The Dragon Bartender.
This is a Fairy Tail story of Natsu working as a bartender after becoming destructive during his missions with his team. This takes place after the Grand Magic Games.
Summary: Fed up with Natsu's destroying habits during missions, Makarov gives Natsu the biggest punishment of them all: Working as a bartender for the rest of the week. Is this punishment a good thing for Fairy Tail and its members or a bad thing?
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. All rights go to rightful owners.
Chapter One: The Punishment.
It was a normal and beautiful day in the city of Magnolia, a famous place of where every traveler's, merchants and Mages would visit, either to have fun in the festivals the city would provide or to do business with other businesses, namely food and item stores.
Normal people who didn't had magic were doing what they usually do every morning, which were walking around the city to enjoy the sunshine, buying items they need for interior at home or doing their jobs.
It was truly a nice day for the people to enjoy, and nothing could ruin it at all.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, NATSU?!"
Scratch that, some people were not enjoying the day, namely a certain Guild Master of the Fairy Tail guild, Makarov Dreyar, who was looking very angry and glaring at a certain Natsu Dragneel, who was looking at the ground with a nervous expression on his face. All the other members of Fairy Tail were standing at the sidelines, having pity expressions on their faces from seeing Natsu getting scolded, except a few members, namely a certain Ice-Make Mage and a certain Iron Dragon Slayer.
Makarov wasn't having a good morning at all. It all started when he received numerous complains paperwork on his desk, talking about their property being destroyed and how they wanted the Guild Master to pay for the damages. Normally, this didn't surprise the old man since he always had to pay for the damages, with his own money no less! Why couldn't his own brats pay for the damages?!
The morning turned worse when Makarov received a complaint from the Royal Family, something that made him pale dramatically. The complaint said that Natsu, on a mission to deliver an item that belonged to the Royal Family, had burnt the said item to ashes, along with a forest and a farm that was nearby, all because of fighting bandits that were trying to steal the Royal Family item.
When Makarov read this complaint, he became very angry at Natsu for burning the item during the mission, and that is why he was currently glaring at the said person before him.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU DID?!" Makarov demanded, still glaring at Natsu.
"Sorry, gramps. I didn't mean to go overboard…" Natsu started to sheepishly and nervously say.
"YOU HAD A REASON NOT TO GO OVERBOARD TO ATTACK THOSE BANDITS, NATSU, YET YOU STILL WENT OVERBOARD AND GOT THE ROYAL ITEM DESTROYED! ALONG WITH A FOREST AND A FARM!" Makarov roared angrily, waving one hand comically in the air.
"Well, how was I supposed to defeat the bandits then?!" Natsu retorted with a bit of anger, losing his nervousness.
"MAYBE NOT USING TOO MUCH MAGIC TO BEGIN WITH?!"
"That's so dumb! If I don't use magic, then those bandits would've stolen the item!"
"EXCEPT THE ITEM IS BURNT BECAUSE OF YOU!"
It wasn't long until Natsu and Makarov began bickering back and forth about the mission Natsu did, causing everyone to sweat drop a bit from how they sounded. They sounded like children fighting over a toy they want to play with.
At the sidelines of where the bar is, three women were having a conversation about the topic they were witnessing at the moment.
"Wow, I've never seen Master look this angry before." Mirajane Strauss, the resident barmaid for Fairy, said to her friends, Erza Scarlet and Lucy Heartfilia, in an amazed tone, watching the Master of Fairy Tail and Natsu bicker back and forth.
"Me too." Lucy agreed with the white-hair woman, also watching the Master of Fairy Tail and Natsu bicker back and forth. "I have seen him mad a few times, but never this angry."
"Even I'm surprised to see Master this angry." Erza chimed in after taking a bite of her beloved strawberry cake. "The only time we saw him this angry was when Phantom Lord attacked our guild and Levy and her friends."
"And that is something we don't want to remember." Mira said, getting nods from both women.
Back with Makarov and Natsu, they were still bickering/arguing about Natsu's mission before the former ended it by banging the latter on the head with an extended hand.
"Enough, Natsu! I can handle your destructive habits, but this is the last straw!" Makarov exclaimed in a tone that no one dared to argue with him. "You are going to get punished big time."
"What is my punishment?" Natsu asked, rubbing the bump on his head with one hand.
"You are hereby banned from taking missions for a month, and you're not allowed to go with your team if they are doing missions." Makarov stated, raising one finger. "If you disobey this, you will never go on a mission until I say you can."
Natsu nodded his head, seeing that Makarov isn't done talking yet.
"Two," Makarov lifted another finger. "You will not be using magic in the guildhall or outside of Magnolia. Doing this will make me put a seal on your body, Natsu, and that's something you don't want me to do, right?"
Natsu nodded his head again, a bit reluctant this time because the idea of having a seal on his body was not, repeatedly, not a good idea. He wanted to use magic, not have his magic sealed.
"And thirdly," Makarov raised another finger in the air, but he had a sly grin on his face, something that made everyone, including Erza and Mira, uncomfortable. Whenever the members of Fairy Tail see that grin on the old man's face, they would try to leave the guild as quickly as possible. Bad things happened whenever that grin appears. "You have to work as a bartender for a week and have to take Mira's place as a waiter and a chef."
There was silence in the guildhall as all the members of Fairy Tail were trying to process what they just heard from the short, old man before they said one word at the exact same time.
"WHAT?!"
Alright, that is the first chapter of the Dragon Bartender. Sorry that the chapter is short, I feel like writing a starting chapter instead of a long chapter.
There will be no pairing for this story, it will just be about Natsu being a bartender and severing his friend's food and drinks. I might put in the other guilds in the story, like Mermaid Heel and Lamia Scale.
Write a review if you like this and enjoy the chapter.
Next Chapter: The Punishment Begins.