Celestial Wizard Battle One-Shots

Chapter 3

Tamada was currently in a stadium waiting for the next round of this extremely loud, extremely dangerous competition. The job she'd chosen was simple. A young woman needed money. So Tamada would compete, the woman would bet on her and they'd split the profits when she won. She'd fought earlier and she would face whoever won this match. Apparently, the woman had also bet on that wizard and offered them the same deal. On one side of the large ring a muscular young man entered, smiling and waving to the crowd confidently.

"To our right we have Gengo, the Bruiser from Bloom City!" The announcer called. He got a lot of applause from the audience, but what drew Tamada's attention were the keys at the other opponent's waist. The blonde-haired girl didn't look like much of a fighter but she stepped into the ring without hesitation.

"And on our left we have the stunning Lucy Heartfillia, the Queen of Constellations from Magnolia!"

The audience was clapping so much that it sounded like thunder. Lucy gave a big smile and blew a kiss to the audience before quickly stretching in preparation for the fight.

Queen of Constellations, huh? Tamada thought. We'll see.

When the announcer signalled the start of the fight, Gengo charged at her. Lucy grabbed a gold key and held it out.

"Open, gate of the Goat: Capricorn!" Lucy called. A bipedal goat in a tuxedo appeared beside her in a flash of gold light. Then, her clothing morphed into a black and purple dress as horns grew from her head. They ran forward together to meet their attacker. Capricorn and Lucy both jumped to one side of Gengo before turning around and jumping up into the air to add power to a kick to either side of his face. They followed it up by jumping in front of and behind him respectively, hitting him with a barrage of punches and kicks. Within seconds Gengo was down on the ground. Lucy sent Capricorn back with a "thank you" and returned his key to its place.

The crowd roared in applause. Tamada had to clap too. It had been less than half a minute. Lucy had been able to beat her own time by about five seconds.

Lucy stayed in the ring since her opponent had already been chosen and Tamada descended the steps so she could enter on the opposite side.

"And now, in our semifinals, welcome back Tamada, the Superb Summoner!" The announcer called. "Begin, ladies!"

"Time to get that reward." Lucy announced with a greedy glint in her eyes. She pulled out another gold key. "Open, gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus, you're up!"

The minotaur appeared in front of her with Labrys casually held in one hand. He looked at Tamada and then back at Lucy. "Getting summoned in between two gorgeous wizards is really mooooving. What did I do to deserve this?"

"Let's just get to the fighting." Lucy said, donning Taurus's star dress and cracking her whip, which shattered the stone it hit with her enhanced strength.

"Looks like we've got a flirt on our hands." Tamada said, pulling out a silver key. "Open, gate of the Flamingo: Phoenicopterus."

A curvy woman with pink hair and eyes appeared at her side. "Ooo, what a looker." Terus said to Taurus. She winked at him before saying, "I like fighting, but I'd prefer you put that ax down and show me a really good time."

Taurus instantly threw the ax to the ground.

"What?" Lucy exclaimed. "This is a fight, don't believe her."

"Don't spoil our fun." The Flamingo spirit said. Terus put her hands behind her back as they glowed and took a step towards him. When she was close enough to have a good shot and knew Taurus was too captivated to speak, she aimed her hands at him and fired a blast of pink energy at him. Taurus, unfortunately, reacted quickly. He picked up his discarded ax and blocked the attack from hitting his face, though the blast burned through his ax and left a giant hole.