O3O CHAPTER 6! :D People, start voting on the poll so I know who Mae should end up with. ;-; It's no fun trying to think of something. So far, NatsuxMaemi, StingxMaemi, and possibly LaxusxMaemi might happen… (Don't ask where StingxMaemi came from 3) But otherwise, Gray's part in the story shall now begin… :D
Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail or Hiro Mashima. Where'd you get that idea from?
Claimers: I own Red and Maemi. Obviously, who else might?! I SHALL KILL THEM!
Gray slumped against a tree. After bumping into Maemi accidentally, he decided he had to bring her somewhere. It was kind of his way of apologizing to her repetitively, without being annoying. He brought her to a new park, and it was huge. It had two pools… Not average sized pools, buy HUGE pools. It had a humongous playground, with at least 4 sets of 8 swings… 32 swings in total. A play set with three circle-slide things, two racing slides, 3 sets of monkey bars, and so much more. On top of all of that, a giant sandbox… Kids swarmed the area like crazy. There were adults there, but not many…
They were both leaning against a rather large tree. "Well, I honestly didn't expect it to be so… busy…" Gray tried to make a conversation. It's been 12 real years since they last had a normal or long conversation.
"It's fine honestly. It's been awhile since I've been to a park anyways," She replied, watching Red fly high above them. She rested her arms on top of her head.
"…So what was the monster like?" He asked, wondering if it was one of Zeref's demons like Deliora.
"Ugly for one thing!" She laughed. "But it was big, and really annoying to fight. It kept slowing down time, and speeding it up! And it kept using Area Effect!" Gray laughed.
"Yet you managed to destroy it?" He asked.
"Yeah, in a way."
"In a way?" He inquired.
"Well, it just disappeared after a long while… I hit it in the head I think."
"What was it called?" He saw Maemi pause for a moment, trying to remember what it was called.
"I believe it was… Xzvenward. Odd name, in my opinion of course! Odd name for an ugly-ass monster!" She laughed.
"Was there any kind of… dark magic surrounding it…?" Gray's tone changed from joking to serious.
"There was something for the first half of the battle… then it ripped…" Maemi started cracking up. Gray stared at her, confused. She sighed, face palming. "It farted, I mean," She explained calmly, then continuing to crack up. Gray began to crack up too.
"Wow!" He laughed. A little boy walked up to him, looking curious.
"Mister, why do you have no shirt on?" The little boy asked him, all innocently. Gray nearly cussed in front of him.
"Sh-!" Maemi slammed her hand onto Gray's mouth.
"Cup it, shirtless boy!" She laughed. She bent down to be in level with the young boy. "Don't worry, Gray-kun will put his shirt back on!" She chimed and winked. The little boy smiled brightly.
"Okay, lady!" He cheered, and ran off to go play with his friends. The little boy waved at her, and she waved back smiling.
"Aren't little kids the cutest things?" Maemi asked happily, turning to face Gray. She noticed his face was red. "Something wrong, Gray?"
"Y-y-y-you called me G-Gray-kun…"
"Yeah. I had to so the kid understood. Now, Stripper-kun, get your damn shirt back on!" She began to laugh. "Or I'll tickle you in front of all of these little kids!" He quickly put his shirt back on.
"Please don't."
"I will, one day Gray. One day," She snickered. She then went to leaning back onto the tree. She sighed boredly. "So, what now?" She asked.
"Dunno…" Gray replied, in a monotone voice.
"I'm hungry, Gray," She whined.
"Let's go get something then…"
"Yay!" She cheered. "Let's go get some ice-cream!" She quickly grabbed Gray's arm, starting to run off in some direction. Gray easily became flustered, his face turning red.
"W-wait! You're going to wrong direction!" Maemi paused, turning towards the boy.
"Really, I am?" She asked. In the corner of Gray's eye, he could see his stalker, death glaring Maemi. She actually was going the right way, but Juvia was in that direction. He glared over towards Juvia, to make her start fangirling. Luckily, it worked. Gray smirked in his win, and began to drag Maemi another way.
"There's a faster way… Plus, who honestly wants to walk through all of these kids?" Gray motioned to the almost thousand little kids, who continued to swarm everywhere. Maemi sighed.
"I guess your right about this Gray," She sighed in defeat.
"It's not a battle who's right." He smiled at her. "Plus, I don't want to accidentally step on one of them, since they're so small!" He joked. Maemi giggled a bit at that, and nodded.
