Chapter 11~ The 'Goodbye' Ball llI
Gajeel walked over to the table with the food. He grabbed a plate and placed some cake on his plate. He turned around to see Levy talking to a guy with short brown hair, and a white tuxedo. He walked a little closer and saw it was the guy who was gawking over her earlier. Levy was giggling and the guy was staring at her chest. He walked over to Lily and gave the cake to him.
"Shorty, come here. It's bunny girl." Gajeel grabbed her arm and began to pull her away.
Levy went with Gajeel to the washroom. "Lu-Chan, are you okay?" Levy walked in, as Gajeel closed the door behind them. HE pushed Levy against the wall, and kept her there. "Who was that?"
"…" She stared blankly at Gajeel. "You mean the guy I was talking to?" He nodded. "Oh. I don't know his name, but he was nice."
"Did you know that he was staring at your chest? Did you know I saw him looking at your butt when we were walking here?" Gajeel was mad.
Levy shook her head in disbelief. "He… no. You're lying."
"I'm not. He was looking at you, and I just needed to punch him or claim you. I also did not need you punching me in the middle of the ball."
Levy began to get teary eyed. She took a deep breath. She hugged him. "Thank you. Thank you so much."
Gajeel hugged her back. "Any time, Shrimp." They pulled away and Levy began to laugh. Gajeel watched her, and placed his hand behind her head. She looked up at him. "Gajeel…?" He placed his other hand behind her head, and brought their faces closer together. He kissed her. Levy didn't hesitate to kiss back, in fact, she deepened the kiss. "You're mine. You got that?"
"Hmm." Suddenly, they heard a voice. "Someone in there?"
"Uhm… Yeah. I'll be a while. Too many beans. Find another washroom." Levy laughed as Gajeel made up an excuse.
"Dummy. Come on let's get out of here. Someone is going to worry." They opened the door and walked out. As they walked into the ballroom, the fireworks went off. They stared at amazement outside as Gajeel held Levy close.
Juvia was sitting down. She felt light headed, and Gray went to get her some punch. She noticed he was taking a while and saw he had sat down with another girl. She was short, with strawberry blonde hair. She had grey eyes that were piercing. She leaned in and acted as if she was the one who was ill. She looked towards Juvia and made a sad face at her. Juvia took a deep breath, and got up and walked towards the door that led outside. As she turned the door, she stumbled, and her vision got blurry. Gray wasn't trying to get out of this situation. He knew it wasn't real, but wanted to make Juvia jealous. Earlier she was talking and flirting with a guy, and he was back. He looked over to where she was sitting and noticed her stumbling towards the door. He pushed the girl away and she wouldn't let go.
"Hey. I don't know who you are, but you better get away from my girl." A guy with pale blond hair walked up to them.
"She said she was ill. I gave her punch I got for a friend, and now won't let me go." He continued to try and get her of.
"My name is Jason, and that is Jules." He grabbed her and pulled her away. Gray finally got up and went after Juvia. He got out the door that led to a small area with a pavilion. There was a small bench and Juvia was sitting on it, looking into the sky. "Hey." Gray sat down next to her.
"Gray doesn't have too. Juvia knows that you don't like her. Go be happy." He handed her some water to drink. She pushed it down and then he spilled it on her head.
"Gray!" She yelled.
He laughed at her. "There is less water in the air here. That's why you're tired. You don't have enough for yourself."
She took a deep breath and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you."
Gray grabbed her head and kissed her. Juvia melted into the kiss. Fireworks went off, and they pulled apart to watch the fireworks.
A couple princes from all over had came to attend the ball. Many of them were invited for the sake of finding Lucy a husband. Lucy had danced with a couple and was exhausted. She looked around and noticed Natsu. He was eating, but he looked as if he lost something, or someone. The look he had when he thought he would never find Igneel. She got some punch and walked over to him. She handed him the drink. "You okay?"
