Fairy Tail Next Generation

Chapter 4

A man. No a cat, well… a cat man walked in the room. He was giant – probably taller than me. No one else seemed to notice him until he walked up behind Cali and picked her up by the jacket. "Why are you fighting? Didn't you just get back from another job?" His voice was firm and assertive but also had a caring undertone.

"Put me down NOW Lily!" Cali squirmed a little more before he put her down. He sighed and smiled. Poof. Well scratch what I said earlier. Now this Lily guy was the size of a regular cat. He must be one of those exceeds – cats who can talk and use magic. Everyone in the guild was still fighting but it was starting to die down. Stace walked off and Jase followed her. "What do you want Lily?"

"I thought you said you would be back in a few hours. As you can see, it is the next day."

"There was a robbery at a bank, I think the robbers were from a dark guild. They were a bunch of wimps." Lily sighed again and looked Cali in the eye. The two had a minor staring contest before he looked to me.

"So who's this kid?" I hate when people refer to me as 'kid'. I started to answer when Cali decided to answer for me.

"That dumbass is Felix, he just joined the guild. He attempted to help me out at the robbery." She gave me a side glance, probably checking what me reaction who be. If she was trying to piss me off, then she was sure as hell succeeding.

"Attempted? Really, I got all those people out while you were screwing around. Then I saved your ass!" Cali looked offended before she look livid.

"Saved MY ass. First I had to fight off all those robbers while you went t and did the easy job. Then I had to protect your dumbass! And don't forget the troll!" Cali had gotten all up in face while she was talking. This chick really pissed me off.

"It look like he killed you, what do you expect? How should I have known that you were a wizard and not some dumb bitch!" She punched me. Really hard. I wanted to hit her back, I knew she could take it but it was against my principals. She didn't actually do anything that deserved getting hit for. She walked off. I was getting up slowly, but then I started laughing. I don't know why I started to laugh, but I did. Everyone that had been watching started to laugh to. Even Lily was laughing. Cali turned back around.

"Why the fuck is everyone laughing!" Her red eyes were filled with so much rage they appeared to glow. Lily turned to her.

"We're laughing because it was funny. And we're not just laughing at you. It looks like he's perfect for Fairy Tail. Already fits in, thanks to that punch of yours." Lily kept chuckling as he walked toward the bar. Cali rolled her eyes as she extended a hand in my direction. I took it.

"Uh thanks. Sorry for calling you a bitch."

"Its fine, I'm used to getting called a bitch." She looked at me with those eyes. I thought she was gonna apologize for punching me.

"So you gonna go find a place to live or what? You can't just live on the streets." Guess not.

"Well I don't exactly have the money to get a place." I looked away, I didn't want to see a face of judgment. I waited to hear her mocking but instead I heard someone else's voice.

"You can stay with us then. We don't have a spare room but we do have quite the couch." Lily was looking at me, dead serious. He must be Cali's cat or something. I looked over at Cali who was staring at Lily with wide eyes. Lily looked at her. "What? You brought him here so it only makes sense that you host him until he gets a place." Cali narrowed her eyes at Lily. Lily stood there, prepared for whatever was to come. Cali stormed off, and Lily just sat down on the table. It looked like he was eating… kiwis?

I walked around the guild for a bit, looking around more. This place was kinda amazing. I always heard that guild halls were like some party room, but this wasn't what I expected. People were signing and laughing. They were fighting and arguing. They were all acting like a family. At least I think this is what a family is like. Mira, Jase, even Lily all said I already fit in. I didn't though. Everyone here had each other for a while and had everyone had already established their feelings toward each other. I had just gotten here, and I still wasn't sure if I really wanted to join a guild. Although it looks like I have, and I'm just gonna have to get used to it. I had expected Mira to be hesitant about me joining just like that, but she wasn't. She just smiled and gave me the stamp. I didn't get it, any of it. I definitely didn't fit in yet. It would take weeks –maybe months- for me to fit in. And Cali punching me sure as hell couldn't do anything but make me look like a wimp. Although I'm pretty sure that anyone could be a wimp compared to her. I looked around some more and found a bored that some fat guy was staring at. At a closer look, I noticed that it was the job bored. It was filled with lots of jobs. Some paying 500,000 jewel and others paying only 500. I should probably start with a small jobs, so that I don't get myself killed right away. I should also start tomorrow, so that I don't have to stay with Cali for too long. I feel like I might get killed in my sleep if I somehow piss her off.

I walked away from the bored and went to the bar. Mira was behind it serving food and drinks to everyone for what looked like free. I sat down and smiled. Mira smiled back and handed me a bowl of ramen. It was good ramen, and it tasted even better for the fact that I hadn't had it in forever. I downed the bowl in record time and Mira served me another. I had already finished about four bowls when Cali sat down next to me. Mira handed her a bowl of nuts and bolts – most likely iron nuts and bolts. Cali downed it faster than I was eating my ramen. She looked at me. "It's late, we should head home." I looked at the clock. She was right it was already 10. I stood up and thanked Mira for the food. I don't think she noticed though. She was too busy staring at Cali. "Jeez Mira, Lily invited him to stay with us until he finds a place of his own." Mira nodded and smiled.

"You do know that Lily left right?" Cali looked at me and sighed. She walked toward the door and I followed. Mira giggled and talked to some lady at the bar who was drinking straight from the barrel. It was rather impressive. I walked behind Cali as we walked back to her place. When she got there I smiled. It was a cute two story brick house. It looked like one you would find in a fairy tale. It was close enough to the guild, but it was still out of the way of other houses and buildings. She unlocked the door and let me in.

Books, books everywhere. They were in book shelves, on the floor stacked so high you could barely see the wall. They were even on the stairs. There was probably more than a hundred books down here alone, I could only imagine upstairs. Besides the abundance of books the house was pretty cozy looking to begin with. Wooden floors and a lit fire place. A few big rugs were scattered around on the floor in what I presumed to be the living room. A big couch faced the fire place and a big chair was placed next to it. Cali watched me look around before talking to me. "I'll grab you a pillow and blanket. Don't follow me, you're not allowed up stairs. I hope you don't need to use the bathroom cause it's upstairs." She then jogged up the stairs. I heard a door open then close again after a few minutes. A pillow and blankets landed on the floor as if it was thrown down. I heard another door open before it was slammed closed. I guess she's done with me for the night. I picked up the blanket and pillow and headed to the couch. It was a really comfortable couch. Before I knew it, I was asleep.