Finally a Break
Team Natsu is taking down a group of bandits in a castle. Alice punches a guy in the face and he's sent flying into a wall. Fragrant Olive attached to her left hip
Natsu:"Man, these guys don't put up much of a fight."
Alice kicks a bar stool into another bandit.
Gray:"So who did you losers steal from? Old ladies and little kids?"
Alice:"They are very weak."
A guy tries to hit Alice from behind put she throws her fist up and hits the guy in the face and he falls to the ground.
Bandit:"Don't act like this is over. You'll be sorry. Just you wait."
Bandit:"Yeah, Lord Devon is gonna make you pay."
Happy:"We beat up that jerk a long time ago."
Erza comes down some stairs.
Erza:"I'm all finished upstairs."
Lucy gives Erza a thumbs up.
Lucy:"Sweet. Nice work, Erza!"
A guy tries to get up and run away but something big lands in front of him. He looks up and sees Amayori. She roars at him and he screams like a little girl and turns around and runs straight into Alice.
Alice just flicks him on the head and he falls to the ground.
Alice:"Seems like you haven't learned you lesson."
Alice rubs her foot on the bandit.
Taurus:"Please Teach me a lesson too, mistresses."
Lucy closes his gate.
Lucy:"And a way you go. Bye!"
All the bandits around the room are groaning.
The group is now outside the castle. Alice is patting Amayori on the head.
Erza:"Well, that was a waste. I was hoping they might be a challenge."
Natsu:"Oh, I wanna fight some more!"
Gray:"I know how you feel, but save it for the next job."
Natsu looks to Alice.
Natsu:"Alice take me on one of your Council missions. I always hear you fight a bunch on those missions."
Alice:"No."
Natsu:"Awww, why not!"
Alice:"I'm on those mission because of you half the time!"
Amayori laughs.
Happy holds up a gem he found.
Happy:"Check out this gem I got. Pretty cool, don't you think?"
Lucy panics.
Lucy:"Stealing from thieves is still stealing!"
Happy looks to the side.
Happy:"Hey, isn't that Loke over there?"
Every turns and sees Loke a little ways from them and they all head over to him.
Loke:"What's up, guys?"
Natsu:"Just beating bad guys and being awesome."
Gray:"Same old, same old."
Lucy walks up and Loke freaks out.
Lucy:"I'm glad we ran into you. Thanks so much for--"
Loke interrupts Lucy.
Loke:"Sorry, but I better hit the road. So long!"
Loke runs away.
Lucy:"What is that guy's problem?"
Gray:"I don't know what you did, but you really freak him out."
Natsu:"Yeah, he avoids you like the plague."
Alice:"That just Lucy being Lucy."
Happy:"Burn."
Lucy:"What's that supposed to mean!"
Alice just shrugs her shoulders.
Lucy:"Well, it's not my fault he's crazy!"
The group heads over to a cliff and looks at the castle.
Gray:"Guess we might as well head home."
Lucy:"I dunno. I was thinking since we finished our job early for once, what do you say we stop by a spa and take it easy?"
Alice eyes glow with stars.
Alice:"Yes!"
Erza:"Lucy."
Lucy goes tense.
Lucy:"Yes, ma'am?"
Erza:"I think that's a fine idea."
Lucy sighs in relief; So do Natsu and Gray.
Alice looks to Amayori.
Alice:"Head home, I'll see you soon."
Amayori roars and she flies away.
The group arrives at Hosenka Village and they head to a spa house. The girls go to the girls Spa and the boys to to theirs.
Lucy:"I don't get it? Why is Loke so afraid of me?"
Erza and Alice stand up behind Lucy.
Erza:"Nice moon tonight."
Lucy turns around and sees Alice and Erza still in their armor. Their armor sparkles in the moonlight.
Alice:"The bath's nice too."
Lucy:"You're both bathing in your armor!"
Erza:"I'm more relaxed with it on."
Alice:"I feel much more safe wearing it."
Lucy:"Really? Doesn't it feel kind of weird?"
Erza:"Now, that you mention it, it does. I may need to reconsider my definition of relaxation."
lucy:"Yeah, I don't think taking it easy is either of your strong points."
Erza requips and now she's naked.
Lucy:"Wow! You look just as awesome without your armor!"
Erza:"Is that so! Then perhaps I should walk around the guild like this."
