"Remember the point of this trip, class." Alzack said as his class was on a bus taking a trip. "We are paying a visit to this building to give you all some insight on what the life of working in a business is like. I know you all think it's boring, but I'm hoping this will give you insight and maybe you consider a career in it."
"How exciting can business be?" Gajeel said as he didn't see the point in it.
"It might not sound like it, but business can be rather interesting." Mirajane said. "It all really depends on what the business is. Now, we're expecting all of you to be on your best behavior." All of them weren't sure what to expect, but they were just glad they're taking some sort of fieldtrip. As for Lucy, she had her sights on someone else on the bus.
"Maybe you could take this opportunity to try and get alone with Natsu." Erza hinted. "Lots of students sneak off to be alone on trips a bunch of times."
"Are you nuts? I can't do that." Lucy said as she was against the idea. "I don't want to get in trouble. Besides, I can't be alone with Natsu without making some sort of fool myself. Besides, you heard what Mirajane and Mr. Cornell said. This fieldtrip is suppose to be about giving us some insight in business, not a chance for me to get close to Natsu."
"There's no reason you can't do both." Erza said. "You're just too afraid to say anything to Natsu out of fear or embarrassment. What's the worst that could happen?"
"I make a fool of myself in front of everyone and Natsu says he has no interest in me at all." Lucy said without even really thinking about it.
"Lucy, you've got to just go for it." Erza said as she encouraged. "Come on. Go for it. When you get the chance, try and sneak off with Natsu and tell him you like him. It will all be worth it. Just trust me on this." Lucy would like to take the chance to tell Natsu how she felt, but she just isn't sure if she could go through it like this.
"Let me just talk to Levy about it." Lucy said, but Levy was a couple seats down from them. Lucy bravely got up from her seat and tried to talk to Levy about this.
"Lucy, you need to remain seated or..." Mirajane tried to tell Lucy to stay seated, but it was too late. The bus came to a stop, but it caused Lucy to fall right in the isle with everyone seeing it. "Something like that might happen."
"Are you okay, Lucy?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah. I'm use to it. You know how I am." Lucy said as she tried to laugh the whole thing off, but that was about to become extremely difficult. As Lucy tried to get up, a little incident happened that caused the boys behind her to blush while others looked away.
"Uh... Lucy... You're skirt..." Natsu said as he tried to block what he was seeing.
"My skirt? What about my..." Lucy didn't understand until she realized what happened. When she realized what just happened to her, she sat up as fast as she could and held her skirt down with her face turning all red.
"I see London, I see France!" Taylor sung with some of the students laughing. What just happened had to have been the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to Lucy, and it was in front of Natsu of all people.
"Okay! That's enough! We're here!" Alzack said as he clapped his hands together to get everyone to settle down. "Lucy, are you okay?" Instead of answering, Lucy just ran out of there as fast as she could when she heard the door open. Some of them did feel really bad for Lucy. It was so embarrassing that Lucy felt like she just wanted to disappear. Once everyone was out of the bus, they all gathered together.
"Okay, everyone. Please try to focus as to why we're here, and everyone be on your best behavior." Mirajane said. That's what Lucy is going to need.
"Are you going to be okay?" Levy asked Lucy.
"No I'm not! I can't believe that just happened to me! That has to be the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me!" Lucy claimed as she covered her face. "It just had to be in front of Natsu of all people! Of all the rotten luck I have! I just might take your idea to separate from everyone else, Erza, and just hide away."
"It will be okay." Erza said they both tried to comfort her.
"How could it possibly be okay?!" Lucy said as she just doesn't see how she is going to recover from this.
"By tomorrow, people will probably have forgotten about it. Just try to focus on the trip and try not to think about it." Levy said, but it's easier said than done. The whole class went on in to the large building, but Lucy stayed in the back so that she would stay out of sight.
"Don't worry, Lucy. It will all be all right." Stella assured her.
"You don't understand, Stella. I've never been that humiliated." Lucy said.
