Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Akane Beach.
November, x786.
Time passed quickly after Irene and Brandish decided to betray the Alvarez Empire. Not long after Alfonzo took them from beneath his mansion, they were brought to the Fairy Tail guild hall. And as soon as they entered, they were met with many hostile gazes.
However, the two ex-members of the Spriggan 12 were not in the right state of mind to even register the gazes of so many people who were weaker than they were. Instead, they were too busy marveling at the inside of the guild hall. A place they had never been able to glimpse the inside of with the [Magic Power Detection] they picked up during their investigation.
Not long afterwards, they were brought to the top floor of the guild hall to meet with the guild's S-Class wizards. From there, they told Ur and the rest why they were in Magnolia.
Needless to say, when they found out that God Serena was a traitor, the wizards were… not as surprised as anyone would expect. Especially after finding out about how he treated Alfonzo before their duel. However, this information was eventually sent to Makarov so that the magic council could deal with it.
Irene and Brandish then went on to explain their mission. A mission that was not going very well thanks to the guild's suspicion. One thing Irene did not mention during this meeting, however, was the fact that Erza was her daughter. Something Alfonzo and Elicia expected.
In the end, both Irene and Brandish entered Fairy Tail as wizards. Though, they were both on a probationary period. And during that period, Alfonzo made some more changes to the bracelets that they wore. For Irene, her magical power output was capped at Gildarts level.
As for Brandish, because there were more than a few wizards in the guild that could defeat her, despite the fact that she was as strong as God Serena, Alfonzo removed the restriction that stopped her from gathering magic power.
After all that happened, Fairy Tail went back to business as usual. And not long after that, the Harvest Festival came around again. And like always, Fairy Tail put on their three big annual events.
First, the Miss Fairy Tail Pageant. Many of the female wizards participated. In the end, Levy came out as the winner. Despite the fact that she was not as busty or curvy as the other ladies. And to no one's surprise, the first people to congratulate her were Jet and Droy.
However, their sycophantic congratulations ended up annoying her to the point that she stormed off without a word, taking Gajeel with her as she went. Naturally, this left Jet and Droy heartbroken, for the lack of a better word.
After the pageant, the Battle of Fairy Tail tournament was next on the agenda. However, there were some differences between this year's tournament and the previous one. For example, instead of teams of four, the tournament would be between teams of five. Also, the winner of the tournament would be the team representing Fairy Tail in the upcoming Grand Magic Games.
In the end, the Thunder God Tribe was the team that won. However, Laxus was not happy with the victory. And the reason for that was simple, Alfonzo and Elicia did not participate in the tournament.
Since Alfonzo was almost certain that he would be working through that time while he was working for the Village Hidden in the Leaves. On top of that, thanks to the message he received from Tsunade, he knew that Elicia would be coming with him.
Elicia would not be the only one to accompany him, however, as he was told he could bring up to three guests with him. However, other than him, the rest would have to be blindfolded to keep the location of the village hidden, a measure that Alfonzo understood, but he felt was completely unnecessary.
Finally, the Fantasia Parade once again went off without a hitch. All the wizards of Fairy Tail, along with the residents of Magnolia, enjoyed it. After that, things around the town went back to normal.
And today, Alfonzo, Cana, and Sun were taking a quest at Akane Beach. Rather, they quest objective was off the shore of Akane Beach. Meaning, they were currently on Sixth Sense, making their way towards the objective.
"*Sigh* I hate taking quests on the water." Alfonzo muttered as he steered the ship to the quest objective. "Every time I do, something goes horribly wrong."
"Oh, stop it." Cana said with a smile. "You've only ever taken one request on the water."
"Yeah, and I got my left arm ripped off." Alfonzo replied with a deadpan.
"Don't worry, Alfonzo." Sun said in a determined tone. "I'll make sure to protect you."
"Sun, you are so cute." Cana said as she pulled Sun into a hug.
"Uh… Thanks?" Sun replied, not sure what was cute about her declaration.
"Either way…" Alfonzo said as he watched his two fiancée. "… I wouldn't have even taken this quest if it wasn't for what we're supposed to be hunting."
