Summary: RWBY Chibi inspired. Fairy Tail faces its most formidable foe yet….opening a jar.

Pairings: Sisterly Mira/Elfman, implied Elfman/Evergreen, implied Gray/Juvia, implied Gajeel/Levy, and lots and lots of other friendship feels.

Author's Note: Thank You all for giving me ELEVEN THOUSAND REVIEWS! It means the world to me that you all still want to keep reading this.

Mirajane glared at the jar.

It shouldn't be this hard.

No, seriously, it really shouldn't. She had the strength of several demons running through her veins and yet nothing, nothing, she had done would open the blasted thing. She had twisted and twisted until she sprained her wrist. She slammed it against the kitchen side repeatedly, she ran it under warm water, and she used a tea towel in case she had accidentally wiped grease on it…NOTHING WORKED!

She had no choice now.

If she wanted to cook her bolognaise for the guild then she had to swallow her pride….and ask Elfman to open the jar.

God knows he was going to be a pain in the arse with his manliness and strength and all that rot but it was better than having to admit defeat and send people home without their dinner.

Mira took a deep breath and decided to get it over and done with. "Elfman," she said sweetly as possible, "could you be a dear and open this jar?"

"Of course I will Nee-San," Elfman replied and for one brief moment Mira thought he was as going to act like a normal guy and just open the blasted thing. Instead, however, Elfman suddenly stood on his stool and flexed his muscles. "I am, after all, MANLY and STRONG." He bragged as he took the jar out of Mira's hands and held it up loftily in the air. "I will open this jar for you so you can rest your delicate and fragile and MANLY hands."

Mira pursed her lips at the adjectives of delicate and fragile. She was a Fairy Tail mage, thank you very much. She was a far from either of those things. "Hmm…" she said neutrally as she repressed an urge to slam her 'delicate' and 'fragile' fist into her brother's gut.

Elfman was oblivious to Mira's inner turmoil as he moved to open the jar. He twisted and twisted and twisted without having any affect. His body was doubled over and he had a constipated look on his face as he obviously poured all his strength into opening this jar…

..And was failing.

Elfman let out a beastly roar and transformed his arm into his King of the Beasts form before he tried again. And failed. He transformed his arm again and made another attempt….and failed. He growled furiously and transformed once more, and again, and again, and again.

Until eventually he ran out of forms for his arm to take and reluctantly held the jar out back to Mira once more. "…I can't do it," Elfman admitted dejectedly.

"Typical," Evergreen snorted.

Elfman whipped round to face her with an indignant look on his face. "Like you could do it!" he yelled furiously.

Evergreen pushed her glasses up her nose calmly. "Of course I can," she said coolly as she plucked the jar out of Elfman's hand, "give it here you wimp."

Evergreen tried to pry the lid of the jar to no avail she then calmly knocked it against the bar before trying again and failed once more. She gritted her teeth as her eyes gained a determined gleam in them and she began to bang it repeatedly against the bar which caused people to suddenly crowd round her curiously.

Evergreen let out a furious, shrill, scream of frustration as she began to blast her magic at it.

And didn't even scratch the glass of the jar despite the fact that her magic had blatantly hit it.

Evergreen slumped in surrender as she panted from a mix of exhaustion and fury. Elfman sidled up behind her with a smug look on his face. "Not that easy," he taunted her, "huh."

Evergreen whirled round with a murderous look on her face. "Shut up!" she snarled as she jabbed a finger in Elfman's chest. "You couldn't do it any better with all your beastly strength and magic added," She reminded him furiously, "so you can't talk!"

Elfman squeaked something in reply that sounded somewhat appeasing.

Bickslow, however, had no hesitation to irritate Evergreen. "Give it here," he rolled his eyes as he snatched the jar, "it can't be that difficult," he carried on casually, "you're just being a Drama Queen as usual, Ever."

Evergreen narrowed her eyes at Bickslow but the armoured mage paid no attention as he took was having difficulty in opening the jar. "Open! Open! Open!" his babies chanted obnoxiously. "Open! Open! Open!"

"I'm trying!" Bickslow gasped. "Jesus!" he yelped as he sprained his thumb and waved his hand wildly in a stupid attempt to rid himself of the pain. "What is this thing made of?" he snapped. "Re-enforced steel?!"

"Oh give it here," Gajeel said impatiently as he snatched the jar off of Bickslow. "If it was then I'll have no problems in busting this thing open." Gajeel then tried to twist the lid off with no success. With a slight eyebrow twitch showing the world his irritation, he immediately transformed his arm into metal and attempted again….soon enough, he too was looking rather constipated. "I'M USING MY STEEL ARM THIS SHOULD BE OPENING!" he bellowed furiously as he tried once more. "THAT'S IT!" he barked out. "I'M EATING THE DAMN THING!"