"Everyone gets embarrassed and feel like their life is over, but it's not. Just try to accept it, laugh it off, rather than feeling the negativity." Stella claimed.
"Easy for you to say." Lucy said as she just doesn't see how she's going to recover from this. The whole class walked inside the building, but they just remained right in the lobby.
"That's weird. Someone is suppose to meet us down here and guide all of us through the building." Alzack claimed. He looked around as he was trying to see that person, but saw no one anywhere.
"Did we get the time wrong? Are we early or late?" Mirajane questioned.
"I don't believe so." Alzack said as he didn't quite understand what was happening. Alzack took one stepped forward, but that was all it took for him to slip and fall to the floor.
"Oh my goodness! Are you okay?!" Mirajane asked as she helped him up.
"I believe so, but what did I trip over?" Alzack questioned.
"Uh... It was this." Gray said as he lifted up a banana peel from the floor. "Did our teacher seriously slip on a banana peel?" A few students actually did try to stop themselves from laughing. With Lucy in the back, she did notice something a little weird. She thought she someone behind Gajeel, but he suddenly vanished.
"What do you want?" Gajeel said as he thought someone tapped him. He looked, but didn't really see anyone.
"Uh... Nice kitty pack, Gajeel." Loke said. Everyone spotted the kitten pack placed on Gajeel's back. None of them could stop laughing from that.
"This ain't mine!" Gajeel said as he tore it right off and threw it away.
"Something weird is going on." Lucy said as she didn't like the looks of this.
"Hey! All of you!" They all looked ahead and spotted someone just down a hall. "You might want to get out of here! There's some sort of supervillain roaming around in here! He's everywhere!" Hearing that there's some sort of villain roaming free, the class was starting to get worried they might be in danger or something.
"Everyone stay calm. Let's just hurry back to the bus before anything happens." Alzack said. Thinking that was smart, everyone tried to hurry to the bus. Unfortunately, they didn't make it as bars came down and blocked the entrance and windows. "What's happening now?"
"I think the building is going into lockdown." Mirajane said. All of them students were starting to get a little worried on what might happen to them.
"Will all you babies calm down? This stupid villain is just pulling some stupid jokes." Taylor said as it seemed like there was nothing to fear for her. She had a change when she felt something fall right on her head.
"Is that oatmeal?" Natsu questioned.
"My hair! My makeup! Get me out of here!" Taylor shouted as she was getting upset now.
"We're too big of a group. Mirajane, you take half the students to find cover. I'll take the other half." Alzack said with Mirajane agreeing to that. Needing to move fast, the two of them took the students and split in two different directions. Natsu went with one group while Lucy went the other. This did provide the perfect opportunity for them to slip out of there and transform. Lucy broke away from her group and ducked behind a different door to be alone.
"This will provide a good distraction for you." Stella said.
"Stella, if I'm not suppose to think about it, maybe stop talking about it." Lucy suggested. "We need to find out what kind of whacky villain is behind this. Stella, Twinkle!" She had Stella be pulled into her earrings and allowed her to become Celestria. At the same time, Natsu broke away from his group and ducked inside a closet.
"Come on, Igneel." Natsu said as he let Igneel out from hiding.
"And I thought this was just going to be a boring trip." Igneel said.
"Igneel, Fire Up!" Igneel was pulled into his ring and he became Salamondra. As soon as both of them transformed, they both jumped right in the lobby. They landed right across from each other and were surprised to see each other.
"Salamondra?!" Celestria said with her being surprised to see him so soon.
"Celestria?!" Salamondra said with him feeling the same. "You got here fast, my SHOOTING star." He flirted.
"Try not to embarrass yourself...or us this time." Celestria said. "There's some sort of villain around here. Have you seen anything?"
"No. I just got here." Salamondra said. "Any idea where we should start?"
"Let's head on up and see if we can find anything." Celestria said with Salamondra following her idea. The two of them got moving, but Celestria stopped just short of the steps. After what happened on the bus, and realizing she's wearing a skirt still, she was hesitant to go up with Salamondra behind her.
"Are you okay?" Salamondra asked.
