The refreshing wind blew gently on the shoreline, causing most of the Fairy Tail members present to let out a large sigh of relief. "Oh man, that felt great…" Lucy smiled softly, wearing a two piece bathing suit (along with all the other females).
"This is gonna be awesome!" Cynthia grinned, taking in the gentle breeze of the beach.
"Natsu, Gray," Erza turned her attention to the two rivals as everyone else went off to have fun.
"I didn't do anything! It was all him!" Natsu said, pointing at Gray as he shifted whatever he thought he was in trouble for.
"What!? Don't pin the blame on me!" Gray shouted.
"Knock it off," Erza said in a stern tone. Her voice immediately caused the two to stop fighting and turn to her with a nervous smile. "This is exactly what I DON'T want to see happening on this day off, do you understand me?" Erza crossed her arms under her chest, which was covered by a black bikini top.
"Y-Yes, Erza!" Natsu and Gray nodded in unison, giving a friendly truce handshake.
"I bet I can swim faster than you!" Natsu smirked, letting go of Gray's hand as he sprinted towards the open water.
"You wish!" Gray gave a grin before chasing after Natsu.
"Heh…" Erza smiled a little and then she proceeded to place a towel down on the heated sand, lying on her stomach to relax. "Oh…this is perfect…" Erza let out a content sigh as she rested her head on her arms.
Cynthia looked around the beach; surprised at the various activities everyone seemed to be indulging themselves into. She wanted to join, but she had no idea where to even begin. "Uh…"
"Something wrong, Cynthia?" Lucy asked, placing a towel down on the sand and sitting on it.
"I don't know what to do!" Cynthia flailed her arms around, upset at the thought she wouldn't' be able to have as much fun as everyone else.
"There's lots of stuff to do!" Lucy nodded, a cheerful smile gracing her lips. She then stood up, looking around at everyone. "Hm…Oh, I have an idea!"
"What is it?" Cynthia bounced on her heels excitedly.
"I'll get Levy-chan, and you'll get Wendy, and then we can play some volleyball in the water!" Lucy nodded twice, looking around for Levy.
"Volleyball…?" Even though Cynthia was unaware of what the game was, it did in fact peak her interest, so she nodded in agreement. "Alright, I'll go get Wendy!" Cynthia skipped off happily in search of Wendy.
Wendy was near a small sandy hill, talking with one of the guild's employees, Kinana. The two were having a conversation when Cynthia walked up to them. "Cynthia!" Wendy said with a cheery voice. "Are you having fun at the beach?"
"Er…not yet," Cynthia replied, playing with a strand of her black hair. "Anyway, Lucy and I were wondering if you wanted to play volleyball with us! And Levy!"
"Volleyball? Sounds fun!" Wendy nodded, grinning widely.
"Hehe…" Kinana let out a small giggle.
"Huh?" Cynthia looked over at Kiana, confused by her giggle. "What's funny? I wanna know!"
"Nothing's funny," Kinana replied. "I was just thinking about the bond you two had."
"The bond…?" It took Cynthia a few seconds to realize that Kinana was referring to her and Wendy's friendship. "Oh!"
"What about it?" Wendy asked as she dusted off some sand from the small green skirt covering her bottom piece.
"I think it's cute," Kinana nodded, smiling at the two girls. "You two hold each other dearly to each other, right?" The two girls nodded slowly in response to the question, causing Kinana to smile a bit wider, yet there was a hint of sadness in it at the same time. "It reminds me of something I used to have…"
"Huh…?" Cynthia tilted her head slowly at Kinana's statement. "What do you mean…? Did you used to have someone who was dear to you?"
Kinana nodded slowly, rubbing her neck. "Mhm…my friend…I wasn't able to hold onto him, but it makes me happy seeing you two together like this. Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to keep you two from having fun! Go on!"
"It's not a problem at all, Kinana-san!" Wendy gave a reassuring smile before running over with Cynthia to Lucy and Levy.
"Erik…" Kinana frowned slightly as the two girls ran off, now wondering what was happening with her beloved friend, Erik.
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"Rest and relaxation!" Luke grinned, only in orange swimming trunks as he, Reve, Taya, Nami, Zalen, Aira, Kuro, and Hanako made their way to the beach.
"Very much needed!" Nami grinned, wearing a two piece black with white poka dotted bathing suit.
"Don't cause any trouble," Zalen said, placing a towel down on the sand. "We're here to have fun, not cause riots…"
"Don't worry about it!" Jaxon nodded, sitting down on a chair.
