Hey, guys. I'm really sorry this is taking long to get them out. Annoyingly I've had to put this chapter through 3 rewrites now because of things going missing and my tablet not saving it as a Word Document. Anyway, here it is at long last for you all.

Chapter 3 : She's Pissed.

{Location: Guild Hall}

Members of Fairy Tail. Naruto seemed to like the sound of that. He looked over wards Sasuke in the hopes to spot any smidgen of pride or anything in his expressions. Nothing as per usual. He frowned and turned back to his drink with a quiet scoff. It had been a while since he had a drink; the last time was when he and Sasuke ended the war when Tsunade allowed them and the rest of their friends to share in a toast. She felt it necessary to make him feel like his crimes were truly forgiven; though telling him honestly? If she was still the Hokage by that point, he'd be in jail.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was quite the drinker already prior to that. He wasn't a heavy drinker by any means but he knew how to handle them and keep them down. Head had quite a load after the war. Tsunami didn't really stop him either. 'Start as early as you can!' was usually her response. It didn't bother Naruto that much anyway.

He glanced around at the many faces of the Guild Hall and couldn't help but feel the contagiousness of their smiles and laughs. Their joy and camaraderie was contagious that he almost wanted to jump out and join them until he heard Sasuke slam his mug down on the bar and began to nudge closer to him.

"This is awesome, huh?" Naruto asked as he took a sip of his drink, one eye opened looking over to Sasuke as he does so.

"I guess. But we need to remember that this isn't our home. We can't get extremely involved. No matter how off That presence made me feel..." They fell silent for a moment. Naruto twirled the cup again and decided to ask the thing that was bugging him.

"So, am I the only one or...?" he started, interrupted by Sasuke.

"I felt that too. There was a strong burst of chakra during your fight against Gildarts. That's the first I felt it at all. This... place, for lack of a better word, is different from our home. If I had to make a wild guess, I'd say it's a different world entirely." Sasuke pondered the idea for a moment. The very thought caused him to shudder slightly as he grabbed his drink quicker than what even the Sharingan could see and slammed it down without spilling a drop.

"We need to find out a way back to our home and quickly." he muttered under his breath, feeling a small rush of adrenaline from the last drink hit his spine.

"I felt the burst while I was in Sage Mode fighting Natsu, but I thought it was just your chakra presence so I just tuned you out during my fight with Gildarts." Naruto admitted. Sasuke chuckled slightly.

"I didn't think you'd have thought of that. But then again, why am I surprised? You were Jiraiya's apprentice, after all."

"Careful there, Sasuke. Wouldn't want people thinking you were actually complimenting me now, would we?" They both chuckle lightly at Naruto comment. Sasuke frowned as he looked down into his almost empty cup and twirled it in his hand.

"No, I suppose not." Sasuke said as he looked down and began to frown at his practically empty mug and twirled it in his hand to watch what was left of the liquid at the bottom. "As long as we feel it, we need to investigate as much as we can until we find out whatever we can about that chakra." he said

"So blend in as best we can?" Naruto asked after a small pause, a grin forming on his face. Sasuke simply smirked in response.

"Basically." Sasuke replied, continuing to drink from the new cup Mirajane had just set down.

"So what you said about involvement is impossible. If we wanna learn about this place and investigate the presence, we need to keep close to things around here, and it seems like this guild is our best chance... our only chance, right now."

Sasuke almost choked on his drink for a moment. How had he honestly forgotten to think that through? Better question was how did Naruto think about it before he did? Before he could ponder over these questions (alongside the million others that he had in his mind), his thoughts were interrupted by the loud shouting of the resident Dragonslayer. Natsu had taken to jump up on a table as his magic engulfed his hands in fire.

"Damn it, I'm not satisfied for today! I'm not fully fired up yet. All you pansies come and get some!" He shouted out across the guild hall, punching his fists together in a sign of a challenge. Makarov sighed slightly while the rest of the guild gave Natsu a devilish smile under their mugs. Natsu kept his same cocky smile on all the way until Gray jumped up and threw off his shirt.

"Oh I have been waiting for you to start!" he shouted back. The moment the two jumped into each other and began fighting, the entire hall lit up in a great brawl. Naruto and Sasuke didn't know what to say to this. It reminded the two of the one sparring session they had with Rock Lee after he declared an all-out spar with the rest of the Konoha Twelve.

