Me: Hit it, Natsu! -starts to eat ramen-
Natsu: I want some!
Me: -glares darkly- Mine. Now do the disclaimer.
Natsu:Yes, ma'am!
Kido-chan does not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does! She-
Me: -kicks Natsu's head- Don't call me ma'am!-bows to reader-chan- Gomen.
Enjoy!
Oh, and thanks to sapphire dragon slayer alex for the review, and to Kilala3 for the favorite! My first review and fave ever! It made me so excited, thank you! -glomp-
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I hope I continue to make this to everyone's liking and not too OOC. -bows-
Chapter 2
The Guild Fairy Tail & A Fight pt.1
Ari's P.o.V.
I looked up at the slightly imposing building infront of me, still slightly nervous due mostly to the somewhat crowded street behind me. I looked back down at the parchment I had clutched in my hand. The symbol was the same. The guild Master of Fairy tail had requested me to join this guild. I had only agreed because I was interested in how he had contacted me in the middle of nowhere and the fact that a certain redheaded woman supposedly was included in this guild's ranks.
I sighed again. I might as well get this over with. I stepped up to the door and opened it only to be greeted with a table flying in the general direction of my head. I deadpaned slightly as I knnocked it aside with my right hand and quickly located the source of the table and sounds of fighting.
It was two boys, one had navy blue hair and weird, slightly droopy eyes. The other had rose-colored hair and was wearing sandals, poofy-looking pants, an open vest, and a scaley looking scarf. I was suddenly ticked and seemed to flash over to the two males, grabbing the dark haired boy by his shirt and the rose haired boy by his scarf.
"What the hell's your problem!? Is that how you greet people who come in here?!" I glared down at them both in turn.
Natsu's POV
My eyes widened slightly. This girl smells... Different. Weirdly familiar though. I feel like I know her scent...
The girl glared at me, her pupils slightly slitted and it looked like she had fangs... Wait a second...
My train of thought crashed as I realized what was happening.
Grey POV
Holy crap this girl reminds me of Erza. I wonder why... The other members seem to think so too...
Ari's POV
I vaguely hear a few of the mages around the hall muttering. I glare pointedly at the two boys who dont seem to be paying much attention, then I crack their heads together.
"Don't hit me with a table again." I walk away to what seems to be like a bar, and politely ask a white-haired mage in a red dress where the master of the guild is.
"Oh, he's right over there." She replies with a friendly smile, pointing to a small, old looking man sitting on the end of the bar with his eyes closed, seemingly concentrated on something. I thank the woman behind the bar and walk over to the small man.
"Excuse me, Master Makarov?" I startle slightly as he seems to spaz a little and says something like 'Don't destroy everything', then opens his eyes to look at me."Oh. Please excuse me. I see you are considering my offer. I apologize for the rude welcome-" At this he glances at the rose-haired boy,"We aren't usually like this to guests." I nod in understanding. " "Boys will be boys, huh?" He agrees with a nod.
"Master Makarov, is it true Erza Scarlet is a member of this guild?" Makarov seems to stare through me for a breif second, then he nods. "Yes, she is."
"Then I'm joining." I state with a determined expression. He only nods, seeming to understand.
"Mirajane, please get this young lady her guild mark." Makarov requests. The white-haired woman behind the bar gladly obliges and asks me where I want the mark, and in what colors. I get a gold mark with a red outline on the back of my hand. Makarov then draws the attention of the whole guild. "We have a new member! I expect you all to treat her like family. Her name is Arime Starlance!" I flush slightly at the sudden attention as the entire guild focuses on me. Everyone is cheering. And now they're coming closer. Not good, I'm a bit lightheaded...
I seem to teeter slowly on the spot, then everything goes dark.
Natsu's POV
Grey had tried to get to the new girl first! I wasn't going to let that happen. We clashed heads. "Ice princess." I shout at him. "Flame brain!" He shot back. Then, I noticed that the new girl, Arime, was being helped to a chair by Luigi or whatever her name was and Mira. I wonder what happened.
Grey POV
Natsu stopped our word fight, his short attention span now focused some where else. I followed his line of sight to Arime. Apparently, she had collapsed for some reason, and Natsu seemed to appear at Lucy's side instead of next to me. I frowned.
Ari's POV
My eyes began to flutter back open, then I shreiked and fell backwards on my chair. The rosette mage from earlier had put his face in mine. I was trying to cool my cheeks back down when I heard him say sorry and noticed he was offering his hand to help me up. "Thanks, umm..." I took his hand and he helped me up. "Natsu Dragoneel." he introduced himself. "Ari." I replied.