"Yeah, a big crab means big crab legs." Cana said with a smile. "I hope we have enough butter back at home."
"Yeah, the Emperor Guillotine Crab is the biggest crab in all the seas, ya see." Sun replied happily. "And they're really good if you steam them, too."
"Well, I've never had one before." Alfonzo replied. "But stopping it from attacking fishing vessels is the perfect excuse to catch one, isn't it?"
*Splash!*
Before either Cana or Sun could replied, Alfonzo hurriedly levitated the ship out of the water. Then, not even an instant later, a large, thirty-foot long crab claw broke the surface of the water.
"Damn, this thing is even bigger than I expected!" Cana exclaimed as she reached into the card pouch that is Hoyle. She then continued as she flung a handful of cards at the giant pincer. "[Card Magic: Sun's Strength]."
In the next instant, while on the way towards the crab claw, all the cards Cana threw burst into flames. Unfortunately, not all the flaming cards were able to hit the crab claw, as it was quickly drawn back below the surface. However, there were a few that did make contact. And as they did, they exploded.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
"Something tells me that didn't do that much damage." Alfonzo said just after the crab claw was completely submerged.
"*Sigh* I shouldn't use fire and lightning to fight it, anyway." Cana said while shaking her head. "It might damage the flavor.
"At least it's not like regular crabs." Sun said as she approached the deck's railing. "WE don't have to catch this one alive before we cook it."
With that, Sun leapt overboard with Kanade in hand.
"Wait, are you serious?" Cana asked in a tone filled with disbelief. "You have to cook regular crabs while they're alive?"
"Yeah, otherwise, they're pretty poisonous to humans." Alfonzo replied with a nod. "Oh, Sun's about to do something."
"[Sing, Kanade]." Sun chanted as she pointed the blade of her shirasaya towards the sea surface. More specifically, towards the Emperor Guillotine Crab.
In the next instant, Kanade transformed into a double bladed katana. At the same time, Sun took a deep breath.
"[Voice Magic: Howling Voice]." Sun shouted towards Kanade. A moment later, Kanade was thrust into the water, with its tips pointed between the Emperor Guillotine Crab's eyes. "[Sound Spear]."
Just as Sun chanted her spell, she was also submerged in the water. Meanwhile, a highly compressed sound wave was shot at the crab. Then, with her sound attack gaining an additional five times its potency in the water, after being hit, the giant crab began to release bubbles from its mouth as it struggled in pain.
A moment later, Sun's legs were wrapped in yellow light. Then, when the light dimmed, her legs were replaced by her pink, scaled fish tail. With that, Sun began to swim at supersonic speed as she slashed the crab's shell over and over.
{"Clear the area, Sun."] Alfonzo said telepathically as Sun continued her onslaught.
At the same time, Sun, having heard Alfonzo's telepathic message, stopped her attack. Then, she quickly swam towards the surface to get out of the blast radius of Alfonzo's incoming attack.
The Emperor Guillotine Crab, on the other hand, was enraged by the small animal that hurt it so badly. So, just like Sun, it also began swimming towards the surface. However, it's speed was much slower than the mermaid it was pursuing.
A moment later, Sun burst through the surface. Then, while she was mid-air, her legs returned to their human form before she landed on Sixth Sense's deck. At the same time, as soon as she was out of the water, Alfonzo fired his [Railgun] into the water. An instant later, water shot up into the air.
Once all the water rained back into the sea, Alfonzo lowered Sixth Sense back onto the surface. At the same time, thanks to the Emperor Guillotine Crab being cut in half by the [Railgun], Alfonzo, Cana, and Sun noticed that a stretch of the water hand changed color.
"*Sigh* It's a good thing it chased Sun up here." Cana said while looking over the bloody sea water. "Otherwise, fishing it up to the surface would have been a lot more troublesome."
"Not really." Alfonzo replied as he created a couple of sturdy chains with his [Metal Magic]. "Thanks to the [Railgun], the entire crab was magnetized. So, all I needed to do was give the tow chains an opposite charge. Then, finding the parts would have been simple, theoretically, anyway."
