Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Five days since Fairy Tail's return. Lucy was in her old apartment, humming in the shower.
"One step at a time…" Lucy muttered before sinking into the water of what was now a bath. "I got my old house back…how lucky! And the landlord seems fine too…"
"Where's my money!"
"The rest of the girls still have their dorms and houses. Well, I'm sure a few have relocated but at least everyone has a place they can call home!" Lucy said with a smile
After some time, she got up from the bath and wrapped a towel around herself. "Phew…that was refreshing!"
And when Lucy walked into the main room of her apartment, Natsu, Meredy and Aya were there as the three were seating in Lucy's living room.
"had a nice bath?" Meredy asked Lucy while in her hands were a Weekly Sorcerer's Magazine
"eh? Why are you guys here!?" Lucy said surprised as she had clearly locked her door
"why else?" Meredy said as she closed the magazine
"we got work!" Aya cheered while jumping up and down on the couch
"work!" Lucy exclaimed happily
A few hours later
Lucy was carrying a log over her shoulder as the so called work was to help the others in rebuilding the guild
"So this was work?" Lucy said as she was tired from carrying the heavy logs
"Don't complain" Natsu said to Lucy as he was carrying multiple logs on his shoulders
He then throws the logs away as they all got imbedded on the ground before Natsu applied nails on them with a plank as he made several walls for the guild
"if we want to revive Fairy Tail, we have to rebuild the guild fast" Natsu told the girl as he went back to get more logs
"We could finish this faster if everyone chipped in." Erza said as she was holding a blueprint of the new guild's design. "Let's build an amazing one so the Master will be pleased when he sees it."
"I wonder if the Master is coming back…" Laki mumbled.
"I'm sure he'll come back soon." Warren spoke nonchalantly while fiddling with his lacrima device.
"Well, even if he doesn't, we could look for him." Max said confidently.
"Wanted posters, baby!" Reedus pointed to the wanted poster he made for Makarov.
"You're treating him like a criminal!" Vijeeter exclaimed. "And the reward is pretty cheap!"
Gray was pounding some nails on the wall before he ran out "Handle me those nail, Juvia."
Gray asked the Rain mage as Juvia smiled contently and lifted a hand, creating a gentle wave of water to carry a few nails over to Gray. "Yes, Gray-sama!"
"Don't get them wet…" Gray grumbled before taking the nails and hammering them into the wood.
Jet and Droy were standing next to one another, partaking in some gossip surrounding Gray and Juvia. "Hey, did you hear? those two were living together at one point. Is that true?" Jet asked a few others.
"No way, man," Droy remarked while chewing on an ice pop. "I heard they got married."
"Yeah, I heard they've got kids now." Nab chimed in.
"Wait…" Macao was in on this now too. "I heard he was cheating on her with Lucy…"
"A lover…!?" Romeo gasped.
"And secretly with Erza too…" Wakaba added.
"how farfetched can a rumor get!?" Gray shouted
"and it's not like I invided her. She moved in and refused to leave." Gray said with a moody aura
"I…I see…" Macao said to Gray
"Teehee…" Juvia giggled in the background.
"this sure brings back memories!" Ur said with a grin as the old woman was at the rebuild bar with her granddaughter, as Natsu forbids Aya from doing any hard labour
While everyone else was hard at work, Lisanna was swiftly passing bottles of water to those on break, zipping between people without missing a beat. "Get your refreshments here!"
"Huh. You're good at this." Meredy commented as she opens her water bottle
Lisanna spun a bottle around between her finger tips, giving Natsu a wink. "Yeah! I've been doing some waiting work with Mira-nee for this past year!"
"does that mean Elfman too?" Meredy asked as she imagines the big man in a waiter outfit.
"Actually…" Lisanna scratched her cheek. "Elf-nii said something about going on Man's Training, and just disappeared."
"hmmm" Meredy hummed in amusement
Levy was off on her own, sitting on a desk with a stack of papers next to her. Wendy noticed Levy hard at work and she decided to pop in on her. "What are you doing, Levy-san? Wendy asked, trying to peer over to see the paper.
"trying to finish up some paperwork" Levy replied as she sighs "You can't just bring back a guild with words. We have to make sure we get permission from the Council, or we'll be no different than dark guilds."