Mira's eyes widened in alarm as she thought that was the last jar of sauce she had left and the shops were now closed. "NO!" she screamed out in protest.

But it was too late. Gajeel had already lifted it to his lips which he opened as widely and grotesquely as possible before he then suddenly bit down….hard. There was a terrible, unnatural, clang as Gajeel's jaw vibrated in reaction. "OUCH!" he screamed in agony as he dropped the jar onto his lap and clutched his mouth desperately. "THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING!" he yelled furiously. "WHAT UNNATURAL MATERIAL IS THAT THING MADE FROM?!"

"It serves you right," Lily said indifferently from behind his newspaper, "you should know better than to put strange things in your mouth. You are no longer a child, Gajeel."

Gajeel proved his maturity by throwing a lot of swear words in Lily's direction. Not that the black cat paid him any attention. Levy, however, glared at Gajeel. "Oh give it here!" she cried out exasperatedly. "Sometimes it's not brute strength that gets the job done but cleverness and cunning," she informed a sulking Gajeel loftily as she examined the jar carefully. "I'm thinking of an opening the door rune?" she suggested to Freed, who was also studying the jar from over Levy's shoulder.

"Yes," Freed nodded sagely, "that could work with the help of an unlocking rune?"

Together the pair of them carved in the runes, whispering amongst them which ones were the strongest and the best (while everyone else rolled their eyes at how seriously they were taking it) before they stood up at both pointed their magical conducts at the jar and activated the runes. The runes flared up in bright purple as the magic worked its course and Levy smugly picked it up and twisted the lid…

…and it wouldn't budge.

Her eyes popped open. "H-h-how?!" she stuttered. "We used the best runes available. Urgh! I knew we should have gone Norse instead of Roman!"

"Norse is so unrefined," Freed argued, "There is nothing wrong with the runes we chose."

"Well obviously there is!" Levy hissed. "Because the jar is still unopened."

Sensing a scholarly debate was about to start, something which no one wanted to hear, Laxus stood up and held out his hand. "Let me deal with it," he muttered. Freed immediately gasped with delight before he snatched the jar out of Levy's hands and presented it to Laxus. Laxus focused on it, blocking, out all distractions, before he electrocuted the jar with a great blast of the lightening. As soon as the bolts vanished he handed it back to Mira with a smirk. "That should do it," he said, "just like an electric tin opener."

Mira twisted the lid but nothing happened. "It's still not opening," she stated.

Laxus' eye twitched at that. "That jar is evil," he muttered darkly, "something unnatural."

Evergreen, Bickslow, and Freed instantly jumped in to reassure Laxus that the jar was in fact unnatural and there was nothing wrong with Laxus jar opening skills which is certainly the best in the whole world.

No one else paid them any attention as Gray stepped up to the jar and examined it carefully himself. "If I freeze it," he murmured to himself, "I could probably smash it open."

"What?!" Mira cried out. "Wait! No! I wanted to use the sauce not have it in ice cub…" she trailed off as Gray already froze the jar before she could finish her protest.

Gray then whipped round fast with a kick that smashed the ice cleanly off…..and left the jar completely untouched.

Gray's jaw dropped wide open at that. "How is that still standing?!" he yelled disbelievingly.

"Don't worry Gray-sama," Juvia said soothingly as she patted his back, "Juvia knows you did your best!"

"And it wasn't enough," Natsu snickered.

Gray faced him furiously. "Like you can do any better!" he snarled.

Natsu snorted at that. "I can so do better than you," he informed Gray smugly.

Gray jerked forwards and out of Juvia's embrace. "Oh yeah?!" he shouted.

Natsu stepped closer so their noses were mere inches apart as he shot his best glare at Gray. "Yeah!" he yelled back.

"Then prove it!" Gray hissed.

"All right," Natsu said cheerfully as he stepped back. "Just watch me!" he held up a fist and instantly it went up in flames. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" Natsu bellowed as he attacked the jar.

The scent of tomato and a variety of herbs hit the air as the sauce in the jar bubbled but the jar itself remained entirely intact and unopened.

"Well…" Mira sighed in a long-suffering manner, "at least I know the sauce is cooked."

"Great job, Ash Brain," Gray said sarcastically, "now we'll have to wait until the jar cools down before we can try and open it again."

