Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
The next week
Nighttime
In a dressing room
"Are you sure all of this is necessary?" Yukino asked with a blush as the Celestial Spirit was wearing a beautiful dress on
"I think you look pretty." Mirajane smiled as she, Lucy, Lisanna, and Wendy were also in the room changing into dresses.
"Yeah it looks great on you." Lucy complimented, only causing Yukino more embarrassment.
"Mira-nee, can you help me?" Lisanna asked as she was having trouble zipping up her dress from the back
After finished dressing up, the girls all head towards the door that opened and revealed a great banquet hall
In the Castle's Banquet hall
The King had invited Everyone who joined in the GMG and helps battle the Dragons to this amazing banquet party as the party was a celebration for the winners and for helping the kingdom in its time of peril
"Wow." Lucy said in awe as everyone wears fancy dresses and were all having a great time in the party
"Everything is so beautiful."
"It's amazing." Wendy agreed to her
"Hey! You guys finally made it!" The girls looked just a small distance ahead to see Elfman waving for them come over. He was standing at a buffet table with the rest of the Fairy Tail guild.
Erza raised her glass of champagne once she saw the girls. "It's good to see you all. The other guilds are arriving as well."
"You look great, Erza." Lucy complimented.
"took you guys long enough" Elfman told them
"you really shouldn't wear that" Gray said to Gajeel who glares at him
"at least I wear a suit, stripper!" Gajeel retorted to Gray who was only wearing a tie
Cana happily pranced about the banquet hall, two bottles of alcohol in her hands. "This king sure knows how to party!"
Macao chased her down as if he were Gildarts. "Hey! We're in the palace you know!"
Bacchus walked towards the Fairy Tail wizards. "Just the lady I've been wanting to see. You ready for round two?" he held up a bottle towards Cana.
"You're on. I won't lose this time."
Macao sighed to the two drinkers
"Gray-sama!" Juvia called out to Gray who was eating a fried chicken leg
"heh?" Gray said in reply as he sees Juvia wearing a blue dress
"Juvia has come to the age of Juvia 2.0!" Juvia told him
"since when you became a robot?" Gray said to her
"Gray-sama!" Juvia lunges herself towards him
"Juvia loves you!"
"rejected" Gray said as he sides steps and Juvia crashed to the floor
"I have also come to a new age of Gray, when I don't like it, I'll say no!"
Juvia cried in tears before she returned back to normal
"ahhh~ Gray-sama is still sparkling even when Juvia is rejected!" Juvia squealed in glee as hearts flies around her
"this version is still as creepy as the last versions!" Gray exclaimed with his face turning blue
"just go with the girl, Gray" Ur said with Meredy and Aya beside her as she pushes her student towards Juvia
Kagura and the rest of Mermaid Heel arrived at the banquet. Nearly all of the men took notice of the swordswoman's majestic purple and gold dress. Kagura blushed, trying to hide her embarrassment.
"I said this does not suit me."
"Nonsense, you look great," Beth commented.
"I agree," Arana added.
Lucy began to eat some of the banquet food before she heard a voice call to her. "Ms. Lucy Heartfilia!" She turned to the voice, surprised to see Princess Hisui walking towards her. "You are Lucy Heartfilia, correct?"
Lucy instantly swallowed the piece of bread she was eating and began to nod vigorously. "Y-yes, your majesty."
The princess giggled. "There is no need to be so formal. You can just call me Hisui."
"O-ok, Hisui."
"See that wasn't so hard. You are the heir to the Heartfilia Konzern, correct?"
Lucy smiled sorrowfully. "I used to be, but that was a long time ago."
"I was a friend of your father's. He was a kind man. I'm so sorry for your loss."
"Thanks, that means a lot."
"By the way." Hisui visually searched the banquet hall. "Where is your pink-haired friend, Natsu was it? I wanted to congratulate him on winning the games. Did he not attend the party?"
Lucy joined in her search. "Now that you mention it, I haven't seen him at all either."
Gray walked towards the two, Juvia not far behind. "Did he get lost on the way or something?"
"It seems odd for him not to be here. I was under the impression he loved parties." Juvia added.
"Where did he run off to?" Warren asked.
Droy interjected, a chicken leg halfway in his mouth as he walked over with the rest of Shadow Gear. "I thought he came with Ur and the others"
"Lu-chan said she hasn't seen him at all."
Erza looked around for the Dragon Slayer before she was in conversation with Kagura
"How are your wounds, Kagura?"
"I could ask the same of you."
"Despite how things happened between us. I hope that we could still become friends." Erza said as she reach her hand for a handshake with Kagura
"I refuse," Kagura told her
"Even though our 'reunion' did not turn out as we all hoped. I…appreciate that you tried to help Millianna and I. So instead of being your friend…maybe you could become…" Kagura's cheeks turned red from embarrassment. "My older sister?"
