Capítulo 7: Chapter 5: A Star knight meets Titania 1/4
Ah yes, The Lullaby arc. Not one of the best arcs in anime, but VERY needed for Bambietta. Im sure some of you know why. If not...Well, you'll see soon enough.
I dont own Bleach of fairy tail. Those belong respectively too Tite Kubo and Shounen jump and Hiro Mashima and Weekly shounen magazine. This is just for fun!
Also, I have a poll on my profile regarding the pairing for our favorite quincy. Vote now and give your answer. The pairing will be decided by the end of February. It is entirly possilbe that we may not go for the one with the most votes, but do know it WILL be one of the characters on the poll.
Bambietta Basterbine eyes were focused, her breathing steady and controlled. Her heart was beating fast, as if threatening to tear free from her chest. The Quincy was at a crossroads, a decision years upon years in the making directly before her. For the better part of her unnaturally extended life she had been tempted to divert from the path she had been forced to take, Yhwach's control and rule absolute the entirety of her time in the Vandenreich.
Now, however, Fairy Tail had offered her the chance to make up for past mistakes. It would be simple, yes, to take the plunge and become a changed person. All she had to do was reach out and take the opportunity that lay before her. Yet was it truly that simple? Could she simply work past decades of an indoctrinated life? Bambietta did not know. All the Quincy could do was simply stare ahead, her body trembling ever so slightly as she pondered the dilemna before her.
"Oh come on, live a little! Screw fear, drink beer!"
Cana Alberona was irritated now, watching Bambietta simply stare with hesitation at the mug containing alcohol that was on the table before her. The Quincy had approached her, at least that was what Cana remembered, her drunken state potentially betraying her short term memory, and in response Cana had offered her a drink.
Bambietta, to her credit, really did want to take up the Fairy Tail wizard's offer. She had been curious to try an alcoholic beverage for the longest time, yet His Majesty had all but forbid such luxuries within the grounds of Silver Cross Fortress. Despite his best efforts, however, His Majesty's will had only gone so far upon the subject of prohibition. Bambietta remembered it well, the night that had been whispered among the Stern Ritter for years after.
Bier Alptraum.
Bambietta could not help but cringe at the memory. Stern Ritter V, Gremmy Thoumeaux, had been inspired one night and conjured in his room untold amounts of alcoholic beverages. Worse, however, was the fact that the potentially underage Quincy had consumed the beer. That had become an evening from hell then, even for Yhwach. Gremmy's intoxicated imagination had taken many forms that evening. Imaginary friends coming to life, none of them going away and eventually becoming official Stern Ritter. That, however, had only been the beginning.
The Quincy had faced many a horror that evening, Gremmy tugging at their own hidden fears. Monsters hidden in the shadows, sights and sounds that could not be unseen. Still had that been simply child's play. Even Yhwach himself had found himself incredibly busy that night, His Majesty forced to fend off meteor after meteor that the drunken Stern Ritter V had summoned from the skies above.
In the end the Vandenreich had survived yet had been damaged for several years. Gremmy's madness had all but postponed the start of the Quincy's blood sworn war against the Soul Society. In response Yhwach had double downed on his imposed prohibition, placing one restriction on the power that he had granted Stern Ritter V. Never again would he become drunk and would live sober just as the other Stern Ritter were forced to.
One could imagine then Bambietta's hesitation. She no longer had the Explode at her fingertips, yet still was she hesitant to find out what kind of drunk she would become. Would she be happy? Or would she descend further into a state of what she liked to call hilariously violent?
"Darn it." Bambietta put her worries and indoctrinated beliefs behind her and reached out. She gripped down on the mug tightly and dragged it back to her, lifting up to her face. The Quincy hesitantly glanced at the mug, then downed its contents in one gulp.
Cana, meanwhile, simply watched as Bambietta's cheeks puffed out, the beer apparently never being swallowed. "You okay?"
The Quincy could feel it, the alcohol burning the inside of her mouth, the taste strangely unbearable. Was this what she had been curious about for so long?She had to swallow it, Bambietta knew that much. It would be rude to do otherwise, to refuse Cana's offer. Yet she just could not do it.
Bambietta nearly coughed then, spitting out the alcohol back into the mug from whence it came. She stared down at the drink, unwilling to look at Cana. "Nope, just nope."