It wasn't a pretty sight but the two could smile for being the last two standing.

They looked over to Mirajane as if to ask 'Does this happen often?' and she returned them with a smile that simply replied; 'All the time.'. It wasn't a happy smile; it was one of exhaustion, embarrassment and resentful acceptance.

Naruto looked at the several groups of brawling men and wondered what to do for a moment before a playful glint appeared in his cerulean orbs. Sasuke didn't like that look. It was Naruto's 'Prankster King of Konoha' look.

It took Naruto not even three seconds to make his decision. In an instant, Naruto downed the remainder of his drink, slammed the mug down and jumped up onto the closest table.

"Looks like this brawl needs a bit more flash! C'mon, Natsu! Let's see what you got!" he challenged as Natsu and several other members of the guild turned to him. A couple saw him and backed away in fear of Naruto's strength but not Natsu. He chuckled and cracked his knuckles.

"Heh, bring it on whiskers. Let's see what you're made of." Natsu taunted back at Naruto. His words gave the other members that boost they needed to want to let Naruto join in and not worry about having their heads blown off accidentally. Naruto chuckled and gave them all his usual cheeky grin and jumped into the fray. As the fighting continued on, only five people were left at the bar. Sasuke, Mirajane, Gildarts, Makarov and one attractive and... half naked woman. Cana.

The woman was chugging down drinks by the barrel and barely even feeling the effects. Sasuke sized her up to be a heavier drinker than old Lady Tsunade and that was saying something. Cana dropped her now empty barrel and looked over to Sasuke with a strange gleam in her eyes.

"Hey there. I'm surprised you're not joining in the fighting with your blonde friend, over there." She said as she offered a slightly intoxicated wink. Maybe Sasuke was wrong to think she wasn't feeling any effects. Sasuke looked over his shoulder to the fight and shrugged his shoulders.

"Why should I?" he asked. "I'm happy enough here with my drinks." Cana blinked slightly, she began to examine him closely. She leaned forward and squinted her eyes.

"How many have you had? Can't be much since you aren't as fuzzy as the rest of the guys in this place." She chuckled slightly thinking about how little he's probably had and how they'd have yet another lightweight in the guild.

"This would be my twelfth pint." He replies without missing a beat. Makarov, Gildarts and Cana's jaws all drop from hearing this. Mirajane begins scratching the back of her head in embarrassment and smiles sheepishly.

"He's had the money so I haven't questioned it." She said before they can look over to her and question her on it. Cana looks back over to Sasuke and begins to get an idea to test him. She smiles and licks her lips at the thought that passes through her mind.

Pushing herself up to her feet, she saunters over to Sasuke and slams down some money on the bar in front of him. The entire guild hall falls silent the sound of the slam quakes through the place. Sasuke looks down at the money then up to Cana as though to question her. Everyone is still, holding each other with their fists in the air, still frames of the brawl that was so lively just moments ago.

"I challenge you to a drinking game. Ten thousand Jewels. Last one to fall wins." She doesn't look away from him. She doesn't even blink. She just stares into those black eyes of his as he ponders over her challenge. Everyone watches with baited breath. The anticipation was getting to them. They wanted the answer and they wanted it now. Sasuke finally smiles and downs the remainder of his drink.

"Deal." He replies as the hall is once again filled with the roars of the guild members. The cheering so loud it can be heard from the other side of Magnolia. Everyone clears the way as Sasuke and Cana head over to the only table that managed to either stay intact or not get toppled or thrown over during the brawl. They sit down opposite each other and await their drinks to come to them.

Around fifteen minutes later, we find Mirajane making her way over to the two challengers and carefully places a tray with twenty shots on it in front of them. Two matching rows of drinks with two of each the same kind of shot. They look at the shots then look up and give Mira rather questioning looks.

"I've been experimenting a little bit with these. I wanted to make some fun drinks to honour the twelve golden celestial spirits. These shots also go with the celestial drinking game. They're set out in the order of strength. The strongest of the drinks representing the strongest spirit and so on. Starting with the weakest, we have Cancer, Aries, Sagittarius, Virgo, Scorpio, Gemini, Taurus, Aquarius, Capricorn and Leo. I'm basing this on what I've seen of them. Basically, they will get stronger and stronger as you go along. And I've made it impossible to get through it without even reaching at least tipsy." She explains.

