Rave Master Fan Fiction ❯ Upon a Shooting Star ❯ Chapter 5: Team...Girl Power? ( Chapter 5 )

Author’s Corner:
SSD: *groan, head laying on keyboard* Oww….they really let me have it for that one…Lucy: *whistles innocently and pats her back* I told you it was a bad idea.SSD: Ugh…don’t care…roll the dice and see if we skip another filler mission.Lucy: *glare* You’re saying you don’t want to write one of your characters?SSD: Just roll…d20 and tell me high or low.Lucy: *rolls and gets a 7* Low, you’re stuck writing filler.SSD: Eh…fine. I guess. Ooh, Trillion Trillion Years, yay. Okay, I’m getting fired up!Natsu: Quit stealing my line, dammit! And I want a mission with Luce too!SSD: Fine, fellow pyro. Later though. Onward! Natsu, do the disclaimer!Natsu: Blah, blah, blah, Silverserpentdragon doesn’t Fairy Tail, yadda yadda yadda, she owns her own characters, yak, yak, yak. Alright! Let’s get this show on the road!USSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSS

Chapter 5: Team…Girl Power?

Lucy waved to everyone as she entered the guild, making her way to the bar. “Hey, Azule, can I get a strawberry smoothie?” She took a seat beside Lisanna, also sipping a strawberry flavored drink. She looked over. “Morning, Lisanna.”The white haired girl smiled back. “Morning, Lucy. I heard you wiped out a whole band of bandits, that’s amazing for a newbie.”Lucy laughed nervously. “It wasn’t much, Aquarius and Scorpio did most of the work. And then Erza punched out the leader.”Lisanna shrugged. “Even so, it’s still pretty good.”Lucy nodded as she watched Azule get called over by Makarov. A quiet discussion led to Azule scowling. “What do you mean the drinking age has lowered? When was this?”Makarov laughed sheepishly. “Well…last year, actually.”Azule twitched. “…and you couldn’t have told me this when I got back? Geez, no wonder Laxus has been looking at me like I’m an idiot the past week.” Makarov laughed. “Quite, it was decided that guild mages could get a special pass so the limit is now 15.”Azule twitched and glared at an innocent looking Auri. “You are waiting until 21, I don’t care what the legal limit is.”The five year old pouted. “But, Mama! Laxus-nii can…not fair.”Bran mimics his brother, pouting as well. “Not fair.”“Don’t you start with me, you two.”Lucy chuckled a bit and blinked as she watched Cana sneak a bottle of beer from over the counter. Lisanna sighed. “She’s been doing that a while now, whenever Azule-nee gets distracted.” Lucy sweatdropped. “She’s starting early then…”Lisanna nodded. “Oh, right! Aren’t you three supposed to be going on a mission soon?”Lucy blinked. “I almost forgot about that, I think I’ll get a job for us then. You sure you don’t want to come with us, Lisanna?”Lisanna shook her head. “No thanks, Elf-nii, Mira-nee and I are supposed to head out later today on a job. I should probably go pack.”“Alright, Lisanna, I’ll see you later then.” Lucy took her smoothie that a scowling Azule slid to her and headed to the job board. “Let’s see…how about…Hey!” She gaped as Cana, chewing on the rim of the beer bottle, plucked a request from behind her. “This one looks fun, Team Girl Power can totally handle this.”Lucy panicked a bit. “Did you even read the flier?”Can shrugged. “Why should I? I know we can handle this.” She looked it over. “200000J to take out a minor dark guild is cake.”Lucy sweatdropped. “Maybe we should ask some others to come with us…what about Natsu and Gray?”Cana snorted. “Only if you wanna lose half the reward. I’m telling you, we’ll be fine. Besides, look at the bottom.”Lucy scanned over the bottom. “T-two silver gate keys?”Cana grinned as she drained the bottle and tossed it in a trash can. “Yeah, you’re a Celestial Mage, right? You could use some more partners.”Lucy blinked back the touching tears as she smiled. “Thanks, Cana.”The brunette grinned and slung an arm around her. “That’s the spirit, let’s round up Kalia and go kick some ass!” She grabbed the withdrawn brunette with a protesting yelp as they head to the train station.Lucy flashed her Konzern badge and the trio were let on. Cana whistled in awe. “Nice, we didn’t even have to pay…”Lucy sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck. “Well…my dad owns the railroad, so I get to ride for free.”Cana and Kalia both stare at her. “You are SO lucky…”Lucy laughs again. “Funny story about that…”Cana grinned. “We have a couple hours to kill before we get there, you can tell us.”