After the spectacle yesterday in the middle of the village, the three companions ended up spending the night at an inn. They probably still could have made excellent time if they had left right then. However, Kuja insisted the three visitors join her and the Amazons for a feast. And while it did lose them time, they had a spectacular time. Certainly, a night neither Lucy nor Vivi would forget. But now it was time to get back to their job. They couldn't delay any longer hence when morning came they started out early and headed into the jungle.
As the group of three traveled towards their destination, Lucy stuck close to Vivi. She was holding onto Vivi's arm while looking left and right as if she expected a monster to come after them. She just wanted to call Horologium, so she'd be somewhere safe. But she wasn't sure if that was the right thing to do considering they were sludging it through mucky liquid that went above their waists. She's already done that to him once when coming back from the Daybreak Job. She didn't want to put him through that again.
She then frowned looking down at said liquid. She hopes this doesn't stain her clothes. The shorts she was wearing happened to be her favorite. Lucy then jumped when an animal cried out in alarm before being silenced. As the sound of crunching reached her ears, she cried holding Vivi's arm even tighter. They were going to die here for sure.
"Don't be so worried, Lulu." Vivi said with a grin. "Anything dumb enough to attack us is going to regret it. I'll give it the old Fairy Tail beat down!"
Lucy sweat-dropped while almost feeling sorry for the monsters. But… she did feel better. She nodded her head to Vivi while finally letting go of the bluenette's arm.
"We should be reaching the heart of the jungle soon." Indy said from the front. "After that we'll have to be on high alert since most of the creatures of Kea have gravitated towards the center recently based on what Kuja told us."
Lucy wasn't sure what was going to be awaiting them once they reached the heart of the jungle. And even though she was scared, she was excited as well. This was a once in a lifetime chance. Especially for a Celestial Wizard. Waiting in that tomb could be the key to one of the first twelve keys ever created. One of the first ever Celestial Spirits after the Celestial King himself. Just thinking that had a large smile forming on her face.
Vivi looked back at her friend while grinning when seeing Lucy's happy expression. The blonde was obviously happy about this job. Jobs should be memorable for a wizard. They should be something a wizard could tell story about for years to come. That's why Vivi is usually careful about what jobs she picks… that and she's really picky to begin with. Anything too boring isn't for this bluenette. But so far this job has been one excitement after the other. Bring on the monsters next!
"Hey, Vivi, there's something I want to ask you." Lucy said.
Vivi blinked, focusing back on the blonde who was giving her a curious look.
"That magic you used yesterday." Lucy said. "I've never seen you use it before. If you have a spell that strong, why not use it sooner? Like that time, we went against Lullaby?"
It's something she's been wondering ever since she saw Vivi use the spell. It had been amazing to witness.
"Because that was the first time I ever used it in an actual fight." Vivi explained as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I had only used it in training before."
Lucy's eyes widened. So that fight with Kuja had just been a test run for a new spell?!
"And what if it hadn't worked?!" Lucy demanded.
"Then I probably would have lost." Vivi said, chuckling.
Lucy frowned wondering how the bluenette could be so laid back. She and Natsu both. It was just ridiculous to Lucy how they were so easygoing about almost everything.
"It was certainly an impressive feat." Indy said as she was looking over the map. "I don't believe I've ever seen a wizard who uses musical magic use more than one instrument at once let alone use reequip to switch through their instruments."
"I learned reequip more out of necessity than anything else." Vivi said, shrugging. "It'd be kind of hard to lug around so many instruments without my Reequip Magic. Not trying to brag, but I'm different that other Music Wizards. They only master one instrument and use it to perform magic. I have mastered over 200 instruments."
Lucy's mouth dropped open in shock. Over 200?! She didn't even know there were that many different kinds of instruments in the world?
"However, playing different instruments at once is difficult for me." Vivi continued. "Reequipping them isn't the hard part. The hard part is getting each one to play their different parts using my magic and mental ability alone. But I have been trying to master playing multiple instruments at once using my magic. Though the real hard part is keeping each instrument's song different from the other, so I can perform different spells at once."
Indy hummed as she paused to look back at Vivi. She might be young, but Vivi certainly was a genius and a talented wizard. She understands the technicalities that must be met to better her magic. And to be able to separate all of that in her mind just to play her music while facing off against an opponent should be impossible. Yet she was showing success in mastering such advanced magic.
"That's cool and all, but why worry about all that?" Lucy asked. "You're already super strong like Natsu and Gray."
"Because I don't want to be just as strong as Gray or even Natsu." Vivi said. "I have a goal, and that goal is to become Fairy Tail's strongest female wizard. That means stronger than Erza who happens to be able to control multiple weapons at once while making it seem like child's play. Not only that, but she is stronger than me all together. If I want to beat her, I can't settle for being as strong as Natsu and Gray. I have to become stronger than them and anyone else who's between me and finally reaching a level higher than Erza."
Vivi wouldn't rest until she surpassed Erza. She told the redhead that she would overcome her. That soon Erza would be looking at her back and trying to catch up.
"You want to be greater than Erza?" Lucy asked. "Why? I mean, I know you two don't get along. But still…"
"This doesn't really have to do with the fact that Erza annoys me—well not completely anyway." Vivi said. "In fact, there was a time when I liked Erza. I even looked up to her."
"No way!" Lucy said. "I'd never guess that with how you two act toward each other now."
Vivi chuckled remembering the time she had first met Erza. It hadn't been anything spectacular. However, Vivi remembers it as if it was yesterday.