"We won't cause any trouble, right, Reve?" Aira looked over to Reve, raising a questionable eyebrow.
"Tch, I'm not gonna do anything…" Reve waved a hand dismissively at Aira's look, immediately heading into the water to swim.
"I'm just gonna take a walk," Luke nodded a few times before walking off in a random direction.
"I wonder why Selene didn't come with us…" Aira sighed, crouching as she started to make a sand castle.
"She's just missing all the fun!" Nami nodded a few times, taking a seat in the hot sand, not too phased by it.
Luke looked around the beach, smiling slightly from the excitement in the air. He looked to the ocean, shivering slightly. "Ugh…I hate water…" He continued walking, looking around until he brushed shoulders with someone, a burning sensation causing him to jump back a few inches and look at the one he bumped into. "O-ow…sorry!"
"What's where you're going, you bloody wanker…" Maggie replied, brushing off her shoulder. Oddly enough, she was in a jump suit, but she was letting her bare feet enjoy the warmth of the sand.
"I said I was sorry…" Luke frowned slightly, and then looked at Maggie and the outfit she was in. "…Aren't you hot in that?"
"Nope," Maggie replied in a causal tone.
"Right…" Luke looked over at the small burn mark on his shoulder. "Yeesh…you're hot…"
Maggie just raised an eyebrow, crossing her arms. "Hm?"
It took Luke a few seconds to realize what he said, and that it could've been taken out of context, so he quickly spoke again. "Temperature wise; you're hot temperature wise."
"I see…" Maggie replied.
Now feeling like he offended the girl in front of him, Luke quickly waved his hands back and forth in front of his face. "A-And you're attractive too! You know what…I'm just gonna go…" With that, Luke continued his walk forward.
"Tosser…" Maggie sighed, looking around. "Now…where is that bloody child…"
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Lucy, Levy, Cynthia, and Wendy were locked in an intense, yet fun game of volleyball. Wendy palmed the volleyball up, giving Cynthia an opportunity to spike the ball, thus ending the match the girls were having. "Cynthia!"
"I'm on it!" Cynthia jumped into the air, flames appearing on her hand as she spiked the ball down at Levy and Lucy, a trail of red fire following the ball.
"W-Watch out, Levy-chan!" Lucy said with widened eyes, letting out a scream.
"WAH!" Levy flailed before tackling Lucy into the water, away from the volleyball as it hit the sand, creating a large hole.
"I think you over did it…" Wendy said with a sheepish smile.
"Oops…" Cynthia giggled a little as Lucy and Levy stood up. "We win though!" Cynthia high fived Wendy taking a victorious pose, grinning widely after, "Volleyball champions of the beach!" Cynthia closed her eyes, taking in the moment of winning her first volleyball game ever. A few seconds later a pair of blue swim trunks hit her face, causing her eyes to open. "WAAHH!" Cynthia jumped back as she looked at the pair of trunks.
"W-Who's are those!?" Lucy gasped, looking around the ocean nearby, only to see a naked Gray and a riled up Natsu.
"G-Gray-san put some clothes on!" Wendy's face went beet red as she covered her face.
"WHY IS HE NAKED!?" Cynthia cried out, then she took another look at Gray, "…And what's that thing on his…"
"OOOKAY I THINK YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH," Lucy said as she ushered Cynthia and Lucy out of the water.
"JUVIA LIKES WHAT SHE SEES," Juvia started nose bleeding as hearts appeared in her eyes. "Juvia is in looove…"
Cynthia blinked, and then rolled her eyes at Juvia, as Juvia laid on her back on the sand, not moving. "…Cynthia thinks Juvia needs to stop being so-"
Juvia instantly appeared in front of Cynthia's face, glaring darkly at the young girl. "Juvia thinks Cynthia is a love rival! Juvia must destroy all love rivals…"
"I-I'm not a love rival!" Cynthia started to panic as she flailed her arms around frantically.
"Juvia saw Cynthia looked at Gray-sama's naked body!" Juvia protested, towering over Cynthia with the dark look growing even darker.
"H-HELP!" Cynthia flailed, realizing she had very few options since she was cornered by Juvia. Within the next few seconds, Wendy grabbed Cynthia's arm and yanked her away quickly away from Juvia.
"I got you!" Wendy said with a small grin, sitting down on the sand a few feet away.
"Whew…I thought she was gonna murder me…" Cynthia wiped a sweat drop from her forehead and grinned. "Hey…have you heard of a sandcastle…?"
