After all the excitement in the tomb, the girls had returned to the village. The villagers had been so awed by their bravery and their discovery of Laelaps's key. They had thrown a party for the people of Fiore on their last night on the island. But now they were back home, and Lucy was telling everyone about their adventure as Vivi was sitting with Natsu, Happy, and Gray.
"I can't believe you got to fight monsters without me!" Natsu complained. "I would have shown that Minotaur what for!"
"You stupid Pyro, if Vivi had gone all out on that thing, she would have collapsed the temple on all of them." Gray pointed out. "Though I'm a bit surprised she hadn't gone ahead and went all out."
"Are you saying I have no self-control or something?!" Vivi demanded from across the table. "You want me to punch your teeth in, Frosty?!"
"As if you could." Gray scoffed.
The two growled at each other while bumping their foreheads together. Some of the guild laughed at the pair as Natsu cheered for Vivi to kick Gray's ass. As the two slung insults at each other, Mirajane looked to Lucy.
"So, Lucy, have you made your contract with your new spirit yet?" She asked.
Loke, who was sitting as far away from Lucy as possible, looked over to listen into the conversation.
"Yep!" Lucy said smiling. "I made it as soon as I had enough magic energy left to summon her! I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful spirit like her, Mira. I can tell we're going to be great friends!"
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"So you're available whenever?" Lucy asked as she looked a the spirit in front of her.
The spirit in front of Lucy was a young black haired woman with dog-like ears sticking out from her head and a long black tail behind her. She had tanned skin like the locals of Kea. Her eyes were a brilliant golden color as well. She wore an outfit similar to the Amazons that Lucy and Vivi met earlier. She even had a golden laurel around her head. However, the leather belt around her waist came with leather strips that fell down to partially cover her bottoms. She also had golden-armored wrist bands on her arm. She carried a shield in one hand and a spear in the other as she stood tall before Lucy.
"Yes, whenever you need me all you must do is call." Laelaps said.
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Lucy pulled out Laelaps's key to look at it fondly. Loke stared at it as well while feeling as if someone was trying to rip his heart from his chest.
Laelaps, He thought sadly as he looked down at the table. How long has it been… since we last laid eyes on each other?
As if reacting to his thoughts, Laelaps's key glowed slightly in Lucy's hand. Which had the blonde blinking. Why did she get the feeling Laelaps was said? Before she could give it much thought, she gasped in shock as she was plowed over by Vivi who was thrown into her by Gray. She laid on the floor in pain as Vivi sat up.
"You stupid icicle!" Vivi snapped. "Watch it! You made me hit Lucy!"
"That's your own damn fault, moron!" Gray retorted.
"Say what?!" Vivi demanded.
As the bluenette jumped Gray to continue their brawling, the rest of the guild was soon thrown into chaos as Natsu and a few others got involved. Lucy whined sitting against the bar as she wondered why she dealt with such hot heads. As she waited for it all to be over, Laelaps's key continued to glow.
… This guild seems like so much fun… She thought. Fairy Tail… I believe I will like it here with my new master…
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A few days passed at Fairy Tail with things returning to normal. Vivi and Natsu were being uncharacteristically quiet, however, which had the guild a bit on edge. However, they hadn't caused any trouble as of late, so they left to two friends alone. Speaking of those two, they happened to be sitting at a corner table of the guild this very moment. Happy was with them, of course, as he ate the fish in front of him.
"So, it is time?" Vivi asked grinning.
"Oh yeah." Natsu replied as he grinned in return. "We've been training super hard, and it's time we put it to the ultimate test."
Vivi's grin widened. This was good. She was hoping to get around to it. They have been training hard as Natsu said.
"It's time…to take…an S-Class Quest." Natsu said. "After that Laxus will have to take us seriously. And so will the Master."
"Not to mention, Gray and all those other punks will be so jealous." Vivi added.
Natsu nodded while feeling even more pumped up for this job. It's what they've been training for ever since Laxus ran his big mouth after the incident with the Magic Council. This would shut him up for sure.
"So, it's decided then." Natsu said. "Tonight's the night."
Vivi waited with Natsu later that night as Happy was away picking out just the right job for them. Vivi was sure Happy would pick a good one too. When she heard flapping, she lifted her head up seeing Happy coming towards them. She nudged Natsu who looked up grinning.
"So, Little Buddy, get a good one?" Natsu asked.
"Aye!" Happy said holding up the flyer. "And it's one Lucy can't refuse!"
Vivi still wasn't sure about involving Lucy on this since the blonde obviously didn't share her and Natsu's sense of adventure. But on the other hand Vivi liked working with Lucy since she was so much fun. And if the reward on the flyer was true, Lucy definitely wouldn't be able to refuse.
"It had the smallest reward out of the ones on the board too!" Happy continued. "I'd figure that'd be best since it's out first S-Class Quest."
Vivi nodded thinking that was best, but 7 million jewel was still a lot of money. Natsu was nodding in agreement as he took the flyer from Happy.
"Great!" Natsu said. "Let's go show, Lucy! I doubt she's home right now, but we can get some training in while we wait. Time to get stronger, so we can kick Laxus's butt when we get back."
"Right!" Vivi said winking.
She looped her arm with Natsu to tug him down the street since she was so excited to get started. Natsu laughed at her excitement as he hurried along with her. This was their first big job. They were going to kick ass and totally rub it on everyone's face when they got back. They first just have to get to the island before anyone realizes what they've done.