"All you have to do is drink all ten of your shots in order. If you do and still want more, I have one deadly double for you to do that will definitely knock you down." Mirajane gives them a sweet smile that send small shivers down the two drinkers' spines.

They look at each other and nod before reaching over for their first drink, Cancer. The Cancer shot was a simple crab red drink; bubbly at sight but sharp in taste. They down it and feel that sharp sting from it. Already this seemed like it was going to be a pain but his pride would refuse to back down form a challenge.

Shrugging it off, they both reach for the second, Aries. The Aries shot looked to be a lot smoother than Cancer. It was a light pink shot that had a subtle hint of alcohol within it but was expertly hidden behind the aniseed taste. Tasted like it too. The taste and feel of the smooth shot made them feel like they were in heaven. Even Sasuke wanted to almost slouch down there and just sleep... but now was not the time.

The next drink, the Sagittarius. No real discernible look to it but just a plain shade of leaf green. From looks alone it was just a normal looking drink. Then they got to the tasting of it. It tasted rather foul and it wasn't the type of taste that lasted for a moment and was gone. Nope, it stayed there for a good few moments before slowly fading into nothing. But the effect was already there.

The damage was already done. Both Sasuke and Cana could taste the damned thing even after it faded. It was like what they could only imagine eating a bale of hay in one go was like, because all of a sudden, there was a slight prick in their throats. Looks like they found that tricky little needle in the haystack. Well, three down and seven to go.

The next drink worried Cana slightly. She could easily see where this was going. If Mirajane was making these shots to have something to do with their respective Zodiac Spirit, then Virgo's drink seemed a little scary to imagine. It was a light apricot coloured drink and it made her feel a little uneasy. Nevertheless she had no choice. Like the male sitting across form her, she had her pride and she would refuse to go down without a fight.

Both she and Sasuke reached for their drink and downed it in one shot. It had a slight coffee taste at first before a smooth feeling slowly poured itself down the back of their throats. Before they could continue feeling the smoothness of the drink reach their stomach, it dropped into their gut like almost dragging them down face into the table. These shots were good stuff. Powerful, even. Six to go.

Scorpio was next. The drink looked to be a gritty sandy yellow, bubbling something awful. The reach over and down it. They were right to judge it by it's looks; it was gritty as could be and was such a dry drink that it felt like sand going down their throats. After a few moments of heavy breathing to and attempting to wet their parched throats, they felt that blast of alcohol wash over them.

The combined shots were finally taking effect as Sasuke's eyes started to droop, but Naruto couldn't tell if that was from the alcohol or just his usual expression. Cana, on the other hand seemed to be slouching as her head. They needed to end this and fast.

Gemini looked to be a rather dull looking drink. Grey. Dull. Lifeless. They had no idea what to make of it. They reluctantly reached out and necked the shots down. Readying themselves for the horrible taste or sudden sting of only God knows what, they came to the surprising conclusion of it being not a horrible taste but a sweet taste. One that, once again, even Sasuke seemed to enjoy, despite his dislike for sweet things. Their eyes widen at the realisation of this drink being such a nice difference than the others. Mirajane smiles and decides to explain.

"I made this one rather special. It has no special look to it or any flavour for that matter. It's what you make it to be. Definitely my favourite one." She giggles at her own genius. Sasuke and Cana share a look of delight before Mira decides to speak up again and ruin the moment. "Only downside is the massive amount of alcohol in there. It will hit you like a sledgehammer to the face..." she said. The two 'guinea pigs' (since this is the first time Mira has managed to test these drinks) fell flat on their faces to the floor. Almost simultaneously, they jumped back up to their chairs and continued their drinking.

The next drink was rather interesting as the next drink combined two colours. Cana immediately recognized it to resemble Taurus without even revising the list. A pure white drink with black spots within here and there. The drink was rather creamy, too; similar to a liqueur. Sasuke gave it a closer inspection by bringing it up in front of his eye and very carefully swirled it around to see if the spots would mix in with the white. It didn't, much to his surprise. The spots retained their position and kept together perfectly.

