Ok, I updated this sooner than I planned because I am so freaking excited to see what you guys think. I am very pleased to announce that I am working on chapter 10. I am on a roll! I'm so excited! I love the way this chapter ends, and I hope you do too.
Alright in this chapter everyone finds out about Juvia's date with Lyon and finally, Alzack, Bisca, and Asuka are appearing!
If there are any typos or errors, I apologize. I went through this thing three times, but sometimes I still miss stuff. Anyway, ENJOY!
I do NOT own Fairy Tail!
Mirajane walked in front of Cana and Laxus with a smile on her face. The two adults were acting like children, ignoring each other as they walked or they were throwing snide remarks at one another. The white haired woman found it endearing. She heard one of them push the other, it was most likely Cana since the brunette started cursing about Laxus being too heavy.
"You two are so cute. You remind me of elementary kids who have crushes on each other." Mira giggled.
"Oi! Quit that shit woman!" Laxus snapped.
Cana nodded in agreement, "Yeah shut up Mira! You shouldn't be saying stupid things. Besides he's too damn frustrating to deal with!"
Mira giggled, "Now you're agreeing with each other!"
Laxus grumbled something that neither woman could hear, but Cana glowered at her friend as she played with her flask at her hip. "If you say one more thing about how cute we are, I'm going to-"
"Cana! Mira!" Wendy's voice cut the brunette off and the two women turned to see Wendy and the others coming towards them.
Mirajane noticed the shopping bags first and her eyes lit up, "Did you guys buy new clothes? I can't believe you didn't invite me!"
"Sorry Mira, but it was a last minute thing." Levy replied with a small smile as she pointed at Evergreen and Juvia.
This piqued Laxus's attention.
"Evergreen, what did you do?" The blonde man asked, slightly concerned about what his old friend was plotting.
Evergreen plotting was never a good thing.
As if reading his thoughts the woman glared at him, "It's nothing that bad, honestly it's like you don't know me at all."
"Wrong, I know you very well. What did you do?" Laxus demanded.
"Well I'm not going to tell this story multiple times so you better get inside so I can tell everyone at once." Evergreen snapped at him.
"Finally, someone has some sense." Cana grumbles at Mirajane.
"Shut up booze bitch."
"Oh my God! If you ever call me that again, Sparky, I am going to shove my foot so far up your ass it comes out of your mouth!" Cana shrieked as they filed into the club drawing everyone's attention.
Laxus stared down at the brunette who was glaring at him, her eyes narrowed in barely concealed rage. The blonde smirked, proud to see that he could get the beautiful woman so riled up, the woman was naturally beautiful, but an angry Cana, there was something feral and dangerously sexy about her now.
"I'd like to see you try." He challenged.
"That's enough Cana. If you keep getting upset your father could waltz in those doors." Makarov broke in, stopping the fight before it started.
Cana bristled at the mention of her father but instead she just walked away from Laxus, putting as much space between them as she could.
Levy beamed when her gaze found on a familiar face she hadn't seen in weeks. "Lily!"
The petite woman rushed to greet her friend who welcomed her with a hug and a grin of his own. "Hello Levy."
"I can't believe you're back early! Did everything go alright? I thought you wouldn't be back for another few weeks."
Lily glared at Gajeel and Natsu, the former who glared back while the latter had no idea what was going on, "There was a bit of an issue."
Levy looked confused, "What happened?"
"My idiot grandson and his friends, minus the trio but including Lily here, got locked up in a Greek prison for a few months after a bar fight that nearly demolished the bar." Makarov answered dryly as he shook his head, still trying to wrap his mind around the entire issue.
Levy looked around the club before she started laughing, "I can't believe that. You guys met each other in a Greek bar that you nearly demolished? Oh that's priceless."
"It ruined my vacation." Lily growled lowly.
Levy just giggled some more and gave his arm a gently pat, "It's alright Lily, you're home now."
"Which is Levy speak for 'You can make Jet and Droy leave me alone now'." Lucy replied.
Lily rolled his eyes, "Again?"
"The second you left." Elfman added with a roll of his eyes. Very few people could get Jet and Droy to give Levy some space, and Lily happened to be one of them, and he did it without having to break any bones, unlike Erza.
The tall man sighed, "I'll set those two idiots straight the second they show up for work. Now what's with the bags?"
"I was wondering the same thing." Laxus replied.
Levy turned to Evergreen, "You better tell them, you're running out of time. Besides, the girls are going to want to help Juvia get ready."
