Caution: Spoilers for non-manga readers.
Set after the Grand Magic Games and Dragons Arc, however some of it is not canon.
Chapter 1- Party Part i
The seven dragons are defeated and the members of the guild have returned home.
A party was held in the name of victory, this was for both defeating the dragons and winning the Grand Magic Games now that most have recovered from their injuries. The party was held in the guild and lasted for three days. The first afternoon Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Sabertooth, Mermaid Heel, Crime Sorceire and Quatro Cerebus all joined in celebration. From Blue Pegasus was Ichiya, Hibiki, Ren and Eve. From Lamia scale was Jura, Cherry, Cheria, and Lyon. From Sabertooth were Sting, Rogue and Rufus. From Mermaid Heel was Kagura, Milliana and Risley. From Crim Sorceire was Ultear, Jellal and Meldy. From Quatro Cerebus was only Bacchus. Fairy Tail had some new editions to, Yukino had joined Fairy Tail with her older sister Angel who was let out of jail under special circumstances and under watch of the second reborn and reformed council. This council included; Mest (Doranbolt), Lyon, Laxus, Jura, Ultear, Eve, Kagura, Freed (who was also head of defence), Rufus and Makarov who was now retired as Fairy Tail's master, and had given his title to Gildarts. Not everyone was happy that so many of the council were from Fairy Tail but no one opposed the strongest guild in Fiore. Sho and Wally and Mest also attended the celebratory activities.
It was approximately three in the afternoon, Fairy Tail had the old hall back which was cleared and decorated. The first day of the party was supposed to be classy, because Gildarts thought that Fairy Tail wanted to give the guild a new reputation, oddly, considering he actually liked the Fairy Tail way of partying. Everyone in the guild was dressed up nicely for the occasion, it was strange to see a Fairy Tail party where there wasn't drunk people fall over everywhere for once… With perhaps the exception of Cana and Bacchus… and a lot of others eventually.
Three hours later, the atmosphere was alive, but Lucy just sat on the right side of the guild by herself her elbow rested on the table and her chin rested on her hand. She wore the same crimson high slitted dress with a red ribbon in her hair as she usually wore to formal events. Gray approached her thinking about how much she looked like Erza whenever she used to think about Jellal.
"Are you okay?" he asked,
"Yeah, just thinking is all," replied Lucy giving him a warm smile.
"You looked really troubled only a second ago… are you sure?" asked Gray,
"Yeah, I'm fine." she lied, changing the subject, "Want to dance?" she offered,
Gray wasn't sure how to reply to this. Him dance? This was seriously making him question his coordination.
"Uhhh…" he froze up unsure of how to react.
Lucy smiled mischievously and grabbed Gray by the tie and pulling him out into the middle of the hall now labeled, 'the dance floor'. Lucy thought he actually looked quite dashing in a suit. It was a simple black suit and a navy blue tie over a white dress shirt, somehow it was hard to believe he was still wearing anything. Lucy lead even though that wasn't exactly right.
"You're actually pretty good at this Gray," Lucy praised observing how he seemed to pick it up easily.
She noticed Juvia angrily glaring at her from a distance.
"Thank you." Gray replied.
"Gray, you should ask Juvia to dance." said Lucy,
She thought that it would it be a nice surprise for Juvia who looked as if she was about to rip Lucy's head off.
"But I thought-" asked Gray who was trying to change the subject from Juvia.
"Just man up and go and ask her!" said Lucy pushing him away in Juvia's direction with a wink.
Gray glanced at Juvia and approached pretending to be oblivious of what was already occuring. She was being approached by Lyon who had snuck up behind Juvia and snaked his arm around her waist making her jump in surprise. Gray held out a hand to Juvia,
"Come on," He said to her simply, "You know you want to, Juvia," He said with a smirk, Juvia reached out and grabbed his hand.
Eat it Lyon. I win. Gray sniggered to himself.
"Ohhh Gray-sama!" Juvia beamed happily with hearts invaded her eyes. She left Lyon standing there by himself looking ridiculous.
Smooth. thought Erza. Her glances kept travelling back to Jellal like a magnet. He sat across the room with Ultear and Meredy. All of sudden Ichiya was in her vision fan-man-girling saying something along the lines of 'How long it's been my Honey' and 'No time to plan our wedding'. Normally, Erza would have been seriously creeped out, well in all honesty she still really was somewhere in an alternative conscience, but this time she'd had it. The someone she had been waiting for ever since they were kids was ignoring her! It was definitely not the time to get on her last nerve. She twitched. And then there was an armoured foot kicking him hard in the place where it counts. Ichiya sank to the floor whining in pain. Erza took no notice and huffed. She requipped back into her formal attire. It was a halter neck navy blue dress that reached the floor she wore with white satin elbow length gloves and silver five inch heels. She stared at Jellal again, he was avoiding her gaze like the plague and her face held a sad expression now. Why? Why must you do this to me? she wondered.
