Finally my mid-year exams are over, I can laze around. Well at least until I get my results. (Confirm I did badly but it is not my fault, it was those damn aliens fault.)
Anyway new chapter! ^_^
Chapter 8– A new addition and a PARTY!
"Gray, where do they sleep?" Cana asked him, she had never been to his house before.
"Erm… let them sleep in the spare room," Gray said, lifting the still sleeping Wendy while Cana carried Charle.
Gray led the way to the unused but clean room. Seeing Gray put Wendy on the bed, Cana laid Charle beside her. Switching on the fan and making sure everything was fine for the two, Gray and Cana left the room. Upon reaching the living room Cana looked round, wondering where she would sleep.
"Cana, you can sleep in the room next to Wendy's room," Gray pointed, "There's a bathroom there too, if you want to freshen up before going to bed."
"Okay, thanks," Cana said as she took her haversack from the sofa and literally skipped to the room.
Gray stretched and sat on the sofa. He took out his phone from his bag and dialed Master's number. After a long time, Master Makarov answered the phone.
"Yes Gray," he asked.
"Old man, the four of us are staying in my house for the time being, considering that its past nine and all," Gray told him tiredly.
"The four of you are staying in your house? Including Cana shouldn't there only be three?" Master asked him, confused.
"The girl had a cat with her," Gray sighed.
"Continue," Makarov told him.
"The girl, her name is Wendy Marvel. She's the Air Dragon Slayer. The cat, Charle, can talk just like Happy. So, I'm going to guess that she's an Exceed too," Gray told him all the information.
"The Air Dragon Slayer, you mean another new Fairy Tail member? Bring the two of them to the Fairy Academy tomorrow at ten. I want her to meet Natsu and Gajeel. Get some rest Gray, it almost ten," the understanding Master told him as he put down the phone.
Gray nodded, though he knew that Makarov could not see him. He took one of the cushions on the sofa, put his bag on the floor, switched on the ceiling fan and fell asleep on the couch.
"Gray, do you want to use the bathroom now?" Cana asked him as she toweled her hair dry as she walked into the living room.
She stopped when she saw that Gray had fallen asleep on the sofa. Smiling to herself, she walked forward her legs making no noise on the carpeted floor. She put her cool hand on Gray's cheek and pushed his hair away from his eyes. Looking at the peaceful expression on his face, she smiled softly. Kissing his forehead and wishing him goodnight, she noticed Charle step out of her room. Cana smiled at the Exceed before gesturing her to go back to Wendy in case she wakes up but the Charle walked closer to Cana.
"You really love him, don't you?" Charle asked her.
Cana blushed and answered, "Yes, I do."
"How will this Happy be like?" Charle asked her.
"Happy, he is very unlike you. He's basically just like Natsu. I supposed that's what happens when you grow up in the care of Natsu since birth," Cana smiled as she sat on the other sofa after helping Charle up.
"You see, this is the first time I've seen another Exceed and I feel very nervous," Charle confessed.
"Just so you know for Happy as long as you don't hurt anyone of his friends, especially Natsu he'll like you," Cana said with a smile, "You should go back to her, if she wakes up alone she'll be scared."
Charle nodded before doing as Cana said. Cana sighed and stood up she could not let Gray sleep here while she was occupying his room. She went into Gray's room and took the blanket that was on his bed and came out. Going to the living room, she laid it over Gray. Then, rummaging in her haversack, she took out the blanket that Gray gave her the day before and slept on the other couch after switching off all the light except the one in the kitchen.
#The next day at 8am, at Gray's house#
"Gray, wake up," Cana shook him.
"I'm sleeping," Gray replied.
Cana laughed, "You can't be asleep if you're talking."
Laughing to herself, she told Wendy and Charle a plan to get Gray to wake up. Walking into the kitchen she grabbed a clean cloth and soaked it in warm water. Trying not to laugh, she went to 'wake' Gray up again.
"Gray, you should wake up. We have to see the rest of Fairy Tail at ten, remember?" Cana told him.
When he did not wake up, she squeezed the soaked cloth over his face, drenching his makeshift pillow. Gasping, Gray woke up. Looking at the hysterical trio laughing on the floor Gray stood up, grumpy from a rude wake up call. He scowled at Cana and left the living room to get ready for the meeting with the rest of Fairy Tail.
