This post is a part of Fairy Legion Chapter 47 and has been put into a separate post mainly due to the original post being unable to edit for reasons described in this update post. This post here has been written in December 2021 but will be uploaded before Fairy Legion Chapter 47 . This is to mainly improve the amount of posts produced within a certain time frame or other reasons.
A/N: Yes. We're back to Fairy Legion after writting four Zero posts and one post that shows my opinion on a set of movies. The reason why I didn't work on Fairy Legion is because I've been working on how I'm going to be writing a One Piece review since I need to find out what chapter I ended on. I ended on Chapter 934 so I needed to go from Chapter 935-942. Chapter 955 is when Act 2 of Wano Country ends but I decided to cut this down into three parts of 7 chapters.
The first section is Chapter 935-941, the next section is 942-949, and the final section is 950-955. I'm sure that I'll have a lot to talk about and this is to make sure that you're not stuck reading over 20 chapter reviews. They probably won't come after each other. I'll see what happens when we get to that point. I do want to talk about other things in the author note and I'm not in the mood for writing this much One Piece in a single go.
I would count the two filler chapter arcs as well but honestly, I like talking about them apart of the Wano Arc since I find those few chapters the most interesting. This will be done in a similar fashion to the My Hero review from Fairy Legion Chapter 42 so I'll be going over details that impacted me and not every little thing. We will be talking about the Loke Arc at the end of this massive author now so lets start with Chapter 935.
We meet Solitaire which continues the card game motif that Kaido's crew has and she has eaten the Monkey Smile Fruit. I think that out of all of the Grifters and Headliners ,excluding Flying Six Headliners and Hawkins obviously, Solitaire and Daifugo got the best deal out of it. I mean you could like Batman, Gazelleman, Mouseman, Rabbitman, Snakeman, and the secret final boss of Wano Alpacaman but I don't.
As Raizo is trying to free Luffy from the prison, Luffy is breaking the law by attacking Daifugo and we met Babanuki who has an elephant head in his chest. He may be unable to wear a shirt now but he can fire bullets from the pachyderm. It's a price to pay for an impractical yet awesome way to fight. Luffy can't use Haki while wearing Seastone but that doesn't matter since we see Queen who has some sick dance movies.
I mean his first appearance we see him lust over Komurasaki and he doesn't know that she's dead. This would be a meh to bad thing to me but then he starts dancing. I just love silly characters and One Piece does that the best. We learn Queen's bounty which is 1,320,000,000 and while it may be higher than Katakuri's, it's still small compared to Luffy. I also love Queen's reaction to Kidd escaping, the key to the seastone prism cuffs being stolen, and Luffy escaping.
What makes it great is that Babanuki is giving them with a straight face. We see Yasu showing off his domicile to Franky, Law, and Usopp but Sanji and Zoro have gone missing. Sanji is pretty obvious since the next page shows the bath house which is in character for him and people won't hate him for this. Now if Mineta does this, people get up in arms about this. I guess it may have something to do with how Sanji is more than just his pervert nature and Mineta isn't.
Zoro has gone after his sword but hey at least Wano is for mixed bathing. I would be uncomfortable with it and so is Shinobu who brings out the ball crusher on the perverts for ignoring her. To be fair to the perverts, she was sharing the same bath as Nami and Robin. They're kinda some of the most attractive women in the series so yeah. We also see Hyogoro's past appearance and well, old age has caught up to him and then some.
Hyogoro is seen as a true knight which is blessed with strength and charisma. So is the Octopus who brought Luffy's group into Wano a bath boy? We then return back to the prison where Hyogoro is begging for Queen to spare Luffy's life with his. We also meet Kawamatsu and not get his appearance until much later. The cover page of 936 has Camel and Kuzan getting some ramen from Wanze who should report Kuzan to the World Government.
I doubt the Ramen Kenpo user would be stupid to do that since Kuzan was a former admiral and he may want to live. Kawamatsu wants to join the fight but his chain is rusted so can he escape? We'll find that out later as it's time for the Sumo Inferno! This is a death match involving Luffy and Hyogoro fighting in a arena. They may have their handcuffs removed ,which makes all of Raizo's hard work go down the train, and work together but there is a price.
The duo now get collars around their neck and don't leave the ring with it on or your head will be sliced off their neck. It's like what the Celestial Dragon used except more bloody. I mean with just a single explosion, every part of the criminal is gone, However with a slice, blood will shed and it stains. The two have to fight their way to survive and after Queen is called a Balloon, it begins with the waiters which is easy pickings for Luffy with his Conqueror Haki.
The next part of the chapter has Hawkins and X Drake raiding the bathhouse with Drake staying outside since he's a gentleman. He may be after Soba Mask aka Sanji but he isn't a pervert like most of the men in One Piece. The Beast Pirates are now aware of the mark Kinemon's allies have on them so will the plan have to change? I mean if you read ahead, you know the answer but lets pretend that we don't for now.
Keep some suspense. To stop Hawkins's investigation, Nami uses her secret weapon aka stripping and showing off her body like she normally does except in this arc. Sanji is revealed by this attack and Drake is defeated by this since he's weak to women or a gentleman. I think this means one thing. They need to do this attack on Kaido and see if he reacts. Do note that I'm only a quarter joking here and I don't want to see that.
We also learn that Bepo and the rest of Law's crew was captured to bring him out. As you may have forgotten, I'm not the biggest fan of Law since he kinda steals the spotlight from the other eleven Supernovas who kinda need it. I mean Luffy and Zoro are main characters so they have enough spotlight on them but maybe Apoo or Urouge need some spotlight. I personally don't count Teach as part of the Eleven Supernovas since he wasn't on Sabaody Archipelago like the others were.
He's part of the Worst Generation but not the 11 Supernovas and nothing you can say is going to change my mind. The chapter ends with Zoro finding the man who stole his sword and they begin their battle on a bridge. Chapter 937's cover page is a color page with the Straw Hats planning their next adventures and it's nice to see the group all together. Chopper's group ,which includes Big Mom who had amnesia at this point and time, is heading to the prison.
This is going to end up badly and I don't need future vision to see that something is going to happen and it won't be pleasant. Luffy is easily showing the Beast Pirates why he is the main character while Luffy is trying to improve his Busoshoku Haki or Armament Haki like Rayleigh and Sentomaru did back in the pre timeskip days. While this beatdown is going on, Queen is eating Oshiruko and Big Mom is craving Oshiruko.
If you're wondering, this is like the Hiyori "twist" but far more obvious on what's going to happen in the near future. Gyukimaru is introduced and he's calling out Zoro for not knowing Ryuma. Wano was called the Land of Gold but now, it's more like the land of Trash thanks to Orochi or the fact that it had been over a hundred years since Ryuma died. Either or works. Their fight is interrupted by Hiyori ,under a disguise but like with the twist, I'm not going to hide who it is, and Toko.
They are being chased by Kamazo ,whose identity I'll be keeping since I didn't see it coming, and I kinda wanted Toko dead. Not a fan of her since she laughed at Orochi. I mean there is a reason why which we learn in the Arc but still, you don't laugh at your king. It's just rude and a major death sentence. I mean we laugh at our president ,in early 2020, but he asks for it and Orochi didn't maybe. Kamazo may have easily been defeated by Zoro but there is a reason for that.
Said reason is Kamazo was defeated so easily and Toko can't stop laughing are connected and that's all I say for now. Like before, I really like the cover page for this chapter. This chapter may have Carrot ,who I really don't like, but it isn't that bad of a chapter. I mean you can see all of the Zou characters fitting Wano so that's a plus but this isn't where the chapter picks up. Law and Shinbou argue what to do about Law's crew being captured while Sanji gets punished for peeping.
I got a question. In Anime/Manga, you see men getting punished for peeping but has there been a time where a women has gotten punished for peeping? I honestly couldn't find an example of that but if there is one, I would like to see it. Franky asks how a face could get like that but his question is ignored since Law has to take center stage once again. Law does care about his crew which is a good thing and guess that connects him to Luffy.
However, I have to side with Shinbou on this one and not because of bias for once. I know. That's a shock for me too. Shinbou mentions that they've been waiting for 20 years toand this isn't a game to them. We also see Yasu and he knows the duo of Shinobu and Kanjuro. I wonder why? Zoro wakes up after losing a lot of blood to Kamazo and Gyukimaru being that he's healed by the toad oil that Toko stole.
The first section is Chapter 935-941, the next section is 942-949, and the final section is 950-955. I'm sure that I'll have a lot to talk about and this is to make sure that you're not stuck reading over 20 chapter reviews. They probably won't come after each other. I'll see what happens when we get to that point. I do want to talk about other things in the author note and I'm not in the mood for writing this much One Piece in a single go.
I would count the two filler chapter arcs as well but honestly, I like talking about them apart of the Wano Arc since I find those few chapters the most interesting. This will be done in a similar fashion to the My Hero review from Fairy Legion Chapter 42 so I'll be going over details that impacted me and not every little thing. We will be talking about the Loke Arc at the end of this massive author now so lets start with Chapter 935.
We meet Solitaire which continues the card game motif that Kaido's crew has and she has eaten the Monkey Smile Fruit. I think that out of all of the Grifters and Headliners ,excluding Flying Six Headliners and Hawkins obviously, Solitaire and Daifugo got the best deal out of it. I mean you could like Batman, Gazelleman, Mouseman, Rabbitman, Snakeman, and the secret final boss of Wano Alpacaman but I don't.
As Raizo is trying to free Luffy from the prison, Luffy is breaking the law by attacking Daifugo and we met Babanuki who has an elephant head in his chest. He may be unable to wear a shirt now but he can fire bullets from the pachyderm. It's a price to pay for an impractical yet awesome way to fight. Luffy can't use Haki while wearing Seastone but that doesn't matter since we see Queen who has some sick dance movies.
I mean his first appearance we see him lust over Komurasaki and he doesn't know that she's dead. This would be a meh to bad thing to me but then he starts dancing. I just love silly characters and One Piece does that the best. We learn Queen's bounty which is 1,320,000,000 and while it may be higher than Katakuri's, it's still small compared to Luffy. I also love Queen's reaction to Kidd escaping, the key to the seastone prism cuffs being stolen, and Luffy escaping.
What makes it great is that Babanuki is giving them with a straight face. We see Yasu showing off his domicile to Franky, Law, and Usopp but Sanji and Zoro have gone missing. Sanji is pretty obvious since the next page shows the bath house which is in character for him and people won't hate him for this. Now if Mineta does this, people get up in arms about this. I guess it may have something to do with how Sanji is more than just his pervert nature and Mineta isn't.
Zoro has gone after his sword but hey at least Wano is for mixed bathing. I would be uncomfortable with it and so is Shinobu who brings out the ball crusher on the perverts for ignoring her. To be fair to the perverts, she was sharing the same bath as Nami and Robin. They're kinda some of the most attractive women in the series so yeah. We also see Hyogoro's past appearance and well, old age has caught up to him and then some.
Hyogoro is seen as a true knight which is blessed with strength and charisma. So is the Octopus who brought Luffy's group into Wano a bath boy? We then return back to the prison where Hyogoro is begging for Queen to spare Luffy's life with his. We also meet Kawamatsu and not get his appearance until much later. The cover page of 936 has Camel and Kuzan getting some ramen from Wanze who should report Kuzan to the World Government.
I doubt the Ramen Kenpo user would be stupid to do that since Kuzan was a former admiral and he may want to live. Kawamatsu wants to join the fight but his chain is rusted so can he escape? We'll find that out later as it's time for the Sumo Inferno! This is a death match involving Luffy and Hyogoro fighting in a arena. They may have their handcuffs removed ,which makes all of Raizo's hard work go down the train, and work together but there is a price.
The duo now get collars around their neck and don't leave the ring with it on or your head will be sliced off their neck. It's like what the Celestial Dragon used except more bloody. I mean with just a single explosion, every part of the criminal is gone, However with a slice, blood will shed and it stains. The two have to fight their way to survive and after Queen is called a Balloon, it begins with the waiters which is easy pickings for Luffy with his Conqueror Haki.
The next part of the chapter has Hawkins and X Drake raiding the bathhouse with Drake staying outside since he's a gentleman. He may be after Soba Mask aka Sanji but he isn't a pervert like most of the men in One Piece. The Beast Pirates are now aware of the mark Kinemon's allies have on them so will the plan have to change? I mean if you read ahead, you know the answer but lets pretend that we don't for now.
Keep some suspense. To stop Hawkins's investigation, Nami uses her secret weapon aka stripping and showing off her body like she normally does except in this arc. Sanji is revealed by this attack and Drake is defeated by this since he's weak to women or a gentleman. I think this means one thing. They need to do this attack on Kaido and see if he reacts. Do note that I'm only a quarter joking here and I don't want to see that.
We also learn that Bepo and the rest of Law's crew was captured to bring him out. As you may have forgotten, I'm not the biggest fan of Law since he kinda steals the spotlight from the other eleven Supernovas who kinda need it. I mean Luffy and Zoro are main characters so they have enough spotlight on them but maybe Apoo or Urouge need some spotlight. I personally don't count Teach as part of the Eleven Supernovas since he wasn't on Sabaody Archipelago like the others were.
He's part of the Worst Generation but not the 11 Supernovas and nothing you can say is going to change my mind. The chapter ends with Zoro finding the man who stole his sword and they begin their battle on a bridge. Chapter 937's cover page is a color page with the Straw Hats planning their next adventures and it's nice to see the group all together. Chopper's group ,which includes Big Mom who had amnesia at this point and time, is heading to the prison.
This is going to end up badly and I don't need future vision to see that something is going to happen and it won't be pleasant. Luffy is easily showing the Beast Pirates why he is the main character while Luffy is trying to improve his Busoshoku Haki or Armament Haki like Rayleigh and Sentomaru did back in the pre timeskip days. While this beatdown is going on, Queen is eating Oshiruko and Big Mom is craving Oshiruko.
If you're wondering, this is like the Hiyori "twist" but far more obvious on what's going to happen in the near future. Gyukimaru is introduced and he's calling out Zoro for not knowing Ryuma. Wano was called the Land of Gold but now, it's more like the land of Trash thanks to Orochi or the fact that it had been over a hundred years since Ryuma died. Either or works. Their fight is interrupted by Hiyori ,under a disguise but like with the twist, I'm not going to hide who it is, and Toko.
They are being chased by Kamazo ,whose identity I'll be keeping since I didn't see it coming, and I kinda wanted Toko dead. Not a fan of her since she laughed at Orochi. I mean there is a reason why which we learn in the Arc but still, you don't laugh at your king. It's just rude and a major death sentence. I mean we laugh at our president ,in early 2020, but he asks for it and Orochi didn't maybe. Kamazo may have easily been defeated by Zoro but there is a reason for that.
Said reason is Kamazo was defeated so easily and Toko can't stop laughing are connected and that's all I say for now. Like before, I really like the cover page for this chapter. This chapter may have Carrot ,who I really don't like, but it isn't that bad of a chapter. I mean you can see all of the Zou characters fitting Wano so that's a plus but this isn't where the chapter picks up. Law and Shinbou argue what to do about Law's crew being captured while Sanji gets punished for peeping.
I got a question. In Anime/Manga, you see men getting punished for peeping but has there been a time where a women has gotten punished for peeping? I honestly couldn't find an example of that but if there is one, I would like to see it. Franky asks how a face could get like that but his question is ignored since Law has to take center stage once again. Law does care about his crew which is a good thing and guess that connects him to Luffy.
However, I have to side with Shinbou on this one and not because of bias for once. I know. That's a shock for me too. Shinbou mentions that they've been waiting for 20 years toand this isn't a game to them. We also see Yasu and he knows the duo of Shinobu and Kanjuro. I wonder why? Zoro wakes up after losing a lot of blood to Kamazo and Gyukimaru being that he's healed by the toad oil that Toko stole.
For some reason, Hiyori also tries to stop Zoro for going after Gyukimaru by making his wound probably worst. This is Zoro we're talking about so this is nothing to him. We also learn that Hiyori and Komuraski and this is a shock to no one. I mean this is an awful twist and I usually don't notice this kind of stuff. I always bring up the fact that I didn't know that END and Natsu were the same person till the final arc of Fairy Tail.
So if I noticed something, you know that it's bad. Chapter 939 has Zoro telling her that he knows her older brother or would it be younger brother at this point due to him going to the future. It's either or for me personally. So Hiyori told Toko this because Toko is a ray of sunshine in her life. I mean that's a good reason but why didn't Hiyori go with them to the future? It's revealed that Hiyori stayed behind to continue on the bloodline in case the time travel plan doesn't work.
This is a solid idea in concept but leaving an six year old girl behind is an awful thing to do in order to keep your bloodline in tact. She was protected by Kawamatsu the Kappa and this means that we know the names of all Nine Red Scabbards. So as the most recent chapter, we know what happened to eight of the nine scabbards and this includes the Pink Haired Ashura Doji. Why is his hair pink? I mean I get that Wano is supposed to be more colorful but is it wrong to have black hair?
I mean I do think Kaidp's dragon form is threatening but not due it's color being that it's light blue. I mean he could still kill me with a single claw to the chest but I just find his color not threatening. To get back on track here, I do like how Hiyori has a personality other than a bitch but I'm not going to forget about her actions. She may have done it to survive but like with Endeavor, I'll forgive her but I won't forget about what she did.
