answers to reviewers questions and statements:
darthwolf: Never took me one for anime? I have like several stories that are anime crossovers. I've been meaning to give Fate a look, I heard it was pretty good.
Fenrir44: Perhaps, perhaps.
Silverfang: Yeah, here Mirajane's gotta keep a bit of her claws out since she knows what a gem Peter is and isn't too keen on another girl in Fairy Tail, mainly the likes of Erza and Cana, getting their claws into him. Sadly, that poor bastard Peter is gonna unknowingly give those women, and others, a reason to risk Mirajane's wrath very soon. Erza first than Cana... than Lucy and so on.
Mr Guest: The lemon with Mirajane is coming next chapter, the first of many.
Zayden StormVoid: Mysterio will be appearing as will Sandman, Hydroman, Molten man and a few other villians. I wouldn't say he's plain, more of on a scale of 1 to 10 he's a 6 3/4, his personality, specifically his drive to do the right thing, never giving up, willing to jump head first into danger to help others is what a lot of women find attractive. Plus, some like the fact he's smart. Almost all of Peter's physical abilities come from his Stingers such as strength, speed, adhesive, endurance, healing. The rest will come from magical items that he acquires or properties that he'll incorporate into his Stingers through either good old magical smiting or inscribing magical Runes into them.
Harem as of now: Erza Scarlet, Mirajane Strauss, Lucy Heartfilia, Hisui E. Fiore, Aquarius, Kagura Mikazuchi, Sorano, Yukino Agria, Irene Belserion, Seilah, Riana, Ultear Milkovich, Minerva Orland, Cana Alberona, Brandish μ, Dimaria Yesta, Morgan Le Fay, Wanda Maximoff, Jean Grey, Silver Sable, Umar, Shriek, Felicia Hardy, and Ororo Monroe.
will more be added later on? Probably but for now it'll be staying like this until we reach the events of the Tenrou Island arc where more might be added.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or Fairy Tail characters seen, mentioned or used.
Few things annoy Peter.
After being a part of such a lively and crazy guild like Fairy Tail, one tends to build up a pretty good tolerance for all the crazy things that go on throughout it. Be it the colorful members, whacky situations, or just life deciding to give you the finger on the way out the door. But Peter's biggest pet peeve since joining Fairy Tail wasn't any of the three before mentioned things, no his pet peeve was far more ashine than all of those put together.
It was getting a job request, traveling all the way to the location for said job request... and finding out that someone else had already done it!
"What do you mean the scorpions are all taken care of already!?" Peter shouted in shock as he stared at the sheepish expression of the town's mayor.
"W-Well you see sir, the s-scorpions that have been plaguing us have been destroyed this morning, just before you arrived actually" the man said as sweat began to build on his brow at the murderous aura around Peter.
Peter stared at the man as he began to hyperventilate, anger and annoyance rushing through his veins like blood. He spent all morning and part of the afternoon getting here, going over the details of the mission he picked. Planning numerous plans and back up plans for when he encountered and engaged the magically mutated scorpions. But now he's finding out that it was all for naught because some jerk had decided to literally roll up into this town and deal with the problem themselves!
"I-If it helps, we c-can still pay you the su-" the mayor began before Peter held a hand up, silencing the man instantly.
"No" he said in a curt tone "I don't take payments for jobs I didn't do"
Even if he really did want those new magic headphones...
Peter took a deep breath as he struggled to calm himself down "Do you know who it was that dealt with your infestation?"
He wasn't gonna pick a fight with them, he wasn't Natsu, or Gray or pretty much ninety percent of the Guild. He just wanted to know who exactly cheated him out of sixty thousand jewels and a new pair of magic headphones, that's all. Peter just hoped to god it wasn't someone from either the Blue Pegasus Guild or Quatro Cerberus, last thing he needed to hear was that some pretty boy or some punk that likes to wear collars like their into some weird sexual BDSM stuff.
"I-I uh, didn't get a name, but their still h-here" the mayor said with a pale face as Peter seemed to loom over him, his black lenses reflecting the fear on his face.
"Where?" Peter demanded.
"The bakery" the mayor flinched and cowered before Peter as if he was Zeref's second coming, ready to bring untold death and destruction that hasn't been seen since the days of the Kingdom of Latveria.
"Thank you" Peter said as he stepped past the man and quickly made his way towards the small town's bakery.
There was only a total of twenty buildings making up the min part of the settlement and most of those were small one story houses, so it shouldn't be too hard to find a place that was selling pastry goods. All he had to do is keep his nose out for something good cooking in an oven.
