And the second chapter

And the second chapter! :D

Disclaimer: If I owned Fairy Tail, certain people would be groveling now…?

"Where do you want the crest?" Mirajane smiled at Miyano, holding up a brush.

"Umm…here!" Miyano smiled back, pointing to her right shoulder. "Thank you!"

After the crest was done, Miyano decided to go take a walk around the town before finding a job. She couldn't go with Gray as he had been whisked off somewhere by some of his friends to do a job.

"Miyano-chan, would you like me to accompany you around?" Mirajane asked, looking around to make sure that there was no one she needed to serve.

"It's alright," Miyano shook her head. Slinging her backpack across her shoulder, she stepped outside. She would not be lonely; after all, she was used to being alone.

As she bought a bun for her lunch, Miyano realised, in horror, that she had to look for a job soon as her money would not last for more than a couple of days.

Munching on her bun, she turned into a small alley which she used as a shortcut to reach the port.

"…and so, Basai will head east while you head west, and I'll take the loot off to the headquarters…we'll meet there…"

Pausing for a moment as she heard the voices, Miyano continued to walk on, heading towards the group of people at the end of the alley.

"Ehh? Who's this? Eavesdropping on our plans!" the big, burly man who was talking previously turned around to give Miyano a menacing glare.

"Hey aniki…she's from Fairy Tail too!" a stick-thin man nudged him, pointing to Miyano's crest on her shoulder.

"Oi girl!" the third man, round and chubby with curly hair addressed Miyano rudely. "You one of those guys after us?"

Before Miyano could reply, she heard a loud yell behind her as loud footsteps pounded on the cobbled stones.

"THERE THEY ARE!" Miyano turned around to see a red haired boy yelling to no one in particular, pointing to the guys who were surrounding her.

"Shit," the big, burly man who seemed to be the leader swore. "Split. NOW!"

One of them climbed over the wall of the alley, while two of them tried to run pass Miyano and the red head who was still yelling at the top of his voice.

"Well, stop them!" he yelled.

Miyano looked around before realising that he was talking to her, thinking for a moment, she stepped out and blocked the slower man's way. Behind her, she could hear the red head confronting the other man. She watched the fat man in front of her pant as his red face rose and fell with each breath, his cheeks bulging, and glaring at her from his beady eyes.

Yanking an ornament from her necklace and clasping it in her hands, she drew back her fist.

"OW!" the obese guy cried out in pain as Miyano's fist connected in between his eyes and he felt a sharp bolt of electricity. "Mummy…"

Feeling triumphant as she hooked her ornament back onto her necklace, Miyano turned around to see the boy 'roasting' the big burly man until he begged for mercy.

"Natsu! You didn't destroy anything this time did you?!" a blonde girl came rushing up from the mouth of the alley, apparently addressing the fire-boy.

"Hmph, what do you think?" Natsu appeared smug, with a hint of pride in his voice.

"Hey, idiot, that's a first, not completely razing the grounds of an area during a mission…" a familiar voice drifted over.

Natsu made no attempt to reply as he turned to Miyano.

"Hey, thanks for your help, you're stronger than you look!" he complimented, holding out a hand. "I'm Natsu Dragonil, from Fairy Tail!" he added proudly, puffing out his chest.

Miyano was about to reply when a holler interrupted their conversation.

"Oi you! Don't ignore me when I talk to you!" a beam of ice shot out suddenly, whacking Natsu square on his head.

"Why you…" Natsu appeared to have recovered immediately, his cheeks blowing up as if about to spit something out.

"Guys…" the blonde girl sighed. "There's someone else here in case you haven't noticed!"

A black haired teen with absolutely no clothes on sauntered into sight upon hearing the girl's words. He'd be safe from Natsu's attacks…at least for now…

"Eh?! Miyano?!"

"Gray?!"

The two shouted in surprise as they saw each other.

Two effects.

One, Miyano's face turned bright red upon seeing Gray naked and turned away immediately.

Two, surprised glances from Natsu and the blonde girl.

"Ahh, that old geezer's gonna kill us again…" Natsu and Gray groaned in unison before glaring at each other as they trooped back to the headquarters.

"Don't worry Miyano-chan," Lucy smiled, linking her arms with Miyano. "They're always like that."

All Miyano could think of was, "What happened…?"

What happened indeed. After Gray was forced to put on a pair of pants, there were explanations and introductions. Shortly after both Gray and Natsu managed to get into a 'mini' tiff again. Which succeeded in destroying the whole alley.

Gah. No inspiration. Forcing myself through this :X…

It's been so long since I wrote the first half; it seems that my style changed somewhat in the middle.

Readers, thanks for pulling yourselves through.