That's something I may have said in the past that I wouldn't forgive her but things change. So did Bepo and the others reveal the others plan or did someone else? We see Alpacaman again but he's partnered up with Madilloman who was forced to eat the Armadillo Smile. It's so much better than the Alpaca Smile. Thanks to Luffy seeing the future, Hyo is able to make Alpacaman look even stupider and Madilloman is unable to stop Luffy from owning him.
Hyo shows why he is a badass when he uses Armament Haki on Alpacaman defeating him and using the advanced technique that Luffy is trying to use. He also refers to Haki as the will of a samurai and we'll learn more about Armament Haki in this arc. Hyo decides to teach Luffy how to use this power and the rubber boy is excited for this. Chapter 940 returns with an amazing cover page being that Bartolomeo has made Straw Hats crew candy art and refuses to sell them.
There is also the clear reference to the Chinese Zodiac in the background along with a Cat and Panda just for added appeal. This chapter reveals that Law went to go save Bepo and the others much to Usopp's annoyance. Nami tells him to see if from Shinobu's perspective and the two cowards of the crew are pretty sure that if they were in Bepo's position, they would probably squeal. We also see the return of the trio who got swindled by Hiyori.
Hiyori's trio go by the names Bingo, Bongo, and Bungo and yes. Their names do rhyme. They were also working together to swindle innocent people and that makes them worse than Hiyori. So did she do this on purpose or did Kyoshiro? I mean he probably did since Hiyori isn't an evil mastermind like Elfman and Mira from Fairy Legion are possibly. We also learn how Yasu is beloved by everyone in Ebisu town and this makes me really like him. God, I hope nothing bad happens to him.
I should be more subtle but nah. We also learn how Toko and Yasu are related. I mean it's obvious due to their smiling face and it's better than the trio of Anna, Layla, and Lucy from Fairy Tail. All three blodes literally look to be the same character except one of them is older. Toko and Yasu at least look different. In the prison, Luffy is being taught by Hyo and it's similar to Star Wars. I mean the Luke and Yoda ,not Baby Yoda, parallel is super obvious.
Even though the training isn't working the way that Luffy wants it too, Luffy is still defeating everyone and this includes Madilloman. Queen decides to stop the torture/training for the night and Hyo asks why Luffy wants to defeat Kaido after getting destroyed by him. Luffy knocks out the guards and says in the typical Luffy way that if he wants to be King of the Pirates, he has to beat them all including Shanks eventually.
Hyo also mentions that he knows about Roger and this is revealed alongside the assistance of Caribou who is going to help them out since Luffy believes that he changes. I highly doubt that but hey, lets give him the benefit of the doubt. With this, Hyo believes in the sparks of the Rebellion and tells them that the Yakuza leaders who supported Wano from the shadows are in the prison and will fight to return Wano back to normal.
The chapter ends with Kawamatsu going to be free first and Big Mom coming to the prison. I expect trouble soon and Chapter 941 has that. We're on the final chapter for this recap and it starts with a color page. Orachi may upset about Hiyori's "death" but the thief Ushimitsu Kozo or Japanese Robin Hood has been captured. Queen also learns about this much to his dismay. I mean she isn't really dead but the persona of Komuraskai is so his tears are allowed for now.
Queen finds Hyo and Luffy much bigger than the night before and well, this is the start of Queen's day. I can say that it gets worse from here. Ashura Doji or Shutenmaru is mad about his base being set in flame and he's going after Holdem but well, it's Kinemon and Inuarashi's fault. They need him to see reason and burning down his home is the way to do. I mean they're desperate but arson is never the answer.
We also see the return of Brook and how he is jealous of Zoro sleeping with Hiyori and Toko. It isn't sexual but will the police believe him. Hiyori is happy for seeing the good side of things even through the Japanese Robin Hood has been captured but it turns out that the Japanese Robin Hood is Yasu much to everyone's shock. Toko leaves to go save her father with the others following her. While everyone in the Flower captial is said about the "death" of Komuraski, Yasu's identity is revealed.
Tonoyasu or Yasu is Yasuie with him being a loyal servant of the Kozuki family and called the hedgehog. Me thinks it's because of his sweet hairdo and his afro which rivals Brook but no haircut can beat the Skeleton's hair in my mind. Yasu is ready to die being that he has to say to sorry for two things and say something to Orochi. Once he does that, he tends to die by laughing. This ends the first of three chapter recaps.
So since we're done with that beast, lets talk about how I'm doing the Loke Arc. I thought about this for a long time and this shouldn't have taken so long but it did. This is going to be both Episode 31 and 32 or Chapters 71-74 in the same Chapter so this is a long one. I'm not the biggest fan of this arc and like I've mentioned many times before, I was unsure if I was going to do this arc. I decided to do this arc and maybe the two filler arc post timeskip.
Jury is still out on that one. I'm honestly not sure and while I write this, I decided what to do as we go along. Overall, enjoy a longer than normal episode. We may go back to Zero after this comes out or it'll be a lot of Fairy Legion episodes in a row to counter Zero's five posts in a row. I may want to go back and forth between the two series but sometimes, I really do feel like they're writing one series over another. It's personal. Lets begin.
Narrator P.O.V.
To the west of Magnolia, there is something going on at Fort Term. A group of bandits have made the ruined castle their base of operation. Juvia was peeking her head out from a cliff, looking over the ruined castle. "So Juvia. I have to ask you a serious question. Why are we here again?" said a voice as Juvia jumped. She turned to see Zane standing there with his arms crossed. "Um. We're here because....." said Juvia.
Zane could see the water woman trying her best to come up with an answer for the superhero and he sighed. "Never mind why we're here Juvia. So are we going to help them out? You did drag me here against my will." said Zane, sitting next to her. Due to how close Zane was to her, Juvia blushed as she said,"Um. We came here to help out Team Natsu.". "We are? Why would we do that? I mean I don't like Prude Knight and Happy. The other three I do." said Zane.
Juvia looked at her as she said,"You see it too right beloved? Erza has been taking jobs left and right for her and her team for the past five days ever since they came back from Onibus Town. I think this is their tenth job. You know why she's doing this right?". "Yeah Juvia. Me thinks that Erza isn't a fan of Nalu whatsoever." said Zane. The water woman blinked in confusion as Zane said,"It's their couple name. So why do you care about Erza taking out her anger on some bad people.".
The water woman sighed as she said,"You know my friend Gajeel Kun right?". "I do. Fought against him twice and won. Why bring him up exactly?" said Zane, crossing his arms. "He and Sue are dating as you know. When Gajeel heard that her and Boze were seen together, he wasn't happy. I later found out through Aria that Gajeel had been taking jobs to avoid Sue and well, he almost died by a group of dark wizards due to him wasting away his magic." said Juvia.
Zane nodded as he said,"Ah. So how did you make Lugnut stop taking jobs then? I'm sure that he wouldn't listen to you since he barely listen to second place and he was your guild master.". "I told Sue on him and well, she wasn't happy with how he almost died to some bandits. She forced him to stay at her place and well, the two started dating afterwards." said Juvia. "Let me guess why we're here if you don't mind of course." said Zane.
Juvia nodded as Zane said,"Okay. We're here to make sure that Prude Knight and the rest of the gang don't get killed by these bandits because Prude Knight not being able to handle Natsu dating someone who isn't her and she's too stubborn to let Natsu tell her about his certain arrangement. Okay. Just wait here. I got this.". He stood up and got in a running position. "See you later." said Zane with him vanishing from her sight much to her shock. "Wow. He's fast." said Juvia.
Like mentioned before, Team Natsu were on a job right now involving taking care of the bandits inside of Fort Term. Taurus had been summoned and he punched a bandit in the face. The bandit fell to the ground with Lucy standing behind Taurus. "That was great Taurus! Way to go!" said Lucy as she high fived Taurus. The bull had hearts for eyes with him saying,"And you got some mooves of your own Mistress ......".
The blond was shocked to see Zane appearing from out of nowhere and like before, he had attacked Taurus with the bull getting kicked in the face. "Shut up you perverted bison!" said Zane, landing on the ground. "Zane?! What are you doing here?!" said Lucy. "Juvia asked me to make sure that Prude Knight didn't get you and the rest of Team Natsu killed. I also don't like him." said Zane with him pointing to something.
Lucy followed his finger toward Taurus with her sighing. "Thanks for the assist Zane but we didn't need since these guys are really weak." said Natsu with him slamming a bandit head first into a wall. "While I'll agree that these guys are really weak and probably stole from old ladies and some kids. Zane's right about Erza running us ragged with all of these damn jobs! The pay is nice but I'm getting tired." said Gray with him kicking one of them in the face.
Natsu sighed as he said,"Yeah but what do you expect me to do?". "Talk to her Einstein." said Gray and Zane in unison. "Jinx! You owe me a beer!' said Zane, earning a sigh from Lucy. "Okay. She may be doing this to get her mind off me and Luce being together. I really need to talk with her when I get the chance." said Natsu. "I could lock you two together in a room together and forced you two to talk about your relationship." said Zane.
Gray looked at Zane with him saying,"While I'm not against that, how are you going to keep Erza in said room?". "I got many a ways to negate a wizard's magic power but our Hatchling needs to do this himself." said Zane. "May I ask why?" said Lucy. "Because I love her Luce and seeing her miserable is just the worst. How can I talk with her if she's ignored me? I mean every single time I try and talk with her, she makes an excuse and leaves. She doesn't even want to hang me with me." said Natsu.
Zane raised his hand with him saying,"Me and Juvia could keep her contained using a mixture of her Water Lock and my telekinesis.". "That could work. I'm game to help you guys out if we can find take a break." said Gray, kicking a bandit in the face. "You may think this is over but it isn't! You'll regret doing this since Lord Devon is going to make you Fairies pay." said a bandit. "We beat up that jerk a long time ago." said Happy, coming in from out of nowhere.
This bandit was shocked by this as the four humans heard,"I'm finished upstairs.". Erza stood there with Zane noticing the bandits on the floor around her. "Nice. Way to go Erza." said Lucy. "And I guess Juvia was wrong about you being out of magic power Prude Knight due to you being unable to handle Nalu being a thing." said Zane. "Nalu?" said Happy. "It's their ship name. Whatever that means." said Gray with him taking off his shirt.
As this was going on, a bandit was trying to scuttle away and Erza growled. "You're not leaving here criminal!" said Erza with her throwing a nearby unconscious bandit at him. "Holy crap. You beat a motherfucker with another motherfucker Prude Knight. Color me impressed." said Zane. The scarlet haired woman dug her boot in the bandit's back as she pulled his arm back and the man howled back in pain. The quarter of Gray, Happy, Lucy, and Natsu could hear his arm breaking, cringing.
Erza glaread at him as she said,"You need to be punished criminal!". "I've been so very bad! Please punish me too Mistress Erza!" said Taurus with him slowly being sent back to the celestial spirit world by Lucy. "Thank you for doing that Lucy. Really don't want to deal with him and Prude Knight being a sadistic queen. You need to let him go right now." said Zane. "And why should I listen to you? You've faced all of these types of scoundrels and let them live when you should...." said Erza.
Zane looked at her with him saying,"I know that you're mad about how things went down but you need to calm down. I may be a killer but you shouldn't be. Let him go. The Magic Council has been called by Juvia and they'll be put away from their crimes. If you're willing to cross the line from being a hero to a killer, I'll put you away with the criminals that you hate so much.". The two looked at each other with Happy saying,"Wow. This is really fun.".
Gray and Lucy looked at him with them saying,"Seriously?". "Jinx! You two both owe me a slushie when we get back to the guild." said Natsu. "It doesn't work like that. You have to be the one to say it Natsu so they get to punch you in the arm or you owe them a slushie." said Zane while he was glaring at Erza. "I'll take the latter rather than the former." said Gray, punching Natsu in the arm. The fire wizard glared at him with Lucy saying,"You kinda did this to yourself Natsu.".
Natsu grumbled with Erza letting go of the thug's arm. "Fine. Lets leave." said Erza with her storming out of the room. The others followed after her with Juvia seeing them leave. She zoomed down the cliff with Zane being the only one to see her. "Okay. I think this is the first time she's been in love and if I hadn't seen the stuff I've had, I would be freaking out." thought Zane. Juvia walked over to the group with Happy being the first to notice her.
Happy smiled mischievously ,just like the Cheshire Cat, with him saying,"Hi Juvia! What are you doing here? Are you and Zane on a date?". "It isn't like that!" said a redfaced Juvia. "Yeah and Zane is dating Levy remember?" said Lucy with her thankful for Happy to try and change the mood. This wasn't on purpose. "That was a complete waste of time. It was barely a challenge and someone had to stop me for exacting justice on them." said Erza, scowling at Zane.
Zane shrugged with him saying,"And I didn't want to throw you in jail.". "Come on! I want to destroy something!" said Natsu. "I know that but save it for the next job since you can't stop Erza from accepting jobs." said Gray, crossing his arms. "Check out this rock I found! Pretty cool don't you think?" said Happy holding a small diamond. "Aah! Stealing from thieves is still stealing! Go put it back and you too Zane!" said Lucy.
Gray turned to see Zane holding a bag of treasures with him saying,"Wow Lucy. You would think that I'm a thief. When have I ever stolen anything in my time here?". "You stole from Lucy's father and didn't give us a single cent." said Erza. "That's because Jude was a scumbag father and my house was destroyed. It was protecting Lucy who got captured anyways by Sue." said Zane. The two were about to start fighting once again with Natsu stopping them.
Natsu said with him standing in front of Erza and Zane,"Instead of fighting. How about we go to our place at the local inn? We still had it for another day. This town is pretty relaxing so how about we stay the night and head back to the guild tomorrow?". "I rather go back and go on another job." said Erza with her quickly shooting down Natsu's idea and was going to walk away. "You need to stop right now Erza! You've been running your team ragged! You need to rest and recover!" said Juvia.
The knight stopped in place and turned to glare at Juvia. "Are you ordering me what to do? Don't think I forget about what you did to Lucy." said Erza. "I may have done some awful things to my Nakama but I'm trying to prevent you from doing the same thing as Gajeel to them just because you can't handle Natsu dating. Just look at them and you'll see what your action are doing." said Juvia. "Wow. She's not standing down to Erza. That's kinda cool." whispered Happy. "I know right?" said Zane, smiling.
Erza looked at the members of her team with her eyes softening. All three of them looked exhausted and yes, I said three. She's ignoring Happy and this is totally speciesist by the way. Gray and Lucy looked like they were about to pass out if they went onto another job and Natsu had clear bags under his eyes from the lack of sleep. "Prude Knight. I know that you want to get your mind off things but this isn't healthy. I should know. Trust me." said Zane.
The knight sighed as she said,"Fine. We can stay the night.". The four members of her team let out a sigh of relief with Erza saying,"But we're leaving tomorrow!". "Don't worry. I'll convince her to stay longer." said Zane, throwing them a thumbs up. "Whatever. I just need to sleep. It's like our training stuff but worse" said Gray with his limbs screaming in pain. "I could always make it worse." said Zane with him cracking his neck and knuckles. "Please don't." groaned Gray.
Juvia giggled at the dynamic between Gray and her beloved with Lucy noticing something off in the distance. "Hey guys. I may be hallucinating here but I think I see Loke." said Lucy. The glass wearing wizard's eyes perked up as he noticed the five wizards plus a cat and Cross Species, group. "Hey. How are things with Fairy Tail's strongest team plus Juvia and Zane." said Loke. "Just fine man. It's been too long. You haven't been at the guild since we won against Phantom Lord." said Gray.
Natsu grinned with him saying,"We've been beating down bad guys and awesome as usual.". "You guys are always doing something crazy." said Loke. "So are you here on a job playboy?" said Zane, crossing his arms. "Yeah. I'm totally doing that." said Loke, nervously rubbing the back of his head. "Dude. Just stop with the lying." thought Zane. "Ah! I've been looking for you! About my keys Loke. I want to thank....." said Lucy who pushed her to the front of the group.
Upon Loke seeing her, his eyes widened in fear. "Lucy!" said Loke. He began slowly backing away from her with him saying,"Well, it seems that a lovely lady is requiring me to be somewhere else. See you guys later!". He dashed off, leaving behind a dust cloud. "What's with that guy?" said Lucy with her pinching the bridge of her nose. "So what did you do to him? I haven't seen him run from a girl ever except for you." said Gray.
Zane smirked with him saying,"Me thinks that Lucy stinks Gray. I mean that's the reason why he got the hell out of dodge upon seeing you. It's like you're the plague or something.". "She doesn't stink! If you say that she is, I'll kick your ass Zane!" said Natsu, balling his fists. "It isn't my fault! And don't do anything stupid Natsu!" said Lucy. "Enough. We've wasted enough time lollygagging." said Erza in a strict tone. "I don't think we've spend enough time lollygagging." said Zane.
Juvia sighed with her saying,"Beloved. Please don't start another fight with Erza. How about we just go back to the inn?". Erza smiled as she thought that Juvia had stopped Zane from talking but this wasn't going to happen. "And on the way there, you can make comments." said Juvia. Erza's smile vanished as Zane's smile appeared. "Thanks Juvia. You're the best." said Zane. The group began to head back with Zane thinking,"And now, it's time to put my training with Alyssa to use.".
