Chapter One
Black Steel
All characters belong to Hiro Mashima.
She let out an exasperated sigh as she entered the guild, it had been so long since she had gone on a date and was beginning to feel the urge again. Walking up to the bar she took a seat as Mira came over to greet her.
"Hi Lucy, having a rough day?" the Takeover mage smiled.
A sigh escaped her lips again as she looked her friend in the eye. "I guess… I've just been kind of lonely lately and all the guys that have taken me out on a date have all been jerks!" She pulled her face into a frown as she laid her head on the bar, wondering when someone decent would come alone. "Do you know anyone who's single Mira?"
Mira placed her hand up to her chin and shook her head, "I know people who are single but I wouldn't recommend any of them. There are plenty of eligible guys here in the guild though."
Her frown deepened as she thought of dating any of the hot heads here, Gray & Natsu were like her brothers and everyone else, well they just weren't her type. Mira giggled at her reaction and went to greet a customer and the blonde looked around at the potential dates shaking her head, it was a really stupid idea to date anyone at the guild because if it didn't work it could be weird.
It was nearing the afternoon, so it was no surprise to her when Cana entered loudly asking Mira for a drink. Lucy perked up at the sight of her friend and grabbed her wrist as she came over, "Cana! Just the girl I wanted to see." The Card Mage cocked an eyebrow at her curiously as she continued to speak, "I want to drink tonight but I want to be able to hold it and not be bouncing around like a giddy 12 year old." There had been numerous occasions were some of the girls had been drinking and started acting younger than they were, it had been a little overbearing for their guild mates and they still hadn't lived it down.
"So little Miss Princess wants to not act like such a ditz around the guys, huh?" a cocky smirk crossed the Brunettes face and she slapped her hand on the bar, she pulled a stool up next to Lucy and began to give her pointers. "Okay, first rule is to not drink on an empty stomach. MIRA, CAN WE GET SOME CHICKEN FOR THE PRINCESS HERE." Lucy frowned and shook her head "Eat it or forget my help, you need something in your stomach to absorb the alcohol. Second, don't mix your drinks, stick to one poison tonight and DON'T order diet mixes in your drinks." The blonde listened tentatively, mentally noting everything as she picked at the chicken Mira had just brought over "Lastly, don't just drink alcohol. Have something non-alcoholic between each drink, I don't do this but for a lightweight like you, you'll need it."
She waited for her to finish talking before thanking her and ordered a glass of vodka, Cana let out a laugh at how eager she looked. The afternoon passed fast and by the time everyone was at the guild both of the girls had already drunken a fair bit, Cana seemed like her usual self but Lucy was beginning to seem rather tipsy. Getting up from the bar she stumbled over to Mira and put her arms around her shoulders, "Hey Mira. Do you think we could have a little party tonight?"
Giggling she turned to face her friend, "and why should we have a party? Is something exciting happening?" Lucy jumped up and down clapping her hands at the fact her idea didn't get shot down straight away and told Mira her plan.
"Well no but we've never really had one and it doesn't even need to be a party, we could just have some music playing and put out some disco lights, it could be like a club! Everyone needs to have some fun!" she pouted her lips at her the white-haired mage "Pleeasse Mira?"
"Alright Lucy but you have to arrange it all…" Lucy nodded her head slowly in agreement and hugged her friend before running off to tell Cana the good news. Before they knew it the guild was blacked out with colourful lights flashing here and there as loud music played in the background. Everyone loved how it looked and before long they were all dancing and drinking the night away.
Half way through the night Cana had gotten pretty cocky and Lucy dared her to challenge Laxus to a drink off, both of them accepted and twenty minutes later Cana was helping the Dragon Slayer up laughing because he'd lost the bet. If she lost she had to give him a lap dance (which really wouldn't have phased her like he thought it would) but he was the one who lost, which meant he had to go up to the hottest girl in the guild and kiss her. "Come on big guy, I don't care how gone ya are, deals a deal." Slapping his face he growled at her, opened his eyes a bit and pulled her into a kiss "Happy now?" he grumbled as Cana's face turned bright red. She smacked his arm as her voice hit a high note "You were suppose to kiss the girl you thought was the hottest not the first one you saw, dumbass." Turning his face away from hers blushing he muttered "I did" and then let out a groan of pain as Cana sat there stunned.
Everyone else cheered around them and Cana stood up turning to Lucy "Alright Blondie, your turn." She wiggled her eyebrows at the Celestial Mage as an evil grin transformed her face, "Same dare, except you challenge Gajeel… You two can make up the rules for who loses."
Swallowing hard she walked over to where Gajeel sat, his usual dark corner of the guild was even darker tonight thanks to the lack of light. Picking at her nails she stood in front of him too scared to muster up the words, he noticed her immediately and looked up at her pale face. "Whadda ya want?" he grumbled as she stood there nervously. "Um, Gajeel, u-h…" he sat there impatiently as she tried to find the right words, slamming his hand down on the table she jumped and "I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DRINK OFF!"
Taken back by her words a smirk crossed his lips and he let out a chuckle, "you're on." Walking over to the bar she nearly tripped over a chair and stumbled into Cana, who was laughing hysterically at what was about to unfold before her. She mounted a stool at the bar, Gajeel next to her, and Mira poured them both a line of shots each and stopped them as they both went to throw one back. "Before you both start we need to establish the ground rules, Lucy what will Gajeel have to do if he loses?" Cana snorted at the idea of Gajeel losing and the blonde thought for a minute before speaking up, a grin played at her lips as she gave her consequence. "If Gajeel loses he has to jump into the Canal…" He scoffed at her and she looked him dead in the eye, adding her final condition "butt naked." He paled slightly at the thought before shaking it off and looked at Lucy "Alright bunny girl. If you lose, you have to wear the bunny costume every time I play for an entire month." Mira looked at them both nodding "Shake on it." They did as they were told and the Takeover Mage added "First person to finish their line wins."
Feeling adventurous Lucy shook her head, "let's make it two lines." Mira looked at her shocked before looking at Gajeel, who nodded and she hesitantly poured another line. Looking at Gajeel she smirked "you're going down metal head."
AN: The next chapters will be a lot longer than this ^^
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