This is going to be an extra long chapter, so prepare yourselves! Enjoy!
Yawning, the girl flipped over in her bed and stared at the roof, wondering what that amazing smell could be. It seemed rather early in the morning, so she couldn't fathom what the smell was. After inhaling it a little more, she decided she couldn't take it anymore and flipped the sheets off of her bed, standing up and stretching. Walking over to her mirror, the girl observed herself in her pajamas, which was just one of her normal purple tops and pajama bottoms.
Oh, and Azzie's hair was everywhere.
She frowned as she observed the mess of purple on her head, picking up her brush and doing her best to tame it. There was a reason she usually slept with a pony tail, and this was it. Finally getting all of the knots out from her vicious tossing and turning, Azzie picked up one of her elastics and wrapped her hair in it, leaving it in a pony tail. After she'd made herself at least semi-presentable, Azzie wandered from her room and down the hall to the kitchen, where she was greeted by quite the sight.
Katsuchi and Tetsu, her two roommates, were cooking. Although not exactly the way you were probably thinking. Katsuchi had a black flame going on his palm. Alright, nothing wrong there right? Well, it was the Iron God Slayer next to him with his hand in the shape of a frying pan and both of them wearing aprons that confused her. Oh, and the amazing smell seemed to be coming from the pan that was above Katsuchi's fire.
"What the hell are you two doing?" Azzie demanded, earning a deer in headlights stare from both of them.
"Uh..." Tetsu said weakly.
"Cooking?" Katsuchi asked. Azzie rubbed the bridge of her nose in irritation.
"And you aren't using the stove because...?" She asked, gesturing to the metal appliance next to them. Both looked back at it, then at her.
"It's broken." they both said.
"How?" Azzie demanded.
"Uh..." Tetsu rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Doesn't matter."
"..." Azzie gave them both a silent death stare, and they only grinned back at her. "Sometimes I don't know why I live with you two."
"Because you love us." Katsuchi replied, a stupid grin still on his face.
"...I'm going back to bed." Azzie told them, causing them to frown.
"But we made breakfast!" Tetsu said, brandishing bacon at her.
"I'm tired." She replied.
"But you'e hungry, right?" Katsuchi asked hopefully. Azzie's stomach betrayed her before she could even say a word. Both of them laughed at her hunger and she walked up to them,
"What did you make?" She asked.
"Bacon." Tetsu replied.
"And?" Azzie asked. Both stared at her blankly before Tetsu opened the fridge. It was empty. "...Oh, there was nothing else."
"We'll go get groceries after you eat" Katsuchi replied. "And by that I mean you'll do the buying while Tetsu and I act like spoiled children and throw stuff at you." Azzie's head spun at the premise of dealing with that and turned on her heel.
"I'm going to lie down." She said weakly, eating her portion quickly. Throwing herself back to bed, she hugged her pillow and rested for a whole of five minutes before a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her out of bed. "Gah!"
"Come on!" Katsuchi laughed as he spun her around. "Time to get up!"
"K-Katsuchi-sama! Put me down!"
"Hurry and get her a shirt to wear Tetsu!" Katsuchi shouted as Azzie squirmed. "She's slippery!"
"I'm going!" Tetsu's voice came from Azzie's closet. "Will any color do?"
"Yes!" Azzie tried her hardest to free herself from the God Slayer, but his grip was too tight. She stopped squirming long enough to see Tetsu come over with a shirt, frowning as he did.
"Get that one off her, dude!" he complained.
"W-What?!" Azzie asked weakly as she felt Katsuchi's fingers grip the end of her shirt. "Don't strip me! What the hell is wrong with you two?!"
"Oh calm yourself, Azzie!" Katsuchi replied. "It's just a shirt!"
"W-Wait! I'm not wearing a...!" Katsuchi didn't listen, and the shirt flew over her head.
There was nothing underneath.
Azzie screeched and covered her bare upper half as best she could, glaring at Tetsu as he approached.
"Woah Azzie, didn't know you slept freely." He joked.