Everyone looked at Evergreen expectantly and she crossed her arms before she spoke, "I may have accidentally set Juvia up on a date with Gray's older brother."
Everyone stared at her before Cana laughed, "How do you accidentally set someone up on a date?" "Alright that part was on purpose. Setting her up with Gray's older brother was an accident."
"Gray is going to be very upset when he finds out." Lucy warned but her face was thoughtful, as if she were thinking of something.
Erza nodded, "I agree, he will not take it well."
"Wait, so you and the stripper aren't an item?" Gajeel asked.
Juvia shook her head trying to hide her bitter smile, "No we aren't."
"But he'd be upset that you're going on a date with his brother. Are you sure he doesn't like you?" Freed asked curiously.
Juvia nodded but Cana shook her head about to say something when Laxus covered her mouth, "Have you asked that weirdo out before?"
"Multiple times."
"And he turned you down each time?" The blue haired woman nodded.
"Then the older brother is free game, right boys?" Laxus asked his friends.
Bixslow and Freed nodded while Evergreen sighed heavily, "That's what I said."
Cana pulled her face away from Laxus's hand but she had to agree; Gray had turned her down, Juvia didn't have to wait for him anymore. "Then I guess you better head backstage and start showing off your clothes to the others. They'll want to help you get ready. Not a word of this to Gray when he gets here-I want to see the look on his face when Lyon walks through that door to pick Juvia up for her date."
The women were smirking evilly as Juvia looked slightly out of place, obviously hesitant about the date and very concerned about what Gray's reaction would be. Cana approached the blue haired woman and pulled her into a quick hug, "Everything is going to be fine. No matter what happens, Gray will never hate you. Now you have a date tonight with a man that I know will treat you like a princess because that's how he sees you. Give it a shot, and you can always turn him down if he asks again."
Juvia nodded, "Alright."
Cana smiled, "That's my girl. Erza, Evergreen get this lovely woman to the showers. We want her looking her best tonight. Mira gets to do Juvia's make-up, which means that Mira is in charge. Get a move on. Make sure you have everything you need to get her ready for tonight. Mira, my curling iron and straightener are in the office."
Mira beamed, "Of course! Come on Wendy you can help me!"
"Come on Juvia, the sooner we get you in the shower the better." Erza replied dragging the dark blue haired woman behind her.
Gajeel was annoyed. He had not been expecting to run into the same man he fought in Greece. Lily was a formidable adversary, a fantastic fighter and Gajeel respected him. He could be friends with the man. That wasn't his problem with him. The problem was the petite blue haired fairy with the great ass.
She was close to the man, greeted him with a wide grin and a hug. Gajeel wasn't sure what it was about the little woman, but he was drawn to her from the second he saw her on stage the night before. He watched her as she tried to sit herself at the bar, but in order for her to reach the seat she had to jump up. It was adorable.
Levy smiled triumphantly when she was finally seated and when she turned her head, she met his gaze and he watched her blush. She was an interesting one.
"So how did you manage to get into a fight with Lily? He's actually very level headed." She asked curiously, but Gajeel could see the slightly sly glint in her eyes.
He smirked, "Natsu may have caused that one."
Levy giggled, "He causes all the trouble, doesn't he?"
Gajeel nodded as he glanced over at his friend. Natsu was the reason they get in trouble so much, but Natsu was also the first friend he ever had; without that annoyingly loud pink haired man, Gajeel wasn't sure where he would be. With a soft grunt he nodded, "Yeah. I've known him for years and it's always been the same. You should've seen the damage he did that nearly had us thrown in a Russian prison. We didn't stop running until we were out of Russia and that's as difficult as it sounds."
Levy's dark hazel eyes were wide, "Really? Russia? That's such a large country, what happened there?"
"The idiot accidentally set fire to the old Romanov palace. To this day I have no idea how he did it, but damn were we in for it. If I remember correctly we aren't allowed back in Russia."
He watched as she stared at him, contemplating whether or not to laugh and before she could respond the sound of the front door opened and the rush of little footsteps caught everyone's attention.
"Auntie Cana! Auntie Cana!"
Freed watched as a little dark haired girl rushed into the club. Her adorable big brown eyes were searching for a specific brunette. He turned slightly as Cana beamed and rushed to the little girl, picking her up and spinning her around.
"Auntie Cana!" The little girl giggled as Cana spun her around.