"Huh? Is that a nickname?" I noded. "Cool." I felt my face heat up when he smiled. 'What's wrong with me!? And why does his scent seem so familiar?' I had noticed his scent seemed familiar to me earlier when I grabbed him after the fight.
A blonde girl suddenly popped up next to Natsu like a daisy. "Hi, I'm Lucy." She chirped. "Are you feeling better?" I cringed slightly. Her voice was a bit annoying. "Umm.. Yeah, I'm fine."
"Oh, thats good. We were all worried about you." She smiled and the white-haired mage from earlier nodded and agreed. "Um... Okay." I responded dumbly.
"Hi there! I'm Happy! Aye!" A little blue cat said from Natsu's shoulder. My eyes widened slightly in wonder. "You have an exceed!?" I yelled inshock at Natsu. He chuckled at me. "Kehehe, yeah. He's my best friend!" As I continued staring at Natsu and his exceed, Happy, the navy-haired boy from earlier came up to me. For some reason unkown to me he was in nothing but his boxers. I briefly wondered if he was supposed to be like that. "I'm Grey." I stared at him with a bit of a poker face. "Hello. Why are you naked all of a sudden?" I asked. He seemed genuinely shocked and surprised by this information and apologized as he walked off in search of his apparently missing clothes.
Everyone seemed to mostly disperse after that, introducing themselves at random. The only ones who stayed where Lucy and that Natsu guy. "He seems to do that quite a bit." Lucy said to me as we sat down at a table. "Huh?" I looked at her, confused. "Grey. The naked thing. Apparently it's a bad habit of his, so I guess we just have to get used to it." She said. "Oh. Well that's a weird habit. Was he a stripper before or something?" I asked. She just shrugged. "I don't really know." Natsu must have thought it was funny of me to say thatm because he had been holding back giggls that had just evolved into a large fit of laughter, resulting in him falling back in his chair and knocking into Grey. They immediately began arguing. Lucy sweat dropped and went to try and break up the fight.
I stayed at the guild hall for a few hours, having nothing better to do. During the entire time, my eyes kept wandering over to the rosette. For some reason, I couldn't stop glancing at him. After Lucy had broke up the fight, Natsu had insisted on showing me around the guild hall.
There was one particular time where I had been oogling him and from there, apparently zoned out, because the next thing I know, Natsu's waiving his hand in front of my face, asking if I'm feeling alright.
I assure him, I'm fine, only to have him come closer, concerned about my suddenly red cheeks. After a bit of persuading he let the subject drop and went to the jobs board.
A few hours latter, I was prepairing to leave the rambunctious guild hall in order to find a decent housing arrangement, seeing as I was going to be in Magnolia for some time. Suddenly someone shouted to Natsu, Elfman maybe? "Hey, Natsu! You really gonna let that new girl leave without a fight? Be a man!" I was almost to the door. What's that supposed to mean? Is Natsu a actually a pervert or something?
I looked at him and dissmissed the notion for the rosette was way too naeve to be. That must mean the reason Natsu is sprinting towards me with his fist on fire means he actually wants to literally fight me... Wait, what?!
I snap into action, realization dawning on me, and diving out of the guild hall and into the street outside. Natsu soon followed me outside. "Are you sure about this? You don't even know what type of magic I have." "Ha! I don't need to know! Come on, fight me!" He had been running after me, both of his hands on fire as I attempted to lead him and the onlookers away from the city. Once a safe distance from the regular citizens, I abruptly turned to him. He stopped as I did and we stared each other down for a few seconds. "Okay, but you're the one who picked the fight."
We stood off for a few seconds longer, then we both abruptly darted forward. I was considerably faster, and reached him before he realized it. I punched him in the gut and instantly his fire went out and he dropped. I stood there, a bit concerned for him. Had I gone too hard on him? I got my answer when he popped up like a daisy. I jumped away from him, just to be safe. My reaction was rewarded by not being kicked with his flameing foot. He stood and I readied myself. Then he let out something I didn't expect, but automatically reacted to.
"Fire Dragons Roar!" Natsu yelled, letting loose a gyser of flames. It dawned on me then why he smelled so familiar, HE WAS A DRAGON SLAYER!
Ok, updates from here on will be kinda slow, I still have to finish writing the next chapter and typing it up. After that, I have nothing done, but I have plenty more ideas in meh noggin.
Please be patient with me.
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