"Hey did you hear about the mage over at the bakery?" a voice said, causing Peter to stop and turn to see several people were talking in a small circle.
"You mean the bakery that's at the end of this road?" another voice responded.
"No idiot the one over at the capital, yes I'm talking about the one at the end of the street! It's the only one we have!" the first voice said with annoyance.
'Well that was convenient' Peter thought as he rubbed the back of his head before he quickly set off towards the end of the street where the bakery was apparently located, along with the person that stole his quest.
'Man they better have a damn good reason why they decided to swipe this quest right out from under me!' Peter thought as he could smell cookies baking in an oven as he neared the end of the road and saw what he assumed was the bakery along with-
"Is that a giant horn?" Peter said as he skidded to a stop and looked at a horn larger than him by a good several feet with jewels encrusted into it's surface towards the base.
Peter stared at the large horn with a look of disbelief before he shook his head and continued inside with a determined look on his face. He slammed open the doors, drawing the attention of everybody within the establishment as he scanned the crowd for someone that fit the bill of Mage. A lot of the current patrons of the Bakery seemed intimidated by the black lenses on Peter's helm as they seemed to stare them down like an angered ghoul.
"Alright, which of you took my job and got rid of the scorpion infestation here?" Peter asked with a scowl.
"That would've been me... is that a problem, Peter?"
For the briefest moments, Peter swore his heartbeat stopped dead cold and all the blood in his face vanished as he recognized the voice echo through the small room.
Erza Scarlet.
Arguably the most powerful woman in all of Fairy Tail.
Peter slowly turned his head towards the source of the voice and saw the red headed beauty, dressed in her custom made Heart Kruez armor, blue skirt, black knee high boots, sitting at a corner table with a small plate of strawberry cheesecake before her. She had a look that looked to be a cross between annoyed and angry as her gaze bore into Peter's. Apparently, she was in the midst of enjoying her sugary treat when he loudly barged in and began demanding answers.
"E-Erza…" Peter said with a quiver in his voice, already knowing he was on thin ice "H-Hey, I uh, I d-didn't see you there"
"I noticed" Erza said with a frown as she slowly stood up and rested an armored hand on her hip "Now I'm going to ask again, is it a problem that I took care of the scorpion infestation here?"
"NO!" Peter suddenly shouted, causing several people to jump and for Erza to raise a perfectly shaped eyebrow at his outburst. He quickly cleared his throat at this "I mean, uh no. It's just I w-was g-going to take it and-"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were coming here to deal with them" Erza said a apologetic bow "Had I know, I would've kept a few alive so you would get something out of this trip. Perhaps we can speak with the mayor and have him compensate-"
"I'm good" Peter said with a shake of his head as he turned to leave "I needed the exercise anyway. Great walk here but I really need to get go-"
"Sit down"
Peter was sitting across from her seat in a blink of an eye, his helmet removed and resting by his feet as he sat in his chair straight up "Yes ma'am"
Erza nodded with a pleased look on her face as she took her seat and resumed eating her cake "Would you like some as well? It's quite tasty"
"I'm fine, thank you" Peter replied with a nervous expression on his face.
Things around Erza were always tense, no matter where or what they were. It was like her switch to be calm and relaxed had been either removed or she never had it to begin with. She approached everything with a chilly, overly professional exterior that made some of the Rune Knights Peter's met over the years seem like slackers in comparison. Just trying to look the woman in the eye was a challenge worthy of an S-class labeling since she seemed to take half the people who did pull it off as a challenge of some sort.
'I swear this woman's magic is terrifying people to their very soul' Peter thought as he tried to not fidget under Erza's gaze as she pushed her plate aside and rested her chin on her interwoven fingers.
Her gaze bore into his like the sun as they sat there in tense silence. At least Peter thought it was tense, the scarlet haired woman across from him probably didn't even notice.
"Your hair's gotten a little longer since I last saw it" Erza stated.
Peter blinked at this "It has?"
"Yes" she nodded "Are you going to cut it or let it keep growing?"
'Weird...' Peter thought before answering "Probably cut it"
"Good, it looks better short" Erza said with a nod, as if the matter had been resolved before she noticed something and her eyes narrowed "Elbows off the table Peter, it's rude"
"Eep!" Peter squeaked as he pulled his arms to his side and stood a little straighter.
"What has Mirajane been allowing you to get away with..." Erza said with a sad shake of her head "I swear she gives you far too much leeway"
"I know, I wouldn't be able to get up tp half the things I do if she didn't" Peter said with a nervous chuckle that died on his lips when he saw the scrutinizing glare thrown his way by the armored woman.
