Rave Master Fan Fiction ❯ Upon a Shooting Star ❯ Chapter 7: The Inevitable Mission ( Chapter 7 )

Author’s Corner:
SSD: *yawn* New day, new chapter. Let’s get this rolling so I can still nap before I go to work.Lucy: *twitch*SSD: Oh, come on, Luce! What’s your problem this time?Lucy: That…that THING you gave me! How could you do that?SSD: Hm? What thin-oh, you meant THAT? Heheheh…useful, right?Lucy: Useful? You-!SSD: Let’s get things started then, after all, Natsu wants a mission with you.Natsu: Mission with Luce? Alright! *slaps disclaimer on the screen…upside down* *grabs Lucy’s hand* Let’s go! I got this awesome job lined up!USSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSS

Chapter 7: The Inevitable Mission

As Lucy was being pestered by Cana for her, assumed, crush on the older blonde, a pink missile was sent flying her way and crashed into her.“Gah!”“Ow…huh, softer landing this time.” Natsu sat up on Lucy’s back, oblivious to the girl beneath him.Cana and Kalia sweatdropped at the scene. “Natsu, get off Lucy. I’ll agree even we’re a little young for that kinda thing.”Natsu blinked, not getting it and looked down, seeing creamy thighs. He blinked, still not getting it and poked the skin. Lucy turned a brilliant red and screamed at him.“Get off me, you pervert! Lucy Kick!” In a brilliant display of acrobatics, Lucy turned herself over, scooted out from under Natsu and launched a kick at him in barely the blink of an eye.Natsu rubbed his flattened and red face from making impact with the wall. “What did I do…?” He then perked up, completely forgetting his pain. “Hey, Luce! I went and picked us out a mission already! It’s a really easy monster mission.”Lucy stalked over and took the outstretched flier, looking it over. “Need help getting rid of moles, 30000J. Why does this seem so familiar to me….you sure we shouldn’t take anyone else for this?”Natsu grinned. “Nah, it’ll be fine! What’s the worst that could happen?”Lucy pinched the bridge of her nose. “Natsu…you never say that before a mission…ever.”Cana winced. “Yeah, that’s always asking for trouble. We can go with you though if you need help.”Kalia shook her head. “I-I’d l-like t-to, b-but…m-my th-throat is s-still…”Lucy frowned as Cana looked at her in worry. “Is it still bothering you? We don’t have a healer, do we?”The brunette girl flinched. “Sh-she’s…s-scary…”Lucy put her hands on her hips. “That’s no excuse. Tell you what, if your throat is still bothering you when we get back, we’re going to see this healer, alright?”Cana nodded yeah. “Until then, why don’t you hang out with Gray until Lisanna comes back?”Kalia nodded and glanced over where Gray was relaxing, blushing and squeaking as she saw he only had on boxers.Cana rolled her eyes. “Hey! Stripper Boy! Look after Kalia while we’re gone, alright?”A cry of “Gah! My clothes!” and “Alright!” later, Kalia was seated, face still red, beside the Ice Make Mage.Cana smirked as she whispered to Lucy as they left. “She has such a crush on him, it’s adorable.”Lucy blinked and giggled. “I see that.” [So…Kalia and Gray? They do look rather cute and-oh no! I’m going Mira-Mode!] She shook her head and grabbed the two’s hands. “Let’s head to the station.”Natsu dug his heels in the dirt. “S-Station? Like…urk…train?” His face went green.Lucy nodded, acting oblivious. “Yeah, we don’t know how long this mission will take, and the train will get us there quicker. I can get us on for free so it’s no problem.”Natsu whined as Happy started teasing him. “Yeah, Natsu. It’s quicker.” The cat chuckled evilly.Natsu’s cheeks bulged as he turned ashen. “I think I’m gonna be sick…”Cana rolled her eyes and took out a card. She placed it on him and Natsu knocked out. “Sleep card, very useful for this idiot.” She slung an arm under him and hefted up. “Geez…I thought this kid ate nothing but fire, how is he so heavy?”Lucy walked to the other side to help. “So he’s a Dragon Slayer too? I heard they’re the only mages that can eat their own element of magic.”Cana rolled her eyes. “Yeah, this doofus is a Dragon Slayer. Not like how….never mind. You don’t need to know that bit…” Her eyes darkened as they headed to the station.Lucy flashed her pass again and they were let into a private compartment. The girls laid Natsu down on one of the seats and sat across from him. Cana sighed heavily.