Chapter 11 shall be known as… Preparation I guess. Lol. These beginning things are always so short.
Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail or Hiro Mashima.
Claimers: I own Maemi, Red, Cora, Nadia, Ignus, Ryuu, aaannd that's it?
(A few days before the wedding…)
"So has anyone asked you yet, Mae-Chan?" Levy asked Maemi as she looked over the dresses they had received for free from the manager a few days ago.
"Yeah… Someone's asked me," Maemi replied, hiding her rare blush with a quick turn. She crossed her arms, trying to look calmed about it. It was surprising enough that Natsu had asked her.
"Who?" Levy sang out the simple question.
"Must I answer?" Maemi fired back, facing her desk, that held some paper on it.
"Yes," Levy shot back.
"…Take a guess."
"Uh… I need a lead…"
"It's a boy," Maemi coughed out, taking a seat in the chair that was near her desk.
"More than that, Mae-Chan!"
"Uh… He's around our age?"
"…Clearly, I need more hints."
"How's this, he's the only other boy with an exceed?"
"IT'S NATSU?!" Levy squeaked, jumping in surprise.
"Good job, detective…" Maemi muttered lowly, looking down at the paper. The lines intrigued her to write something.
"But I don't get it… I thought he liked Lu-Chan or Li-Chan…" Maemi curiously looked up at Levy.
"Natsu doesn't understand crushes… He probably just asked because we're good friends!" Maemi laughed.
"Really? I don't think he'd run back to the guild, begging for Gray for more advice on relationships, and Gray reluctantly agreeing to help is not understanding crushes…"
"WAIT WHAT?!" Maemi froze. Did Natsu literally have those kind of feelings for her? Gray must be telling him information… Because clearly, Natsu's a bit… denser than most.
"Yep… I saw Li-Chan and Lu-Chan freeze up much like you just did, except they stayed like that for a while… Natsu nearly thought Gray froze them or something," Levy giggled, picking up a rather simple, shiny skinny-strapped dress. "Would this look good?" She held the dress up to herself. Maemi nodded shortly and returned to the paper, staring at it. "Choose a dress, or I'll choose it!" Levy poked her back gently.
"Fine, I shall…" Maemi groaned and got up from the seat.
"So what were you trying to do on the paper…?"
"How did this go to who asked me, to Natsu's denseness, to dresses, and finally to that?!" Maemi chuckled.
"It just did! Now choose and answer!" Levy giggled. Maemi looked over the few dresses she had chosen out. She overlooked the few. One was a rather short, strapless, dark maroon dress with a golden ribbon wrapping around it and on the back, the strings running loose. Another one was a long, velvet colored tunic that had a few sparkles in the upper corner of the sleeve. It had a three-finger wide sleeve that went over the right shoulder. The third one was a bright yellow one, knee-high, and lightened down to a white at the rim of the dress. It had two skinny straps that went over both shoulders. A majority of the back would be shown in this dress…
"Eh, I'm trying to write songs…"
"No luck?"
"None… I've been traveling for 12 years, Levy! How am I expected to get any inspiration?"
"I guess I meant that as well... I meant no luck on which dress to wear?" The two girls then remained quiet, and then began to laugh.
"Yeah… No luck on the dress so far!"
"Well, I always thought yellow looked adorable on you!"
"Everyone thinks that…"
"Ooh, I have a really pretty dress at home that will never fit me!"
"Why am I getting everyone's hand-me-downs?!" Maemi gasped out, honestly quite annoyed with the fact that she could easily buy her own clothes… What else was she expected to do with over 10 Billion Jewel?!
"I know, it sucks… But the dress is still new! I bought it about a month ago…"
"Does that seriously still count as new?"
"Yeah, it does!"
"Oh… To your house we go!" Maemi grabbed Levy's hand, making the girl gasp in surprise at the other girl's suddenness.
"E-eh?! Mae-Chan!"
"Let's go see the dress, silly!" Maemi replied to her, staring straight ahead as she kept a firm grasp on the smaller girl's hand. "To Levy McGarden's house!" Maemi sang out joyfully. Levy sighed in mere defeat and let the taller girl drag her to her own home.
