Romeo fidgeted and gulped staring at the message he sent to Juvia which his phone showed that she read but had yet to respond to him, probably Gray is keeping her busy.
*Ring
Romeo almost lost grip over his phone before he answered "Hello?"
"Romeo are you alright?" Juvia's voice asked from the other side.
"Juvia you read my message?" he looked for confirmation as his knees bended.
"Juvia did but took too long to answer, Gray is in the shower now so?"
Romeo decided to play this safe whilst he trusts her he fears her romance sense and tendencies "I have a scenario we were given as homework, it's about friends how to stand when the interests of an old friend stands in the way of the new what do you do?"
No response came but a click of tongue was heard probably thinking up an answer herself "What do each friend represent?"
Romeo fell back on his bed thinking what Bisca and Wendy mean to him, Bisca is someone that was always there for him a friend that he values greatly whilst not as cool as Natsu in his opinion still incredible.
Wendy is someone he only met recently but wishes to know her more and be with, he values her greatly being someone he can freely talk to and relate to "Romeo?"
Swallowing a lump that formed in his throat he spoke as best as he could of his thoughts on the matter "The old is someone that was there for you from the start but you can't really relate to them, the new is someone you met recently and you feel you can relate to them."
"Well then you have no issue here" Juvia answered calmly.
"How?"
"Easy the old is someone probably to grow apart from not entirely but you and them simply can't relate to each other but will be there together when needed, the new on the other hand is someone you can easily lose if you don't take their hand now."
Romeo can't say he's satisfied with the answer but it's the best he got as if now being the only other person he asked other than himself "I-I guess that's one answer but I'll wait a bit before I put it on paper."
"Juvia is glad she got to help you in your dilemma, bye."
The call was over as Romeo looked at the ceiling and then at the photos on the wall being around many of his older friends including Bisca whom let him touch her pregnant belly, Romeo sighed as he turned to his pillow "What is the right answer?"
(…)
It had come the night is here as Lucy arrived by foot to this big show after exchanging some greeting with Levy she reached her locker room where Juvia was talking to two women, she recognized one of them being Evergreen who mostly stood back and caught sight of her prompting the blonde to wave at her which she returned.
"Juvia will cheer for you all the way Bisca" her blue haired friend told the other woman who smiled at her.
"Thanks Juvia, hey you?" she noticed the blonde.
"Lucy I'm Juvia's partner" the blonde introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you I'm Bisca" she offered her hand which Lucy took and shared the shake with her.
"I had heard a lot about you" Lucy smiled at the older woman.
"I hope all of them are good" Bisca joked with a stuck out tongue.
"They are" Lucy gave a nervous smile.
"Well got to go thanks for having me" Bisca left leaving the two ring girls and their third member in the locker room.
"So what do you girls normally do?" said third member reminded them of her presence with the question.
Juvia smiled as she clapped her hands "We help each other's pick our bikini's for the night."
Juvia then grabbed one giving it to Lucy "This will look good on you for tonight."
Lucy took a look at what Juvia handed to her being a pink bikini with yellow stars on it "Hmm well it does look nice but will my long hair match it?"
"Juvia has that covered" the blue haired ring girl got behind her friend grabbing her hair.
"Juvia what are you doing?" she wrapped the hair up in ribbons.
"Ta da" Juvia brought Lucy to a mirror to see her handy work that she had her blonde locks in side pigtails at the bottom, Lucy took a closer look at her new style in the mirror admittedly it was nice how come she never thought of it before? "So?"
"It looks great" Lucy smiled brightly as she turned to Juvia thinking up of a hair style herself as she undid Juvia's curls letting her blue hair flow beautifully before she posted her to the mirror letting Juvia judge it.
The blue haired ring girl took a twirl seeing how perfectly her free hair flows liking what she saw, Lucy then gave her a purple bikini top with white spots and a matching swimming skirt bottom "This seems nice and all but what am I supposed to do?"
The third woman reminded the ring girls of her presence as the two looked at each other's eyes and smiled as they began trying out different styles for her from curls to ponytail before settling back to flowing hair since it looked better, once the hair styles were settled each one of them entered a changing room and came out in their respected suits.
Juvia and Lucy held hands as they smiled at one another doing some twirling before they turned to Evergreen wearing a white tiger print bikini as both gave their approval with thumbs up, the two then began to show Evergreen the way to hold a card and look good as well as to present herself next to the winner sometime passed as the teaching continued.
*Knock-Knock
"Juvia and Lucy time to go" the knocker told them as the two ring girls turned to Evergreen.
"Keep practicing and you'll be good for the main event Ms. Evergreen" Juvia told the elder woman as she and Lucy left the locker room and entered the arena to begin their work.
(…)
the first and second matches were nothing note worthy for either of them as the third finally came when Bisca came out wearing a cowboy themed two piece outfit.
Almost immediately Lucy covered her ears as not only her partner was cheering loudly for the woman but fans as well chanting happy returns for the woman "Mama!"
Lucy smiled brightly seeing the little girl in the crowd whom she assumed to be Bisca's daughter, once she settled in her opponent followed being Wendy the cheers weren't as loud for the woman but Lucy scanned the fans anyways to see the reaction though Juvia told her she got her ring girl stuff down she still felt the need to learn more.
Her eyes landed on the nervous youth Romeo if her memory served her well he was completely nervous covered in sweat and tapping his leg on the floor, Lucy focused on him for a bit only for Juvia to tab her shoulder "Lucy."
The blonde nodded as they took their cards and entered the ring showing the fans the score being zeros and the round number along with numerous adds and sponsors, once they were done they returned outside to watch the match up.
DING! DING!