“Man…I didn’t think we’d make it…”Lucy laughed. “Well, we did.”Happy sat on the seat edge, kicking his legs. “Natsu doesn’t like travel.”Lucy sighed. “Thanks for stating the obvious…” [He better not start finding a way into my house again…especially since Fairy Hills is women only…]Lucy waved at the conductor for his help in getting Natsu off the train. She thought a bit and then sighed, taking out a dragon shaped lighter. She flicked it and waved the flame under Natsu’s nose, blinking as it got sucked up immediately.“Ahhh, that hit the spot for a snack. Thanks, Luce!”Cana raised an eyebrow at the blonde as she put away the lighter. “You smoke?”Lucy flushed. “No…I actually got it because I…thought it looked nice…”Cana laughed. “Well, it saved us from having to drag flame brain around until he recovered, so good eye. Let’s go see what the moles are doing that needs them to be removed.” They headed into the town, blinking at the burst pipes sticking up from the ground. “Woah, that’s gonna be a bitch for them to repair.” The group looked up as they were flagged down by what looked like an engineer. “Hey! You the guys from Fairy Tail?” He panted as he ran up to them. “I’m Ellis, the town’s engineer. These moles started popping up and now look at everything, it’ll take me weeks to fix all the underground plumbing.”Lucy nodded and stepped forward before Natsu cut her off. “You leave it to us! Where’re these moles we need ta get rid of?” He pumped his arm in excitement.The engineer deadpanned and pointed to the side of the group, showing the furrows in the ground. “Follow those and you’ll find them.”Lucy nodded, sighing in relief as these don’t seem all that big. “Alright, we can take care of this.” She puffed her chest up. “And I have just the spirit we need for this.” She grinned and held out a silver key. “Open! Gate of the Hero, Hercules!”The Hero appeared in a flash of silver, bowing to her. “Miss Lucy, you summoned me?”Lucy pointed at the furrows. “We’re tracking down some moles to exterminate so they leave these people alone. You said you like hunting, so can you help us out?”Hercules bowed again. “It will be my honor.” He crept low to the ground as he stalked the path of the furrows.Natsu sulked off to the side. “I coulda done that…”The group followed after the spirit as Cana watched curiously. “Hey, Lucy? How much magic does it take to hold him out anyway?”Lucy thought on that a bit. “Not that much, really. A little more than I would need for Plue, but nowhere near the amount for a Zodiac.”Natsu looked at her confusion. “So…what does that mean?”Hercules didn’t let his attention stray from his target. “It means Miss Lucy is many times stronger than your average Celestial Mage.”Lucy blushed as her companions stared at her. “Oh, no…I’m not that strong…”The Hero stood up. “I beg to differ, your modesty only proves to serve how good you are as a mage. Your other spirits have told us many things about you. Not many Celestial Mages can claim to hold two Zodiac gates open for an extended period of time.”Cana blinked. “Wow, so you really are hot stu-““Our quarry approaches, Miss Lucy, would you like me to engage?”Lucy blinked. “Uh…yeah…engage.”The ground then rumbled beneath them and Happy took to the air. “Waah! The ground is shaking!”Natsu turned green and clamped a hand over his mouth. “It’s…moving…”Cana snapped at him. “Oh, come on, Natsu! Get a grip!” She gaped as not one, not two, but EIGHT rather large “moles” erupted from the ground in front of them.Lucy paled. [They’re so much smaller now but…oh no, these are the same ones from that mission! I knew I recognized the town name!] “Hercules! Do what you can to stop them! They’re heading for the town!” Hercules nodded as he removed his shield from his back and held the gladius before him. “I was looking for new pelts to brag to Orion…” He leapt at the mole and managed to nick it before he got rammed in the side by another. “My apologies, Miss Lucy, I could not aid you more.”Lucy panicked. “Hercules!” She pulled out Pisces. “Open, Gate of the Paired Fish, Pisces!” The two came forth in battle mode.