"Hello my little troublemaker! I missed you!" The brunette hugged the little girl to her and ruffled her hair.
"Hi Gramps!" the little girl beamed and the old man grinned from his seat on the bar. He quickly handed his beer to Elfman who hid it behind the bar as Cana passed the girl to him. She was enveloped in a hug by the older man as two newcomers entered the room.
"Hey Cana!" The green haired woman greeted, her hair only a shade darker than Freed's and her red lips were pulled into a smile that reached her purple eyes.
"Bisca it's good to see you again!" The two women hugged as Levy jumped off her seat and rushed to hug the green haired woman.
"Hey Levy! Got a hot boyfriend to show off to me yet?" The green haired woman laughed as the petite blue haired woman shook her head.
"Hey Al." Cana replied giving the man with Bisca a quick side hug.
"Hey Gramps!" The man greeted with a grin.
"It's good to see you both again. It's been a long time." Makarov grinned and he gestured to Laxus, "This is Alzack and his wife Bisca, Bisca was a dancer here and Alzack played in the band. This little jewel is Asuka, their little girl."
Laxus nodded at them in greeting, "I'm Laxus, the old man's grandson. The idiots you don't recognize are my friends."
"What Laxus means is that I'm Freed, this is Bixslow, that's Gajeel, and the pink haired guy is Natsu." Freed replied, shooting his old friend a disapproving glance, especially when little Asuka started chanting the word idiot.
"Asuka, sweetie, don't repeat anything Sparky says, alright?" Cana asked sweetly, glaring at the blonde haired man.
Freed struggled to hide his smirk while Bixslow chuckled beside him at the annoyed look on Laxus's face.
"Auntie Cana is Sparky going to get in trouble for saying mean things?" The little girl asked in an adorable voice that had the others laughing while Laxus glowered at the brunette, who retaliated by winking at him with a triumphant grin on her face.
"Maybe."
Freed watched the little girl study Natsu who had approached the bar and was really looking at her. It was almost like they were having a staring contest. Suddenly the pink haired man started to pat the girl on the head rather hard, "Cute kid!"
"Ow! That hurts! Stop it!" Asuka cried.
"Knock it off you moron!" Lucy yelled as she hit the pink haired man over the head.
"Ow! What the hell Luce?"
"You were hurting Asuka! Geez don't you know how to act with kids?"
"I thought I was doing alright for the first time interacting with one!"
"You're such and idiot!" Lucy yelled.
Asuka had stopped rubbing her head when she realized that a bump was forming on Natsu's head, "Auntie Lucy, that weirdo has a bump on his head! You hurt him so now you have to kiss it and make it better!"
"WHAT?" Lucy was blushing furiously as everyone laughed at her, and Freed tried really hard not to laugh at the blonde.
"I don't want Lucy kissing me! She's weird!" Natsu moaned.
"What's that supposed to mean you jerk?"
"It means you're weird."
Freed shook his head at Natsu's response, "Just ignore him Lucy, he doesn't have much experience with the opposite sex."
"More like he doesn't know how to act ever." Gajeel scoffed with a smug grin.
"Oi! Do you want to start something Metalbrain?" Natsu yelled.
"I will remind you that my club is closed because you tried to end something." Cana hissed through clenched teeth, and her comment instantly caused Natsu to deflate.
"I was wondering why everything looks different. I thought you were just closed for renovations." Bisca replied as she stepped towards the bar to fix her daughter's hair.
"Nah that moron along with Stripper ended up getting into a fight and causing damage. It'll be about a week and a half before everything gets replaced." Cana replied.
"It might take a little bit longer." Gajeel replied.
"What? Why?" The brunette asked, suddenly very concerned.
Freed waved his hand, "It's nothing bad, really. You and Levy had mentioned that the basement needed renovations, so we're taking care of that too."
"When Freed says 'we're', he really means that Gajeel is doing it." Bixslow smirked at his polite friend.
"Damn straight. Pretty boy can't do a damn thing without being afraid to break a nail." Gajeel retorted.
"Gajeel! Watch your language around Asuka!" Levy scolded.
Asuka grinned, "Damn straight!"
Bisca and Alzack tried not to laugh, but their daughter was adorable. Only Levy managed to continue glaring at Gajeel while the others laughed. Freed made a mental note to add them to his ledger.
"It's not manly to cuss in front of children." Elfman replied through his laughter.
"Yeah!" Asuka cheered.