With that, Alfonzo sent the chains into the water. Then, he wrapped them around the electro magnified halves of the crab. After that, he changed the magnetic charge on the chains to one opposite the crab's.
"Alright, that's a wrap." Alfonzo said with a smile. "Now, let's go home. I wanna cook this thing."
In response, both Cana and Sun smiled. Then, they turned to get comfortable. At the same time, despite the fact that Alfonzo was not in the wheel house, the ship began turning back towards the shore. Before the ship could go too far, however, Alfonzo frowned. A moment later, both Cana and Sun frowned, as well.
"*Sigh* And this is why I hate taking quests on the water." Alfonzo said in an exasperated tone. "Even when they seem like they're done, something always goes wrong."
*Splash!*
In the next instant, a long, cylindrical, metal object shot through the surface of the sea. Then, when it lost its momentum, it flopped against the surface. However, it did not begin to sink. Instead, it floated with its front pointing towards the Sixth Sense.
"What the hell is that thing?" Cana asked.
At the same time, a hatch on the top of the object opened. And as it did, what appeared to be a space suit popped its head out of the hatch just in time to hear the rest of Cana's exclamation.
"It looks like a giant penis!" Cana exclaimed.
Hearing that, the person in the space suit stumbled. However, they quickly regained their balance. Then, when they heard Alfonzo and Sun laughing at Cana's exclamation, they turned their gaze towards the laughter.
"Sun! I've finally found you!" The person in the space suit, which was clearly a young man if based on ehte sound of the voice, shouted once their eyes landed on Sun. "And now that I've found you, we can be together for the rest of our lives!"
Immediately, the laughter aboard the Sixth Sense stopped. While Cana looked at the person in the space suit with pity, Sun looked on in confusion. Alfonzo, on the other hand, was glaring very unamused.
"Oh, this guy is screwed." Cana said as she reached into her [Storage Card] for a bottle of booze while she enjoyed the show.
And Although Cana was right, Alfonzo was glaring at more than just the person in the space suit. Instead, he was also glaring at the submarine, as well. It had been decades since he saw any anime from his past life. So, he was having trouble putting together who the person that stopped them was.
However, had Alfonzo used his [Archive Magic] to look through his memories, he would have recognized the interloper immediately. Unfortunately, he has not spent enough time using it to do so reflexively.
Meanwhile, the person standing on the submarine was overjoyed. Since the moment he stood atop his submarine, his gaze had never left Sun. And he could see her staring at him intently.
'Ha, it would seem Sun has missed me as much as I've missed her.' The young man in the space suit thought to himself happily. 'I've spent the last five years looking for her to declare my love and ask her to be my wife. And now, it has all paid off.'
"Um… Who are you?" Sun asked in a thoroughly confused tone. "And why would I want to spend the rest of my life with you?"
With Sun's question, the atmosphere froze. Then, the young man in the space suit fainted before falling backwards into the hatch.
Naturally, this caused the atmosphere to become even more awkward than it already was.
"So, what she we do about that?" Cana asked while pointing at the submarine.
"Maybe we should see if he's okay?" Sun asked while tilting her head.
"Nah, don't worry about it." Alfonzo said while waving dismissively. "I can hear people moving around inside that thing. So, I'm sure he'll be fine. Anyway, we need to go and get this thing on ice. We wouldn't want it to go bad, would we."
As Alfonzo spoke the last part, he pointed back at the Emperor Guillotine Crab. Then, he steered the ship around the submarine and made his way back to the shore. All the while, he was thinking about who would talk about Sun like that.
'It's gotta be Kai Mikawa.' Alfonzo thought to himself. 'He's the only weirdo from Sun's franchise that would wear something like that. He's… agoraphobic… I think. Anyway, I think he'll show up at the villa sometime soon. So, I can deal with him later.'
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Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Akane Beach.
November, x786.
After returning from the sea, their magical beast subjugation completed, Alfonzo, Cana, and Sun first went to the Akane resort to show proof of their successful subjugation. Then, after buying a few things to go along with the crab they caught, they returned to the villa.
