The Radiant Cemetery was packed with many customers eager to show off their talent for amateur night. The owner of the club Gildarts liked to let his customers enjoy the thrill of spotlight and performing once in awhile which was why he had nights like these. He wasn't like most night club owners. Okay he was a cheap and perverted like most of them but he respected his employees and he went out of his way to make paying customers feel comfortable. He also happened to be a friend of Natsu.

"Hiya Gildarts." Natsu greeted the half zombie, half see through club owner with the red beard when he and his friends entered the club.

"Natsu! Good to see you!" The two high fived he each other and Gildarts pulled Natsu into a manly hug. "Glad could you make it."

"Got any good acts tonight?"

"We'll see. It is amateur night." He looked over to the other two ghouls with Natsu. "Who are your friends?"

"These are my roommates and two of the best friends anyone with an afterlife could have. This is Gray."

"Pleasure to meet you! Quite a pleasure!" Gray said shaking Gildarts hand.

"I've heard of you."

"My reputation proceeds me?"

"Very. One of my customers complained to me that you broke off his hand and you had a smile on your face the whole time. He threatened to go to Zeref and have him shut my place down if I didn't fire you. Pity for him because you didn't work for me."

"Yeah about that..." Gray said nervously. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause trouble for you or anyone else but I was defending a lady friend that he was harassing."

"I figured as much. He's one of the two cretins who sneak backstage to spy my on girls when they're changing."

"Who's the other one?"

"Who do you think?" He said pointing to Natsu who grinned.

"I don't stay the whole time. I leave as soon as they start to change out of their underwear and don't be such a hypocrite. You spy on them too."

"Only the ones who don't mind having their whole bodies seen."

"Have you two no shame or decency?" Gray said. "I mean I can understand that men have needs but that doesn't mean you have to be so depraved. Show the ladies a little respect."

"Huh I didn't expect someone with your reputation to be such a gentleman." Gildarts said. "You're also a lot younger looking than I thought you'd be."

"Well I did die young."

"So sad. Only the good die young as I always say."

"I guess you weren't that good a person in life then huh?" Natsu joked which earned a laugh from Gray and a glare from Gildarts.

"Very funny. For your information I wasn't that old when I croaked."

"You were middle aged."

"That's not old!"

"I'm pretty sure it is."

"You know I can have you banned from this place right?" He then looked over at Juvia. "And who is this Angel that missed the train to heaven?"

"Hello. I'm Juvia it's very nice to meet you." She said politely.

"Likewise." He smiled. "Well Gray if this the lady friend you were defending I don't blame you. She's just about third loveliest woman I've ever seen in both my life and afterlife. First two being my wife and daughter."

"I didn't know you were married." Natsu said. "Though I'm not surprised that you have a kid."

"She's my wife's child."

"Really? She's legitimate?"

"Yes! Why does everyone always ask me that?"

"You're club is very interesting sir." Juvia said trying to change the subject. "I like how you've made it artistic and cultural. Giving it a some class."

"Thank you." Gildarts said. "Glad that you can recognize that this place isn't some filth hole like the one critic said but a place of art and creative expression. I like you blue eyes, you see what I'm trying to accomplish with this place."

"I know isn't she a doll?" Natsu said. "And she's got a nice rank too. Eh?"

"Natsu!" Juvia said looking in embarrassment.

"What? I'm just saying- Bluh!"

He was cut off by Gray jabbing his hand into his mouth and ripping out his tongue.

"If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all." Gray said putting the tongue in a paper bag.

"Bluh! Bluh! Bluh!" Natsu blubbered.

Gildarts chuckled.

"You two are a crack up. Here let me get you guys a table and some drinks on the house."

Gildarts showed them to a table and had a three drinks brought to them before getting ready for the show.

"You're friend Gildarts seems nice Natsu." Juvia said.

"Bluh! Bluh! Bluh!" He blubbered.

"Oh sorry. Gray can you give him back his tongue?"

"Why? It's so peaceful when he can't talk." Gray said.

"Come on. Give it back."

"Fine."

A few minutes later the show began and amateur artists took the stage. Unfortunately the lot of them didn't really have that much talent and it was making the audience very tense. The first act was comedian who told bad jokes, then there was the jugular who ended up dropping the eggs he was juggling on some of the audience members, but the worst act was Bacchus who tried to sing while drunk making every word out of his mouth sound like a slurred, drooling noise.

"Boo!" One audience member shouted.

"Get off the stage!" Another one demanded.

"You're just jealous because I have talent!" Bacchus slobbered.

"You have no talent!"

"Sit down!"

"You suck!"

"YOU SUUUUCK!" Shouted one especially annoyed and enraged customer.

"You will not censor my art! I will not be silenced!" Bacchus said.

"Then it's a good thing we're all dead because if we were alive your act would kill us." Gray said which earned a laugh from the audience.

"I'm not going to just stand here and let my talent be criticized by some unappreciated hecklers!" Bacchus said. "I will not be insulted like this! I demand- Oof!"

He was knocked out by Natsu throwing a potted plant at his head.

"I understand he was bad but was it necessary to throw a plant at him?" Juvia asked Natsu.

"Yes." Both Natsu and Gray answered.

The crowd started to get ugly. Soon everyone was throwing stuff at the stage and angrily demanding their money back.

"Uh-oh. This isn't good." Natsu said. "I better go see if Gildarts is still in one piece."

"We'll come with you." Gray said ushering Juvia along and making sure that she wasn't hit by the items being thrown.

They found Gildarts back stage looking through the list of people who had signed up to perform tonight.

"Gildarts are you okay?" Natsu asked.

"No! This is terrible! None of these hacks who signed up are good! I knew I should have let them audition first!" He said. "Man if I did send some good talent out there they're gonna riot again and I just had the place cleaned and restored from the last riot."

"Can't you just send out one of your employed performers?" Gray suggested.

"They're still getting ready. This is bad! And where's the stage manager?! He's never around when I need him! I need talent now! Undelay!"

"How about her?" Natsu said pushing Juvia forward.

"Me?" She squeaked.

"What can see do?" Gildarts asked.

"She can sing." Natsu answered.

"Can she really? Cause I need real talent right now."

"Believe me she can."

"Alright put her on!"

"Hold it! I don't have anything prepared and I've never performed in front of an audience before!"

"You performed in front of those kids."

"That's different. Kids won't attack you in a drunken rage if they don't like your performance."

"You're scared for nothing! They'll love ya angel face!"

"And if they don't I'll make sure that none of them lay so much as one finger on you or throw so much as a piece of gum wrapper at you." Gray said.

"I don't know." Juvia said.

"Please!" Gildarts begged on his knees. "They'll destroy me if you don't!"

"Okay..." She said unsure. "I'll do my best."