"Cana-san, I think he's angry. You shouldn't have done that," Wendy told her smiling, "but it was funny."
"I should probably talk to him later. When you're there at the meeting, don't feel scared or nervous or whatever. Just relax they'll like you two," Cana told them, knowing the pressure of meeting new people.
Nodding, both Wendy and Charle went back to breakfast. Cana helped Gray clean his house, seeing that they stayed there. Soon, it was nine-thirty and all of them were in Gray's car, with Gray still ignoring them. The awkward silence between them was making Cana guilty. Finally reaching the Red Fairy Academy, Wendy gawked at the huge building. Laughing at her reaction she led them to the basement. (The basement is used for the Fairy Tail meetings; remember the normal students are not allowed in.)
As Cana opened the door, the rest of Fairy Tail smiled at the two newcomers warmly. Unfortunately, the peace did not last long with Natsu flying through the window with the help of Happy.
"Sorry, I'm late guys," Natsu said, catching Happy as he landed.
"You're always late Flame Pants," grumbled Lucy, who was stopped by a glare from Erza.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail, Wendy Marvel," Master Makarov called out to her.
Wendy smiled shyly from behind Cana. Sighing Cana moved behind Wendy and gently pushed her forward. Charle held Wendy's hand, giving her the strength to look around curiously.
"Introduce yourself Wendy. By the way, I'm the Master, my name is Makarov. Just call me grandfather if it'll make you feel comfortable," Makarov said gently.
"My name is Wendy Marvel and this is Charle," she started, bringing everyone's attention to the tiny cat beside her.
"Hey," Charle replied, nodding at Happy, "I'm an Exceed. Pleased to meet you all and I am glad to see another Exceed too."
"What type of magic do you use, Wendy?" Miss Mira asked her softly.
"I was taught by Grandine, the air dragon. I am the Air Dragon Slayer," she said looking straight at Miss Mira.
"Air Dragon Slayer?" whispers were heard around the basement and Natsu and Gajeel turned to look at the little girl.
A grin was visible on Natsu's face. He walked towards her and kneeled so that he'll by the same height as her. He put Happy on the floor and started sniffing her.
"How can you be a Dragon Slayer? You are so tiny," Natsu stared at her.
"Can you don't scare the poor girl," Erza walked towards him and punched him in the head.
"O-k-a-y…" Natsu said rubbing his head, "Hi, I'm Natsu Dragneel, FairyTail's hottest guy, literally."
"Since when were you the hottest guy in Fairy Tail?" Erza asked him, putting her hand on his head, gently rubbing it; already sorry that she had beaten him.
Natsu looked at her and look back at the floor, pouting, "Whatever."
"Pleased to meet you, Natsu-san," Wendy said with a big smile.
"Nice to see you too, Charle and Wendy," Happy told them as Wendy smiled.
"Maybe we could show her around this place, Happy?" Natsu stood up.
"Aye," Happy shouted.
"Hey, I'm Erza Scarlet," Erza said smiling at her.
Wendy looked from Natsu to Erza as understanding passed through her eyes. Before she could ask it out loud Erza placed her hand over Wendy's mouth and stopped her. (The other members did not see this exchange as Natsu and Erza were blocking their view.)
"Yes but no one else knows so please keep it to yourself," Erza whispered.
"Wendy, mine and Gray's too, please," Cana whispered from behind her and Wendy nodded.
They turned around to see Gray and Natsu fighting, again. The coolest and the hottest guys in Fairy Tail were fighting each other. (Coolest guy is Gray and hottest guy is Natsu.)
"Hi I'm Lucy, this is Loke, Levy, Juvia, Jet, Droy, Bisca and Alzack," Lucy told her, pointing at each one in turn, "I'm sure that Cana didn't mention that fights always happens here."
"Hey kid, Gajeel the Metal Dragon Slayer," Gajeel said from his seat.
"Pleased to meet you all and Cana-san didn't tell me that," Wendy said looking at the fight again.
"Wendy, since you're here, Master said that you'll be taking classes with the rest of the other students. How old are you? Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Miss Mira, I teach all the seventeen year olds in Fairy Tail," Miss Mira told her.