“Hey, mom, doesn’t this seem weak for us?” The son crossed his arms.Lucy pointed at one. “They took out Hercules in one hit! And if can’t tell, I don’t have any water nearby!”Cana grinned and pulled out a card. “If you need water, you should’ve just said something.”The two spirits pale the Card Mage flung it forward, Natsu already beating up a mole. “Prayer Fountain!”Lucy yelped and dodged the geysers of water, remembering Future Cana’s warning about it. She grimaced as her spirits caught the blast and turned back into their eel form. “Pisces is WEAK to water, Cana!”“Sorry!”Lucy jerked her head up, focusing on the water. “I’ve got it! Cana, when I tell you, you’re going to use Summon Lightning on the Fountain, alright?”Cana looked over at her sharply before a grin spread across her face. “Alright, take it away, Luce!”Lucy smiled grimly and with a jerk of her hands, the water split out into multiple tendrils, wrapping around all the moles but the one Natsu was fighting. “NOW!”“Summoned Lightning!”Lightning arched towards the Fountain and then continued travelling down the current, electrocuting all the moles and knocking them unconscious. Lucy released her hold on the water before the lightning made its way to her and grinned at Cana, the two high-fiving. “We rule!”“Team Girl Power for the win!” Cana hip-bumped Lucy, then the two stayed watching Natsu. “You know…we should take care of these while they’re still out. They won’t feel anything.”Lucy grimaced, uncomfortable at the thought. “They’re just animals though….they didn’t know better.”Cana sighed. “They may not have known better, but those townsfolk will be happier with them gone.”“I…guess…” She winced as Natsu charbroiled his opponent, gagging at the smell of burnt hair and flesh. “Just…as long as Natsu doesn’t do it…”Cana wrinkled her nose. “Yeah, I’m never gonna get that stench out of my mind now.” Cana sighed as she pulled out three cards with swords on them. She tossed them and triggered her magic. Lucy looked away as she heard the sickening wet sound of a blade sliding home into a body. “They weren’t that big, but they were trouble.”Lucy didn’t look back at the horse-sized moles. “Yeah…trouble…”Cana wrapped an arm around her as Natsu and Happy cheered for their success. “Come on, let’s get our reward and I’ll sneak you a drink when we get to the guild.”Lucy nodded as she just let Cana lead her, calling out to Natsu that they were done there. [I…never really had to kill something…it’s always been “beat them up”, even monsters never seemed to really…die, just go away somewhere else unless they were demons.]Cana collected the reward from Ellis and ushered Lucy to the station, forcing Happy to fly Natsu there so he wouldn’t complain. She fished out Lucy’s badge and showed it to the conductor before stepping on the train. The Card Mage looked at her friend in concern as Happy dropped Natsu on the opposite seat.“Lucy? You sure you’re alright?”Lucy looked up, eyes still blank. “Huh? Oh…yeah. Just…”“Never seen something get killed before?” Lucy nodded in response. “Well, Firsts usually get a free liquor pass, only once though. Anything you don’t want, I’ll take, alright?” She grinned.Lucy laughed lightly. “Yeah, that sounds fine to me.”“Great, we’ll get smashed together!”Natsu hung his head out the window, oblivious to the conversation. “Urgh…I’m gonna dieeeee…”The train sped onward back to Magnolia.
USSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSUSSAuth or’s Postscript:
SSD: This should be the last of the filler for a while, I really wanted to get to this year’s S-Class exams. Especially since after that I have the arrival of a certain someone planned. And Laxus is certainly plotting revenge against Lucy, how that will go is anyone’s guess, he certainly isn’t telling me.Lucy: ….why would he? I know it’s going to be awful. Ehhh….what if he gives me static cling? And my hair goes all frizzy?! I’ll look like a weirdo!SSD: *cough* I doubt that one…he doesn’t seem like the petty type.Lucy: …you are talking about the same guy that hated his grandfather for kicking his father out of the guild, right?SSD: Yeah…your point?Lucy: As in, the same guy that implanted a lacrima in his own son and only cares about cultivating it…SSD: Well, call it child naivety. You can try warming up to him maybe?Lucy: No way! Not until after his exile!SSD: Lucy, Lucy, Lucy…and here I thought you wanted to save everyone from their hardships?Lucy: I…grrr….I’ll…think about it…alright?SSD: Good girl. Anyway, I’ll see you all later, chapters will be slower until next week, blasted work. Bye!