Fairy Tail Next Generation

Chapter 10

The four of us were in deep shit. I walked Cali home to find her father waiting in front of the door. He didn't look us in the eyes at all when he said 'come with me' in a very flat-emotionless tone. I took a few breaths and followed him, with Cali in-between us though. She kept a straight face, the smile from before vanished before we even left the harbor. Gajeel took us to the guild where we found Stace and Jase already inside. They were on their knees with their heads hung in shame. A woman with bright red hair in armor stood behind Stace with glowing rage. Behind Jase was a man who looked like Jase (but different eyes) and Juvia. His father looked mad, but Juvia seemed perfectly happy. Gajeel directed us toward them and told us to sit. I did as I was told – already aware of the punishment to come. Jase looked at me for second and gave me a smile before looking away again. I looked at Cali, who still hadn't sat down yet. I really hope she wasn't gonna make it worse for herself.

"Can we do all this tomorrow? I'm tired as fuck and just want to go to sleep." Of course she had to make it worse for herself. Of-freaking-course. It wasn't like she was just gonna sit and take blame for her actions. Nooo, she had to cause more trouble.

"Cali sit down NOW." Gajeel gave her a look, she just rolled her eyes and continued her suicide.

"I'm going home." She turned on her heel and headed for the door. Stace giggled at this before her mother gave her a death stare. Jase and I sighed. That girl really doesn't give a fuck.

"Sit down NOW." I short (very short) man stood in front of Cali's path. He was going bald and was extremely old. Lemme guess. That's the Master. Oh and another guess- Cali still don't give a fuck.

"Move it old man. Or I might turn into a cannibal too." I didn't get how that made sense, but I laughed. I regretted it a second later.

"Sit down." Cali rolled her eyes and finally sat down. Gajeel stood behind the two of us. The master stood in front of the four of us with his hands behind his back. Mira appeared behind him with a serious look upon her face. The master cleared his throat and turned to me. "Welcome to the guild, Mira told me all about you Felix. My name is Makarov and I am the master of this guild. It's nice that you have gotten yourself into the groove of things already thanks to Cali. Unfortunately for you, Cali doesn't care much for rules. Cali, I know that you are fully aware that you were to not touch that request. And yet somehow you found yourself on a boat heading to that very job's location. Not only did you break a rule yourself, you brought Felix- a new comer- with you. You also dragged Stace and Jase into this somehow. How exactly did you two get dragged into this again?"

Stace sighed and cleared her throat before answering. "Mira discovered that the request was missing and I knew right away who would have taken it. So I ran out to go catch them."

Jase continued the reply from where she left off. "I knew who did it too and saw Stace heading out the door. I followed her and we went to go get them. When we arrived we saw the two of them in a speed boat preparing themselves to go. I jumped into the water and swam over so that I could stop the boat if they chose to go anyway. Stace confronted Cali."

Stace continued on. "Cali refused to come off the boat. Felix clearly had no clue that he was breaking a rule. Cali boated away from me and Jase took action. He held the boat until Felix pulled him into the boat. Felix appeared angry with Cali. Jase pulled me into the boat using his magic and I informed Felix of the current situation. Somewhere along the way of all that, we ended up joining them on the job."

Back to Jase. "Even though the four of us technically broke a rule by going on that job, we all came back alive and well. We didn't destroy anything while we were there which is impressive for wizards of our guild. Nothing bad happened while we were there so all should be forgiven and forgotten right?" He gave his big smile to the people before us. Mira seemed convinced. The Makarov didn't. Cali also decided to make things worse for ALL of us. She just had to take us down with her didn't she?

"See, Mr. Goody said everything went alright. We're fine. The cannibals didn't eat us, and none of us got seriously injured. Can I go now?" She had to bring up the cannibals. She just had to bring up the freaking cannibals.

Mira's eyes bulged out as she heard the word 'cannibals'. "DID YOU SAY CANNIBALS? YOU FOUR SERIOUSLY THINK THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH GOING ON A JOB THAT INVOLVED CANNIBALS? YOU ARE ALL IN BIG TROUBLE YOU HEAR ME, BIG TOUBLE."