"And what is that supposed to mean?"
"N-Nothing, hehehehe, just a bad joke" Peter said as he felt buckets of sweat pouring down his face 'Please don't kill me, please don't kill me, please don't kill me! I have so much to live for!'
Plus, he still owed Macao money and that man wont let his spirit rest in peace until he got it... plus Mirajane would probably kill him for getting killed by her quote on quote old rival'.
"I wouldn't say it was bad, more... poorly timed" Erza hummed "Though some people could take it the wrong way if they don know you well enough"
"Well it's a good thing you know me pretty well, huh?" Peter said with a uneasy grin.
"I like to think so" Erza nodded in agreement.
"Cool" Peter said as he made to get up "Well I guess I'll see you back at the-"
"I was hoping you'd keep me company on the way back to the Guild. We don't spend nearly enough time around each other despite how often our social circles intersect" Erza interrupted Peter.
'So close...' Peter thought.
With a nod, Erza beamed and proceeded to finish off the last of her strawberry cake while Peter waited patiently, politely refusing any attempts by Erza to have him try some of her sugary treat. Despite having a large sweet tooth, Peter absolutely detested Cheesecake... not that he'd ever tell Erza that. Unlike Natsu, he had no desire to get the ever loving hell beaten out of him.
'Starting to wish I kept my helmet on' Peter thought as he tired to ignore the smell of cheesecake as Erza scoffed down her fifth helping.
Erza paused midbite and gave Peter a inquisitive look "Did you say something?"
"N-No ma'm!"
...
"How have things been since I was away?" Erza asked half an hour later as the two slowly made their way down a small dirt road that.
Originally Peter wanted to take the train but since Erza was unable to fit her giant horn from a monster she killed, she decided for the both of them to simply walk back to the Guild. So now Peter was walking with Erza… alone... in the middle of the woods... he was practically reenacting a horror film. The fact that Erza at any moment could whip out a sharp stab-y thing to impale him on did little to settle his nerves.
"Fine" Peter answered with a shrug "Gotta new member, courtesy of Natsu. Her name's Lucy"
"Lucy?" Erza said with a raised brow.
"Yeah, turns out she's a Celestial Mage" Peter said with a nod.
Erza hummed at this before a small amused grin grew on her face "So I take it that Loke will be leaving her alone"
"I don't think he noticed she's a celestial Mage yet" Peter said with a frown before he shrugged "Eh, he'll figure it out soon enough"
"Hopefully" Erza said with a chuckle "How are things between you and Mirajane?"
"Good, good" Peter said with a beaming smile "Took her out to that Silver Spoon place you mentioned. She loved it"
"I'm glad" Erza said with a find smile before her head snapped towards Peter and it turned into a suspicious glare "You didn't do anything inappropriate, did you?"
"Uhhh…" Peter sounded as he struggled not to cower under the slowly darkening look "N-Nooooo"
"Good" Erza said with a pleased expression on her face "Your both still too young to be engaged in such acts"
'Too late for that. Also too young? Woman, we're the same age!' Peter though dryly.
"Did you say something?" Erza asked.
"No ma'am!"
This seemed to satisfy Erza and she ceased her probing and opted to continue on in silence, much to Peter's relief. Normally he had no problems talking but around Erza, it was far too great a risk. She took almost everything he said either the wrong way or too seriously. What's a joke to others is an insult to her and the beating she'd give him would leave him regretting ever learning how to talk in the first place.
'At least I can I've been scolded the least compared to most of the other Guild's members' Peter thought as he remembered some of the 'scolding' that Erza would inflict on others, namely Natsu and Gray.
As Peter busied himself with remembering Erza beating the ever loving hell out of anyone but him, Erza herself was taking this time to study Peter out of the corner of her eye. She still felt a little bad that she had taken his job out from under him, even if it was unknowingly, she knew it was a bother to him. Peter tended to spend hours prepping for a job, planning for almost every sort of scenario he might come across while on a job, a must when one deals with the unpredictability of Curses that consisted of most of his past requests.
'Perhaps I'll make it up to him later and take him with me on a job to make up for the sixty thousand I cost him... or just buy him a new set of magical headphones as I guarantee that's what he really wanted. Perhaps a pair of the same model that the mayor tried to offer me' Erza thought with a nod before a frown grew on her face 'Assuming of course, his leash holder lets me'
She had no idea why Mirajane was so bothered by the idea of her being around Peter. The former Demon made it sound like that Erza was going to swoop in and snatch her boyfriend up like some of the main characters of her novels would do with another character's romantic interest.
