A/N I have seen many people say that they have trouble writing fluff. To them I say this. "Watch Konohana Kitan. Everything you write will become fluff."
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Jellal wasn't injured. At all.
No one had actually cast an explosive spell. He had been tied up by a kitty rope, and then he had been imprisoned in a card. All other spells and bullets went over his head.
The problem came because of the magic circle.
The method Zeref had used to master many, many types of magic in relatively less time was quite simple when you thought about it. He would trace a magic circle that he had observed and memorized using pure magic energy, and it would turn into a filter of sorts. The spell could easily be done by pushing magic through it.
But when multiple magic circles meet, and two parts react to form the sign for explosion... well, the energy in all the different spells would go boom.
So not only was Jellal uninjured, he was the only one who was uninjured.
Being an anime universe, of course some clothes were burned off. But unlike the norm, the victims of this were Sho and Wally, the two guys. Milliana had just been knocked back, and Erza's eyebrows had been burned off.
To preserve his modesty, Sho locked himself inside one of his cards. Wally used his block-like structure to turn his lower body inside out. From a glance, it would look like red pants, but a closer look, and... let's just say the results wouldn't be pretty.
Gray screamed hysterically upon seeing him, so he went to sleep. Sho did not leave the card.
Mavis created temporary, illusionary eyebrows for Erza. She and Milliana slept in the ship.
Natsu had apparently managed to convince Lucy that the explosion was nothing serious, and they were both sleeping peacefully, Lucy's head on Natsu's shoulder. Zeref did not wake them up. Instead, he took pictures.
Jellal spent the night tied up and locked inside a card.
And as for our two protagonists- oh wait, they were sleeping. Well, as for our first guild master and brotherly dark wizard, they engaged in... interesting activities. More interesting than grapes.
The next morning, at five o' clock, Soren was lying in his room with his two Fracciones- ahem, his two fangirls, and meditating.
Soren's Quirk- that is, Soren's power, was very interesting. His primary power allowed him to feel interactions around him, and comprehend their vibe and type. They would either be physical or conversational, and the vibe could range from friendly to comfortable to sexual.
This also, incidentally, made him aware of everyone, as long as they were interacting with someone else.
His second power made him aware of their deeper, inner feelings, their individual moods, and, if they were projecting it enough, some thoughts.
That was the easy way of explaining it, but Soren still didn't have that much of a handle on it's specifics. He just knew the... aura. The vibe. The mood. It wasn't a clear-cut emotion reader. He could just, well, he could just understand the undertones of interaction.
An example would, perhaps, be easier to give. Since Maria and Rumia were always on him, he knew without any doubt that they really were in love with him. And that they were very, very... lustful.
And his third power, which was relatively recent, allowed him to perfectly simulate interactions.
Right now, he was concentrating on a particular interaction that was going on in the room just below his, in Helena's room.
No matter how much time had passed, Lisbeth had always showed an aversion to physical contact. She was uncomfortable when any of the males touched her, and did not like it when Liz did (understandably). She wasn't particularly averse to his fangirls or to Rowena, but she wouldn't seek out contact.
Except Helena.
Instead of feeling uncomfortable with her, all he could feel from Beth when Helena touched her was an awe-some 'trust comfort hope contentment thrill love admire love love love'. There was also a little embarrassment, but that too had a warmth to it.
From Helena, he could feel a determined 'care, protect, happiness, adore, love, love, more love, and SQUEE!'. And yes, he could feel that 'squee' was in capital letters. He didn't know how, that was just how his power worked.
Why was he contemplating this now? Ah, that's right, Beth and Helena were radiating so much trust and SQUEE respectively that he couldn't fall asleep!
Seeing the time, he gave up on getting more sleep. He tried to get up, but he felt twin spikes of 'don't go please stay, anxiety, desperation' from the two people beside him, and so he laid back down.
When Beth woke up, she felt her head on something soft and squishy. Unlike most people, when she realized what they were, she didn't jump away. She just pretended to go back to sleep.
