Here it is! chapter two is up! I hope I'm doing okay with this but so far I'm getting good comments!
Also I will have to apologize... due to being a full time college student, working two jobs, and the stress of just recently wrecking my car it will be hard for me to write... I'm sorry if it takes while...
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THE CRYSTAL DRAGON SLAYER
"There!" Lucy cried sounding accomplished as she just finished placing the guild emblem on Tess's left hip. Now that the brunette was back inside and warm again, she unbuttoned her cloak to reveal that she wore only a black bikini top underneath, "Now you are an official Fairy Tail Guild member!"
"Like she already wasn't whenever she kicked you butt." Happy giggled.
"Can it, Furball!"
After the dual between her and the celestial mage, the entire guild celebrated the arrival of their newest teammate. They cheered, whooped, and hollered as they drank and talked amongst themselves. A number of the guildmates surrounded Tess, wanting to know a little more about her while a few, like Cana, just competed against each other with drinking and other activities.
Tess looked over her shoulder at Whisky and smirked. The orange tom was blushing, standing in front of the white exceed known as Carla. She could tell that he had developed a little crush on her, seeing him act humble before her.
"I don't think I introduced myself. My name is Whisky." He said with a bow.
"Whisky?" Lily jumped in, "Like the drink?"
The orange exceed gave a scowl, "I honestly don't see how anyone could drink such a bitter liquid."
Carla gave a smile, "Not fond of alcoholic drinks are we?"
Both Lucy and Tess were impressed. He only had just introduced himself and already got the female smiling. Lucy herself knew that Carla wasn't an easy she-cat to please. Happy also seemed to notice this, for he charged towards Whisky and pinned him on the surface of the table where they stood.
"Paws off my woman!"
"I'm happy to be here for you, beautiful~" Whisky simply stated.
Carla sighed and rolled her eyes. Tess laughed at the scene but then quickly turned to see Natsu up in her face. She scowled herself. The fire dragon slayer has been staring her down like he was ready to fight her himself.
"Can I have a go at you next?" He said with a challenging grin. Yep! That just confirmed what she was suspecting earlier.
"If that's supposed to be your way of trying to hit on me, you need to work on your tone…" Tess mocked in return, making Lucy spit her drink in a pit of laughter.
Natsu only stared at her dumbfounded, "Of course I'm going to have to hit you if we're fighting… why do I need to be nice about it?"
"You're a moron!" Gray shouted at the pink haired man, still laughing.
"Shut your face, Ice Breath!"
Natsu moved away from Tess to confront the ice mage. It turns out his fight wasn't with her. She sighed in relief, happy she doesn't have to fight another new teammate to be fully accepted into the guild. However, she feels as if the fire dragon slayer would challenge her later again in the future.
"So!" Lucy spoke up again, clapping her hands together, "Now that you belong to a guild, what's next? Do you have a place to stay?"
"I do actually." The brunette responded, "I built a house not too far from here."
"Built one?" Lucy blinked.
"Yeah… I don't have money of my own to do actually anything… so I built a home using my magic and strength."
"Is it made of crystal?" She asked, her eyes shining.
Tess backed away, "It's decorated with it, but no… it… isn't fully made with crystal. Why are you giving me that weird look?"
"You know… If it's money you're having a hard time with? Why don't you sell some of those crystals? You can make a ton of jewel!"
"She right…" Gray stepped forward, after Erza had apparently broken him and Natsu away from their brawl, "You wouldn't even have to join the guild if you had that kind of wealth and power."
Tess scowled for a second time, "If it's one thing I don't like, it's getting around the easy way around things… I feel more accomplished if I worked hard for something. Dragon slayer magic is sacred. Why would I use it so negligently as to just sell it?"
"That's a good way to put it!" Natsu grinned, "I would feel kinda silly if I only used my fire for show."
"Don't get me wrong! I'd like to earn money! But I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't feel like cheating…"
"You're going to fit in well around here." Gray smiled, patting her on the back. Tess looked up at him and blushed. Not because he was once again half naked, but because that feeling of awe that she felt earlier had returned.
As soon as those feelings had returned, they were immediately noticed. The blunette that had given her a dirty look about it earlier rushed forward and wrapped her arms around the ice mage.
"As long as she keeps her claws off of my darling Gray, she'll do just fine!"
"What the hell…" Tess stared at her blankly.
"Can you please get off of me?!" Gray said as he tried to pry Juvia off if him.
"Anyways, since we got off on a weird start, how about you and I go on your first mission together?" Lucy offered.
"Actually I was hoping to ask that since I would like to see more of her pretty magic." Levy spoke up.
"You're not the only one who wants to see more!" Natsu grinned.
"You really need to reword everything you say…" Tess glared at the pinkette.
"Actually…" Erza stepped forward, "Master sent me to do just that. He wants me to see what you're really capable of."
"Wait… NOW?"
"No it doesn't have to be right this second… but when you're ready, I'm going to pick a short assignment from the mission board and you will accompany me."
"Sounds good!" Tess grinned.
"Well! Now that that has been settled let's have a competition!" Cana said, slamming a beer down in front of Tess.
"Whoa! Careful there! There should be any need to knock the girl out on the first day." Gray warned.
"Nonsense she'll be fine, this will let me she how much she can handle!" Cana drunkily reassured them.