Lucy:"Uh."
Alice:"I think not."
Erza:"That was a joke."
Lucy:"Right."
Erza turns to Alice; she's still wearing her armor.
Erza:"Come on ALice, the water's fine."
Alice looks hestient and then sighs after a few seconds. A golden glow covers Alice and she requips her armor away and sh'es now naked.
Lucy:"Wow!"
Erza:"I know right."
Alice blushes and sits down in the water.
After the bath.
Natsu is wearing some panajams and he's holding a couple of pillows.
Natsu:"Let's get this party started!"
Happy jumps up holding a pillow.
Happy:"Aye!"
Gray props himself up.
Gray:"Oh, come on. I'm trying to sleep here. Why don't you take your party outside?"
Natsu:"It's a sleep over! You know what that means, right? You gotta bust out your pillow fu, or are you too scared?"
Gray:"Of you? Yeah, right."
Alice, Erza and Lucy enter the room. Alice is wearing ehr armor again. Erza and Alice both have pillows under their arms.
Erza:"My arsenal is equipped with only the most powerful pillows."
Lucy:"Most powerful?"
Alice:"This doesn't seem relaxing."
Natsu:"What ever Erza, You're going down!"
Gray:"Grow up, you guys."
Natsu throws a pillow at Erza but she jumps away and it hits Gray in the face.
Gray gets angry and he stands up.
Gray:"You're in for it now!"
Gray looks down and notices a bunch of pillows.
Gray:"Oh, would you look at all these pillows?"
Gray picks up a pillow and throws it and it hits Natsu in the face.
Alice is off to the side watching all of this.
Gray:"You're next, Erza!"
Gray throws the pillow at Erza and she catches it.
Erza:"Not too shabby."
Lucy laughs and she rolls up her sleeves.
Lucy:"Ok, I guess I'll join in too."
Three pillows fly at her and they hit her out of the room.
Alice:"Ouch!"
Gray, Natsu, Happy, and Erza all yell and throw Pillows at each other. Alice is off to the side and she sweat drops.
Alice:"This is getting out of hand. Guys, I think you should-"
Alice is hit in the face with three pillows and she falls to the ground with swirls in her eyes. Smoke rises from her face.
Alice:"Points made."
Alice's head falls back and she passes out.
The next day at the Fairy Tail guild.
Natsu and Gray are butting head and growling at each other.
Elfman:"What's with the two of them?"
Mira:"Evidently, they both were hurt during a pillow fight after their last job."
Elfman:"If they're that banged up, then those pillows must have been full of bricks."
Gray:"It was just a pillow fight. What were you getting so worked up about?"
Natsu:"'Cause I give everything 100%!"
Gray:"Oh, like when you 100% lost?"
Natsu:"I was awesome! You're the one who lost!"
Gray and Natsu look to Lucy.
Gray/Natsu:"Lucy, I won the pillow fight, right?"
Lucy turns around and gives them an Erza and Alice like glare.
Lucy:"Put a sock in it."
Both Gray and Natsu freak out.
Natsu/Gray:"We're sorry. We'll be quiet now."
Mira:"Wow. I thought only Erza and Alice were the only ones who could keep those two in check."
Elfman:"She's a real man."
Natsu and Gray walk away, despondent.
Happy walks up to Lucy.
Happy:"What's wrong? You seem like you're in a bad mood."
Lucy:"Deal with it. I'm always like this."
Lucy eats a spoonful of her stew.
Happy:"You still mad at me about that Plue thing?"
Lucy:"You've gotta be kidding me. You think I'm petty enough to get hung up on some prank?"
Lucy sighs.
Lucy:"Look, I'm sorry. I just have a lot on my mind right now."
Happy:"Hey, you can always talk to me!"
Lucy:"I'll pass. Thanks anyway, though."
Alice is back home and she's in the bath. She's covered in bubbles ands he lowers herself more into the bath.
Alice:'It's been weeks since I've been able to truly relax.'
Alice buts a hand on her guild mark.
Alice:'But I feel like somethings wrong.'
Alice closes her eyes.
Alice:'It's not...my... problem.'
Alice falls asleep.
The next morning everyone is gathered around Loke.
Natsu:"You're a celestial spirit?"
Happy:"No way, really?"
Loke rubs the back of his head.
Loke:"Sorry I didn't tell you before."