Cana was quite disappointed, the wizard sighing as she poured herself another glass. It was the tenth of the day for her, or perhaps the twentieth. Cana had either long since lost count or never been able to keep it straight in the first place. Nonetheless she was still judgmental to a fault. "Oh, I guess you're just one hundred years too early to even hope to keep up with me."
Bambietta scowled then, realizing that the wizard had her clearly outclassed as far as drinking habits went. It was a shame, as she had been considering asking Cana to joined the Bambi Force, but the Quincy was beginning to wonder how well that would work in the long run. This woman could put away more alcohol than what she imagined was humanly possible. Was that what she wanted as a part of her representation in Fairy Tail?
Yet despite her reservations, Bambietta could sense something with Cana, something that had led her to think of them perhaps as kindred spirits. A sense of abandonment pervading her soul. It was not something the Quincy wanted to address verbally however, not unless they had grown closer, but she could see it now that a mug of beer that could not be drunk would forever remain between them; an insurmountable wall she may never be able to conquer.
"Yeah, yeah, I guess so," Bambietta said with a sigh as she pushed the mug closer to Cana and sat up from the chair. "Well it was nice talking with you."
"Yeah." Then Cana simply began to down another shot of beer, leaving Bambietta completely mystified as she walked away.
The Quincy began to make her way towards the job request board, taking notice of Lucy staring intently at it. Bambietta had to wonder what she was so worried about. She knew well enough from Lucy's descriptions that the mission involving the Duke of Everlue had led to no actual reward but it should not have mattered. Bambietta had alone made the remainder of jewel needed for the rent, not to mention it had to have been almost a month away regardless. Time was on their side.
"Lucy, is something wrong?"
Lucy took notice of the Quincy approaching her and the Celestial wizard knew it was time to be more honest. "Yeah, I was really looking forward to that reward money. I should have told you sooner, Bambi, but the rent is due in a week."
"What?" Bambietta had not been expecting that. "It costs that much per week? Oh forget that! We could afford Fairy Hills' monthly rent and them some at this rate!"
"No, no, that's not it!" Lucy protested. Then did the Celestial wizard turn to face Bambietta, fidgeting nervously as she looked in her eyes. "I kind of had to work out a deal with my landlady for the first month's rent."
Bambietta folded her arms across her chest, staring at Lucy with a smirk that she could not restrain. "Oh?"
"Well, I gave her a down payment which pretty much wiped out the rest of the jewel I had on hand, so I was kind of hoping to make up the rest due in a week. Or-"
"Or find a roommate that could help," Bambietta finished, raising an eyebrow as she finished the sentence.
"It's not like that," Lucy said softly. "Bambi, I-"
"Oh, I'm just playing with you!" Bambietta said, allowing herself to smile. "Relax! What was it you said the other day? That we newcomers to Fairy Tail should look out for each other?"
"So you're not mad?" Lucy asked, still a little worried.
"Oh please." Bambietta waved an index finger in front of Lucy. "About that? Heck no. The only thing I'm a little miffed about is that you didn't tell me you needed some extra help. But don't worry about it. I made some good capital while you were away."
"But that's not fair," Lucy replied. "You shouldn't have to cover almost all of it."
"Again," Bambietta began to say, "we've got to look out for- almost all of it?"
"Well," Lucy continued to say, once looking down, "I could only put down ten thousand jewel when I moved in."
"Okay," Bambietta said, almost sighing. "That's going to take a big cut out of what I've made recently, especially after buying myself a bed and some much needed clothes. Oh well. Let's go check out today's missions."
Lucy and Bambietta began to do just that, their eyes scanning over all that was offered. Some were better than others, but one in particular got hold of the Quincy's attention. Bambietta began to smile very nearly from ear to ear, the woman becoming ecstatic enough that even Lucy took notice.
"Oh, you found one?" Lucy began to glance over then, feeling her heart all but drop in her body out of a sense of dread. "Slay the volcano demon?"
Bambietta began to reach for the paper then, the Quincy all but cackling underneath her breath. "Oh, this is going to be so much fun. Let's get dangerous!"
Then did Lucy reach out and clasp a hand upon Bambietta's wrist, stopping her fingers mere inches from the board. "Hey now, if we're going to work as a team, could we at least pick a job that sounds a little less crazy?"