"Shut up you moron!" Azzie hissed, face filling with red. "I can dress myself!"
"Get her a bra, Tetsu." Katsuchi advised.
"Where are those?" Tetsu asked.
"I don't know, check those drawers." Azzie watched Tetsu wander over to her dresser and open the first drawer, proceeding to make a face.
"Nope." he replied. "Those are panties."
"Tetsu-sama!" Azzie shouted, blushing even harder. "Don't go through my underwear!"
"Than where are they?" He asked indifferently.
"...*sigh*, Over there." Azzie replied, pointing back to her closet. Tetsu wandered over to it and looked back inside, eyes lighting up as he found them. He pulled one out and wandered back, working together with Katsuchi to put it on her.
"And...Got it!" Katsuchi said as the hook latched. "Simple." Azzie remained silent as Tetsu and Katsuchi raised her arms, sliding her shirt on.
"There, was that so hard?" Tetsu asked. "Now we do the pants."
"You two..." Azzie began to shake angrily now that she had been released.
"Uh...A-Azzie?" Tetsu asked weakly.
SMACK! SMACK!
Katsuchi rubbed the red welt on his face as he and Tetsu wandered through town behind Azzie, staying quiet as they had been instructed. After getting slapped with the fury of what he was supposed to slay, both God Slayers had been given strict instructions to stay quiet and obey every order to a fault. Neither were stupid enough to defy Azzie when she got that mad, and did as they were told.
"You'd think we tried to feel her up." Tetsu hissed.
"I know." Katsuchi replied as Azzie looked around the market. "How many times have we seen her naked before?"
"Ever since we got loose, she's been acting...girly." Katsuchi laughed quietly.
"She's a woman, dude." He replied. "She's supposed to be girly."
"I know, but it never bothered her that bad before."
"I told you two no talking!" Azzie shouted from the fruit stand she was at, and both stiffened at her words, nodding viciously. "Uh haha, sorry about them..." Azzie said to the vendor, who appeared quite surprised at her outburst.
"He must think we're so whipped." Tetsu muttered.
"We are." Katsuchi said lowly. "She said shut up and we did."
"...Whatever" Rolling his eyes, Katsuchi watched Azzie take her fruit and turned to them, holding the bag out expectantly. Both stared at her before Katsuchi realized she was waiting for one of them to take the bag. Rushing forward and doing so, he smiled weakly at her , which got nothing but anger. Sighing, both of them followed her through town some more, watching her browse more stands. Katsuchi decided to gather his courage and speak up.
"Um...Azzie?" he asked weakly. The girl looked over her shoulder to acknowledge him. "Can we just apologize?"
" Go ahead." She replied. "Maybe if you grovel enough I'll forgive you." Tetsu nodded at Katsuchi, who sighed.
"Look, we're sorry. I know you're mad at us and everything, but it's not a big deal."
"I can argue that."
"Well..." Katsuchi paused, thinking over his words. "I can understand why you're mad, but come on, it's not like we were trying to feel you up, we were just fooling around." Azzie remained silent, and Katsuchi laughed weakly. "I mean, come on. You know we're jokers." Azzie sighed.
"Yeah, I...I know." She turned and smiled weakly. "I appreciate you guys, really, I do. Sorry I overreacted."
"Thanks for not getting even more enraged." Tetsu said, smirking. "I was worried there for a minute." Azzie laughed weakly.
"Yeah yeah. Come on, guys." Now that the tense atmosphere had lifted considerably, Katsuchi and Tetsu felt considerably safer walking right behind her. Azzie rarely stayed mad at them for long, so it was bound to pass eventually.
"Oh great." Katsuchi looked up to see a crowd around what appeared to be the appliance store. "Now we have to fight out way in."
"I got it." Tetsu said, hoisting Azzie up like a princess and walking towards the crowd.
"Wait. Katsuchi-sama, can you go see if our order of clothes made it yet?" Katsuchi groaned.
"You know I hate that store though!"