Natsu:"Ah-Hah! So that must be why it felt so weird whenever we switched bodies, huh?"
Loke:"Yeah, I guess so."
Alice blinks in surprise.
Alice:"I missed so much last night."
Gray:"Gotta say, I'm surprised I never caught on to you."
Natsu:"How come you're not a cow, or a horse, or a crab? You're just a dude."
Loke:"Virgo has a human form too. It's not like we're all animals."
Natsu:"You say that but I've seen her turn into a gorilla!"
Loke:"She's not really a gorilla."
Lucy:"Loke here is actually a lion spirit."
Natsu:"Seriously?"
Happy:"A lion's like a grown-up cat, right?"
Loke:"Yep, you got it."
Lucy:"Don't lie to him!"
Happy climbs onto Loke's shoulder and drools on him.
Alice:"Ew."
Happy:"You're the coolest spirit ever."
Gray:"Shouldn't you be resting up back in the celestial world right now?"
Loke:"I'm doing a lot better than I was. I just wanted to come say hi. Well, that and I couldn't wait to see Lucy again."
Lucy slightly blushes.
Happy:"He loves you."
Lucy:"Shut it, cat, or you're gonna get hurt."
Loke then grabs Lucy, princess style and carries her away.
Loke:"Excuse us. We need to have a little chat about our future together."
Lucy:"What are you doing? Put me down!"
Natsu:"Aw man, I wish I had a celestial spirit."
Happy:"What kind of thing would it be?"
Natsu:"A dragon, duh! 'Cause then I could practice my magic on it!"
Happy:"Yahoo!"
Lucy:"You don't summon spirits just to practice your magic on 'em!"
Loke:"That's right. You summon 'em when you need some loving."
Alice:"This is getting weird!"
Lucy:"I think you'd better go back now."
Lucy holds up Loke's gate key.
Lucy:"You've gotta be careful 'cause you're not up to full strength yet."
Loke then grabs something from his pocket.
Loke:"I got you something."
Loke holds out five tickets.
Loke:"Here you go."
Lucy:"What are those?"
Lucy grabs the tickets and looks at them.
Loke:"They're tickets to this awesome beach resort. You did so much for me, it's the least I could do."
Everyone:"The beach?"
Alice gains stars in her eyes as she grabs her ticket.
Alice:"A vacation!"
Gray:"I've never even been to a place like that before.
Lucy, Natsu and Happy start to "Dance"
Loke:"I already gave Erza her ticket. I hope you guys have a good time."
Alice hugs her ticket to her chest and she dances around.
Alice:"Vacation! Vacation!"
Alice then realises what she's doing and she stops and clears her throat.
Alice:"You guys saw nothing."
Erza:"Come on, chop-chop. No lollygagging."
Everyone looks to Erza and she's already packed for the trip.
Erza:"Now, hurry, or I'll leave you behind."
Gray/Lucy:"So much stuff!"
Natsu:"All right, I'm ready to go right now. Bring on the beach!"
Happy:"Yeah, let's go!"
Gray:"I still need to pack."
Alice:"Me too!"
Gray:"Natsu, just hold your horses, will you?"
Alice:"I've been waiting for a vacation for so long! I'm gonna soak up so much sun!"
Alice giggles like a little girl.
Natsu:"Wow, you sound like a girl!"
Alice gains a tick mark and she punches the top of Natsu's head.
Alice:"I am a girl!"
Erza walks over to Lucy.
Erza:"Are you packed yet? We're about ready to leave."
Lucy:"You know something? I was thinking. If I was ever in his situation, and I had accidentally caused somebody here to get hurt or worse, I'd be just as torn up about it as he was. But I wouldn't hold on to the guilt, 'cause I know my friends would be there for me."
The others walk up.
Lucy:"If I ever needed to talk, there's always someone here at Fairy Tail. We're really lucky, you know?"
Erza:"Couldn't have said it better myself."
Lucy looks to the others and smiles.
Natsu:"Come on! What's the hold-up? Let's get going!"
Happy:"Aye!"
Alice:"I still need to pack!"
Gray:"I can't wait to get to the beach and soak up some rays."
Erza:"Me too. Whan an unexpected treat this'll be."
Alice:"And Finally it'll be something normal for once."
Erza:"Now let's have some fun."
Everyone:"Aye, sir!"
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03-07-2022
1812 words