"I'm fine... Uh... After you." Celestria said as she allowed Salamondra to go first. Just brushing it off, Salamondra went on up and Celestria followed with her being careful of skirt today. The two of them moved their way through the building to try and find this mystery villain. They made their way up a few floors until they hit one that looked like a mess.
"What happened here?" Salamondra questioned.
"Could have been caused by the panic of a villain being in the area." Celestria said. "Where is this mystery villain anyway?" They both looked around to see where this villain was, but there wasn't a trace of him anywhere. Celestria wondered where this villain was, but didn't notice that there was someone behind her. He reached out to try and swipe hear earrings, being as quiet as he could. Luckily, at the last second, she spotted the faint reflection in the window and spotted him. "There you are!" Celestria acted quickly and kicked the guy back with Salamondra being alerted.
"Looks like we got our guy." Salamondra said as he stood next to Celestria with his staff ready. They were now faced with the villain. This guy had black hair with an earring dangling from his left ear. He wore a red sleeveless top with a white fur high collar. He had dark green pants and boots with bands around his arms. "Is this really our guy? He looks pretty simple for a villain."
"Maybe, but he was reaching for my miraculous." Celestria reminded. "And who might you be?"
"A pleasure to meet you, Celestria and Salamondra. My name is Teleporter, and you're about to see why that is." All that guy did was flick his earring and he instantly vanished.
"Where'd he go?!" Celestria said as they both couldn't believe he just disappeared like that.
"I don't know. Maybe he..." Salamondra turned to her, but noticed Teleporter appeared right behind her and was trying for her miraculous again. "Behind you!" Salamondra acted quickly and pushed her out of the way with him smashing his staff against Teleporter. Celestria threw her whip at him, but he teleported again and avoided her. "Where is he now?"
"Over here!" Teleporter called from the other side of the hall. Salamondra tried extending his staff towards him, but Teleporter disappeared again.
"Salamondra, stand back-to-back so he doesn't get us from behind." Celestria said as they stood with their backs facing each other. Both of them stood ready for an attack, but didn't know where he is.
"There he is. He's outside." Salamondra said as he spotted him outside and on the roof of another building. He even waved at them. "What's he doing out there?"
"Toying with us." Celestria said.
"How are we going to beat this guy if he can teleport whenever he wants?" Salamondra questioned.
"I'm working on it. Let's just pull back for now, somewhere he doesn't know we're at." Celestria said as she knows how to do that. She pulled a desk towards them and placed it between them and Teleporter's view. He thought that it was laughable that they try to hide from him. He teleported back inside the building and got behind the desk, but saw they weren't there. He did hear the door to the stairs move around and saw they made it out through there.
...
Celestria and Salamondra
"Where are we going?" Salamondra said as the two of them ran down the stairs. "Where can we go if this guy can teleport just about anywhere?"
"Somewhere he doesn't know we're at." Celestria said. "We need to be smart about this one. If he can really teleport anywhere, we won't be able to trap him so easily. That will make it difficult to grab whatever object is holding the etherious."
"I think it might be his earring. Haven't you noticed that every time he teleports, he flicks that earring he's wearing?" Salamondra said.
"You might be right about that. It doesn't look like there are any other places it could be hiding in." Celestria said. "It still doesn't help us if we have no way to trap him." Celestria tried thinking of how they can deal with an enemy that can teleport, but it's not an easy task. Suddenly, Salamondra felt something grab him by the leg and caused him to fall down the stairs and right on top of Celestria. They both fell down until they hit the bottom of the set. Given what happened to her earlier, Celestria acted quickly to make sure her skirt was secured. "Sheesh, Salamondra? Do you have two left feet or something?"
"That wasn't my fault." Salamondra claimed.
"Hahah... Enjoy the trip, heroes?" They both looked up and saw Teleporter hanging off the side of the stairs and he was the reason Salamondra tripped. He laughed like he took amusement in their misfortune.
"Let's see if he's laughing when I knock him off there." Salamondra said as he was ready to fight.