He flicked his Enigma Talisman with his soul leaving his body. It's steel gray and looks to be made out of cosmic energy. It resembles his head but more skeletal. The cat and the wizards didn't see him fly after Loke's dust trail and Zane found himself in a small forest. "Okay. So what are you doing here Loke?" said Zane. He found Loke with him panting and leaning against a tree. "Is it wrong that I don't feel bad about doing this? Nah." thought Zane.
Zane floated above Loke with the wizard placing his hand on a flower and it was slowly dying. "I guess that you don't have a green thumb huh Loke." thought Zane. Loke sighed as he slowly stood up and pushed himself off the tree. He sadly smiled with him walking off into the distance. The soul of Zane watched him walk away and Zane shook his head. "Let me make sure you don't do anything stupid. I rather not have her lose you." said Zane, placing a C.O.N.E on Loke and flew off.
Balsam Village is considered to be the most popular resort in Magnolia with it being famous for its spa. It's considered to be a flamboyant ,if somewhat evasive, tourist attraction was designed by a duke who was fascinated with the Orient and its architecture. Lucy let out a content sight as she let the hot spring's warm water wash over her. The busty blond leaned her head against the stones behind her and closed her eyes.
Lucy sighed as she said,"I don't get it. Why is Loke scared of me?". "Maybe because you're just a naturally scary person Lucy." said a feminine voice. Lucy turned around to see Juvia and Zara ,who looks the same as she did in Fairy Legion Chapter 29, in the springs with her as Lucy blinked at the sight of them. "Um Juvia. Who is your friend? And why does she remind me of... Hold on. Is that you Zane?" said Lucy.
Juvia nodded as she said,"It is but right now, he is a she by the name of Zara.". "Seriously? You use your god like powers to peep on us." whispered Lucy. "Lucy. I'm hurt that you would think I would use my powers irresponsibly and technically, I'm all women from head to toe. Want see? I mean it's a nice full moon out." said Zara, slowly standing up but was stopped by Juvia. Lucy blinked in confusion with Juvia sighed. "Zara is here since the boys are ruining the spas. Her words not mine." said Juvia.
The blond sighed as she said,"Nevermind. At least, Erza isn't going to say anything about you being here since she's well ignoring me like Loke is.". "Sweet. You're the best Lucy my busty buddy." said Zara as she wrapped her arm around Lucy. "Um Zane." said Lucy with a blush. "It's Zara and yes Lucy?". "Your chest is touching mine." said Lucy. "And is something getting the hots for me? I'm sorry but you're not my type. Juvia, Levy, and Mira on the other hand." said Zara.
Juvia pulled the two apart by using the springs as she said,"Um Lucy. So do you know why is Erza wearing her armor? Oh. Never mind. She is out of the armor.". "According to her Juvia, she felt more relaxed with it on. Even though it's super weird, she ignored me after saying that that." said Lucy. "I didn't know that she could relax but the powers of the hot springs is strong. Not even Prude Knight can resist its powers." said Zara, nodding.
Zara smirked with her saying,"I wonder if I should.". "Zara. Whatever you're thinking, don't. I don't think Natsu could handle it. Remember what happened during the Soul Swap incident." said Lucy with Juvia looking confused. "I was only joking Lucy. So want me to bring her over since you two can chat and maybe do each other nails." said Zara, pointing to the heavily frowning Erza and looked to be in deep thought.
Lucy shook her head as she said,"No Zara. She isn't a fan of me and Natsu being a thing. She's going to get herself killed at this rate. Why isn't she letting Natsu explain himself? She's instead of pushing us away.". The blond briefly dunked her head under the water with Juvia saying,"So are you going to do something about this and the Loke situation?". "I think I'll handle the latter first since this one is up to Natsu and he needs to do something before Erza hurts herself more." said Zara.
While the group of Erza, Juvia, Lucy, and Zara enjoyed the hot springs, Gray and Natsu got some much needed rest in their room. Gray was trying to catch some sleep but was woken up by Happy and Natsu bursting into the room. "Here we go! Lets get this party started!" said Natsu, holding two pillow. "Aye sir!" said Happy, holding a pillow. "Seriously Natsu? I'm trying to sleep here because you can't tell Erza your feelings. Go party outside." said Gray, glaring at Natsu.
Natsu smiled with him saying,"Come on man. We're having a sleepover! And you know what that means right?". "We sleep?" said Gray. "No! You have to bust our your pillow throwing skills! Or is someone scared?" said Natsu. "Of you? Yeah, right." scoffed Gray. "Hmph. My arsenal is equipped with only the most powerful pillows." said Erza, entering the room with the girls and Zane. All of the wizards, the cat, and superhero were wearing yukata with Lucy's showing off her cleavage.
Erza and Juvia's yukata weren't but the blond's yukata was. Weird huh? The girls had their hair either in a ponytail or pigtails. Erza had a ponytail with Juvia and Lucy had pigtails. Natsu instantly blushed at seeing his girlfriend's cleavage as Juvia said,"Most powerful pillows?". "Whatever! You're going down Erza and Zane!" said Natsu. "Grow up guys." said Gray, shaking his head. Natsu threw two pillows at Erza and Zane with Erza jumping out of the way and Zane looking at Gray.
Zane smiled with him saying,"Time for my secret pillow fighting technique gang. Lets go! Gray and Happy Barrier!". "What?" said the two as Zane used the duo to block the two pillows. "You're in for now Erza, Natsu, and Zane! Oh. Look at what we have here. These pillow are just begging to be used to take you three down." said Gray with half of his yukata falling off. Juvia held a pillow with Lucy saying,"You're not going to join them are you?".
Juvia nodded as she said,"If my beloved needs me, I'll be there for him.". "Um. You do know who you are worried about right?" said Lucy as Gray tossed a pillow toward Natsu who was focused on Erza and Zane. This pillow smacked Natsu directly in the face with Gray saying,"You two are up next!". He threw two pillows at Erza and Zane with Erza catching hers. "Not too bad Gray but you're still an apprentice to a...." said Erza.
A pillow appeared and sent her flying back. It was the pillow that was supposed to hit Zane but it was stopped by Zane's telekinesis. "And you need to focus young one. You're a pillow throwing Padwan and I'm a master." said Zane. The trio of Gray, Erza, and Natsu looked at each other with them saying, "Lets take him down!". All of them throwing a pillow at him. Zane turned intangible with him saying as the pillows phased through him,"You've got a lot to learn before you beat me. Try again, kiddo!".
Lucy laughed with her saying,"Okay. Maybe I'll give it a hand.". Juvia stopped her with the blue hair girl blocked five pillows coming right toward her. "You may want to leave Lucy. This is going to get intense." said Juvia. She was right as the six began a pillow fight with Zane being the only one not to get hit by a pillow due to his intangibility and his telekinesis combo. "Okay. I'll just watch and my money is on Zane." said Lucy as she blinked at the chaos in front of him.
A little bit later, Lucy was walking around the inn for a bit and was enjoy the nice night air. As she walked, she summoned Plue to keep her company and the little celestial spirit walking beside her. "It is such a nice night. So are those guys human?" said Lucy to Plue. "Beats me Lucy. I mean Happy isn't human and well, I can say that I'm only 25% human at this point." said a voice. Lucy turned to see Zane standing there with him in his casual clothing.
Lucy sighed as she said,"Let me guess why you're here. You're a clone of Zane and the real you is fighting in the pillow war.". "Nope. It's the reverse. Zone is in the pillow war and winning but I'm just here to spent time with Master Plue." said Zane. "Okay then. So since you somehow know my spirits on a personal level, answer me this. Is Plue a dog or what?" said Lucy. "I think he's a snowman." said Zane, looking at Plue. "Really?" said Lucy.
The two heard a voice that sounded an awful lot like Happy,"Actually, I'm a human just like you and kinda Zane!". "Uh huh." said Lucy. She turned to Plue with her screaming. Zane sighed at this with him shaking his head. "Human? I never knew you could talk!" said Lucy. "Aye!" said "Plue". "Wait a minute." said Lucy. Behind a bush, Happy snickered and he said,"I come from a faraway land where I'm a principal of a high school!".
If you understood that reference, you get an thumbs up from Captain America. "Very funny. Now stop fooling around." said Lucy. "Actually, he's serious." said Zane. "Don't agree with his blue butt Zane." said Lucy. Happy poked his head out of the bush with him saying,"Dang. I was really hoping to keep it up for a week or two since you're such a fool Lucy. Zane would have figured it out within seconds since you can't trick him.".
Zane smiled with Lucy saying,"I can really see how biased you are toward Zane.". "So why are the two out here? On a date?" said Happy. His cheeks were pinched by an invisible force with Zane saying with a smile,"Happy. Are you insinuating that me and Lucy would cheat on our respective partners? We're just going for a walk mainly because someone is scared of getting hurt by a pillow.". "That totally makes sense. Can you let my cheeks go now Zane?" said Happy.
The Cross Species looked at Lucy and Plue with him saying,"Only if Lucy and Master Plue says so. I think Lucy is also trying to avoid Prude Knight since she hates you for stealing her man.". "Why do you have to be right about that?" said Lucy. "I'm good at hitting the main issues. Not one for dancing around the issues." said Zane. "And I'm also out keeping an eye on Loke. So what is going on with the playboy?" thought Zane.
Meanwhile, Loke was in the same area as the rest of the group. He didn't noticed that he was being tracked by the C.O.N.E. and what he was doing at this exact moment. The latter was being recorded by the combination of a Drake and Zane's spell Omnipresent Eye. The former's standby form is a black sphere ,being the size of a normal smartphone, and it's very similar to his V.B.R.S. Its surface area is both smooth and sleek.
Upon placing them down, the spheres turn into mini dragons with a bright red sphere, working as an eye. From its eyes, a set of horizontal and vertical red lines stretches along the sides of the dragon, diving it into four pieces. The latter is an eye ,with it being about the size of a basketball, and its made out of Zane's signature fire. Loki held up a request sheet that bore the pictures of two men. All of this was going on as Zane was talking to Lucy.
The power of multitasking am I right? "So Loke is here on a bounty hunt." thought Zane. Loke sighed loudly as he put away the sheet in his coat pocket. He was walking around town and instead of him picking up the local chicks, he went to buy a drink at a vending machine. "Okay. This is wrong. Loke and picking up girls is just normal. It's like seeing Hali and Nerida being kind and pleasant, Taurus being a saint, and Virgo being a sadist. Something is clearly wrong." thought Zane.
Loke took a sip from his drink and aimed it toward the sky. "The stars shine ever bright tonight but one of them shall go away." said Loke, clearly annoyed. The Drake looked up toward the night sky as Zane thought,"Okay Loke. What do you mean by that? If I remember right which I do, the celestial spirits are named to their respective constellations.". The drake showed Zane ,through his glasses, the formation in the air.
Zane instantly spotted out eleven out of twelve symbols of the zodiac. The one constellation that was slowly flickering out of existence was Leo. The eye turned toward Loke who looked terrible. "Gods dam it. Why the hell do you two have to be so stupid?" thought Zane. His attention was brought back to Loke who was walking again down a long path next to the walls of a spa. "Almost." muttered Loke, clenching his right fist tight. "Keep an eye on him and tell me..." thought Zane.
His order was interrupted by a guy saying,"Yo! What's up girl?". Lucy and Zane turned to see two shady looking men standing in front of her, blocking her path but not Zane. One of the boys is wearing a red beanie. He has dirty blond hair and black eyes. He's wearing a black and red t-shirt, green pants, and brown shoes. He wears a purple pendant around his neck. The other young man has dark blue hair and green eyes.
The other man is wearing a dress shirt, maroon pants, and purple shoes. The bluenette's head was wobbling back in forth. "That outfit looks really good on you sweet cheeks. You a tourist?" said the bluenette. "We're here from Oshibana yo. So how about this? You can come on a drink with us. That sound badass right sweet cheeks?" said the blond. "These two can't be real?" said Lucy. "Yeah. I like to call them idiots and they exist in every dimension." said Zane.
Lucy smiled with her saying,"Sorry but I have a boyfriend who isn't this moron.". "I'm hurt but that's fair. She's currently with our friends and not up for drinking." said Zane, pointing to himself and Plue but not Happy. "Um Zane. You're forgetting about me." thought Happy. "Am I though? I mean you're just a cat and not Master Plue. Stay quiet." thought Zane. "Aw. Don't play me like that yo!" said the blond. "We better go." said Lucy.
The bluenette nodded with him saying,"By friends, you mean that cat and...". The two thugs looked at Plue who waved them. "Yo. Your friend here is pretty funky but not the cat and guy. The dog is good though. He's so cool yo!" said the blond. "Zane. Mind doing something about them?" said Lucy with her clearly getting annoyed with the duo trying to flirt with her. "What do you mean? I mean they like Master Plue and they should know about your boyfriend." said Zane.
The blond laughed with him saying,"Seriously? We ain't afraid of something that doesn't exist!". "Oh but he does. He really doesn't like perverts hassling me plus he really hates when a certain superhero not doing anything about it." said Lucy. "And he should know that I hate fighting others battle when she could easily handle these guys." said Zane, crossing his arms. "Fine. I'm sure he's out looking for me so we're going to have leave." said Lucy.
She couldn't get too far with the blond holding the female's shoulder. "That's no need to be shy." said the blue hair man grabbing Lucy's arm. "You're pushy. Since Zane is being an idiot, how about you Happy?" said Lucy. "Meow." said Happy. "Seriously?!" said Lucy. "Okay. You think that the cat can talk. How cute." said the bluenette. Happy was snickered with Zane shaking his head. "You guys got it so wrong! Look I told you I'm busy so knock it off!" said Lucy.
Lucy was about to perform her signature Lucy Kick but couldn't move a muscle. "Don't worry sweet cheeks. We're going to have a great time!" said the bluenette. "Yeah. It'll be real funky!" said the male blond. "They're wizards. Crap." said Zane. He was about to knock them out but the two thugs felt an overwhelming wave of killing intent washing over them. "Oh wow. You guys really fucked up. I mean you made a dragon mad by taking his treasure." said Zane, sitting down.
The killing intent was powerful being that both men immediately collapsed to their knees. A searing wave of heat slammed into the men, causing them to shake in fear. Both men gasped in pain when the male blond had a strong hand wrapped around his throat and lift him in the air. "What the hell is going on here?" said the bluenette, scared. "You really should listen to her." said a menacing voice as the blond tried to see who was attacking them.
He only saw pink. "I don't like people messing with my girl. I should kill you both for trying to force yourselves onto her. However, I don't want to bother the innkeepers with cleaning up your corpses and I'm not Zane." said a voice. Without warning, the assailant slammed him into the ground and was knocked out. "Natsu?! Thank god you showed up!" said Lucy, hugging the dragon slayer in for a tight hug.
Natsu smiled with him pulling in Lucy closer. "Don't worry Luce. I'll always protect you and I meant that. Speaking of protecting, why didn't you do anything Zane?" said Natsu, glaring at Zane. "Because your girl has a pretty nasty kick and she can handle herself. I mean Second Place knows it and he was a wizard saint." said Zane. As this was going on, the bluenette was running away. However, Loke came out of nowhere and delivered a right roundhouse kick to him.
The bluenette was sent flying much to the awe of Happy and Plue. "Meh. I've done better." said Zane as he crossed his arms. Loke looked at Lucy and Natsu with him saying,"Are you okay Lucy? Sorry we're late. I had to get Natsu and well, these two scumbags got what they deserve for harming a lady like yourself.". Before Lucy could say anything, Loke vanished and reappeared behind some bamboo. "I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me!" said Loke.
Lucy looked at him with her saying,"What did I do to you?!". "Nothing important and a certain idiot shouldn't judge someone just because they share the same magic." said Zane, glaring at Loke. "If Loke didn't stop me from attacking them, they would be burned." said Natsu. "It's fine Natsu. These two scumbags are renegade wizards. They've been going after female tourists that they find alone. Don't know why they went after you Lucy." said Loke.
Natsu looked at Loke with the glasses wearing wizard saying,"Because she's with Happy, Zane, and her pet snowman.". Plue looked at Loke with his arms crossed. "I was after their bounty and you guys helped me so thanks." said Loke, holding the request sheet. "Okay then." said Lucy. "Anyway, I owe you for knocking one of them out Natsu but I have to be the one to turn them in before they use their Body Restriction Magic and escape. See you guys later." said Loke.
He picked the two up by their collars and was dragging them away. "Wait Loke!" said Lucy. "What's up?" said Loke, turning to face her. "Thanks for rescuing me from those two Loke and Natsu. Zane should have done something but well, he's been a stubborn bastard." said Lucy. "And that's why the ladies love me." said Zane. "Unless your name is Erza. I owe you thanks for getting my gate keys back to me." said Lucy.
Loke chuckled with him saying,"Thanks but it's what a gentleman does for a lady even though she's dating another gentlemen. You're also a member of Fairy Tail so we help each other.". "And in what dimension is Natsu a gentlemen?" said Zane. "Ignore him Loke. How about we go out for a drink and talk in private?" said Lucy. Loke was shocked as Happy and Plue's eyes turned into hearts. "Things are about to get steamy! The love triangle is still going strong!" said Happy.