"Please?" Katsuchi looked at Azzie's hopeful look, before he swallowed his pride and nodded. "Great! Just ask someone at the front desk, they'd know."
"...Go and get help to fix the stove." Katsuchi hissed, walking away. Tetsu took this as his cue to wade through the crowd, Azzie still in his arms. Katsuchi watched weakly for a moment before he gave up and dragged his feet in the direction of the clothing store down the street. Azzie had ordered more clothes from them with the money they'd taken from Devil Advocate's savings and they were supposed to come in today. Finally making it to the store, Katsuchi made sure no one could see his face as he walked to the front desk and asked about it, the woman telling him to wait. Once she came back, Katsuchi payed her and practically bolted from the store, eager to get away from that place. Once he had, he took a breather outside, standing next to the magazine stand. Looking down, something caught his eye.
The Results of Fairy Tail's S-Class exams!
Katsuchi recognized three people on the cover as the Dragon Slayers, and this piqued his curiosity. Whatever, what harm could it do? Katsuchi reached with his free hand to grab the magazine, already pondering who won.
Another hand grabbed the magazine at the same time. Looking up, Katsuchi was greeted by the sight of a girl with white hair and dark blue eyes, who'd looked up to stare at him at the same time. The problem was, that was the last copy of the magazine.
"Ah, sorry." he said, tugging on the magazine a bit. "It's mine." The girl made a face.
"No no, it's mine." Both lifted it up and pulled on it, eyes never leaving one another. After a few tugs both ways, she frowned deeply at him. "Be a gentleman." She advised.
"I am, it's mine." Katsuchi replied, frowning as well.
"Why do you want it so bad?" She demanded.
"Why do you?" She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Because I'm friends with those people in the exams." She replied. "I want to know who won."
"I'm friends with them too." She didn't seem convinced, easily so. It wasn't a widely known fact.
"Oh yeah?" She asked. "Who's the pinkette?"
"Nashi Dragneel." he relied instantly.
"Black haired girl?"
"Elise Redfox."
"The guy in the trench coat?"
"Drake." The girl humphed, clearly even more irritated than before.
"Not impressive." She said. "That's easy stuff to know. You're probably just a fanboy." Katsuchi chuckled.
"Quite the opposite, actually." he replied. "But I can guarantee we're friends." The girl stared at him before pulling roughly.
"Just give me the damn magazine." She said, voice lower and more threatening than before. Katsuchi did not waver, this girl wasn't shit.
"How about you give it to me?" The tension tripled as neither planned to let go. Damn, this bitch was stubborn.
"Don't make me hurt you." She said.
"Likewise." She growled and the wind whipped around them more forcefully than it had a moment ago. Before long, the magical tension increased as well. The girls clothes and hair whipped around violently. Huh, storm mage huh? She ain't shit. Katsuchi lit his body on fire, black flames sprouting forth. Neither made the first move, scanning each other carefully. Both reared at the same time, preparing to attack.
"Katsuchi-sama!"
"Winter!"
Both froze instantly. Katsuchi looked over his shoulder to find Tetsu and Azzie standing there, looking unimpressed.
"It's not what it looks like." he said immediately. Tetsu laughed.
"I think it's exactly what it looks like." He said flatly. Before Katsuchi could reply, he felt the girls grip on the magazine lessen, and he looked over to find the cause, which appeared to be the taller, tan, black haired girl who had Katsuchi's potential opponent by the scruff of the neck.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" The girl demanded. "We're on a job, don't be provoking locals!"
"I-I'm sorry, Terra..." The girls eyes then darted up to look at Katsuchi, who shied away at the ferocity in her eyes, it reminded him of Damien. Before anything else could happen though, the other girl was released and the tan one was bowing to Katsuchi.
"Uh.." He started.
"I'm terribly sorry for my friends behavior." She said, not looking up. "She's quite stubborn sometimes."
"I-It's okay..." The girl stood out straight and smiled at him, extending a hand towards him.