Erza was struck speechless. She then grabbed Kagura, pressing the blushing girl's face against her chest. "How could I refuse such a request when you make such an adorable face?"
Kagura's face grew even brighter as she tried to release herself from Erza. "I-I was joking, you idiot! Let me go!"
"I don't think I've ever seen Kagura smile like that before. It looks nice on her."
"If word gets out about this, Kagura might lose some of her reputations." Risley laughed.
Millianna smiled at the two as well, but soon put back on a sour face and turned her head when Erza looked her way. Erza grinned at the cat girl.
"Are you still angry with me?" she asked the catgirl as Millianna gave no answer.
"Well I guess you don't want this then," Erza said as reach into her chest and pulls out Charla and Lily
"see?" "see?"
"nyaaa! So many kitty cat!" Milliana squealed in joy as she started to hug them
"We are not stuffed animals." Lily said deadpan.
Charla gritted her teeth irritably as she tried to release herself from Millianna's iron embrace. "Erzaaaa! When I get free-"
"Hey, Natsu-san! Let's have a drink!" Sting loudly announced as he walked towards the buffet table. Lector was by his side.
"Yeah, Natsu-kun! Let's celebrate!"
Instead of the fire dragon slayer, the two were answered by Gajeel, who was shoving a leg of mutton into his mouth. "Salamander ain't here."
Stings eyes widened in devastation. "But I wanted to toast to our new friendship!"
"Looks like you failed, buddy." Lecter nodded sagely. Oddly enough, Frosch was standing next to him.
"Fro thinks so too."
"Rios!" Gajeel exclaimed, patting Rogue on the shoulder. The shadow dragon had followed Sting.
Rogue let out an embarrassed sigh. "Please don't use that name anymore. Call me Rogue."
"how're you feeling?" Gajeel asked the man
"fine, even though he was me, I feel like a lot better now that he's gone" Rogue said with a smile
"Fro thinks so too" Frosch added in
"Well since Natsu's not here I'll have to settle for you, Gajeel!" Sting laughed uproariously.
Orga and Rufus looked on as their guildmates conversed with Gajeel, smirks on their faces.
"I haven't seen him this lively before."
"I have no memory of this Sting either."
Sting and Gajeel raised their glasses. Sting giving the speech. "A toast! To the friendship between fairies and tigers!" They clinked their glasses, but before they could drink they saw three girls walk towards them. The girls in question were Yukino, Lucy, and Mirajane.
"Yukino!" Frosch greeted her with a big smile
Yukino's eyes met Sting and Rogue's for a brief moment before she turned the other way. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come."
"Hold on!" Sting shouted, stopping her retreat. Yukino turned to face him.
Sting scratched the back of his head, trying to find the right words to say. "Actually, I was kinda hoping you would be here."
Yukino's eyes widened. "You were?"
"Y-yeah. I wanted to apologize for how we treated you before. The princess and the master…they're gone now. So we thought about starting the guild from scratch. We want to be more like Fairy Tail and the other guilds. We want Sabertooth to be a place that treats its member's right."
Rogue smiled at his friend's words.
Yukino looked at the ground as she felt a bit awkward to him
"why are you telling me this?" Yukino asked him
"cause we want you back, Is that asking too much? I mean I know we…"
"The truth is she's not rejoining Sabertooth!" a loud voice announced over the collected wizards. They looked over, surprised to see that voice belonged to Kagura.
"Yukino's life still belongs to me, which means that she will be joining Mermaid Heel! I will not listen to any objections on the matter!" Kagura shouted out drunk
Sabertooth all let out a collective shout of surprise. Yukino and the Fairy Tail wizards present also joined in on the confusion.
Sting walked to Kagura, his eyes narrowed in annoyance. "You're drunk. You should just go home."
"Silence! Yukino belongs to us and that is final!"
"Excuse me. Men!" Ichiya exclaimed as he and the rest of Team Blue Pegasus entered the fray. "This elegant woman and her exquisite parfume fit perfectly in Blue Pegasus."
The Tri-Mens and Nichiya all nodded in approval.
"You should join us." Jenny smiled.
Lyon stepped forward, entering Lamia Scale into the battle. "Lamia Scale is the only guild worthy of Yukino's affiliation." He looked over to Juvia. "But she is not the only one."
"I told you she already has a guild, you jerk!" Gray shouted to Lyon.
Jura sighed. "I see no reason for us to get involved in all this."
Bacchus threw Quarto Cerberus' hat into the ring. "We might be an all-guy guild right now, but we always have room for delicate flower! Having her in the guild will definitely make my spirit tremble!"
The rest of Quatro Cerberus all howled in agreement.