"I'm twelve." Wendy replied
"I see, which means that you'll be in Mr Fried's class, with Romeo and the rest of the students who are fourteen years old and below. Mr Fried is the man with the green hair. Don't worry he is understanding," she pointed to at the man with the green hair.
"Come on, it's time for the party," Natsu shouted.
That was the cue. Everyone started laughing, dancing and congratulating Wendy. Wendy was observing the members of Fairy Tail when she saw that Gajeel started blushing every time Levy was near him. Losing Grandine and finding Charle had made the little girl realize that there is always someone who will love you even if another goes away. Slipping off her seat she went to find Levy. Finding Levy refilling her drink she told her of what she saw to her. Soon, Levy was standing beside Gajeel.
"Gajeel, can you follow me to the garden outside? I want to talk to you," Levy told him and the puzzled, Gajeel agreed.
"Gajeel, do you like me?" Levy asked him, grateful for the darkness around the stairs up to the first floor as she was blushing.
"Erm…that was sudden. What are you talking about bookworm?" Gajeel replied, his face equally as red as Levy's.
"Just answer the question, Gajeel."
"I guess so," he replied, feeling nervous.
"You like me just as a friend?" Levy pressed for more information.
"M-more than a friend, Levy," he stammered, "I love you."
"….Me too," Levy blushed and smiled and placed her hand into Gajeel's hand.
Holding her hand tightly, Gajeel turned and put his other hand on the back of her head. Leaning forward, until his head was on Levy shoulder he breathed in, taking in her scent. They stood there for awhile before turning back to go into the basement where the party was held.
# Back in the basement #
Cana saw Gray walking to the Fairy Tail's library. Following him, she walked to the balcony in the library.
"Gray, are you angry at me?" Cana asked him, feeling very guilty, for waking him like she did.
"Huh? No, of course not," Gray turned around to see Cana who was staring at the ground.
"Then why aren't you talking to me? Why were you ignoring us in the car?" Cana asked him as she leaned on the railing at the balcony.
"I should apologize. I'm really grumpy when I wake up in the morning. It's not your fault, Cana," he told her hugging her from the back.
"When you wake up you are grumpy? You are sure that it's not because I poured warm water on your face?" Cana asked him, placing her hand on his.
"I'm sure," Gray told her, as both of them stood there, enjoying the peacefulness and the scenery before them.
"I'm glad," Cana whispered.
"Erm…Cana will Wendy and Charle be staying with you and the girls?" Gray asked.
"Yeah, Juvia's moving in with Erza because Erza's house is bigger. So, there'll only be Lucy, Wendy, Charle and me. Wendy and Charle will be using Juvia's old room," Cana replied.
"Hmmm…" Gray said, looking out into the beautiful school.
# Back in the basement at one corner #
"Loke…I think I like…" Lucy mumbled.
"Lucy, I think that you following me around school is very annoying. Don't tell me that you like me," Loke told her, unaware that her feelings were true. Most of the girls confessed to him caused he is the most popular guy in school and he always gets cheated in the end.
The heart-broken Lucy ran out into the garden only to bang into Natsu and Erza who were walking together, talking on certain issues.
"Lucy, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Natsu and Erza inquired.
"Loke, said that I was annoying," Lucy cried.
Putting his hands around her and making her sit on the bench beside Erza, Natsu held her as she cried. Meanwhile, as Lucy left, Loke heard her crying.
Loke P.O.V
Why is she crying? No girl ever cried for me. Wait don't tell her feeling are real. Shit, I love her but I thought she was just playing a fool. I am such a baka.
P.O.V ends
Loke raced in the direction Lucy ran only to see Natsu's hands around her. He ran up to them and punched Natsu on his face.
"Why did you do that for?" Erza yelled at him as she ran to Natsu.
"Because he l-l-l-loves her," Natsu answered Erza as Loke blushed at looked at anything but at Natsu and Erza.
Looking around he realized that Lucy was still crying. He walked towards her and sat down by her side.
"Lucy, are you okay? I didn't mean it. I'm not used to others doing that to me. I mean, the other girls only told me that they loved me because of my looks. I'm sorry but I love you too," Loke told her.
"Loke…" she looked at him and smiled, throwing her arms around him, "I'm happy."