Zane chuckled with him saying,"It isn't like that you two. Probably just a way to say thanks right? I'm coming too since well, I need something to drink.". "Seriously? You can't read the room. I'll see you back in the room Luce since I can read it unlike someone." said Natsu as he let go of Lucy's waist. "Oh I can. I just choose not too when we should do something about it. I just need to make sure Loke doesn't run away. Now lets go." said Zane, grabbing Loke and the thugs.
Five minutes later, the group was at a restaurant called Super Express. Similar to the rest of the buildings in the village, the Super Express restaurant is influenced by Oriental architecture. The whole building is intricately designed with the gigantic head of a golden Dragon on its blue roof. The restaurant and its yard are surrounded by a blue fence with an arch in the front of the shop. In the front of the restaurant, a statue of a pink frog can be seen sitting on top of a rock.
It's carrying an umbrella. A red sliding door serves as the entrance to the restaurant with two windows on either side of it. The name of the shop, written in a different language, can be seen on a signboard on the base of its roof. This restaurant is known throughout Earthland and it's a popular spot in Balsam due to them offering its patrons a culinary adventure. Inside, a bar is situated in front of the entrance of the shop with multiple wooden stools surrounding it.
A fireplace can be seen with multiple shelves hanging from the wall. It's topped with different statues and beverages. Multiple tables can also be seen lined up beside the walls of the restaurant. The silent chef's forehead is very interesting to see but people ,locals and tourists, come for the food every time. The silent chef wears a white robe with black trimming. He has an extremely large and noticeable forehead. He always has his eyes closed.
The silent chef also has a small mustache above his lip. On the top of his large head is his flat-top black hair. "Hey Zane. Why did you let him sit so far away from me?!" said Lucy with her pointing to Loke who was sitting several seats away from her. Zane ,sitting at a nearby table, shrugged with him saying while sipping some booze,"This is something you have to do for yourself Lucy and also, I don't care where you two sit.".
Happy and Plue sat at the same table as Zane with the cat and snowman ,maybe?, devour some food nearby him. The chef nodded his head as Zane said,"See? Even the chef agrees with me. So instead of talking to me, hash it out. Plus close the boob window. It's very unlady like.". "Ignore him Lucy. Erza doesn't and well, she tends to play right into his hands. I also like this side of the room more. Good atmosphere." said Loke.
Lucy smiled as she walked over and sat next to him plus closed up the boob window since Natsu wasn't here. This reason is brought to you by Fairy Legion canon and not official. "So I have to ask you something since no one will tell me why. Is it true that you have a bad history with Celestial Wizards?" said Lucy. Loke was silent with Lucy waiting for an answer. She pouted for a second as she took a sip of her drink. "Wow. These two stink at talking." said Happy.
Plue nodded as Lucy said,"It's fine if you don't want to talk about it. I'm not someone who forces people to talk about a bad experience.". "I think she's talking about you." whispered Happy. This comment earned him a slap from a tendril with Plue sighing. "However, I don't think it's fair to judge me like that wizard who hurt you." said Lucy. "You're right Lucy. Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. Don't want to make Natsu mad at me." said Loke, lightly chucking.
The spiked haired teen turned away as he said,"I'm no good for you or anyone. Just forget about me and move on.". Zane rolled his eyes at the cliche line uttered by the man. "Why are you giving me some lame breakup line?" said Lucy in a deadpanned tone. "That came out pretty funny right?" said Loke with it earning a sigh from Lucy. "No. I didn't mean like that." said Loke. "You weren't serious. You've been at the receiving end of Natsu's wrath before and I doubt you would want that again." said Lucy.
Loke was silent as he eventually said,"Nope. Just thinking about something that happen a long time ago.". "Can you tell me?" said Lucy. The chef held a record in front of her with her eventually making an "X" with her arms. This action caused the chef's massive forehead to deflate. Loke's silent treatment continued on for several minutes with Happy and Plue sleeping on the table. Lucy sighed as she stood up. "Well whatever. Thanks for getting Natsu. You're a nice guy Loke." said Lucy.
The blond turned to Zane with her saying,"Unlike a certain superhero, I can see why the girls like you. If you want to talk about what happened, I'll always be there to open an ear. I won't force you like Erza would. Things were getting awkward between us so we need to sit down and talk. Everyone in Fairy Tail is family. We better get going Zane. See you later Loke.". "Yeah Lucy. Erza is finally knocked out and Zone had fun." said Zane as he finished his drink.
Before Lucy could leave, Loke grabbed her wrist. "Stop." said Loke, causing Lucy to stop and look at him. Standing up, Loke enveloped her in a hug and caused her to blush in surprise. "Huh?! What's up with you Loke? You're shaking." said Lucy. "The truth is. I don't have long to live." said Loke with his face darkened. The two stayed like this with Zane saying to the chef,"Wow. It's like those two are ignoring us.". The chef nodded.
Lucy's eyes widened with shock as she said,"Loke. What are you saying?". He let her go with her pupils shaking and widening. Loke looked away with Zane sighing and whispered to himself in Uwaric,"Et moron stupri.". Despite the chef not knowing Uwaric at all, he nodded his head at what Zane said since he presumed that he said something mocking Loke. Loke began to laugh slightly, causing her eyes to widen once again. "What?" said Lucy with his laughter getting worse.
The playboy smiled as he said,"I sure fooled you. That's something I use to seduce women. It's one of my best.". This caused Lucy to clenched her teeth. "It pulls on the heartstrings every time. You should have seen your face. A totally classic." said Loke. Lucy was pissed as she kicked him in the nuts very hard, causing the two other men in the room to wince in pain. "Oh wow. What a kick she has." said Zane with the chef nodding in agreement.
The glasses wearing teen was on the ground with Lucy screaming with her eyes filled with tears,"I really hate those type of jokes! Do you think it's funny to joke about dying?! No it isn't! You're the worst Loke! Lets go Happy and Plue!". She stormed off with Plue looking at Loke and Zane. "You're a very big idiot Loke. Always been one since I've known you." said Zane. Loke looked at Zane with him saying in a higher pitch,"Then why haven't you said anything.".
Zane sighed with him saying,"Because you're being ridiculous. You shouldn't let your feelings get the better of you. Don't drag Lucy into your problem. This is your mess and you're the one who needs to clean it up. You're paying for our bill. Night Wildcat.". He was gone as Loke payed the bill and he stared up at the night sky. "Why the hell does he have to be such an annoying pain? Whatever. It's too late. There is nothing I can do about it." said Loke, walking away under the watchful eye of a Drake.
So if I noticed something, you know that it's bad. Chapter 939 has Zoro telling her that he knows her older brother or would it be younger brother at this point due to him going to the future. It's either or for me personally. So Hiyori told Toko this because Toko is a ray of sunshine in her life. I mean that's a good reason but why didn't Hiyori go with them to the future? It's revealed that Hiyori stayed behind to continue on the bloodline in case the time travel plan doesn't work.
This is a solid idea in concept but leaving an six year old girl behind is an awful thing to do in order to keep your bloodline in tact. She was protected by Kawamatsu the Kappa and this means that we know the names of all Nine Red Scabbards. So as the most recent chapter, we know what happened to eight of the nine scabbards and this includes the Pink Haired Ashura Doji. Why is his hair pink? I mean I get that Wano is supposed to be more colorful but is it wrong to have black hair?
I mean I do think Kaidp's dragon form is threatening but not due it's color being that it's light blue. I mean he could still kill me with a single claw to the chest but I just find his color not threatening. To get back on track here, I do like how Hiyori has a personality other than a bitch but I'm not going to forget about her actions. She may have done it to survive but like with Endeavor, I'll forgive her but I won't forget about what she did.
That's something I may have said in the past that I wouldn't forgive her but things change. So did Bepo and the others reveal the others plan or did someone else? We see Alpacaman again but he's partnered up with Madilloman who was forced to eat the Armadillo Smile. It's so much better than the Alpaca Smile. Thanks to Luffy seeing the future, Hyo is able to make Alpacaman look even stupider and Madilloman is unable to stop Luffy from owning him.
Hyo shows why he is a badass when he uses Armament Haki on Alpacaman defeating him and using the advanced technique that Luffy is trying to use. He also refers to Haki as the will of a samurai and we'll learn more about Armament Haki in this arc. Hyo decides to teach Luffy how to use this power and the rubber boy is excited for this. Chapter 940 returns with an amazing cover page being that Bartolomeo has made Straw Hats crew candy art and refuses to sell them.
There is also the clear reference to the Chinese Zodiac in the background along with a Cat and Panda just for added appeal. This chapter reveals that Law went to go save Bepo and the others much to Usopp's annoyance. Nami tells him to see if from Shinobu's perspective and the two cowards of the crew are pretty sure that if they were in Bepo's position, they would probably squeal. We also see the return of the trio who got swindled by Hiyori.
Hiyori's trio go by the names Bingo, Bongo, and Bungo and yes. Their names do rhyme. They were also working together to swindle innocent people and that makes them worse than Hiyori. So did she do this on purpose or did Kyoshiro? I mean he probably did since Hiyori isn't an evil mastermind like Elfman and Mira from Fairy Legion are possibly. We also learn how Yasu is beloved by everyone in Ebisu town and this makes me really like him. God, I hope nothing bad happens to him.
I should be more subtle but nah. We also learn how Toko and Yasu are related. I mean it's obvious due to their smiling face and it's better than the trio of Anna, Layla, and Lucy from Fairy Tail. All three blodes literally look to be the same character except one of them is older. Toko and Yasu at least look different. In the prison, Luffy is being taught by Hyo and it's similar to Star Wars. I mean the Luke and Yoda ,not Baby Yoda, parallel is super obvious.
Even though the training isn't working the way that Luffy wants it too, Luffy is still defeating everyone and this includes Madilloman. Queen decides to stop the torture/training for the night and Hyo asks why Luffy wants to defeat Kaido after getting destroyed by him. Luffy knocks out the guards and says in the typical Luffy way that if he wants to be King of the Pirates, he has to beat them all including Shanks eventually.
Hyo also mentions that he knows about Roger and this is revealed alongside the assistance of Caribou who is going to help them out since Luffy believes that he changes. I highly doubt that but hey, lets give him the benefit of the doubt. With this, Hyo believes in the sparks of the Rebellion and tells them that the Yakuza leaders who supported Wano from the shadows are in the prison and will fight to return Wano back to normal.
The chapter ends with Kawamatsu going to be free first and Big Mom coming to the prison. I expect trouble soon and Chapter 941 has that. We're on the final chapter for this recap and it starts with a color page. Orachi may upset about Hiyori's "death" but the thief Ushimitsu Kozo or Japanese Robin Hood has been captured. Queen also learns about this much to his dismay. I mean she isn't really dead but the persona of Komuraskai is so his tears are allowed for now.
Queen finds Hyo and Luffy much bigger than the night before and well, this is the start of Queen's day. I can say that it gets worse from here. Ashura Doji or Shutenmaru is mad about his base being set in flame and he's going after Holdem but well, it's Kinemon and Inuarashi's fault. They need him to see reason and burning down his home is the way to do. I mean they're desperate but arson is never the answer.
We also see the return of Brook and how he is jealous of Zoro sleeping with Hiyori and Toko. It isn't sexual but will the police believe him. Hiyori is happy for seeing the good side of things even through the Japanese Robin Hood has been captured but it turns out that the Japanese Robin Hood is Yasu much to everyone's shock. Toko leaves to go save her father with the others following her. While everyone in the Flower captial is said about the "death" of Komuraski, Yasu's identity is revealed.
Tonoyasu or Yasu is Yasuie with him being a loyal servant of the Kozuki family and called the hedgehog. Me thinks it's because of his sweet hairdo and his afro which rivals Brook but no haircut can beat the Skeleton's hair in my mind. Yasu is ready to die being that he has to say to sorry for two things and say something to Orochi. Once he does that, he tends to die by laughing. This ends the first of three chapter recaps.
So since we're done with that beast, lets talk about how I'm doing the Loke Arc. I thought about this for a long time and this shouldn't have taken so long but it did. This is going to be both Episode 31 and 32 or Chapters 71-74 in the same Chapter so this is a long one. I'm not the biggest fan of this arc and like I've mentioned many times before, I was unsure if I was going to do this arc. I decided to do this arc and maybe the two filler arc post timeskip.
Jury is still out on that one. I'm honestly not sure and while I write this, I decided what to do as we go along. Overall, enjoy a longer than normal episode. We may go back to Zero after this comes out or it'll be a lot of Fairy Legion episodes in a row to counter Zero's five posts in a row. I may want to go back and forth between the two series but sometimes, I really do feel like they're writing one series over another. It's personal. Lets begin.
Narrator P.O.V.
To the west of Magnolia, there is something going on at Fort Term. A group of bandits have made the ruined castle their base of operation. Juvia was peeking her head out from a cliff, looking over the ruined castle. "So Juvia. I have to ask you a serious question. Why are we here again?" said a voice as Juvia jumped. She turned to see Zane standing there with his arms crossed. "Um. We're here because....." said Juvia.
Zane could see the water woman trying her best to come up with an answer for the superhero and he sighed. "Never mind why we're here Juvia. So are we going to help them out? You did drag me here against my will." said Zane, sitting next to her. Due to how close Zane was to her, Juvia blushed as she said,"Um. We came here to help out Team Natsu.". "We are? Why would we do that? I mean I don't like Prude Knight and Happy. The other three I do." said Zane.
Juvia looked at her as she said,"You see it too right beloved? Erza has been taking jobs left and right for her and her team for the past five days ever since they came back from Onibus Town. I think this is their tenth job. You know why she's doing this right?". "Yeah Juvia. Me thinks that Erza isn't a fan of Nalu whatsoever." said Zane. The water woman blinked in confusion as Zane said,"It's their couple name. So why do you care about Erza taking out her anger on some bad people.".
The water woman sighed as she said,"You know my friend Gajeel Kun right?". "I do. Fought against him twice and won. Why bring him up exactly?" said Zane, crossing his arms. "He and Sue are dating as you know. When Gajeel heard that her and Boze were seen together, he wasn't happy. I later found out through Aria that Gajeel had been taking jobs to avoid Sue and well, he almost died by a group of dark wizards due to him wasting away his magic." said Juvia.
Zane nodded as he said,"Ah. So how did you make Lugnut stop taking jobs then? I'm sure that he wouldn't listen to you since he barely listen to second place and he was your guild master.". "I told Sue on him and well, she wasn't happy with how he almost died to some bandits. She forced him to stay at her place and well, the two started dating afterwards." said Juvia. "Let me guess why we're here if you don't mind of course." said Zane.
Juvia nodded as Zane said,"Okay. We're here to make sure that Prude Knight and the rest of the gang don't get killed by these bandits because Prude Knight not being able to handle Natsu dating someone who isn't her and she's too stubborn to let Natsu tell her about his certain arrangement. Okay. Just wait here. I got this.". He stood up and got in a running position. "See you later." said Zane with him vanishing from her sight much to her shock. "Wow. He's fast." said Juvia.
Like mentioned before, Team Natsu were on a job right now involving taking care of the bandits inside of Fort Term. Taurus had been summoned and he punched a bandit in the face. The bandit fell to the ground with Lucy standing behind Taurus. "That was great Taurus! Way to go!" said Lucy as she high fived Taurus. The bull had hearts for eyes with him saying,"And you got some mooves of your own Mistress ......".
The blond was shocked to see Zane appearing from out of nowhere and like before, he had attacked Taurus with the bull getting kicked in the face. "Shut up you perverted bison!" said Zane, landing on the ground. "Zane?! What are you doing here?!" said Lucy. "Juvia asked me to make sure that Prude Knight didn't get you and the rest of Team Natsu killed. I also don't like him." said Zane with him pointing to something.
Lucy followed his finger toward Taurus with her sighing. "Thanks for the assist Zane but we didn't need since these guys are really weak." said Natsu with him slamming a bandit head first into a wall. "While I'll agree that these guys are really weak and probably stole from old ladies and some kids. Zane's right about Erza running us ragged with all of these damn jobs! The pay is nice but I'm getting tired." said Gray with him kicking one of them in the face.
Natsu sighed as he said,"Yeah but what do you expect me to do?". "Talk to her Einstein." said Gray and Zane in unison. "Jinx! You owe me a beer!' said Zane, earning a sigh from Lucy. "Okay. She may be doing this to get her mind off me and Luce being together. I really need to talk with her when I get the chance." said Natsu. "I could lock you two together in a room together and forced you two to talk about your relationship." said Zane.
Gray looked at Zane with him saying,"While I'm not against that, how are you going to keep Erza in said room?". "I got many a ways to negate a wizard's magic power but our Hatchling needs to do this himself." said Zane. "May I ask why?" said Lucy. "Because I love her Luce and seeing her miserable is just the worst. How can I talk with her if she's ignored me? I mean every single time I try and talk with her, she makes an excuse and leaves. She doesn't even want to hang me with me." said Natsu.
Zane raised his hand with him saying,"Me and Juvia could keep her contained using a mixture of her Water Lock and my telekinesis.". "That could work. I'm game to help you guys out if we can find take a break." said Gray, kicking a bandit in the face. "You may think this is over but it isn't! You'll regret doing this since Lord Devon is going to make you Fairies pay." said a bandit. "We beat up that jerk a long time ago." said Happy, coming in from out of nowhere.
