GOD OF FAIRIES- by Seagate

Chapter 23

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(Last Time)

"I..." Cana began to continue, before pausing for a moment, after which she just sighed and decided to explain everything. "I..."

Staying silent, Lucy listened to Cana's story, her expression going through a myriad of emotion as the older girl poured her heart out and told the blonde all of her troubles and worries.

"And that's my story." Cana finished. "If I don't become an S-Class this time, I'm leaving the Guild. I've already decided that."

"I'll be your partner then, Cana." Lucy declared after a few moments, the expression on her face firm and resolved. "I won't let you quit the Guild! I'll make sure you become an S-Class wizard!"

"Lucy..." Cana replied, beginning to tear up, a genuine smile spreading across her face now.

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Chapter 23

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(On the ship headed to Tenrou Island)

"Urgh! It's so hot..!" Lucy groaned out loud as she lay back on her reclining deck chair, her tanned skin visibly glistening in the blazing sunshine, as the midday sun shone down on her and the rest of the participants for the S-class trials as they sat out on deck. With the blonde having donned a somewhat skimpy swimsuit due to the heat of the day, and the sheer lack of wind, despite them currently being on a large, wooden boat at sea. "I thought it was supposed to be winter..."

"Hot..." Gray echoed, the Ice Wizard in question having surpassed previous levels of lewdness and indecency as he lay on the deck fully naked, his body bathed in steaming sweat as he tried in vain to use his magic to regulate his body temperature. With Gray more than any other on the ship, suffering the most in the boiling heat.

"I feel bad..." Natsu muttered, his voice as miserable as the others. Though for the Fire Dragon Slayer this had less to do with the heat, and more to do with the rolling of the ship. His face by this point having taken on a distinctly greenish tinge, as he clasped his hands over his mouth and staggered around.

"Natsu..." Loke said warningly, the Celestial Spirit himself wearing only swim shorts as he backed away from the sea sick Dragon Slayer. "Don't come any closer."

"I think I'm going to die..." Natsu rasped, turning away from Loke now as he instead leaned over the side of the ship and dry heaved.

"Oh dear, if only Wendy was here and not back at Magnolia, then maybe she would have been able to cast her Troia spell on you." Happy chimed in unhelpfully as he strolled across the deck, looking around in curiousity as he eyed what the rest of the mages present were up to.

With the bikini clad Cana having taken up a positon next to her partner for the trials, Lucy, reclining on her chair as she too took in the rays. The pretty brunette for once not having an alcoholic drink in her hands, after all even Cana knew that drinking alcohol on a very hot day, right before a competition was not a good idea.

Likewise on Lucy's other side was Levy McGarden, who was wearing a slightly more modest swimsuit that the other two. The blue haired girl having also dressed for the occasion, though unlike the other two she was not simply lounging around in the sun. Instead she was getting a bit of reading done to pass the time.

Her partner for the trials however, Gajeel, was just as bad off as Natsu. Noticeably the shaggy, black haired Dragon Slayer was slouched over the back rail of the ship, dribbles of saliva still leaking from his mouth as he finished hurling for the third time this day. His red eyes almost glazed, and his usual tanned, ruddy complexion, now as pale as old milk.