"*Sigh* I kinda feel bad that I didn't do anything during the subjugation." Cana, wearing a teal bikini and lounging on a beach chair, said after taking a sip of a cocktail Alfonzo made for her. "What makes it even worse, is the fact that I asked the two of you to help me on this quest. Hell, you two would have been just fine without me."
"Don't say that, Cana." Sun, wearing a yellow bikini while also lounging on a beach chair, said in an optimistic tone. "If you hadn't told us about it, that crab might have hurt even more people. You might have gotten hurt, too."
"Yeah, I know…" Cana said before taking another swig. "But I don't think I would have gotten hurt. Instead, I would not have gotten any points for this quest.Because I would have probably used my [Super Nova] spell. And that would have caused a huge tidal wave that would have probably damaged a lot of the properties on the shore."
"I'm actually surprised to hear that, Cana." Alfonzo, who was busy grilling a portion of the Emperor Guillotine Crab's meat, said with a smile. "I didn't think you were aware of the damage you caused on quests."
In response, Cana waved off Alfonzo's comment.
"No, I'm always aware." Cana said. "I just get impatient. I mean, I usually have a plan that would end without any collateral damage. But it usually takes too long. So, I end up just bulldozing through it all, without hurting civilians, of course."
Hearing that, both Alfonzo and Sun sighed in unison. Before they could continue the conversation, however, they were all drawn to a killer whale leaping out of the sea in the distance.
"Hmm…?" Sun hummed in confusion. "I lived on Akane Beach for a long time. But I've never seen killer whales here."
"Really?" Cana asked as she sat up to get a better look at the killer whale. "Then, we should be seeing something truly rare. I'll run in and get my photo lacrima. I bet the others back at the guild would love to see this."
'That isn't just a simple killer whale.' Alfonzo thought as he continued to tend to the grill. 'I mean, neither of the girls have noticed yet, but that thing is gonna beach itself if it keeps going the way it is.'
["On top of that, it's staring at Sun."] Bedlam added.
["It's definitely that Kai dick again."] Riot added. ["How dare he look at her like that." Let's kick his ass."]
Meanwhile, Alfonzo continued to cook. At the same time, Cana ran into the villa to grab her photo lacrima. Sun, on the other hand, continued to watch the killer whale. And as the sea mammal got closer, her eye brow started to furrow.
"That killer whale seems familiar for some reason." Sun said to herself. "But I don't know why."
As Sun continued to rifle through her memories, Cana eventually returned with her photo lacrima in hand. Then, the brown-haired woman took as many pictures from as many angles as she could. However, like Alfonzo and his [Armament Spirits], she, too, noticed that the whale would eventually end up beached if it continued on its course. On top of that, it was staring at Sun with… obsession in its eyes.
Eventually when the killer whale reached a point close to the shore, it jumped out of the water. This time, its jump was much more powerful, leaving Alfonzo, Cana, and Sun certain that it would land on the beach.
"Sun, my Darling!" the killer whale, Kai Mikawa, a member of the merfolk race, shouted excitedly as he crossed the tide line. "WE can finally fulfill our destinies together."
As he finished shouting, Kai, in his merfolk form, was covered in light. Then, once the light faded, a young man, looking to be about nineteen, with well styled, ear-length, dark grey hair and eyes wearing a white naval uniform, appeared in place of the killer whale. In the next instant, when Kai landed on the beach, his actions took Alfonzo, Cana, and Sun by surprise.
First, Kai posed like a gymnast at the end of his routine. In the next instant, however, his face began to pale. Then, he began to sweat profusely. After that, it was clear to see that he was starting to panic.
"Ahh~~~~~~~~~!" Kai screamed at the top of his lungs as he fell to his knees. "Somebody, please save me! It's too bright out here. And the space is too open~~~~~~~! Please, someone help me!"
Naturally, this caused Cana and Sun to drop their jaws in surprise. Alfonzo on the other hand, nodded in understanding.
"Well, if I had to guess, that guy is agoraphobic." Alfonzo said in an amused tone. "And if I had to venture another guess, he was so excited to see Sun that he completely forgot about it."