Helena felt the moment Beth woke up, and then saw her pretending to sleep. She smiled and stroked her hair. After a few minutes, when Beth showed no signs of getting up, she prodded her in the side.
Beth immediately jerked. "Lena, that tickles!"
Helena raised an eyebrow at the girl. "Lena, huh? I like that."
Beth blushed shyly, and the newly christened Lena decided to tease her a bit. She said, in a faux-concerned voice, "Beth? Are you alright? You've gone completely red!"
Beth blushed even further at that. Lena was about to tease her more when someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Lena said, and the door opened to reveal a tired, haggard Soren.
He immediately fell to his knees. "Please, please stop! You two keep radiating so much emotion I can't sleep. Can you stop touching each other for a minute? Please!" He was begging at this point.
Proving that vampires were, in their heart, evil, Lena mockingly said, "Hmm. You make a valid point, but... nope! Not gonna do that."
"WHY?!" Soren looked ready to cry. Lena just smirked.
"Sucks to be you, pal."
For vampires, their body didn't really need sleep. They could get energy at any time by drinking blood. But they did need sleep for their mind.
For you see, if you keep anyone awake for too long, they start going a bit... hare-brained. And since they treated SAO Abridged as the gospel truth, they knew that after a certain time of uninterrupted consciousness, their political views would become distinctly crazy. That is, Floobar, the king of mole-men, would be running the government in their head.
Knowing that his future could only have mole-men in it, Soren went back to his room, dejected.
"So", Helena said, a teasing grin on her face, "do I need to brush your teeth?"
Beth looked down, biting her lip. "You're not gonna stop teasing me about that, are you?"
Helena frowned a bit, becoming serious. "I'll stop if you want me to. I don't want to make you uncomfortable."
Beth smiled. "Thank you."
Lena smiled too. "It's okay." She paused. "But you actually do need to brush your teeth. Vampire teeth should be kept in tip-top shape."
"Yeah." Beth got up to go to the bathroom.
"You can use my toothbrush."
"O-okay!"
Gajeel, at the time, was in the Fairy Tail library. No, he wasn't reading. He was sleeping. He hadn't found anywhere else to sleep.
Juvia was also sleeping on the table on the other end of the room.
And then suddenly, they both woke up because of a huge crash. Looking behind him, Gajeel saw a bookshelf lying on the ground. For a second, he was bewildered, but then he heard a voice say, "UPRIGHT!" The letters in 'upright' appeared, tied themselves around the shelf, and lifted it up, revealing a bluenette under the shelf.
"Hi!" said Levy, shrugging off the accident like it was nothing. Gajeel was inwardly grateful that the guild didn't harbor too much resentment towards him. This gal was really tough, and her magic was goddamn broken!
"Hey, miss Levy", said Juvia, cheerfully. "What are you doing here?"
"Hi", said Gajeel, contemplating whether or not to call her midget, and decided against it, "Are you injured?"
"Oh, I was just here to see whether they had The Tower of Nero in stock yet. And don't worry, I'm not hurt. I'm a bit clumsy, so that happens quite often. I'm sorry, did I wake you two up?"
Gajeel went bug-eyed at this. Natsu was most definitely not the only person to be afraid of.
"Uh, no, we were already awake", said Gajeel.
"Indeed. Juvia is in a habit of snoring when awake. Juvia hopes Miss Levy finds the book she is looking for."
Gajeel's head thudded on the table.
Below a table in the guild hall, Mira woke up in a very compromising position with Laxus. Seeing no one around, she stood up, got dressed, and just for fun, tied Laxus up in the traditional Japanese bondage style.
As for Jose, well, he woke up and looked around. Good, no faces. He'd been getting really tired of being scared into unconsciousness again and again. It appeared that he was tied to a table. He tested the knots, then brought all his strength into his arms-
Then someone popped out from behind him and made a face. He fell unconscious again.
A/N Poor Jose. Again, vote on this chapter, because I just need 48 more votes to get to 1k. Also, can I get any feedback at all on my new characters? Not to be one of those writers, but I've only received one comment even mildly related to them. It will not affect updates, I am not the sort to hold back chapters, but it would make me feel good.