Getting reviews from you guys is kinda weird cause I'll update at like three in the morning and everyone will be all over it, but if I update at like eight no one notices. Should I just update at three from now on?
Phoenix, Gahaha! Gajeel! I have so many plans for you, you lump of metal! And Laxus too! Granted this mishmash arc wasn't actually what I initially had planned for Laxus but ey. It's workin. Evergreen spares no one. Unless they're under a table. Or in a back room. Or something else I won't specify. Jude is a real butt-muffin isn't he? A real stubborn butt-muffin. Honestly I'm not fully decided on if he'll give up or not. Depends on the retribution I will probably maybe someday unload on him. Well I mean Juvia is currently a slightly damp rock, so I mean I don't think she's gonna be doing much. Not yet. Actually, it's not really something I hear often, more so I read it often but hey. (My English teacher tells me my writing leaves something to be desired. Excuse you lady but I don't see your stories with one hundred followers. I don't see one of your stories that you half regret writing on a school recommend archive. Give me more than half an hour to write something adequate dammit!)
Guest, Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a bucket of water, with what the authors got planned someone might-as-well as shot her, Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after, really truly now what does Laxus' plan even matter? Ok, I'll admit that was a tough one. The last lines kinda weak too cause Laxus' plan definitely matters. Gah. School. Don't remind me. Mine starts like a week before my birthday. Couldn't start a week later, nooo. I've probably overindulged myself considering I've done lots of reading but not nearly enough writing…
Otaku789, thank you! Man it almost physically pained me to compare Natsu with Endeavor but I managed it (Never again never again). Well, we'll just have to wait and see, eh? This is soon, right?
Happy grunted at the weight in his paws, flapping his wings furiously before adjusting and finding a wind current to carry them on.
Natsu struggled for a moment, before realizing it was a friend who had caught him and not an enemy. Or, at least, he hoped. It wouldn't be the first time a friend turned him over.
"Natsu! You're really heavy!"
"Well I didn't ask you to catch me!"
No, it wasn't very likely that Happy would hand him over.
"No, but Lushie did! She told me to look for you and bring you to her." There was silence between the two for a moment, before "She liiiiiiiiiikes you."
"Just hurry up and put me down!"
Lucy crossed her arms, a chill had set into the air after the heatwave from the Cathedral. Honestly, she wouldn't be surprised if Gray was in the area.
"Oh? Looks like I missed one." A voice drawled from a side alley, a glint of light catching Lucy's eyes, which she quickly slammed shut.
"Evergreen! It was you? Why are you doing this?!" Lucy snuck a hand down to her keys, the magical items warming in her grip.
"Oh Lucy dear. Laxus has seen what a weak guild Fairy Tail is, he just wants to make it stronger. And if he has to eliminate the weaker members… Well. The Thunder Legion is at his back."
"That's… That's horrible! The guild needs to work together right now, not fight itself!" Lucy took half a step forward, still keeping her eyes carefully closed. It was easier to make eye contact then one would think.
"The attack on the guild is nothing more than proof of how weak Makarov has let it become. People should fear our guild, not attack it. And not even fighting back? Pitiful."
"Like you would know! You don't even know why the guild was attacked!"
"Of course I do, dear."
That make Lucy take a step back, her grip on her keys loosening. Out of instinct, her eyes shot open. "You-"
A brilliant flash of light flooded her vision, cutting her off and forcing her eyes closed again.
"Lions Brilliance!"
Freed sent the doll away with a wave of his hand, frowning at the news. He had hoped that it wouldn't come to doing more than setting up the barrier, but if Laxus requested more runes of him he was in no position to say no.
The hilt of his sword was comfortable in his hand as he stalked to the nearest wide open street, thinking over the specific runes he would use.
Electrocution sounded nice.
Gajeel growled as the scent he had been tracking lifted off into the air, a thick blast of wind lifting any traces of it away. It was just his luck too, that the scent happened to be that of their targets. Someone would probably yell at him later. Eh, not like he cared much.
No, what he did care about was no one had bothered to inform him they were up against a DragonSlayer, of all things. Dammit, he had questions!
Gajeel settled back, watching the cat lift the target farther away, keeping one red eye out for their landing. He could just chase the brat down once he was on the ground.
Running back over what happened, in case he had to prevent it from happening again, one thing stood out. That Roar had been far less powerful than it should have been, and it seemed to take more magic than it should have.
Something was wrong with this scene.
Eh, not like he cared.
Bixslow laughed, surveying the town from the precarious position he had chosen, on top of the guild. Two of his babies joined him, swinging around as their laughter mixed with his.
It was a glorious moment, the barrier around the town strong and the lighting Lacrima hanging in the air. There was no way the old man would say no, not with Laxus hanging the lives of the guild members and the townsfolk over his head.
Plus, the breeze felt good on his tongue.
Except, there was the slightest hint of strawberries in the air.
Bixslow toppled backwards as Erza shot upwards, the tiki dolls shooting under his feet to keep him in the air.
Titania balanced on the spot Bixslow had just been, a sword in each hand, one levelled at his throat. "Bixslow! Where is Laxus?"
Bixslow let his tongue hang out. "Why should I tell you? Babies!"
Erza leapt to the side, falling for a moment before the wings of her Black Wing armour caught her. Green blasts of energy shot towards her, forcing her to take wild evasive manoeuvres.
A large flat blade swapped in for her two smaller ones, the side of it polished to perfection.
There was a rumour that spread throughout mage guilds for quite awhile. While the details were lost to time, and the characters changed from group to group, the fundamentals of it remained the same. It was nothing more than frivolous fantasy, of course, there was no way that a swordsman, no matter how good of a swordsman they were, could deflect a laser with the flat of their blade.
Except Erza had just deflected five.
Bixslow took a step backwards, tumbling for a moment before his doll caught his foot, magic snapping to his eyes.
"M-my baby!" Wooden chips from the doll rained down, doing nothing more than adding to the mess that was the guild hall.
Erza straightened, her blade showing little difference if not for the charred marks that now adorned it.
"Now. Where is Laxus."
With a shaking finger, Bixslow pointed her away. As soon as the fearsome warrior was gone, Bixslow sent a soul over to a toy shop, uncaring for what it possessed so long as it got back soon. He didn't want to be around when Erza found out he sent her the wrong way.
Lucy stumbled backwards, nearly collapsing onto the pavement before a hand caught hers. "Cmon, let's get out of here."
"L-Loke? But I thought you hated me?" Peeling her eyes open, Lucy finds her vision black from the bright light earlier. Even so, she can make out a vague outline of the man leading her.
"Sorry. I've just had a… bad… experience with Celestial Wizards before." They turn sharply, Lucy almost loosing her grip before adjusting.
"Oh, thank goodness. I promise, I won't do whatever the other Celestial Wizard did."
"Isn't it kinda tough to promise you won't do something when you don't know what that something was?"
"Well it had to have been something horrible to make you avoid all Celestial Wizards."
"Heh. Good point, Princess."
Lucy didn't have time to question Loke's choice in nickname, or how the only other person (well, Spirit, but something told her Loke wouldn't take kindly to being compared to one) to call her that was Virgo, as Evergreen chose that moment to catch up.
"Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun!"
I've been doing some research into constellations and man are they interesting. My current favourite would have to be Altair the Eagle. ~ShadeShadow