"Hmm." Lucy nudged him and repeated her self. "What? Umm, yeah. I'm good. Just thinking about the ball, we went to after that job. The one with the short, funny looking dude, with the sour look and name?"
"Yeah. So, do you want to dance, like we did then?" He grabbed her hands and led her to the dance floor. "I'll take that as a yes."
So, they danced. All their problems flew out the door and they danced. Lucy tripped over her dress, and Natsu caught her. They both started to laugh uncontrollably.
"Ahem." The voice of King Jude rang through the ears of everyone. "We are not only here to say goodbye to our princess." Layla waved her hand, and Lucy fluted up to front. "But also, to grant the official titles to her guardians. Please, if you will, come up to the front", and so they did. Kagura was there and had walked up. "Erza asked the king, as her comrades come up, "Why is she here?"
"I like even numbers." He whispered back to her.
They all lined up in the front staring into the crowd, Lucy joining them. "Hold out your hands, and get on your knees." Jude walked up to each of them and placed a gem in their hands. "If you chose to go through with this, you will forever be bonded to the magic realm. If you do not want to, please leave the stage." No one moved. "Each one of you, use a small amount of your magic." And so, they did.
The gems lit up, and when the light, dulled away, the shapes changed. Mira had a splat. Laxus a lightning bolt. Yukino a key, and Sting the light half of Ying Yang. Rogue had the other side of Ying Yang. Kagura got a sword. Gajeel got an ore bar, and Levy, a book. Wendy got a cloud, and Romeo a torch. Gray a snowflake. Juvia got a tear drop. Natsu got a flame, and Lucy had a star.
"These gems will fuse with you. You will stand up." Jude pointed and gestured to the group for group to Stand up. She stood up and the gem lit up and entered their bodies. They were glowing, and when it let out, they had transformed. Mira now had white and gold armour, with a French braid that reached her waist. Laxus had golden armour. Yukino now had pale blue armour, with a bob and bangs. Sting had pure white armour. Kagura had violet armour, and her hair has in a bun. Rogue had black armour. Levy had pale orange and white armour, with her hair now grown to her collarbones in her classic headband. Gajeel had dark grey armour with metallic accents. Wendy had lavender armour and her hair has now at her shoulders. Romeo had deep burgundy red armour. Gray had navy blue armour. Juvia had bright blue armour with her hair in a high pony tail. Natsu had red armour. Lucy had pale pink with gold accents armour. Her hair is in a half up, half down do.
"As of now, you are all official guardians of the magic realm. Now, we will see you soon!" In the blink of an eye, they disappeared and all their belonging's along with them to Earth land.
They had landed in the Fairy tail guild hall. They were back in their regular clothes, and their belongs piled on top of them. "Get off!" Erza yelled from the bottom of the pile.
In an instant, everybody was back on their feet ready to go about their day, after the all the questions they were about to be asked. They collected their belonging's and sat down at one of the tables. "So, how was the ball?" Lisanna asked sitting down in front of Natsu.
A blush rose to faces of many who sat at the table. Mira giggled as she knew what had happened between many people at the ball that night. "It was eventful to the say the least." There were nods of agreement and a couple of words that agreed.
"What happened?" Evergreen asked coming up to the table.
No one spoke. After a minute, Levy spoke up as not to draw suspicion. "Well, you see… we were led to believe that it was just a farewell ball for Lucy, but we ended getting our official titles and bonds to the Magic realm. Which explains why some of our hair is different."
Kinnana dropped a letter in front of Lucy. "This is for you. It came in about 10 minutes ago."
Lucy muttered a small "Thank you," before opening the letter. "Natsu, e got to go."
Natsu looked over at Lucy "Why? We just got back and I'm hungry."
"Okay, first of all, you pretty much ate all the food that was served at the ball, and it's a letter from our realtor. They moved our appointment to today in an hour."
"Alright, let's go!" He grabbed Lucy and dragged her to the door before stopping. "Uhm, where exactly is it?" Lucy shook her head and they walked out the door."