“Alright…well you see…”Lucy waved to the conductor as they stepped off the train. Cana looked down at the flier. “Alright, per usual, the quest giver is the mayor for these sorts of jobs. Let’s get the info we need and then go wreck a guild Fairy Tail style.” She winked and pumped her arm up.Kalia fidgeted. “I d-don’t think I’ll b-e…much use…” She looked down and twiddled her fingers. Cana poked the other brunette girl in the forehead, flicking her. “I keep telling you you’re an awesome mage. Just shut and believe me for once, alright?” She smiled to take the bite out of her words. “Just go in there and put your awesome dart skills to use.”Kalia flushed. “A-Alright, C-cana…if y-you say so…”Lucy smiled and hugged the shy girl. “I know we just met, but have faith in us. We’re going to be Team Girl Power, right?” Kalia nodded and the trio headed to the mayor’s office. They were met by a bombshell of a secretary…that certainly appeared to be there more for her looks than for her brains. Cana confidently cocked her hip to the side, hand resting there. “Team Girl Power from Fairy Tail reporting in, the mayor sent us a request to deal with the Vulture Claw guild.”The, clearly, bleached blonde looked over from the useless paperwork on her desk. “First door on your right.” She went back to looking useful.Cana rolled her eyes as they followed their directions and knocked on the door.“E-enter!”Cana opened the door. “Mayor Winmore? We’re the team from Fairy Tail answering your request.”The mayor, a rather poster-boy appearance with slicked back black hair and a finely trimed mustache looked up. He blinked and frowned. “Now, kids, I don’t know who let you in here but this is-“Lucy held up her hand as Cana lifted her tank top to expose her guild mark. “We’re Fairy Tail mages and we’re here about the job. You hired a guild to take out Vulture Claw and you’re looking at the team that’s gonna do it.”Winmore frowned, his face reddening at being talked to in such a manner. Lucy stepped forward. “Believe it or not, sir, we’re some of the best mages of our generation. I’m a Celestial Spirit Mage and can hold out two spirits at once, Cana is the best Card Mage and fortune-teller of the guild, plus Kalia has the most bulls-eyes out of the entire guild. Vulture Claw will be disbanded today, you have my word as a Celestial Mage.”Winmore growled before forcing himself to calm. “Very well. I will hold you to that then.” He hands them a dossier. “The guild makes its base here from what we can see. It used to be an abandoned lacrima processing facility. I was hoping to start it back up but those…ruffians…decided to squat on the property.”Cana nodded, flipping through the dossier as Lucy and Kalia read over her shoulders. “Any profiles on the members?”Winmore made a vague gesture. “It should all be in there.”Lucy hummed in thought. “Do you have a blueprint of the warehouse?”Winmore gave a noncommittal grunt as he opened a drawer and looked through the files. “This should be it.”Lucy took the blue print and started analyzing. “Alright. Thank you for your help, Mayor Winmore, we’ll get them out of here before you know it.”Cana tucked the dossier under her arm and the trio left, stopping at a café for food. “Alright, what have you got, Lucy?”Lucy pulled out the blueprint and placed it on the table. “My guess is they have all entry on the bottom floor secured. However…” She flipped the page over. “If we can find a way to the second story, we can take them by surprise. My best bet is that’s where the guild leader is.”Kalia nodded. “I-I can…use s-sleep darts a-and s-snipe from th-the ba-balcony.”Can grinned. “That’s just ruthless of you, Kal, I’m rubbing off on you. Alright, so what we need then is a diversion to draw their attention from the second floor. I can run that. Lucy, you take out the top floor while Kalia and I take out the cannon fodder.”Lucy’s eyes bulged as she waved her arms in front of her. “Wh-what?! No way! I can’t do that on my own!”Cana tugged her back down. “Keep it down, alright? We don’t know if they’re even aware of us right now. Surprise is on our side, especially since they won’t be expecting teenage girls to take them down. You took down a group of bandits yesterday, this should be easy.”Lucy sighed. “I haven’t even contracted Pisces yet, it’s always a risk summoning an uncontracted spirit in the middle of a fight. They could refuse to help me.”