"What? You're joining the guild, weird girl?"
"Yes, Gajeel-kun. Isn't that great? Juvia is so happy!" Juvia cheered, clapping her hands.
I had just left Master Jose's office after he agreed to let me join Phantom Lord. He was very scary, and as creepy as on the anime. I was worried that he wouldn't let me in the guild. Thankfully, Juvia had put in a good word for me and I was just on my way to get my new guild mark at the bar.
"Uh, please don't call me weird girl…" I requested weakly, not expecting him to listen to me. I looked to the side not looking in his direction.
"Come with Juvia, Mona-san. You need to get your guild mark." Juvia said, grabbing my hand and leading me to the bar.
A tall, red headed woman covered in piercings stood behind counter. Her long hair was spikey and shaved on the left. She wore a black vest top over a netted shirt and a buckle covered mini skirt. upon noticing me she gave me a mean look. "What do you want?" She questioned rudely, looking me up and down judgementally.
"Oh, where do I go to get a guild mark?" I asked, slightly offended by her attitude.
"Here. Obviously." She replied, rolling her eyes at my completely plausible question!
"Well, then can-" I started, getting extremely frustrated with the woman in front of me, when she interrupted.
"Gajeel-kun! I didn't know you were back!" Her face brightened considerably at the sight of the iron dragon slayer.
Gajeel nodded in acknowledgement.
"Can I-" I started again, I frowned when she cut me off with a shush and turned back to Gajeel.
"Excuse me?!" I shouted. How ignorant could she get! But she continued asking Gajeel about his mission.
"Ingrid, the weird girl needs her guild mark." The barmaid stopped questioning him immediately.
"Sure Gajeel-kun, no problem!" She smiled fakely at him before turning to me. "Come on then, weird girl."
"My name is Mona." I replied icily, but still followed the woman.
"Where do you want it?" She asked, holding a stamp.
"Here." I answered, pointing to my right hipbone.
She raised an eyebrow, "If that's what you want…" She said, I ignored her and allowed her to press the stamp to my hip, a little harshly. She removed the stamp after a few seconds and I looked down to see a purple Phantom Lord mark on my skin.
"I'm officially a Phantom Lord mage now!" I cheered, turning to Juvia.
"That's great!" She cheered back, smiling at me. "Look Gajeel!"
I turned in the same direction as her, only to sweatdrop at the sight of Ingrid shamelessly flirting with Gajeel, both were completely oblivious to the rain woman.
She suddenly took on a gloomy aura and I tried my hardest to put her back to normal. "Hey its alright Juvia." I said, patting her back.
"Looking as gloomy as usual, Juvia!" a deep voice stated. I looked up to see a guy with half white hair and half black hair, on his face were three distinct, horizontal lines.
"Totomaru-san. You're back." She replied politely, back to her usual straight faced expression.
"Yeah, it was a quick job." He paused, turning his attention to me. "You-you're kinda cute!" He exclaimed, blushing.
"Eh?" Cute? Oh my god. Totomaru from Elemental Four just called me cute. I felt a blush of my own creeping on my face as he smiled down at me.
"I'm Totomaru, what's your name?" He asked eagerly.
"Uh, Mona. It's nice to meet you." I replied, feeling a little awkward at his openness.
This is going to be a problem.
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Later on, I was sat at the bar awkardly. Juvia had left abruptly for an urgent mission with Monsieur Sol. I guess S class wizards are worked pretty hard.
This left me sitting in a row, with Totomaru who would flirt very loudly every now and then, bringing attention to the two of us and Gajeel who was ignoring me completely. Ingrid was stood behind the bar, glaring daggers at me as she sharpened the kitchen knifes. I gulped in fear.
"Are you thirsty Mo-chan?" Totomaru asked, I ignored his question however as my eye twitched at the nickname. "Ingrid, can you get a drink for Mo-chan?"
The girl's eyes glinted evily. A moment later she slammed a glass in front of me, almost cracking it, and leant forward. "Don't think for a minute that we're going to get along." She hissed into my ear.
I frowned. "What beef do you have with me?!" I shouted leaning over the counter to shout at her.
"Isn't is obvious? You really think I'm gonna give Gajeel to some little girl?!" She shouted, slamming her forehead into mine. "I don't think so!"
"I'm not interested in him you damn freak! Leave me alone!" I shouted back. What the hell was her problem?!
We glared at each other for a while before she moved go grab my hair. It moved instinctively and I grabbed her wrist, dragging her down to hit the table. She stopped herself with her free hand, then sticking it in my direction. A bright green substance shot out of her palm, and hit me in the shoulder.
"What the hell is this?" I asked in disgust, trying to get the horrible gooey substance off my shoulder, only to get it all over my hand.
I jumped back, trying to dodge another shot of green slime. I was successful, but stopped cheering when the room when silent. I turned around to see Gajeel and Totomaru covered in the sticky green substance, both looking very displeased with their position.
I raised a hand to stifle a laugh, as Ingrid ran past me. "Gajeel-kun! Are you okay?" She asked urgently, hurriedly removing the goo and ignoring Totomaru in the process. She turned to me with an angry look. "Look what you did!"
"Hey, I did nothing. You shouldn't have aimed you horrible goo in your precious Gajeel's direction!" I defended, an amused smirk spreading on my face.
"Yeah! This isn't Mo-chan's fault!" Totomaru quickly came to my defense.
Ingrid looked very annoyed, but it was Gajeel who spoke next. "Just let me drink my damn drink in peace!"
Ingrid shut her mouth straight away and returned to the other side of the counter.
I could tell that this was going to be a crazy guild.