This bandit was shocked by this as the four humans heard,"I'm finished upstairs.". Erza stood there with Zane noticing the bandits on the floor around her. "Nice. Way to go Erza." said Lucy. "And I guess Juvia was wrong about you being out of magic power Prude Knight due to you being unable to handle Nalu being a thing." said Zane. "Nalu?" said Happy. "It's their ship name. Whatever that means." said Gray with him taking off his shirt.
As this was going on, a bandit was trying to scuttle away and Erza growled. "You're not leaving here criminal!" said Erza with her throwing a nearby unconscious bandit at him. "Holy crap. You beat a motherfucker with another motherfucker Prude Knight. Color me impressed." said Zane. The scarlet haired woman dug her boot in the bandit's back as she pulled his arm back and the man howled back in pain. The quarter of Gray, Happy, Lucy, and Natsu could hear his arm breaking, cringing.
Erza glaread at him as she said,"You need to be punished criminal!". "I've been so very bad! Please punish me too Mistress Erza!" said Taurus with him slowly being sent back to the celestial spirit world by Lucy. "Thank you for doing that Lucy. Really don't want to deal with him and Prude Knight being a sadistic queen. You need to let him go right now." said Zane. "And why should I listen to you? You've faced all of these types of scoundrels and let them live when you should...." said Erza.
Zane looked at her with him saying,"I know that you're mad about how things went down but you need to calm down. I may be a killer but you shouldn't be. Let him go. The Magic Council has been called by Juvia and they'll be put away from their crimes. If you're willing to cross the line from being a hero to a killer, I'll put you away with the criminals that you hate so much.". The two looked at each other with Happy saying,"Wow. This is really fun.".
Gray and Lucy looked at him with them saying,"Seriously?". "Jinx! You two both owe me a slushie when we get back to the guild." said Natsu. "It doesn't work like that. You have to be the one to say it Natsu so they get to punch you in the arm or you owe them a slushie." said Zane while he was glaring at Erza. "I'll take the latter rather than the former." said Gray, punching Natsu in the arm. The fire wizard glared at him with Lucy saying,"You kinda did this to yourself Natsu.".
Natsu grumbled with Erza letting go of the thug's arm. "Fine. Lets leave." said Erza with her storming out of the room. The others followed after her with Juvia seeing them leave. She zoomed down the cliff with Zane being the only one to see her. "Okay. I think this is the first time she's been in love and if I hadn't seen the stuff I've had, I would be freaking out." thought Zane. Juvia walked over to the group with Happy being the first to notice her.
Happy smiled mischievously ,just like the Cheshire Cat, with him saying,"Hi Juvia! What are you doing here? Are you and Zane on a date?". "It isn't like that!" said a redfaced Juvia. "Yeah and Zane is dating Levy remember?" said Lucy with her thankful for Happy to try and change the mood. This wasn't on purpose. "That was a complete waste of time. It was barely a challenge and someone had to stop me for exacting justice on them." said Erza, scowling at Zane.
Zane shrugged with him saying,"And I didn't want to throw you in jail.". "Come on! I want to destroy something!" said Natsu. "I know that but save it for the next job since you can't stop Erza from accepting jobs." said Gray, crossing his arms. "Check out this rock I found! Pretty cool don't you think?" said Happy holding a small diamond. "Aah! Stealing from thieves is still stealing! Go put it back and you too Zane!" said Lucy.
Gray turned to see Zane holding a bag of treasures with him saying,"Wow Lucy. You would think that I'm a thief. When have I ever stolen anything in my time here?". "You stole from Lucy's father and didn't give us a single cent." said Erza. "That's because Jude was a scumbag father and my house was destroyed. It was protecting Lucy who got captured anyways by Sue." said Zane. The two were about to start fighting once again with Natsu stopping them.
Natsu said with him standing in front of Erza and Zane,"Instead of fighting. How about we go to our place at the local inn? We still had it for another day. This town is pretty relaxing so how about we stay the night and head back to the guild tomorrow?". "I rather go back and go on another job." said Erza with her quickly shooting down Natsu's idea and was going to walk away. "You need to stop right now Erza! You've been running your team ragged! You need to rest and recover!" said Juvia.
The knight stopped in place and turned to glare at Juvia. "Are you ordering me what to do? Don't think I forget about what you did to Lucy." said Erza. "I may have done some awful things to my Nakama but I'm trying to prevent you from doing the same thing as Gajeel to them just because you can't handle Natsu dating. Just look at them and you'll see what your action are doing." said Juvia. "Wow. She's not standing down to Erza. That's kinda cool." whispered Happy. "I know right?" said Zane, smiling.
Erza looked at the members of her team with her eyes softening. All three of them looked exhausted and yes, I said three. She's ignoring Happy and this is totally speciesist by the way. Gray and Lucy looked like they were about to pass out if they went onto another job and Natsu had clear bags under his eyes from the lack of sleep. "Prude Knight. I know that you want to get your mind off things but this isn't healthy. I should know. Trust me." said Zane.
The knight sighed as she said,"Fine. We can stay the night.". The four members of her team let out a sigh of relief with Erza saying,"But we're leaving tomorrow!". "Don't worry. I'll convince her to stay longer." said Zane, throwing them a thumbs up. "Whatever. I just need to sleep. It's like our training stuff but worse" said Gray with his limbs screaming in pain. "I could always make it worse." said Zane with him cracking his neck and knuckles. "Please don't." groaned Gray.
Juvia giggled at the dynamic between Gray and her beloved with Lucy noticing something off in the distance. "Hey guys. I may be hallucinating here but I think I see Loke." said Lucy. The glass wearing wizard's eyes perked up as he noticed the five wizards plus a cat and Cross Species, group. "Hey. How are things with Fairy Tail's strongest team plus Juvia and Zane." said Loke. "Just fine man. It's been too long. You haven't been at the guild since we won against Phantom Lord." said Gray.
Natsu grinned with him saying,"We've been beating down bad guys and awesome as usual.". "You guys are always doing something crazy." said Loke. "So are you here on a job playboy?" said Zane, crossing his arms. "Yeah. I'm totally doing that." said Loke, nervously rubbing the back of his head. "Dude. Just stop with the lying." thought Zane. "Ah! I've been looking for you! About my keys Loke. I want to thank....." said Lucy who pushed her to the front of the group.
Upon Loke seeing her, his eyes widened in fear. "Lucy!" said Loke. He began slowly backing away from her with him saying,"Well, it seems that a lovely lady is requiring me to be somewhere else. See you guys later!". He dashed off, leaving behind a dust cloud. "What's with that guy?" said Lucy with her pinching the bridge of her nose. "So what did you do to him? I haven't seen him run from a girl ever except for you." said Gray.
Zane smirked with him saying,"Me thinks that Lucy stinks Gray. I mean that's the reason why he got the hell out of dodge upon seeing you. It's like you're the plague or something.". "She doesn't stink! If you say that she is, I'll kick your ass Zane!" said Natsu, balling his fists. "It isn't my fault! And don't do anything stupid Natsu!" said Lucy. "Enough. We've wasted enough time lollygagging." said Erza in a strict tone. "I don't think we've spend enough time lollygagging." said Zane.
Juvia sighed with her saying,"Beloved. Please don't start another fight with Erza. How about we just go back to the inn?". Erza smiled as she thought that Juvia had stopped Zane from talking but this wasn't going to happen. "And on the way there, you can make comments." said Juvia. Erza's smile vanished as Zane's smile appeared. "Thanks Juvia. You're the best." said Zane. The group began to head back with Zane thinking,"And now, it's time to put my training with Alyssa to use.".
He flicked his Enigma Talisman with his soul leaving his body. It's steel gray and looks to be made out of cosmic energy. It resembles his head but more skeletal. The cat and the wizards didn't see him fly after Loke's dust trail and Zane found himself in a small forest. "Okay. So what are you doing here Loke?" said Zane. He found Loke with him panting and leaning against a tree. "Is it wrong that I don't feel bad about doing this? Nah." thought Zane.
Zane floated above Loke with the wizard placing his hand on a flower and it was slowly dying. "I guess that you don't have a green thumb huh Loke." thought Zane. Loke sighed as he slowly stood up and pushed himself off the tree. He sadly smiled with him walking off into the distance. The soul of Zane watched him walk away and Zane shook his head. "Let me make sure you don't do anything stupid. I rather not have her lose you." said Zane, placing a C.O.N.E on Loke and flew off.
Balsam Village is considered to be the most popular resort in Magnolia with it being famous for its spa. It's considered to be a flamboyant ,if somewhat evasive, tourist attraction was designed by a duke who was fascinated with the Orient and its architecture. Lucy let out a content sight as she let the hot spring's warm water wash over her. The busty blond leaned her head against the stones behind her and closed her eyes.
Lucy sighed as she said,"I don't get it. Why is Loke scared of me?". "Maybe because you're just a naturally scary person Lucy." said a feminine voice. Lucy turned around to see Juvia and Zara ,who looks the same as she did in Fairy Legion Chapter 29, in the springs with her as Lucy blinked at the sight of them. "Um Juvia. Who is your friend? And why does she remind me of... Hold on. Is that you Zane?" said Lucy.
Juvia nodded as she said,"It is but right now, he is a she by the name of Zara.". "Seriously? You use your god like powers to peep on us." whispered Lucy. "Lucy. I'm hurt that you would think I would use my powers irresponsibly and technically, I'm all women from head to toe. Want see? I mean it's a nice full moon out." said Zara, slowly standing up but was stopped by Juvia. Lucy blinked in confusion with Juvia sighed. "Zara is here since the boys are ruining the spas. Her words not mine." said Juvia.
The blond sighed as she said,"Nevermind. At least, Erza isn't going to say anything about you being here since she's well ignoring me like Loke is.". "Sweet. You're the best Lucy my busty buddy." said Zara as she wrapped her arm around Lucy. "Um Zane." said Lucy with a blush. "It's Zara and yes Lucy?". "Your chest is touching mine." said Lucy. "And is something getting the hots for me? I'm sorry but you're not my type. Juvia, Levy, and Mira on the other hand." said Zara.
Juvia pulled the two apart by using the springs as she said,"Um Lucy. So do you know why is Erza wearing her armor? Oh. Never mind. She is out of the armor.". "According to her Juvia, she felt more relaxed with it on. Even though it's super weird, she ignored me after saying that that." said Lucy. "I didn't know that she could relax but the powers of the hot springs is strong. Not even Prude Knight can resist its powers." said Zara, nodding.
Zara smirked with her saying,"I wonder if I should.". "Zara. Whatever you're thinking, don't. I don't think Natsu could handle it. Remember what happened during the Soul Swap incident." said Lucy with Juvia looking confused. "I was only joking Lucy. So want me to bring her over since you two can chat and maybe do each other nails." said Zara, pointing to the heavily frowning Erza and looked to be in deep thought.
Lucy shook her head as she said,"No Zara. She isn't a fan of me and Natsu being a thing. She's going to get herself killed at this rate. Why isn't she letting Natsu explain himself? She's instead of pushing us away.". The blond briefly dunked her head under the water with Juvia saying,"So are you going to do something about this and the Loke situation?". "I think I'll handle the latter first since this one is up to Natsu and he needs to do something before Erza hurts herself more." said Zara.
While the group of Erza, Juvia, Lucy, and Zara enjoyed the hot springs, Gray and Natsu got some much needed rest in their room. Gray was trying to catch some sleep but was woken up by Happy and Natsu bursting into the room. "Here we go! Lets get this party started!" said Natsu, holding two pillow. "Aye sir!" said Happy, holding a pillow. "Seriously Natsu? I'm trying to sleep here because you can't tell Erza your feelings. Go party outside." said Gray, glaring at Natsu.
Natsu smiled with him saying,"Come on man. We're having a sleepover! And you know what that means right?". "We sleep?" said Gray. "No! You have to bust our your pillow throwing skills! Or is someone scared?" said Natsu. "Of you? Yeah, right." scoffed Gray. "Hmph. My arsenal is equipped with only the most powerful pillows." said Erza, entering the room with the girls and Zane. All of the wizards, the cat, and superhero were wearing yukata with Lucy's showing off her cleavage.
Erza and Juvia's yukata weren't but the blond's yukata was. Weird huh? The girls had their hair either in a ponytail or pigtails. Erza had a ponytail with Juvia and Lucy had pigtails. Natsu instantly blushed at seeing his girlfriend's cleavage as Juvia said,"Most powerful pillows?". "Whatever! You're going down Erza and Zane!" said Natsu. "Grow up guys." said Gray, shaking his head. Natsu threw two pillows at Erza and Zane with Erza jumping out of the way and Zane looking at Gray.
Zane smiled with him saying,"Time for my secret pillow fighting technique gang. Lets go! Gray and Happy Barrier!". "What?" said the two as Zane used the duo to block the two pillows. "You're in for now Erza, Natsu, and Zane! Oh. Look at what we have here. These pillow are just begging to be used to take you three down." said Gray with half of his yukata falling off. Juvia held a pillow with Lucy saying,"You're not going to join them are you?".
Juvia nodded as she said,"If my beloved needs me, I'll be there for him.". "Um. You do know who you are worried about right?" said Lucy as Gray tossed a pillow toward Natsu who was focused on Erza and Zane. This pillow smacked Natsu directly in the face with Gray saying,"You two are up next!". He threw two pillows at Erza and Zane with Erza catching hers. "Not too bad Gray but you're still an apprentice to a...." said Erza.
A pillow appeared and sent her flying back. It was the pillow that was supposed to hit Zane but it was stopped by Zane's telekinesis. "And you need to focus young one. You're a pillow throwing Padwan and I'm a master." said Zane. The trio of Gray, Erza, and Natsu looked at each other with them saying, "Lets take him down!". All of them throwing a pillow at him. Zane turned intangible with him saying as the pillows phased through him,"You've got a lot to learn before you beat me. Try again, kiddo!".
Lucy laughed with her saying,"Okay. Maybe I'll give it a hand.". Juvia stopped her with the blue hair girl blocked five pillows coming right toward her. "You may want to leave Lucy. This is going to get intense." said Juvia. She was right as the six began a pillow fight with Zane being the only one not to get hit by a pillow due to his intangibility and his telekinesis combo. "Okay. I'll just watch and my money is on Zane." said Lucy as she blinked at the chaos in front of him.
A little bit later, Lucy was walking around the inn for a bit and was enjoy the nice night air. As she walked, she summoned Plue to keep her company and the little celestial spirit walking beside her. "It is such a nice night. So are those guys human?" said Lucy to Plue. "Beats me Lucy. I mean Happy isn't human and well, I can say that I'm only 25% human at this point." said a voice. Lucy turned to see Zane standing there with him in his casual clothing.
Lucy sighed as she said,"Let me guess why you're here. You're a clone of Zane and the real you is fighting in the pillow war.". "Nope. It's the reverse. Zone is in the pillow war and winning but I'm just here to spent time with Master Plue." said Zane. "Okay then. So since you somehow know my spirits on a personal level, answer me this. Is Plue a dog or what?" said Lucy. "I think he's a snowman." said Zane, looking at Plue. "Really?" said Lucy.
The two heard a voice that sounded an awful lot like Happy,"Actually, I'm a human just like you and kinda Zane!". "Uh huh." said Lucy. She turned to Plue with her screaming. Zane sighed at this with him shaking his head. "Human? I never knew you could talk!" said Lucy. "Aye!" said "Plue". "Wait a minute." said Lucy. Behind a bush, Happy snickered and he said,"I come from a faraway land where I'm a principal of a high school!".
If you understood that reference, you get an thumbs up from Captain America. "Very funny. Now stop fooling around." said Lucy. "Actually, he's serious." said Zane. "Don't agree with his blue butt Zane." said Lucy. Happy poked his head out of the bush with him saying,"Dang. I was really hoping to keep it up for a week or two since you're such a fool Lucy. Zane would have figured it out within seconds since you can't trick him.".
Zane smiled with Lucy saying,"I can really see how biased you are toward Zane.". "So why are the two out here? On a date?" said Happy. His cheeks were pinched by an invisible force with Zane saying with a smile,"Happy. Are you insinuating that me and Lucy would cheat on our respective partners? We're just going for a walk mainly because someone is scared of getting hurt by a pillow.". "That totally makes sense. Can you let my cheeks go now Zane?" said Happy.
The Cross Species looked at Lucy and Plue with him saying,"Only if Lucy and Master Plue says so. I think Lucy is also trying to avoid Prude Knight since she hates you for stealing her man.". "Why do you have to be right about that?" said Lucy. "I'm good at hitting the main issues. Not one for dancing around the issues." said Zane. "And I'm also out keeping an eye on Loke. So what is going on with the playboy?" thought Zane.
Meanwhile, Loke was in the same area as the rest of the group. He didn't noticed that he was being tracked by the C.O.N.E. and what he was doing at this exact moment. The latter was being recorded by the combination of a Drake and Zane's spell Omnipresent Eye. The former's standby form is a black sphere ,being the size of a normal smartphone, and it's very similar to his V.B.R.S. Its surface area is both smooth and sleek.