"Agoraphobic? What's that?" Cana asked curiously.
"And why would he be excited to see me?" Sun asked while tilting her head cutely.
"Well, agoraphobia is a behavioral disorder." Alfonzo replied. "Basically, it causes anxiety when someone suffering from it perceives themselves to be in a place that is hard to escape. Like when they find themselves in a crowd or queuing up for something. In this guy's case, it seems to manifest when he's in a wide open space."
"Damn, that's gotta suck." Cana said before taking a swig from her cocktail.
"Yeah, it must make it hard to get things done." Sun added with a nod. "It kinda makes me feel bad for him."
After commenting about agoraphobia, Sun then tilted her head in confusion.
"But why did he seem so excited to see me?" Sun asked curiously. "He even knew my name. How is that possible."
Sun's last question made Alfonzo and Cana look at her with incredulous gazes.
"Obviously, he knows you from the past, Sun.": Cana replied after a few seconds of dumbfounded silence.
"Really?" Sun asked in a confused tone. Then, she looked at Kai, who was still panicking, trying to remember who he was. Eventually, when Kai's anxiety caused him to pass out, Sun spoke once again. "I can't remember him at all. Maybe he's confusing me with someone else?"
Hearing that, Alfonzo and Cana could only continue staring at Sun incredulously. Eventually, they decided to just let it go.
"We should probably call Ren and Gozaburo about this." Alfonzo said while shaking his head. "I'm sure at least Gozaburo is at the Akane Beach residence. You know… Since Sun is here and all."
"Oh, I have no doubt that he followed his little girl here." Cana replied with a giggle. "I mean, he might have gotten better when it comes to dealing with you, Fonzie. But he's still completely nuts when it comes to Sun."
"*Sigh* I know." Alfonzo and Sun replied simultaneously.
In the next instant, Alfonzo went back to grilling the crab. At the same time, Cana and Sun went over the Kai, picked him up, and brought him into the house.
And just as they expected, when Gozaburo found out that Sun would be taking a quest on Akane Beach, he and Masa quickly returned to the Seto Group HQ. And Ren, in order to make sure that her husband did not do something stupid, went with them. So, when they got the call from Sun about a merfolk showing up on the beach, they arrived at Alfonzo's villa in less than twenty minutes.
Then, about ten minutes after the Setos arrived, Kai woke up. And as soon as he did, he started to panic once again. However, when he realized he was in a living room, lying on a couch, he calmed down quickly. Then, he noticed the aroma of seafood.
"Where am I?" Kai asked himself as he sat up from the couch he had been sleeping on. "And what is that delectable smell?"
With that, Kai stood up from the couch. Then, he began sniffing the air. A moment later, once his nose told him where the scent of food was coming from, he let the scent lead him towards the food.
When he eventually arrived, Kai found six people sitting around a table, enjoying a meal.
"Alfonzo, you outdo yourself every time." A woman Kai recognized to be Ren Seto said with a smile on her face.
"Indeed." A man Kai recognized to be Masa said with a nod while eating elegantly. "I've never tasted such consistently high-quality food from the same person in all my life."
"Hmph! It's passable." A man Kai recognized to be Gozaburo Seto, the head of the Seto Group, said in an irritated tone.
"If you're not gonna be honest about it, then you don't need to eat." Ren said as she snatched Gozaburo's plate from in front of him.
"Wait! Give that back!" Gozaburo shouted. "I wasn't done yet."
"Well, if it was only passable, you shouldn't mind, right?" Ren asked. "You can just head back to our house and get the chefs to make you something better."
"Geez, Dad." The fed-up voice of the woman of Kai's dreams, Sun Seto, said, while reprimanding her father. "You're not being very nice."
"Now that he doesn't go into a violent rage anymore, this is fun to watch." The first unfamiliar voice, a woman with long, wavy brown hair, said.
"Yeah, and it would have been much more fun if we had the time to keep watching." Another unfamiliar voice to Kai, a brown-skinned man with dreadlocks, said as he looked in Kai's direction. "Our guest is awake, after all."
