章 25: Bluenote Stinger - 2

"So do you have anyone in mind to bring along with you?" Master Macao asked as you sat at up at the bar beside him.

Sitting on the bar, was the mission slip, for the first S-ranked mission Fairy Tail had access to in years.

You cocked your head to look at Drax and Meredy sitting at one of the tables not far away, eating lunch. "Those two for sure," you nodded at them. From the mission details, it was confirmed already that there were at least ten thousand monsters. Quite a hefty amount, but honestly, not something you wouldn't be be able to handle. The problem was, thanks to Meredy, you knew Bluenote was the one behind Orochi Fin, you couldn't really afford to fight a guy like that, with a full guild and ten thousand monsters backing him up, "Anyone else I'm up for suggestions." Max would probably be a decent help.

"Hmm," Macao hummed, arms crossed and eyes closed in thought, "A big team wouldn't be the best, since we're trying to prove we have what it takes to take on a mission of this level."

He took his leave a few moments later, going to check on the others and see if any of them thought they could apply themselves well to the mission. It wasn't a secret after all, that you were the strongest member of the guild by quite a decent margin, followed by Meredy and Drax.

You nodded in agreement. You turned back to the bar, and were about to call over to Kinana to order a drink, when something large, soft and squishy pressed up against your back and a pair of lithe arms wrapped around your neck.

"Hey lover boy," Mattan ginger purred into your ear, "I hear you're going on that S-rank and looking to see who wants to join up."

"Yup," you confirmed, not at all bothered by her pressed up against you, "Why?"

"Figured I'd toss my hat in the ring, nyaa." she replied, leaning over your shoulder to rub her cheek against yours.

Not really your first choice. Mattan was skilled, and was an expert on two elements of magic, but raw ability wise, she didn't really have the kind of power that would work well in a small team versus an army.

She wasn't on the level of an A-rank mage yet, even with the power she'd gained from the King Vulcan and the forest Wyvern when you first met her. Skill wise, she was definitely there, and you could see how she was the ace of her old guild, but, it was the raw power that held her back.

Hmm Thinking on it, she had Take Over now as well thanks to that King Vulcan taking her over right? "Sure, you can come along I guess," you shrugged, "But you'll need to try and take over a few things while you're there, you kinda need the power boost."

For the most part, the scouts had confirmed the vast majority of the monster army were made up of Hyena-don. Big and tough as they were, you should be able to wipe out most of them easily to make things easier for the rest. Your magic after all, is the type that specialises in raw destructive power. And you had plenty of that to spare now.

"Way ahead of you!" Mattan chirped and pulled back from you, "Check this out!" she told you and you felt magical power build up behind you.

Curious, you swivelled around on your chair and looked at what she was up to.

"Take Over: Neko Soul!" she declared proudly and gave you a wink.

She was consumed by a wave of pink energy, and a moment later it receded to show Mattan looking very different.

Her already skimpy dancer outfit was replaced, by a light purple and black bowed bikini that did nothing to hide her large, bodacious breasts and full hips. Atop her head, were a pair of cat ears, and a long purple cat tail wiggled back and forth behind her.

A cattish smile spread across her face and she bent forward to look you in the eye, making her large breasts dangle practically in your face, "What'ya think?" she purred cheekily, "I spent over a week hunting down a family of Nekomata to take over, now I've got illusion magic thanks to them, and gotten quite the nice little boost physically as well as magically."

Huh Nekomata huh? They were a pain in the ass to hunt down because they could hide behind illusions. Not the most powerful magic beast out there, but they were swift, skilled and tricky as all hell.

"Cute," you replied, reaching out to idly pet one of her ears. You smirked when she leaned into your fingers with a trilling purr. You'd done this with Milliana, but hers, were fake, "Not bad at all kitty cat."

"I know, right?" Mattan giggled, letting you play with her soft ears for a bit more before pulling back, "But can't be letting you have much of that, without taking me out to dinner first right?" she teased, sliding up to you, pressing her chest into your shoulder.

You rolled your eyes, "Sure, dinner, anytime you want," you replied, "But unless you want to end up unconscious in my bed and miss the mission, stop that."

"Promises, promises!" Mattan giggled, but did as told and pulled back from you, leaving your personal space. You eyed her perky round ass swayed back and forth as she left, she was putting a noticeable sway into her hips, and swinging her tail back and forth to draw attention to it. More than one guy in the guild had their eyes glued to her backside as she left.

You snorted and rolled your eyes, before turning around to the bar again and opening your mouth to call Kinana over for that drink you wanted.

"Man, you kids sure are bold." Bisca whistled, taking a seat beside you.