"Well, we've done our research on that for the past year, so we'll be okay." Pantherlily said.
"That's pretty sweet of you guys." Charla smiled, taking a sip of her tea.
"So in that sense, I have to make sure Fairy Tail's comeback is done without problems." Levy said with a smile
"Thank you, Levy-san!" Wendy began to weep comically.
"but first…there's one blank on the forms left to fill out" Levy said with a tired sigh
"we're just not sure" Mira said with a smile
"nor sure about what?" Wendy asked
"Who will be our…seventh guild master be?" Levy answered her
"The seventh guild master…" Wendy said as the girl started to think on who could be best at that position
"Well…I could be it if no one else wants to…" Macao threw his hat into the ring once again.
"Please, dad no…!" Romeo didn't want that at all.
"Gildarts sounds like a fine idea." Wakaba suggested.
"NO!" Cana immediately yelled. "There's no way in hell anyone would want a nomadic guild master like him!"
"Maybe we can get a stand in until the Master comes back?" Charla suggested.
"It's possible…" Lily replied
"But this time around, the guild is way different from before. Who'd be able to control this bunch other than the Sixth?" Cana asked.
"how about Natsu-san?" Wendy suggested as the man was passing by
"I am not fitted for that position, besides…" he said as he walks away with logs on his shoulders
All of a sudden, a big brawl broke out between Elfman and Gray before the brawl was joined in by others
"Do your best, guys!" Lisanna cheered them on.
"They've sure gotten stronger, haven't they?" Alzack laughed while watching Gray and Elfman.
"Well, this isn't the time for you to be gaining a belly, huh?" Bisca teased her husband.
"Papa, pot-belly!" Asuka grinned.
"OOOH! IT'S A FIGHT!" Jet dashed forward. "Let's join in!"
"Let's go all out then!" Cana reared her arm back, preparing to join the fun.
Loke suddenly appeared, adjusting the cuffs on his suit with a grin. "Oh, this brings back memories…"
"Eh!?" Lucy stared as Loke appeared out of thin air. "Loke!? What are you…?!"
"YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST!" Gajeel shouted at the top of his lungs, now joining the ensuing brawl., Gray, Cana, Loke, Jet, Max, Elfman, and Gajeel were all throwing punches at one another.
Elfman had a few tears streaming down his cheeks as the fight continued, but he was smiling nonetheless. "That hurt, ya bastard…!"
Mira watched on with a soft smile. She was happy to see Elfman able to smile now as well.
""I'm so happy for you, Elfman. Nobody blamed you for the destruction of the guild, either. I know you've been beating yourself up over it…and that's why you said you were gonna get stronger…" Mira's thoughts were cut off as a wine bottle flew in from left field and collided against her skull. Mira went down pretty easily but she smiled. Meanwhile, Wendy shrieked as Mira was collateral damage from the ongoing brawl.
"Mira-san…!" Lucy gasped before turning her attention to the others. She clenched her hand into a fist and took a step forward angrily. "Hey, you guys!" She would have kept going, but the sound of Erza's boot thunderously slamming onto the ground caused her to freeze.
Erza's lips curled into a scowl, a look of utter disdain on her face. She was annoyed that they picked now of all times to fool around. "Get to work."
Dead silence. Everyone was too frightened to speak against Erza in fear that she may actually kill them. "Okay…."
"there is someone else who is far more suited for that position" Natsu said with a small smile as Aya was riding on his shoulders
Levy chuckles as she nodded and started scribbling her feather pen on the paper
"I guess that settles it then. Our Seventh Guild Master…Erza Scarlet." A resounding cheer from the others told Levy that everyone else agreed with this idea.
Erza, on the other hand, was not prepared for this turn of events and immediately became flustered. "W-Wait up…hold on…! Me…? The Seventh? That's…"
"There's no one better than you." Mest said as he appeared on the scene. His sudden appearance caused everyone to turn in his direction.
"Mest-san….?" Wendy whispered.
"It's been a while. I've been waiting for all of you to come together again." Mest's tone was serious as he stood before everyone. "The only ones who can save the Sixth master, Makarov…are you guys."
That's a wrap!
Bye bye