“Well that still leaves you with two gold keys right?”Lucy fidgeted. “…one…and Cancer doesn’t really like fighting…Capricorn…” She closed her eyes. “He’s the reason I need to get stronger. He…something happened and I can’t summon him…not until I can find and fix him…”Cana winced. “Why not the other two?”“…they’re on a date in the spirit world and I’d rather not interrupt. I did that one time and am now scarred for life.” Lucy shuddered in horror, she really really REALLY didn’t need to know how-no, no. Thought is being banished now.Cana blinked. “What? Did you catch them doing the horizontal mambo or somet-““NEVER AGAIN!” Lucy screeched, clamping a hand over Cana’s mouth and squealing as she licked her hand.Cana grinned deviously. “You totally caught your spirits doing it.”Lucy groaned. “I need brain bleach…I couldn’t look them in the eye for months and don’t get me started on how foul Aquarius was during then…”Kalia gently cleared her throat. “G-girls? Sh-shouldn’t we…th-the m-mission?”Cana blinked. “Right. Let’s get a look at the area and then commence our plan.”Lucy set down the Jewels for the bill plus tip and they headed out, looking like a regular group of friends out for the day.Cana frowned. “No good, that place is too isolated, plan B.”Lucy gulped in worry. “Umm…what’s plan B?”Cana grinned. “Damsel in Distress, of course.” She then fell, in plain view as Kalia and Lucy both looked at her in disbelief. “Oh! Ow! My ankle! I think I twisted it in these stupid heels!” She winked up at them as the guards in front of their target warehouse looked their way.“Cana…I don’t think they’re buying it.” Lucy started panicking as they charged up spells, magic circles spinning by their hands. “I really don’t think they’re buying it!”Kalia nervously slipped out a couple darts and tossed them at the guards, closing her eyes and looking away. The two sway unsteadily, looking down at the darts in their torsos before slumping down in a drugged sleep.Cana whistled. “Nice, Kal. Told you you have good aim.”Kalia flushed. “…I m-missed the n-neck…”Lucy shot her a scared look. [She calls that a miss?!]Cana cocked her hip to the side as she pulled out some cards. “Alright, let’s start this off in true Fairy Tail fashion. Kal, ready?”Kalia sparked a bit. “R-Ready…”Cana tossed three cards at the door and triggered the magic. “Summon Lightning!” The door exploded inwards in a shower of splinters.Kalia moved her head back, taking a breath…and lightning surged out. “Lightning Roar!” She clutched her throat afterwards, grimacing in pain.Lucy gasped in surprise. [She’s a Dragon Slayer? But…she didn’t say Dragon Roar…and her throat…none of the other Slayers had that problem.] She yelped, dodging a whip crack. Kalia ran forward, arm sparking with lightning as a dead look crossed her eyes and thrusts her hand out, electrocuting a few of the enemy mages. Spells started flying in earnest as the guild realized they were under attack. Lucy ducked under the whip, reaching up and grabbing it. She wound her arm around it and tugged forward, knocking the mage holding it off balance. “You little…think you can take on Eagle Claw and get away with it? We’ll show you!” The girl, a little older than Erza, growled as the whip blazed in her hand.Lucy screamed in pain and released the whip. “Wait, Eagle Claw? I thought this was Vultu-““Damn Dark Guilds always trying to off us! You have any idea how hard it is to keep a boyfriend when I have to always ditch him in the middle of our date all because stupid Dark Guild lackeys keep interrupting!”Lucy sweatdropped. [She has worse problems than I did…] “What do you mean, Dark Guild? We’re from Fairy Tail!”The girl scowls more. “Oh, so you decided to start a Guild War, is that it? Fine! Once I find my sisters, we’ll take down your stupid guild!”Lucy dodged another whip crack barely. “No! We were! Hired by! Mayor Winmore!”The pink haired girl paused. “Mayor Winmore? He’s one of our financers, he wouldn’t order a hit on us.”Lucy nodded emphatically. “We were told this was a Dark Guild, Vulture Claw.”Can let out a crow of triumph as she and Kalia finished off the guild. “Alright! Lucy, you need a hand over there?”Kalia raised a sparking fist as Lucy jumped between her and Pinky. “No! I think we were tricked! This is a legal guild, EAGLE Claw.”Cana blinked. “Eagle Claw? I thought they got disbanded a year ago because their guild leader went rogue or something.”The sound of clapping echoed from the doorway. “Very well done, Fairy Tail.” “Mayor Winmore” clapped and tossed the promised payment at the mages. “A couple of useless Keys for you. After all, the guild kicked me out when I allowed my singular gold key to be stolen.” He took out another silver key. “This one…I will finally have my revenge on you, Rosa.” The man glared at the girl who shuddered.