Mirajane beamed in delight at this. The drink came out perfectly. The two gave each other a slight glance then downed their shots. It tasted how it looked. Creamy. It was smooth and went down like nothing. There was a brilliant sweet but salty taste coming off from it. They weren't sure what to make of it. It was strange yet it was also extremely good.

"Taste that?" Mira asked them once she noticed the expressions on their faces. "The sweetness comes from the cream liquor and the saltiness comes from Salmiak I blended up and added a small amount of vodka to. I think I did brilliantly to have them stay where they are, too." She smiles. She seemed to pleased with this one. It truly was an interesting drink. No time to think, though. They still had three more shots to get through.

Aquarius was up next. The drink itself was a light blue drink. It looked like it had been purely watered down and would taste so plain. But the shine coming off of it reminded the two of a calm ocean during midday. The ocean reflecting the light of the sun beautifully. Sasuke didn't want to spend time dwelling and went for it. Cana followed suit instantly. The taste was exquisite. A heavy taste of salt that reminded them of drinking the ocean but it only lasted a moment. It soon changed to a taste that reminded them of drinking pure spring water. Soft and delicious. They both slammed their glasses down and began to swerve slightly.

"D-Damn... theshe drinksh are –hic- shtrong..." Cana slurred, her eye drooping slightly.

"Y-Yeah..." Sasuke agreed. The way he was feeling, he didn't want to waste any energy on talking. Feeling it was best to get on with it, he looked over to Mirajane and nodded, signalling he wanted to continue. Mirajane nodded back and pushed the next drink in front of them.

Capricorn. This one looked different. It looked... plain. More plain than the rest, that is. It didn't seem to stand out at all, to be honest. It was the type of drink most people seemed to overlook just by looks. The taste itself was strong, however. Like a vodka/ whiskey mix with a slight bit of absinthe kind of strong. The effect was worse. It was like a kick right to the face from a master in all martial arts mixed with a full on punch from Madara and Gildarts merged together. The two had to fight their bodies to keep from falling to the ground. After fighting with themselves to keep stable for a moment, Sasuke taps his middle and index fingers on the table, signifying he wants to continue. Cana nods and does the same thing. Mira nods and slides the last shots over.

Leo. The drink was a pure golden drink. It shined like a thousand suns but did no damage to the eyes. It was beautiful. They downed their shots quickly to get it all over with. It was beautiful. The most amazing taste they'd ever had the pleasure of allowing to touch their taste buds. The effects were starting to jump in. They shut their eyes as tight as possible in preparation for the horrible feeling they'd get from Mira's strongest drink. After what Capricorn was like, this was gonna hurt. But it didn't. Instead they felt warm. Like they were bathing in a pool of pure light. It was heavenly. Next they felt a wave of energy wash over them. Like they could run the Magnolia Marathon in just a minute. Then it came. The crash. The crash that piled down on them so hard they wished for death there and then. It was like a million tons per person present in the room were piled on top of them. Their bodies felt weak. They had lost control. They were on the floor before you could say "Aye sir".

It wasn't gonna end this way. Neither of them was going to lose now like this. With every ounce of strength they had, they each pulled themselves up to their seats and forced themselves to stabilize. The room all roared in a unison of cheers for the two. Mira smiled at them but it wasn't just any smile. This smile scared them, yes, even Sasuke. It was a smile of pure evil. Without saying a word, she made her way back to the bar and pulled out two more glasses. The glasses, however, were taller. Doubles. This wasn't going to be a fun experience. Everyone looked away in fear for what the terrifying barmaid was concocting back there. And again, yes, even Sasuke. She returns a minute later with two thick black drinks. The drinks were pulsating, or bubbling, or something. One way or the other it was moving.

There was no time to dawdle. Sasuke took a deep breath, and downed the drink like his life was on the line. It was horrible, like tar was being poured down his throat. The heavy taste of black liquorice was present as well as a strong taste of black absinthe and some other thing. Whatever this was, it was deadly. He slammed the glass down and shivered in his seat. He winced slightly as he allowed the drink to take effect then looked up to Cana. She inspected the drink in front of her and gulped. It was terrifying her. Her grip on the table tightened as she attempted to steady herself and her vision. The room was spinning now. Everything around her was spinning. She reached out for the drink, her hand shaking violently. She managed to grab the drink without spilling any and raised it towards her mouth. Half way there, however, everything came crashing down. Sasuke noticed how her eyes had gone dark and moved faster than anyone else could see. He flung his hand out and caught her head before it could slam into the table.