Bisca giggled before she turned to her husband, "Al, honey, hand me my sketch book. I remember why we really came by."
"What you mean you didn't come here to visit?" Lucy asked with a pout.
Alzack laughed as he placed an arm around the blonde and gave her a quick side-hug, "Of course we did."
Bisca took the sketchbook from her husband and seated herself at the bar as Elfman and Cana approached her. Elfman was tall enough just to stand over the green haired woman, but Freed watched Laxus out of the corner of his eye as Cana bent over to lean across the bar. The green haired man smirked to himself when he saw his old friend's eyes roam over the brunette's lower half.
"What do you think of these? Obviously it'll look like you girls are naked, but that's the whole point. The harder part might be finding nude material that matches each dancer." Bisca explained as she pointed at something in her book.
Cana studied whatever she was pointing at before looking at Elfman, "What do you think Elf?"
"It's doable, I'm just not sure how I feel about you girls making everyone believe you're naked, I mean, Mira is my older sister."
Alzack shook his head, "If Bisca was still dancing, I'd be slightly concerned about it, but if she was comfortable wearing it, then I can't say anything. The same goes for the other fairies."
"Exactly. What do you think Cana?" Bisca asked with an anxious smile.
"I'm all for it. I know the others will be too. Hey Levy you're alright with appearing like you're naked on stage, right?"
Levy blushed but she looked thoughtful, "I don't have to strip, do I?"
"This is not a strip club Levy." Makarov reminded her.
"I know that. I'm just concerned." The petite woman replied.
Freed smirked when Gajeel looked like he agreed with the woman. Oh yeah, he was definitely including them in the ledger.
"Everything important is covered, Lev. The actual outfit is nude, but the designs on it cover everything we want covered. Its an illusion." Bisca explained.
"Well then I'm alright with it." Levy replied.
Bisca turned back to Elfman, "So what do you say Elf?"
The white haired man sighed as four women turned to him with wide, begging eyes. He turned away quickly, "That's not going to work."
However when he turned around he came face to face with Asuka and the little girl was giving her uncle Elfman the cutest puppy dog eyes he'd ever seen and her lower lip was quivering. With a defeated sigh the big man gave in, "Fine, I'll get started on them. I'm going to need Evergreen's measurements though, and if they're all supposed to be long, Levy is going to need five inch heels."
Levy grimaced, "Oh boy. Guess I better get practicing."
"Wait, why does Elfman have to agree with these outfits?" Natsu asked, all the newcomers were wondering the same thing, but it hadn't occurred to them to ask.
"Because Elfman custom makes everything we wear on stage." Cana replied.
The pink haired man laughed, "You make their outfits?"
Elfman blushed in embarrassment, "Have you seen these women try to make anything? Only Mira is decent!"
By this point all of Laxus's group were laughing, although Freed was trying to stop himself, because even he had to admit that he knew how to sew.
"It's not funny guys!" The white haired man yelled.
"Stop laughing at Elfman or Mira's going to get very angry." Lucy warned.
"Mirajane is a sweetheart, I doubt she can do much of anything." Bixslow roared with laughter.
Freed watched as everyone else sent a wicked grin to Elfman who started sobbing and crying loud enough to be heard over the laughter. Freed froze when the temperature suddenly seemed to drop and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. Mirajane appeared on stage, her normally warm and friendly blue eyes were narrowed dangerously and there was a dark look on her face.
"Who made my baby brother cry?"
I'm still laughing at that last part. Finally a glimpse at Mira's darker side. In the next chapter we are going to see that Juvia is very reluctant to go on the date, but a few words of encouragement and Juvia is out the door for dinner with Lyon.
Next chapter is Gray finding out that his older brother is taking Juvia out on a date. I have some surprising speeches from Laxus and Natsu coming out in that one. In chapter 9 I am introducing Bob and Blue Pegasus (sadly I don't know much about them, but I really wanted Bob because he makes me laugh), and in chapter 10 Fairy Tail is going to reopen, and that's going to be fun. I plan on having Loki and the band (yes they are the Zodiacs) show up in chapter 11, unless I find a way to work them into chapter 10. Romeo, Happy, and Carla will be appearing as well in either chapter 10 or 11. I haven't decided how Romeo is going to enter, but I really want it to be a big event for Wendy since she hasn't seen him in months. And I am planning a chapter surrounding the Magnolia Harvest Festival. If anyone remembers from a previous chapter, Levy can sing, and she will be singing at at the festival.
Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
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