Cheria stole Lyon away from his loneliness and pulled his hands onto her waist and wrapped her own round his neck. Cheria looked to the side to see Sherry giving her the thumbs up, a wink and a smile. Cheria returned the smile and looked up to Lyon.
"Don't let that get you down Lyon-sama! I'll dance with you!" Cheria smiled adorably as Lyon went along with her trying to make Juvia jealous.
Mirajane stood at the bar smiling at all the couples-to-be. She leaned over the bar and called over Romeo over. When he approached Mira smiled devilishly,
"Romeo-chan!"
"Yes Mira-san?"
"You should go ask Wendy to dance with you Romeo!"
"Why Mira-san?"
"Because she's obviously looking for something to do, and you want to beat Eve-san to it!"
"Eve-san?" asked Romeo,
"I think Eve-san likes Wendy, see the way he looks at her." Mira pointed to Eve who was glancing at Wendy every now and again.
"I don't think so Mira-san, Eve-san is ten years older than Wendy-chan… But okay," replied Romeo.
He nodded and approached Wendy, asking her to have this dance, as Mira predicted she was delighted. Mira smiled to herself, proud of her efforts.
"What's that smile about?" said a man with long, green hair who was now standing next to the bar.
"Aren't Romeo-chan and Wendy-chan cute?" Mira stared at them dreamily as she watched them waltz around the guild hall.
"You would like to dance to, yes?" Freed gestured.
"Of course, I thought you'd never ask." beamed Mira who abandoned the bar to dance with Freed.
On the dance floor, Gray and Juvia danced passed Lyon and Cheria multiple times. Lyon passed for about the sixth time when he heard Juvia's beautiful voice. Juvia was nervous about this, but she couldn't put it off any longer, she just couldn't.
"Gray-sama?"
"Yes Juvia?"
"Juvia thinks Gray-sama should know how Juvia truly feels,"
"Ummm…" said Gray who had shifted his gaze away from Juvia and then back again. Juvia looked at the floor for a second but then after gaining some confidence she spoke her mind.
"Juvia loves Gray-sama with all her heart!" Juvia said brightly.
Lyon's hands leave Cheria's waist and walks out of the guild doors silently. Cheria ran after Lyon,
"Lyon wait!"
Just Lyon is definitely better, Lyon thought. You're fifteen… and not for someone like me…
Erza and Jellal keep glancing awkwardly toward each other across the guild, Meredy and Ultear are urging him to dance with her.
"I can't!" Jellal argued,
"And why not?!" Ultear growled slamming her hands on the table,
"Because we can't fall in love with someone who walks the path of light!" Jellal reminded her.
"Jellal you're an idiot, you'll hurt her more by ignoring her than saving her from your love!" Ultear turned away in attempt at ignorance.
"Come on Jellal, you've made her wait since she left you on the tower of heaven, you can't just string her along like this!" Meredy added, "But I suppose there was that one time… remembering when we were spying!" she nudged Ultear in a giggle.
"Go ask her now or I'll put a sense-link on you and Erza and not take it off until you kiss her!" Meredy grinned with an evil aura.
"It would be more effective if you put on the sense-link and then made Ultear tickle you like in the games!" Jellal grumbled.
"You asked for it!" mused Meredy who was so amused by her actions she fell on the floor laughing next to her chair. The sense-link was now on his wrist and Erza's to.
"Now get yourself over there and ask her to dance!" Ultear ordered.
Jellal sighed and glared at his female companions. They smiled at him 'sweetly' and ushered him away with a hand shooing gesture.
Erza noticed the pink markings on her hand and looked at the Crime Sorceire table. Definitely suspicious. she confirmed. She stood up abruptly and made her way over to the table choosing to suppress the butterflies caused by some blue headed bastard.
"It's Meredy's fault." he immediately responded to questioning look.
"It's nice to see you to." she said coldly. "So what now?" asked Erza admiring the neon pink bracelet.
"Well….Ummmm…. Meredy put it on us until we kiss…" explained Jellal staring at the floor in a fusion of awkwardness and embarrassment.
Erza pulled him by the hair into a slightly secluded corner of the hall.
"Jellal! How could you let this happen!?" she yelled punching him across the face.
They both yelped in pain and rubbed their right cheeks. Jellal couldn't help but crack a smile at her reaction. She hit him again as he groaned a little and she flinched. An infuriated Erza grabbed him by the tie and hauled him out of the back of the guild mercilessly.
"I wonder where they are going…" said Ultear nudging Meredy who was already bursting into a fit of giggles at the sight of Jellal being pulled outside like a poor dog on a leash.
Gray stood in shock at her confession. Somehow this one was different from all the other ones. More… Sincere.
"J-J-Juvia?" he stuttered.
Glossary:
Fan-man-girling;
The act of a man fangirling.
So this chapter is a remake of Chapter 1. There are parts removed, parts added, and I tried to make the characters less OOC than before. Also just a general overall edit. I hope you like the improvements. Reviews are welcome
So thanks for reading, and please keep reading!
~Hermit!