They arrived only minutes later. Maemi smiled brightly as Levy unlocked her door, and entered the house, Maemi following closely. Levy slowly walked down one of the halls to her room. Maemi followed her eagerly as Levy turned into her room and walked to her closet. Levy opened it and shuffled some of the clothes around, trying to find the dress amongst the many clothes. "Consider this my way of saying thanks…" Maemi looked at the blue-haired girl confused for only a moment, and gasped as she saw Levy take the dress out.
"I… Love… IT!" Maemi squealed.
(At the guild.)
"Eh, Salamander, what has you so perked down?" Gajeel asked Natsu, who was laying his head on his crossed arms, as he sat in a chair, resting his arms on the table.
"Nothing…" Natsu growled lowly.
"So you asked that Maemi girl to the wedding, ey?"
"Yeah… why does that suddenly matter to you, Iron-face?" Natsu asked, turning away to blush.
"Well, Gajeel had to confirm it, Ash-Brain, that's why!" Gray chirped.
"Don't need to add, Streaker…" Natsu growled at Gray.
"Why are you in such a mood, Natsu?" Gajeel asked the pink-haired boy.
"I just am!"
"Why though?" Gajeel and Gray asked in unison.
"… I don't know how to act with Maemi at the wedding, and I have nothing to wear!" Natsu muttered.
"Be polite for one… Especially at a wedding. At the after party, you can act like you normally would," Gray began.
"Two, wear a tux… Or a nice dress shirt and pants…" Gajeel added.
"And three, no destroying things!" The master's voice yelled from across the guild. The three boys sweat dropped. Then they all continued to talk.
"Well, where am I expected to find any of those kind of clothes that quickly?" Gray then smirked as Natsu said that.
"Just follow me, Pinky…"
"Why should I follow you, Ice Princess?!"
"Because I can help you Flame-breath!"
"No you can't Ice Stripper, you can't even keep your clothes on anyways!"
"Yes I can Slanty Eyes- HOLY SHIT!"
"Hah, told you, Droopy Eyes!"
"Shut it, Scale face!
No, you shut it Ice-Cream Cone!" The two boys began to bicker loudly, leaving out Gajeel. Gajeel shrugged, and went back to his own business until Ignus and Nadia entered through the guild's doors.
"Hey there guys…" Gajeel greeted them as they walked up to the bar.
"Hi there, Gajeel!" Nadia replied.
"Yo," Ignus simply said.
"How was you two's first mission?" Gajeel asked them. "Try put it one word though…" He growled.
"Why?" Ignus inquired.
"'Cause those two won't pipe down until Erza comes back from shopping…" Gajeel motioned to the two boys, who were glaring intensely at each other, firing the lame insults back and forth.
"I see… Well, I can describe it as-!" Nadia began.
"I said one word, didn't I?" Gajeel rudely interrupted Nadia. Nadia glared at him, and sighed.
"Interesting."
"Thank you… And Fire-Make boy?"
"MY NAME IS IGNUS!"
"Close enough for me…" Gajeel started walking away.
"DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR WHAT I THOUGHT OF THE MISSION?!"
"Nah, 'My name is Ignus' is good enough of an answer for me," Gajeel looked back at him. "Gheheh." A tick mark appeared in the corner of Ignus' head.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Nadia put her hand on his shoulder.
"Calm down, Ignus…" She said softly.
"How can I calm down when that guy is a jerk…?" Ignus replied lowly, crossing his arms. He glared at Gajeel as the boy exited the guild.
"He's not a jerk, it's just called teasing… We're still new, remember that…" Nadia sighed. "They still are warming up to us."
"Well, I'm warm enough!" He huffed out.
"I know that, Ignus, but they need to warm up to us…" She told him.
"…Fine." Their attention was turned towards the entrance of the guild, where the mighty Erza entered, dragging Lucy into the guild with her.
"Thank you Lucy! Now I am prepared for the wedding," Erza said, letting Lucy go. The blonde flopped onto the ground, muttering your welcome. Erza glanced over towards Natsu and Gray, who were viciously sending out lame insults back and forth. She merely sighed, and walked over towards Nadia and Ignus. "How was you two's first mission?'
"In one word, or a complete summary…?" Ignus asked her quietly.
"Which ever."
"Well, for one, it was really interesting-!" Nadia was cut off by Erza.
"Ignus, you speak now."
"Uh… I guess it was-."
"Alright, good to know you both had a good time," Erza finished, crossing her arms. The duo decided to not argue with her, and just nod. "Ah, that's right…" Erza said, remembering something. "Well, a few things… One, you two may both attend the wedding, second, today the best man and maid of honor shall be announced.
