Disclaimer: Sanity is that annoying thing that gets in the way of good ideas.

DATE : July 10
THEME : Humor
SETTING : Market Place
CHARACTERS: Gildartz & Cana
PROMOT: Dance

"I'm only going to say this once...go away!"

"But Cana~!" Gildartz steps forward with his arms wide for a hug. "We need to spend more time together~!"Cana grits her teeth, trying to stomp ahead of him and loose him in the crowd. Too bad Glidartz is so big everyone parts to let him through. "Cana~!"

The girl rounds on him, jaw set and eyes blazing. 'She looks so much like her mother,' Glidartz thinks nostagically, only pissing Cana off more with his loving expression. 'I used to get the same look from her right before I was chewed out. Good times...well, not at the time, but they're good times now...I think.'

"I understand how you feel- I do- but I didn't want anything to change." She gives him a tiny smile but doesn't take the hug. "You're my dad, but you don't have to act like it. I'm fine with how it was before."

Glidartz moves forward and hugs Cana despite her not taking his offer. "I know, but I missed your birthday last week and want to make it up to you." She starts to protest, but Glidartz gives her a stern look. "Not as your father, but as a guild member."

People all hurry ahead as they see a full-grown man has a heel dug into his foot, not wanting to get involved. The people that look closer can see the girl's grin and laugh at the cute sight, a few remembering their 'disagreements' with parents.

Cana turns around and walks off. "Where?" she relents.

The S-Class mage smirks and points to a sign hanging over head, reading 'Leprican Bar.' "I"ve been herding you just in case. There're some members waiting in the wings."

Natsu, Lucy, and Laxus all pop out of the alley, Lucy looking embarrssed to be there. "Lucy! You traitor!"

"I was plan A," Lucy mumbles, frowning at Natsu when he complains about not getting to fight. "Natsu and Laxus were here just in case I failed." She smirks when she sees Laxus and Cana lock eyes and quickly look away. "Oh."

"Don't 'oh!'" Cana yells, making Lucy laugh and attracting Gildartz attention. "There's nothing to 'oh' about!" She rushes into the bar to order the biggest drink she can, not even stopping to apologize to Laxus when she bumps him on the way in.

+...+

"Ha!" Cana slams down her empty mug, licking the alcohol from her lips and smirking evily at the whoozy Gildartz that slams his down a few seconds after "I win again!"

Glidartz groans, holding his head in his hands. "God, you are my daughter," he mutters.

The music echoing in the small bar pounds his head even more, the guild member's voices adding to the mix to make enough noise to get a small animal to explode. They've somehow started a dance contest, the grand prize a kiss from the member of your choice.

Juvia is dancing as hard as she can, pulling out moves that haven't been invented yet. Gray is busy elsewhere fighting Natsu, not seeing her eyeing him.

People cylce through, some good and some bad, with Gildartz laughing like everyone and having a good time.

Then Laxus gets on and Gildartz suddenly has a problem.

The mage doesn't even bother to check if Laxus is any good before charging up there to have his turn. The room might've been spinning, his head might have been pounding, and the music may or may not have been played by a monkey, but Glidartz would never let Laxus near his daughter.

Whether Laxus wanted his daughter was of no consequence. Better safe than sorry.

Cana almost dies when her father moonwalks up on stage...moonwalks very, very badly. It's basically walking backwards while dragging your feet. He almost trips on his way up on the elevated stage. Then he 'raises the roof' before swaying his hips completely off-beat to the rhythm while clapping completely off time. She doesn't think it could get any worse...then comes the running man where he actually runs forward off the stage and is knocked out.

Slamming her head on the table, Cana screams. 'Maybe if I pretend to be alseep I can pretend this never happened.'

Of course Glidartz awakes up long enough to shout, "I'll rip your balls off Laxus! Don't touch Cana!'

Yeah, she'd be hearing about this tomorrow no matter what.

It's sad when the one that's theme is drama has a better punchline. I just had no idea what to do for this. I don't like it.