Hearing that, the other five also turned their gazes in Kai's direction. While Masa simply nodded at the new arrival, Ren smiled at him and Gozaburo scowled. Meanwhile, Cana looked at him with curiosity. She had never met someone with agoraphobia, after all. Then, there was Sun, who clearly had no idea who Kai was.
"So, it's the brat from the Mikawa Group." Gozaburo said while frowning. "Why the hell are you even here, Kid?"
"Ah, Mister Seto." Kai said while smiling charmingly. "It's nice to see you again. You, too, Mrs. Seto and Masa, as well. And to answer your question, I've come to ask for Miss Sun's hand in marriage, just as I promised I would over ten years ago."
With that, the dining room fell silent. Meanwhile, the confusion in Sun's expression increased to a whole new level.
"Mom, what is he talking about?" Sun asked, breaking the awkward silence. "And who is he?"
Hearing Sun's questions, kai almost coughed up a mouthful of blood. Luckily, he was able to hold back and not ruin his image.
"*Sigh* It doesn't surprise me that you don't remember him, Sun." Ren replied. "You only met him once when you were… seven, I think."
"It was six, actually, Mrs. Seto." Kai said while wearing a fond, nostalgic smile. "That day, when my grandfather brought me with him to discuss business, I knew I had found my soul mate."
"Just my fucking luck, more soul mate bullshit to deal with." Alfonzo muttered in an irritated tone.
While Sun's confusion grew even further after hearing that. Cana stifled a giggle after hearing Alfonzo's muttering. At the same time, Ren smiled wryly, clearly, she remembered that little play date. Gozaburo, on the other hand, deepened his scowl. Clearly, he, too, remembered the meeting Kai was talking about, as well.
"I clearly remember telling you to give up on my perfect, beautiful, precious angel." Gozaburo said in an annoyed tone. "You're not good enough for her."
Although Kai flinched initially, he regained his bearing quickly.
"Yes, I'll admit, I wasn't good enough for one such as Miss Sun." Kai replied. In fact, I doubt that anyone was back then."
Kai then paused momentarily to take in the expressions of everyone sitting at the table. Then, he opened his mouth to continue. At the same time, however, he caught sight of Cana. More specifically, Cana's bikini-clad breasts. And when he did, his eyes widened as blood began to leak from one of his nostrils.
"Wow… He comes here claiming Sun to be his soul mate." Cana said in a derisive tone. Then, she squeezed her arms in front of her, emphasizing her breasts even more as she continued. "But as soon as he sees a pair of nice tits, he forgets everything."
Hearing Cana's statement, Kai quickly wiped his nose and fixed his expression. Then, as if nothing happened, he continued.
"*Cough* Anyway, now, after inheriting the Mikawa Group from my grandfather, I've become the second most wealthy person on the continent." Kai said proudly. "And with my standing, I think a I should be good enough to ask for Miss Sun's hand in marriage."
In response, the dining room fell into silence. At the same time, Ren, Masa, and Cana looked at Kai awkwardly. Sun, on the other hand, looked at him with a frown, much like her father. Meanwhile, Alfonzo glared at Kai with his eyes narrowed. Eventually, the awkward silence was broken by none other than Sun.
"No way, I'm not marrying you." Sun said with a frown. Then, she reached over and grabbed Alfonzo's arm. "I'm already engaged. And if everything works out, I'll be getting married next year."
Hearing that, Kai's mouth fell open while disbelief swirled in his eyes. Then, he gripped his chest as if he were about to have a heart attack. A moment later, Kai shifted his gaze from Sun to Alfonzo with wrath burning in his eyes.
"How dare a lowly human covet the fairest of the merfolk!" Kai shouted angrily. "Then, he reached into the pocket of his naval uniform and pulled out a white glove before tossing it onto the center of the dining room table. "I challenge you to a duel for Miss Sun's hand! And while I'm at it, I'll teach you your place for coveting something beyond a lowly human's reach!"
Hey folks, sorry I didn't post yesterday. My Father's Day plans changed at the last minute. So, my sister and I had to find a new place we could take my dad. And because of all the necessary planning, I didn't have the time to post or say anythign about not posting.
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