"What about Levy and Maemi? They aren't here…"
"Evergreen informed me that only a few were chosen as candidates, I asked her about them, she said they weren't it… So I presume they don't need to be here."
"Attention, everyone!" Evergreen's voice rang out across the guild. She stood next to Elfman, who looked embarrassed to be the center of attention. "The maid of honor and best man shall be announced!"
"Now?"
"I hope it's me…"
"Ooh, I'm sure Erza will get it…"
"What if Natsu becomes best man…?"
"Silence!" Erza yelled out, eager to hear the results. Evergreen cleared her voice, and continued.
"Thank you Erza… Anywho, the maid of honor is…" She held a dramatic pause, just for the suspense. "Mirajane!" Erza slumped a bit, but began to clap for her guild mate. Ignus and Nadia joined soon after.
"Yay, Mira-San!"
"Whoo, Mirajane!"
"Oh no…" Elfman muttered lowly, looking at the ground. "That is not man… Not at all…"
"Ahem, HONEY if you may announce the best man?" Evergreen chimed, a devilish smile plastered on her face.
"…Fine." He gave in easily. "The best man is…" Elfman hesitated. "Uh…"
"You didn't choose, did you?" Evergreen sighed. After a moment, Elfman responded with a nod. "I shall choose then!" Elfman froze.
"No, I'll choose!" Elfman stepped forward. "The best man is Laxus!" He said quickly, as if he chose randomly. The guild remained quiet, and then began to cheer, as if they hesitated to cheer.
"…Why was I chosen?" Laxus face palmed himself, as he had been sitting down the entire time. Levy and Maemi burst through the doors, both of them falling onto the ground, next to Lucy, who was also still there.
"Mae-Chan, you run to fast!" Levy complained.
"It's called energy!" Maemi laughed, rolling onto her back. She looked to her right. "Oh. Hi Lucy."
"Hey there…" Lucy laughed nervously. Maemi saw a hand reach down towards her. She looked up a bit more to see the hand belonged to Erza. She took it gratefully and was swung up and over her shoulder.
"Why'd you do that, Erza?!" Maemi groaned, her gut hurting from the strong impact from her armor.
"So… Someone asked you to the wedding, ey?" Erza asked her, sending death glares in the direction of a few boys. Maemi gulped.
"Y-yeah…" Maemi replied with a blush. She eyed over towards Natsu and Gray. She saw Natsu's pink spiky hair behind Gray's back.
"Which boy is it?!" Erza cracked her knuckles.
"You wouldn't hurt your own guild mates, would you?! Just to figure out who I'm going with?!"
"I wouldn't hurt them… I would just simply stare into their soul until they are horrified of me."
"Honestly, Erza, you scare everyone enough…."
HOLY SHIT THIS IS LONG. D: And I was just trying to make a short filler-chapter… Hm. I should do more fillers. XD Anywho, Laxus is best man and Mirajane is maid of honor. ~.3.~ Whoo. I wanted Maemi and Natsu to be it, but I was all like: Wait, I think Mirajane would be better because Evergreen doesn't even know Maemi that well, and Natsu would just be difficult to handle at the wedding. O3O -Cough-
So.
Yeah.
That's about it…
OHWAIT.
Questions… Plus this: I'm watching more Fairy Tail now. I skipped a majority of the episodes. (20ish - 175...) So I'm watching (Or trying to) Fairy Tail! :D
QUESTIONS:
1. What do you think the dress Levy showed Maemi would look like?
2. Do you think Natsu will be able to be proper enough at the wedding, so he can impress Maemi?
3. Do you think I'll be evil enough to make some kind of fight happen at the wedding?
4. Who else is going with someone?
5. Were you surprised when Mirajane and Laxus were chosen?
6. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT?!
END
Okay, just for everyone's information, I'm going to be starting a Pokemon Fanfiction… And guess who will be in it!
Maemi: I WILL!
Ignus: ME TOO!
Nadia: I'm not… :'(
Cora: I am…
Ryuu: …I am as well.
Red: I want to, but that'd be weird…
Me: Red, there's already a character named Red, so I would… XD
-SPOILER-: Cora is the rival, Ryuu is the leader of the bad guys, and IgnusXMaemi is going to be the shipping…
They're gonna travel all 6 regions. C:
R&R
~Strawberrycheezecake~