Makarov put a hand up before she could say more. His eyebrows were furrowed and he looked like he could growl at us any minute. "You brats need to understand something. Just because your parents are all S-Class does not mean you will simply inherit that title yourselves. Going on a job that dangerous is not something any of you are ready for. None of you will go on an S-Class mission again until you are S-Class yourself. No free food for a week, and no jobs over 50,000 jewel for a week too. Felix, I understand that you were not aware of your rule breaking but you must undergo the same punishment. I'm going easy on you this time. If any of you break a rule again, the punishment will be worse than you can imagine. Mira please go call the Magic Counsel and inform them of this cannibal island. You four are dismissed." Makarov and Mira walked away. The four of us stood up. Stace and Jase faced their parents. From what I could hear; Stace was grounded for a week and Jase was grounded and restricted to only jobs that his parents approved for the next month. I looked over to Cali. Gajeel was holding her arm so that she couldn't leave. It appeared that neither of them had started to talk yet.

"Why did you go on that job Cali, I said I wouldn't take you on it. That should tell you that you can't go without me either."

Cali stared at the floor and didn't look him the eye. "I can what I want. I didn't die so what do you care?" Gajeel became livid with her reply.

"Cali you damn well know why I care. I will not take you on S-Class jobs with me, and you will not go on them without me either. We have been over this a thousand times, you have no choice in the matter."

"I DO HAVE A CHOICE. I can go on the S-Class missions if I want. I want to go home. LET ME GO NOW." She still wasn't looking him in the eye.

"CALI YOU FUCKING KNOW WHY I DON'T WANT YOU GOING ON THOSE MISSIONS. YOU WILL NOT ARGUE WITH ME OVER THIS." Gajeel's expression was different now. It was almost pained. I looked at Cali and saw that she was still looking at the floor. They must be talking about something that happened in the past. And that something must be bad. I looked around and saw everyone focusing on their food or the wall. I know they can hear them, they just didn't want to think about it either. I looked back to see Gajeel looking at me. "Did you get a place yet?"

"Yes sir."

Gajeel let go of Cali's arm. "She's sleeping at your place tonight. Don't pull anything on her or I will neuter you." He turned away and left. Cali was still looking at the floor. I walked over to here and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Are you okay?" She froze up a little when I touched her, then she relaxed. Then she slapped my hand away.

"How big is your bed?" I didn't know how this answered my question, but I didn't press for an answer. I walked her back to my place. She scoffed at my little hut when she saw it.

"What's wrong with my hut?"

"It suits you. The bed looks big. Are you gonna make me sleep on the floor or can I have the bed?"

"You can have the bed." I don't know why she thought I was going to make her sleep on the floor, but whatever. I took a shower before bed. I wonder why Gajeel told her to sleep at my place after yelling at her like that. Maybe he thought that she was going to sleep in a hotel instead of something. Like she wouldn't want to be around him. It seemed stupid but I understood it. It would probably be really awkward over there. I didn't really mind letting her stay over. I just wished that I could have gotten a reward for going on the job. I need to pay off this hut. I walked into the living room where my bed was located and I checked on Cali. The only thing she took off was her shoes. She didn't even take off her jacket. I don't that it's very comfortable to sleep like that but whatever. I lied down on the floor with my hands behind my head just thinking over the events of that job. It just had to be cannibals didn't it. I rolled over. This carpet is really nice, it's nicer than hotel carpet. I was still feeling the carpet like an idiot when I heard Cali start to talk.

"Why are you on the floor?" That's a weird question.

"Cause you're on the bed."

"You can sleep in the bed with me, I'm not just gonna kick you out of your own bed. But if you try to grab my boob I will skin you alive." That wasn't a pretty thought. I wouldn't do that anyway, I wasn't a dick. I got into the bed carefully, not sure if she was testing me or something. She just rolled over and faced the wall/window. Okay, it looks like I'm good. I probably should have worn a sleep shirt though. I did buy one after all. She rolled over and looked at me. "Why do you keep staring at me jesus your fucking weird as hell."

Good question. "I don't know, that just what you do when you're weird as hell." She smiled. She flipped onto her stomach and I pulled the blanket over us. "Goodnight Cali." She moved her head to face me.

"Goodnight dumbass."