"She's already slammed enough herself as it is… this shouldn't be too big of a deal." Tess accepted.
"YOU DON'T KNOW CANA!" Everyone warned her again.
Tess took the beer, downed it, and slammed the mug onto the table, "ANOTHER!"
Tess got her refill and Cana began drinking again herself. One drink after another they fought to see whose tolerance was at its highest even if Cana was drinking before she challenged the crystal dragon slayer. After about nine drinks, Tess began falling behind and Cana was still on her feet.
'How in the hell?' Tess thought taking another mug.
After awhile, Whisky went to see what all the commotion was about and stopped in his tracks at what he saw, "Mama!"
As Tess reached for another mug, Whisky tried grabbing it from her only to fail as she brought it to her lips.
"What are you doing?! You know how I feel about this! I've asked not to! Come on! Stop it now!" Whisky pleaded but Tess ignored him.
The crystal dragon slayer downed another one. After three more, she swung a bit trying to grab the next one. She missed and fell to the floor unconscious. Cana shouted to her victory and Whisky shouted at her some more.
"Poor girl…" Lucy said.
"What did I tell you? Did you listen to me? NO! Now I have to drag your sorry butt all the way home!" Whisky growled.
"I guess the mission can wait a few days…" Erza sighed, knowing she was going to have one hell of a hangover.
Tess woke and groaned. She sat up, holding her aching head and looked around to see she was still in the guild hall. There were a few others that seemed to pass out from yesterday's celebration as well, either from drinking too much or just exhaustion she didn't know. She guess everyone else went home last night if they were able to.
She didn't even try standing. The brunette laid back down in the hopes of trying to recover a bit more. When that failed, she sat up. After a moment, Mira walked up with something in her hands and smiled, "Here! Drink this. It should help."
Tess thankfully took the beverage and took a sip. She nearly spit it out and finally blanched when she swallowed it.
Mira giggled, "It's supposed to help with the hangover. It's not supposed to taste good." She said before giving the same nasty liquid to some of her other teammates.
After drinking the rest of it, she noticed that it did indeed help a lot. She stood, gave the glass to Mira when she came back by her, and thanked her.
"I seriously underestimated her…"
"We all warned you. Cana is used to drinking barrels."
Tess gawked, "That's good to know. I'm not doing that again…"
"GOOD!" something flew against her head and Tess immediately recognized it as Whisky, "Do you realize I didn't even feel like carrying you home?! I was so pissed and worried!"
"I'm sorry, Whisky, but I thought it would be nice to fully bond with our new guild."
"This is why I hate alcohol…"
"Hey! Hey! Look who's back on their feet!" Tess looked towards the new voice to notice Natsu and the other walking into the hall.
"You took on a dangerous battle there last night. You should rest some more for today before we head out." Erza smiled.
"No no! I'm fine! Just give me a few minutes to get something to eat and I should be ready."
"You don't need to stop by at your house for anything?"
"Uhh… depends… What kind of job is it?"
"Just a simple one." Erza responded handing Tess the flyer.
"A bunch of thieving bandits stole our good merchandise. Have them captured and imprisoned and return our goods. Reward: 20,000 jewel." Tess read out, "It's enough to get us food!" She grinned.
"Jah!" Whisky agreed.
"Alright then! Let me know when you're ready."
"C'mon! I'll help you get something to eat." Lucy offered.
"Thank you."
She and Tess made her way over to the bar to order something. Once her food was ready she began to chow down. From the looks of it, it was almost as if the girl hadn't eaten in days. Whisky himself had eaten a whole fried chicken. After her third plate, she paid with the help of Lucy and sighed.
"Again thank you, Mira…"
She smiled, "I love to help."
"Alright!" Natsu grinned, laying an arm across Tess's shoulders, "Let's get going!"
"You're not even!" Tess growled, hitting him off of her.
"You'll get your chance, Dude. Just wait like the rest of us." Gray spoke.
"Wait…" Tess blushed, "What do you mean by that?"
"We all did a bit of thinking about who you should team up with." Lucy explained, "Ours is big enough as it is; Me, Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Wendy. Oh! And also Happy and Carla. We think we should split our group up a bit. It should make splitting the small rewards that much less painful."
"Yeah all you think about is the money." Happy chimed.
"I will turn you into a rug! Do you hear me?!"
"Also we seem a bit to overpowering. Natsu and Gray alone nearly destroy everything they get their hands on in the middle of a fight. So we all thought we'd go out on a mission with you, one by one, to see who would work with you best."
"Excluding Natsu and Lucy of course… they're already a team." Gray stated.
"That still doesn't mean we don't get to fight!" Natsu cried.
"Quit trying to challenge every new member that comes into the guild!" Lucy contradicted.
"I haven't really thought about having a teammate. I honestly thought I'd be going on mission alone with Whisky, but I think another partner doesn't sound bad."
As she said it, she kind of already had someone in mind. She looked at Gray who was chatting away with Erza and thought that they probably don't need to go on a mission together to figure out they'd make a good team. Ice and crystal would look really pretty together. Not to mention how he already seemed like a reasonable person. But there was something else… another reason why she wanted him as a teammate.
"Juvia thinks that Gray should be excluded as well!" the blunette popped up out of nowhere and clung onto the ice mage.
"Hey! Get off of me would you?!"
"Well… let's make this a thing then!" Tess stood and nodded to Erza,"I'm ready."
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