapon out of his hand and kicked him right into a car. Salamondra hit it hard and was thrown for a loop for a moment. He was going to get up, but Fleche pushed him down with her foot.
"It's over, Salamondra. You are beaten." Fleche claimed as she held his saber to him.
"That's right, Fleche. Claim your victory by taking his miraculous and it will prove how strong you are to your mother. Defeating a great hero who is also a man will prove to her your strength." Black Knight encouraged.
"Use your Dragon Fire so I can take your miraculous without risk." Fleche demanded.
"I don't think so!" That was when Jellal came in and tackled her away from Salamondra and helped him out. "Are you okay?"
"Thanks. Who is the new member of the team that Celestria invited?" Salamondra questioned.
"You can call me Asterion. Celestria has a plan." He said as he whispered his plan to Salamondra and he was on board with the plan as he went on ahead.
"Now Salamondra runs like the coward and an unknown challenger wishes to fight me?" Fleche said. "What do you all take me for?!"
"It does not matter. He holds a miraculous and is just another challenger. Defeat him and claim his miraculous as well!" Black Knight ordered. Fleche went along with it as she tried to attack him, but Asterion used his gauntlet to block each of her attacks.
"Tell me something, Fleche. Are you really a warrior or are you just a girl hurting because of her mother?" Asterion said.
"You be quiet!" Fleche said as he hit a nerve. Fleche kept her attacks going as fierce as she could and forced Asterion to move back.
"Kagura, whatever it is that you are going through, you don't have to do it alone! There are people that care and want to help because they are just concerned!" Asterion said. "Even if you aren't that close to someone, it's better to say what you really think than keep it to yourself!"
"Be silent when you are the one the being pushed back!" Fleche said.
"We'll see about that." Asterion said as he pushed her back and jumped back. Fleche tried charging to attack him, but she didn't know was that Asterion was just moving her into position. Celestria hid behind a car and spread some syrup and Asterion walked right into it with her feet sticking to the ground.
"What is this?!" Fleche said.
"Syrup that's extra sticky." Celestria said.
"It's a sticky wicket!" Salamondra said as he landed down behind her and grabbed a hold of her, trying to hold her still while also holding her saber in place.
"Asterion, now!" Celestria called as it was time for Asterion to use his powers.
"Force!" Asterion called on his power and gathered much energy and strength in his fist where his miraculous was. He charged right at Fleche and smashed it against the saber with the blade breaking and the etherious flying out.
"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria activated her whip to catch it. "Time to de-evillize!" She threw it and caught it as usual. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." She said and released it. "Miraculous Starlight!" She threw the bottle of syrup and unleashed the magic stars that cleaned the syrup and fixed everything Fleche destroyed and caused her to turn back to Kagura. When that happened, Celestria used her powers to form a new charm that shimmered like steel.
"Kagura, keep this with you to protect you from Black Knight." Celestria said as she gave it to him.
"I really am weak." Kagura claimed.
"Why would you say something like that?" Salamondra questioned, but she couldn't bring herself to say.
"Kagura, people want to help you because they care, but they need you to talk." Asterion said as he was one of them, making a real attempt to get closer to her even if she isn't aware it's him. "Even if the person is a complete stranger to you, sometimes it's just nice to have someone who is willing to listen. From what I understand, your mother is rather strict with you and it also has something to do with your late brother. Am I right?"
"How did you..." Kagura said but came out with it. "Yes. Mother has always been strict with me, had some expectations, but I fear I can't meet them. Back when Simon was alive, he always supported me, helped me, and could get mother to relax. It was like he was the only man she respected. Ever since we lost him, things have changed." The heroes felt sorry for her. It sounded like she has gone through a lot.
"Your mother is hurting just like you. Use it to bring you two together, share the pain, and you two can feel better about it." Asterion claimed. "Don't be afraid to share what you feel towards your mother."
"If only it was that easy." Salamondra mumbled as he knows it's harder for him than it might be for Kagura.
"Speak to your mother. Follow your brother's example Prove to your mother you are a strong independent woman by standing up to her." Asterion said as that might be just what Kagura needs to really stand for herself. Those words gave her the courage needed for this.
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Black Knight
"No matter how strong you try to make one's heart, every heart breaks at some point." Black Knight claimed. "Try as much as you like to prevent me from etheriouizing people, Celestria, but you can't help everyone with every problem."
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Celestria
"Stop." Asterion used the command to turn back to normal after the fight was over. When it was, Asterion and Celestria found a safe place for them and he handed the miraculous back to her. "Thank you for giving me the chance, Celestria."
"I'm glad it all worked out." Celestria said. "It's a little hard to believe you and Kagura aren't as close as you say."
"Well, it's tougher than you think. We might have known each other for a while, but we hardly talk to each other." Jellal said.
"None of that matter. What matters is that you act like a true friend, and that's what you did today. You helped her when she really needed it." Celestria said. "I'm sure she'll realize that you're a real friend yourself." Jellal hopes for that day as well.
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Kagura's Apartment
"Hold on. This was your idea." Erza said as she, Lucy, and Jellal waited outside Kagura's apartment as it seemed that Jellal had a change of mind.
"Yeah, but I think this is something Kagura needs to do alone. We can wait until she's free to talk to her." Jellal said.
"Maybe Jellal is right. It sounds like something that Kagura has to do." Lucy said as she's well aware of the situation and they all just waited for her. Meanwhile, Kagura is speaking to her mother about their relationship.
"Please forgive me for earlier, Mother." Kagura said.
"You let your emotions cloud you and that is what allowed you to become etheriouized." Mrs. Mikazuchi said. "You must become stronger and not let your emotions to take you over like that."
"Mother, please!" Kagura said with a raised voice. "This is the reason I got etheriouized and why I let my emotions get the better of me! Mother, I do not wish to disappoint you, but you are pushing to hard. It's like... It feels like you don't really love me!" She admitted. "It hasn't been the same since Simon's accident, but we are both hurting because of it!" She's hoping her words got through to her mother.
"You're right." Mrs. Mikazuchi admitted. "I tried to be strong after losing my son, but it's not easy for a parent to go through that. I tried being the kind of woman I want you to be, but... Maybe I've been doing this all wrong if you really think I don't love you."
"Mother..." Kagura said as she was amazed her mother was admitting to this. Next thing she knew was that she was in her mother's arms and could feel her mother crying.
"I love you, Kagura. I love your brother, and miss him dearly. So, let's try to be happier in his honor." Mrs. Mikazuchi as Kagura liked the sound of that. Kagura hugged her mother and felt closer to her mother than she's been in a long time. Hopefully, Kagura also knows that she's got friends that love her as well.