Natsu opened his mouth, ready to retort something rude that would undoubtedly cause a brawl, when someone else spoke over him coolly from the doorway.

"You need help opening a jar?"

The entire guild, minus Gajeel, Wendy, Charle, and Lily, all stiffened as Erza suddenly stepped forwards. A determined gleam in her eyes, a stubborn look on her face, and a terrifyingly confident aura that surrounded every movement she made. Several members gulped, a couple sobbed, and a many of them began to rapidly step back in fear.

"Yeah," Gajeel grumbled, "the effing thing is being a-MMPH!"

Gajeel's eyes bugged out as Levy suddenly leaped onto his back and covered his mouth with her hands. "Don't tell Erza!" Levy hissed desperately. "You never tell Erza or else!" Gajeel yelled something against Levy's hands which sounded suspiciously like 'what the fuck?!' "Erza will take it as a challenge and then nothing, and I mean nothing, will be standing when she's finished."

Gajeel's eyes widened in understanding and he made a noise that sounded like he now understood the situation.

But it wasn't Gajeel Levy should have gagged…

"…and so far no one has been able to open the jar," Lily finished explaining to Erza much to the guild's utter horror.

Half the guild collapsed and Levy bashed her head against Gajeel's shoulder. "I give up," she mumbled against the warm, rough, tanned skin.

"Very well," Erza nodded, "I shall accept the challenge."

Everyone sweat-dropped at that as they all privately thought that no one had challenged her. Not that anyone would dare say that out loud least they would end up with Erza's sword embedded in their liver.

Erza calmly picked up the jar, unbothered by the fact it was still hot from Natsu's attempt, and twisted the lid. When that failed, she tried again while applying more pressure, and when they failed she attempted with her full strength and began to look as constipated as the others a she failed to simply open the jar.

Erza then tried banging it against the side, and then re-quipping into a stronger armour and trying all over again, and when she went through all of her armours, and all of her attempts failed, she lost her temper completely.

Every weapon in at her disposal suddenly hovered over her head as she blazed furiously. Her eyes demonic and her aura dark and tarrying. "I WILL OPEN THIS JAR IF IT IS THE LAST THING I DO!" she screeched.

And then she dropped her arm and sent her weapons flying at the jar.

They all bounced off and began to attack everyone around them which caused everyone to duck, dodge, and flail about in terror. Some broke down into petrified tears as the likes of Max and Warren and Macao and Wakaba all clung to one another and openly wept.

Natsu ducked and barely covered Happy in time when a mace bounced off the jar and went for his head. "GAH!" he and Happy screamed in unison.

Gray barely pushed Juvia out of the way as three throwing knives flew into her direction and then promptly had to duck as a giant axe swung itself at him. "JESUS CHRIST ERZA!" he squealed.

Erza stood there utterly exhausted as she panted desperately in attempt to catch her breath while simultaneously calm herself down. All the dust and debris from her weapons destroying bits of the building faded away to reveal….

….the jar still intact and unopened.

"…are you kidding me?!" Erza wheezed as she fell onto her knees. "I have faced demons and dark wizards that were less difficult!" she snarled as she snatched the jar up and held it high up in the air ready to throw it down onto the floor. "WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS BLASTED THING TO OPEN?!" she screamed.

"Hey guys," Lucy said cheerfully as she entered the guild. "How are….what the hell happened?!" she yelped as she took in all the property damage.

"Oh, hi Luce," Natsu said completely unbothered by it all, "nothing much." He shrugged in reply to Lucy's question. "We were just trying to open this jar."

"With what? A bulldozer?!" Lucy asked scathingly. "You do realise opening a jar doesn't mean you destroy a whole room, right?"

Gajeel snorted at that. "Try telling that to the crazy chick in the corner," he said as he jammed a thumb in Erza's direction.

Erza's temper and taken a complete 180 turn as she left the jar on the side and sank in a corner where she huddled up in a depressing aura that leaked out around her. "I am a failure as a warrior," Erza said gloomily.

"For God sake!" Lucy said irritably, "it's not that hard," she grabbed hold of the jar and held it up. "Here," she said shortly, "watch me."

"If none of us can open it Bunny Girl," Gajeel started snarkily, "I highly doubt you will-"

Pop!

With a slight twist of her wrist, Lucy swiftly opened the jar and held it out to a stunned Mirajane.

"Wha…why…." Mira stammered. "…how?!"

"Oh it was one of those push and twist jars," Lucy explained, "you just had to push the lid down."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"…no seriously," Gray voiced everyone else's thoughts, "what the fuck?!"