"I'm Terra." She said, and then gestured to the other girl. "That's Winter." Katsuchi shoved the magazine in with Azzie's clothes and shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you Terra. I'm Katsuchi." he looked over at Winter. "Winter." The girl did nothing but nod at him, and then Katsuchi felt the bag leave his hand. Looking back, he saw Azzie looking inside.
"Oh good, you got what you were supposed to before you went around starting fights." She glared at him, and he sweat dropped. Azzie then looked at Terra. "By the way, I'm Azzie, Katsuchi's roommate. That's Tetsu." Tetsu nodded at the girls as Azzie shook Terra's hand.
"Well, how about I make it up to you for Winter's behavior?" Terra asked. "We were about to get lunch, you interested?"
And that was how Katsuchi ended up at an open diner with two girls from Lamia Scale, listening to them talk with Azzie and Tetsu. he was too busy deflecting angry stares from Winter.
"That sounds like Damien." Azzie said with a small laugh as Terra finished her story about being stuck at a meeting turning into a death match between her and Fairy Tail's Demon Lord.
"He got me good, I have to say." Terra agreed with a small chuckle.
"So If I could just interrupt for a moment." Winter said, gaining everyone's attention. "How do you three now our friends from Fairy Tail?" All three paled and looked around weakly. "Well?" Winter demanded.
"They, uh, came through once." Azzie replied for them. "We met them, talked for a bit..."
"Azzie fell madly in love with one." Tetsu added, earning a smack on the arm.
"Who?" Terra asked curiously.
"Drake." Katsuchi replied before Azzie could stop him. As Azzie wallowed in embarrassment, Katsuchi saw something in Winter's eyes. "What's wrong with you?" he asked her. She seemed shocked at being addressed, and shifted uncomfortably.
"Uh, nothing." She replied. "it's just...Well..."
"Are you in love with him too?" Tetsu asked.
"No no." Winter said with an awkward laugh. "He's my ex."
...
...
The awkward silence that fell over the table with these words almost made Katsuchi burst out in laughter. Azzie was just sitting there, a stunned look on her face. Terra seemed indifferent to all the uncomfortable people, and Winter almost looked apologetic.
"O-Oh..." Azzie said weakly. Winter looked anywhere but at Azzie.
"Yeah..." She coughed. "if it makes you feel any better, I know he's single"
"..."
"..."
"Well, anyway." Tetsu finally said, and Katsuchi was thankful he'd spoken up. "What brings you two fine young ladies to our humble little town?"
"Well," Terra said, leaning on the table. "Can you guys keep a secret?"
"Sure." Katsuchi replied. Terra grinned.
"Somewhere in the mountains near here, there are some bad people." Katsuchi felt like he was a five year old getting an explanation. "And we're on our way to deal with them."
"Just the two of you?" Azzie asked, getting the courage to speak.
"You are looking at a Neekis." Terra replied, winking. "My dad is Jura, who I'm sure you've heard of." Katsuchi had, actually. The Wizard Saint who led Lamia Scale. He suddenly realized why this girl reminded him so much of Damien. "And Winter's a God Slayer, so..."
"S-Say what now?" Katsuchi sputtered, knowing he'd misheard. Winter answered him by raising her hand, a ball of black energy circling there.
"Winter the 2nd Sky God Slayer at your service." She said. All three stared at her in shock. Katsuchi knew enough from Kronos that God Slaying magic was incredibly rare, as with any Slaying magic. How was it this random girl from a guild was in league with himself and Tetsu? And, of all places they passed through, it was here?
Anyway," Terra said, standing and stretching. "We really should get going, and take those guys out. Ready Winter?"
"As I'll ever be." She replied. Both stood, and Winter looked over at Katsuchi. "Sorry." She said quickly, getting glared at by Terra, "For before, I mean."
"It's cool." he replied. The two vacated the area, leaving the three former dark guild members to their thoughts.
"Well..." Katsuchi said weakly. "They were, um..."
"Interesting." Tetsu agreed. "Maybe we should just go home now..."