“Gross! You’re old enough to be my dad. Sorry, but I do have standards to uphold.” Rosa gagged. She then glared at him. “What did you do to the real Mayor.”Lucy clenched her fists and bent to pick up the keys, carefully checking them over for nicks. “You dare…you dare to call yourself a Celestial Spirit Mage when you so callously throw your partners away like that.” She glared up at him, browns eyes burning in rage as she pulls out Pisces’ key. “I found this the other day. If it was yours…I can only be grateful they don’t have to suffer you as an owner anymore. Open! Gate of the Paired Fish, Pisces!”“Winmore’s” eyes widened in surprise before furiously glaring at the two fish, both glaring at him as well. “How dare you…Open, Gate of the Hero! Hercules!”A large, tanned man looked at them neutrally, dressed in various pelts that covered him in a toga fashion. Across his back was a longbow along with a square shield, at his side a gladius blade and a pair of hunting knives. “Pisces, so your contract was nullified.”The mother hummed as they shifted into their battle forms. “We have yet to make a new contract, but how this girl felt…I do believe we couldn’t ask for a better master.”Lucy sighed. “I’m sorry I didn’t contract you properly beforehand, Pisces, but I need your help…and I thought you’d want to deal with your former owner.”The son gave a shark’s grin. “You bet we do, mom! We’ll hand his ass to him like he tossed away Lepus and Cassie.”Lucy blinked and looked at the keys in her hand, noticing now the hare on one and a woman’s profile on the other. She then glared at “Winmore”. “Every spirit has its own strength! None of them deserve to be cast aside like you just did…Pisces, take care of him as you want but leave him alive so he can face his punishment!”Cana and Kalia stand to the side with Rosa as they watch Pisces make short work of Hercules in their anger and then start in on “Winmore”. Cana whistled lowly. “Wow…I think they were upset…”Lucy nodded, watching and wincing as the man screamed in pain as his arm broke. “They’re a Zodiac Key, the most powerful keys there are.”Kalia blinked, coming out of her trance like state and withdrew into herself with a whimper. “I-I…d-did it again…” Cana wrapped an arm around her.“Take it easy, Kal. You did great, no one was seriously hurt.”Rosa huffed. “Even if you were tricked easily. Seriously, Vulture Claw? That’s a stupid name for a dark guild. Maybe Raven Wing or something cool like that, or even Skull Strikers, that’s probably more accurate. Oh, right. I’m Rosa Vestras, the one that was kicking Blondie’s ass.”Lucy crossed her arms. “You weren’t winning! I could’ve taken you out anytime…I just dragged it out for more information…”“If you say so, Blondie.”“It’s Lucy!” She blinked as the Mother dropped a bound and gagged “Winmore” in front of her. “Oh. Done?”She nodded and pressed another silver key into her hand. “The Key of the Hero, you’re a much better master than this oaf.”Lucy nodded. “It’s just Lucy, I’ll summon you again later and we can get a proper contract set up, alright?”Both spirits nodded and faded away, the son giving a parting, “Bye, mom!”Cana crossed her arms. “What about this guy? We also have to deal with finding the real mayo-“The sound of marching feet cut the Card Mage off as the Rune Knights entered the warehouse, the leader looking severely at the Fairy Tail mages. “Fairy Tail stirring up trouble, I should have known. Take them-“An older man cut him off, working his way past the knights as he pointed at “Winmore”. “That’s him, Jean-Luc Maurico! He locked me up in my own house the past week!”The main Rune Knight frowned more as one of his subordinates stepped forward to tie “Winmore” up. “Are you sure, Mayor Winmore?”The three girls gawked. “That’s the Mayor?!” Kalia squeaked her exclamation.Rosa waved at him. “Hey, Grampa! It’s just a misunderstanding. Fairy Tail was told we were Dark Guild and didn’t know we were still legal.”The Rune Knight looked like he swallowed a lemon, unable to prosecute under the circumstances. “Very well…we shall depart.” The Rune Knights turned and left, taking their prisoner with them.The real Mayor Winmore smiled at Rosa as the rest of Eagle Claw started waking up. “I’m glad you’re safe, girl. He wasn’t too much trouble, was he?”Rosa grinned and wrapped an arm around Lucy’s shoulders to the blonde’s surprise. “Nope! Blondie here took care of him easily.” She smirked. “After all…Celestial Mages that are arrested have their contracts broken automatically, right?”Lucy nodded. “Usually…since Spirits are Lawful despite how they may behave sometimes.”