"No. We can't fight him like this." Celestria said as she stopped him from doing anything. "Follow me. I think I just got an idea as to how we can take him." She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out of there and into another floor. Teleporter was taking pleasure that they were running from him, but there was someone that wanted him to get serious.
"I'm glad you're having fun, but remember our deal, Teleporter." Black Wizard said as he telepathically talked to him. "You must bring me their miraculous or I will revoke your powers."
"I'm just having some fun, but I will get them." Teleporter said as he got moving again. He teleported to the door and followed after them. When he came out, he saw Celestria standing on one end of the wall with her back pressed against the wall so he doesn't get behind her. "Where's your little boyfriend?"
"Don't even go there. He's not my boyfriend, I don't need or want anymore of that." Celestria said. She was just trying to keep him busy while Salamondra got into place. Salamondra hid himself in the vent and got ready to attack. If Teleporter can't see him, he can't get to him.
"What are you up to this time?" Teleporter questioned.
"I figured I just face you directly. You can teleport anywhere you like, so what's the point in running?" Celestria said.
"But you won't be able to fight me from there." Teleporter said. "Besides..." He flicked his earring and appeared right in front of her. "I can just take those earrings!" He grabbed her earrings, but Celestria grabbed his arms and stopped him from going anywhere.
"Now, Salamondra!" Celestria called. Salamondra jumped right and tried to get Teleporter, but Teleporter acted fast. He switched his grip to Celestria herself and threw her right against Salamondra.
"So much for that idea." Salamondra said as they got back up.
"Grab him before he moves again!" Celestria said, but it was too late. He teleported again and got behind Celestria, but he kept himself low to the floor.
"Get him!" Salamondra said. Celestria was in positioned to attack, but she was too embarrassed on what could have been seen. Teleporter used that as he kicked her legs and knocked her to the ground. Salamondra tried striking him with his staff, but Teleporter teleported again and got back to the other side of the hall. Seeing they're in some serious trouble, Salamondra need to get them out of there. "Dragon Fire!" He used his powers on the floor right where they're standing and caused it to collapse and both of them fell through. Teleporter hurried to where they were and looked down on the lower floor, but saw they were already gone.
"Darn it!" Teleporter shouted as he couldn't believe he let them escape again. "You can run, but you can't hide!" He began searching for them again, but didn't know he already missed them. They were hiding out in the the boys bathroom and heard him move away from the place.
"It looks like we lost him, for now at least." Salamondra said.
"Not bad, but you didn't need to use your powers." Celestria said.
"No worries. Just give me a quick minute." Salamondra said as he hurried into one of the stalls and changed back to Natsu so that Igneel could recharge.
"Beating this guy isn't going to be easy, but at least we found another weakness." Celestria said.
"We did?" Natsu questioned while he was waiting for Igneel to finish up.
"Didn't you notice? Instead of teleporting, he came right out through the door." Celestria said. "Why would he do that? I think he might be able to only teleport to places he can see with his own eyes."
"I think I get it." Natsu said. "Still don't see how that's going to help us take him down?"
"I'm still working on that." Celestria said as she was trying to come up with some sort of plan.
"By the way, what happened earlier?" Natsu asked. "It looked like you had him earlier, but you didn't take a shot. Is everything okay?"
"It's fine." Celestria claimed, but Natsu really wasn't buying it.
"I know you don't want to talk personal stuff with me, but you can talk about your problems with me." Natsu offered. "What happened?"
"It's not something I want to talk about. It's...a little embarrassing." Celestria said as she couldn't bring herself to talk about what happened.
"Sounds like I know all I need to know. Something happened that was rather embarrassing." Salamondra said. "I get that, but try not to let whatever it is get to you. Everyone gets embarrassed, but I find it best to brush and laugh it off."
"Is your kwami done charging yet? We still need to catch a villain." Celestria said as she really didn't want to keep talking about it. Igneel finished eating and allowed Natsu to become Salamondra again. He stepped out of the stall and was ready for action.
"Okay. We know this guy can teleport, and it's only to places he can see with his own eyes." Salamondra said as he was changing the subject like she wanted. "How can we use that to our advantage?"