Looking at the happy couple, Natsu followed Erza to the Fairy Tail Council Room. As she was the class president of Fairy Tail, she had plenty of work to do.
In the Fairy Tail Council Room, Erza ordered Natsu to sit on the chair.
"Does your jaw hurt?" Erza asked him.
"You mean that lame punch that Loke gave me? Of course not," Natsu said trying not to wince as she put her hand on his jaw.
"Don't lie to me, Natsu," Erza told him in a slightly more threatening voice.
"It doesn't hurt as much as the punch you gave me," Natsu mumbled.
"Oh…" Erza said, taken aback, "Sorry…. just don't disturb me while I do the work or we'll be staying here forever."
Erza went to her desk and started on the work she had to do as Fairy Tail's class president. Meanwhile, Natsu kept as quiet as he could. He sat on another chair at the table and played with the pens on the table, imagining them to be Gray and himself. After awhile he sat at the window seat looking out into the compound of RFA. He continued keeping himself busy around the little room looking at Erza every short while to see if she was looking at him. It was slightly pissing him of a bit by a bit. After an hour or so, he sat back down at the window seat and stared out at RFA as he let his past memories cloud his head. Before long he was asleep.
# Around 2 hours after he slept, at the Fairy Tail Council Room #
Natsu was awake but he still kept pretending that he was asleep as he saw Erza finish up her work and pack her bag. She turned and saw him at the window seat, 'asleep'. She walked hesitantly towards him and put her hand on his head.
Rubbing his head she whispered, "I'm sorry Natsu."
"Ah, Rin-chan you're so beautiful," Natsu said 'dreaming' about the supermodel, Suki Rin. (He was pretending, he wanted to make her angry. Just, like she made him keep quiet for a about 4 hours.)
Erza glared at his supposedly sleeping form and punched him again. Natsu yelled in pain and 'woke up'.
"What were you dreaming about, Natsu?" she growled.
"Nothing," he said, rubbing his head again.
Natsu stood up and grabbed his school bag and was about to walked out of the room, yawning loudly when Erza stopped him.
"Hey, where are you going?" Erza asked him.
"Huh, home. Where else would I go?" Natsu answered her.
"Aren't you going to help with all these stacks of papers?" Erza asked him, confused.
"Why would I?" Natsu answered back, again.
"Weren't you waiting for me? Who's going to bring me home now?" Erza asked him, her voice getting softer and softer with every word.
"Nope and I don't know. Maybe you can take the bus," Natsu suggested.
Erza stared at him, unsure of what to say. She turned to take her bag, only to find that Natsu had beaten her to it.
"Hey, are you okay? I was just kidding you know?" Natsu told her.
He put both their bags down on Erza's table and walked towards her. He put his hand on her cheek and leaned forward to kiss her. Erza closed her eyes and waited for Natsu's lips to pressed against hers when, suddenly, the council room door was opened. Shocked, Erza pushed Natsu away from herself and stared at the doorway only to find Miss Mira standing there with another pile of papers.
"Oh my, what a sight. Good evening Natsu and Erza. Anyway, Erza all these should be finished by next Sunday. Just a word of advice don't ever continue with whatever you were doing just now unless you are sure that Master Makarov is not around," Miss Mira said as she put down the small pile of papers on Erza's desk and took the completed pile out of the room and winked at them.
"Yes, Miss Mira, we're leaving now," Erza blushed and both of them bowed.
With that, both Erza and Natsu walked down the stairs and out of the RFA. They took Natsu's motorcycle and left the school compound.
From the Teachers Room Miss Mira was looking down at the obviously loving couple. She sighed as someone wrapped them arms around her waist.
"Fried…" Mira whispered as she turned around, lifting her head to meet Fried's awaiting lips.
Unfortunately, they were rudely interrupted by a short man coughing at the doorway. The couple sprang apart, like guilty lovers.
"You should take your own advice sometimes, Mira. Its late you two should be leaving soon," Makarov said as he informed them that he was going to lock the school soon.
"Yes, Master," both Fried and Mira said as they blushed a deep red.
This story will not be ending so fast. There is more to come look forward too it.. THANKS FOR ALL SUPPORT SO FAR SO CONTINUE REVIEWING!
Arigatou!