'I have far too much respect for Mirajane and Peter to do such a heinous thing to them' Erza thought as her gaze flickered back towards Peter's form, specifically the muscular arms he had on display.
Despite his slim frame, she knew his strength surpassed her own by quite a bit. In the past she's seen him lift objects that she would struggle to hold with as much effort was it was taking for her to carry the massive horn on her shoulder now. A small part of her wondered if he's ever used that strength against Mira, to assert dominance over her when they were being intimate. A blush began to slowly form on Erza's face as she imagined Peter holding her arms down and over her head while he laid on top of her, his bare chest aginst her breasts, his cock hard and throbbing against her inner thigh as his lips made their way to her throat-
'Get a hold of yourself!' Erza scolded herself with a frown 'He's the boyfriend of your best friend. You shouldn't be imagining him in a scene from one of your novels like your a starved bitch in heat!'
For some reason, Peter thought that the tension that was part of his and Erza's walk back to the Guild had thickened even more.
It was enough to keep him silent.
After another hour and a half of walking the dup finally arrived back in the town of Magnolia just as the bell struck noon in the distance. Peter sighed at wasting half his day going back and forth while Erza seemed pleased to be back home and quickly made a beeline straight for the Hall with Peter right behind her. A lot of the townsfolk gaped at Erza as she walked through the busy streets with her large horn before they decided they didn't really want to know the story behind it.
'You know, I actually feel bad for whatever monster that thing belonged to' Peter thought as he stared at Erza's spoils of war.
"Is that Loke?" Erza said with a frown as she noticed someone up ahead that was running towards them before he skidded to a stop, stood there with a look of horror on their face and than proceeded to sprint back towards the Guild Hall.
"Looked like it" Peter said with a nod "Only Loke would wear a coat like that in this weather"
Erza hummed at this as they continued their way towards the Guild Hall.
"You staying for a while or you heading back out once you report to the Master?" Peter asked as they neared the Guild Hall where Loke had undoubtedly already spread the word of the Mons- Erza's approach.
"You'll have to wait and see" Erza said with a small grin.
"Uhm kay?" Peter said with a frown as they climbed the steps of the Guild Hall.
Normally one could hear the Guild's various colorful members inside but now it was silent as the grave. Peter supposed they were just as terrified about the red headed beauty's return as he was, even if he did a great job of hiding it... sorta... he'll set time aside later to cry in a corner.
"I have returned" Erza said as she stepped into the hall and set her massive horn on the ground, creating a small tremor while she scanned the hall for the Master "Where is Master Makarov?"
Mirajane's warm inviting smile seemed to falter for a brief moment when she noticed Peter beside Erza and quickly realized that they two were alone for god knows how long before she took a step forward "Hello Erza, welcome back. The Master's at a conference with the other Guild Masters right now"
Erza nodded at this, though a little annoyed that Peter didn't tell her "I see..."
"Annnd this is my que to make like a tree and leave" Peter said as he stepped away from Erza when someone dared to question said woman on the giant horn she brought back with her from her quest.
As Erza explained the origin of her horn, and the annoyance at people questioning her over it, she quickly began to tear into the Guild for one thing or another that she's hear while traveling. Peter used this moment to make his way over to the bar and took a seat at one of the available stools while Mirajane had reappeared behind the counter as if she was there the whole time.
"Hey Mira" Peter nodded towards his girlfriend as she searched for a clean rag to wash the glass in her hand with.
"Hello Peter, how'd the job go?" Mira asked with a grin before it vanished as a look of confusion washed over her "Wait, how are you back already? I thought that job would take at least another several hours before you started to head back"
"You can thank Erza for that" Peter said with an annoyed scowl on his face "On her way back from her own job she passed through the town with the Scorpion infestation and took them out herself"
"Oh" Mirajane said with a saddened look on her face "I'm sorry"
"It's fine..." Peter said with a sigh "Things like this happen"
"Yeah" Mira sighed before she gave Peter a heartwarming smile "But don't let it get you down, I'm sure we can find you another job to take before the day's over. We've gotta a few new ones up since you left earlier"
"I'll give them a look once everyone's settled down" Peter said as he glanced back at Erza, much to Mirajane's ire if the slight frown on her face was anything to go by.
"So you and Erza walked back to the Guild... alone?" Mirajane said as she was busy cleaning her glass while Erza continued to scold the Guild.