“Well, you should be proud, you just got three new keys in one day!” Cana grinned and pumped her arm as she collected the sack of Jewels. “All in a day’s work. Let’s head back home, Kal, Luce.”Lucy nodded and looked at Rosa. “Oh, right! What are your sisters’ names? If we find them, we can send you a message.”Rosa blinked. “You’d…do that?”Lucy smiled. “Of course, everyone at Fairy Tail is family, why wouldn’t I try to help someone find theirs?”Rosa grinned. “Alright. My older sister is six years older, she has light blue hair and darker blue eyes, my little sister though is five years younger than me with green hair and green eyes. Little sis is Verde and Big sis is Azule.”The three Fairy Tail mages eyes’ widened. Lucy laughed nervously. “Umm…your last name…it isn’t Vestras by any chance…is it?”Rosa blinked. “Yeah, how did yo-…you met one of my sisters!” She grasped Lucy. “Where!”Lucy blinked. “Azule’s part of Fairy Tail with her husband, they have two boys.”Rosa trembled, crying a bit. “She’s safe…that-that’s good…then Verde…I just need to find Verde then…Our mother died when we were still young, Verde was still in diapers, and…we all have different fathers so we got separated. Just knowing that one of them is safe…and…thank you so much. I’ll stop by Magnolia then, I gotta get to know my nephews, right?” She grinned through her happy tears.Lucy nodded. “Of course, you’ll be more than welcome. We have to get going though or we’ll miss the last train out.”Rosa nodded and waved after them as the trio left.Lucy sighed as she rested in the train’s seat. “Geez…I can’t believe we almost failed the job…”Cana grunted. “Or succeeded too well, in this case.”Lucy sat up. “That’s right. Kalia, that spell you used… that was Dragon Slayer Magic, right?”Kalia winced. “I’d r-rather n-not….i-it’s…”Cana glared darkly out the window. “Let’s just say she isn’t the only victim from what I know…”Lucy looked at them in confusion. “Victim? But-““Lucy…” Kalia stated quietly. “P-lease…I…d-don’t like…t-talking a-about it…”Lucy slowly nodded. “Alright, Kalia…if that’s what you want.”Cana nodded thankfully. “So, gonna contract those keys?”Lucy nodded. “Yeah, I’m curious about Cassiopeia, I know her moniker is the Prideful Queen, but I have no idea what her abilities might be.” She grinned. “You guys want to watch me contract a spirit?”The two nodded. “Sure, we can do that tomorrow. Otherwise…first mission, Success for Team Girl Power!”Lucy laughed along with her new friends, eager to send a letter to her father and write another to her mother.
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Author’s Postscript:
SSD: And done! Next chapter I’ll cover the contracts, but that’s it for tonight probably. Six chapters in two days is plenty enough for right now….unless I get a massive outcry for an immediate update.Lucy: Still…that was a surprise, I didn’t expect Winmore to…you know…not be Winmore…SSD: Eh, I figured your last mission went way too easy and threw a wrench in the works. Lucy: No kidding, Rosa is mean with a whip, she could teach me a couple things.SSD: *pervy grin* I’m not a Yuri fan, but that sounded-Lucy: Lucy Kick! *Kicks SSD into a previous indent* Pervert!SSD:…I was kidding anyway….anyway, any other thought, Lucy?Lucy: Hm…well, Kalia. I still don’t know what’s up with her. That is Dragon Slayer Magic she’s using, right?SSD: Eh….in a fashion…let’s just say her magic was forcibly mutated to mimic Dragon Slayer Magic and leave it at that.Lucy: What…? Who could do something so horrible to such a sweet girl?SSD:…you’ll find out, if readers are familiar enough with FT, they should be able to get a pretty good guess on who’s responsible from the little hints I left. Anyway, I’ll see you all next time. Don’t forget to leave a review if you think you know who’s responsible for Kalia’s condition. And if anyone wants to suggest the next FT character Lucy should interact with next. Bye!