All of the guilds stared at one another, each pleading a case for Yukino's membership. The celestial wizard tried to calm down the situation as best she could. "P-please wait, everyone! There's no need to fight! I've already…"
"This should cheer me up after our record in the games." Goldmine smirked.
"Let's go. I'll spin all ya." Obaba challenged.
"This is starting to make my youthful passion surge through my veins once again." Bob grinned deviously.
The guilds went to a massive brawl as everyone started fighting each other
"there's nothing to cry about.." Mira told Yukino
"no…it's just" Yukino replied as her tears were pouring out of her eyes
"I'm just so happy!" Yukino smiled as Mira smiled back
"there's your smile" Mira said to her
Arcadios walked to the balcony overlooking the ball. He slammed the point of his sword into the ground, garnering everyone's attention and stopping the ruckus.
"That is enough fighting! You all now stand before King Toma E. Fiore himself! To all of the wizards who fought valiantly throughout this year's Grand Magic Games and fought against the Dragons, his majesty the king will now give his thanks and salutations! Listen well and heed his words!"
Sure enough everyone stopped fighting as they watched a shadowed figure approach the balcony from behind the curtain.
"it's the king!" Asuka shouted.
Bisca smiled to her as she motions her to be quiet
"Shhh."
As the figure came into the light, everyone's eyes widened in shock at the sight of the king.
"Yo" a voice was heard and everyone gawked
"I'm the king" Natsu said with a grin as he wore the royal crown on his head
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"Papa's the king!" Aya cheered while Ur sighed
"don't encourage him, Aya" Meredy told her sister
Arcadios clenched his teeth angrily. "Someone stop that fool!"
"We tried sir, but he was too strong." Sighed a masked man with other people beside him
The real king stood behind Natsu, pulling on his cape and begging for his clothes back.
"I always wanted to know what it feels like to be king" Natsu said as he returned back the crown to the king while laughing
His guildmates relented, even laughing at Natsu's antics.
Makarov's face started to pale as his hair started to shrivel and blow away in the wind
"he's always like to make a fool of himself in the past" Ultear came in wearing a purple violet dress as she sighed with a smile to her husband's childish antics
"He always does, doesn't he?" Lucy laughed as everyone did the same
After a few moments of commotion by the Dragon Slayer, everything calmed down as the time for the dance began
Everyone partnered up as they dance to the music
Natsu danced with Ultear while being gentle with her
"are you sure you're alright?" Natsu asked her
"I'm fine, a bit sore but fine" Ultear told her husband
"just tell me when you're tired" Natsu told her as she nodded
The two danced around a bit slowly before they changed partners
"excuse me" Ur said as she partnered up with Natsu while Ultear partnered up with Gray
"got to hand it to you, you saved her in the nick of time" Ur told Natsu who smiled with a nod
"you better make sure she doesn't do anything stupid again" Ur told her son in law who nodded
"yes, Grandma," Natsu said with a grin before Ur hits his head
"I'm still young!" Ur said before they changed partners again and Natsu partnered with Ultear again
"Father" Hisui called out to her father, the king as she looks down in guilt
"I deeply apologize for what happened, as soon as the party is over, I'm prepared to accept my just punishment"
"Hisui" Lucy called out to her in worry
"please wait" Arcadios came in
"Arcadios"
"The project was implemented as the princess did it to eliminate Zeref, then she did Eclipse Project 2 she only did it after being tricked by the Future Rogue, believing that it will stop the invasion of the 1000 Dragons," Arcadios told to his king
"in other words, she did it for the kingdom's sake" Darton added in
"me too, Hisui never did anything wrong," Lucy said
"agreed" Erza added in
"she made all of us mage to band together, isn't that something worth thinking of?" Natsu said while carrying Aya in his arms
Everyone agreed in as they defend Hisui
"I understand how you feel," Toma said with a solemn look
"if anyone must be punished, it must be me" Arcadios defended Hisui
"no, me!" Darton interjected
Everyone agreed in for Hisui's punishment but Toma put his foot down
"I can't deny Arcadios' loyalty to her and Darton's loyalty to the nation, and I can't deny the wizards who love peace throughout this world," he said
"therefore, Hisui's punishment is.." Toma said as Hisui closes her eyes
POP!
"She must wear this for one week-kabo!" Toma said as a Mato Hat was worn on her head
"EEHHHHHHHHH!?" Hisui exclaimed,
"then if the Princess wears this for one week!" Arcadios said as Hisui nodded
"she will still be my precious and loved daughter-kabo" Toma said with a smile
"looks like fun-kabo!" Aya cheered
"woof!" North barked in agreement with his pups doing the same
"then I have enough for everyone-kabo!" Toma said as everyone gets a Mato Mask put on their heads
Everyone smiles, smirks, grins as they cheered
"KABO!"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye