Chapter 8: The Start of War.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Attack

*Sound*

On the streets of Magnolia

*Yawn* "Why did we have to go to the guild so early?" Kizami asked as he and Kurosaki walked through the streets of Magnolia, it was still early so there were only a few other people seen on the streets.

"I always go to the guild at this time." Kurosaki said.

"Bullshit! I bet you want to get there early to see if Erza has come back from her mission with the others!" Kizami said with a slight annoyed/tired tone.

"…"

"I knew it!" Kizami said loudly. "But why the hell did I have to come too?!"

"Hey, my roof, my rules." Kurosaki said.

"Remind me again why I have to share the house with you?"

"Because you didn't pay your rent for five years so your landlord kicked you out and sold all your stuff." Kurosaki said without missing a beat.

"Oh yeah… forgot about that." Kizami said. "But do you have to live so far away from the guild? I mean, your house is literally in the middle of the woods! Is that a Slayer thing?" He asked when he remembered that Natsu also lived in another part of the woods.

"You know that I'm not allowed to live less than half a mile from the town since the accident."

"Right… And if I recall that wasn't an accident." Kizami said with half opened eyes. "By the way, have you paid for the damages yet?"

"Yup. Took me more of the reward jewels than I wanted to spend." Kurosaki said. "So that's why I used yours."

"Even if you didn't want it was your respon- Wait what?" Kizami asked when he caught what Kurosaki said. "YOU DID WHAT?!"

"I used your jewels." Kurosaki said in a cheerful tone that pissed Kizami even more.

"What gave you the right to do that?!"

"Well, I couldn't use mine, and I promised the mayor I would pay him when I got back, sooooo I used yours."

"What do you mean you couldn't use yours?! You had 70 million jewels!"

"Correct. I HAD 70 million jewels."

"What could have you possibly done that costed that much?!" Kizami yelled.

"Nothing." Kurosaki said before muttering. "I forgot it on the boat ride back."

"You did what?" Kizami asked with a shocked tone. "At least is there any of my jewels left?"

"Nope. After you paid off what you owed to your land lord I used the rest to pay my debt."

"That was still over 50 million jewels! There's no way you did that much damage!" Yelled a shocked Kizami.

"It wasn't." Kurosaki said with a shrug. "The mayor was so mad that he said that every three months that I did not pay he would increase the debt. And it started over six years ago, so you do the math."

*Sigh* "So in other words, we're broke."

"Pretty much yeah." Kurosaki said without a care in the world.

"I hate you, you now that?"

"Yup." Kurosaki said while grinning, only for it to immediately to turn to a shocked when he managed to caught a glace of the Guild.

"What's wrong?" Kizami asked. Kurosaki remained silent and unmoving until he just raised his arm and pointed to the guild. When he did Kizami follows his finger and saw what happened.

The guild was completely trashed. Iron Beams sticking from all around the Guild building.

Before Kizami could say anything Kurosaki was already sprinting towards the Guild, dodging the people that were on the slowly crowding street. Deciding to do the same Kizami also started to run to the guild. When he reached it he saw that Kurosaki was already there and that he was just standing there, in front of the Guild, while looking up at it.

"What happened?" Asked a now angry Kurosaki as he tightened his grip.

"Phantom." They heard a voice from the side. When they looked they saw Makarov walking to them. "Those cowardly bastards decided to attack the Guild during the night when no one was here."

"Who the fuck is Phantom?!" Kurosaki yelled.

At this the only thing Kizami could do was face palm. "It's another guild called Phantom Lord! They and Fairy Tail have been rivals for years!"

When Kurosaki heard this he just looked at Kizami, he blinked once, then again and then a third time before asking. "Fairy Tail has a rival?"

At this both Kizami and Makarov face palmed.

*Sigh* "Come on." Makarov said while he walked towards the front door. "I'll explain everything as you help me set the basement up for the others. Kizami, you stay here and explain it to the others that are about to arrive." He said gaining a nod from Kizami and before walking inside with Kurosaki.

A couple of hours later.

"Yo! Welcome back!" A drunken Makarov said when he saw that Natsu, Happy, Erza, Gray and Lucy returned from their mission along with Mira, who escorted them there

"Huh?" Lucy couldn't help but say when she noticed the state the guild master was in.

"We have returned." Erza said, seemingly not caring how the old man was acting.

"Gramps! What are you sitting around here for?!" Natsu asked.

"How was it Lucy?" Makarov asked ignoring Natsu. "The job went well?"

"Y-Yeah…"

"Master, don't you understand the situation we're in?" Erza asked.

"The guild has been busted up!" Natsu said.

"Now now… calm down." The drunken Master said. "It's nothing to get so riled up about." He said before taking a drink out of his beer mug.

"What?" Gray asked.

"This is as far as those idiots from Phantom will go." Makarov said before taking a big gulp out of his beer filled mug. "I don't see why they even bothered to attack an empty guild."

"Empty Guild?" Erza asked.

"So, are you saying that they attacked in the middle of the night?" Lucy asked.

"There's no need to get cross with someone that resorts to surprise attacks. Leave them be." A drunk Makarov said, his face slightly red from so much drinking.

"I can't accept it! I won't feel right until I smash them down!" Natsu yelled loudly, gaining the whole guilds attention.

"We'll ignore this and continue with normal guild activities!"

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT!" Natsu yelled.

"Ah! Hold on, I gotta take a leak!" Makarov said before jumping out of his seat and happily running to the bathroom.

"What the hell?!" Natsu asked. "Why isn't anyone doing anything?! Where's Kurosaki?! I bet he's thinking of some ingenious plan to take care of Phantom Lord!"

"I wouldn't bother him if I were you." Kizami said from his seat at a table close to one of the walls, gaining the groups attention.

"What do you mean?" Erza asked when she noticed Kizami.

"I was right, wasn't I?! He's currently coming up with a masterful plan to fight Phantom!"

"Kurosaki? Thinking of a masterful plan?" A skeptical Lucy asked while sweat dropping.

"You'd be surprised." Gray added.

"Quite the opposite actually." Kizami said before pointing to another direction. When they looked they saw Kurosaki laying face up on top of a table and loudly snoring, dozens of empty beer mugs on the floor. "He's currently blacked out drunk."

"What the hell?!" Natsu yelled.

"You guys are lucky you didn't come here when he was awake." Macao said from his seat.

"I don't want to see a drunk Kurosaki ever again." Wakaba said, many of the guild nodding in agreement.

"Who'd knew that he'd have that kind of complex while drunk." Laki said. While slightly shivering.

"Why the hell were he and Master getting drunk instead of doing something?!" Natsu asked.

"Natsu, I'm sure that they're as shocked as us, everyone is." Mira said. "But war between guilds is prohibited by the council."

"THEY ATTACKED US FIRST!"

"That's not the issue."

"If that is how master feels about it… Then we have to accept that." Erza said.

Later that day.

"Welcome home." Gray said.

"Welcome!" Happy said.

"You have a nice room." Erza said.

"Yo." Natsu said.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Lucy yelled before throwing her briefcase straight to Natsu's face. After leaving the guild and going home she was met with the other sitting at a table in her own apartment.

"Seeing how Phantom came to town It's possible that they have our addresses." Erza said.

"Eh?!"

"I don't think it'll happen, but they might attack us when we're alone." Gray said.

"That's why Mira said we should stay in a group for a while." Happy said. "Everyone is having a sleepover today!"

"R-Really?!" Asked a surprised Lucy.

"Will you guys keep it quiet?!" Kurosaki yelled coming out of the bathroom.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Lucy yelled, not expecting him to be one of the ones that would stay the night in her house.

"*Groan* I'm still a little hungover so I decided to take a nap in your bathtub." Kurosaki said while rubbing his head.

"…Why in the bathtub…?" Lucy asked.

"… I think I'm still a little drunk…"

"And why are you wet?" Lucy asked.

"… I have no idea…" Kurosaki said, noticing for the first time that he was indeed wet. "It might be because I tripped and fell in the river on the way here, it could also be because I woke up with the tub filled with water… who knows." He said shrugging.

"Okay…"

"Whoa! Plue! What's that you're eating?! Gimme some!" Natsu said when he noticed that Plue was eating a giant lollypop.

"I still don't know what you're doing here." Erza told Kurosaki while the others were distracted.

"Aww, is wittle Erza mad at wittle old Kurosaki?" Kurosaki asked before receiving one of Erza's famous glares. "Sorry… Definitely still drunk…"

"I was just thinking that you'd stay home with Kizami."

"Well, Mira managed to convince Elfman to stay with Nab and Vijeeter and she was going to spend the night at our place… you do the math."

"Oh…"

"Erza look! I found some Kinky Underwear" Happy called getting their attention.

"A-Amazing… You actually wear this?" Erza asked when she looked at Lucy's drawer.

"*Whistle* And I thought that some of your armors were perverted." Kurosaki said, peeking over Erza's shoulder.

"What?" Erza asked.

"What?" Kurosaki asked back.

"I'm hitting the hay so pipe down, okay?" Gray asked as he laid down on Lucy's bed, wearing only his underwear.

"You're really making yourself at home, aren't you?" Asked Lucy, sweat dropping.

"Anyway, you all smell like sweat." Erza said looking at the guys in the room.

"What the hell are you talking about? I basically took two baths." Kurosaki said.

"Falling into a river doesn't count as taking a bath." Lucy said.

"Still better than nothing and still two more baths than I took during my five-year mission."

"What?" Lucy asked.

"What?"

"We're sleeping in the same room, so at least take a bath." Erza said.

"Don't wanna! What a pain…" Whined Natsu.

"But I'm sleepy…" Whined Gray.

"As I said, I already took a bath." Kurosaki said.

"I suppose I must. Shall we take a bath together like we used to long ago?"

"HELL NO!" The three of the yelled.

"Last time you wanted to scrub my back you did it so hard that I had back pains for a week!" Kurosaki yelled. "Even wearing a shirt hurt! I had to walk around shirtless! People started thinking that Gray had infected me with the stripping disease!"

"Why the hell would they think that?!" Gray asked.

"Because that's what I told them! I thought that it would have been funny!" Kurosaki yelled back.

"You fucker! No one approached me for a week!"

"What kind of relationship do you guys have?!" Lucy asked.

"We're the strongest team!" Happy said.

"Screw it, I'm tired. If you need me I'm going to sleep." Kurosaki said before laying on the ground and rolling under the bed. The others watched in silence, not knowing what to think of this or what to say. "Why am I under a bed?"

"Definitely drunk." Happy said.

The next day, Kurosaki/Kizami's house.

"Morning." Mira said as she woke up.

"Morning to you too." Kizami said, like Mira, still lying in bed. "What time is it?"

"I think its almost time to open the guild."

"*Groan* Already?" Protested Kizami.

"What? Is little Kizami upset that we have to get up?" Teased Mira.

*SLAM*

Before Kizami could answer Mira, the door was kicked open by none other than Kurosaki.

"Kurosaki?!" Kizami yelled as Mira covered herself in the blankets. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

"Get dressed." Kurosaki said in a serious tone. "We have to go to the guild."

"Why?" Mira couldn't help but ask.

"We're going to war."

End of chapter 8

Just to inform, the story is not dead. I just havent had much time to write, that, and didnt have much "inspiration" lately.