Upon placing them down, the spheres turn into mini dragons with a bright red sphere, working as an eye. From its eyes, a set of horizontal and vertical red lines stretches along the sides of the dragon, diving it into four pieces. The latter is an eye ,with it being about the size of a basketball, and its made out of Zane's signature fire. Loki held up a request sheet that bore the pictures of two men. All of this was going on as Zane was talking to Lucy.
The power of multitasking am I right? "So Loke is here on a bounty hunt." thought Zane. Loke sighed loudly as he put away the sheet in his coat pocket. He was walking around town and instead of him picking up the local chicks, he went to buy a drink at a vending machine. "Okay. This is wrong. Loke and picking up girls is just normal. It's like seeing Hali and Nerida being kind and pleasant, Taurus being a saint, and Virgo being a sadist. Something is clearly wrong." thought Zane.
Loke took a sip from his drink and aimed it toward the sky. "The stars shine ever bright tonight but one of them shall go away." said Loke, clearly annoyed. The Drake looked up toward the night sky as Zane thought,"Okay Loke. What do you mean by that? If I remember right which I do, the celestial spirits are named to their respective constellations.". The drake showed Zane ,through his glasses, the formation in the air.
Zane instantly spotted out eleven out of twelve symbols of the zodiac. The one constellation that was slowly flickering out of existence was Leo. The eye turned toward Loke who looked terrible. "Gods dam it. Why the hell do you two have to be so stupid?" thought Zane. His attention was brought back to Loke who was walking again down a long path next to the walls of a spa. "Almost." muttered Loke, clenching his right fist tight. "Keep an eye on him and tell me..." thought Zane.
His order was interrupted by a guy saying,"Yo! What's up girl?". Lucy and Zane turned to see two shady looking men standing in front of her, blocking her path but not Zane. One of the boys is wearing a red beanie. He has dirty blond hair and black eyes. He's wearing a black and red t-shirt, green pants, and brown shoes. He wears a purple pendant around his neck. The other young man has dark blue hair and green eyes.
The other man is wearing a dress shirt, maroon pants, and purple shoes. The bluenette's head was wobbling back in forth. "That outfit looks really good on you sweet cheeks. You a tourist?" said the bluenette. "We're here from Oshibana yo. So how about this? You can come on a drink with us. That sound badass right sweet cheeks?" said the blond. "These two can't be real?" said Lucy. "Yeah. I like to call them idiots and they exist in every dimension." said Zane.
Lucy smiled with her saying,"Sorry but I have a boyfriend who isn't this moron.". "I'm hurt but that's fair. She's currently with our friends and not up for drinking." said Zane, pointing to himself and Plue but not Happy. "Um Zane. You're forgetting about me." thought Happy. "Am I though? I mean you're just a cat and not Master Plue. Stay quiet." thought Zane. "Aw. Don't play me like that yo!" said the blond. "We better go." said Lucy.
The bluenette nodded with him saying,"By friends, you mean that cat and...". The two thugs looked at Plue who waved them. "Yo. Your friend here is pretty funky but not the cat and guy. The dog is good though. He's so cool yo!" said the blond. "Zane. Mind doing something about them?" said Lucy with her clearly getting annoyed with the duo trying to flirt with her. "What do you mean? I mean they like Master Plue and they should know about your boyfriend." said Zane.
The blond laughed with him saying,"Seriously? We ain't afraid of something that doesn't exist!". "Oh but he does. He really doesn't like perverts hassling me plus he really hates when a certain superhero not doing anything about it." said Lucy. "And he should know that I hate fighting others battle when she could easily handle these guys." said Zane, crossing his arms. "Fine. I'm sure he's out looking for me so we're going to have leave." said Lucy.
She couldn't get too far with the blond holding the female's shoulder. "That's no need to be shy." said the blue hair man grabbing Lucy's arm. "You're pushy. Since Zane is being an idiot, how about you Happy?" said Lucy. "Meow." said Happy. "Seriously?!" said Lucy. "Okay. You think that the cat can talk. How cute." said the bluenette. Happy was snickered with Zane shaking his head. "You guys got it so wrong! Look I told you I'm busy so knock it off!" said Lucy.
Lucy was about to perform her signature Lucy Kick but couldn't move a muscle. "Don't worry sweet cheeks. We're going to have a great time!" said the bluenette. "Yeah. It'll be real funky!" said the male blond. "They're wizards. Crap." said Zane. He was about to knock them out but the two thugs felt an overwhelming wave of killing intent washing over them. "Oh wow. You guys really fucked up. I mean you made a dragon mad by taking his treasure." said Zane, sitting down.
The killing intent was powerful being that both men immediately collapsed to their knees. A searing wave of heat slammed into the men, causing them to shake in fear. Both men gasped in pain when the male blond had a strong hand wrapped around his throat and lift him in the air. "What the hell is going on here?" said the bluenette, scared. "You really should listen to her." said a menacing voice as the blond tried to see who was attacking them.
He only saw pink. "I don't like people messing with my girl. I should kill you both for trying to force yourselves onto her. However, I don't want to bother the innkeepers with cleaning up your corpses and I'm not Zane." said a voice. Without warning, the assailant slammed him into the ground and was knocked out. "Natsu?! Thank god you showed up!" said Lucy, hugging the dragon slayer in for a tight hug.
Natsu smiled with him pulling in Lucy closer. "Don't worry Luce. I'll always protect you and I meant that. Speaking of protecting, why didn't you do anything Zane?" said Natsu, glaring at Zane. "Because your girl has a pretty nasty kick and she can handle herself. I mean Second Place knows it and he was a wizard saint." said Zane. As this was going on, the bluenette was running away. However, Loke came out of nowhere and delivered a right roundhouse kick to him.
The bluenette was sent flying much to the awe of Happy and Plue. "Meh. I've done better." said Zane as he crossed his arms. Loke looked at Lucy and Natsu with him saying,"Are you okay Lucy? Sorry we're late. I had to get Natsu and well, these two scumbags got what they deserve for harming a lady like yourself.". Before Lucy could say anything, Loke vanished and reappeared behind some bamboo. "I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me!" said Loke.
Lucy looked at him with her saying,"What did I do to you?!". "Nothing important and a certain idiot shouldn't judge someone just because they share the same magic." said Zane, glaring at Loke. "If Loke didn't stop me from attacking them, they would be burned." said Natsu. "It's fine Natsu. These two scumbags are renegade wizards. They've been going after female tourists that they find alone. Don't know why they went after you Lucy." said Loke.
Natsu looked at Loke with the glasses wearing wizard saying,"Because she's with Happy, Zane, and her pet snowman.". Plue looked at Loke with his arms crossed. "I was after their bounty and you guys helped me so thanks." said Loke, holding the request sheet. "Okay then." said Lucy. "Anyway, I owe you for knocking one of them out Natsu but I have to be the one to turn them in before they use their Body Restriction Magic and escape. See you guys later." said Loke.
He picked the two up by their collars and was dragging them away. "Wait Loke!" said Lucy. "What's up?" said Loke, turning to face her. "Thanks for rescuing me from those two Loke and Natsu. Zane should have done something but well, he's been a stubborn bastard." said Lucy. "And that's why the ladies love me." said Zane. "Unless your name is Erza. I owe you thanks for getting my gate keys back to me." said Lucy.
Loke chuckled with him saying,"Thanks but it's what a gentleman does for a lady even though she's dating another gentlemen. You're also a member of Fairy Tail so we help each other.". "And in what dimension is Natsu a gentlemen?" said Zane. "Ignore him Loke. How about we go out for a drink and talk in private?" said Lucy. Loke was shocked as Happy and Plue's eyes turned into hearts. "Things are about to get steamy! The love triangle is still going strong!" said Happy.
Zane chuckled with him saying,"It isn't like that you two. Probably just a way to say thanks right? I'm coming too since well, I need something to drink.". "Seriously? You can't read the room. I'll see you back in the room Luce since I can read it unlike someone." said Natsu as he let go of Lucy's waist. "Oh I can. I just choose not too when we should do something about it. I just need to make sure Loke doesn't run away. Now lets go." said Zane, grabbing Loke and the thugs.
Five minutes later, the group was at a restaurant called Super Express. Similar to the rest of the buildings in the village, the Super Express restaurant is influenced by Oriental architecture. The whole building is intricately designed with the gigantic head of a golden Dragon on its blue roof. The restaurant and its yard are surrounded by a blue fence with an arch in the front of the shop. In the front of the restaurant, a statue of a pink frog can be seen sitting on top of a rock.
It's carrying an umbrella. A red sliding door serves as the entrance to the restaurant with two windows on either side of it. The name of the shop, written in a different language, can be seen on a signboard on the base of its roof. This restaurant is known throughout Earthland and it's a popular spot in Balsam due to them offering its patrons a culinary adventure. Inside, a bar is situated in front of the entrance of the shop with multiple wooden stools surrounding it.
A fireplace can be seen with multiple shelves hanging from the wall. It's topped with different statues and beverages. Multiple tables can also be seen lined up beside the walls of the restaurant. The silent chef's forehead is very interesting to see but people ,locals and tourists, come for the food every time. The silent chef wears a white robe with black trimming. He has an extremely large and noticeable forehead. He always has his eyes closed.
The silent chef also has a small mustache above his lip. On the top of his large head is his flat-top black hair. "Hey Zane. Why did you let him sit so far away from me?!" said Lucy with her pointing to Loke who was sitting several seats away from her. Zane ,sitting at a nearby table, shrugged with him saying while sipping some booze,"This is something you have to do for yourself Lucy and also, I don't care where you two sit.".
Happy and Plue sat at the same table as Zane with the cat and snowman ,maybe?, devour some food nearby him. The chef nodded his head as Zane said,"See? Even the chef agrees with me. So instead of talking to me, hash it out. Plus close the boob window. It's very unlady like.". "Ignore him Lucy. Erza doesn't and well, she tends to play right into his hands. I also like this side of the room more. Good atmosphere." said Loke.
Lucy smiled as she walked over and sat next to him plus closed up the boob window since Natsu wasn't here. This reason is brought to you by Fairy Legion canon and not official. "So I have to ask you something since no one will tell me why. Is it true that you have a bad history with Celestial Wizards?" said Lucy. Loke was silent with Lucy waiting for an answer. She pouted for a second as she took a sip of her drink. "Wow. These two stink at talking." said Happy.
Plue nodded as Lucy said,"It's fine if you don't want to talk about it. I'm not someone who forces people to talk about a bad experience.". "I think she's talking about you." whispered Happy. This comment earned him a slap from a tendril with Plue sighing. "However, I don't think it's fair to judge me like that wizard who hurt you." said Lucy. "You're right Lucy. Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. Don't want to make Natsu mad at me." said Loke, lightly chucking.
The spiked haired teen turned away as he said,"I'm no good for you or anyone. Just forget about me and move on.". Zane rolled his eyes at the cliche line uttered by the man. "Why are you giving me some lame breakup line?" said Lucy in a deadpanned tone. "That came out pretty funny right?" said Loke with it earning a sigh from Lucy. "No. I didn't mean like that." said Loke. "You weren't serious. You've been at the receiving end of Natsu's wrath before and I doubt you would want that again." said Lucy.
Loke was silent as he eventually said,"Nope. Just thinking about something that happen a long time ago.". "Can you tell me?" said Lucy. The chef held a record in front of her with her eventually making an "X" with her arms. This action caused the chef's massive forehead to deflate. Loke's silent treatment continued on for several minutes with Happy and Plue sleeping on the table. Lucy sighed as she stood up. "Well whatever. Thanks for getting Natsu. You're a nice guy Loke." said Lucy.
The blond turned to Zane with her saying,"Unlike a certain superhero, I can see why the girls like you. If you want to talk about what happened, I'll always be there to open an ear. I won't force you like Erza would. Things were getting awkward between us so we need to sit down and talk. Everyone in Fairy Tail is family. We better get going Zane. See you later Loke.". "Yeah Lucy. Erza is finally knocked out and Zone had fun." said Zane as he finished his drink.
Before Lucy could leave, Loke grabbed her wrist. "Stop." said Loke, causing Lucy to stop and look at him. Standing up, Loke enveloped her in a hug and caused her to blush in surprise. "Huh?! What's up with you Loke? You're shaking." said Lucy. "The truth is. I don't have long to live." said Loke with his face darkened. The two stayed like this with Zane saying to the chef,"Wow. It's like those two are ignoring us.". The chef nodded.
Lucy's eyes widened with shock as she said,"Loke. What are you saying?". He let her go with her pupils shaking and widening. Loke looked away with Zane sighing and whispered to himself in Uwaric,"Et moron stupri.". Despite the chef not knowing Uwaric at all, he nodded his head at what Zane said since he presumed that he said something mocking Loke. Loke began to laugh slightly, causing her eyes to widen once again. "What?" said Lucy with his laughter getting worse.
The playboy smiled as he said,"I sure fooled you. That's something I use to seduce women. It's one of my best.". This caused Lucy to clenched her teeth. "It pulls on the heartstrings every time. You should have seen your face. A totally classic." said Loke. Lucy was pissed as she kicked him in the nuts very hard, causing the two other men in the room to wince in pain. "Oh wow. What a kick she has." said Zane with the chef nodding in agreement.
The glasses wearing teen was on the ground with Lucy screaming with her eyes filled with tears,"I really hate those type of jokes! Do you think it's funny to joke about dying?! No it isn't! You're the worst Loke! Lets go Happy and Plue!". She stormed off with Plue looking at Loke and Zane. "You're a very big idiot Loke. Always been one since I've known you." said Zane. Loke looked at Zane with him saying in a higher pitch,"Then why haven't you said anything.".
Zane sighed with him saying,"Because you're being ridiculous. You shouldn't let your feelings get the better of you. Don't drag Lucy into your problem. This is your mess and you're the one who needs to clean it up. You're paying for our bill. Night Wildcat.". He was gone as Loke payed the bill and he stared up at the night sky. "Why the hell does he have to be such an annoying pain? Whatever. It's too late. There is nothing I can do about it." said Loke, walking away under the watchful eye of a Drake.
The next day in Magnolia and at the Fairy Tail Guild hall/construction yard. Gray and Natsu were butting heads with each other. Both of them were covered in bandages. "Back off ice princess! If you don't, I'll kick your ass in front of everyone!" said Natsu. "Ha! I would like to see you try ash for brains!" said Gray. "So what's up with those two?" said Elfman. "They were both hurt during a pillow fight according to Zane." said Mira, smiling.
Elfman blinked with him saying,"Okay. That makes no sense since pillows aren't manly. Were those pillows filled with rocks or something?". "Who knows Elfman? I'm just enjoying seeing Erza dressed like a mummy." said Stella, pointed to the bandaged up knight drinking a strawberry mango slushie at a table. "Let me guess. You did that." said Juvia ,not covering in bandages, with her talking to Stella and Zane at the bar. "And you're learning how I operated. Smart girl." said Zane.
Juvia blushed as Mira looked at Zane with affection in her bright blue eyes. "Zane. One second you act all serious and a jerk but the next, you're like a good friend. Despite saying the worst things to hear, you can bring everyone to your side and put a smile on the face. You and Natsu really are the heart of the guild. When something goes down, you and Natsu will be the ones to bring us." thought Mira with her hoping that Zane wasn't reading her mind.
Zane was but he wasn't going to say anything since well, he didn't feel like it. "Why do you have to take a pillow fight so seriously?!" yelled Gray. "Cause I give everything 110 percent! You're just salty because you lost first!" said Natsu, balling his fists "You didn't have to set the pillows on fire when you threw them?! And you can't do something more than a hundred percent! You're just a sore loser too Natsu!" said Gray. "I'm the winner and you're the loser!" yelled Natsu.
Stella looked at them with her saying,"Um. Can someone even win a pillow fight?". "Beats me but I totally won. Oh and this is going to be hilarious." said Zane, smiling. "Lucy! I won the pillow fight didn't I?!" yelled Gray and Natsu as they turned to face the blonde at the corner. She turned around slowly, revealing her. She had an expression of deep anger and she said,"For the love of gods, shut the hell up! Natsu Dragneel, stopping bickering right now!".
Gray and Natsu shivered in fear with Gray saying,"Sorry Lucy. I'll be quiet.". "Yeah. Sorry Luce." said Natsu, rubbing the back of his head. "And here I thought Erza and Zane were the only two to make them stop fighting." said Mira. "She's a real man." said Elfman with his comment earning confusion like always. "So why are you being like Zane? He infect you with his..... What was it?" said Happy. "His assholeness." said Vance. "I can't infect people. I don't have the zombie infection right now." said Zane.
Stella blinked with her saying,"Right now? You had it before. And does the zombie infection sound like what I think it does.". "Yeah. According to Parker. I get it whenever I go Zombie Form. I can't infect people but I mimic a zombie's natural attributes and sick dance moves. I can only infect people when I'm either Dragonfly Form and Restore Form." said Zane. "And the zombie thing wouldn't work on Lucy since she's too stupid to have brains." said Happy.
Lucy looked at Happy with her saying,"Shut up Happy before I make you shut up.". "Save me!" said Happy, hiding behind Natsu. "Wow. You're dead Happy. I'll write I love fish on your tombstone." said Zane. "So what's wrong? Is it because of the Plue thing?" said Stella. "You know about it? Zane told you about Happy's failure of a prank didn't he and no. I'm not petty enough to be hung up about some prank." said Lucy.