"Mhm!" Wendy nodded, smiling. "They're fun to make!"
"Do you want to help me make on?" Cynthia asked.
"Of course! Let's do it!" Wendy said with a cheery voice.
"Rematch, let's go!" Natsu grinned as he floated in the water, looking over at Gray.
"You're on! Without clothes, you can't beat me!" Gray smirked and started swimming away quickly.
"I'll destroy you!" Natsu started to swim. "Swimmer of the Fire Dragon!" A trail of fire escaped Natsu's body as he used that to swim even faster than Gray.
"THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!" Lucy shouted from afar.
Happy was lounging in the water, looking down until an all too familiar shape passed by under water. Happy's eyes gleamed with excitement as his eyes turned into that of a predator. "Fiiiish…"
"There he goes…" Carla sighed, lying on her back in the water.
Happy stuck his paws into the water in attempt to grab the fish, but it kept swimming away. "Hold still!" Happy shouted, his love of fish taking over his mind. "I just wanna eat you!" Happy eventually grabbed the fish, grinning. "I got you!" Happy opened his mouth, preparing to take a bite out of the fish, but he was unable to because Natsu and Gray barreled past him, sending the poor fish hungry exceed into the air, dropping the fist in the process. "NOOOOO!"
Lucy sighed, shaking her head at her guild mates going slightly crazy, but she couldn't help but smile slightly. "I love you guys…" She said under her breath. She then turned, bumping shoulders with a male passing bye. "Oh, I'm sorry…"
Luke turned, starting to speak. "Oh, it's fi-…oh…" Luke just shook his head before turning around and walking the other way, purposely bumping into Lucy with enough force to almost push her over. Lucy would've yelled at Luke in retaliation, but she remembered she was there with Fairy Tail for relaxation, so she wasn't going to let the annoying Copy Mage get to her today.
"Tch…Luke…One of these days…" Lucy sighed before turning around, a little upset no one saw Luke bump into her and almost knock her over. "I'll just enjoy the rest of the day with everyone here!" Lucy nodded to herself, running back over to Fairy Tail to enjoy the rest of the beach day with her beloved family. In fact, they would stay at the beach until nightfall, and that's when things really started to get fun…
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Nightfall at White Eclipse was a rather slow one, without the other members around. The only members present inside the infamous guild was Selene, who was sparring outside the front doors with Takeru, Nightwalker, Heather, Zain, Michio, Waiston, and Cygnus. Heather walked into the kitchen, grabbing a few bottles of cleaning supplies. "Hm…" Heather reached up into a cabinet, pulling out a large cup. Heather grabbed the cup and the cleaning supplies, and set them on the table in the main area.
"What'cha got there, Heather?" Zain asked, eying the cleaning supplies and the large cup curiously.
"Dinner," Heather replied, pouring the liquids into the cups, swirling the cups around a little after. Heather then tilted the cup to her lips, drinking the poisonous liquids.
"I…" Zain blinked a few times before remembering that Heather was a Poison Dragon Slayer, so poison was food to her.
"I'm never going to get over that," Waiston said, watching Heather enjoying the cup of poison.
"Poison's not that bad," Cygnus replied to Waiston as Heather finished her cup.
"I don't see what the big deal about it is," Heather replied with a shrug. She looked at the door, seeing Takeru and Selene walk in, battered and cut from their sparring session. "Welcome back?"
"Heh, thanks…?" Selene stood up straight, trying to hide her fatigue from the others.
Michio walked into the kitchen, walking out a few minutes later with a large plate of waffles. "Dinner," Michio said, placing the plate of waffles on the table.
"Isn't it a little late for waffles?" Nightwalker asked, eying the plate hungrily despite his question.
"It's never too late for waffles," Michio replied, taking a few waffles from the plate and placing them on a small one for himself.
"This I agree with," Waiston replied with a nod.
"So, I have a question…" Cygnus started. "Those flying cats…that talk…what ARE they?"
"They're called exceeds," Waiston responded. "I've always wanted an exceed! Actually, no, what would be cooler is a flying polar bear with wings!"
"Hm…" Michio snapped his fingers, creating a polar bear with wings behind Waiston. "Hey, Waiston, turn around."
"Huh?" Waiston turned around, and his eyes widened. "WHOA!" Waiston hopped on the back of the polar bear and it started flying around the guild. Waiston was so happy that if the polar bear vanished he would probably quit life right then and there.