Bambietta glanced over towards Lucy then, feeling a little dejected. She knew full well that she could handle the mission on her own if need be, but the Quincy also understood that she would much rather work in a group if she could. "All right, fine. I leave the choice up to you."
It was then that Mirajane wandered over, taking note of the two women's interest in finding work. "Just to let you know, Master Makarov is out on business today, so I'm acting in his place. If you find any missions you want to take just give me a heads up, okay?"
"Wait, where'd he go?" Bambietta asked, looking towards Mirajane. "Don't tell me he has to speak with the city council about damages again? That building collapse over in Oak was totally not my fault! Just ask Levy. How was I supposed to know the pillars were so shoddy in their construction while I was throwing around that monster inside?"
"Oh, it's nothing like that," Mirajane said as she quietly moved towards the nearby counter and scribbled something down.
"What're you doing?" Bambietta asked, the Quincy's eyes narrowing with suspicion.
"I'm just jotting down a memo for the master," Mirajane replied. "Nothing you have to worry about."
"Sure," Bambietta replied with a huff, folding her arms across her chest in a mild attempt at venting her frustration.
"Master Makarov is just meeting up with the guild masters of Fiore, that's all," Mirajane continued, completely oblivious or intentionally ignoring Bambietta's irritation. "It's kind of like the Magic Council, but not exactly."
Mirajane placed one of her index fingers to her chin and turned to face another Fairy Tail wizard.
"Reedus, could you be a sweetie and let me borrow one of your Light Pens?"
"Oui," was all the rotund wizard known as Reedus Jonah replied as he turned from a painting he was working on to hand Mirajane exactly what she had asked for.
"The Magic Council works underneath the government of Fiore, instructing the guild masters," Mirajane said as she began to etch out a magical diagram in the space in front of Lucy and Bambietta. "They hand down the edicts to the masters who in turn are responsible for providing those very rules to those in their care."
"And yet the master said we should disregard the council," Bambietta replied with a smile as she moved close to the visual depiction that Mirajane had created. The Quincy eyed it then, noting the lines that drew down from the Magic Council to the various guild names. She reached out then, swiping an index finger through the top line, separating the Magic Council from the rest. "Something I quite appreciate."
"Bambi?" Lucy was quite surprised by the flagrant disregard for the acting body of the government.
"Oh, you mean what the master said yesterday?" Mirajane asked sweetly. "I think you may have misunderstood what he was getting at, Bambi."
"Smells like blueberry," Bambietta whispered to herself as she smelled her gloved hand, catching the scent left behind by the Light Pen's magical markings. She then looked towards Mirajane. "What do you mean I misunderstood?"
"The founding master of Fairy Tail believed that magic should not be restrained as long as it brings happiness to the world," Mirajane answered. "It's a lesson that was passed down from the first to the second and then to Master Makarov himself. That is why he feels that so long as Fairy Tail does good for itself and others we shouldn't fret ourselves silly about the Magic Council."
"Oh." Bambietta was content with that answer. "Well that I can-"
"But," Mirajane continued to say, "no master of Fairy Tail would permit that anyone within our guild use their magic to bring happiness to only themselves at the expense of others. To pervert the Fairy Tail name, to hurt those who are your friends and family within the guild, that would be completely unacceptable."
That was when it happened. Bambietta could only see the sweet, innocent smile that Mirajane wore, yet there was something terribly unnerving about it. The Quincy could not quite put her finger on it but she could sense something within the woman's very being, something that was at the edge of her words, as if granting Bambietta a warning.
"You think I'd do something like that?" the Quincy asked, forcing her own unnatural concern away. "I'm hurt."
"No, silly," Mirajane continued as Bambietta noted the strange aura within her fading. "Even though you're new here, I can already tell you're Fairy Tail through and through."
"Yeah," Bambietta replied, unsure of what exactly had just happened. Yet still did she suddenly feel the need to prove herself for one reason or another. To that end the Quincy took off her left glove and raised the hand before her face, showing off her light blue emblem mark. "That's me, a fairy to the core! I eat, sleep and breath Fairy Tail!"
Lucy, meanwhile, was unaware of what Bambietta had seemingly grown so nervous about. "I never knew all the guilds were so connected. I just thought they were all on their own."