Zane rolled his eyes as he said,"Says the woman who was mad at me for a week when I swapped her body with a cat. It was just a prank.". "I'll ignore you for now. I just have a lot of my mind right now and shouldn't take it out on innocent people." said Lucy. "What's up Luce? You should know that you can talk to me about it. I'm great at helping people." said Natsu, sitting next to her. "Or maybe someone with some actually experience like Papa!" said a voice.
Lucy and Natsu turned to see Kaida standing there with Lucy smiling at the two of them. "It's fine you two. I'll be fine." said Lucy, placing a discrete kiss on his cheek. "Why not? Papa is great at helping people for a cost." said Kaida. "And you just answer your question Peanut. Come here and let Lucy be alone okay?" said Zane. Behind some planks of wood, Loke peeked his head. "Lucy. I'm sorry for bringing you into this." thought Loke.
The playboy turned away from the blond as his right hand began to become transparent for a second before coming back. "It's almost time. Good bye." thought Loke. "So I have to ask. Why do people like a guy like Loke? I mean he's a playboy and a bad one too." said Zane. Elfman was glaring at Zane with the giant thinking that sounded like Zane. He couldn't say anything about that since Mira would kill him but there was a chance that she won't. However, those were low odds.
Elfman was sure that Mira could think up a few ways worse than death if she was really upset. Lucy sighed as she said,"Yeah. Loke is actually weird. I mean stranger than normal. He usually avoids me just because I'm a Celestial Wizard but what he said to me last night. I don't know.". "Men can be a confusing mystery you know. Maybe we can talk to him together. I'm good at making people talk since I worked with a spy before." said Zane, cracking his knuckles.
Before Lucy could answer him, she heard an angered female voice,"I've been looking everywhere for Loke! Where is he Mirajane?!". The blond turned to see several angry looking girls staring down a very much uncomfortable Mira. "I can't believe he ran out on me!" said a girl. "And what do you think you're doing here?!" said a third girl. "I could ask you the same thing whore!" said a fourth girl with her glaring down the third. "Loke! Where are you?!" said a fifth girl.
Lucy blinked as she said,"Um. What's going on over there?". "Trouble in paradise I think." said Stella with Zane nodding. "I think I know some of them. They've been with Loke before. They must all think that Loke is his girlfriend or something." said Natsu. "Last night. He said that he wanted to break up with me! Can you believe that with me?!" said a sixth girl. "And he broke up with me!" said a seventh girl. "And me!" said an eighth girl. "What's going on?!" said an ninth girl.
Mira looked at them with her saying,"I don't know. Maybe he's just on a really important job.". She looked distressed with the girls continued to question her. "I got this. Time to use their love against them and also I think Loke needs to learn why you never want to invoke a women's wrath." said Zane as he placed Kaida on a nearby booth and disappeared. "Why doesn't he want me huh?! Why?!" said a tenth girl.
Yeah, Loke has dated a lot of girls and he's serious with none of them. "Is he with someone else or what?!" said a eleventh girl. "No. Of course he isn't. I hope." said Mira. "Who is she? Is she with that all girl guild?" said a twelfth girl. "Um. Well.." said Mira, trying to come up with a response. She was about to do the only thing she could think of when she heard,"Hey there ladies. What's going on? You seem testy.".
The army of angry woman wiped around to face Loke much to the shock of the real one who was hiding. "What the? Zane! What is he doing?!" thought Loke. The twelve women stared at "Loke" with them glaring angrily at him and collectively placed their hands on their hips. They all looked royally pissed them off. "Um. What's going on Loke?" said Lucy. "Um Luce. That isn't Loke. They don't smell the same." said Natsu. "Yeah. That isn't Loke." said Stella.
The first woman said in an extremely anger tone,"Where have you been?!". "What are you talking about my...?" said "Loke" but was cut off. "You jerk. You're unbelievable. You know that Loke?" said the second. "Is this how you treat your girlfriend?" said the third. "Loke" looked to the girls with him thinking of a response. "Sorry about that. I guess I have to tell you all the truth." said "Loke". "And that is what mister?!" said the fourth girl.
"Loke" smiled with him walking over to Erza. "Um Loke. Is there something the matter?" said Erza as she didn't notice the crowd of angry women behind her. "I've decided to dump all of you and give up my playboy ways for my true love. Prude Knight." said "Loke", wrapping his arm around Erza much to her anger and confusion. "Okay. That's Zane right? Playing a prank on Erza by using Loke's image and saying his nickname for her." said Elfman, pointing at the teen.
The real Loke looked at his fake with him saying,"Damn you Zane. I'll get you for this but thanks for protecting her. I couldn't do that so maybe you could.". "So this is the girl?" said the fifth girl. "Yep. I mean just look at her. She has beauty that you ladies surely don't have. I mean she doesn't dress like a tramp like you all do for starters. Dear. Do you mind taking care of them for me? I have to continue being a coward who's running from my problems instead of facing them like a man." said "Loke".
He smiled as he said,"I should be a leader instead of a little bitch.". "What are you talking? We're not together." said Erza. Before Erza could get an answer, "Loke" vanished in a puff of smoke as the girls began trying to get answer from Erza. "So you think that you're better than us huh tramp?!" said the sixth girl. "Loke may be a coldhearted jerk but at least, he knows not to date an ugly girl like you are Prude Knight. Loke's pet name for you is so fitting." said the seventh girl.
Lucy blinked with her saying,"Um. Do you think we should help her Natsu?". "I'm sure she could handle herself and trust me, I really don't want to be those girls." said Natsu. "So what did my papa do exactly?" said Kaida, looking confused. "I used their love of Loke to direct them away from Mira to someone else. It's called misdirection and it's something I use every day." said Zane as he appeared on the bar's counter in Illusion Form.
Mira looked at Zane with her saying,"You did this because? I mean I'm thankful for you saving me but Erza will kill them if they keep calling her names.". "Don't worry. She won't since I currently have her in a different place. Illusions are a hero's best friend." said Zane. "And where would that place be?" said Elfman. "And why pick on her?" said Natsu. "Because she is just an easy target for my trickery. Those girls will leave her in three, two, one." said Zane, snapping his fingers.
A cloud of dust and debris immediately kicked up, making a impressive smokescreen. Loke's harem began to cough and sputter as the debris clouded their vision. "So long suckers! I'll see you all at Loke's place!" said Erza's voice. "Get her!" shouted the girls. The twelve girls were gone with her heading toward where Erza was heading. However, Erza never left her spot. "And this is why you don't mess with my friends. Better lay low Prude Knight or they'll get you." said Zane.
Erza looked at him as she said,"And why did you use me to get rid of them?!". "You looked bored and well, you're such an easy target. Ain't that right Mira?" said Zane. "Um Zane. I really think you should stop while you're ahead." said Mira. "Oh come on Mira. What's the worst that could happen to little old me? If Prude Knight tries something, I got a counter for her." said Zane with him smiling.
The knight growled as she slapped Zane directly across the face as hard as she could. His head shot to the right as a red handprint now make an appearance on his cheek. The entire guild held a hand up to their mouths in shock and gasped at the sudden outburst. "Okay. Took you long enough to finally hit me. Come on Prude Knight. Hit me already. Your weak attack did nothing but give me a tan." said Zane, earning him another slap.
Erza continued to slap Zane with her screaming,"For once in your life, shut the hell up! No one finds you annoying mouth funny!". "I disagree. There are a lot of people who find me hilariously and are you going to keep slapping me? Try something new like maybe admitting your feelings. No that's impossible since a warrior like yourself can't admit that she isn't happy about how things played out." said Zane.
Kaida looked confused as Stella said,"Your father is trying to "help" Erza with her problems about Nalu.". "Oh. I get it but why is he getting hurt?" said Kaida, watching Zane getting thrown by Erza into the ground and began getting assaulted by the knight using her fists of fury. This beatdown is brought to you thanks to me trying to find a way of helping Erza cope with her relationship problem and for anyone who likes Jerza as a good ship.
To me personally, Jerza is like Joker and Harley Quinn together. It's a toxic relationship since Jellal hurt Erza in a way that we'll see in the next arc. And I really want to know how Jiemma and Erza are a thing to begin with. They literally shared no scene together. "Erza! Stop hitting him!" said Gray, wondering why he was stopping Erza when she's mad. It's a really bad idea but Zane is his friend. Erza glared right at him with her saying,"Gray. Why are you stopping me from enacting revenge on Zane?".
Erza pointed to him with her saying,"I'm not in the wrong here! He had this coming!". "And while I think you have merit in that, that isn't Zane. You've been hitting an illusion this entire time and in all reality, you've been hitting....." said Gray. Erza looked to see Zane vanishing as Makarov appeared with bright red cheeks. "Master! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!" said Erza, bowing deeply in order to show how she was deeply sorry.
Makarov rubbed both of his cheeks as he said,"It's fine my dear. Unlike others my age, I don't hold a grudge. As punishment, go sit in the public bath till midnight and you better not leave or else.". "Yes master!" said Erza, saluting him. She ran off as Gray looked at Makarov. "I may not be able to see illusions but really Zane. Is this a game to you?" said Gray. Makarov vanished as Zane reappeared without any sign of injury.
Mira looked over with her saying in a concerned tone,"Zane. Are you okay?". "Um Mira. You do know that Erza only did that since Zane makes fun of her." said Natsu. "A lot." said Happy and Vance in unison. "Jinx! You owe me a slushie! It shall be fish flavor!" said Happy. "Of course it is. It would be a shock if it isn't fish flavor." said Vance. "I'm fine Mira. Just wondering what those girls will do to Loke if I didn't redirect their anger toward the fake Erza." said Zane.
Zane deactivated the form with Lucy saying,"But they were looking for the real Loke right? Why did he break up with his girlfriends?". "He found a new squeeze Lucy?" said Stella. "Maybe Loke is under mind control! Is it possible Bimbo did something to her?!" said Lucy. "Um Lucy. I really hate to be that guy. Actually, no I don't. Bimbo is only focused on getting back her mistress and mind control isn't her MO." said Zane.
Natsu looked confused as he said,"MO?". "Modus Operandi. It's a Latin phrase that refers to a pattern that someone takes. Supervillains do this all the time and well once you figure it out, you can defeat them with no problem." said Zane. "Wow. That's so cool papa!" said Kaida, impressed with her father right now. "Yeah Peanut. It pays to use your brain instead of your brawn inside of a fight. Rythos may disagree with that statement since his brain and brawn are practically the same thing." said Zane.
Lucy sighed as she said,"Um you guys. If Bimbo didn't get to Loke, shouldn't we be worried about him?". "Loke is a wizard of Fairy Tail. I'm sure he's fine." said Mira. "Yeah and didn't he play that nasty joke on you last night? I really want to let him suffer after he did that to one of my pals." said Zane with his arms crossed. "You have a point there but..." said Lucy. She was about to leave with Zane looking at her. "Trust me when I say this but he'll be fine I promise." said Zane.
The hero smiled as he said,"I'm the grandson of a woman who can see into the past, present, and future of the Omniverse. It kinda passed onto me and I protected you from their wrath Lucy.". "And what do you mean by that Zane?" said Lucy, sitting back down. "I think our favorite barmaiden was going to shift those harpies onto you. Natsu would have save you using his fire as a smokescreen. A clever move from Natsu but a mean one from Mira! I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!" said Zane.
Lucy and Natsu looked right at Mira who whistled. "Mira. That's just evil." said Natsu. "But Natsu. I couldn't think of what to do. They were going to hurt me." said Mira with fear tears forming in the corners of her eyes with Lucy and Natsu feeling bad. "Mira. Those crocodile tears may work on these two but not me. You're not a weak girl. I'm sure you could have dealt with those girls with one arm tied behind your back. You just wanted to tease Lucy." said Zane.
He smirked with him saying,"Your teasing is more harmful than mine and I once led someone into a pit of spikes due to him stealing a recent batch of cookies that were made for me and not him. Stupid bastard.". "Really? That's mean." said Lucy. "He had it coming. If there is one thing you should know about me, you don't mess with me and baked goods." said Zane, crossing his arms. "You're no fun at all Zane!" whined Mira as she crossed her arms under her chest.
This had the not so subtle benefit of Zane showing a healthful dosage of her ample bosom. "I can't get away with my teasing when you're around." said Mira. "Mira. While I enjoy teasing my fair share of beings, you can't get them killed or hurt unless you know they'll be okay afterwards. That's why I tease Prude Knight since I'm sure she can survive the harpies." said Zane with his eyes firmly locked on Mira's bouncing breasts.
Stella snapped her fingers in front of Zane's face with her saying,"Um Zane. Her eyes are up there and not down there.". "I've made my choice. Plus I'm just doing what Natsu was doing back at the hot springs." said Zane with him looking at Stella's chest now. "Um. What are you talking about? And why are you staring at her chest now?" said Mira, pouting. "Because Stella was getting jelly and Lucy made it pretty clear that Natsu should be staring given her boob window." said Zane.
Juvia sulked as unlike Mira and Stella, she didn't show off her chest. Do note that doing this in public will get you slapped and called a pervert in seconds. Plus don't say the C word on TV. The ladies will be against you fast and make you the most unemployable person on the planet. I won't be putting a link to my reference here. You should find what it is yourself. "What?! You were staring at them Natsu?! And Lucy let you?! Man. You two have weird couple stuff." said Gray.
Natsu whistled with Happy snickered. "So was he drooling Zane?" said Mira. "Not too sure myself but hey, I'm enjoying the private show you're giving me. I know Levy doesn't mind you flirting with me since Danny told her about how far I'll go for someone I love with all of my Essence. How about me giving a private show instead?" said Zane with him having a seductive look in his eyes. "Can you stop flirting with my sister when you're dating Levy?!" shouted Elfman.
Zane turned to the giant with him saying,"You're right Elfman. I should stop flirting with Mira but you see. I have a problem.". "You do?" said Elfman. "Yeah. One of my teachers taught me how to flirt since I was a natural apparently. I can't stop flirting with the ladies or danger. Usually the latter since I can't shut up. So Natsu. I got to ask. How are you going to deal with Erza? She's going to get herself killed." said Zane.
Natsu sighed with him saying,"Zane. I haven't had a chance to talk with her about it since she keeps ignoring me and I was going to but you sent her to the bathhouse!". "Magnolia have a bathhouse? I thought Zane was joking about that." said Lucy. "Harsh but fair." said Zane. "Oh. You've never been before Lucy? It's quite nice." said Gray. "And manly!" said Elfman, flexing. "How about we go there as a d..... What was it called again?" said Natsu.
Zane sighed as he said,"Date. Go have fun kids.". Before Lucy could say anything, Natsu grabbed his mate's wrist and dragged her toward the guild's entrance. "Wait for me you guys!" said Elfman and Happy. The two went after them as Gray said,"Isn't a date a two persona activity?". "Sometimes, it can be more than two but usually two." said Zane. Most of the group was gone as Kaida, Mira, and Zane were the only ones left. Mira smiled at this development but squeaked in surprise.
Kaida didn't notice this since she was drawing Illusion Form tricking Erza and those harpies. Mira felt a strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her close. Looking up, Mira saw Zane's face and it was only a few inches from her. "Mira. While I find you attractive, you'll have to wait since Levy and Sly are out of town with her team but just to give you an appetizer. I may be a playboy like Loke but I flirt with the really special ones and not some floozy I met on the street." said Zane.
Mira was confused by this. However, Mira's eyes shot wide open when Zane leaned forward and captured her lips in a passionate kiss. It was nothing more than a quick peck but this small kiss caused Mira's heart to beat rapidly and she was sure that her face was bright red. As Zane looked into Mira's eyes, he smiled. "As a wise being once said, good things come to those who wait." said Zane as he left a flustered Mira to bask in the afterglow of her first kiss with the man she loved.
Elfman blinked with him saying,"Okay. That makes no sense since pillows aren't manly. Were those pillows filled with rocks or something?". "Who knows Elfman? I'm just enjoying seeing Erza dressed like a mummy." said Stella, pointed to the bandaged up knight drinking a strawberry mango slushie at a table. "Let me guess. You did that." said Juvia ,not covering in bandages, with her talking to Stella and Zane at the bar. "And you're learning how I operated. Smart girl." said Zane.
Juvia blushed as Mira looked at Zane with affection in her bright blue eyes. "Zane. One second you act all serious and a jerk but the next, you're like a good friend. Despite saying the worst things to hear, you can bring everyone to your side and put a smile on the face. You and Natsu really are the heart of the guild. When something goes down, you and Natsu will be the ones to bring us." thought Mira with her hoping that Zane wasn't reading her mind.
Zane was but he wasn't going to say anything since well, he didn't feel like it. "Why do you have to take a pillow fight so seriously?!" yelled Gray. "Cause I give everything 110 percent! You're just salty because you lost first!" said Natsu, balling his fists "You didn't have to set the pillows on fire when you threw them?! And you can't do something more than a hundred percent! You're just a sore loser too Natsu!" said Gray. "I'm the winner and you're the loser!" yelled Natsu.
Stella looked at them with her saying,"Um. Can someone even win a pillow fight?". "Beats me but I totally won. Oh and this is going to be hilarious." said Zane, smiling. "Lucy! I won the pillow fight didn't I?!" yelled Gray and Natsu as they turned to face the blonde at the corner. She turned around slowly, revealing her. She had an expression of deep anger and she said,"For the love of gods, shut the hell up! Natsu Dragneel, stopping bickering right now!".