Azzie sat in her bed and stared up at the roof, still not recovered from learning that Winter girl had dated Drake.
"What does she have that I don't...?" Azzie wondered into her pillow. "She's not that great..." She was thinking to far into it, they'd probably dated years ago. Azzie didn't know much about childhood, but she knew relationships like that didn't mean much. Groaning and rolling over to get out of bed, she looked around her her bag of clothes Katsuchi had picked up. Not seeing it in her room, she wandered out to where both her roommates were.
"You guys see my new clothes?" She asked. Katsuchi cursed under his breath.
"We forgot them at the diner." Azzie nodded and made for the door, leaving into the cool afternoon air. Making her way to the diner, Azzie was once again lost in her overreacting thoughts about the Sky God Slayer and Drake. Surely nothing had happened, mostly innocent childish stuff right?
"Stop thinking about it!" Azzie hissed to herself, making sure she didn't scream it and draw attention to herself. People already thought she was weird, no reason to make it any worse, right? Turning into the fenced area of the diner, Azzie spotted the bag and made her way to it, picking it up and turning to leave. This was when she spotted a folded up flyer on the seat where Terra had been. She picked it up and unfolded it, seeing what exactly the two girls were after.
Defeat the dark guild Crimson Nexus!
Azzie's eyes widened as she read the words. She knew the guild name, It was a dark guild under Devil Advocate's control. She's even heard Icas had been sent to help with the relocation. They'd been relocated near here? Winter and Terra had gone after them?
This was bad, very very bad. Why? Because Azzie knew what the master of Crimson Nexus was capable of. Breaking into a sprint, Azzie rushed home, knocking people out of her way.
"Katsuchi-sama! Tetsu-sama!" She shouted at the top of her lungs as she got home,both of them staring at her. "They're in trouble!"
Terra wished she'd known about the master of Crimson Nexus, he was a pain in the ass. She and Winter had dealt with the lessers easily enough, but the Master had sapped her and Winter of their strength in one go.
"Terra Neekis and Winter Vastia." The man said, smiling. "Lamia Scale's pride and joy, underneath my boot. Pitiful."
"How the hell...?" Terra managed, looking up at the man above her.
"My little secret, darlings." he replied. "Long story short, I've sapped you both of all of your strength. Or rather, I've dispelled it."
"Are you okay, Winter?" Terra called behind her.
"Yeah, I'm just..." Terra heard the girl cough. "Where'd all our magic go?"
"I've dispelled it, I already told you." The master replied. "Besides, it won't matter it a few seconds, after I've offed the two of you." Terra had to find a way out of this, and quick. "But, before I do, anything you'd like to say?"
"I can think of a few things, yeah." Winter growled, causing him to laugh.
"You'v got spunk Vastia, I like that. Maybe I'll keep you around for a little bit." he laughed as he unsheathed the sword at his side. Terra tried to move as he approached her, but it was no good. "Now then, I think it's about time I...!" Terra heard the sounds of swords clashing, and attacks flying around the room. Looking up, she spotted why.
Katsuchi, Tetsu, and Azzie stood in between them and the Master.
"Azzie?" The man demanded. "Katsuchi? Tetsu? What the hell are you two doing here?! I heard everyone in Devil Advocate got arrested or died!"
"Here we are." Katsuchi replied, black flames licking around his figure. "Leave them be." The Master laughed.
"Just because you three were in Devil Advocate doesn't mean you can order me around, you know. From what the underground is saying, you three defected!"
"So what is we did, Master-sama?" Azzie asked, white energy emanating from her body. "What do you plan to do?"
"This!" The Master raised his right hand, the same white light that had sapped their strength aimed at the others. Azzie raised hers as well, a similar light there. A strange sound was heard, and the Master backed up. "W-What?"
"Have you forgotten?" Azzie asked. "Master Kronos-sama sent me to train in dispelling magic under you." The Master backed up, a fearful look on his face. Terra was still trying to figure out what was going on. "Seeing as Master Kronos-sama was defeated, I think it's only fair you are as well!" All three of them charged forward.