The first round rang as the two ladies met with Bisca offering a handshake which Wendy accepted before they separated with Wendy letting out a roaring tornado at Bisca who easily jumped up metalizing a gun in her hand which she fired at her younger opponent who tried to separate but the magic bullet grazed her shoulder making her tend to it, Bisca rushed at Wendy who attempted to punch her away but Bisca evaded the punch and hit her magic gun on Wendy's face before she kicked her in the stomach and went for a pin "1-"
Wendy roared as strong wind sent Bisca up leading to the cowgirl to roll in mid-air and land on her feet as she fired another barrage of magic bullets at her younger opponent who only soared up to evade but the bullets then began to follow her prompting a chase scene no matter what she did the bullets won't stop coming after her, as she was busy trying to shake off the pursuing magic bullets Bisca unsummoned her gun and summoned a different one being a sniper rifle which she took aim with firing at Wendy on the front after it locked in which knocked her back to hit the pursuing bullets "AH!"
Wendy fell from the air as the attacks landed with Bisca rushing in with a jump and knee land for the pin "1…2…3!"
DING! DING!
"First round winner Bisca Connell!" Bisca basked in the cheers as she retreated back to her corner and Wnedy limped back to her own.
"Yes Bisca you still got this!" Juvia cheered for her romance mentor for her quick and crushing victory in the first round.
"Mama is incredible!" cried the little girl, Lucy didn't say anything as rather than watch the match she kept her eyes on the little boy Romeo and taken in his reactions which ever change happened she would dart her eyes back to the fight.
Whenever Wendy managed to get an upper hand he would breath a sigh of relief but whenever Bisca did he would smile forcefully and he seemed to be confused on how he should feel now based on the result he just saw, she could ask Juvia but she didn't feel it was her business and last thing she wanted to do was put another innocent victim on her friend's radar.
Thankfully the break didn't take long or otherwise Juvia would have noticed her silence as both again carried the signs showing the score being 1 to zero, both women regrouped in the middle as the second gong sounded.
DING! DING!
Again the two girls met in the middle this time staring into one another until Bisca with a swift motion materialized another magic gun but before she could shoot it Wendy threw a thin blade of air that grazed Bisca's finger stopping her from shooting which allowed Wendy to propel herself towards her with a knee lift to the face followed by locking herself around her taller opponent, Bisca was feeling the strain just a bit as she eventually caught Wendy and pushed her off but the younger girl spun in mid-air sending a kick to her opponent's face before she landed and thrusted her shoulder unto her stomach making Bisca stagger back as she held her stomach in pain as Wendy kneed the face once more before she let out a roar of wind that took Bisca off of her feet and fell unto her back rather hard.
Wendy went ready for a pin but Bisca managed to roll back up with a kick to Wendy's chin but she was still on her knees letting out a laboured breath which gave her younger opponent time to rush at her with a kick to the face that Bisca barely evaded as she still felt the foot graze her face, Bisca then sent a punch to Wendy's side making the younger girl fall back holding it in pain.
Bisca got back up materializing her magic gun once more shooting an array of bullets towards Wendy who spun around creating a tornado that made the bullet lose their course before she directed them back at Bisca who failed to get away in time, Wendy rushed through the suspended wind and crashed her knee to Bisca's head side before she wrapped both legs around her neck and snapped it making Bisca fall "1…2-"
DING! DING!
"Saved by the bell but the second round goes to Wendy Marvell!" Bisca managed to recover as she returned to her corner with Wendy doing the same.
Lucy once more looked at the crowd or more specifically at Romeo he was eased even letting out a sigh but he still looked nervous as he quickly slapped his head with both hands.
Quickly parring her gaze not to alert Juvia she looked at the fighters state as well as Juvia who was really concerned for her romance mentor.
Time moved on until both ring girls showed cards again the score being tied 1 to 1, and soon after the combatants were called back to the middle of the ring.
DING! DING!
The two quickly drawn their powers as Wendy fired an air bullet which not only consumed Bisca's magic bullet but blew in her face allowing the younger girl to rush in with a knee lift to her opponent's stomach, Bisca quickly wrapped her arms around Wendy's leg and pulled her with a knee to the face followed by smacking a magic gun against her chin followed by an elbow to the stomach as she used the time to put some distance to fire an array of magic bullets but Wendy breathed whirlwind against the ground launching her upwards but the bullets shifted their trajectory and followed after the young girl who kept evading them like in the first round.
Bisca summoned her bazooka ready to finish this with the same result on the first she took aim at Wendy who was approaching her rather than away which stopped Bisca from firing instead she cancelled the spell as Wendy landed both of her feet on her face before she kicked her in the chin, Bisca staggered back as Wendy was about to launch herself at her once more and Bisca again countered the two were locked up.
But Bisca being taller and stronger gained the advantage and forced the younger girl on her knees followed by twisting her elbows and locking her head in between her arms, Wendy gritted her teeth as she resisted the pain followed by her opening her mouth letting out an aria that sent Bisca off of her.
The cowgirl covered her ringing ears as Wendy began galloping up wind in her chest ready to fire, ignoring the pain in her ears Bisca summoned her bazooka and shot right when Wendy roared resulting an explosion clash.
The entire arena had to cover their eyes and ears from this as the smoke finally subsided showing both combatants down and not moving an inch, the ref checked on both women before he waved at the medics.
DING! DING!
"The third round is a no contest with both having one win each it's a draw folks" some were not satisfied as they all spoke up about this but one person was satisfied being Romeo who held his chest and breathed a sigh of relief regarding this, only Lucy shared his relief not wishing to see Juvia's romance mentor defeated nor this nice girl.
Though she needs to look deep into this and make sure everything is alright.