"By hoping we get something good." Celestria said as there was only one thing left she could do. "Open the Celestial Gate!" She used her powers and ended up with a bottle of vinegar with the Virgo sign on it. "Virgo vinegar?"
"We're going to beat him by cooking something?" Salamondra questioned.
"I'll figure it out as we go, but we better try to catch him now." Celestria said as she placed the vinegar on her side and they both chased after Teleporter. "Come on out, Teleporter! We're ready for you this time!"
"I highly doubt that." Teleporter claimed when he appeared right in front of him. "Don't you see that you'll never catch me. Just go ahead and try." He placed his finger near his earring and was ready to teleport when he needed. Celestria tried figuring out how to stop him until it came to him. She spotted the vinegar, Teleporter's eyes, and Salamondra's hand.
"You won't have the chance to." Celestria said as she grabbed a hold of the vinegar.
"What's that? You going to cook for me?" Teleporter taunted.
"Thing about vinegar, you shouldn't really get it in your eyes. Salamondra, burn it!" Celestria said as she tossed it over to him.
"Dragon Fire!" Salamondra used his powers again. He got a hold of the bottle and damaged it. He then threw it towards Teleporter. The bottle broke apart before it reached him and some of the vinegar spilled in Teleporter's eyes. When that happened, his eyes began to burn and temporarily blinded him.
"Argh! My eyes!" Teleporter screamed as the pain was hard to endure. With him unable to see, he also couldn't teleport. That allowed Celestria to throw the whip and got it around him. She pulled him right to them with him being thrown to the ground. She reached down and took the earring with her breaking it apart now. The etherious flew right out of it and marked the end of this battle.
"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria activated her whip and began twirling it. "Time to de-evillize!" She threw it and was able to catch it. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy." She released it and gathered all what was left of the bottle. "Miraculous Starlight!" She threw the remains in the air and released the magic stars that fixed the building, cleared the messes and damage that was done. When that happened, Teleporter turned back into a guy wearing a suit.
"What happened to me?"
"You were turned into a villain, but it's all over now." Celestria said as she helped him up. "Mind telling us what happened, sir?"
"My name is Mest Gryder." He introduced himself. "I had...a rough day. I came into work with my fly down, I walked into a door, and when I had some water, it spilled all over me. Some of it got to the front of my pants in a certain area." He told with him getting embarrassed. "All of it was really embarrassing. I just wanted to disappear, getaway, or maybe humiliate those who laughed."
"Black Wizard must have taken the embarrassment this guy was feeling to make his villain." Salamondra figured.
"I guess trying to hide from that stuff does tend to make things worse rather than facing them." Celestria said as she believed something like this could have happened to her.
...
Black Wizard
"You may have escaped again, but your winning streak will disappear as well one of these days." Black Wizard stated. "You'll make a mistake one of these days, and I'll make sure you never live that down." Black Wizard might have had some set backs, but he's not letting that stop him.
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Lucy's Class
After the whole fiasco ended, Lucy's class was getting back together. Natsu and Lucy were able to switch back to normal and were able to slip back with their classmates without anyone knowing anything. However, after today, the fieldtrip is considered cancelled.
"Hey, Lucy." Natsu said when he noticed her. "I just want to make sure you were okay. What happened back on the bus must have been humiliating." Lucy would have refused to talk about it, but this day has her rethinking it.
"I'm fine. It was humiliating, but I'm learning to just brush it off like it was nothing." Lucy said.
"We're loading up the bus. Try to watch that skirt, Lucy." Gray teased, but Natsu didn't like that.
"Not nice, Gray." Natsu said.
"It's okay. Just be careful Gray, or should I tell people about a certain incident that happened when you lost your own clothes?" Lucy warned. That got Gray to be quiet. What happened before was an embarrassing situation, but everyone gets embarrassed. Lucy and Mest are learning to just brush it off like it was nothing. People get embarrassed, but it's not the end of the world. It only feels like that, but a strong person can get around it and get on with their day.