Gently placing her head down on the table, he took the drink from her hand before she spilled it all over herself. Everyone's attention was on Cana. Was it really true? She just lost in a drinking match against a new guy. How could she ever come back from this? Their concentration is broken by the sound of a glass being slammed down onto the table. Sasuke had downed Cana's drink also. Everyone gasps and begin chatting loudly to each other about what had just happened.

Sasuke wiped his mouth for anything that may have spilled out a bit the pushed himself up to his feet. He stumbled past Cana, who was completely unconscious on the table, and stopped next to her. Placing his hand on her shoulder, he smiled slightly.

"That was fun. I'll collect the money from you a little later down the line." He chuckled as he continued on his way. Everyone watched him in amazement as to how he was even walking. Even Mira was wondering how he was even able to move after all that alcohol had entered his body.

Everyone was beginning to think the same thing... where in the hell was Sasuke going? He opened a random door (to the storage room) and stepped inside. Eyes were twitching as they watched him step inside them slam the door shut. Seriously, what the hell was he doing? Their answer came quickly when a loud crash was heard from within the storage room. Mira ran over as quickly as she could to see what was wrong. A quick peek inside the store room revealed that Sasuke had fallen unconscious on a pile of empty boxes and was fast asleep. There would be no waking him up for hours.

The guild hall filled with laughter as Mira relayed what happened to Sasuke. Even Naruto couldn't help but almost wet himself from laughing so hard. The celebrations soon continued as everyone began drinking again. A large group of them jumped up on the table and began drunkenly singing with each other as the rest of the guild cheered on. Naruto couldn't help but get caught up in the singing as he soon found himself up on the table and began singing with them.

Their celebrations for their two new members would go on for hours. Long enough that both Sasuke and Cana had finally sobered up and woken from their drunken slumber. The two were sat at the same table, heads stooped low and ice packs sat atop their heads.

"Holy."

"Crap." they managed to finish each other's little cursing of what they had done many hours prior.

"Was Mira trying to kill us with those things? That crap was way too strong for anyone else here to do..." Cana mumbled from under her ice pack. Sasuke managed to raise his head and reached for his pint of water that was sat just within arms reach of him. He took a few large gulps then gently placed the glass back down. Slamming it would only anger the cursed headache they both had further.

"To be fair, she did warn us it would be difficult." He admitted. He managed to stand up and finished off his water. It seemed that thanks to all the times he had spent hungover in Lady Tsunade's presence, his healing factor had increased when it came to hangovers. "How're you doing down there?" he chuckled slightly at poor Cana as she pulled her head up to look at Sasuke.

"Screw you..." she moaned slightly. The group around her laughed as Sasuke made his way over to the bar to refill his water. "Never again..." Cana cried quietly to herself as Mira brushed her hair gently.

It wasn't too long before the quiet was interrupted by a faint shouting from outside. The shouting seemed to get louder and louder and closer and closer until the doors were flung open and one of the Fairy Tail wizards ran through into the hall, looking like he was being chased by demons from the seventh level of hell.

"She's back, she's back!" the young wizard shouted. Everyone's attention turned to him as the room turned to complete and utter silence.

"Dude... screw off. I'm having a really bad hangover here..." Cana moaned at the wizard. He didn't listen, though. He only continued to shout the same thing over and over. It took Natsu having to go over to the lad and shake him slightly to snap him out of his frenzy.

"Calm down, Romeo." He said reassuringly at the young wizard. "What's going on?" he asked. Romeo took a slight breath and regained himself. He looked up into Natsu's eyes and tried his best not to look more frightened than someone who's about to meet his maker.

"I was in the market and saw something horrible." He answered. "It's Erza... she's back and... she's pissed."

So there we have it. I'm sorry my chapters are taking a while to come out. But for the moment now, they will be harder to release for you until I can secure a better way to write and release them all. I will try my best and do them more often but I can't make any promises to you all. In any case, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please don't forget to rate/ review and I'll see you in the next chapter. Magnum out ^_^