"Oh no, then the whole system would fail apart," Mirajane began to explain. "We'd be stepping all over each other s toes on missions, you name it. Though it does seems to happen from time to time still. Especially with the Phantom Lord guild."
"Phantom Lord?" Bambietta asked. "Kind of a creepy name. Sounds more like a bunch of bad guys if you ask me."
"Oh, they're not a dark guild," Mirajane replied. "Now those are the ones you have to avoid for your own sake."
Then did a voice whisper in a creepy tone a threat that Bambietta heard from the space behind her. "Otherwise the men in dark robes will come after you!"
Lucy screamed then and there. The Quincy, however, simply turned around in a flash, throwing a Blut Arterie empowered fist in the direction of whomever had spoken in such a disturbing fashion behind Lucy and herself. The fist connected and Bambietta was witness then to the sight of Natsu Dragneel flying backwards, his body stopping only when the Fire Dragon Slayer hit the far wall.
Lucy saw the what Bambietta had done to Natsu clearly, yet the Celestial wizard was more concerned with how the young man had frightened her out of her wits. "What the heck are you trying to do? Scare me to death?"
"Well I guess I did deserve that," Natsu said as she pulled himself away from the wall and dusted himself off.
"Aye, sir!" Happy exclaimed as he walked over.
"Way to take my side, little buddy," Natsu retorted as he glanced at his friend before walking towards Lucy, Bambietta and Mirajane. "But yeah, I almost forgot that Bambi said any time, any place for a rematch! And I know I've got a fire in my belly!"
"Really?" Bambietta replied, raising an eyebrow as she began to weigh her options. "Now?"
"Well at least if it happens here my landlord won't get upset," Lucy mused, trying to look at the positive side of things.
"No, no, no fighting," Mirajane interjected as she moved between Bambietta and Natsu. "I won't permit it."
"Okay, fine," Bambietta and Natsu said simultaneously, the both of them folding their arms across each other s chest as they turned away.
Lucy simply stared on in amazement. "Wow, they're really two peas in a pod. Scary..."
"Anyway," Mirajane said with a sigh, a crisis averted, "Natsu may have been kidding around but dark guilds are no laughing matter. They're the type who don't play by any rules and do whatever they want."
"Yeah, I've heard of them," Bambietta said, remembering well what Porlyusica had told her. "They treat everyone like dirt, even their own."
"Some only involve themselves with magical crime," Mirajane continued, "but others will go so far as to take assassination requests if it pleases them."
Lucy quivered slightly then. "That's just-"
"Horrible, yeah," Bambietta said, finishing what she had expected her roommate to say. "Yeah, killing for the fun of it makes someone the lowest kind of life."
The Quincy bit her lower lip then, knowing full well who she was describing; the person she had once been. It was in that moment she had to wonder what her new friends would think of her if they knew the truth of her past. Makarov had taken it all with the grace of a veritable saint, yet still issuing her stern warnings, but how would someone like Lucy or even Natsu react to such information?
"Like Fairy Tail has to worry about anything like that," Natsu exclaimed. "We're the best in world! There's nothing we can't handle. Now come on, Lucy, why don't you pick us a job?"
"What?" the Celestial wizard suddenly protested. "Oh no! The last time you just wanted me because I was blonde! And it didn't even pay us a cent in the long run!"
"That's not true!" the Dragon Slayer replied. "We may not have been paid in jewel but didn't the smile on Kaby's face when you showed him the book make up for all of it?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Lucy said in return, the Celestial wizard recalling the moment the older gentleman had learned of the loving secret his father had hidden in the magical tome.
"And besides, hair color or not," Natsu said as she smiled broadly, Happy doing the same as he flew by, "we just like your company."
Bambietta was about to say something then, to once more remind the Dragon Slayer that Lucy was a member of the Bambi Force, when someone else interjected.
"I wouldn't hang around that loser too much longer," Gray Fullbuster said as he approached, the young man's shirt lying on the floor behind him. "I'm sure there's plenty of other teams that would want you on them."
"Ah-hem," Bambietta offered up, puffing out her chest as she tried to draw some measure of attention to herself. "The leader of the Bambi Force, which Lucy is a part of, is right here!"
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