You withheld a sigh, instead turning your head to look at the beautiful, voluptuous and scantily clad young mother sitting beside you, "Compared to some of the girls I've dealt with, that's tame," you replied, thinking of Milliana and that joint mission you'd taken to help out Mermaid's Heel back when you were with the Rune Knight's still. You'd fell into bed with her after hours of meeting her and spent three entire days throwing her around her bedroom, you'd broken so much of her furniture, even snapped her bed in half, "So, what's up Bisca?"

"Nothing much, just thought I'd come congratulate the man of the hour," the green haired woman hummed, then smirked at you, crossing her arms under her breasts and pushing up her large breasts, "Though I guess you don't need me congratulating you when you've got Mattan all over you."

"Congratulations aren't really ever needed, but they're always appreciated," you smiled at her, meeting her eyes "Thanks."

Bisca laughed a little and reached over to jostle you a bit, "Heh, look at you, mister smooth," she teased, "You didn't even look at my cleavage."

Bisca had taken a bit of a liking to teasing you playfully like this, when she caught on to how you'd used the recording of the Fantasia Parade from seven years ago during your private time ever since you hit your teenage years.

"It's a natural talent," you shrugged, you'd be a bit more on edge about it, with her being married and all, if Alzack and she were closer. From what you heard though, a lot of the heat had died down in their relationship, and they were only together still because of Asuka, at least according to Wakaba. Speaking of, "Where's Asuka?" you asked, looking around for the little bundle of excitement, you couldn't see her anywhere in the guild, and Alzack wasn't anywhere either.

You loved hanging around with the little squirt. She always liked cheering you on when you were training, and especially loved it when you let loose some big attacks and blew everything in front of you away.

"They're off visiting Alzack's parents," Bisca replied with a shrug, leaning against the bar, "His parents aren't exactly big fans of mine, since I used to be a bandit and all before joining the guild, so I stuck around here while they went."

You winced, eesh. It was almost cliche, not getting along the with the inlaws. But in this case, you could see why his parents weren't big fans of her, objectively at least. Not like you could say anything, most of your time guarding the high profile mage prison, was spent getting to know Angel and Cobra from Oracion Seis, and a big part of that time was spent ogling the white haired dark mage beauty.

You'd had the idle idea of appealing to the council for a probationary freedom for the members of the guild. All of them were former slaves who were dragged into the life they lived after all, so a little leeway should be levied.

Old man Org had been receptive to the idea when you brought it up with him before you left the Rune Knights. He was your biggest backer when you were with the Rune Knights. And he'd hinted to you, that the members of Oracion Seis would be a big help in the future if they could be redeemed. The old man had been worried and still was, about Tartaros.

The disappearance of the Tenrou Team, had left a massive power void in the guild wizard association. Makarov Drayer had been the fifth ranked Wizard Saint, and Gildarts was said to be on par, if not stronger than God Serena, the strongest mage in Ishgar. Alongside them, were the disappearances of many S-class fighters such as Laxus Drayer, Mirajane Strauss, Erza Scarlet, Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Gajeel Redfox, the Thunder God Tribe, Juvia Lockser, and all the rest of the Fairy Tail members that went missing on Tenrou were all of the A-rank.

Even now, seven years later, with many new mages stepping up to the plate, the total power that the guilds could levy wasn't on par with what it was back then. And even then, Tartaros was feared by the Magic Council.

You shook your head, banishing those thoughts. Instead, you eyed the green haired mother beside you, eyes roving over her form.

Bisca, was interesting. She was average at best when it came to close quarters fights, but long range? She was a monster, you'd never seen anyone with accuracy as good as hers. You'd thought the only thing she really lacked was raw fire power.

You had been proven very wrong in your spar with her. After all, when she hadn't been able to hurt you much at all with her magic rifles, she had pulled a god damn Jupiter Cannon out of her Requip space. The remodelled version the guild had liberated from Phantom Lord years ago, and while nowhere near as powerful as it was then, it still packed a god damn hell of a punch.

You'd actually nearly lost that fight, would have if it weren't for your Darkness Sea Dragon God's Barrier, and even then you'd taken quite a bit of damage. Bisca, as it turned out, was the actual heavy hitter of the guild in the absence of the Tenrou Team. And she was one hell of a trump card.

She'd actually be a big help on the mission. Even with her rifles alone, she could down hundreds of the Hyena-don without problem from long range.

"Hmm?" Bisca cocked her head when she saw you eyeing her, "What's up? See something you like?" she laughed and wiggled her eyebrows at you suggestively.

...Well, a beautiful woman holding a big giant ass magic cannon. It had been pretty fucking sexy. You weren't going to lie.

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(Sorry guys for lack of uploads, I've been caught up writing a story that ballooned in popularity right out the gate. A Naruto system story, written 70k+ words for it in the last two weeks. Might upload it here at some point, while I've got the maximum amount of stories one can have on this website, there are one or two I abandoned, so I could just rework them into it.)