"Lead the way, Gray!" She laughed, jumping onto his back playfully. Gray blushed scarlet. "Piggyback ride, please?" She asked innocently. He looked at her shortly, and nodded. Maemi wrapped her legs around him, and her arms slightly around his neck.
"Hang on, Mae." He began to run down a street. Luckily, with Maemi on his back, it'd be impossible for him to strip off his shirt. She laughed as Gray ran quickly, successfully avoiding all of the people. She squealed loudly when he climbed down some stairs and jumped off of the last three. She held on a little tighter, as she was about to almost fall off the boy. She couldn't see, but he blushed hard.
In the corner of his eye again, he saw the blue-haired woman practically following him. At this point, he didn't know how to get Juvia off of their backs. Suddenly, Lyon popped in front of Gray, stopping him in his tracks. "Hello, Gray…" The silver-haired boy sneered, death glaring him in a gentle way. An idea popped into Gray's mind.
"Eh, Gray, who's this guy?"
"This is Lyon, Maemi. I've mentioned him a few times to you when we were younger, remember?"
"Oh, so that's him?" Gray nodded. "Eh, I thought he'd be handsome, but oh well." This made Lyon flinch.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Lyon asked, freezing as if it hurt. "I'm handsome!"
"In some person's perspective…" Maemi added lowly. Gray laughed loudly, as he was the one close enough to hear it. She turned her head, seeing Juvia. "Eh, Gray?" Gray glanced up at her.
"Yeah?"
"Isn't that your stalker, Juvia?" She asked, pointing at Juvia. Both Lyon and Gray looked over towards Juvia. Lyon's eyes suddenly turned into hearts. "Well… I have no idea how to explain this now." Lyon ran over, as if teleporting. He began talking to her quickly, keeping Gray out of her sight. "This is a complicated love triangle…"
"Yeah, it is." Gray began to run again, keeping Maemi's legs around him, and making sure she didn't fall.
Around noon, the two got finally got to the ice-cream shop. "Yay, ice-cream!" Maemi jumped off of Gray's back, quickly grabbing the ice-mage's hand, and running in at top speed. Gray blushed again, surprised on how sudden and quick she could be sometimes. They ran up to the front counter, since no one was in line. They both quickly examined what they had, and stared into the soul of the cashier while waiting for him to turn around.
"Uh… HELLO?" Maemi called the cashier out, annoyed. They had been waiting for at least 15 minutes. "WE WANT ICE-CREAM!" She announced a little louder. Some of the customers stared at her briefly. They then went back to the ice-cream. The man turned. He looked foreign. Another worker hurriedly walked over.
"Sorry, he's new here and is from somewhere different…" She apologized. "How may I help you two, otherwise?"
"Uh… You can go first, Mae," Gray offered. She smiled at him.
"Two scoops of Strawberry Cheesecake please!" Maemi ordered politely. The female worker tapped in her order.
"And you, sir?"
"I'll have two scoops of chocolate, please." Gray pulled out a few Jewel while the new cashier tapped in his order.
"350 Jewel, please!" The two stared at her.
"I thought it was supposed to be 700 Jewel…"
"Today, we have a discount for couples!" The cashier winked. The two of them flushed red.
"O-Oh…" Maemi breathed out.
"I-I see…" Gray stuttered, handing the cashier 350 Jewel. The cashier accepted it gratefully, and put it in the cashier. She went to go get the ice-cream. Maemi and Gray stared at each other.
"Should we tell her or…?"
"Nah, let's just get the discount…" Gray sighed. "Unless you want to pay full price," He suggested.
"No, no. I'm fine with the discount!" Maemi chimed lowly as the lady handed them their ice-cream. They sat down at a two-seater, and began to eat their ice-cream.
END OF CHAPTER SOMETHING! :D I dunno. Lol. X3 I am so far proud of this story. C': It's growing up so fast! 3 Anywho, y'know how it was all about Natsu for a few chapters? Well, this is going to be about Gray for a few pages, and then we'll change to another candidate. C: QUESTION TIME~
1. What do you think of the park I created? Would you go there?
2. Why do you think Maemi put her hand over Gray's mouth when the little boy was there?
3. WHY DOES RED KEEP DISAPPEARING?!
4. What do you think of the name I randomly typed for the monster she fought?
5. Where do you think Lyon appeared from?
6. What do you think will happen next?
7. Should Maemi go with Natsu or Gray to Elfman and Evergreen's wedding?
END. :P I swear, I might have to dedicate a whole chapter for Red… But it's so difficult having a three or four person conversation… Anyways, hope you all enjoyed this chapter. O v O
R&R
~Strawberrycheezecake~