"Yeah?" Peter said with a raised brow "What of it?"
"Oh nothing..." Mirajane said with a smile though Peter noticed that cracks were beginning to form on the glass she was holding "It's just interesting is all. How she usually travels alone and yet, whenever she runs into you on her way back, she has you accompany her"
"Really?" Peter said with surprise "I never noticed. Does she do it with others like Natsu or Gray?"
"No, she doesn't" Mirajane said, her smile gone and replaced with an unreadable expression as she glanced down at the glass in her hand that was now covered in small cracks.
Any more pressure would shatter it to pieces.
Peter sweatdropped at the dark gloomy air around Mirajane and slowly scooted away less he end up on dragged into whatever it was that had his girlfriend in such a mood. Best thing to do would be to leave her be and handle whatever it was she was dealing with on her own.
'That's what good boyfriends do, right?' Peter thought before he heard several loud gasps behind him. He turned in his seat and saw that a number of people in the guild looked like they were just told that the end of days had finally arrived while some looked like they've been told the secret to immortality or something along that nature "Huh, wait what happened? Why's everyone looked freaked out?"
"Weren't you paying attention!" Lucy exclaimed with shock.
"No, too busy talking with my girl" Peter threw a thumb over his shoulder at the still gloomy Mirajane "Mind filling me in"
"Erza's decided to form a team with Natsu and Gray!" Lucy revealed.
Peter blinked at this "Oh..."
He glanced at Natsu, Erza and Gray for a moment before nodding and turning back towards Lucy and gave her the blankest look he's ever given anyone... even if it was hidden by his helmet.
"Guess we're all gonna die than"
Lucy's jaw practically hit the floor as she gaped at Peter while his shoulders sagged and a depressing air formed around him, causing her to shiver.
"The three most destructive members currently with the guild on the same team? Fiore- no, all of Ishgar is doomed!" Peter moaned in despair.
"I-Is it really that bad?" Lucy asked with a trembling voice as she clutched her Celestial spirit, Plue, tightly.
"You've been around Natsu, right?" Peter said, causing Lucy to nod "Okay than, now imagine someone as destructive as him but with ice and likes to strip like someone's paying him to do it and Erza, the second most powerful woman in Fairy Tail all on the same team. Three people that never heard of the word restraint"
Lucy nodded at this before her eyes widened at what Peter said towards the end "Wait, second strongest? Whose the first than?"
"Mirajane of course" Peter beamed with pride while Mirajane appeared beside him and pulled his head into the valley of her breasts as hearts appeared in her eyes.
"Oh Peter!" she cooed "Your such a charmer!"
"It's truth" Peter said, his voice muffled a little as he was face first in Mirajane's chest, something that did not go unnoticed by a few of the other members of the Guild.
Lucy couldn't help but grin at this, she found it cute that Peter considered his girlfriend to be the most powerful woman in all of Fairy Tail. It made her wish she had a man that would shower her with praise like that and actually mean it like Peter seemed to.
'Oh well' Lucy thought with a sigh before her face adopted a more determined look 'But I'm sure I'll find that guy one day, I just know it!'
Peter suddenly shook as he let out a sneeze that caused Mirajane to giggle.
"Bless you sweetheart"
"Thank you" Peter replied, his head still sandwiched in Mira's breasts "Uh Mira, can you please let go now?"
"Aww" Mirajane sounded as she released her man from her embrace.
Peter let out a sigh of relief as he cracked his neck and made to remove his helmet, something he noticed Lucy was watching closely.
"Uh, can I help you?" he asked.
Lucy blinked at Peter's words before she blushed and gave him a sheepish grin "Oh s-sorry, I was just wondering what you looked like under that helmet it all. Hehehehehe…"
Peter blinked at this "Ookay?"
Lucy's smile was strained as she secretly wished for herself to suddenly be sucked up by some spell to get her out of there 'Smooth Lucy, now your coming off as some kind of freak'
"Still, Erza, Natsu and Gray all on the same team" Mirajane said with a thoughtful look on her face as she glanced at her old rival and her two new teammates as she discussed meeting with the scarlet haired woman tomorrow at the train station "This has to be without a doubt the strongest team in all of Fairy Tail"
"Yeah, it just might... god help whoever their going after" Peter said with a shake of his head.
To have the likes of Natsu, Gray and Erza gunning for you, no one deserved such a cruel, undoubtedly painful fate.
...
And done.
Next chapter, Mirajane finds herself needing to strengthen her hold on her lover in light of Erza's return while Peter finds himself challenged to a game of endurance...