It was over as soon as Azzie touched the master, and he collapsed. Katsuchi and Tetsu picked him up, threw him into the air and took aim.
"Iron God's Bellow!"
"Fire God's Bellow!"
The two attacks formed together and hit the Master of Crimson Nexus head on, slamming him through the walls and out int the open air. Terra watched the three deal with him like it was nothing.
Who the hell are you people
That was the story about how Azzie, Katsuchi and Tetsu saved Terra and Winter. They brought both girls back to their home and allowed them to rest, both sleeping soundly into the morning. Once Terra had awoken, Azzie explained how the Master of Crimson Nexus' magic had dispelled all of them magic in their bodies, rendering them completely helpless. Terra complained about how she never seemed to be able to do anything, as she always needed help/
"So," Terra said. "Azzie. You said you studied under him?" Azzie sighed, pausing at the counter. Terra was sitting at the table, while Katsuchi and tetsu listened from the living room.
"We're were in a dark guild too." Azzie explained, looking over at Terra. "The one he mentioned, Devil Advocate." Terra nodded for her to continue. "We never liked what we did, but Master Kronos-sama gave us a home in exchange for our service. We would be killed if we tried to escape him, so many others met that fate."
"What happened?" Terra asked.
"Fairy Tail." Azzie replied, smiling at the thought of her six saviors. "We had to attack them, but they came after us. One by one we all got defeated, and we saw our way out." Azzie then turned to Terra. "We helped them defeat our master, and then we took all the jewel he had. He won't be needing it anyway."Terra nodded and chuckled.
"Does sound like them." Terra said aimlessly, sipping her tea. "Regardless, thanks for the help. Oh, and if you didn't want anyone to know who you are, don't worry. I won't say anything."
"Thanks." A sound came from down the hall, and everyone turned to see Winter yawn and enter.
"I'm beat." She said. "Can we go home yet?" Terra chuckled.
"yeah yeah, give me a minute." Before Terra could stand, a ringing sound came from Winter. Taking a lacrima phone from her pocket, she stared at it. "Who is it?" Terra asked.
"It's Drake." Azzie's heart jumped into her throat.
"Put him on speaker." Terra said. Winter did so and answered.
"Drake?" She asked.
"Winter! I need you!"
...
...
"W-What?" Winter asked weakly, Azzie's head spinning.
"I said I need you, and quick! This is important!"
"What is it? Is someone hurt?"
"No no, it's much worse." There was a pause, then, "It's almost Nashi's birthday, and everyone's panicking to get everything ready and all that. We really need your help. Like, now."
"Drake, I can't just jump to help you whenever you need me."
"But...But...It's her birthday!" Winter sighed.
"Alright, alright, Terra and I are on our way. Anything else?"
"Uh, well, no, not really."
"Alright then, bye."
"See you." Winter hung up and sighed.
"Why does he always expect me to jump and help him at a moments notice?" She asked no one in particular. "Come on Terra, we have to go."
"Wait!" Everyone looked at Azzie as she bolted from the room.
It was a while before the dispelling mage reappeared, a small envelope in her hands. Winter hand't the faintest idea what it was, she'd even called Katsuchi and Tetsu in there.
"It's for Nashi-sama." Azzie explained as she handed the envelope to Winter.
"Ah, okay." She said, pocketing the present. "You guys want to come? I'm sure she'd love it."
"Nah." Katsuchi said. "They may love it, but who knows who everyone else in the guild would react to us just showing up. Just give her that, and said he said hi." Winter nodded and turned, following Terra out the open door. Once they got a fair distance away, Terra chuckled.
"What do you think they're planning for Nashi?" she asked. Winter shrugged, thinking back to the tone Drake had used over the phone. He almost sounded desperate.
"Who knows." She replied, smiling. "But it's Fairy Tail, so Lord above knows it's going to be crazy."
I know the fight scene was lackluster, but it was supposed to be a comedic chapter, not anything serious. I'm sure you guys can guess what comes next! :)
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