"That looks like fun…" Takeru mumbled to himself, watching Waiston ride the illusionary polar bear.
"Heh…" Michio made the polar bear vanish, and Waiston hit the ground. After a few minutes Waiston went into the kitchen, looking in the drawers. Michio and Zain followed Waiston into the kitchen. "Waiston…?" Michio asked.
Waiston pulled out a knife from the draw and looked over at Michio. "You knew I wanted one…and you played with my emotions…"
"…Put the knife down, Waiston… ._." Michio said calmly before making the polar bear reappear again.
"It's fake, isn't it…?" Waiston asked.
"Nope," Michio replied. And with that reply, Waiston hopped on the polar bear and began riding it around again. Michio ran outside into the main area, flaiing his arms around. "Hide the knives, hide the knives!"
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The moon's reflection glowed brightly in the water, its own glow illuminating the beach. Only a few stars painted the night sky overhead, giving the peach a blissful and serene feeling. At a cabin near the beach, the girls from Fairy Tail were wrapped up in blue robes with red floral patterns on them, along with a cooler filled with beer. Lucy, Juvia, and Levy were already too far gone after consuming a certain amount of alcohol, and their reactions were freaking those who weren't drunk just yet out a little. "WHY DOES GRAY-SAMA IGNORE JUVIA?!" Juvia cried out, weeping on the floor.
"Well," Cynthia hiccupped after her words. "I THINK IT'S BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID JUVIA-CHAN!" Cynthia spoke, now officially drunk at this point.
"Y-YEAH!" Lucy hiccupped, starting to stand up, but only to fall on her side, giggling with pink colored cheeks.
"WHAT SHOULD JUVIA DO THEN!?" Juvia sat her, her cheeks flushed pink from the alcohol consumption.
"GO FOR IT!" Levy shouted, hiccupping a few times, raising a beer bottle into the air. "TAKE HIM, MAKE HIM YOURS!"
Juvia stood up, a determined look on her face. "JUVIA WILL!" Juvia then took a step forward, and then fell over onto her face. "WAAAH!"
Wendy had swirls in her eyes as she lay on her back on the floor, not even daring to move. "Why is the room spinning…?" Wendy sat up, and to her it felt like the entire world was spinning. "WAAAAAAH!"
"Why are you spinning, Wendy?" Cynthia asked, grinning goofily as she downed another shot of beer. "And why wasn't I allowed this!? This stuff is amazing!"
"RIGHT?" Erza hiccupped, too far gone herself at this point. Erza squinted at Cynthia, somehow mistaking her for a different bluenette. "Jellal!?" Without thinking, the drunken Erza tackle hugged Cynthia to the floor, hugging her tightly. "Jellal, I've missed you so much!"
"Squeezing…" Was the only word Cynthia managed to get out before Erza accidently pushed Cynthia's face into her breasts drunkenly. "MMMPF!"
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The three girls from White Eclipse were in their own cabin, wasted just like the girls form Fairy Tail, perhaps even worse. "Wooo!" Nami held a beer bottle into the air, grinning wildly as she dropped the bottle, causing the bottle the bottle to shatter. "Ooops…"
"Namiii, you dropped the boooottle…." Aira slurred her words slightly, lying on her side as she giggled.
"Pick it uuuuuup," Hanako hiccuped, lying on her back as she threw her arms into the air wildly.
"I can't believe you three…" Taya sighed, her cheeks tinted pink as well as she talked to the wall.
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Maggie poked her head through an open window, spotting the drunken Fairy Tail females sprawled out across the ground, knocked out. "Oi…you can't be serious? The bloom' tossers let the kids drink?" Maggie sighed, shaking her head from side to side.
"Quite a guild, isn't it?" Aiden asked.
"W-What the…?" Maggie turned, almost startled by Aiden's presence. "Where the hell do you come from…!?"
Aiden chuckled lightly before responding. "Oh, my dear Maggie, I'm always around; especially when Cynthia is involved."
"What's the point of having me watch the bloody child if you're just gonna pop in wherever!?" Maggie asked, her voice rising from annoyance.
"Oh, there is a method to my madness, my dear Lava mage," Aiden nodded. "And I do not pop in whenever, I'm fairly certain she still has my scent."
"Tch…" Maggie rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"It appears she's fine for now, so there's no need to watch over her," Aiden nodded once again before disappearing into the shadows.
"Creepy…" Maggie thought to herself as she vanished into the surrounding area.