Gray and Natsu shivered in fear with Gray saying,"Sorry Lucy. I'll be quiet.". "Yeah. Sorry Luce." said Natsu, rubbing the back of his head. "And here I thought Erza and Zane were the only two to make them stop fighting." said Mira. "She's a real man." said Elfman with his comment earning confusion like always. "So why are you being like Zane? He infect you with his..... What was it?" said Happy. "His assholeness." said Vance. "I can't infect people. I don't have the zombie infection right now." said Zane.
Stella blinked with her saying,"Right now? You had it before. And does the zombie infection sound like what I think it does.". "Yeah. According to Parker. I get it whenever I go Zombie Form. I can't infect people but I mimic a zombie's natural attributes and sick dance moves. I can only infect people when I'm either Dragonfly Form and Restore Form." said Zane. "And the zombie thing wouldn't work on Lucy since she's too stupid to have brains." said Happy.
Lucy looked at Happy with her saying,"Shut up Happy before I make you shut up.". "Save me!" said Happy, hiding behind Natsu. "Wow. You're dead Happy. I'll write I love fish on your tombstone." said Zane. "So what's wrong? Is it because of the Plue thing?" said Stella. "You know about it? Zane told you about Happy's failure of a prank didn't he and no. I'm not petty enough to be hung up about some prank." said Lucy.
Zane rolled his eyes as he said,"Says the woman who was mad at me for a week when I swapped her body with a cat. It was just a prank.". "I'll ignore you for now. I just have a lot of my mind right now and shouldn't take it out on innocent people." said Lucy. "What's up Luce? You should know that you can talk to me about it. I'm great at helping people." said Natsu, sitting next to her. "Or maybe someone with some actually experience like Papa!" said a voice.
Lucy and Natsu turned to see Kaida standing there with Lucy smiling at the two of them. "It's fine you two. I'll be fine." said Lucy, placing a discrete kiss on his cheek. "Why not? Papa is great at helping people for a cost." said Kaida. "And you just answer your question Peanut. Come here and let Lucy be alone okay?" said Zane. Behind some planks of wood, Loke peeked his head. "Lucy. I'm sorry for bringing you into this." thought Loke.
The playboy turned away from the blond as his right hand began to become transparent for a second before coming back. "It's almost time. Good bye." thought Loke. "So I have to ask. Why do people like a guy like Loke? I mean he's a playboy and a bad one too." said Zane. Elfman was glaring at Zane with the giant thinking that sounded like Zane. He couldn't say anything about that since Mira would kill him but there was a chance that she won't. However, those were low odds.
Elfman was sure that Mira could think up a few ways worse than death if she was really upset. Lucy sighed as she said,"Yeah. Loke is actually weird. I mean stranger than normal. He usually avoids me just because I'm a Celestial Wizard but what he said to me last night. I don't know.". "Men can be a confusing mystery you know. Maybe we can talk to him together. I'm good at making people talk since I worked with a spy before." said Zane, cracking his knuckles.
Before Lucy could answer him, she heard an angered female voice,"I've been looking everywhere for Loke! Where is he Mirajane?!". The blond turned to see several angry looking girls staring down a very much uncomfortable Mira. "I can't believe he ran out on me!" said a girl. "And what do you think you're doing here?!" said a third girl. "I could ask you the same thing whore!" said a fourth girl with her glaring down the third. "Loke! Where are you?!" said a fifth girl.
Lucy blinked as she said,"Um. What's going on over there?". "Trouble in paradise I think." said Stella with Zane nodding. "I think I know some of them. They've been with Loke before. They must all think that Loke is his girlfriend or something." said Natsu. "Last night. He said that he wanted to break up with me! Can you believe that with me?!" said a sixth girl. "And he broke up with me!" said a seventh girl. "And me!" said an eighth girl. "What's going on?!" said an ninth girl.
Mira looked at them with her saying,"I don't know. Maybe he's just on a really important job.". She looked distressed with the girls continued to question her. "I got this. Time to use their love against them and also I think Loke needs to learn why you never want to invoke a women's wrath." said Zane as he placed Kaida on a nearby booth and disappeared. "Why doesn't he want me huh?! Why?!" said a tenth girl.
Yeah, Loke has dated a lot of girls and he's serious with none of them. "Is he with someone else or what?!" said a eleventh girl. "No. Of course he isn't. I hope." said Mira. "Who is she? Is she with that all girl guild?" said a twelfth girl. "Um. Well.." said Mira, trying to come up with a response. She was about to do the only thing she could think of when she heard,"Hey there ladies. What's going on? You seem testy.".
The army of angry woman wiped around to face Loke much to the shock of the real one who was hiding. "What the? Zane! What is he doing?!" thought Loke. The twelve women stared at "Loke" with them glaring angrily at him and collectively placed their hands on their hips. They all looked royally pissed them off. "Um. What's going on Loke?" said Lucy. "Um Luce. That isn't Loke. They don't smell the same." said Natsu. "Yeah. That isn't Loke." said Stella.
The first woman said in an extremely anger tone,"Where have you been?!". "What are you talking about my...?" said "Loke" but was cut off. "You jerk. You're unbelievable. You know that Loke?" said the second. "Is this how you treat your girlfriend?" said the third. "Loke" looked to the girls with him thinking of a response. "Sorry about that. I guess I have to tell you all the truth." said "Loke". "And that is what mister?!" said the fourth girl.
"Loke" smiled with him walking over to Erza. "Um Loke. Is there something the matter?" said Erza as she didn't notice the crowd of angry women behind her. "I've decided to dump all of you and give up my playboy ways for my true love. Prude Knight." said "Loke", wrapping his arm around Erza much to her anger and confusion. "Okay. That's Zane right? Playing a prank on Erza by using Loke's image and saying his nickname for her." said Elfman, pointing at the teen.
The real Loke looked at his fake with him saying,"Damn you Zane. I'll get you for this but thanks for protecting her. I couldn't do that so maybe you could.". "So this is the girl?" said the fifth girl. "Yep. I mean just look at her. She has beauty that you ladies surely don't have. I mean she doesn't dress like a tramp like you all do for starters. Dear. Do you mind taking care of them for me? I have to continue being a coward who's running from my problems instead of facing them like a man." said "Loke".
He smiled as he said,"I should be a leader instead of a little bitch.". "What are you talking? We're not together." said Erza. Before Erza could get an answer, "Loke" vanished in a puff of smoke as the girls began trying to get answer from Erza. "So you think that you're better than us huh tramp?!" said the sixth girl. "Loke may be a coldhearted jerk but at least, he knows not to date an ugly girl like you are Prude Knight. Loke's pet name for you is so fitting." said the seventh girl.
Lucy blinked with her saying,"Um. Do you think we should help her Natsu?". "I'm sure she could handle herself and trust me, I really don't want to be those girls." said Natsu. "So what did my papa do exactly?" said Kaida, looking confused. "I used their love of Loke to direct them away from Mira to someone else. It's called misdirection and it's something I use every day." said Zane as he appeared on the bar's counter in Illusion Form.
Mira looked at Zane with her saying,"You did this because? I mean I'm thankful for you saving me but Erza will kill them if they keep calling her names.". "Don't worry. She won't since I currently have her in a different place. Illusions are a hero's best friend." said Zane. "And where would that place be?" said Elfman. "And why pick on her?" said Natsu. "Because she is just an easy target for my trickery. Those girls will leave her in three, two, one." said Zane, snapping his fingers.
A cloud of dust and debris immediately kicked up, making a impressive smokescreen. Loke's harem began to cough and sputter as the debris clouded their vision. "So long suckers! I'll see you all at Loke's place!" said Erza's voice. "Get her!" shouted the girls. The twelve girls were gone with her heading toward where Erza was heading. However, Erza never left her spot. "And this is why you don't mess with my friends. Better lay low Prude Knight or they'll get you." said Zane.
Erza looked at him as she said,"And why did you use me to get rid of them?!". "You looked bored and well, you're such an easy target. Ain't that right Mira?" said Zane. "Um Zane. I really think you should stop while you're ahead." said Mira. "Oh come on Mira. What's the worst that could happen to little old me? If Prude Knight tries something, I got a counter for her." said Zane with him smiling.
The knight growled as she slapped Zane directly across the face as hard as she could. His head shot to the right as a red handprint now make an appearance on his cheek. The entire guild held a hand up to their mouths in shock and gasped at the sudden outburst. "Okay. Took you long enough to finally hit me. Come on Prude Knight. Hit me already. Your weak attack did nothing but give me a tan." said Zane, earning him another slap.
Erza continued to slap Zane with her screaming,"For once in your life, shut the hell up! No one finds you annoying mouth funny!". "I disagree. There are a lot of people who find me hilariously and are you going to keep slapping me? Try something new like maybe admitting your feelings. No that's impossible since a warrior like yourself can't admit that she isn't happy about how things played out." said Zane.
Kaida looked confused as Stella said,"Your father is trying to "help" Erza with her problems about Nalu.". "Oh. I get it but why is he getting hurt?" said Kaida, watching Zane getting thrown by Erza into the ground and began getting assaulted by the knight using her fists of fury. This beatdown is brought to you thanks to me trying to find a way of helping Erza cope with her relationship problem and for anyone who likes Jerza as a good ship.
To me personally, Jerza is like Joker and Harley Quinn together. It's a toxic relationship since Jellal hurt Erza in a way that we'll see in the next arc. And I really want to know how Jiemma and Erza are a thing to begin with. They literally shared no scene together. "Erza! Stop hitting him!" said Gray, wondering why he was stopping Erza when she's mad. It's a really bad idea but Zane is his friend. Erza glared right at him with her saying,"Gray. Why are you stopping me from enacting revenge on Zane?".
Erza pointed to him with her saying,"I'm not in the wrong here! He had this coming!". "And while I think you have merit in that, that isn't Zane. You've been hitting an illusion this entire time and in all reality, you've been hitting....." said Gray. Erza looked to see Zane vanishing as Makarov appeared with bright red cheeks. "Master! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!" said Erza, bowing deeply in order to show how she was deeply sorry.
Makarov rubbed both of his cheeks as he said,"It's fine my dear. Unlike others my age, I don't hold a grudge. As punishment, go sit in the public bath till midnight and you better not leave or else.". "Yes master!" said Erza, saluting him. She ran off as Gray looked at Makarov. "I may not be able to see illusions but really Zane. Is this a game to you?" said Gray. Makarov vanished as Zane reappeared without any sign of injury.
Mira looked over with her saying in a concerned tone,"Zane. Are you okay?". "Um Mira. You do know that Erza only did that since Zane makes fun of her." said Natsu. "A lot." said Happy and Vance in unison. "Jinx! You owe me a slushie! It shall be fish flavor!" said Happy. "Of course it is. It would be a shock if it isn't fish flavor." said Vance. "I'm fine Mira. Just wondering what those girls will do to Loke if I didn't redirect their anger toward the fake Erza." said Zane.
Zane deactivated the form with Lucy saying,"But they were looking for the real Loke right? Why did he break up with his girlfriends?". "He found a new squeeze Lucy?" said Stella. "Maybe Loke is under mind control! Is it possible Bimbo did something to her?!" said Lucy. "Um Lucy. I really hate to be that guy. Actually, no I don't. Bimbo is only focused on getting back her mistress and mind control isn't her MO." said Zane.
Natsu looked confused as he said,"MO?". "Modus Operandi. It's a Latin phrase that refers to a pattern that someone takes. Supervillains do this all the time and well once you figure it out, you can defeat them with no problem." said Zane. "Wow. That's so cool papa!" said Kaida, impressed with her father right now. "Yeah Peanut. It pays to use your brain instead of your brawn inside of a fight. Rythos may disagree with that statement since his brain and brawn are practically the same thing." said Zane.
Lucy sighed as she said,"Um you guys. If Bimbo didn't get to Loke, shouldn't we be worried about him?". "Loke is a wizard of Fairy Tail. I'm sure he's fine." said Mira. "Yeah and didn't he play that nasty joke on you last night? I really want to let him suffer after he did that to one of my pals." said Zane with his arms crossed. "You have a point there but..." said Lucy. She was about to leave with Zane looking at her. "Trust me when I say this but he'll be fine I promise." said Zane.
The hero smiled as he said,"I'm the grandson of a woman who can see into the past, present, and future of the Omniverse. It kinda passed onto me and I protected you from their wrath Lucy.". "And what do you mean by that Zane?" said Lucy, sitting back down. "I think our favorite barmaiden was going to shift those harpies onto you. Natsu would have save you using his fire as a smokescreen. A clever move from Natsu but a mean one from Mira! I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!" said Zane.
Lucy and Natsu looked right at Mira who whistled. "Mira. That's just evil." said Natsu. "But Natsu. I couldn't think of what to do. They were going to hurt me." said Mira with fear tears forming in the corners of her eyes with Lucy and Natsu feeling bad. "Mira. Those crocodile tears may work on these two but not me. You're not a weak girl. I'm sure you could have dealt with those girls with one arm tied behind your back. You just wanted to tease Lucy." said Zane.
He smirked with him saying,"Your teasing is more harmful than mine and I once led someone into a pit of spikes due to him stealing a recent batch of cookies that were made for me and not him. Stupid bastard.". "Really? That's mean." said Lucy. "He had it coming. If there is one thing you should know about me, you don't mess with me and baked goods." said Zane, crossing his arms. "You're no fun at all Zane!" whined Mira as she crossed her arms under her chest.
This had the not so subtle benefit of Zane showing a healthful dosage of her ample bosom. "I can't get away with my teasing when you're around." said Mira. "Mira. While I enjoy teasing my fair share of beings, you can't get them killed or hurt unless you know they'll be okay afterwards. That's why I tease Prude Knight since I'm sure she can survive the harpies." said Zane with his eyes firmly locked on Mira's bouncing breasts.
Stella snapped her fingers in front of Zane's face with her saying,"Um Zane. Her eyes are up there and not down there.". "I've made my choice. Plus I'm just doing what Natsu was doing back at the hot springs." said Zane with him looking at Stella's chest now. "Um. What are you talking about? And why are you staring at her chest now?" said Mira, pouting. "Because Stella was getting jelly and Lucy made it pretty clear that Natsu should be staring given her boob window." said Zane.
Juvia sulked as unlike Mira and Stella, she didn't show off her chest. Do note that doing this in public will get you slapped and called a pervert in seconds. Plus don't say the C word on TV. The ladies will be against you fast and make you the most unemployable person on the planet. I won't be putting a link to my reference here. You should find what it is yourself. "What?! You were staring at them Natsu?! And Lucy let you?! Man. You two have weird couple stuff." said Gray.
Natsu whistled with Happy snickered. "So was he drooling Zane?" said Mira. "Not too sure myself but hey, I'm enjoying the private show you're giving me. I know Levy doesn't mind you flirting with me since Danny told her about how far I'll go for someone I love with all of my Essence. How about me giving a private show instead?" said Zane with him having a seductive look in his eyes. "Can you stop flirting with my sister when you're dating Levy?!" shouted Elfman.
Zane turned to the giant with him saying,"You're right Elfman. I should stop flirting with Mira but you see. I have a problem.". "You do?" said Elfman. "Yeah. One of my teachers taught me how to flirt since I was a natural apparently. I can't stop flirting with the ladies or danger. Usually the latter since I can't shut up. So Natsu. I got to ask. How are you going to deal with Erza? She's going to get herself killed." said Zane.
Natsu sighed with him saying,"Zane. I haven't had a chance to talk with her about it since she keeps ignoring me and I was going to but you sent her to the bathhouse!". "Magnolia have a bathhouse? I thought Zane was joking about that." said Lucy. "Harsh but fair." said Zane. "Oh. You've never been before Lucy? It's quite nice." said Gray. "And manly!" said Elfman, flexing. "How about we go there as a d..... What was it called again?" said Natsu.
Zane sighed as he said,"Date. Go have fun kids.". Before Lucy could say anything, Natsu grabbed his mate's wrist and dragged her toward the guild's entrance. "Wait for me you guys!" said Elfman and Happy. The two went after them as Gray said,"Isn't a date a two persona activity?". "Sometimes, it can be more than two but usually two." said Zane. Most of the group was gone as Kaida, Mira, and Zane were the only ones left. Mira smiled at this development but squeaked in surprise.
Kaida didn't notice this since she was drawing Illusion Form tricking Erza and those harpies. Mira felt a strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her close. Looking up, Mira saw Zane's face and it was only a few inches from her. "Mira. While I find you attractive, you'll have to wait since Levy and Sly are out of town with her team but just to give you an appetizer. I may be a playboy like Loke but I flirt with the really special ones and not some floozy I met on the street." said Zane.
Mira was confused by this. However, Mira's eyes shot wide open when Zane leaned forward and captured her lips in a passionate kiss. It was nothing more than a quick peck but this small kiss caused Mira's heart to beat rapidly and she was sure that her face was bright red. As Zane looked into Mira's eyes, he smiled. "As a wise being once said, good things come to those who wait." said Zane as he left a flustered Mira to bask in the afterglow of her first kiss with the man she loved.
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